#devil talkin

[arachnoglitch]

"Fear the Black Cat's guard dog."

You guys know I have a personality outside of my wife, right? Sometimes I beat people up not because she told me to, but because I choose to. I am a fully realized person outside of her.

Are you?

I am, yes.

This is about his trauma, let Dante have this.

Fine.

Both of you shut up.

[arachnoglitch]

It occurs to me...

Hobie gave me this multiverse watch so that I could break into Spider Society HQ and annoy Miguel, because Hobie is an agent of chaos and I respect that about him.

But this is a fully functional multiversal watch. I could go anywhere. Literally ANYWHERE.

We could kill every Otto Octavius in the multiverse.

And then Miguel will kill us.

We could take him.

Both of you shut up, I need to think about this.

[arachnoglitch]

All physical tests this morning have gone well and I have officially been cleared for field work again, which is great because Felicia told me that some of her runners down by the docks have been skimming supplies that should have been going to the underground clinics. So instead of those meds and supplies going to citizens that need them, these idiots have been selling them on the black market for exorbitant prices.

On the one hand, this is bad because people are suffering.

One the other hand, Felicia said I get to make an example of them.

I like making examples.

Rip out their entrails and wear them like a hat.

Maybe don't post our plans on social media where the enemy can see it.

Shut up both of you, I have to focus on my violence.

[arachnoglitch]

Okay, good news, fine motor control is almost fully back online! I should be cleared for field work again by tomorrow if Felicia is in a good mood.

Guess who's back babes!

Also the internal AI are back online, so the voices in my head are alive again. No more peace and quiet.

You haven't consumed blood in over 24 hours. You need to before your cells start disintegrating.

Shut up.

[arachnoglitch]

Spying on Miguel has gotten me nowhere, he's just been brooding and sitting in meetings all day. On the bright side, LYLA still hasn't noticed me hiding in the system, so I guess my firewalls have gotten better, usually she would have kicked me out by now.

If he doesn't do anything interesting soon, I may give up and go see if Hobie is up to anything interesting.

Or you could go home and stop avoiding maintenance.

No. You know I hate maintenance day. I hate having the medics rooting around in my chest cavity.

It makes my dignity hurt.

You two are children, I swear. If we don't do our maintenance, we start shutting down. And if we don't get it done soon, Felicia is going to be upset.

I know, but... I hate maintenance. It hurts. And the clinic is cold. And it all reminds me of...

I know. But the sooner we do it, the sooner it's over.

And if you don't do it you're a coward.

Who's side are you on?

Whatever. Let's just go get it over with.

[arachnoglitch]

I have once more hidden myself in the vents of Spider Society HQ (thank you Hobie) and I estimate I have at least a hour before LYLA notices me in her systems if my firewalls hold.

How shall I screw over Miguel today?

You could just talk to him you know. He wouldn't let you join because he thinks you're unstable. I feel like this is proving his point.

You say that as if I care about Miguel's opinion of me.

I vote we kill him.

I like the simplicity, but we can't continue to torment him if he's dead. Maybe we can steal some his blood though.

Felicia is going to kill you if you do that. Only from people who deserve it, remember?

Whatever.

I'm right and you know it.

Buzzkill.