video;

[cons]

[ here, have a MySpace style shot of Wichita walking own the hall ( actually it's probably more Blair Witch than MySpace, but it's way less creepy than BW. so. ), her voice quiet over a low hum of.. what sounds like wheels, maybe, or just little gears turning. it's weird, basically. ]

Okay, two things. One- R2D2 is on the ship. Yes, that announcement is worth it's own network post because, well, it is. Because two-

[ the camera is flipped around with a touch on the screen, and then just down the hall, maybe fifteen feet away, is R2D2, leading about a dozen Tranquility Roombas, in two lines, down the hallway. Wichita may or may not have been found them on her way out of the bar, and continued following them for about fifteen minutes before she turned on her camera ]

He started with a following of eight, but every time he passes a room that's being cleaned by a bot, it just stops what it's doing and joins the line.

Innocent playtime? Very possible.

Though I must admit that my imagination has concocted something most! sinister. For what they could be planning.

[ someone sounds a tiny bit like Holmes there, for those last few words, because maybe she misses him a lot and this is how she spends her time now okay. detective-ing. ]

-- And before anybody gets all huffy, don't worry, I'm really only recording this because it's kinda cute. They're like.. ducklings, almost. But what are they up to?

[ amuuuused. ]

Comments

[testgasm]

Yeah, uh, artificial intelligence like that is not exclusive to this ship, just so you know.

[cons]

I know, but that's the whole point. I would never have a reason to think about this stuff back home. At all.

[testgasm]

Aaand now you do. Learning new things all the time. Just goes to show that you can't really taken anything at face value, can you?

[cons]

[ except back in her world AIs aren't really a thing, but she won't bring that up ]

Yep. My horizons have been broadened. I feel very well educated.

Although it's ironic you say 'face value' because the Roombas don't have faces. Hence another reason why it's a little weird to talk to them, but whatever.

[testgasm]

[They're a thing now, Witchita

they're a thing now.]

Figuratively speaking, of course. Anyway, you should give it a try. No harm in it, really, unless you accidentally say something offensive.

[cons]

There's a little bit of harm that can be done if someone sees me trying to talk to a Roomba.

[ it's called people will think I'm space crazy ]

You could always talk to them for me and let me know how it goes?

[testgasm]

Not really? They might appreciate the conversation.

I mean, I could talk to them for you, but fair warning, I would respect their privacy. If that is a thing. They want.

[cons]

... Sure.

Yeah.

Make it happen, cap'n.