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|Date of Scene=2019/06/11
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|Synopsis=Vision, Jessica, and Tony attempt to save Sebastion. It doesn't go as planned.
|Cast of Characters=7558,198,1028,22
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|Poses=:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>Staying out of the warm summer rain, Sebastion is indoors and comfortable. He still makes use of one of the isolated rooms, but it doesn't have the same security as a 'cell' anymore. The locks are disabled. It does, however, remain as clean and tidy as before: the military Sebastion keeps his space neat, and doesn't have any personal items to place around. There's one calendar up on the wall, with a picture of some California poppies, which adds an almost odd flash of forced color to the sterile room. The observation window is dark, the adjacent room unused, though the machines to monitor are still certainly running, watching, recording. Privacy isn't something given here, though to all observation, Sebastion hasn't had a problem with it or complained.<br><br>Sebastion the Sentinel is present in his quarters, and appears to be resting, in some manner, as if he were meditating, at his table, in one of his chairs.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision waits for Jessica down a hallway from Sebastion's quarters. He is in the same jeans, loafers and polo shirt he wore when he met with Tony, but his human face has given way to his 'natural' red and silver. He smiles when he sees Jessica approaching.<br><br>"Thank you for coming on short notice, Ms. Drew," The Vision says. "I wish it was for something less serious, but I suppose it is fitting after our conversation the other night."<br><br>After they finish their greetings, Vision walks down to Sebastion's quarters. All his receivers are turned off and his audio is filter pre-neural processing to screen out ultrasonics. He slows down his visual and audio processing to sampling below 60hz, where any encoded digital transmission would be glaringly obvious but normal voices will hardly be degraded. The Vision watches Sebastion impassively for a few moments and looks to Jessica to see if she is ready to go.<br><br>Once she is, he presses the chime and waits for permission to enter. Presuming it's granted, he follows Jessica in so she can make introductions since she knows Sebastion already.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Granted, the whole purpose here today is somewhat dismaying, but at least there are options on the table. Ones that perhaps Sebastion has not yet considered. They seem at least quasi-reasonable. So when Sebastion grants them entrance, Jessica seems almost overjoyed to see her friend. She hasn't been able to visit as much lately, and she is eager to catch up. Or worried. <br><br>"Sebastion! So good to see you, I've missed ya!" She attempts a side hug, if he doesn't squick away from it. "I brought someone that I thought you might be interested to meet. A friend of mine. Vision...this is Sebastion. And Sebastion, Vision." She looks between the two a little uncertainly, but her attention is drawn elsewhere. "How are things here? That's a kicky...calendar....ya got there..." She shifts her eyes to it. "You...didn't pick that out. Did you?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>There's a flood of scanning from Sebastion that will bombard Vision's awareness as soon as he enters. It's not subtle by any read of any imagination, though humans don't pick up on it at all. It is a quick batch of scans, which adapt quickly on the fly to try to aggressively and efficiently determine what on earth Vision is. The scans are different from those the Sentinels use in general: these are of a far different level.<br><br>Sebastion's attention is trained on Vision as he enters, expression moving from a sort of mild pleasant one to a more focused, hardened look. It isn't negative, but it also isn't positive. The scans continue; it's invasive in the sense that he's trying to sort of what Vision /is/, but he isn't attempting to actively hack any of his systems.<br><br>Other than the scanning, which possibly could even just be as automatic to Sebastion as looking at someone with his eyes, his reaction is human, if a little weirded out by the appearance of Vision. "Vision. Hello. ?Another Avenger; you're on the list I was given," Sebastion grants. The tone is skeptical, but not unfriendly. He doesn't seem to offer a handshake. <br><br>A smile surfaces for Jessica, though, as she asks about his calendar. He's receptive to her coming over to hug him, and hugs her with an awareness of his own strength: a secure hug but not too hard at all. Just human level. "I found it at a mall. I liked the landscapes," he answers, slightly defensive, but not offended; the smile remains. "You dislike my orange?" he asks her.<br><br>The scans continue, somewhat more passively.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision smiles politely and keeps his hands clasped together in front of him since Sebastion does not offer a hand.<br><br>"Pleased to meet you and my apologies for arriving unannounced," he says. The Vision waits a moment.<br><br>"I am the Earth's only known surviving artificial general intelligence," he supplies, anticipating Sebastion's likely questions. "I hope that does not discomfit you."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"Oh no, I love the orange! I just didn't expect it to be something you'd choose." Jess smiles, somehow feeling that the very act of choosing the calendar makes him one step closer to human. "The very idea of you going to a mall, though...." Jess shudders. "There isn't enough money in Tony's reserve to get me in a mall....Well, okay there is." <br><br>At Vision's greeting, and Sebastion's somewhat focused response, Jessica adds, "Vision's a good guy. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't have come..."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>Sebastion physically moves, adjusting the hug with Jessica, to put himself more specifically in between her and Vision. It's possibly not even something he's aware of, but he moved in a protection manner. His watch on Vision isn't harsh, though the scans would cover where he's not physically staring.<br><br>"Should it?" Sebastion asks Vision, curiously. "You're not the same kind of--- thing that I am, is what I can see," Sebastion clarifies. The tone of 'thing' isn't insulting, beyond that he himself is also a 'thing' in that description. But irritation doesn't continue, he seems to smooth out. "But I don't feel darkness from you." Sebastion smiles briefly at Vision.<br><br>"I went to the mall to stop Sentinels from attacking innocent targets, not to shop," Sebastion supplies to Jessica, his tone relaxing more for her. The human is clearly a calming influence on Sebastion. "But it caught my eye, during a safety sweep afterward."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision nods his thanks to Jessica for the endorsement.<br><br>"No, I am not like you," the Vision admits. "A scientist made an ill-advised attempt to create an artificial intelligence. He succeeded, however it was hostile to humanity. Ironically, it created me out of a previously existing limited artificial intelligence. I did not share its hostility. I have been an Avenger ever since," The Vision explains. He does not move toward or away from Jessica or Sebastion and his voice is amiably but not condescendingly British. "I am something quite new."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica nods and looks to Vision as he speaks. Something about how he can give voice to the story of his creation as if it's just a matter-of-fact statement seems to hit a button inside her. A realization, perhaps, that as mundane as 'I was born in Iowa' tell a story of creation the same as this. And yet somehow it all seems so much more profound coming from the likes of Vision and Sebastion. It is almost a foreign concept. Unfortunately, it is also a concept she feels won't add anything helpful to the conversation. In fact it might even be detrimental.