“You gonna fight me?” He called out.
“I’m a good guy,” I said.
Stepping closer to me, he tilted his head, “You don’t look like one.”
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Murder Rat!
In my opinion she ranks high in the Parahumans scale of tragic. Trapped, conscious, in your former body, your mind melting into and blending with that of the person who hates you most, until where they end and you begin becomes nebulous and all their hate for you and your hate for them becomes internalized, directly solely at the new self generated from that shared suffering. It's a fate that could be the plot of an entire horror novel. Remarkably thought out despite her extremely brief time on the page. Fitting, considering Murder Rat's character concept has existed since Worm's early drafts.
We don't know how many of the S9K survived Gold Morning, or even the conflict they started. But I like to think that a few of the clones survived and started new paths in life like Ashley did. That's actually what spawned the second picture, a "consolidated" Murder Rat.
If a Murder Rat survived Gold Morning, I think her story would be one of developing a sense of self from what memories Bonesaw replicated and what she got from the shard connections of her components. Plus dealing with whatever leaks through from the two clusters she's a part of, and with the Kiss/Kill dynamics she has with those clusters. Frankly, it'd probably be an interesting read.
Also, figuring out a way to design a hair style that looked somewhat decent when the character has two different hair textures was a real trial.
