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Post by genericdragon on Aug 11, 2011 19:30:17 GMT
A cold, white room. Filled with distant pods across a vast chasm. One lurches forward and opens up placing a live body on the floor before a cluster of chairs and a table. The table has an empty cup on it.
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Post by englishpetal on Aug 11, 2011 20:03:03 GMT
Alyse opened her eyes as the pod retracted to the wall. Shivering, she pressed the open button on her own pod, and it shot forward, door opening as it went. Prepared for this sudden movement, she stepped out into the room, and let out a breath. It was so much warmer out here than in the pod! She looked around at the rows and rows of pods and sighed. "Well, I'll need to find somewhere more cheerful to sleep then." Spotting the body on the floor, Alyse walked over quickly. "Hello? Are you ok?" she said, kneeling down for a better look.
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Post by Dudeicuf on Aug 11, 2011 20:23:23 GMT
A door opened and FIKSER scurried into the room. An overly cheerful voice, so much so it almost sounds sarcastic, blurted out "Did someone say Cheerful? Because that's me!" FIKSER scurried over to the two people. "Hi! I'm Fully Intelligent Kinesthetic Structural Engineering Robot! You can call me FIKSER. Are you two alive? I'd be great if you were! But if you aren't, oh well, I'll still be cheerful! Gotta keep spirits up after all!" FIKSER, having no knowledge about living things whatsoever couldn't tell if they were what is known as 'alive' so he thought he'd better ask to make sure. After all, he only knew what he had currently had programmed into him which wasn't much.
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Post by englishpetal on Aug 11, 2011 20:28:31 GMT
"Um. Yes. I'm alive." Alyse stood up, leaving the unconcious body on the floor. "I'm Alyne. Are you one of the building robots?"
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Post by Dudeicuf on Aug 11, 2011 20:33:58 GMT
"No, I'm not called 'one of the building robots?', my name is Fully Intelligent Kinesthetic Structural Engineering Robot, or FIKSER, for short. You must have misheard me before, but don't worry, I don't mind one bit!" Still said in such a cheery voice it doesn't sound one bit genuine. "My purpose is Building, Designing, Constructing, Maintaining and Building Rooms! I'm also Fully Intelligent and Fully Kinesthetic! Look! I can get about all on my own! Fancy that. I have also been programmed to be eternally cheery! Someone has to."
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Post by englishpetal on Aug 11, 2011 20:37:20 GMT
Alyne blinked. "Um. Right. FIKSER." She looked around at all the unopened pods. "Do you know if there is anyone else here? Awake I mean? Or where the main control room is?"
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Post by Dudeicuf on Aug 11, 2011 20:46:45 GMT
"Well, alive, it is nice to meet you too. I can't wait until we start working together. Its going to be just swell! To answer your questions, no, I don't know anything. Apart from how build, design, construct, maintain and build rooms. That said, I do know where the construction room is, so we can always use that to make a main control room" FIKSER seemed overly enthusiastic, even for something of his demeanor, about the prospect of building a new room.
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Post by englishpetal on Aug 11, 2011 20:53:04 GMT
"My name is Alyse. Please call me Alyse." She was wording what she said very carefully, after noticing FIKSER's tendency to take everything she said in the most literal manner possible. "Could you show me where the construction room is?" She paused, and added "By the way, why are you so excited about building a new room? Is that just how you're programmed?"
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Post by Dudeicuf on Aug 11, 2011 21:14:49 GMT
"Hi Alyse! Its just Great to meet you! Why yes of course I can show you where the construction room is, I presume you'd also like me to take you there? I think I'm getting the hang of this whole, 'talking' thing... So many different meanings to everything. Its just so darned Brilliant!" FIKSER turned around and started scurrying towards the construction room beckoning Alyse to follow. Waving his big arms around he decided to show her the sights too. "These are the walls, aren't they just wonderful! And to answer your previous questions, I'm so excited because I LOVE building! Its what I'm programmed for. That and being cheerful of course! Oh, isn't that corner just Fantastic! Wow, what a beauty!"
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Post by englishpetal on Aug 12, 2011 11:35:11 GMT
As Alyse returned to the Habitation area where she had first woken up, she remembered the unconsious body she had left on the floor. "Right. Lets see what we can do with you." Grabbing the empty cup from the table, she had a quick smell of coffee, dried on and aged in the bottom of the cup. Taking a quick look round to see if anyone else was here and watching, she spat into the cup, mixed it with the dried coffee in the bottom of the cup, and drank it. She felt so dirty for spitting into the cup, but the first taste of coffee in she didn't know how long was worth it. Actually, thinking about it, how long had it been? Shaking the thought from her head, she proceeded to use the cup as a stethescope to amplify what faint heartbeat there was, and check the person was still alive.
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Post by englishpetal on Aug 13, 2011 14:44:36 GMT
She could definately hear a heartbeat, and there was a rise and fall in the chest that confirmed breathing, so Alyse stood up and left the body on the floor, determining that there was no immediate danger.
Entering the hallway, she began to explore the rest of the facility.
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