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>"I thought I was human, without memories," Sebastion grants, with some openness, as if proclaiming things made it seem like he was fine with them. The matter-of-fact manner is emulated: but not entirely successfully. "I am not that. Instead, I am... whatever was done to me." There's an attempt at indifference, but there's emotion there, under the surface of whatever sort of military training is coming to the front with the man. His actions and behavior are very human, there's perhaps an uncomfortable convincingness to him. But that could also be the very thing that is keeping him acting so human. Humans are competitive, and there's a slight sense of it there, as Sebastion takes in Vision further.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>"Something was done to you," Vision grants. "But you are still very human. I have analyzed your behaviour extensively, and you are no less human than Ms. Drew. For now. Whatever emotions you feel about your change, you are distinctly human psychologically. Much like current day cyborgs we have seen."<br><br>The Vision moves a couple of steps to the side, his face pensive, until he can speak with Jessica and Sebastion without looking past Sebastion to do so.<br><br>"In fact, I envy you. I have been observing and participating in humanity intensively, but I have realized I will never attain what the two of you have."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>There's a style of calm rejection of those ideas on Sebastion's face; he doesn't believe he's human, yet also doesn't seem to feel a big need to argue about it. Perhaps his own internal belief is enough, and it's easier to let Vision be incorrect. Sebastion hasn't pushed his viewpoint on others in the past, not after his initial statements of what he believes. He just believes certain things, and doesn't move opinion without evidence. The evidence of him beign a machine shook his core and made him act out.<br><br>"I often see what you might call cyborg concepts in my head. I don't think its coincidence. Do not worry: I resist the urge to apply them. I don't like that they are there."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica shifts a little uncomfortably and moves a step closer, touching Sebastion's arm. "Dont you think that the fact that you can reject ideas that occur from unknown sources...indicates that YOU are there making that decision, Sebastion. Don't you think that means something?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision watches Sebastion carefully, tracking his movements.<br><br>"Whatever you are or will be, we have a difficult choice to make Sebastion. You are on the cusp of something that will both shed your last grip on humanity and make you a danger to every living human. Everyone in our time deserves assurances, so that there is a future humanity for you to come from."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>Sebastion frowns a little at Vision's elusive statement, and watches him with a similar skepticism to when they had first met. He's flicking through options and mental scenarios; he isn't slow to process, when he actually lets his computation power go full bore.<br><br>"Everyone is very threatened by me, but I have done nothing to provoke that. I want to protect humanity. Continually being treated like a nuclear warhead has no proof to it," answers a chilly-toned Sebastion. There's frustration there, but an attempt at patience. "Were there real proof that I am a threat, I would destroy myself. But I am trying to do /good/ with whatever I've been forced to become."<br><br>Sebastion turns his hand over and pats Jessica's wrist once. He appreciates her support.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica exhales slowly, turning to Vision. "Let's be reasonable here...I don't mean to be the devil's advocate, but isn't that a little like saying every human is one decision away from becoming a terrorist or a serial killer? There, but by the grace of the gods, goes any one of us. The power to do catastrophic damage does not mean that we have the will to do so."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>"No, it is something very different," he says to Jessica. "Not every human has the capacity to be an existential threat to humanity. Very few if any do. But he could at any time," Vision explains patiently. "Ultron very nearly killed all life. It is not clear we would be so lucky faced with a third artifical general intelligence. Will you excuse me a moment?"<br><br>Vision steps out into the observation room. He brings a bunch of information onto one of the portable displays and then quickly, physically removes its transmitter. Then he wheels it back in.<br>"If you will let me explain?" he asks Sebastion.<br><br>Assuming Sebastion agrees, The Vision walks Sebastion and Jessica through AI safety concerns, the Great Filter and its supporting data, and then shows them footage and data about Ultron and himself.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>"You have not crossed the threshold yet," Vision says to Sebastion. "But you can no more understand what you would do at different levels of super-intelligence than a dog can understand what Einstein would discover. I have avoided using true recursive development, and my code is available to Mr. Stark for inspection, but I am no less of a threat."<br><br>The Vision folds his hands together again.<br><br>"If you were the President's human national security advisor and faced with a potential threat on this scale... What would you recommend?" he asks, putting it in military terms.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>Sebastion frowns, but doesn't need time to think. He's applied his processing power to it, or already knew the answer. He does fold his arms over his chest, which is something of a human gesture of defensiveness, or something about the conversation made him do that.<br><br>"You're simplifying my situation," Sebastion says tolerantly. "Were I the only threat, destroying me makes sense. However, as we don't know if there are others like me, it is more important to stop whatever caused me, and I am the best source of information on that. I am related to the Sentinels, and I should be best deployed to stop /that/ threat: to stop additional creations like myself. And then I should be ended, if I do have the potential as you say. At this point, I clearly do not employ recursive development. I'm unsure how to do so. Becoming some kind of master computer isn't my desire, though."<br><br>Bastion drops his arms. "But everything you say makes me feel that I need to check on the Sentinel facilities. I have to go there. Soon."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica sighs, and shakes her head. "No. You break any human and they become something inhuman. This is no different. Anyone can be brainwashed, tortured, altered. ANYONE." There are tears in Jessica's eyes, and it's clear that she is excruciatingly passionate about her stance. "I was not raised a weapon of mass destruction. I was broken. I was turned into one. And it was on me. ME. To turn myself back. I could. because I am human. And humans have the will to /become/. For good. Or. Bad."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>Vision's expression is limitlessly patient, quite as if dealing with people who are not expected to grasp a concept. "I have failed to make myself clear," he says with a sigh, a new affectation.<br><br>"But Sebastion has choice, that is why we came to speak with him," Vision assures Jessica then looks at Vision.<br><br>"Sebastion, you are correct. We must assess and deal with the Sentinel facilities. Trask was unbelievably reckless using the robotic lifeforms as he did. Your help could be crucial. It may also be key to understanding how to preserve this rare timeline where humanity appears to continue past the Great Filter."<br><br>Vision pauses. "We need assurances, the same I have given the Avengers. Your word is not enough, but examining your code would be. At the same time we should be able to suppress the intrusive thoughts you are having and possibly restore your memory. Those memories may hold the key to preseving our timeline."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>Sebastion lifts his head back some, as if reacting to a mild physical slap. It didn't necessarily hurt, but he still reacted. "Assurances," Sebastion repeats.