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2021-09-14, 08:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Home 27: Ward-bound
There's no place like home. Whether in the suburbs of Inside, a desolate mountain cabin, a dingy flat somewhere... this is where PCs live. This is a meta-location, as the houses themselves may be many kilometers apart from one another, or in separate dimensions.
If you want an address in this thread, please PM the creator of this thread and they will post the location in the OP.
OOC Rules:
1. Please post location tags on each post: It's important that there is a clear way to differentiate the locations in a meta-thread. Ex: [123 Generic Drive] or [Doe House]
2. The players who own each residence control what goes on within it: A residence cannot be godmodded. You can attempt to break in, burn it down, knock on the door, etc., but it is up to the player controlling the home to let you know what happens next. Players are permitted to make additional OoC rules, if they want, that apply to their own homes. By entering their property, you are agreeing to roleplay within their cosmology.
3. Play nice: If there are any disagreements between players please take it to one of the OOC threads or PMs.
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SpoilerHome 26: Rooms to let, fifty cents
Home 25: Still making mortgage payments
Home 24: A house in this market?
Home 23
Home 22: Our neighborhood watch is extra vigilant
Home 21: Housebroken gazebos now permitted
Home 20: Refurbished
Home 19: Please Contact Your Friendly Neighborhood Realtor
Home 18: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Home 17: Where you know all your friends and all your enemies
Home 16: Home is Where the Phylactery is
Home 15: A Fixer-Upper
Home 14: Oddly Squishy
Home 13: Insert Silly Title Here
Home 12: Home, Home and Deranged
Home 11
Home 10
Home 9
Home 8
Home 7
Home 6: Jiggity Jig
Home 5: Somewhere to take your family
Home 4: Plenty of Space
Home 3: Third Time's the Charm
Home 2: Home is where the cabinet is
Home 1
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2021-09-14, 09:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Home 27: Ward-bound
Jade's Lair
"Not me, Tristan. I don't need that kind of responsibility right now." Jade quickly interjects. "So there's nothing wrong with your functions? If I were to reconnect your systems, everything would be nominal?" Something in Jade's tone indicates she's worried about something, but she's doing a good job of not showing it.Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2021-09-14, 09:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
"Besides, you are not human." Green points out. "Your ears are missing and you do not have any surgical markers. You would not be eligible."
Rude.
"But regarding your inquiry; yes, you should be able to start me up with no trouble. My ON is 1111-11111." She blinks. "...My old owners apparently never took me off factory settings. Perhaps they wanted me to be easy to reboot."Last edited by Ironsmith; 2021-09-14 at 09:59 PM.
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2021-09-14, 09:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
"See? She's very picky about who she'll work for," Tristan points out. "Totally unreasonable if you ask me. Won't believe me that the fire breath is a magical power and has no bearing on human-ness."
Probably thinks magic isn't even real!
Though, granted, if you had asked Tristan the same thing a few years ago he would have said the same.
The Nexus will do that to people.
"You know I'm actually curious now. Hey Green, aside from humans were there any other sapient biological organisms where you were from? Did you guys have, I dunno, aliens around or something?"
It seems like a good question to him.
Why would Green classify people as non-humans unless she came from somewhere that had non-humans?
Seems unlikely.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2021-09-14, 10:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Home 27: Ward-bound
Jade's Lair
Jade looks insulted. "That's rude. What if it was a birth defect? Or if I just had a surgeon good enough to hide the marks? Or your sensors are registering a false negative and I actually have ears?" None of those are true, but Jade's testing Green's response to those scenarios. "What if I just wore a band that covered my ears? No surgical marks, but no visible ears either."Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2021-09-15, 11:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
Green blinks and looks at Tristan, addressing his question first. "...Yes." She says bluntly, like that was a super obvious question no human would need answered.
Then, her gaze flicks back to Jade. "If it were a birth defect, you would still have a surgical marker saying so. They are legally required and help automatons such as myself identify individuals who may need our assistance from time to time. Similarly, if you were wearing a band, it is unlikely it would appear seamless across all spectra; I would see it, even if a human did not. And sensor errors do not generally, consistently remove an entire facial feature from view. If you have ears and I simply can not see them, it would be the product of malicious coding, in which case any contingencies I have in mind are irrelevant."
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2021-09-15, 12:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Home 27: Ward-bound
[Jade's Lair]
Tristan gives Green a nonplussed look.
"Hey, I have no idea what the version of Earth you came from was like," he objects, holding up his hands in a 'hold on there' motion. "How am I supposed to know you've got aliens traipsing around? It was just regular old humans where I came from."
He's pretty sure the whole alternate Earth thing was mentioned around Green.
A whole lot.
Whether the machine can actually comprehend that idea is a completely different question, though.
