Fourth Morph - Video - Backdated slightly after sirens

[guerrilla_morph]

[ Here is Marco again, but unlike his previous post when he was a smirking, shit-eating smartass, this time he's a little different. A little hard, a little rough, but still mostly the same. He's sitting in a chair, the cheap hotel kind. Looks like the boy still hasn't found a steady place to live in regularly, but he doesn't seem to be too bothered by it.

When he speaks, he lacks nearly all the swagger and a hundred times more of his acidic sarcasm. ]

Hello again.

I did had this whole speech about the attacks and all, but at the end of the day, I just don't care. It's too stupid for me to bother.

[ He moves his eyes upward, in a gesture of thoughtfulness. But his face shows nothing but a calm serenity, but it is the false serenity, the kind that brings about a terrible, despairing rage, the kind that only those who experienced it can recognize it for what it is. ]

I just want to say my mom, Eva, died. Some of you might know her as Edriss.

[ Another pause, as though he searched for words. His brows furrowed slightly, his eyes darken. ]

She was murdered by some crazy psycho redhead. I could call her a hot crazy psycho redhead, except she murdered my mom. That killed the sex appeal right there.

I already destroyed the body, since I heard about people becoming Darkness monsters after death.

[ Edriss was bad enough on her own. Marco is certain he can't handle seeing a monstrous version of Mom walking down the streets of Siren's Port after nightfall. ]

I'm going to make a small memorial tomorrow, nearby the Newcomer Tribute. Funny that when she died back home, there wasn't any body to bury her in, so there was only a memorial service and a really lame funeral. But I can always appreciate a good, twisted irony.

Those who know her, come. Those who don't, shove off.

[ With those words, he reached over and turned off the feed, so he can wait and see who has been making friends with a mass-murdering slave master. ]

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[momchester]

No. I read on the Network that she organized a list of names from the first hunt- but, that... I didn't see it until I came back to life.

[She bites her lip and looks down, striving to keep her shit to herself.]

Was Edriss her middle name?

unhackable

[guerrilla_morph]

[ yeah, no, fuck the police. Time to trash Edriss' reputation. ]

No, Edriss was the name of the parasite that was in her brain and controlled her body while she was still experiencing it and had the audacity to pretend to be Eva.

Edriss is nothing more than a worthless lump of flesh who enslaved millions of humans and killed thousands.
She doesn't deserve to be recognized or even remembered.

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[momchester]

[. . .]

Marco, does anyone else know about this?

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[guerrilla_morph]

Why else am I making a post about a pointless memorial? I need to find the people she came into contact with.

[momchester]

I mean, does- no, never mind.

[This kid is obviously hurting badly, and lashing out at anyone who's giving him an opening. She leans in closer, eyes hard and intent.]

I think I know how you feel.

When I was a teenager my dad was possessed by a demon. It... went inside him, took his body over, then killed my mom, my boyfriend, and stabbed himself. It didn't hurt the demon- just my dad. I'll never forget how horrible it was to see my father's face and hear his voice saying- [Her voice almost catches] terrible things to me. It would've been easier if someone else killed him, but- I remember his face. And then I had to tell everyone that it was my dad who did that, and get through his funeral arrangements like that.

The point of that story is just to let you know that I have a lot of experience with weird, terrible things.

You don't have to talk to me- you don't even know me. But if you ever need help for anything, and you don't want to have to explain yourself... now you know one person who's been where you are.

[guerrilla_morph]

[ Marco listens carefully. He doesn't know what to think that there are other things like the Yeerks that can do that, that he has to go fight them too. He saw his mother die. He saw Visser One die.

And he wasn't the one who killed them, this time.

His voice is one of arrogant disdain, but his face shows just enough interest to show that he's listening. ]

Is it possible to get Eva's name on Tribute tomorrow?

[momchester]

[Mary isn't terribly used to teenage boys, but she's used to children and hunters and stubborn men, enough to not let that tone faze her.]

No, I'm sorry. I have a combination of powers that might be able to carve it in myself, but I can't control them yet. I wouldn't want to mess it up.

It'll only be a few weeks, I promise.

[guerrilla_morph]

Fine. A few weeks then.

[ But would Visser One and Mom return? He has heard about people dying and then returning. ]

[momchester]

Would you like me to let you know when it's done?

[guerrilla_morph]

That'll will be fine.