@light-imperfected // event sc.
this had already gotten farther than murderbot had wanted it to; despite its precautions and experience in dealing with a situation like this, it must have had contact with some of the spores. its’ performance reliability had fallen by ten percent in the last two hours - and that was all without being shot at. pain kept flashing across all of its’ sensors and diagnostic programs, and even though it had turned down its’ ability to actually feel the influx of sensory data, it wasn’t able to entirely dissociate from it for very long. it had managed to keep quiet, though - until one of its drones was able to spot some sort of ( construct? ) approaching. performance reliability dropping to 87.3%.
lifting its visor, murderbot tried to keep a level and calm voice when it spoke. “ be careful. i’m - contaminated. “ despite its best attempts, it winced - it could feel the plants practically trying to drag more out of it. when it opened its eyes again, it looked the stranger over - analyzing the other’s appearance. ah. so he had been exposed to these plants, too, judging by the flowers. that eased at least a little of its guilt. “ ... my name is murderbot. ” it froze, face turning pale and performance reliability dropping further. it only let a rare few know that name, and the fact that it had just offered that up unprompted made it feel ill.
