Radio audio, evening.

[firstsoldier]

[It's that guy again! He still sounds pleasant at least.]

I wish to make a suggestion that we find ways to make ourselves... visibly identifiable even when in monstrous forms, as members of the convoy and thus ideally not a marauding wild beast even if we are acting like one. Something beyond our often hidden sigils, that an unthinking creature is unlikely to imitate. What exactly, I am open to recommendations for. I suspect friend-or-foe ID chips might be beyond what this place is capable of.

[The rest sounds extremely reluctant.]

I don't have as much control of the ... thing ... I become as I would like, and though I am reasonably sure I can keep from doing serious intentional harm to allies, I can't guarantee my behavior might not match that of a feral creature and thus seem to be a viable target for hunting. Especially as it seems intent on establishing a ... pecking order, and aggressively.

... I suspect I'm not the only one who has such concerns. These changes are uncomfortably unpredictable.

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[guidemyway]

I love this idea~!

I'm just throwing this out there, and people can disagree. But they'd be foolish if they did.

We should all get ~FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS!~

You can thank me later.

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[qaw]

Not saying it's a bad idea—

[ In fact, he thinks it's a pretty good one! ]

—but we should make sure those people hunting us don't figure out what our signals mean and try to use them against us.

[x2bet]

How about this, slick - "Yellow-hello, my name's Benny and I like to wear a checkered suit jacket. Please don't eat me like a ham hock, I don't taste all that good."

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[faceguy]

We can make matching team jerseys!

[Perfect.]

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[serialmurderbot]

ID markers would be the most consistent system, but unaugmented humans wouldn't have the capacity to collect ID chip data without interfaces, and even salvaging from the cyborgs doesn't seem to give the right level of tech. And non-invasive feed interfaces would get destroyed.

[Fuck it misses the feed and all the ident systems it involves.]

Additional high likelihood of harm happening between two compromised convoy members stuck in an altered state with increased aggression.

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[bufudine]

[He thought he'd gotten away from this but...]

Clothing or a mark in a unified colour. Bright and bold enough to be easily seen.

[But it's the second part that has him concerned.]

Control comes with not fighting the monster every step of the way. [Picking your battles, so to speak.] Do you feel hungry?