text; anonymous (how rare)

[thephix]

I have some questions for those of you who have Weaponized either yourself or an ability/power that you possessed before coming to Exsilium.

Have you noticed any ill effects from your Weapon? Whether obvious or subtle, I'd even be interested in hearing about suspicions, if you don't have any solid evidence of ill effects. How have you and your abilities developed over time? And do you think you made the right choice?

If you're thinking about changing your Weapon to something like this, I'd be intereted in knowing your reasoning, too.

Feel free to answer some or all of the questions, and of course you can use the anonymous and/or private feature if you'd prefer.

Thank you for your time.

Comments

do I have to

[thephix]

[She's wary about saying too much, since she's sure there are talented enough hackers who could trace her tablet and find other conversations where she's shown her face or said or name.

Or shown a bunch of other faces.]

Like a lot of things.

Do you have any answers for the questions I asked or are you just feeling interrogative?

[Okay so maybe she's being a little rude.]

yes B(

[legal_eagle]

Well, you being like that doesn't make me feel excited to share what answers I might have.

rude

[thephix]

[Ugh Sonya she wants to like you but you make it so hard.]

There's hardly much point in keeping a skill secret so I have an advantage, if I then just let people know what I can do.

IT'S HEISENBERG

[legal_eagle]

[gposonya]

Okay. That's an answer I buy. What sort of advantage do you try to maintain? Combat? Otherwise?

I DON'T EVEN WATCH THE STUPID SHOW

[thephix]

All of the above.

[Combat, subterfuge, manipulation. Just straight up keeping herself safe. It's useful, having disposable faces.]

neither do i

[legal_eagle]

And without your name attached, are you willing to talk about your powers themselves? Or are you too cagy for that?

can we just popcorn.gif at everyone else?

[thephix]

[Let her think about that.....]

Far too cagey. Especially when no one needs to know my personal details to answer the questions.

enjoying them talking about all their ~feelings~ and ~heart attacks~

[legal_eagle]

You're asking personal details from other people, though. That's not very fair. How can you expect trust from others when you give none?

[Sonya knows the answer to that the moment she starts writing it, though: give these people a chance to talk about themselves, and they'll spill their deepest heartbreaks. They have no sense of restraint, no security.]

carefully avoiding it when they puke from stress

[thephix]

[Bingo.

But she's not exactly going to say that.]

If they're uncomfortable with answering, they don't have to. And not all the questions require personal details, a simple yes or no would suffice.

Yeah that's just unsanitary

[legal_eagle]

Are you telling me that if someone said yes, you really wouldn't follow up for details?

get your shit together, guys

[thephix]

I'd ask, but they're free not to answer, I'm hardly forcing anyone to respond.

[legal_eagle]

And then what would you do with that info?

[thephix]

I would use it to make an informed decision about whether I want to weaponize an ability of my own.

[And, you know, maybe just keep it in mind in case it's ever useful.]

[legal_eagle]

Ah, so you haven't actually done so?

[thephix]

[sigh]

No, I want to be sure there won't be any negative effects.

[legal_eagle]

Do you have reason to suspect there would be?

[thephix]

It's installing some type of sentience into a person's body. I think it's only sensible to be careful.

[legal_eagle]

So what would you go for? If you went for it.

[thephix]

That would be telling.

[legal_eagle]

I was hoping you wouldn't notice.

[thephix]

I'm hardly that sloppy, Sonya.

[Just tossing that out there as if they're friends or something.]

[legal_eagle]

Well, I have no way of knowing that, Jane Doe. And I'm always for taking a little risk.

[thephix]

I'm sure you could have made an educated guess.

[Someone being as paranoid as Max isn't going to slip up so easily.]

I've always been in favour of caution over risk.

[Well. Depends on the circumstances.]

[legal_eagle]

And yet she says that pondering the possibility of installing something sentient in her own body.

[thephix]

Only after gathering evidence that there aren't any known dangers.