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That evening, in the hospital's morgue, Theo finds himself naked on a metal table and much less dead than most people had been led to believe earlier.
In fact, he's feeling quite alive.
Theo becomes a vampire
in-the-breeze
Theo shrugs. "I haven't either, though whether that's down to being gay in a small town or whether it's just because I've not been up for it or what, dunno."
in-the-breeze
"I didn't think I was the only one," he says. "And I'm sure there are a couple of bi ones too, hi Matt, but still, limited pool."
in-the-breeze
He shrugs. "Anyway, had any new thoughts about what to test or should we just go back through the things we mentioned and didn't get 'round to…?"
subtle_influence
"Well we should probably figure out whether the picture slash video slash recording thing depends on who possesses it or who owns it or who actually recorded it and how all of that works with copies."
in-the-breeze
He nods. "And see if there are diminishing returns or if it just stacks regularly, probably by seeing if it gets much worse or not, like I suggested earlier." He hands his phone over to Sadde! "Try taking a video of me, see if it works?"
in-the-breeze
"Seems to be who owns the device, then, yeah. Which makes me wonder what counts as ownership, actually."
in-the-breeze
"… I'm not sure that emailing is the best idea because it might mean that people who work for Google or something get ownership of it? Since it's on their servers? I can try sending it over bluetooth, though."
So he does!
subtle_influence
Nothing happens!
"Okay, eugh, but I guess I shouldn't've expected anything to change just because I have a copy of it."
in-the-breeze
"And if I take a video of myself, on my own phone, then presumably that will do nothing, but if I send it to you through bluetooth it should take effect?"
subtle_influence
"Yeah, that definitely works, seems to be ownership... now if I send it to Matt, my prediction is that he gets the thing over you—we should give it a name—"
subtle_influence
"Yeah, I think so." Delete delete. "Pictures, video, audio, what do those things have in common with absolutely nothing at all, why do you get this by default."
in-the-breeze
Theo shrugs. "I mean, it seems weird that I'd just get it over people by default – do you actually need to see my face to feel it, or just know I'm around? Pretty sure it's just sort of there for me, not just when you're around, but it might vary or something."