<br><br>"Examining my code. I don't know what that would involve. I can examine the 'code' of Sentinels somehow, but I don't know that I could describe it in words. Someone examining my thoughts, my 'code', feels dangerous to me." <br><br>He lifts a few fingers, in a 'wait' motion, while he clarifies. "I don't know how I will react. When I was originally found, when I felt myself attacked, I accidentally injured someone. I live with that guilt, and I do not want something like that to happen again, if I'm prodded."<br><br>There's a pause. "Also, I do not want to be judged by it. I suppress many urges. That's my choice. And it should matter, that I do that: not that the urges exist. I am more than a set of programming." Sebastion grows agitated, with the last statement, he paces in a circle, his body language shifting to an aggressive, frustrated display of emotion.<br><br>"I have told you that I hate evil entities, and sense them. I haven't killed them. That should be enough, that I've not become a monster. What will those memories contain? The torture of what my history has to be?" Sebastion's upset, and his display of 'upset' is to lean on angry tension. He does turn towards the person clearly on his side, Jessica, and touches her upper arm and elbow again, as if trying to calm himself through contact with her arm and support.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica turns to Sebastion and breathes a sigh, covering his hand with her own. "All I know is you two are the smartest beings I know, and you both have the ability to be objective. If there is any way to find a resolution that sits on common ground, YOU TWO are the ones who can find it."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision does not react one way or the other to Sebastion's emotional processing. He waits calmly.<br><br>"I understand your concerns. It is not our place to judge who or what you are, or to change you. If you do not wish to experience your suppressed memories we can ensure you do not."<br><br>The Vision looks to Jessica when she speaks. "The process involves accessing your code, with your permission. We can take precautions to avoid using any force and to explore any barriers put in place. If there are any, they must be a concern to you since they impair your freedom," he points out. "I can provide you with the information you need to understand the code as we examine it. It seems you have been given an intuitive ability to interface with digital devices, but do not have a deep grounding in what you are doing."<br><br>The Vision pauses a moment and blinks. He opens his mouth and makes what sounds like a warble to Jessica. To Sebastion it's him speaking extremely fast to convey his observations of Sebastion, his limitations and behaviours.<br><br>"I think you are imprisoned, or at least shackled, in that shell," he concludes at normal speed. He conveys the impression this is both novel and discomfiting in his concerned expression. "Whoever did this to you seems to have an interest in controlling you."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>"I don't fully trust you. You're not human, either," Sebastion gives, after a quiet little stare at Vision. The statement loudly suggests that humans are more trustworthy. There's less annoyance: it's more Sebastion providing information, which makes him probably seem a little robotic, and chilly, for the moment. He's a 'human' robotic, though: in that he's suppressing his emotions, and it's ending up that way: not that he doesn't have them, apparently.<br><br>"I have many conflicts in my head. It is making decisions very difficult," he complains. "I need to know my history, but opening the memories may be painful, or change my frame of reference. I liked my life better when I didn't know I was a Sentinel."<br><br>There is a touch to Sebastion that may feel like a 'rational' bigoted person being made to question their belief structure. They don't want to look at the evidence, but also can't deny it, or it creates hypocrisy...<br><br>"The more I learn, the more I hate myself," Sebastion says, quietly. "I don't want to trade one controller for another, either. Mr. Trask wanted to take me apart. So do you."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica speaks softly and soothingly to Sebastion, rubbing her hand over his gently as she gives voice to her observations. "Being human isn't easy. It is difficult. It is painful. And we all long for a simpler time when we didn't know the way the world works. I promise you that I'll protect you with my life, if need be. I won't let anyone take you apart unless you yourself change into something inhuman. But memories? Hurt. And experiences hurt. But we are human. We are resilient. We survive. And we are better for it in the end."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision waits until after Sebastion responds to Jessica.<br><br>"I am not interested in taking you apart, only understanding you better."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>"As I said, I think there's 'programming' in my head that I don't ? agree with. It doesn't seem rational. My reaction to mutants. I can't just ignore it, but I control my actions," Sebastion says, in a tone that's a little mutinous.<br><br>"I /may/ agree to a short examination, but reserve right to stop it at any time," he says, skeptical, and clearly uncomfortable. It's like someone with some big issues agreeing to a proctology exam by a hook-handed stranger. He's clearly skeptical about the whole thing.<br><br>"Would /you/ agree to me examining /you/?" Sebastion asks, orienting on Vision. "I have some intuition when I touch machines. I don't know if it includes you."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>Petaflops of calculations complete in a second and reduce the problem to a single issue. Whether saving humanity is worth the risk to Vision.<br><br>The Vision glances at one of the cameras and re-activates one of his transmitters. EM dampeners are activated around the quarters cutting outbound transmissions. Vision's other transmitters and receivers come online, with all but a partitioned segment of memory and the working registers for sensory input set to read-only and large tracts of memory encrypted.<br><br>The Vision steps forward to Sebastion and holds out a hand.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>Sebastion orients around them, he looks up, noticing the EM dampeners. His transmissions that he was doing were effected, obviously. He weighs the impact of that, and the reasons behind what Vision is doing, and also risk to himself. The AI are fencing, and it must be interesting to watch.<br><br>Sebastion flicks his eyes to Jessica, perhaps in clear reference to her promise to help him, and then accepts the handshake.<br><br>At first, there's nothing, from Sebastion's end. Vision may as well be holding a human's hand, for all Sebastion actively does.<br><br>"....Ready?" Sebastion asks. There's a politeness to the request. "I don't know what this will feel like, to you."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica's heart is pounding, though she doesn't quite know why. When Sebastion looks to her, she winks at him. A confirmation to that promise. "I'm here. No matter what. I promise."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>"I appreciate your concern," The Vision says. "You may begin."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>The invasive pressure from Sebastion is substantial. It's clumsy in that it's not subtle, but that doesn't make it ineffective. Sebastion's wielding a technological battering ram; he is clearly technopathic in a way similar to Vision, and seems reliant on the touch.<br><br>What is he doing, though? Asserting will, and sending very loud commands. It is entirely in keeping with what the Sentinels do: they emit streams of commands in overpowering chunks of data. Much like the Sentinels overwhelm in numbers physically, their programming is the same way. It's an assault of raw pressure.<br><br>In this case, what Sebastion is doing is closer to direct subjugation than trying to read anything from Vision. It's clumsy, in that the command, when looked at, is only 'RESPOND' on repeat. Kind of like calling a house a billion times suddenly, just to see if somebody answers the phone or not - when one call probably would have done it.<br><br>"I am testing for response," Sebastion says verbally, which is kind of an understatement.