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 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:15 pm
'NO!'
Xenon knew that couldn't let Satomi do that. She wouldn't let her do that. Earlier, Satomi had seemed so excited about being here, she wouldn't let Satomi's day be abruptly ruined just because of her being such a... failure. She was a failure. A robot that had 'dreams', that couldn't even find logical explanations behind sensations that it could only define as 'feelings'. Her entire existence was one big failure. It all made sense now. All those questions she'd been asking... Her purpose was to fail. To make others look and feel superior in order to raise their self-esteem. A 'failbot'. But this revelation was not a welcome one. Her many problems hadn't helped raise Satomi's opinion of herself; it had just caused her trouble after trouble. She couldn't even do do the job of a 'failbot' without messing it up. She failed everything, including failing.
She took Satomi's hand and slowly stood up, her movements slow, and sluggish, as if she was in constant pain to do so; after all, that little voice in her head wasn't something she could ignore as easily as a human could ignore a conscience. Even though her overall body language hinted more towards someone about to collapse from exhaustion rather than a hi-tech gaming robot, she smiled weakly. "That... Won't be necessary... I'll get rid of the voices by myself... I don't want to ruin your day... Xenon's a good robot, she wouldn't want that...You have fun... " The smile turned more than slightly creepy as she began referring to herself in the third person, her eyes widening, almost like she was going insane.
Then, without warning, her hand clicked and whirred. The skin-like substance that coated her body peeled back from her right hand, revealing the skeletal bones underneath. They quickly shaped themselves into the form of the machine gun that Xenon had been wielding last night against the demons summoned by Konoka's kidnapper. The smile remained on her face as she placed her reconfigured middle finger - the barrel - to the side of her own head. "...I don't want to ruin your day... You have fun... Xenon will get rid of the voices herself... " She repeated, this time in a whispered tone, staring blankly towards Satomi, eyes wide, that smile still across her face.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:42 pm
Kaede wasn't about to leave her alone with a broken Xenon as she saw her making a gun shape out of her hand and point it at her own head. Kaede didn't like the look of that as she quickly moved and pulled xenon's gun hand away from her head. "We can't have you doing that~de gozaru" she said as she held it facing up, it was a bit hard as Xenon was strong but she managed to get it that far.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:29 pm
Sosuke had begun to go with the rest of the group to go see the play, but he couldn't help but cast a little glance back at Satomi and Xenon. Something was not right. Some kind of internal malfunction with Xenon? When Xenon had grabbed Satomi, Sosuke nearly dropped the TV to go make sure Satomi was alright, but Kaede had beat him there. "Hana-kun, Zazie-san. Why don't you two go see the show? I'll be right back." Sosuke said to Driviline and Zazie, before walking back to Satomi and the others. "Xenon-san. Why don't you go back to the hotel with Satomi-chan?" Sosuke asked, setting down the TV for a second. "Help us, and be a good robot, and come back with us to the hotel." Sosuke suggested, casting a look at Satomi. If Satomi was going back to the hotel, he would too. The poor girl probably was having a bad time so far...
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:06 pm
Both Kaede and Sosuke could not have been there at a better time. Satomi was too shocked to even move, being the only one to truly realize how astounding this was to see what she had done. Sure, there was the fear that she would potentially destroy herself, but the fact that she would do it only lead to one conclusion.
Self-aware...
She denied it, refused it could ever happen. Her data had critically breached an error that actually allowed her to desire her own destruction at the risk of her operator. Even the most sophisticated of AI would seek an ulterior, or simply shut down temporarily at most if they had to, but self-destruction can only be occured with use consent. She couldn't... she just couldn't be...
Self-aware...
But right in front of her eyes, like a human who had finally lost all traces of sanity, Xenon was about to destroy herself with the pull of a trigger. And had Kaede not stopped her, Satomi may have just happened to stand there, still stunned and let it happen. She still couldn't beleive this, at most, Chachamaru's systems would have lead her to do this far before Xenon ever would have; her systems were simply more advances, enough said. And yet here it was, an android seeking termination, an android seeking it's death.
She is Self-aware!
No other solution could explain it! Xenon was self-aware, her existance was not just that of 1s, 0s, wires, motors, and moving parts entrapped in false flesh. There was something else. Something causing this 'pain' and trauma to her that made her this way. "Xenon, that's enough! You don't realize it, but your termination will only make us feel worse." At first she sounded agressive, nearly yelling to get through the androids head that it would make her and everyone else feel just horrible if she 'killed' herself. But her tone eventually softened a bit after a short sigh, almost sounding saddened once she felt that she got through to her. "So stop this.. Come on, we'll go back to the hotel and fix everything... That's a promise."
