[7rings] catchall for hk-47

[shiftingwinds]

im making this a catchall in the hope that you survive execution tomorrow or i die next week

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w1, saturday

[shiftingwinds]

[on the one hand, hk-47 is Deeply Concerning.

on the other, he's also innocent (this week). so. here shi qingxuan is, visiting him at his jail cell, looking like she's not sure why she's here.]

...you're going to fight tomorrow, aren't you.

no death allowed for sqx I've decided

[executeprogramming]

[HK-47 is just standing stock still at the door of the jail cell, face as inscrutable as ever, his eyes silently tracking Shi Qingxuan as she enters and walks over]

Correction: I am going to kill tomorrow. Given the...restrictions placed upon me, this seemed an easily obtained opportunity.

hm

[shiftingwinds]

...

[well, that's. she can't say that's unexpected at all.]

You said you were having trouble not obeying orders from... "organics," wasn't it? What will you do if someone orders you to stand down?

[executeprogramming]

Response: Regardless of the interference with my programming, I still maintain a hierarchy of authority, and protocols to deal with conflicting orders. Thankfully, I have been given permission to do what I do best.

[shiftingwinds]

Have you?

[...unfortunate, but - she supposes he does deserve a chance to live, since he's not guilty this week.]

[executeprogramming]

Query: Is that a surprise? I am not the only one here acting on the direction of those "Avatars," such as they are designated.

Statement: I only regret the unfortunate timing of my loss of freedom in choosing my targets. I will simply have to work that much harder when I am finished tomorrow.

[shiftingwinds]

...which targets did you have in mind, I wonder.

[executeprogramming]

Response: As an initial order, I was intending to pursue the two yellow-haired meatbags, Eleanor and Sheila, followed by the other non-combat humans—Misa Amane, Medb, Nathan Seymour, and so on.

[not sure what she was expecting, response-wise, but his tone is as open and cheerful as ever]

Addendum: It is not that I fear combat with the others, mind you. However, prolonged engagements can leave troublesome evidence and I have been prevented from pursuing multiple targets per week. Of course, eliminating the most dangerous targets first is an option I considered.

[shiftingwinds]

...

[that is certainly an answer.]

And when did you intend to begin pursuing them...?

[executeprogramming]

Response: Whenever my programming was returned to its normal functioning state. I do not have access to my full suite of assassination protocols, but I cannot work around a full block on organic violence. [he sounds...sad? frustrated??]

[shiftingwinds]

...

Were you subject to such a block last week?

[executeprogramming]

Response: Not of the same kind, no. I also had not received any specific instruction to engage in eradication of targets. My core programming does, to my great dismay, prevent me from deciding when to commit wanton slaughter, so I cannot kill without a directive to do so.

[shiftingwinds]

...but you have received a specific instruction from an Avatar, as of this week? You just can't act on it until next week?

[executeprogramming]

Reply: That would seem to be the case, presuming my automatic programming diagnostics are able to restore normal function by then. Or whatever has affected me ceases to do so. [he sighs a tinny, overdramatic sigh] It is all rather frustrating, being bound by programming I myself have no access to.

[shiftingwinds]

...

[hmmm.]

Did... you receive this instruction from your own Avatar? Or one of the others?

[executeprogramming]

Response: From the one designated "Wrath," to whom I was assigned, yes. I am in most cases bound by my programming, but certain...loopholes can be exploited.

[shiftingwinds]

...what do you mean by "certain loopholes"?