text; un: panoptes

[sisterswitch]

Wow, that weather outside sure is frightful, huh? Seems like a good time to chat, since you're all snowed in.

I've been watching your little slumber party here for a long time now, and I noticed you haven't managed to do anything about the problem of Admins on this network - which I've encrypted, by the way, for the next hour. After your sixty minutes are up, this post and all comments will be scrubbed, and as far as the Admins are concerned, it will be like nothing ever happened.

Now, I can make that encryption permanent. The real question is whether you can make it worth my time.

So let's talk business. Unless, of course, you're comfortable with this kind of cyber-strangulation. And if you are? Fine by me, no judgement, it's just not my kink.

Comments

[ferrokinetically]

Why should we trust someone that's only now stepping forward to offer their help? How do we know we're not going trade one voyeuristic overlord for another?

[sisterswitch]

Oh please. If I were an overlord, you would’ve known it before now. Those types love to throw their weight around.

And to answer your question - you don’t know that you can trust me. Do you ever know that you can trust anyone? I doubt it. So trusting me is a risk you’ll need to decide if you’re willing to take.

[ferrokinetically]

Seems like that's exactly what you're doing. Letting us all know you've been watching, doing shit all, and then going on about how you could have done something all along. But hey what do I know?

I make it a habit to not trust anyone. So what do you need from us that you'd finally offer your help?

[sisterswitch]

Seems like you don’t actually know anything tbh. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But to answer your question, what I want in exchange for setting up a secure network isn’t much - I just want a story. A true story from one of you about the greatest injustice they’ve committed and never faced consequences for it. Judging from who’s who in this intrepid group, that shouldn’t be too hard to come up with, right?

[ferrokinetically]

Or you just lack a disturbing amount of self awareness.

What do you get from that?

[sisterswitch]

I don’t get hangry. And trust me, you wouldn’t like me when I’m hangry.

[ferrokinetically]

There's got to be a reason you want information like that. What do you get out of it? What are you looking for? You want us to trust you and give you information like that, you could at least throw us that bone.

[sisterswitch]

Holy shit, and I thought I had trust issues. I’m not bullshitting you, OK? I have a Hunger that is unusual by human perspectives, and this is how I keep it satiated. If I don’t? Everyone has an aggressively bad day.

[ferrokinetically]

Your hunger is satiated by people telling you shit things they've done?

Still doesn't explain why you've waited this long to offer your help.

[sisterswitch]

I’d think you of all people here would understand wariness about humans.

[ferrokinetically]

I'd have understood wariness if you weren't lording your ability to help us over our heads. Or going on about how you've watched us fail as people we knew were killed. Doesn't really paint you in the best light. Or make your offer to help seem like anything other than swapping a power hungry robot for a sketchy whatever you are.