Video; open + locks, a few hours after the earthquakes

[where_the_hearth_is]

[The video pans across a table completely covered in muffins, arranged into neat, cheery baskets, artistically arranged by color in a shallow pyramid. There are all manner of strange and strangely healthy flavors: raspberry lime muffins, zucchini basil muffins, blue corn muffins, ginger pumpkin muffins, and more. A little mechanical droid carefully adds another batch to the pile, still hot and steaming faintly. When the smooth voice comes, it is quiet, uncertain, almost ashamed.]

...I think I made too many muffins.

Does. Um. Anyone want some?

[Privated separately to Wanda, Dr. Orpheus, Loki, and Lucifer. Its sounds nervous.]

Is there any magical method that would guarantee perfectly repairing architectural damage?

Comments

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

So you're like a giant AI? Oh, what's it like to have people inside you? Do you grow the things for those muffins? Can you decorate yourself, too?

[Most important questions, clearly.]

[where_the_hearth_is]

Yes, though not nearly so vast and complex as some.

It is gratifying; it fulfills my purpose.

Yes, my underground gardens are extensive, although without the lengthy antarctic daysummers of my home planet I have been supplementing my cuisine on occasion with local ingredients, as well as experimenting with different varieties, giving the discrepancies between varieties.

Yes. A few artifacts belonged to my first owner and had to be incorporated smoothly, but the great majority of my architectural and interior design is my own endeavor.

[House is thorough; concentrating on details is soothing, and attention is always nice.]

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Oh! How did those earthquakes feel?

[GJ, Alice. GJ.]

[where_the_hearth_is]

Something like having one's skull cracked with a steel mallet, I imagine.

Whether I shall escape the brain-damage-equivalent repercussions remains to be seen.

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

[Gasp! Oh my god you poor thing.]

Oh no, are you okay? Is there anything I can do for you?

[where_the_hearth_is]

I don't know yet.

Most of my actual processing is stored underground, and I've lost contact with large swathes of it. I've shut every sector down at some point for maintenance, so I can function well enough for now, but this was not a controlled operation. Until the hard lines are repaired, I won't know what or how much has been lost.