Bittersweet Candy Bowl

The past, smart one. 16 years ago?

May, you might want to use that device I gave you.

Sixteen? *His eyes go wide as he realizes what she means* No, I…I’m not talking about that, that’s long over. *He is clearly disturbed by this turn of events* No, I have better things to do then to take a trip down memory lane. *He begins to walk off*

*Thinks for a moment and remembers having used it at the bar when things first went haywire, but nothing of it since. She looks at the doctor and shrugs.*
(I actually did have her forget it at some point, but I can’t find when Edit: oh right, it was when Aurelius got himself locked in the elevator.)

*Noticing Abel walking off, May grabs his shoulder to turn him around and gives him a pleading look, knowing that this could be important*

*Walking in the halls toward another elevator with his datapad in his hands*

“Perhaps we should check the elevator controls..”he said to himself as he walked inside

“That last elevator i was in had it’s controls reversed it seems..”

(LOL perfect timing since I made my edit before you posted)

(Disregard.)

*Tears begin to well up in the corner of his eye as he stares at the ground beside May* Please…I don’t want to have to dig that memory up. Molly saved my life that day, that’s all you need to know. If she didn’t do what she did, I’d be dead now, that’s all I want to say.

(uh,i’m not near the main group,or the sickbay group)

*Having had plenty of time without talking, May has perfected the art of silent guilt tripping. She looks dejected and a tear rolls down her face. She knows this is important somwhow, and Abel seems to be the only one with answers*

(Yeah we likely won’t see the Sick-bay situation resolved until tomorrow morning. Here’s hoping the three players involved pop in long enough to post some actions Or I’ll just play out the situation on my own)

*Feeling guilty now.*

I’m sorry, but we needed to know. Whatever happened that day clearly had a large impact, if the Government wanted to delete it from Molly’s memory. You don’t have to talk about it anymore, if you don’t want to.

Abel. Two people have died. And what happened is obviously important. Please, you’ve got to tell us!
((If this were Mass Effect, I’d be Renegade and the Doctor’d be Paragon, it seems.))

((The Doctor hugs Abel with a crowbar and forces the information out of him. JK.))

;P

*In one more attempt, May looks at Abel in the eyes, looking dejected and horrible red-eyed, all the while thinking nothing but Davier died because of something likely related to this*

(And I’m gone for the night, see y’all)

*Walks into the elevator and begins heading up to the lobby or wherever may,mike and abel are*

“Well,at least these controls seem to be okay,for the moment..”

*sighs at the annoying elevator music*

*He slumps against the wall behind him and hugs his knees* Molly saved my life sixteen years ago. In doing so though…she caused an accident, a horrible accident…

What kind of accident?

*The elevator arrives and the door opens,slowly..then it gets jammed*

“Crap,someone is screwing with these elevators..”He says,obviously annoyed
*Starts working to get it open*

“If this doesnt work.”he says to himself

“I’ll open it with my hands.”

*He glances at Mike, before staring back at May* My father was full of rage, ever since I can remember. Sixteen years ago, he was in a particularly bad fit. *He struggles to find words as tears stream down his face* He…Molly…she was a new AI, she was getting used to the station, she only meant to stun him…

*Still working on the door*

*The door starts opening more then stops again*
“Well…”is all he says as he continues working on the door

She killed him.

I….I’m sorry. I can see why your so protective of her.

She was too late to save my mother, but she saved me…*He wipes away some tears* I spent the rest of my life protecting her in return. People think Molly is nothing more then a bunch of ones and zeros, just a program, but she saved me. She’s more then just a bunch of files. I owe everything to her.

He’s oversensitized with an artificial construct…

*Once again the doors start sliding open but stop again*

“Hmmm..?”

