R1 DEADLAND PT2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

[lockdownmods]

[it’s strange, for the people who were already dead, the shift in scenery is sudden and complete. For those who have just arrived? It’s like you’re back where you left?

How strange.

But if you ever need her, you can always reach out to the guardian of this place.]

LOCATIONS
Note: locations lag a week behind the living counterparts

Comments

[donotlick]

I think we're good.

[ Hank's pretty sure he also falls under the "not friends of Vivienne" group but whatever, he can always lie. These are some basic AIs, anyway. They probably can't tell the difference. ]

Where'd you get the ID?

[starswink]

[Well if he frames it as the whole group, this is a group that contains friends of Vivi's so it's not technically lying.]

It was in the office. We found it while we were turning the place into our guild HQ... I've been holding onto it since then.

[donotlick]

Gallivan's the one who made Megumi. He was Vivienne's teacher.

[ Hank may not like Vivienne but he's got the deets. This is why he tags along. ]

Makes sense she'd have him be some kind of master key here.

[supportrole]

I think he was also her father or something, wasn't he...? They have the same last name, anyway.

[ and it's not a particularly common one, as far as he knows... ]

[preconstruction]

Her uncle. He's really the only human she ever felt a connection to, before she met those of you in the entrance exam.

[supportrole]

[ Mishima blinks, and gives Yoosung a quick glance. That's... they were seriously that important to her? Obviously she'd been willing to sacrifice a lot for them, but... ]

[starswink]

[He's glancing back at the same time. Because it explains a lot... poor Vivienne.

We all know a lot about loneliness here.]

I guess there's still a lot we don't know about her, even so. [guilt!! Let's change the subject.] But if Scott made some of these robots, that explains why only some of them act 'familial' with her... do you know if he made any others in the files, or is Megumi the only one you know about?

[itwasfeyt]

[Poor Vivienne indeed. No wonder she was so driven to protect the group when the first trial came about.

Maya doesn't have a lot to say right now, but boy is all of this a turn of events from months ago.

Hopefully no one finds out what they're doing.]

[starswink]

[Well. He still wants to believe Vivi left this stuff specifically for them to find.... Even if he's sticking to the policy that if you don't ask mom then she can't say no.

He wants to believe she'll have faith in them doing what they need to do to improve their situation.]

[preconstruction]

Scott created the robots that are killing the students [ ha ha ha and the one who killed connor isn't that hilarious!!! ] and Megumi. The others in the files were created by her, but they aren't technically robots.

[ ah, hm, ok, lets just a mini lesson real quick ]

Androids are robots with advanced AI that gives them a personality, like me. I suppose you could say they are the most human-seeming. Robots are machines without a very advanced AI. They are capable of performing tasks, but not acting like a human. A roomba, for example, is a robot. Those things that killed us without thinking about it are robots.

What Vivienne created are AI - she didn't have the technology to put them into bodies, at least last that I saw. [ he doesn't know vivienne made herself her real body and went back into it ] She created each of them to have a specific body, though, so her aim is to make with androids. With the exception of Eve, I suppose, whose function is to regulate this place.

[ oh, right: ]

She did make two animal androids. Calleto, the dog I think you're familiar with. And Elle, a bird.

[starswink]

Oh, okay...

[Yoosung is definitely guilty of using "robot" when he means "AI" in multiple scenarios so he takes this admonishment gently, nodding to show his understanding.]

Yeah, they were in the files I shared with you all. Although I didn't know C0RG1 had a new name now... and Eve's file was the only one that said she didn't have a body, so I just kinda assumed the rest would be robots. Lucian said he takes naps in the lab too. Aren't we going to find people sleeping?

[preconstruction]

I guess since they're intended to have bodies, they would act as if they have one. After all, technically speaking I don't have a body here either but I would still identify myself as an android.

[ honestly the existential crises here are enough to crash even the most advance robot so he tries not to dwell on it. ]

I don't know what we'll find in there. I think they will be happy to see you. Lucian made it sound like he was the only one upset with the entrance exam students.

[ he's very blunt sorry ]

[starswink]

[He's what. Thanks Connor.]

He could have fooled me.

[supportrole]

Yeah, what?

[preconstruction]

His personal feelings clearly don't stop him from flirting.

[ hes teasing!!! ]

But he said he was trying to get over it, anyway.

[itwasfeyt]

Not really sure what we could have done to him, I didn't even know the guy before he appeared out of thin air and started flirting with me.

[the tease!!]

[starswink]

Maya, you too?

[IS HE JUST FLIRTING WITH ALL OF THE MOCK ROUNDERS??? his feelings REALLY don't stop him]

[itwasfeyt]

Yeah! He used a pretty cheesy pickup line about mediums, too. It was actually kind of impressive.

[sorry Yoosung, your crush is getting around]

[starswink]

Huh? Do you like him?

[He sure is. This is why YooLu would never work out...... if he'd actually crushed on him for more than two days he'd probably be jelly.]

[preconstruction]

[ all the mockrounders and connor that kid gets around ]

[preconstruction]

[ connor smiles. of course he hit on maya too. he's happy for her??? but he sobers up pretty quickly it's not like a GREAT topic or anything: ]

My understanding is that he felt like the entrance exam students forced Vivienne to die rather than what he thought was merely facing the consequences of their actions.

[ he manages not to look at mishima, and he keeps his tone cool. it's pretty obvious he doesn't agree with lucian on this point, at least, and that he's not blaming the students. ]

He wanted her to be angry, but she was not. So he was angry instead.

[itwasfeyt]

[She's really pretty, apparently?? Apparently he thinks that enough to tell her. Maybe she'll have to speak to him later.]

Th-that's not true at all! We didn't force anything, she choose to try and help us when Todd stepped in!

[That's something they can agree on, Connor.]

If I see him again, I'll definitely set him straight!

[supportrole]

Well... that's good.

[ Mishima guesses he respects that... he's pretty bad at getting over things himself. ]

[preconstruction]

[ yeah dude!! that's why in that other thread he said she loved them!!! ]

[supportrole]

[ you can love someone and still have other human connections!!! that's what most people do, probably!!! ]