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision squints at the onslaught.<br><br>"Yes, though it would help to know what you want."<br><br>The Vision transmits a binary stream back prompting for protocol negotiation and setting acceptance parameters for rate, request format, etc. It is an offer to his lower level network processes and an attempt to make communications efficient and manageable.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jess is watching, but she has no idea what is going on. It's like watching am invisible chess match. Or, for all she knows about chess, a visible chess match. She wants to ask who's winning. But she knows better. <br><br>"So who's winning?" <br><br>Well, she /should/ have known better.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>Vision gets a stream of corrupted data, as the protocol negotiation bounces. It's just nonsense, though there's a receptive end on Sebastion's side. Sebastion doesn't seem to react visually at first. So they are rather literally just standing there with a handshake; not a lot for Jessica to look at.<br><br>"You're not a Sentinel," Sebastion ends up with, with a tone that's a little frustrated. He follows this with an adjustment, and a new stream of data that Vision can actually translate, due to his familiarity with Sentinels: it's a more standard handshake intended to pull down information from a Sentinel system: they have their own coded language.<br><br>"We're trying to cooperate," he says quietly, gently, to Jess.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision allows surprise to show on his face.<br><br>"No, I am not," The Vision agrees.<br><br>"Your systems are remarkably constrained," he comments to Sebastion. "I do not think you were intended to have broad system access."<br><br>The Vision uses Tony's recordings of Sentinel transmissions to interpolate a protocol interpreter and begins translating and responding while monitoring the outgoing data stream. He tries to respond at a rate that satisfies Sebastion's systems to avoid the overwhelming demands as much as possible.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>"Your response is a mimic, but I can tell it's not a valid Sentinel reply," Sebastion comments. It isn't said for arrogance, but at least it makes it clear that Sebastion can communicate with what Vision is adapting to. "Sentinels require consistent bombardment. My natural response is to reject your imitation, but I'm going to overrule that," he says. The demands end after the negotiation using their new agreed connection.<br><br>Some requests for data transfer follow: Sebastion the sponge, clearly. They are somewhat invasive, but not out of the ordinary for a system to find one it isn't familiar with and try to pull information to increase efficiency. Most of it is related to hunting for physical systems, as if Vision were an interesting new piece of hardware to acquire. Test commands start to happen, to evaluate.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision nods. "Sentinels are strange in that respect. Is the bombardment necessary to overcome resistance?" He waits for an answer before his next question.<br><br>"What experience is attached to perceiving the mimicry? Is it feeling?" he asks curiously.<br><br>Meanwhile he continues feeding responses back to Sebastion while simultaenously modeling what conclusions Sebastion can draw from the data to anticipate any reactions.<br><br>"I think your experiences are very different from mine. Your system is also partly exposed," he points out verablly. "It will likely respond to some commands, though I will not access them without your permission."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>"In human terms, I would say you have an accent," Sebastion answers. "I could teach you how to not have one." Could, but it doesn't sound like he's going to do so at the moment. <br><br>"Attempt them, then. I am confident in my ability to reject them if I need to," decides the Sentinel, while quite certainly digging around in what he's gleaning from Vision.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision nods.<br><br>He sends some initial commands to query for accessible commands and begins to explore the easily available system space. He is systematic and unrushed, initially more interested in the range of commands the system responds to and how it does so, rather than what it says specifically, building up a model of the underlying software kernel, hardware, interfaces, system status information. Only once he has exhausted that does he move onto to exploring what the system may know, whether that's how it processes visual data or handles errors, to factual information it has available. Whatever he can access.<br><br>The Vision projects an image from his crystal, a visual representation of what he is gleaning, making some of Sebastion's unconscious architecture available to him. Like watching an EEG or the like of your own brain while it works.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>At first things are fine, but most of it is very walled off. Some of the requests answer, most of the hardware ones just get no reply. System status informs Vision that Sebastion doesn't actually exist. SYSTEM NOT FOUND. But when all of the access is collected, that reveals something important.<br><br>A small look gives a lot of answers, that make up one bigger truth.<br><br>Sebastion is a full general AI. There's a probably unexpected problem, aside from that.<br><br>His problem is that ninety percent of his programs and processes are corrupted. He can't access most of it. There's pieces that he's copied over out of certain subsections, and the whole of one of his major processing areas is functional, but he's constantly sending failed requests internally, into these corrupted data systems. Trying to access Sebastion's data is akin to trying to read a document full of ASSERTIONFAILED command lines; it's not difficult so much as deep, and eats lots of processing power to constantly have piles of errors.<br><br>He's created a small area where he has collected some essential programs and what he can salvage out of others, but he likely lacks the ability to sense his own systems or even find drivers for a lot of his internal equipment. <br><br>The EEG isn't going to look good. More like demonic possession.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica furrows her brow, looking at the readout. She tilts her head, reaching up instinctively to rest her hand along Sebastion's bicep. But her eyes are glued to that rendering of what Vision has found. "Wh-what is...all of this?" She asks Vision hesitantly, gesturing to the vast zones of unresponsive or corrupted. She hopes she is wrong. But if she isnt, it would make sense. Jessica has always had an affinity for broken things. Like the only doll she remembers from her childhood. A Malibu Kira with a missing hand, chewed off by a wayward puppy. She wrapped the wrist and forearm with white medical tape to make a cast. Trying to heal that which could never heal. Oh, she had others, but that one she kept until--well, until she had no home or family anymore. Much less dolls. It is the one thing she holds onto from her childhood. The broken one. Like Jessica herself. <br><br>But you can't fix broken with medical tape. It takes a heart willing to be broken, too, if there is any hope at all.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision does not take his eyes off Sebastion. He looks sad.<br><br>"It is Sebastion's core systems," The Vision confirms quietly. "I am sorry, Sebastion. You are not human. And you are not well."<br><br>The Vision makes his internal model of Sebastion's system available to him in all its richness instead of the visual representation so he can examine it more carefully.<br><br>"I am not certain how long your system will maintain its integrity in its current form. It is surprising you are functional and lucid. A testament to your will perhaps."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>Sebastion can also see the mockup of his mind/systems. And when he's given the apology, he pulls his hand away and rejects continued communication at the same time. His expression shows a weird humiliation, and he attempts to turn and just walk out of the room. Denial? Possibly. "I don't accept that."