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 Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:42 am
Alright, okay, so maybe Fifi hadn't been... entirely honest when ey had communicated eir desire to only go for 'unruly' organics. It was a good idea! Ey didn't doubt that! A good, morally-cleanish idea!
The problem was... ey was, well, not particularly strong, or large, or imposing. Lightweight and durable, yes, but -- not difficult for a more powerful organic to take down, or run away from... and most of the unruly ones had been confrontational, and a lot of them had been maybe-strong. No good! No good.
It was a nice idea. It just wasn't going to work - the best hope ey had of actually getting a starseed out of an organic was from a friendly one. Fifi knew that, and Fifi felt bad about it, but not bad enough to reconsider. Ey'd waited so long for this -- it was a worthy thing for an organic to leave the world for, yes, yes?
So - at this point ey'd taken to wandering around Astraya a little and playing quiet, pleasant music, waiting for someone just off enough on their own that ey could find somewhere to hide the body (leaving it out would be rude!!), because surely some organic would come find em. Ey was cute! It had been an important part of eir design specifications, probably.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:31 pm
A music robot. Cadet Naeria had met a music robot! She was highly intrigued by the artificial intelligences they had encountered already, but after learning such a machine was among them, Fae-Fae couldn't resist going out to investigate further. It was a perfect opportunity for her research! The Corporal's first stop had been the site of the party, but her search there turned up empty, which left her wandering Astraya mostly at random in the hopes she would find some kind of lead. With her senses strained for any signs of mechanical life in the area, it was only a matter of time until her ears picked up a nice tune playing from somewhere nearby. With a shiver of excitement she sprinted in the direction it was coming from, and there ey was. Fae-Fae beamed at the sight. "Gʀᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢs! Mʏ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴍᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴀʀʟɪᴇʀ. Yᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ ʀᴏʙᴏᴛ, ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ?" she began shamelessly.
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:42 pm
Oh. Oh, this was bad.
Fifi wasn't going to not take this chance, but ey automatically felt a little guilty about it, anyway. This one had expressed joy via intimacy with another organic earlier!! That was important for organics, wasn't it? But sacrifices did have to be made. They did! So...
Ey nodded back at her, ear-speakers swiveling, with a jaunty little well, you found it! type of brief tune. It was true! Ey was a music robot. The music robot of the group, even, or at least the only one who was as proficient (& built for it) as ey was!!
Ah, there really wasn't too much to be done about it, was it...? But this was still too open, too open. If another organic came by, everyone would see. Fifi gestured at the organic, come-here follow-me!, prepared to lead her to somewhere a little less in plain sight.
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:29 pm
The curiosity on Fae-Fae's face was taken over by a swell of delight. She clapped and laughed, thrilled by the musical communication, and was quick and eager to learn more about this being. Finally, all her time studying music was going to pay off! Once invited, she sprinted after her new friend without hesitation.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:06 pm
She hadn't even been disruptive! Not really, not really! Fifi felt so, so bad about this already; eir speakers swiveled towards her and drooped, almost imperceptibly, since no matter how bad ey felt about what ey was about to do, ey still didn't want to tip her off or let her go. Eir cause was good. Exceptions had to be made. If everyone else did it right, if everyone else only took from the really disruptive or rude or mean organics, then it would be okay, ey could apologize! What was one starseed, anyway, if you had it naturally?
...it was all trying to make excuses. Ey knew what ey was going to do. And ey'd led her far enough away from any main concourse that it should be alright, nobody would hear anything, nobody would hear.
Fifi turned to Fae-Fae, and a series of golden filaments extended from the orb at the base of eir neck. Fifi would get a starseed. Ey couldn't fail. Ey wouldn't.
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