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:23 pm
Negi arrives at the Cinema Village and pulls out his cell phone, texting Asakura once more.
Asakura-san. We're at Cinema Village, where are you? Near the costume shop, right?
He waits for it to send before putting it back in his pocket and looking around, making sure Yuuna and 'Konoka' are with him still as he starts through the crowds. They could probably follow his staff through the crowds, if necessary.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:31 pm
Driviline jogged to catch up with Zazie the moment she motioned for him to come along. It seemed that she had the same sort of feeling he had. "I wounder if there is a way to become part of this instead of watching it." He gave a little wink towards her as he said this. He adjusted his straw hat so that his face was hidden from view, although the yellow glow from his eyes was clearly visable.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:36 pm
Yuuna arrived along with Negi and Claude, looking around in amazement at the village, which looked to her like a slice right out of the Samurai Warriors games. Keeping track of Negi wasn't difficult, even in the crowds.
A thought occurred to her, and she moved to catch up to the boy teacher, reaching inside her jacket, pulling out the card she'd gotten the previous night. "Hey, Negi-kun, what's the point of this thing?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:39 pm
Negi turns and looks at what she's showing him, blinking a bit before paying attention to where he's going again. "Oh, the card? If you say 'adeat', you'll get what is called your Artifact. Don't do it now, though, I mean... look around, y'know. Gotta be careful. Also..." Negi pulls the copy of the card he has and whispers into it, making sure Yuuna can't hear him conventionally. "See, see? Isn't -this- useful!" =D
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:44 pm
This made no sense to her. She was a failure. A reject. Yet, everyone seemed to be discouraging her from this act. Why would they do such a thing? She was offering to end her existence; to rid them of the chore of having to take care of her. Why would anyone not want her to do that? She was a bad robot. How would Xenon's forced self-termination possibly make them feel worse? Surely only good could come of her ridding the group of her existence. Unless...
'Unless... They... Care about me?'
It was another conclusion that she couldn't quite get her head around. She was well aware of her identity as a robot; and as far as she was told by her programming, a human could never feel any genuine 'feelings' for a robot. Yet, that was the only conclusion that she could draw to this all. Using this assumption as fact; since she could come up with nothing else; she slowly transformed the gun back into her arm, the skin-like membrane slowly sliding back down her arm. "I...I'm sorry..." She looked down at her feet, her arms both dropping limp, hanging down loosely at her sides. "I... I am a bad robot... I can't do anything right... I can't even do a good job of judging when to carry out my own termination..."
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:45 pm
"Artifact, huh. I see." She twirled the card in her fingers a few times, before shrugging and tucking it back into her pocket. At Negi's voice, she said, "Is what useful?" Then she looked up, and saw him not even facing her, obviously having not spoken loudly enough to be heard, especially over the crowd. She gave the boy a long, blank stare. "Wait, what'd you just do?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:48 pm
He waves the card for her to see before speaking into it again, very softly. "This is how I got your attention the first time, Yuuna-san!" Negi smiles to himself. Yuuna would probably get it after he had waved the card at her like that.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:51 pm
She blinked a few more times, then it was as if a light bulb clicked over her head, and she nodded. "Oh, yes. I see what you're doing there. Not bad, not bad."
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:53 pm
[Claude had entered with Negi and Yuuna]
Claude, disguised as Konoka, kept a smile on his face as he looked around. Although he didn't know much about her, Yuuna had said she was a 'happy ditz', so, he decided to pretend that he had a short attention span, looking at everything shiny, but never spending more than ten seconds on anything. Of course, he'd adjust his behavior if told to; he didn't want to blow his own cover already.
[I'm out for tonight; feel free to puppet Claude with you]
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:55 pm
Whew! This was going to be even more difficult than he'd thought. Of course, they could just turn her off, and drag her back to the hotel, but it wasn't right. "Xenon-san, we don't want you to be terminated." Sosuke started, giving both Kaede and Satomi a little nudge to help him out. He was never too good with talks. "I don't know you very well, but no one wants you to go away for good. We all..." Sosuke gestured to himself, Kaede, Satomi, and the far-away Zazie and Driviline. Holding out his hand, Sosuke slightly smiled, taking Satomi's arm, and presenting her hand out as well, and doing the same to Kaede. "Come on. We'll help you go back to the hotel. Is that alright?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:06 pm
Negi nods and puts the card away, turning to look at Yuuna to smile at her before facing forward again. "Well, c'mon, we're off to find Asakura-san." It didn't quite make sense for him to lead, actually. He could hardly see, let alone locate with the crowds...
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