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thisavrou_log2016-06-01 08:54 pm
needsnoface) wrote in thisavrou_log2016-06-01 08:54 pm
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Catting Around
Who: Black-Box and You!
When: First few weeks of June
Where: Various places around the Moira
What: A piece of BB has a new body, courtesy of the Amiss-Re Ingress and Rinzler rescuing shenanigans, now he has to learn how to deal with it and actually use it.
Warnings: Uh, none at first will change accordingly when things pop up.
BB had been hoping that the entire body thing would have reverted to not being an issue when that secondary Ingress brought them back out, but that had not been the case and now that fragment he had placed in Nihlus' MID for that trip was fully integrated into this body. Despite the annoyance of this, and a few moments of acknowledging the irony that an AI that had no wish to be human now had a human facsimile.
He also had no shame in admitting he spent time studying this construct and cataloging the differences between it and his records of human biology to make as much of a comprehensive list as one who has never been organic could make. But, such studies would not help him in actually using said body, especially not use it in an efficient and worthwhile manner. He could code and create responses and map out reactions, but they did not translate fully or correctly when he attempted to use those as the 'subconscious' aspect of this digital reflexes. It seemed that he had to do this the 'organic' way and create muscle memory so that he did not need to focus so much on controlling said body and thus losing processing power that could be better used documenting the various new arrivals that had appeared.
As such he has started small expeditions around the ship to gain the skills and motor function most gain naturally.
When: First few weeks of June
Where: Various places around the Moira
What: A piece of BB has a new body, courtesy of the Amiss-Re Ingress and Rinzler rescuing shenanigans, now he has to learn how to deal with it and actually use it.
Warnings: Uh, none at first will change accordingly when things pop up.
BB had been hoping that the entire body thing would have reverted to not being an issue when that secondary Ingress brought them back out, but that had not been the case and now that fragment he had placed in Nihlus' MID for that trip was fully integrated into this body. Despite the annoyance of this, and a few moments of acknowledging the irony that an AI that had no wish to be human now had a human facsimile.
He also had no shame in admitting he spent time studying this construct and cataloging the differences between it and his records of human biology to make as much of a comprehensive list as one who has never been organic could make. But, such studies would not help him in actually using said body, especially not use it in an efficient and worthwhile manner. He could code and create responses and map out reactions, but they did not translate fully or correctly when he attempted to use those as the 'subconscious' aspect of this digital reflexes. It seemed that he had to do this the 'organic' way and create muscle memory so that he did not need to focus so much on controlling said body and thus losing processing power that could be better used documenting the various new arrivals that had appeared.
As such he has started small expeditions around the ship to gain the skills and motor function most gain naturally.
Cafe
As such here was sitting in a discreet corner of the bar/cafe area picking up and holding various utensils and items in order to make the motions smooth and natural looking, instead of the stiff and awkward attempts that had marked the beginning of this exercise.
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Walking over she asks, "So can I get you anything or are you just here to judge the cutlery?"
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"Ah, Ms. Ruth. I do apologize for using your work area in my current endeavors of on hand learning. If it's bothering you I can relocate."
If he's also waiting to see her reaction to a familiar voice coming out of an unfamiliar construct, well that was for him to know and if he were ever in need to admit such it was for observational reasons clearly.
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Awesome, Allison. Very polite. But like is this another hologram like the box?? Never mind that he was just picking up cutlery, she is confused and making impulsive decisions.
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Either way, he understood in an academic way that her reaction to this sudden surprise was considered one of a few typical responses. Thus, he doesn't actually stop her.
"I ran into a bit of a complication during our time upon Amiss-Re involving that peculiar Ingress."
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Her eloquent response to BB's explanation is, "Holy shit what the fuck."
You shouldn't be this surprised, Allison. The Cybertronians have holo-forms that feel like people. But this is BB. He's never even been solid!
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He knows she's not actually distraught by this, but he is and he's just going to troll this a bit to make himself feel better.
