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 Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:56 pm
!! Unit X12 has a foot and a half diameter !!
((X12 stops short as Janani looms over it. It cautiously slides its head mostly back down into its body, until the eyes just barely peek out, and it backs up a bit. Then the panel on its chest slides up, and the screen comes to life displaying a sharp blue background. Suddenly, in white, the screen displays:
crying
then a few moments later
BIG!
X12 then remains motionless))
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:59 pm
*Maggie's attention is drawn over to the robot. Her eyes go wide* Oh good heavens! What manner of creature is that?
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:00 pm
Janani almost laughs.
I'm not big! I'm actually...very small...
Janani's expression dims as her tone becomes slightly stark and depressed with the last words. However, she brightens up as she watches the screen a bit longer. Cora's words, however, attract her attention. She now has a name for the small device. Janani guesses it to be a robot or the like. Though never having seen one herself, she's heard tale of such from older Angels. Then she notes Cora beckoning them closer. Curious as always, Janani comes closer, right forefinger to her chin. Though she's nearly a millenium old, many of her mental processes fall comperable to that of a girl around the age of twelve. Hence, she has the attention span of a gnat ( xp ).
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:02 pm
:::Cora grimmaces when the machine fails to obey, but now Janani is headed away from it, in her own direction:::
X12! Come to me, now.
:::Then to Maggie::: It is not actually alive, Maggie. It is a machine. MUCH more sophisitacated than you have ever encountered, I'm sure.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:04 pm
((X12 recognizes the voice of user Cora and reacts immediately, stealthily moving around Janani's feet to come to a halt right next to Cora ))
Greetings, Cora. May Unit X12 be of assistance?
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:05 pm
*Maggie stares at it in amazement as it comes at Cora's call. Her eyes go even wider as it speaks* A . . .machine? But . . . 'tis speaking te ye . . . !
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:07 pm
Yes, Maggie, they are programmed... or, in a way... trained to do so. Do you understand?
:::Speaking to X12:::
X12, record these other occupants as users.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:08 pm
((X12 slides its head back out to the fully deployed position and rotates it around until it looks at Maggie. Then it stops, seemingly staring))
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:09 pm
I think it's what humans call a robot... Does it have...artifacial integration?
Janani means 'artificial intelligence', but it's not something she knows all that much about. She watches X12 with a tilt of her head as it obey's Cora's command.
It obeys humans...becuase of laws of somesort... Oh! Did you want to tell us something, Miss Cora?
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:11 pm
:::Cora puts a finger up in Janani's direction, as though requesting a moment of still:::
It's recording...
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:11 pm
Ehm . . *she starts to respond to Cora, but then X12 turns toward her. Staring at her. She looks to Cora, then back to X12. To Cora. To X12.* Are ye . . . certain . . . 'tisna alive? *she says nervously*
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:13 pm
No... It's no...
When Janani sees Cora's finger in her general direction and words, she goes rigid with a start. She has a surprised, confused expression on her face, and she tilts her head nervously.
Eh...?
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:13 pm
((X12 responds))
User name is Are ye . . . certain . . . 'tisna alive? Is this correct?
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:14 pm
:::She leans closer to Maggie, and talks quietly:::
Tell it "No, my name is Maggie" ...and speak up.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:16 pm
*Maggie blinks as Unit X12 addresses her again, then follows Cora's instructions cautiously* Ehm . . . nay, my name is Maggie . . .
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