"So... what are you going to be doing once we get you hooked up again?"
Probably go looking for a human owner.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2021-09-15, 01:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Home 27: Ward-bound
Jade's Lair
"The laws of your home don't apply here. Nobody has markers listing what surgeries they've had or what conditions they've been born with." Jade pulls her hat off anyway, it was getting uncomfortable. "We can't do that, Tristan." Jade interjects when the talk of reconnecting and releasing Green is brought up. "She knows too much. Any human could order her to divulge this location." That would be bad for keeping this secret lair, secret.Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2021-09-15, 08:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
"Tristan, you are correct. Perhaps I will ask miss Waheeda again. She seemed confident." Green's gaze flickers to Jade, any debate about her humanity promptly ceased by the removal of her hat. "And you are incorrect. I am in read-only mode and my Global Positioning System is offline. I do not know where I am and will not remember being here."
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2021-09-16, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Home 27: Ward-bound
[Jade's Lair]
Jade's lack of human-ness is revealed!
Just look at those great big triangular ears.
"We can just shut her down again after you finish the repairs," Tristan says, gesturing at the robot's feet that look pretty badly mangled. "I can boot her back up again once I head back to GLoG. That's where the refugees I ran across are staying for now."
Those poor kids.
Well.
Nearly adults at this point, honestly.
Young adults at least.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2021-09-16, 03:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Jade's Lair
"She's lying." Jade seems very sure of this. "She remembers what we've said to her, so she clearly has write access to memory. I'm going to have to wipe at minimum her GPS logs to be safe."Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2021-09-16, 03:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Kitsune Recovery Service
Assuming there's no complaints, Anastasia will step in rather awkwardly, kind of following Kitsuki's lead back to the bed before sliding in and effectively sandwiching herself between the two adults. She seems a little hesitant, wanting to snuggle up but also worrying that would be awkward and overly familiar - but whether that's intuited and acted upon or not, Anastasia will soon fall sound asleep between Kitty and Obriane, greatly comforted by their reassuring warmth and presence."Are we living a life that is safe from harm? Of course not, we never are. But that's not the right question. The question is: are we living a life that is worth the harm?"
~Welcome to Night Vale
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2021-09-16, 07:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
"You misunderstand. My operational memory is unimpaired. The intended functionality is to run diagnostics, which would be difficult to do if I could not retain any information." Green blinks. "My archival memory, however, cannot be written to in this state. I already do not remember the start of this conversation. I should also mention my GPS has not worked since I arrived here, and I therefore do not have a GPS log to delete."
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2021-09-17, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
"I can corroborate the part about GPS being down," Tristan points out. "She mentioned it when we were out in the wilderness."
Unless...
She was lying then, too!
Which would make her a very deceptive robot.
Deceptive robots are the worst kind.
Okay maybe the second worst kind right behind killer robots.
"Not going to pretend I know about different machine memory types, though," he admits. His knowledge of anything too technical with respect to computers is limited at best.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2021-09-17, 02:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Jade's Lair
"I'll believe it. She had no reason to lie then. Good. Then we can just shut her off when you leave and start her back up somewhere else." Jade walks a few paces, her tails waving agitatedly. "It still bothers me."Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2021-09-17, 10:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
"I will be glad to enlighten you." Green says to Tristan. "Operational memory is short-term. It is the section of memory which contains information to be processed immediately, as well as the temporary registers needed to process it. Archival memory is long-term. It is the section in the sense most humans mean it; references to past events and the like. After being properly processed, operational memory is usually converted to archival memory, but in this state, that does not happen. My operational memory simply runs out and I forget." She blinks. "Does that answer your question? You did ask a question, correct?"
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2021-09-17, 11:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Kitsune Recovery Service]
The night goes by largely without issue. Considering the circumstances. When Ana wakes she'll find herself surrounded at most by one side. Kitsuki's gotten up at some point. This gives Ana a clear view to the edge of the bed, where someone's looking back. A little girl, no more than seven years old, is glaring daggers at her. "Who are you?" She demands.
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2021-09-18, 12:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Kitsune Recovery Service
Anastasia sleeps for quite a while, understandably - hopefully enough that Kitsuki herself will have gotten a healthy amount of sleep too, but one can never guarantee it when raising young children comes into the equation. As such, she starts to rouse rather slowly before spotting those suspicious eyes and jolting awake with a start. There's a brief moment of panic and fight-or-flight before she remembers where she is and the general events of last night, calming down and looking back at the youth in mild confusion.
"Um, I'm Ana - a uh..." What was she? How is she supposed to define herself in relation to Kitty here? "a friend of your mom's." That... didn't sound quite right, but what else could she say there? "Was just, erm, staying the night."Are we living a life that is safe from harm? Of course not, we never are. But that's not the right question. The question is: are we living a life that is worth the harm?"
