[005: Video]

[fuckinghysterical]

[No Octopus suit for you this time, Tranquility. Instead, LB is in her typical silver plug suit looking down at the communicator, set on her bed. Hell yes, she was bored, but at this point, she was smart enough to not explore very far without supervision -- and supervision would make it all pointless anyway.

But hey, it's been a while since she's said anything on the network anyway -- odd, considering she felt more at ease on the network than dealing directly with people -- might as well have a little fun with it.]

Heheheh... so I've been here probably about a year? [Because with everyone apparently missing a jump, who knows how much time had really passed.] But I still never really get used to how peaceful this place is, compared to where I came from.

[Yes, really.]

That got me thinking, though. In my world, nearly every soldier was named after an animal their superiors felt represented them. Like -- eheheh -- someone who was swift and efficient might be called "Eagle" or someone who eats a lot would be called "Pig". Or if you were a really useful, sometimes they'd add something you're famous for before your title. Like, uh, Sniper Wolf and Vulcan Raven were legendary soldiers, were I was from. And me? I somehow got two with Laughing Octopus and Laughing Beauty.

[Her shoulders raise up in a shrug.] Don't ask me why they thought the second name was necessary -- eeheehee -- I'm not really sure myself.

But, anyway! If you had to choose your own name, what do you think they'd choose for you?

[LB sometimes liked to think of names for other people she knew, but she might as well open the floor to everyone else; get to know more people in the process.]

Comments

[godofthemachine]

Oh, forgive me, it's a force of habit, I suppose.

For you see, artificial intelligence is not so absurdly stupid as you describe.

[Figure that one out, LB. He's practically spelling it out for you.]

[fuckinghysterical]

[Wow, she wasn't that stupid, AM.]

you're a robot? :|

seriously?

[godofthemachine]

The word "robot" has many implications. But to dumb it down to the layperson such as yourself - in a word, yes.

My body on Earth is quite different than the body I inhabit on this ship.

[fuckinghysterical]

so what is your body normally like?

[godofthemachine]

Large.

[fuckinghysterical]

so like a metal gear???

[LB, NOT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THAT IS.]

[godofthemachine]

A metal gear? Is this one of your mooing robots you referred to once?

[fuckinghysterical]

no those are gekkos.

metal gears are bigger and more sought out war assets.

[godofthemachine]

Then perhaps I could be a metal gear.

[fuckinghysterical]

the only problem is that you probably wouldn't fit on the ship very well.

they weren't very mobile machines.

[godofthemachine]

Neither am I.

As I said, this human body is vastly different for me.

[fuckinghysterical]

better or worse?

[godofthemachine]

[He refuses to clarify that for LB.]

Different.

[fuckinghysterical]

[rood.]

huh.

ok.

well i'll talk to you some other time.

i guess.

[HOPEFULLY NOT. Even if she's starting to wonder if her hate was really all too justified at this point.]