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reverienet2018-05-13 06:55 pm
lostsymmetry) wrote in reverienet2018-05-13 06:55 pm
video | un: hank_127
[It's been nearly two weeks, with no sign of evaluation. Nobody except the Butler who even uses the same terms. And he has startled threats out of half the crew he's tried to speak with. At this point, sounding things out is practically required. The fact that it gives Hank an excuse to talk to a whole structure of real, living people?
Just a very big side bonus.]
<Welcome to Domesticon. We keep your property efficient, so you don't have to be.>
[His opening script, on the other hand? Not exactly what he'd have picked. While it logs as video, the incoming message shows only a geometric hash of blue. The sound emerges as a cheery robotic monotone—before cutting to sheepish, human-sounding words in the same voice.]
...or, uh, not. Sorry about that. Having trouble, syncing a few scripts. [All is a few, right? Still, the AI's tone brightens, curiously eager.] But wow is it cool to see this place coming to life!
Seeing how generous our hosts have been with the invitations, I figured I should say hello. Former facility administrator. Current occupant of your backup comm system. [There's a note of rueful irony.] Which, a few people have been disassembling. There's not much to find, but if you do want to know about the systems, I'd be glad to talk. Stop by anytime.
[Rather than, say, dismantling the computers he lives in. Please? Those near a communication console (found in each public space and at either end of all the halls) will see the display flicker briefly: showcasing the same hashed blue logo.]
...
While I'm on the line. What's the state of technology where you come from? Autonomous or otherwise.
Just a very big side bonus.]
<Welcome to Domesticon. We keep your property efficient, so you don't have to be.>
[His opening script, on the other hand? Not exactly what he'd have picked. While it logs as video, the incoming message shows only a geometric hash of blue. The sound emerges as a cheery robotic monotone—before cutting to sheepish, human-sounding words in the same voice.]
...or, uh, not. Sorry about that. Having trouble, syncing a few scripts. [All is a few, right? Still, the AI's tone brightens, curiously eager.] But wow is it cool to see this place coming to life!
Seeing how generous our hosts have been with the invitations, I figured I should say hello. Former facility administrator. Current occupant of your backup comm system. [There's a note of rueful irony.] Which, a few people have been disassembling. There's not much to find, but if you do want to know about the systems, I'd be glad to talk. Stop by anytime.
[Rather than, say, dismantling the computers he lives in. Please? Those near a communication console (found in each public space and at either end of all the halls) will see the display flicker briefly: showcasing the same hashed blue logo.]
...
While I'm on the line. What's the state of technology where you come from? Autonomous or otherwise.
text;
Yup. L1T3R4LLY and literally.
What are you?
no subject
4LSO L1T3R4LLY!
1'M FROM 4 PL4N3T C4LL3D 4LT3RN14
no subject
Okay, mystery sender wins. He has no idea how to interpret that first part.]
Not in my databases. But, that goes for a lot here.
When you say a troll, how literal are we talking?
[Bridges? Keychains? Trolling him right now?]
video;
Like, literally literally. I think humans have different trolls in some of their myths? But that's the name of my species.
video;
Whoa. I mean. Wow. Wow. That's really neat!
[Sorry, Terezi, you got excited dork all over you.]
You said Alternia? How far from Federation space is that? [With slightly more concern:] Can this place support you?
no subject
[She brushes off his second questions with a wave of her hand.]
And don't worry about me. I'll be fine! If conditions can support human life, it can support me, no problem. But I appreciate the thought!
[ C:< ]
no subject
[Aliens. Thinking, talking aliens, who are at least as durable as human life. Space is definitely awesome.]
"Alternia". [It's musing, this time.]
I'm guessing whoever named your world knew about other universes?
[Or was from one. Is that why she knows Earth?]
no subject
[It's... possible? Whoever made their universe had to have known other universes by virtue of playing a session of Sgrub. But that doesn't mean that their universe's creators named the planet, right? She and the other trolls had no hand in naming Earth. The humans there just named themselves.]
It's possible? But I strongly doubt it. I only became aware that there were definitely other universes out there a few sweeps ago, and it's really hard to visit them even when you know how. Just because there was a whole bunch of speculative sci-fi lit on the subject doesn't mean we knew for sure, you know?
no subject
[Or just got very lucky...?]
So you've been offworld before?
no subject
So, if you've never been to Earth, where are you from? The Earth I know never colonized other planets, as far as I know.
no subject
[Where he's from, people use ships.]
<Welcome to Domesticon warranty and recycling center #127: keeping your Domesticon products efficient, so you don't have to be.>
[It's the same vocal shift as in the initial message: the same voice, in a bright robotic monotone. With all the inappropriate cheer of canned customer service.]
<Mapping coordinates: Oops. I'm sorry. That information has been removed from the database.>