mental link; the sound of silence

[huntsmachines]

[ Aloy has been trying to ignore that empty buzzing at the back of her head. She never got a chance to know most of her broodmates very well but their presence had been comforting. Now she was alone again. She could ignore it but unlike being alone normally, this one comes with a keen sense of awareness that she is alone and that she shouldn't be. ]

( It's so quiet without the rest of my brood. )

[ It feels strange to say that, but it's true. ]

( What do I do? )

[ She's not using to being connected to anyone this way and she's definitely not used to missing them. ]

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[sistershoggoth]

( Scream. )

[ The certitude that she's not joking is easy to ascertain. She'd done a lot of screaming, in the rebuilding stages of her battered world. When everything she knew was ruined, and all her closest friends dead. ]

( It'll make you feel better. )

[huntsmachines]

( It would have to be mental screaming. I think our hosts would think me screaming really strange. )

[ Sometimes a little gallows humor helps. ]

[sistershoggoth]

( Whole new world of screaming open to you when you do it telepathically, just sayin'. Can make all the monster noises you want to. I'm a fan. )

[ Still playing this off like it's no big deal. ]

( Primal scream therapy is a real ass thing, ok, I'm not makin' this shit up. )

[huntsmachines]

( I'll keep it in mind. And maybe give it a try where it can't bother anyone. )

[ There's a quiet, uncertain pause that follows. ]

( Thanks. )

[sistershoggoth]

( You're nicer than me, I don't give a shit who I bother. )

[ Says the eldritch horror.... ]

[huntsmachines]

( We're all stuck together, might as well do my best to make nice, far as I see it. )

[ Amusement, mostly. Everyone here is so different and yet so similar in such odd ways. ]

[sistershoggoth]

( Yup, a lot nicer. You'll be popular. )