voidtreckernet | DAY 19 MONTH JELLY

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[Entrapta plants herself in front of the screen, holding eight tools at once in various locks of hair with her protective bug-mask pushed up on her head. She's got gloves now and her orange hoodie is accompanied by a purple shirt (she traded for one early on). Because she's the height of fashion, obviously.]

Hiiii! I know there are some very competent builders and makers out there. I'm still finalizing my chores robot-

[Two little robot clampers reach into the bottom of the screen. They make little 'grabby' motions, then withdraw.]

-Everyone, say hi to Sandra! Sandra, beep hi to everyone.

[Sandra beeps. That probably means 'hello'.]

I collected some data from the last stop we were at, thanks to both on-site observations and salvaged scrap, and I've started to get a better handle on hard-light technology! Think of all the applications! We could make temporary protective shields when you don't have someone with those abilities around. Or even drones that can carry a holographic generator into a place where you wouldn't normally be able to access, and you could work on something through a VR headset. Or you could generate an illusion to hide a location while you rest and plan! And that's just a few examples. The potential for mobile field generators is endless.

But I need some help working out some of the missing information. Some of you even have your own version of that technology or have ways to adapt it to be compatible with magic.

[The links two tools together, because that's the way to symbolize compatibility here one would guess.]

I also wanted to ask some of the fighters what they'd want out of practice, if I were, say, to build something with very specific specs. I was talking to someone about that sort of thing and she's not wrong about training resources.

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[That provokes a long silence, with her looking down, searching her memory.]

No. No, I don't have any of those. I can't think of any pleasant memories. Does that make a person? Good memories?

I didn't say 'good', I said valuable!

Even people that aren't what some people say are good have value. Assuming that people have to be 'good' to have worth doesn't make sense! One person's definition of good is way different from someone else's.

Wonderful experiences don't have to be happy. They can be seeing an enormous animal no one else has ever seen, or witnessing a famous event! Or being a part of something extraordinary.

[The silence is even longer this time.]

I believe I will be thinking about this conversation for some time - I have removed many of my memories for practical reasons - I will spare you the long story - but what remains is...sparse. I have an idea of what happened, but the rest...the rest I believe made me a bad person.

Not that I was given a choice, you understand. I was used as a tool of assassination. As a beautiful bauble when my master was lonely. Now that I have a choice...I need to accumulate many of those memories. But I believe I am part of something extraordinary now, that I can use to define me. For the better.

Your master does sound pretty bad. One of the worst I've heard about in a long time. I think you're better off away from him.

[Whether it's away from him here or away from him alone.]

But you do have a choice here! And if you need some flexibility with those choices, I know some great programmers. We can help you. Be okay with asking for help. We want you around.

I assure you, whatever impression you have of him, the details would make it worse.

And that is...generous. But I believe I can make those choices effectively. And here, should anything untowards be done to my programming, there are beings capable of potentially stopping me. That is, however, also why I will avoid anyone having knowledge of how my brain works, or give them the ability to reprogram it.

I will help however I can, but the secrets of how to change me, or make more like me, will remain unknown.

You say that like you're ready to consider yourself a constant threat. But I'll be honest, I've seen just as many, if not more, brainwashed biological people than I've seen reprogrammed robots.

So I would be more worried about stopping us when we go crazy than us having to stop you.

[She leaves unsaid that, while that is true, she's also more concerned about unscrupulous humans trying to duplicate some version of her, as well.]

I could be, in the wrong hands. I have...removed the obvious means, though. But I see your point. I am significantly a minority here, that is true.

Oh, I'm talking about at home where my contact with robots with intelligence vs. my contact with people is far more balanced. Here it's even less likely. Especially if you take care of yourself.

It sounds like you're taking more preventative measures to maintain mental security than most of the biological people do.

Don't worry about it, and just be helpful when we inevitably go insane, and we'll do the same for you. [Seems logical, right?]

I was originally programmed with override codes that could bind my loyalty to someone, suppressing any natural will. I am not likely to forget...mental security, as you put it.

And that...that sounds like an equitable trade.

DAY 19 MONTH JELLY

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This is exactly the sort of thing I applied to this game to have happen, y'know :P

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