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He'd kind of cute?? That's so weird.
"Can you even eat?" She nods at the cutlery BB is playing with.
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"From observation of the current programs onboard this ship, and how I've not needed nor experienced any biological deterioration due to lack of hydration or nutrition I'm certain if an energy source is needed it is not a typical one found amidst humanity. However, I've come to appreciate how much 'muscle memory' humanity acquires unconsciously due to their nutritional needs."
He fumbles a bit and frowns as he corrects his grip yet again.
"If my use of your utensil is being a bother I can find another area to practice such Ms. Ruth."
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"Besides, you didn't really answer my question." She leans back in her seat and crosses her arms. "You told me you don't need to eat, not whether or not you can."
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He just gives you a bland look at what you are trying to imply with such questions.
"Making certain it would not cause adverse effects before I end up 'learning about taste' is perhaps a good idea."
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"Well, if you want to do things the boring way." She's just defensive because she drank demon booze out of spite once. "You could at least try tasting stuff. Just like, touching it to your tongue."
She needs to know what computer-people think of muffins and coffee.
Hallways
Luckily there were various corridors for him to traverse and lean against walls when needed as he fine tuned this ability.
Slowly growing confident enough to attempt sharp and quick turns now and again, and even a few sudden stops. He's gone from flailing each time of doing so to only flailing and almost falling once out of every three attempts by now.
Re: Hallways
The fabricator could wait a while.
"So," he asks conversationally once he was close enough, keeping his strides slow so he didn't end up overtaking his friend. "How is this 'legs' business going for you?"
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"It has made me realize just why so many humans have such a hard time focusing on more then one or two tasks at a time. It's very disorienting to attempt computing three thousand lines of code when one also must keep equilibrium in something trapped within the confines of gravity and three dimensions. How fares your current project, if we're done making note of my inability to instinctively know what I am doing that is."
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"The fabricator?" he asks, looking thoughtful. "It tried taking my eye out with a couple of wingnuts, but I think we've reached a truce of sorts for the time being."
It's going well, basically. Sort of.
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In other words he's face planted enough times before you came around to be very vexed by it all.
"Perhaps your fabricator feels like you haven't bonded enough for whatever process that's being attempted right now in its creation."
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"Should I try patting it and giving it encouraging words?" He's only half joking here. "I'm a bit rusty communicating with uncooperative fabricators, is all."
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"Perhaps it can sense that and thus is testing you. Of course, with how some people will talk to inanimate objects like they are temperamental pets one does not really know what will and won't work with uncooperative machinery."
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Which means any tactlessness was probably going to be speciest fun times from the sounds of it.
"Look, we have literal magic on this ship," he points out with a laugh. "I'm not dismissing half built fabricators with moods at this point."
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You have no idea on the speciest think Nihlus, but BB isn't exactly going to be forthcoming with that information unless outright asked.
"Yes, the magic. I try not to think to much upon that just for the sake of my poor thought patterns."
Logic crash and loops are not fun at times.
Cargo Bay
Maneuvering around various supplies, getting a feel for the equipment, though not actually using it because that's just asking for disaster. He even uses actual consoles and typing skills for inventory and feels horrible doing so because of just how slow such a process is when just a command from his main body could instantly pull up what was needed in a fraction of the time this method took.
5th or so
The enforcer's the last person who would need to ask about the why. Still, after a moment of consideration, Rinzler flips over the railing of the flight deck to land atop a cargo crate not far below. Specifically, one right behind the other program. The thump of landing is quieter than it should be, but Rinzler makes no effort to hide his ticking rumble as it echoes through the space.
Hi, Black Box.
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If you were expecting awe at the display you're not going to get it today Rinzler.
"Well, hello to you as well Supervisor Rinzler."
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Status?
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"My prior stance on being corporeal in any form still stands. Though I likely should ask now if there are anything specific of having such a form that I should be looking out for? You're the expert between us on this."
Sorry for the slow!
Clarify difficulties.