PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:25 pm

"Oh geez. That must have been terrifying. "

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:37 pm

"Ashlie came and found me, gave me enough bandwidth to get back to the school. Just trying to deal with the out-of-body experience again. It's apparently just going to be par for the course for me." She leads the way to one of the small supply closets off a maintenance hallway. She holds her hand over the keypad and it beeps and the door lock clicks. She opens the door, "Should be some color toner in here I think."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:39 pm

I can't imagine what that would be like..." Will shuddered. "I'm very attached to my body."

He started digging around in the cabinet, looking for the right kind of toner.

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:02 pm

"Depending on how you want to look at it, my body's still in the med center. Although this one feels like home to now."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:16 pm

"Got the shelves hung up and the walls repainted, huh?" Will said, opening a box, and sipping on one of the toner cartridges inside like a Capri-Sun.

It was the cyan one, so he slowly began taking on a blue hue as he drank.

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:20 pm

"Not a bad description. I know Ashlie still wants me to go back to my other body though, so that project's on the horizon."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:21 pm

"..Do YOU want to go back to your other body?"

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:22 pm

"Yes and no. This one has some distinct advantages that I really like, but every so often I think it might be nice to have some food again."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:24 pm

"Oh. That IS a good point," Will frowned. "I don't suppose there's a way to...simulate it? Like, with an app or something?"

He popped open the magenta cartridge next.

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:39 pm

"Not that I'm aware of," she says, mentally marking the toners out on the supply room's inventory. "Either way, I'm working on being happy being me."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:44 pm

Will nodded as he drank, his color slowly returning -- purple more than anything else now, as he didn't have the right inks to make green.

"Well, let me know if I can help in anyway. I can apparently be hooked up to computers and I'm good at using my tongue," he said.

His eyes then widened as he quickly threw a hand up to cover his mouth. His cheeks turned red...or almost red, thanks to the lack of colors.

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:17 pm

Natalie blinks and actually laughs a little. "I appreciate the offer, but I'm not sure I know you well enough to take you up on it."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:32 pm

"Geez, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that. It just...popped out," he said, scrunching up his face as he awkwardly took a sip from the black cartridge.

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:36 pm

She vaguely waves it away, "Don't worry about it. You're cute, but I'm not sure I'm cut out for that sort of interaction anyway."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:42 pm

"Again, it feels like there should be an app for that.

I just meant, you know, like, if you're having trouble eating," he weakly explained. "Maybe you could, like, translate what I do into ones and zeroes. I have a sensitive pallete."

Will took another sip from his ink cartridge.

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:49 pm

"There are quite a few apps for that. I'm not sure vicarious tasting would be quite the same though."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:54 pm

"No, no, that makes sense. Ah well.

There must be, uh, benefits to being in a robot shell, though?"

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:59 pm

"Well, I'm awake at 3:30 AM and change to help a friend out of a paper jam," she says with a smile.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:06 pm

Will scrunched his face up. "A paper jam sounds extremely unpleasant. Especially when I was still vaguely humanoid. Better to go full-printer if someone needs to unclog my insides.

I bet you browse the web a lot."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:13 pm

"Constantly in a manner of speaking. I do go dormant for a bit to process some things, but that doesn't take all night."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:14 pm

Will popped open the last ink cartridge, and started to drink.

"Do you dream?"

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:25 pm

"Occasionally. No electric sheep though. Starting to feel better?"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:28 pm

"More like me, at least. Thank you very much for the ink; I'll make sure to reimburse the university..."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:33 pm

"Don't worry about it. Honestly, they have cases of this stuff. As long as it doesn't become a habit, I don't think anyone will care."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:36 pm

"I don't...think it's addictive," he said, frowning down at the cases. "Might be one of the most expensive things to get hooked on."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:09 pm

"More than likely. I'm not sure what the going price is for other addictive substances is at the moment though."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:11 pm

"Thanks, Natalie. If there's any way I can repay the favor, let me know. I guess if you're hooked up to the campus systems, you probably can figure out where I am whenever."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:37 pm

"The surveillance isn't as all encompassing as people think, but I can usually make educated guesses as to where people are."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:40 pm

"Really? Huh. That surprises me. ASHLIE always seems to know what I'm doing.

I'm probably just not very subtle."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:27 pm

"I won't discount that she may have devices I'm not aware of, but I think I'd sense them."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:28 pm

"Does that still work, even when you're not in your original body? Your technopathy?"

by **Natalie Denisov** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:11 pm

"It does. In some ways it works better. I always have access to a network without needing to carry my phone everywhere. I am a phone."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:14 pm

"Well, that's an easy way to get in contact with you then," Will smiled. "I can be a phone, too, but I think you might be a slightly more advanced model."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:05 am

"Most people only want to call me when something's broken."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:19 am

Will frowned. "That's not very nice of them.

Are you very lonely, in the lab?"

by **Natalie Denisov** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:06 am

"Yes, no. Sometimes. It's... complicated."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:11 am

"...What do you mean, complicated?" Will asked, sitting down on a shelf in the supply closet.

by **Natalie Denisov** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:53 pm

"It comes and goes. Every once in a while I feel like I need to be around people, but a lot of times, I just like being lost in my work."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:41 pm

"Well...if you ever need people to hang out with, you can call me. I can be there quickly, usually."

Will looked down, and then handed Natalie one of the flyers. "A bunch of people will probably be here, if these flyers are anything to go by."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:05 pm

"Are you... okay with this?" She looks at the flyer again.

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