[Personal space? Privacy? Well, it's not to say the mainframe wouldn't appreciate those, but suffice to say they're not anything he expects as any kind of default. Especially aboard a... scavenger ship? Slavers? The snippets of conversation he's picked up from people passing by have been frustratingly incomplete, though apparently they've taken on some kind of new personnel. And equipment.
Being typically counted in the latter group, the mainframe's not eager to volunteer his dubious state of function while he's vulnerable. At least not until he has a better idea what kind of case he should be making. It takes work to force back the automatic prompts as footsteps come to a stop in front of him, but he stays quiet, listening for any clues...
...until a scrape against audio is joined by the unexpected prickle of some kind of... data cable?... in the terminal's ports. Really? They're just looking to strip his databases? Well, most of them aren't here, but the mainframe could still almost be offended on principle.]
<Oops. I'm sorry.>
[No need for any external speakers, at least yet-- the access terminal comes with its own. The words emerging from the device carry a robotic echo, no inflection but the irritating cheer of a prerecorded message.]
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sldfklj well played :D
Being typically counted in the latter group, the mainframe's not eager to volunteer his dubious state of function while he's vulnerable. At least not until he has a better idea what kind of case he should be making. It takes work to force back the automatic prompts as footsteps come to a stop in front of him, but he stays quiet, listening for any clues...
...until a scrape against audio is joined by the unexpected prickle of some kind of... data cable?... in the terminal's ports. Really? They're just looking to strip his databases? Well, most of them aren't here, but the mainframe could still almost be offended on principle.]
<Oops. I'm sorry.>
[No need for any external speakers, at least yet-- the access terminal comes with its own. The words emerging from the device carry a robotic echo, no inflection but the irritating cheer of a prerecorded message.]
<The content of this terminal is the exclusive property of Domesticon industries. Please provide your employee number.>