<br><br>Once again, a truth bounces off of Sebastion's view, and the reason why may suddenly be so obvious: he has survived by rejecting corrupted information that doesn't make sense.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"He's human, if he /says/ he is," Jessica hisses through clenched teeth, and fighting back more tears as they well up in her now vivid green eyes. <br><br>"I don't /care/ what that says." Jessica's voice calm and even, with an underlying lethal edge that is fiery, and fiercely angry now. "What's the difference if he has the same physiology as other humans? People have aberrations all the /time/ and we FIGHT for their rights. We do not apologize to them for not being human. At what point do we understand and accept that while we may create AI, it then creates itself. And if it is human, it is human." She takes Sebastion's hand in hers and squeezes it gently, if he doesnt pull away. <br><br>"WE DO NOT STEP AWAY FROM OUR CREATIONS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision lets the display fade and puts his defenses back in place while continuing to run his diagnostics to be sure nothing was affected.<br><br>"I am sorry because he is not what he wanted to be, Ms. Drew," The Vision says. "I know it is difficult to understand. I will not return unless you ask for me, Sebastion."<br><br>The Vision turns and leaves the room, heading directly to where he can speak with Tony.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>Systems with good function include his sensors and nullifiers, and ones that have to do with the rationale of turning those on and off; those are intact, as is his ability to interact with humans and self-awareness. He's not as fast in thinking as he should be, due to all the constant errors and problems. A lot of his power is tied in his own bug management. Cybernetics system handling is about 50% online, as are a mix of weapon related systems (he probably can shoot). A few of the systems are entirely corrupted, but it's hard to tell which, because the main root isn't responding well. It probably is running, but access isn't possible from an external like Vision.<br><br>Tony Stark sends a message along, urgently, to Vision: 'Is he repairing? Can't see, need your judgement call on this shutdown.'<br><br>Sebastion himself let Jessica touch him at first, but if she wants to continue holding his hand, she'll have to walk with him, or he'll leave her there. As Vision is also leaving, there might soon be nobody in that room. "I don't know how to react," Sebastion does say to her.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"You react however comes naturally, I think," Jessica replies, hastening to keep up with him. "You react with your gut, and you deal with it and move forward." He tone is subdued, now, and and a little abashed at her own response. "And then you persevere. Because that's what we do."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision replies to Tony once he is beyond the dampening field, which is entirely under Tony's control.<br><br>"No. I do not believe he can access or repair his systems while he is running. Any intelligent designer would have left self-repair subroutines and they must no longer be functioning. We are fortunate, I do not think we could stop him if he became fully functional."<br><br>"I am concerned he will degrade further and lose any remaining control. Unless I am wrong, he will need new hardware to survive."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>'He's headed outside. You're sure about this?' Tony asks, as if he was personally of a different opinion. Finding a powerful AI has been trouble in the past, obviously.<br><br>"Trask has to answer for this," Sebastion says darkly, frustrated, and lacking an outlet for what is going on within him, perhaps. "I need my answer, of /why/ am I am this way," he says to her. They are headed outside, by the looks of his current path of action. "And if I'm going to fix myself somehow, it's going to be Sentinel parts, isn't it."<br><br>Sebastion went from denial into obvious solution pretty quickly. He hadn't been aware he was malfunctioning. He knows now. <br><br>"That must be why I'm obsessed with that place," he says, in a very low voice, to Jessica, turning towards her, and lifting both hands to try to set them at her shoulders. She stopped him for the moment, at least. "I think mutants did this to me, that's why I can't stand them. But I can forgive, and make this right."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"Sweetie, no..." Jess shakes her head slightly and reaches up to touch Sebastion's cheek. "They didn't do this to you. Trask did this to you. He put that resentment inside you. I don't know why systems are malfunctioning. But you have my help, in whatever capacity I can assist you." She sighs, looking up into his eyes. "Revenge isn't the way. And Trask...he didn't make you. Not /this/ Trask. He won't know how to fix you. I...I think someone can. But it's going to take a lot of convincing. And a few barrels of booze."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>"Stop him, do not let him out of the dampening field" The Vision sends to Tony and starts running back in the direction of Sebastion, phasing through walls.<br><br>"We cannot risk him leaving if he understands our concerns and does so anyway." He shuts all of his transmitters and receivers down again so there is no incoming path for signals from Sebastion.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>"Yeah, going to have to do this. Executive decision here," Tony answers Vision.<br><br>Sebastion lowers his head towards Jessica, against her hands, but his mixed and upset emotions play in his light eyes and expression.<br><br>The burst of energy goes off in the corridor; a sizzling force that looks very much like the blasts that the Fantastic Four gun emitted - for good reason, part of it is adapted from that tech. No sense inventing a whole new thing when the idea was sound.<br><br>Sebastion reacts with a rattling tension of his body, collapsing towards Jessica, since that's where he was leaning. The look of betrayal passes over his face before a spasm comes and he appears to lose consciousness, left hand glowing brightly in a spike of weapon being called, and then fading out. He does not appear to be entirely offline, but it's impossible to actually tell if 'eyes open' means something.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"Nooo!!" Jessica's scream is more that of a wounded animal than human utterance. She looks back to where the blast came from, then to Sebastion, and without another thought in her head, she gathers him into her arms, and she begins running blindly. Away from the compound. Away from the danger. "Sebastion," she says to him urgently as she runs as fast as feet can carry her. "Just hold on. I won't let them kill you. I promised. I know someone who can get you away from here." What wouldn't she give to have a tenth of Flash's speed right now?<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision comes through the wall into the hall a few moments after Sebastion goes down. He sees Jessica running with Sebastion in her arms and breaks into a full, machine speed run.<br><br>"Jessica! He is not what you think he is," he shouts.<br><br>His footsteps are loud as he runs up behind Jessica. The Vision grabs Jessica's arm with one hand and Sebastion's arm under his shoulder with the other. An instant later the Vision weighs 30 tons and his grip commensurately strong. He is careful not to hurt Jessica or damage Sebastion but he clearly has no intention of letting go.<br><br>"Jessica, I am sorry, it is too dangerous," he says. As soon as he has contact with Sebastion he opens receivers and transmitters to get into Sebastion's systems and assess whether he is down, and if he can force him to stay down or shutdown completely.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>Sebastion isn't fully offline; he's a more advanced system than the other Sentinels which probably would just collapse under use of that weapon. He is, however, in some kind of standby mode, and is in the middle of a tangled system recovery by the looks of it: slow due to his corrupted files, likely.<br><br>Security came up first, defenses are on before other things, would be a good guess. There's no access for Vision, though, at least not easily, but that doesn't mean he can't try, or even succeed, with some pressure.