viiic’s Reviews > In the Lives of Puppets > Status Update

[SPOILERS] “It is about time […] You two are disgusting.”
“Oh my goodness […] This is the best day ever. […] This is just like the movies,” Rambo squealed, sensors flashing. He reached over and pinched Vic’s cheek. “I’m so happy!”
"Of course you are,” Nurse Ratched said. “Now perhaps we can have a day when the two of you don’t stare at each other with dull cow eyes. It was getting rather embarrassing.” T^T

[SPOILERS] “Vic kissed him.
[…] Vic pulled away, but only just. He leaned his forehead against Hap’s, their eyes mere inches away.
Hap said, “I… like it.”
Vic exhaled sharply. “Okay.”
“I l-like you.”
“You do? […] How do you know?”
“You’re annoying. […] You’re h-human. […] But I choose you.”
Vic swallowed past the lump in his throat. “Yeah?”
“Yes.” MY BABIES

“Victor, I should examine you.”
[…] “I’m fine. I just need to rest.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah.”
[…] “But with all that we have learned, perhaps it is best if I—”
“Nurse Ratched.”
She beeped rudely at him. “I have noted in your file that you are refusing medical assistance against my advice. […] Idiot. I am going to sleep now. Do not bother me unless you are on fire. Even then, I will do little to help you.” I love her

[SPOILERS] “They were feeling his heart.
[…] “I see,” the Blue Fairy said quietly […] “This is loud. It betrays you, Victor.”
Vic stepped back, just out of reach. “I don’t… why do you care?”
The Blue Fairy’s eyes flashed brightly […] “Because I am the reason you exist at all.”
Vic’s tongue grew thick in his mouth. “What are you talking about? Helping Dad escape? I know that.”
[…] “No, that’s not what I speak of.” ???

[SPOILERS] “Does it hurt, Victor? […] I’ve shown you that Giovanni Lawson is the father of death. I have shown you that your HARP is […] his successor. Both have kept much hidden from you […] How are you still standing? Surely the weight of all their sins must be far more than you can carry.”
“Which is why he does not carry anything alone,” Nurse Ratched said, rolling until she stopped next to Vic.
“Yeah!” ♡

[SPOILERS] “with the last of his strength, his vision graying, Victor kissed Hap. […]
“Vic?”
His expression changed, a wave washing over him. […]
He looked up to find Hap kneeling before him, looking horrified and stricken. […]
Vic fell forward, collapsing against Hap. Hap made a pained noise, a dull whine as he clutched Vic to his chest […] He rocked them back and forth, muttering, “I’m s-sorry, I’m so s-sorry” T^T

[SPOILERS] “I think we’re making the same mistakes. Can I tell you something?”
“Yes, Gio.”
“I don’t want to make the same mistakes. I want to be different. I want to be better.”
“Better,” Hap said flatly.
[…] HARP 217, you have new orders. You will find […] Gio. Find him, and bring him back.”
[…] And on the screen, HARP 217 said, “No.”
[…] “This HARP unit is defective […] process him for decommissioning.” Oooooooh

[SPOILERS] “Hap stood in a large room splashed with red paint. It dripped from the walls. Hap looked down at his hands again, and the same paint covered his fingers, dripping, dripping to the floor.
It wasn’t paint.
Below him, laying on the floor, were remains of what had once been a person. A human. A man, from the looks of it. A young man, very much dead. His passing had not been easy or quick.” Oh god

[SPOILERS] “He seems strong.”
“He is,” Dad said. “Only the best, of course.”
“That is what you said the last time, General Innovation Operative. And yet, mistakes were made.”
“I worked out the bugs in the programming. We won’t have the same problems we had before.” So something went wrong with one (or several) of the first versions of Hap
What, though?

“Good,” a familiar voice said from one of the screens off to their right, the image blurred, out of focus. “He’s coming online. Systems seem to be running efficiently. There is… ah. Okay. Hold on. There seems to be—what is that? Why is he—okay. A glitch. We’ll have to keep an eye on it. Set reminder to run diagnostics once complete. Is he… awake? Open your eyes. Yes, that’s it. Slowly, slowly.” Hmmm I don’t like that