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genkibot

Data Recording 001: This is a pretty strange test...

Oct 04, 2010 18:03

[Early afternoon during a school week in suburbia is usually quiet. Before the kids return from school and the parents are currently working, there is not much to break the silence or stillness of a suburban neighborhood. The block along Mitchell Road sure seems like no exception. Other than the sounds of birds and the occasional passerby, it is ( Read more... )

no reason to panic just yet, first day, data collection!, this is a military exercise right?

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getsciencedone October 4 2010, 23:27:40 UTC

[Looking out the backyard...there is a ..thing there? And it looks...mechanical!]

Hello there. What are you?

genkibot October 5 2010, 03:38:03 UTC

[Tachikoma looks up from trying not to further tear up the yard.]

"Oh, um, hello there! I'm really sorry about the yard. I'm not sure how I got back here, but once I get to the road, I should be able to move without causing any more damage.

I'm a Tachikoma! I was suppose to go back to the lab for observation, but I guess the technicians wanted to test out how we work in a suburban environment. At least, I think maybe so. Are you part of the exercise? Is that why you're here too?"

getsciencedone October 5 2010, 20:09:04 UTC

Oh I don't mind at all. [Lawn care is boring and the lawnmower has been taken apart for the parts.]

This is Mayfield, I'm afraid you've been kidnapped like the rest of us.

What lab were you returning to?

genkibot October 7 2010, 03:27:41 UTC

"Kidnapped?! But there's laws against that!"

[Tachikoma looks around as it ponders the implications.]

"Don't kidnappers usually keep their hostages restrained? This sure doesn't seem like a kidnapping...

Oh, and I wasn't sure which lab the Major was sending us back to. It might have been Kenbishi, but they only developed our neurochip. More likely we were being sent to Spring 8 to have our AIs examined."

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dodo_master October 5 2010, 00:35:36 UTC

[Passing by his good friend GLaDOS's house and what is THAT. OH MY GOD.

Just... this face. Awe and wonder in your direction.]

genkibot October 5 2010, 03:41:58 UTC

[Tachikoma is still gliding around, glancing every which way to see if it can find a clue to why exactly it's here, or if the others are around as well.

It's staring through house windows that are uncovered, circling various drones as they walk by, and watching cars drive by as it tries to put together the purpose of this exercise.]

dodo_master October 5 2010, 15:24:52 UTC

[Watching you with so much interest! Another robot, this one's not humanoid at ALL. NEAT!]

Oi! You there!

genkibot October 7 2010, 03:31:35 UTC

[Tachikoma hears someone calling out to it, so it stops to spin and see who's speaking.]

"Oh, hello there! Are you here to help with the exercise? Are the others here too or is it just me?"

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push_pull_girl October 5 2010, 21:35:08 UTC

[Anise noticed the robot in the back yard and makes her way to meeting it up front.]

Hey, are you Tachikoma?

genkibot October 7 2010, 03:42:57 UTC

[Tachikoma looks to see who was addressing and sees the girl who seemed to have come from the house of the yard it just tore up.]

"Why yes, I am! Are you part the exercise? Are you going to provide me with information? You seem pretty young to be part of a military or law enforcement exercise..."