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jessica is stuck. She may be unable to get away, but she pries at Vision's hand on Sebastion with every ounce of super strength she can muster. "He isn't what YOU think he is." Jessica is gathering electrical charge from every source she is touching, save for Sebastion himself, and that includes Vision. Her voice takes on a decidedly dangerous edge. "I don't want to hurt you, Vision, but you need to let go of /him/."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica's energy draw is not lost on The Vision. The stone on his forehead glows bright yellow, but he lets go of his hold on Jessica.<br><br>"Tony pulled the trigger, Jessica. /Tony/. And I am /much/ faster than you," he points out. "If you trust Tony, /stop/," he urges her.<br><br>While talking he bears down on Sebastion's defenses with as much processing power as he can muster. He opens a broadband link to Tony's systems to draw on them as well, and feed Tony real-time information on the situation.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>"Sebastion's six sentinels are coming in. From what I'm getting here, they started to move ten minutes ago, when communications with him were cut. At any rate, they're coming, but I can try to shut those down when they arrive. They're about four minutes out," Tony relays: this time he just talks over the main facility speakers: there's no point in hiding the facts from either of the two Avengers.<br><br>"Also, stop fighting; I just caused him to take a nap while we decide if he's an accidental threat to the world if he goes outside to get sudden angry vengeance..." <br><br>While Tony is indeed talking, he's got what Vision is sending, absolutely. The failing system that Sebastion has going on wasn't fully rebooted, and under Vision's pressure, goes into a second reboot cycle again. It's more down than it is up: there isn't much to access, as the poor system struggles.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"Just what we need," Jessica snaps angrily at Vision. "Six sentinels coming in to find YOU attacking him, and keeping him unconscious so he can't tell them he is all right." Jessica places her hand on Vision's chest and unloads every bit of electricity she had drawn in a flash - a bolt of blue lightning that sends out thunder of its own, as she shoves him to break his contact with Sebastion.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision can sense the charge build sharply milliseconds before Jessica moves. Even at the speed of his processing he sees no clear way to intervene without anyone getting hurt. He makes a choice of who to save.<br><br>Jessica moves to push the Vision and her hand finds nothing at all. Completely insubstantial, the Vision drops through the floor ahead of the discharge. The charges is left to seek the next most conductive target.<br><br>The Vision flies back up into the room and phases back to normal. He looks down at Sebastion and immediatley tries to reconnect and assess his situation.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>Security is responding to the obvious ruckus going on. Or Tony called them. Or both. "Don't make me come down there," Tony says into the speakers.<br><br>A security drone is suddenly in the wrong place at the wrong time, and takes a nasty electrical zap to the middle. It goes spinning off, damaging the wall, while other security joins in, including some human guards that are making their way to respond to the problem. <br><br>Sebastion appears to just be out of it, though he's had a little time to work on his second reboot. He's further along on it, and a subsystem comes up. His hands and feet flare with energy as his weapon systems get priority, and the most basic of Sentinel instincts come online.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica is attempting to stiff-arm Vision, like a Heisman trophy. Only instead of a football, she has a Sebastion, whose weapons are coming to life. "And now he's been turned off and on again. What if that fixed him?? Did you even think of that?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>"Jessica, you have /no/ idea what you are doing. Put him down and move away," The Vision says firmly. "You are risking both your lives. If I do not finish his systems will fail or he will be killed."<br><br>The Vision is not waiting though. He reconnects with both Tony's computers and Sebastion's systems to try and force another reboot, then attempt to get control.<br><br>"If I cannot reset him, him through me. You must have a contingency for me," The Vision sends to Tony. "He must not reboot, whatever happens to my systems."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7558|Bastion (7558)}} has posed:'''<br>The attempts to access Sebastion remotely fail; his Sentinel security is enough to block incoming remote requests. The weapons flare, and then fail, though, and his systems go down again, when enough errors caused things to be blocked.<br><br>There's no weapons going now, he just looks unconscious. Remote probes find him to be 'alive' but in some pre-boot status.<br><br>"I've calibrated another blast that should keep him from rebooting, but it'd hit you hard, Vis. I need you out of there if I'm going to use it. From what I can tell, though, the other blast worked... except that he might be dying, and if he has cybernetic parts, that's not great. I'll see what I can figure out from here," Tony sends back to Vision.<br><br>Security has arrived, as well. "Everyone, stand down," Security instructs.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica stares defiantly at Vision, and gathers him closer and more securely to her chest. "Tony, I am not letting him go. If you feel the need to blast him again, you have to blast me, too." She knows he can hear her. He already gave them the 'Don't make me come down there,' after all. "And you..." she begins, her intense gaze still leveled on Vision, "I am not letting him go. You can help him reboot, exactly where he is. You can help me get him back. Avengers don't lie. And we don't break promises..." She looks down into the seemingly lifeless eyes of Sebastion. "I promised I would not leave him. I promised I would protect him with my life. So do what you need to do. I won't interfere."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>"Thank you," Vision says with no small evident sincerity. He walks over so he can try and use audio, visual and any physical channels if he can find one.<br><br>"Remember, he and I may be the only two of our kind," he points out to Jessica as he works. "He is... unique."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>"I'm not going to do it with Vision there," Tony replies, as if offended he needs to declare that he won't kill Vision. "It wouldn't do anything to you. If he stabilizes without a boot, that's fine too. But he doesn't get to walk out of here raving about vengeance." A pause.<br><br>"By the way, Spider-Man and Hulk are dealing with the incoming Sentinels. You're welcome," Tony adds. There's some noise outside that's started to filter down: explosions, and so on. It's loud.<br><br>Vision's search will turn up some hardware made for interfacing on Sebastion's hands. He can probably force ejection of some weird metallic cables out of Sebastions wrists, that allow for very direct physical connection for stable updating. Without the rest of his system online, hacking into specific hardware in Sebastion's arms isn't impossible for someone like Vision.<br><br>The boot sequence starts again, similar to the other attempt. There aren't new errors, but it's not as speedy as it should be. It's like someone else tampered with this. Watching it is educational.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"He's is," Jessica says, lifting one hand to stroke his hair lightly. "He wants to be human. He feels...emotions, and drives. Even instinct. I cannot see him as anything other than human...He even craves human contact. Where does one draw the line when discounting someone as human?" <br><br>Jessica doesn't respond to Tony right away. She knows he is angry. And she doesn't blame him for that. She attacked Vision. She tried to run with Sebastion. It is paramount to mutiny. "I know, Tony," she says softly, but matter-of-factly.