Book!verse Dexter, go go go!

[a_very_neat_monster]

I wonder if these incorrect icons bother you nearly as much as they do me. My eyes are the wrong color, thank you. Can't you do something about that, with all your vast paint.net expertise?

No? A pity.

Now, is there anywhere a friendly fellow such as myself might take root and play? How can I fake my way through some lasting, meaningful relationships with nowhere to settle? Really mundane, you should consider these things!

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[canbemine]

From what my mundane knows about you, it sounds like you're better off with as few images as possible floating around.

[a_very_neat_monster]

Under normal circumstances, I suppose that would be true. I enjoy keeping all of my ducks in a line, you see-- the incorrect icons are a bit of an irritation.

[canbemine]

Guess that's fair. These are hardly normal circumstances for anyone...

[a_very_neat_monster]

Being a fictional being in the mind of a morbid young lady? No, this isn't anything I ever imagined happening, and I've quite the vivid imagination.

So, for the sake of being conversational, what is the most horrible thing your mundane has done to you? Misery loves company, or so I am told.

Oh, and she'd also like me to ask you if your game is much fun.

[canbemine]

Well, I haven't been around here very long.

But I know she's got something nasty planned, if she can manage it. Apparently, revealing this would give something away. And frankly, I'd rather not dwell on it.

My "mundane" would say that they're not just fun, but very... interesting. But I'd take that opinion with a grain of salt; fun isn't how I would have described it at the time. Or now, for that matter.

[a_very_neat_monster]

Oh dear, doesn't that sound wonderfully ominous? Cue the thunder and lightening, post haste.

Hm, mine is tempted to explore them, but she isn't terribly skilled with stealth, the poor thing.

[canbemine]

...Wonderful. Sure.

Oh, I've no doubt your mundane is better at these video games than mine is. She actually just watched it. There's a let's play she finds particularly good, and even I have to admit that the player did a good job representing my values.

[a_very_neat_monster]

Well isn't that a clever solution! My mundane struggles hopelessly through most games-- though eventually, becomes a little less awful.

Woman can be quite the stubborn creatures, I find.

[canbemine]

Our mundanes are, that's certain.

Speaking of entertainment media, my mundane is curious about your books, too. With winter break coming up, there's going to be some free time, and I'm not going to complain if she has something else to occupy it with.

[a_very_neat_monster]

Oh, she finds them quite amusing, though I can't imagine why. Always giggling away as she reads... I believe she finds my inhumanity amusing. They're a light easy read, pleasantly morbid, and quite different from the show once you pass the first book.

[canbemine]

Well, mine isn't familiar with the show, so that won't make a difference in how she approaches it. And morbidity is right up her alley.

Thanks. You may have just spared me some trouble.

[sixthanimorph]

You could always just get colored contacts if it's bothering you that much.

[a_very_neat_monster]

A fair point, I suppose. It seems a lot of hassle just to match up to those damn little pictures, though.

And there isn't even one of me wearing my mask. Honestly, the things I must put up with.

[sixthanimorph]

... Mask? What, like a hockey mask?

Or is this one of those questions I'm really not going to want to know the answer to?

[a_very_neat_monster]

I don't really see the harm in discussing these personal little details in this forum, so.

It is not a hockey mask. It is a white silk mask. Apparently my television counterpart doesn't see fit to cover his face when he endeavors to kill someone, the buffoon.

[sixthanimorph]

Oh, so you're some kind of masked killer.

That's, uh... that's great. Plenty of career opportunities in that field.

[a_very_neat_monster]

To put it simply. I hate to be confused with the common dregs, however. I follow rules, though I'm sure that sounds terribly pedestrian to you.

In Miami? The criminals practically line up at my door. 'Must be this evil to Ride Dexter's Wild Ride.' It never ends.

[sixthanimorph]

So you're... what, some kind of vigilante killer? You only kill the people you think need killing? Kind of an arbitrary line, isn't it?

I mean, don't get me wrong. Beats just killing whoever. But you're still saying you've got the right to decide who lives and who dies.

