AndrAIa's Log- 00110001 [Video]

[andr_ai_a]

[There's supposed to be a video feed, but it's pitch black and it's hard to see. It's night and you can barely make out a female, slightly illuminated by the Core building's light.]

Hm... well, I see a lot is going on in this place. The welcoming committee was a little less comforting than I'm sure they meant to be.

[She stops a moment, and you can make out her features a bit better. Teal eyes, teal hair. She eyes some of the signs around the baseball diamond.]

Someone's got a sense of humor.

So... go to the light or head into the pitch black towards what I can only imagine is just my very own personal parade.

Hm. Tough choice.

Anyone see any other outsider sprites around here?

Comments

[crowsicle]

ok well
i guess this isnt necessarily the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard
hey welcome to earth ill be your seraphic tour guide for the evening
please keep your hands feet and other virtual apparatuses to yourself for the duration of this information dumpster dive
first thing
everyone here is a user

[andr_ai_a]

...

[Holy crap]

You're not joking, are you? That's... unreal.

Text --> Video.

[crowsicle]

youre off the grid now babe
the matrix dont have you no more

hold on a second

[Maybe she could use a little more assurance than some anonymous orange text. He goes to find a mirror so his iShades can video his reflection. The feed clicks on and he nods.]

Sup again. You okay?

video;

[andr_ai_a]

[Yes, strange enough a face helps a great deal.]

I'm doing just fine, all things considering.

It's nice to see your face, Dave.

[crowsicle]

[He shrugs and folds his wings more neatly behind his back.]

Yeah, I know, this is the face that sunk a thousand ships, I should be in films, blah blah et cetera. So, like.

[He crosses his arms over his chest and tilts his head slightly to one side, thinking.]

Okay. You've spent your whole life inside a computer, right? How much do you know about, y'know. Life on the outside. For Users or whatever.

[andr_ai_a]

Honestly? Barely anything.

I know Users play games, and create viruses. That's about it.

[crowsicle]

Uh. That. Sure is a place to start.

Okay well first off, you're not gonna get real far calling them "Users." And "player" has a different connotation that a lady of your obvious moral character wouldn't use. Everybody--most people you'll end up talking to here'll call themselves "human." I guess if you explain that you're not human, people will at least get why you don't get things.

Though don't spread that intel around. I hear there's mad scientist fuckers in residence.

[andr_ai_a]

So you're telling me to tell humans that I'm not human but to be careful who I tell.

Wouldn't it be better just not to explain things then? That would probably save the risk of the mad-scientist types you're talking about. Are they really something to look out for?

[crowsicle]

I don't know. I haven't been here that long, but that's what the schizophrenic reject clown told me and obviously that dude was a gushing fountain of reliable information.

I guess I'm saying keep it to yourself unless you've got a problem and telling someone won't make it a bigger problem. You look more human than I do at this point so people might figure you're just a fucking weirdo and not a game construct. There's all sorts here in Canada.

[andr_ai_a]

[She laughs a little]

Well, I appreciate the advice, Dave.

[crowsicle]

Yeah, I know, I'm like a rampant geyser of useful information. I'm Old Faithful at Yellowsprite Park, wait around five minutes and I spout yet another gem of wisdom for the helpless masses.

Think you'll be okay?

[andr_ai_a]

Sure, I think I can handle it.

[She smirks]

Or do I need to wait for 5 minutes just in case?

[crowsicle]

Already got the rundown on darkness monsters, a month's free rent, sex slaves, and being stuck like a pig on a stick on this godforsaken ice cube?

[andr_ai_a]

Must've missed the sex slaves bit... but there's really no way out of here?

[crowsicle]

That's what the other little birdies told me. I didn't bother to test it, didn't want to end up like a side of scrambled eggs on the breakfast of chumpions.

[andr_ai_a]

That's reason enough to avoid trying.

These organizations- Afterglow and SERO. What do you make of them?

[crowsicle]

[He shakes his head and shrugs again.]

I've only been here a couple weeks. You ask me, they both sound shady as fuck and everyone I've talked to's said the same thing. Even nutclown.