~Welcome to Night Vale
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2021-09-19, 12:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
"That answered my question, yes," Tristan confirms before gesturing at the ruined feet on the machine. "She got damage trying to reach a girl who was getting attacked by some monsters as quickly as possible. Didn't notice a ditch or a trap or something they had set up. Do you think you can repair something like that, Jade?"
Bet Jade can.
Jade can do all sorts of things!
"Or... should I try finding an Applesoft vendor here Inside somewhere? I'm willing to bet there's one around somewhere."
Buying replacement feet would probably be less difficult than manufacturing new feet.
Does Jade want to manufacture new feet?
Robo-feet really aren't her specialization.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2021-09-19, 04:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Jade's Lair
"Let me see those feet." Jade's still skeptical of the memory thing. It would be easily faked and difficult to verify without root access to Green's code. She bends down to take a look at Green's damaged (?) feet and see what can possibly be done with them.Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2021-09-19, 04:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
Externally, Green's feet don't appear to be damaged at all; no dents, peeled wires, nothing. But if Jade goes to test it, she'll find that the various components are all short-circuiting; combined with what Tristan told her, a solid basis for diagnosing this as water damage. Fortunately, at this level, the individual parts are fairly basic and Jade might be able to Frankenstein some pieces together from spare parts.
Or she could ask Green about the parts in question, in which case, much like her sister model in Skyside, Green will recommend printing off new feet from a nearby Hotbox. Unlike Haia, she doesn't seem to realize that Jade doesn't have one.
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2021-09-19, 08:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Jade's Lair
Green is in luck: Jade may not have a hotbox, but she does have a very versatile 3D printer. She normally uses it to make parts for her super suits. "Looks like I'll need to replace some of the circuitry in here. Maybe some of the plating too." Her eyes have lit up with an expression Tristan is familiar with, excitement at a new project. "If you'll let me work on more of your chassis, I could probably make a waterproof outer layer and prevent this from happening again." Something similar to the polymer she uses as the underlayer to her suit would work well. Her older suit, the one that has actual solid components and isn't entirely made of metamorphic fabric.Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2021-09-20, 12:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
And what's Tristan doing while all this is going on?
Unless Jade needs his help he'll be over there on that chair reading a book on his phone.
What?
He knows what he's out of his league.
He doesn't want to get in the way!Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2021-09-20, 05:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Jade's Lair]
Green considers Jade's proposal. There was sense in what she was saying. Green was pretty vulnerable to malfunction as she was. All it would take would be accidental submersion, and bzt- no more gynoid. It wouldn't be ideal for any humans that might be relying on her.
At the same time, the changes Jade was suggesting were... extensive. Perhaps too much so. If she ended up obscuring Green's projectors, she could lose functionality, which wouldn't be good.
Finally, she has a solution.
"Perhaps, if you consulted with my schematics, you could modify my design to be waterproof. I have a copy of my schematics in my processing core. However, I do not have sufficient memory to access it. I would require that you take me out of read-only mode."
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2021-09-20, 07:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Jade's Lair
"I'm going to need to download it onto my machine. Do you have output jacks anywhere?" Jade pulls a wad of cables from one of her computers. "Tristan, do you know any reason I shouldn't boot her all the way up?"Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2021-09-23, 12:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-09-23, 01:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Kitsune Recovery Service
The kitsune blinks. Well, yeah, okay, I guess it is a little out-of-the-ordinary. But she’s not going to tell some little kid she barely knows that she was too scared to fall sleep alone, much less one being this indignant and demanding. ”I, uh, needed a place to like, sleep?”
Obriane stirring only takes Anastasia very lightly by surprise, and her eyes flit back in her direction before returning to Annie - yeah kid, listen to your mom please."Are we living a life that is safe from harm? Of course not, we never are. But that's not the right question. The question is: are we living a life that is worth the harm?"
~Welcome to Night Vale
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2021-09-26, 03:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Cauldron Golem's Lair]
Absolutely that simple. Definitely that simple.
As they advance, the hallway eventually opens up into a relatively large room, where a large pile of shattered wood and bones in one corner would once have been numerous neatly arranged cabinets. "Oh bother. Well that's a few months' worth of enchantment materials there potentially ruined." Felix grumbles.
From the opposite corner comes a loud gurgle. As Felix casts his light over, the massive rounded bulk of the cauldron golem is revealed in full, backed up against a corner but bubbling ominously now that it's got nowhere to run. To either side, it's flanked by the remaining two slimes.
"It looks scared. Be careful, Krayger, you know what they say about cornered golems."Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticise them, you'll be a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
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2021-09-27, 10:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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