[a_very_neat_monster]

That would be more accurate, I suppose. It may seem arbitrary to you, but for me it is quite the opposite. My Code dictates a good deal about my life, and without it... Well, I imagine they'd have locked me in a padded room by now, if not outright killed me.

I never much thought about it as my right. I would describe it more as... a need.

[sixthanimorph]

So it's not really about justice at all. You want to kill people, so you do, and then you say it's okay because they were bad or whatever.

I mean, if that's what gets you through the day, that's what gets you through the day, but call it what it is. It's not like some heroic avenging mission you're on.

[a_very_neat_monster]

Heavens, no. It's about satisfying my dear backseat driver. It's about harm reduction, and, I suppose... Well I certainly don't pretend to be a defender of the innocent, but I do get quite upset when a killer targets children specifically. Its a good way to find one's self bumped to the top of my list.

My foster father saw no reason that a monster like me couldn't also be a productive member of society, so here I am.

[sixthanimorph]

At least you're man enough to admit it. I hate people who kill and then act all self-righteous. Hypocrites, that's all they are. I get killing if you have to... I guess maybe even if you want to. It's not like I've got any right to judge. But don't go killing and then acting like you've got some moral high ground or whatever.

So you kill because you want to and you're okay with that. Does that mean you're gonna kill me?

[a_very_neat_monster]

Being dishonest with one's self is bad for the soul, or so I am told.

I don't get the feeling you've done anything wrong; then again, I hardly know you well enough to tell for sure.

The short answer is 'no', however.

[sixthanimorph]

I don't really believe in souls, but I believe in having enough backbone to face up to yourself.

And, uh... thanks for not killing me, I guess.

[a_very_neat_monster]

I'm not sure about souls myself; I am told they are something humans posses, and I've never felt that I have one.

You're very welcome.

My mun is pestering me to ask if you're present at that... Last Voyages place?

[sixthanimorph]

I was. Didn't really work out for me. I'm not exactly the redeemable type.

There's a few places I might be headed soon. My mun wants to send me somewhere where I can do what I do best.

... And you're weirdly polite for being a serial killer and all.

[a_very_neat_monster]

That is something you and I have in common.

Oh? And what is that, pray tell?

Manners are very important. I strive to be normal, to blend in, to manuver people into liking me. It isn't terribly difficult.

[sixthanimorph]

So it's an act you put on to get people to relax. I've tried doing that before. I'm not really good at it. Even when I say things the right way people still get bad vibes or whatever, you know?

Survival's what I do best. Staying alive no matter what's coming after me, no matter who's trying to kill me. That's why it never worked out for me at that Last Voyages place. They wanted to break me down and make me someone I wasn't. That wasn't happening.

Things got a little messy, too. I crossed lines I wouldn't have crossed before.

[a_very_neat_monster]

I wouldn't be discouraged. It took years of practice, in my case. I was absolutely awful through my teen years; a very poor synthetic human, really.

Were we ever in the same place, I may even be persuaded to teach you.

Fair enough. Perhaps a horror game would be more your speed? My mun is considering placing me in something of the like-- I just can't get used to the idea of settling anywhere unless I am free to occasionally disembowel someone deserving.

Oh? Color me curious.

[sixthanimorph]

... Never thought about it that way, but I guess that's what I've been trying to be too. I moved around a lot. Never really fit in, you know? I stopped trying pretty quick because I wasn't ever really interested in it, but it sure made things tough later.

I'm either headed to exitvoid or havenrpg. If you show up in either one, I wouldn't mind sticking with you. I guess that's weird of me, but you're really upfront about what you do. It's a nice change of pace from how people usually are.

... You gotta understand, when everything went down, I decided there had to be rules. Even if I'd lost my whole life, I wasn't gonna just kill people in cold blood whenever I wanted. There had to be rules. So I made rules. And I stuck with them. But then I got to the Barge and things changed. I was used to people trying to kill me. But there was a guy there, and killing me wasn't enough. He wanted to break me. And I couldn't beat him no matter what I tried. So I got desperate. Broke my own rules. It wasn't pretty.