Character Death

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CHARACTER DEATH

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Welcome to the Character Death page. This is where you can let us know if your character has died. All you have to do is write your character's name and canon in the subject line, then how your character died in the meat of the comment.

Most of the time, nothing will happen! But sometimes, we'll end up giving the player a special note: something the character might've noticed while dead or something that happens post-death.

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Achievement unlocked: twinsies
Achievement unlocked: Fight together, die together

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Second death! Thirium pump regulator removed and put out of his reach by -51.

(also please let me know if you'd rather I do a separate comment on the page for each)

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No, this is fine ! So long as they're assessible.

So...Connor. you wake up on the benches, like last time, but this time something is different.

You feel the cool air, and the wet of the fog.

Congratulations. You now have nerves.

Which means you can also feel pain.

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Excellent.

One thing to check: the question of "do androids feel pain" in dbh is a little ambivalent—nondeviant Connors say they don't, but different androids react differently, and later in the game, the less stable Connors start crying out or grimacing when injured. (-60 included.) I tend to headcanon that pain, like fear or other "human" reactions is something that develops from their regular "harm is bad" programming over time.

Which is to say: I've been RPing him as slowly developing (and furiously ignoring) a sense of pain already. Is that a problem here, or can I just assume he's jumping ahead to Full Pain Experience?

Other questions: does this new sensory perception actually give him new (non-pain) senses, such as taste, or is it more an enhanced experience with the sensors he has? And if he were to try examining his components/construction, would he find any physical changes?

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Oh you can assume he's full on into the Full Pain Train. He can pretend to ignore it of course, but it will be there-including the sensations of dry, wet, cold and hot.

The other senses, such as smell, taste, etc, are there but they're lagging behind a bit- so he can taste, faintly. Thirium might be a mixed bag of tastes too, so enjoy that!

Should he examine himself, he'll find that in his components, he has nerves wiring over his entire body. And if possible, he'll find that his regulator...well. It's still pumping thirium but it looks far more...like a human part then an android part. It's still mechanical, but the resemblance is unmistakable.

EDIT: We forgot to mention! He can feel pleasure as well, maybe more strongly then pain.

Enjoy!

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...he's gonna hate this so hard. :D

Info hugely appreciated! A few follow-ups if you don't mind—

Are his new nerves susceptible to dulling via human methods (painkillers), or not so much, since his circulatory system/etc. isn't biological? (Regulator aside).

If he were to try to remove this extra "wiring", either manually or with technical (surgical?) help... how would that go? (Incredibly painfully is, of course, assumed.)

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He would have to do some manual overrides with some sort of hacker, or make some sort of deal with the powers that be to get something that would work as painkillers!

Also that would likely go very horribly. Whoever is performing the task would have to go to the RNG page and...there's a very good chance that if the roll goes poorly, it wouldn't be nerve damage per se, but difficulty using his limbs properly.

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klsdjf oh believe me, once Connor hears it's possible to contact the powers that be, he will have some complaints to file. :'D

This is fantastic, though. Thanks again for all the info!

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You're very welcome!

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Third in-game death! Ambush, repeated shooting, and disintegration, courtesy of (mostly) Mando and (a little) IG-11.

Regarding penalties: I'm not sure how seriously Admin meant the threats, but I'd OOCly prefer to avoid anything sexualized. (IC threats are 100% fine, and they can definitely alter his programming in other ways! Just no changes specifically Like That.)

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We wouldn't do anything like that without your permission!

Instead of the programming being overt, Connor is...going to notice something different. Physically, he hasn't changed, still has the nerves in his system and the ability to experience pain but instead...

He's not going to be able to recognize himself when he looks in the mirror. His reflection simply does not look like Himself; when he looks, he only sees a stranger.

When he sees the other Connor, he also looks different. Not the same kind of stranger- a different stranger, whose eyes are a beautiful hazel.

The voice would be a dead giveaway though.

Enjoy!

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I figured but thanks for confirming!

.....and oh wow that's a beautiful roadblock for him. :'D Thank you very much!