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[By now, Kara really ought to know better. She's attempted to throw out the Initiative-provided sniper rifle no less than five times. Trash it, shoot it, an attempt to blow it up, dismantling it, throwing it in the river. It always comes back. And this time when she opens her closet, there it is again.]

Godsdammit!

[This time, she tries reaching out to the community at large for more info. When the feed starts, fury and frustration is written all over face.]

So look, does anyone know how to get rid of the damned toaster weapon? It's like having a stray follow you home. Frak. I've tried shooting it, dismantling it, tossing it in the garbage. Just comes back for more. So what's the secret?

[She pinches the bridge of her nose and looks away, muttering more to herself than anything else:]

Where's an airlock when you need one?

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[whatsupcroc]

You could talk to the Initiative and give it back? They might make you take something else, but uh... that's just a thing they do!

[alwaysruns]

Something else... like something else that has a mind of its own? No thanks.

[whatsupcroc]

I don't know, you might get a pretty awesome security blanket!

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[ex_bandai157]

( dryly; )

Have you tried returning it?

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[alwaysruns]

Does that work?

[Not as satisfying as destroying it, but if it gets the creeper weapon away from her...]

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[ex_bandai157]

It does. I don't believe they'd require you to take something, though I've never tried denying one.

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[onemoredeath]

If you don't like it, then return it for something you do like. [ A shrug. Honestly, it is not like it will become a self-aware machine. ]

It does not have to be a weapon or even something separate from you.

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[alwaysruns]

I'd like something that's not sentient. But that wasn't exactly offered when I got dragged here.

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[onemoredeath]

Ah, I suppose you come from a place that has troubles with that sort of thing. I wouldn't worry. In the time I have been here, the only danger from a sentient object posed to everyone here has been the AI that runs the United Earth.

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[reconnaissance]

Explosions tend to work pretty well for destroying stuff, I've found.

( Ellie you are the least helpful person )

-- Did you already try exploding it?

( And, actually, one more thing. A bit slowly, because she's trying to work this out, it's probably some modern slang she doesn't get, but... ) How is it a... toaster?

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[alwaysruns]

I did. It came back anyway.

[Toaster... right better clarify that.]

It's not a toaster, that's what we call Cylons.

permavideeoooo

[reconnaissance]

Pretty bloody persistent. Maybe if you tell it that's it's not it's fault, it's all you. Just let it down gently.

( But, in all seriousness: ) I've heard some people make themselves their weapons. I think the lady said something about it when I got here, that you can use your voice or-- or some other nonsense. Pick yourself, not a weapon. At least then you wouldn't be relying on something you gotta lug around with you.

( Right. So this lady seems like a no bullshit type. ) I don't come from a world with those.

( Not especially apologetic, but not obnoxious, either. Just being honest. )

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[motherofnemesis]

It'll just keep following you. Pretty creepy, but you can't make it stop without giving it back, and then they'll just give you a new one that will also follow you.

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[alwaysruns]

[Okay so if that news wasn't bad enough, Kara's now facing a new dilemma.]

...Dee?

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[motherofnemesis]

[ ... what. Did she ever do an undercover operation as someone named Dee? Kind of racking her brains. ]

No idea who that is, sorry.

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[painfeels]

Why don't you like it?

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[alwaysruns]

I don't trust any machine that can think for itself.

[solitaire]

Not a fan a' just ignorin' it, chère?

[alwaysruns]

In my experience, ignoring something with the potential to kill you just gets you dead.

[priad]

[ Sup Kara. Have a guy who looks a bit like a Toaster himself looking back at you. ]

Why do you dishonor your wargear so?

[alwaysruns]

[...FRAK. She just knew it was a matter of time.]

Another talking Centurion. I knew that frakking rifle was a Cylon trap.

[She's already reaching for her sidearm, planning a little toaster hunt.]

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[gevurah]

Are you returning it, then?

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[alwaysruns]

Will they take it back?

[demonbloodblade]

I admit, I have a different relationship with my weapon than most people, but mine was intelligent before I got here.

[alwaysruns]

And you're okay with that? I mean, you know it can turn against you.