http://tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-12-10 06:21 pm
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Once Atom had read the initial comm post, he headed over to the closest place where he thought people would be -- the Vatican, once converted into a fortress against outside attack. It had since been mostly restored to its original state, but some fortifications still remained -- hopefully, some food and supplies, too. He'd heard people had used it as a safe area before, so maybe some of them would head there now. As he touched down within its limits, his rocket boosters kicked off. His footsteps seemed to echo through the tall construction as he walked along the paved stone... but for now, he seemed to be alone, in the midst of dead silence.

Or was he?

"Hello?" he called. "Is anyone there? Does anyone need help?"

[Robutts will be forthcoming 83. I'll bring some Terminators, but if anyone else could NPC some other robots, that'd be great!

P.S. I will be waiting for more people to tag in before I add robots.]
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[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-12-12 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Yep!" said Atom. "I'm a robot."

Yes. He was a robot.
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[personal profile] whyarewehere 2011-12-12 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Grif eyed him warily.

"...So robot kid, how do you feel about SHODAN?"

If this computer was about to make him have to fight something that looked like a kid he was just...

he was just...

Hell if he knew. Going to quit or something. However you quit at this, he was going to figure out.

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-12-12 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Atom's face fell. "I don't know. Robots aren't supposed to hurt humans. Not the ones designed by humans, anyway. If she can hurt people... if she makes other robots hurt them..."

On Atom's world, it was exceedingly rare for a robot to be able to hurt a human. This suggested to him that the robots threatening them had been reprogrammed somehow, their limits overridden to make them mere drones. In which case SHODAN must be the one in charge, and therefore an extremely advanced AI in her own right. Advanced or not, though, hurting humans was wrong. Reprogramming robots, overriding their personalities, erasing what made them them -- that was wrong, too.

"Maybe she has a reason for doing what she's doing. Maybe we can stop her and convince her she's wrong." Advanced AIs didn't simply kill for no reason, no matter how random their actions might seem.
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[personal profile] whyarewehere 2011-12-12 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Grif laughed. "Robots not hurting people? Dude, that's what the military has them for in like most of the stuff I know about. There are Terminators out there." It was not a happy laugh, it was a panicky sort of laugh.

"She's crazy. She's GLaDOS on steroids. I am pretty sure there is no talking to this thing and I for one am scared."

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-12-12 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
"You're wrong," said Atom. "That's not what robots are for! If someone's making them hurt people, then they need to be stopped! I'll talk to her if no one else will!"
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[personal profile] whyarewehere 2011-12-12 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Grif twisted to set both shoulders against the wall, slump down it a bit, and just lean. (Good job scraping the paint, Grif.)

"Look. That's awesome and all but right now this is just facts. If you're not with them then we're cool. Before we do anything like talking to psychotic computer bitches we need to make sure nothing is going to stab us in the face with a laser."

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-12-12 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
For a long moment, Atom just looked at him without speaking. Then he turned away, looking back toward the entrance.

"You go hide," he said. "I'll protect this place."
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[personal profile] whyarewehere 2011-12-12 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Dude. By yourself? No way." He straightened up.

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-12-12 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
The truth was, Atom didn't really think Grif could help much. In fact, Grif, being human, was liable to get injured, which was something Atom wanted to avoid even if Grif was a big mean jerk >8(

"I'll be fine."
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[personal profile] whyarewehere 2011-12-13 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Grif exhaled heavily. "Look, ordinarily I'd be all over somebody else doing all the work? But..."

He was a kid. Or at least, he looked like a kid. Grif was the king of the lazy jackasses, but even he had a few things he had to put his foot down on.

"You can't be in two places at once," he lied. "And besides, I know my way around."

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-12-14 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Atom shook his head. "Then you should use that knowledge to escape. I'm sure the others will need someone like you alive." With that, he flew himself upward to the roof of one of the nearby buildings, looking out for any approaching robots.

Sorry, Grif. You just don't look like a very reliable guy.
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