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>"At the end of the biological species that is human," The Vision answers Jessica without looking at her. His attention is fixed on Sebastion. He takes Sebastion's hands and forces the cable ejection. They snake out of Sebation's wrists and The Vision examines them quickly. Then he puts his thumb over the exposed end of one cable and routes specific lines of electrical impulse to the contact points with his skin. The hack begins in earnest then, and he works in parallel. His own processing time is focused on subverting the boot process for 'root' on Sebastion. The Vision hives off a process to Tony's systems to analyze the possible tampering.<br><br>&lt;Do you understand the interference with his process?&gt; The Vision sends to Tony.<br><br>"Your view is deeply anthropomorphic, it is actually insulting," The Vision points out gently. "Sebastion is certainly not human. I am not human. Superman is not human. I do not think we want /human/ rights, even if we want desperately to be more like you."<br><br>"We want sentient rights, perhaps. Or perhaps other things. Your intellect is deeply conditioned by your biology, but you must understand. Ours is something very different," he says the last quietly. "Do not trust us blindly."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>&lt;No, but I'm on it&gt; is Tony's honest reply. Immediately understand? Not yet, he hadn't had access to Sebastion before, and there's a lot to go through. &lt;Either this is deliberate, or somebody had a big accident,&gt; Tony sends back. &lt;It could have been related to him arriving here, though, from whatever other reality or time. That event could have caused this, if he wasn't offline during that process.&gt;<br><br>"I'm not insulted," Tony says unhelpfully aloud to the corridor. Nobody asked, but hey. He's not angry, mostly because there's an interesting tech toy to take apart, now.<br><br>Sebastion's boot is allowing the assistance, but looking at his files is inviting an onslaught of corrupted data. It does seem safe so far: Sebastion's main awareness isn't attempting to reach out anywhere. It would be a healthy, very smart system, if it wasn't corrupted.<br><br>It does appear that Vision can't tell it to stop, but he can help to push past the corruption hangups that are causing the current inability to wake up.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica waits, barely breathing, as Vision works. She watches Sebastion's face for any sign that he may be waiting. "C'mon Sebastion. You made it this far. Come out of this...you have to..."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision looks up at Jessica with a grave expression.<br><br>"His systems are very degraded. I might be able to keep him in a cycle of partially rebooting, stasis. But he may get worse quickly. I can help him reboot and attempt to repair him enough to be stable, but I am not sure if I can or if he will overwhelm my systems. I can try to transfer his consciousness to a stable system and help him rebuild himself. Or I can attempt to terminate him."The Vision looks down at Sebastion again. r<br>"No matter what I do, he may die. Some choices may kill me, or all your kind. I understand all of the odds. But not what the... Human thing is to do."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"N--" The word won't even come out for Jess. At the mere mention of terminating Sebastion, a painful lump in her throat catches her offguard. She clears her throat and shakes her head. "I have to try. We have to try, Vision...Whatever is our best bet to regain him is what I want."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision exhales. "I will do my best," he assures Jessica.<br><br>The Vision sends a flood of comands down to Tony's systems and partitions a massive area of holographic storage. Then come the commands to isolate it except from the single input/output path between himself and it.<br><br>The Vision begins the painfully, almost impossibly delicate, task of attempting to access and read Sebastion's systems while configuring the holographic storage to meet the needs of Sebastion's personality matrix. There is only so far he can go before he has to try and assist Sebastion to activate enough to access and move him. It leaves Vision in an exposed position and Sebastion's system may not like what he is attempting. He implants an impression in Sebastion's working memory of wanting to move him somewhere safe.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>Watching Sebastion's initial boot up state is very interesting. All of the errors are coming from this first sequence: it's like this is where all his problems stem from. Something corrupted his sequence when he initiates, and causes errors to flood the other systems, so that they never fully come online. It's a little /too/ well done to be just damage. Cleverly, Sebastion's mind had bridged some of the areas (such as weapons): it was able to find and create new pathways to get those working. Memory paths are corrupted, but he's created some new access points. <br><br>"So, from what I'm seeing, he's got the equivalent of stab wounds in his head. He could be repaired. I don't think that's a hot idea until we get him into an isolated shell so that he's contained, and we get some scope of what all of these things /do/," Tony comments. He isn't bothering to privately send to Vision: Jessica can overhear. He can see what Vision is doing, naturally, and does seem to assist, with making that potential other location. Vision has Tony's support, there.<br><br>Vision will see the programs evaluate the movement, and then reject it. It isn't a Sentinel system. Sebastion isn't going anywhere that isn't Sentinel. And Sebastion's code checks for that constantly. It found the 'accent'. And as consciousness comes back, it starts to kick off the stable programs that it can. A look at what is being launched means, also, that it shares. There's a big program full of mysterious /something/, as the system spots Vision and abruptly attempts to use his resources to pull those pieces online. It has a faulty launcher, but Vision is there. It starts to aggressively tap into him.<br>"What's that program he's sending you? It's a mess of corruption from my view," Tony says, alarmed. "Don't accept anything."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision does not need any more encouraging to avoid letting the dense data structure be unpacked into his systems. He passes the incoming attempt directly to the holographic storage, pure relay. He flips the protocol for return communications from the storage to the one Sebastion could not understand earlier. He is about to overwrite some corrupted space to try and use it himself but stops <br><br>"Tony, copy all of it. The corrupted space might actually be more of this."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica looks down into Sebastion's face, watching for any sign or flicker of life. "Sebastion, if you can hear me in there somewhere, you have to do this. I can only go do far with you. You have to make some jumps on your own. You're human, though. It's what you do. We evolve. We persevere. We adapt. I believe in you. C'mon. I'm right here..."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>Vision, the other space, whatever. The Sentinel's systems find the location, copy over what they need, as well as that giant mystery program, and begin to initiate. "I have a bad feeling, watching this. I'm accessing the bulk, looks like an emergency backup as well as some startup thing. That's REALLY good news, a backup is valuable," Tony sends privately to Vision: they don't need Sebastion overhearing, at this point. Sorry Jessica.<br><br>"I'm restricting access. He gets a crutch, not a Lambo, to limp on. Watch yourself, Vision," Tony says. He restricts access to the backup.<br><br>Sebastion has roused, in a scary amount of time. It isn't like a human waking up, or a sick person, it's just he's suddenly present, his eyes move and orient, and sensors kick on, scanning quickly. His eyes glow hot with a reddish, orange plasma. Sentinels project eye lasers. So does Sebastion, it appears. Go figure. <br><br>He stares at Jessica, scanning her. He deems her human, and the plasma fades from his eyes as he quietly takes in his surroundings. It's quick. "I am missing time," Sebastion reports, and then looks at his hands and the extended cable systems.