texted during the meeting, displaying as being from Nova Barnett

[petridish]

[Those who check the contact list may notice there is now only one Jane Shepard listed, but this user looks almost identical to her, just mad.]

Suggestions for ways to change your appearance? Long term but not as permanent as that asteroid's genetic modification, both things that can be done on the trip and recommendations for service providers for when we get back.

[All Nova's replies will also be in text unless otherwise specified.]

Comments

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[nishizono]

are you going to be arrested?
this sounds very shady.

same

[petridish]

No, I'm just not interested in looking like my murderer.

[nishizono]

oh
then just kill them???
problem solved

[ there's a joke in there somewhere. ]

[petridish]

That's actually surprisingly difficult.

[She's tried it before!]

[nishizono]

then try harder.
if you're not succeeding you're not trying hard enough.
or you don't want it enough, but that's what losers are like.

[ if only it were that simple, right? ]

[warandpeace]

A hairstyle change, a dye job, and a change of fashion usually can do it.

[You know what? This could be shady, or it could be someone trying to avoid a lifelong enemy so he's not going to judge too much and answer. He doesn't recognize the name, but he does know people that don't like looking like their killers (or their victims).]

I like sunglasses myself.

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[beautifulspaceraptor]

[ ...

That's-

Very sudden. ]

Echoing the recs for hair and fashion changes. Contacts are also easy to get.

holy moly my phone e-mail does ugly tags I'm sorry

[petridish]

I'm trying to be different from her. Murder's pretty similar.

[petridish]

I don't want to change my style, but hair could work. I was looking at changing the color on the asteroid but couldn't decide.

[PRIVATE]
It's Shepard here. Nova now, if you want to update the Rescue Op files before we leave for Sawarga.

Sorry for the unplanned absence.

[petridish]

Sticking things in my eyes?

private.

[warandpeace]

Shepard? [If there was actual audio, she would hear concern. It seems odd she'd have to change her name and her whole appearance.]

What happened? Why do you have to look different from the other Shepard?

same until otherwise noted

[petridish]

[As per usual when someone shows a sign of giving a damn what happens to her, Nova is mildly confused. She'd think he'd be annoyed with her player being on hiatus absence.]

Nova.

She killed me, completely unprovoked. I'm done with looking like her.

[toservelife]

[Aloy is trying to pay attention to what's happening, but not enough that the light blinking on her TAB doesn't catch her eye.]

you'd be surprised how many people won't recognise you just wearing clothes they're not used to [Take it from someone who sneaked into a city just wearing the same armour as them... But then, she's used to tribal wear.]

or just shave your hair

TEXT; YOU UNPRIVATING PIECE OF GARB

[squadgoals]

[holy hot fucking hell what now

talk about a sudden fucking migraine, this is definitely helping things]

I've never so much as laid a finger on you.

[warandpeace]

Nova. Right.

[He's not. He couldn't be upset with anyone being missing, considering he was stabbed twice in the past two months. But he was lucky. He escaped death.]

It's a good name that suits you.

Did she have a shadow that attacked you or was it her?

She seems to have gotten into some pretty serious trouble lately. [Between what happened with the intermediaries during the Ingress hijacking and this...]

YOU STABBING PILE OF RUBBISH

[petridish]

No, you stabbed me! Among other things.

[petridish]

It's not that I'm trying not to be recognized, I'm trying to look less like someone else, and we already dress a little differently.

[Even as Nova's been trying to develop her own style, she's still been leaning towards convenience and ease of movement.]

Hair shaving could be nice and cool for the hot weather, but they don't seem to be saying much about the climate of this place.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE NETWORK YOU LITERAL CHILD

[squadgoals]

Did I happen to have black holes instead of eyes?

[petridish]

Thanks.

[She still hasn't figured out what to do with compliments except quickly try to move on from them.]

How the hell can shadows attack people? It was her.

[Someone A) died on the first day without seeing the posts and B) hasn't caught up on the network yet.]

I don't give a damn what trouble she's been in.

LITERALLY JUST CAME FROM MEDICAL TO THIS STUPID MEETING, ONLY UP TO THE SALARIAN

[petridish]

I don't really look into the eyes of someone who's attacking me for no reason.

Seriously, what the hell was that for? It's not like I have a life worth taking over!

[warandpeace]

There were 'shadows' of people, not actual shadows. Demons that were summoned by someone abusing the Ingress. A lot of them seemed to be the worst of people's fears and angers. I had to save one of my friends from his shadow.

Are you sure that it wasn't one of those?

[This could potentially be a very bad mix-up, but... On the other hand.]

Even if it turns out that it was a shadow and not her, I think you're making a good choice.

[So she can try to search for things that are more herself and not just be a cynical copy of Shepard.]

[toservelife]

['Less like someone else'. Aloy's probably noticeable the next moment craning her neck to look around the big group - after her customary distraction by aliens and giant machines wears off, she...gives the attempt up as a bad job. There's too many people, and a good few are in helmets.]

a lot of people only shave part of their heads. that could work.

or just wear headdresses when it's cold
there's piercings or face paint too

[Dress up like a Carja, Nova, that's what she's saying.]

[squadgoals]

[Didn't look at the eyes?

There's a sigh, and she closes her own, pinching the bridge of her nose, trying not to grind her teeth. This, on top of everything else. This, on top of Frisk, on top of... who knew who else.]

I can't state this any plainer: it wasn't me.

Shadows, doppelgangers of people started appearing earlier last month. One was mine.
They acted and behaved independently of the person they resembled.

it's okay!

[nishizono]

well that sucks for you
but it's great for them because you're a loser who won't avenge yourself

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[gentlemenpreferblondes]

theres an easy way to do it and hard way to do it.