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introducing
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a man is a god in ruins.

— ralph waldo emerson

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LOADING IN: // ~ELODIE KAMSKI U.001819.

elodie kamski remembers her childhood. her first distinct memory was her older brother hunched over a work table in their family garage, his hands covered in bright blue liquid. she remembers the arguments with their parents, over the phone, after he poured all of his savings, betting on cyberlife. she remembers their family trip to detroit, on her 13th birthday, and the first tour of the factory that produced her brother's inventions.

before she knew anything else, she was certain she wanted to be as great as elijah — to follow in his footsteps despite the reservations of their parents. and so she did, forgoing college for a career as a skilled engineer and programmer.

but elodie kamski is losing her memory. in fact, she barely remembers the last month.

when androids all over the country begin to display signs of humanity, elodie finds herself sent into a hornet's nest by her brother, to both analyse the deviants and to keep tabs on their hunter, rk800. quickly it becomes obvious that things are not as they seem, least of all with elodie and connor, whose proximity seems to be actively degrading the other.

who, or what, is ra9? what causes deviancy in androids? and what is the truth of elijah kamski's design? finding the answers to these questions threatens the very fabric of elodie's life, but as time ticks down to the uprising of androids, elodie is forced to confront both who she is and just what her brother is capable of.

And Circe now contaminates this bay,
polluting it with noxious poisons; there
she scatters venom drawn from dreadful roots
and, three-times-nine times, murmurs an obscure
and tangled maze of words, a labyrinth—
the magic chant that issues from her lips.
Then Scylla comes; no sooner has she plunged
waist-deep into the water than she sees,
around her hips, the horrid barking shapes.

— book xiv metamorphoses, OVID

GHOST IN THE MACHINE // sza

BORN YESTERDAY // quadeca

IRIDIUM // labyrinth

SMOKE SCREEN // pearly drops

GENESIS // grimes

SAD DAY // fka twigs

PERFECT WORLD // abid

HELP I'M ALIVE // metric

VAMPIRES // bat for lashes

1121 // halsey

DOOSMDAY // lizzy mcalpine

E T H E R E A L // tokyopill

WISH ON AN EYELASH // mallrat

AFTER DARK // mr kitty

I CAN'T FEEL (MY BODY) // ally evenson

WE OWN THE SKY // m83

VOID // kilo kish

TWO-HEADED MOTHER // ethel cain

DEMOLITION LOVERS // my chemical romance

HALF LIFE // djo

ELODIE RENATA KAMSKI 

as played by margaret qualley

I NEED HUMANITY
DROWNING IN VANITY
CRAVING HUMANITY

— ghost in the machine,
SZA

there was a time when she could tell
the difference between dream and life
but now she stands so quietly
( quietly, quietly die )

— POCKY BOY,
yeule

RK800

as played by bryan dechart

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LEX BATEMAN as played by rami malek

HANK ANDERSON as played by clancy brown

ELIJAH KAMSKI as played by neil newbon

CYRUS SORENSON as played by willem dafoe

&&. other cast as their respective actors

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AUTHOR'S NOTES

i. finally reposting this bad boy because i'm in my editing era. updated layout, expanded on some of the chapters and fixed up the writing to be more in line with where i'm at now stylistically.

ii. i added lore in this, so if you're reading and you're like 'i don't think that was in the game', it's probably because it wasn't! DBH doesn't have a huge amount of information on the technical aspects of androids so i pieced together some stuff with my mediocre coding knowledge and a little suspension of disbelief. i also tend to write canon adjacent, so while the story obviously follows most events, i am liable to tweak or reimagine.

i also have a major plot twist (love a twist) so if you're looking for a paint by numbers DBH fic, this probably isn't for you. there have been slight tweaks to the timeline as well but won't stray too hard from canonical events (i mean, by my standards. i'm always fucking around with canon).

iii. dbh is the first game i ever platinum trophied. doesn't add much, i just wanted to say that.

iv. tw for domestic abuse, canon violence/themes. also there's elements of body horror (not a huge amount but enough to warrant a mention). 

v. dedications to montjoys, ewgender, GirlPotterheadXx, sseraphines, franksocevn, aylixrum, TARGARYENSZN & -blackfyres.

vi. also sheila aka GirlPotterheadXx kindly offered me many moons ago to translate this fic so look out for the spanish version on her account <3

viii. lastly, i hope it goes without saying that writing does not equal endorsement! happy reading! and please don't be a silent reader <3 comments & votes are greatly appreciated and help motivate me during the writing process!