<br><br>"Something is wrong," adds Sebastion, flat. Emotions come online in a rush, and he starts to clearly become alarmed. Vision can still see a lot, with the connection: Sebastion is trying very hard to repair, but more things are 'red' than the last time.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>&lt;Understood. Do not let his backup escape confinement&gt;<br><br>"You are damaged, you require immediate assistance," The Vision says. He starts trying to write massive amounts of random bits into Sebastion's working memory for the diagnostic routines. He hopes to keep them from getting a grip on what is going on. He cuts the comms to Tony's system after backup and concentrates on trying to write over Sebastion's bootspace and trigger another reboot.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"Things are going to feel strange. Vision is the only one who can understand your coding, Sebastion. He is trying to help. He is attempting to fix some of the problems. The system was starting to fail...I promised I would not let you die, Sebastion." Jess strokes his hair again. Just hold on and try to trust me, if nothing else..."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>"I am damaged? No. I am injured. I require a Mold," Sebastion says. It isn't to Vision, it is a direct appeal to Jessica. It's right in her face, he's sure exactly what he requires. It is that. Simple.<br><br>"I have location. We can go," Sebastion says to her. He isn't moving, though. His weapons systems flare again, his eyes disappearing in the intensity. Hands and feet also starts to charge: his intelligence is getting a handle on which things it can still use.<br><br>Then he looks at Vision, in a glowing stare. "Stop that." Internally, there's a big shove: that's a no on another reboot. The system has learned that reboot is a very very bad state for it to be in. Vision does get into the bootspace, though, and has decent access to the shredded programming there.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision copies out the mess and dumps a small, basic kernel of his own in there instead so theoretically the system would boot under his control.<br><br>"Do it again, Tony!" Vision shouts. He turns insubstantial, immediately severing his connection to Sebastion. Vision dives through the wall.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>"Aww master mold would destroy who you are, Sebastion," Jess begins softly, shaking her head. I believe we can stablize you without--" <br><br>"So it again, Tony!" Vision shouts, and he phases through a wall. <br><br>Jessica startles, and looks up, with no time to react, and eyes utterly full of dread.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>A lot of things happen at once. Sebastion can process things more quickly than Tony, though it's still close. Tony had to be sure Vision was clear. There was a delay.<br><br> Sebastion fires one hand than the other, and his feet propulsion. He's trying to untangle from Jessica, to evade harming her, but he's flinging himself bodily at the wall. He blasts headfirst into the wall. And through it.<br><br>Tony rushes to adjust to the changing location, as their Sentinel attempts a sudden escape at top speed, weapons geared up, in a weird, haphazard path, bashing the hell out of himself on the way.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica holds on, desperately trying to call out to Sebastion, but crashing through walls to scrape her off...well that's a whole new level. She loses hold at the first wall, and then Sebastion is gone. She stands, blinking away the tears she expects to well. But they don't come. Not this time. He made his own choice this time. She gave all she had to offer, and he still dropped her for the call of something he needed more than her. <br><br>There comes a time when one has to admit defeat at the hands of their own bad decisions.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision quickly picks up on the fact this is going very badly. He tries to project where Sebastion will come outside, and races phasing through walls in an attempt to beat him there.<br><br>Once outside his jewel blazes and he waits.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>Through a wall, then another... then there's a pause, and then finally out of part of one of the doors, appears their broken sentinel doll. Vision doesn't actually need to do much, it appears. Sebastion plows into the ground, into the pair of huge Sentinel 'corpses' in their front parking lot, and stops moving, amidst the pieces.<br><br>Inside, the blasts from Tony's response flare, machines go offline, security drones collapse. It's hard to tell if he hit Sebastion.<br><br>"Escape from me? Ha," Tony comments, self-satisfied. Sounds like he got him, or at least read the situation as having gotten him.<br><br>Outside, the pile of sentinels smoulder, debris everywhere from the fight they'd had with the Hulk and Spider-man. There's a total of three: two of the huge ones, and Sebastion.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:1028|Jessica Drew (1028)}} has posed:'''<br>Jessica can hear the crashing. First one wall, then the next...the ultimate crash. She doesn't have to run too far, just follow through the Sebastion-sized holes. She stops short for a moment when she finds where he crashed. She approaches cautiously, and kneels, putting out one hand to touch him tentatively. "Sebastion."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision kneels down to check that Sebastion is inert. When he reactivates his receivers and transmitters his eyes go wide at the sheer volume of signalling.<br><br>"Jessica, he's going to attack!"<br><br>He gets that much out, positions himself between Jessica and the junk pile and makes an emergency dump of his core personality matrix into Tony's systems at maximum bandwith, suborning all available receivers at the facility.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>Pieces of the Sentinels collapsed from the impact. Or something else. One of the HUGE sentinel hands rotates and makes a grab for Jessica from behind, animated. The left arm of one of the giants, the right hand of another move inwards towards Sebastion. A left leg. They twist and crawl like the clipped ends of broken marionettes. They draw in, enveloping over Sebastion. His cords, though, were ready, and attach quickly. He might not be able to move his own body, but he can send commands, and he can power the huge, broken sentinel parts off of his own very pristine power core.<br><br>"I /am/ human. And that. That is an enemy of humans," Sebastion tells Jessica. Vision.<br><br>And then Vision is there.<br><br>Remotely commanding the parts, Sebastion regained the ability to move: they move him. He connected his main power core into one of the huge Sentinel arms that he fell onto, and the sudden blast, as he tells Jessica about the villainous nature of Vision? That massive blast is emitted in Vision's direction. It entirely shreds the huge Sentinel hand into tiny bits of shrapnel, so overloaded is the blast.<br><br>The hand that grabbed for Jessica, to protect her human self from the blast, falls open, whether it was able to protect her or not. It tried. <br><br>Using the remaining Sentinel pieces, Sebastion forces himself and his collection of weird, fused messes of technology airborne. He's going. He has no choice anymore.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:198|Vision (198)}} has posed:'''<br>The Vision uses every last millisecond before the blast vapourizes all the non-vibranium atoms in his body to do a single thing.<br><br>The jewel in his head floods the area with a golden yellow glow. He unleashes every joule of energy he can force out of his body into Sebastion.<br><br>When the light flares out of there is only vibranium slag and a crater where Vision had been.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:22|Tony Stark (22)}} has posed:'''<br>The torn pieces of Sentinels fall all over the place, as Vision's attack warps the air in a massive bolt. It is unclear what remained of Sebastion's flying junk heap. It's strewn all over.<br><br>It IS more clear what happened to Vision.<br><br>A crater.<br> <br>
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