*Suddenly the doors open*
“There!”
*walks out of the elevator*

I hope you’re happy now. *He forces himself to his feet and glares at the group* That solved nothing. All it did was bring back a horrible memory, one I should never have had to think about. I hope you enjoyed the story, because I damn well know I didn’t! *He shoves past them, and runs off to his rooms, tears still streaming down his face as he continues to remember events long past*

*Starts walking towards the lobby*

“time to see if the others have gotten anywhere with what’s happening.”
I doubt it

……

I’m sorry Abel, but that helped more than you know.

((Quit being so mysterious!))

((Too much fun. .))

*He pulls himself together as he shut the door behind him. Sitting at his desk, he wipes away his tears and puts on his glasses* Molly, are you ready for the backup? *He sets his projector on his desk next to his computer, which he is rapidly tapping away at* I want to make your back up as soon as possible, before anything else happens.

We still need to talk to the Captain, he might be able to help us figure out some more details.

*makes some notes on his datapad*

“Someone is screwing with these elevators and i need to find out who it is..”
“It may very well be the same person who caused the panels to explode,these are not coincidences..”he keeps talking to himself as he walks

Alright, let’s head over to the med bay, then.

*The group discovers that the door won’t budge and are startled by the shouting from the other side.*

Hello, what’s going on in there?

The digital girl slowly starts to form in Abel’s room……much slower then usual I might add but given the state of things that’s no surprise, sitting legs crossed floating in the air beside Abel “….I.. Honestly don’t don’t don’t don’t..” Both her voice and body language skipping for a few moments as her program lags “….Know Bro. My systems a mess… All you do is try to copy everything and hope it all goes over right…..but.. the copy should have no affect on me..” a little bit oh fear in the girls voice.


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Not surprisingly The two Doctors knocking on Sick Bays door don’t get much of a response worry quickly starting to fill the two.

(Teleporting is gud@Mike)

(@Aurelius: We were on our way there, before Abel bumped into us and the sick-bay mayhem started. But, assume we took the stairs.)

(ok,nevermind then.)

Well then what am I going to do Molly? I’m running out of options here, this station is falling apart, you’re losing more control every minute. *He stands, pacing back in forth, getting increasingly frustrated as he tries to figure out a solution* Damn it, what am I supposed to do!?
*He picks up his pocket projector off his desk and throws it at a wall*
Instead of a copy, can you just download yourself entirely? If we don’t do something, you’ll be gone be the end of the week, at best. *He sits on the edge of the bed, watching Molly’s flickering form*

*After getting no response from the control panel.*

Damn… I’ll use my sonic screw… Bloody Hell.

*The Doctor whips out his crowbar (Which is coated in rubber at the tips, they have these now and considering it is the future they should still have them.) and bashes the control panel until the door opens??? Either way he backs away from the now exposed panel.*

looks at them trying to open the door

(outplay must work just following you guys around)

“… Abel c-calm down… Okay…?” a bit of worry in the holograms face, glancing downwards and giving her own arm a squeeze “Down…down down.. downloading would be even riskier… as… we’d only have the damaged copy…and it’d leave the station without an AI… though… maybe that’d be a good thing right now…” Molly takes a breath looking up with a wide smile again though Abel knows her well enough to see it as a bit of a lie.

“Lets just get the copy started. You and Aurelius will total fix everything up around here anyway! This is a ‘just in case’ thing after all~”


(Yeah going to have to snooze soon if I’m going to catch the morning crowd heh)

(So the sick-bay group is still screwed then? Also goodnight then.)

(Heh. They’re free to do things over-night so we can get things moving in the morning. But yeah~ Brinight~)

(Alright, The Doctor is left in automode to assist the others if possible. Good night everyone.)

I hope my captain will be okay…
((Auto mode! I’m fretting about my captain, and….that’s it. I gots the day off tomorrow so…yeah.))

(Sorry I was gone for so long!! What’d I miss? Where am I? I don’t have time to back-read yet.)

(you and some others are trapped in the medbay with the air being sucked out)

(Okay, thanks, I’m back-reading now.)