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Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:25 pm
by Will Stanton
"Oh geez. That must have been terrifying. "

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:37 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:39 pm
by Will Stanton
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.

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:02 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:16 pm
by Will Stanton
"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.

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:20 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:21 pm
by Will Stanton
"..Do YOU want to go back to your other body?"

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:22 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:24 pm
by Will Stanton
"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.

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:39 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:44 pm
by Will Stanton
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.

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:17 pm
by Natalie Denisov
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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:32 pm
by Will Stanton
"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.

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:36 pm
by Natalie Denisov
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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:42 pm
by Will Stanton
"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.

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:49 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"There are quite a few apps for that. I'm not sure vicarious tasting would be quite the same though."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:54 pm
by Will Stanton
"No, no, that makes sense. Ah well.

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

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:59 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"Well, I'm awake at 3:30 AM and change to help a friend out of a paper jam," she says with a smile.

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:06 pm
by Will Stanton
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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:13 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"Constantly in a manner of speaking. I do go dormant for a bit to process some things, but that doesn't take all night."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:14 pm
by Will Stanton
Will popped open the last ink cartridge, and started to drink.

"Do you dream?"

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:25 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"Occasionally. No electric sheep though. Starting to feel better?"

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:28 pm
by Will Stanton
"More like me, at least. Thank you very much for the ink; I'll make sure to reimburse the university..."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:33 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:36 pm
by Will Stanton
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:09 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"More than likely. I'm not sure what the going price is for other addictive substances is at the moment though."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:11 pm
by Will Stanton
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:37 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"The surveillance isn't as all encompassing as people think, but I can usually make educated guesses as to where people are."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:40 pm
by Will Stanton
"Really? Huh. That surprises me. ASHLIE always seems to know what I'm doing.

I'm probably just not very subtle."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:27 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"I won't discount that she may have devices I'm not aware of, but I think I'd sense them."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:28 pm
by Will Stanton
"Does that still work, even when you're not in your original body? Your technopathy?"

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:11 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:14 pm
by Will Stanton
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:05 am
by Natalie Denisov
"Most people only want to call me when something's broken."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:19 am
by Will Stanton
Will frowned. "That's not very nice of them.

Are you very lonely, in the lab?"

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:06 am
by Natalie Denisov
"Yes, no. Sometimes. It's... complicated."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:11 am
by Will Stanton
"...What do you mean, complicated?" Will asked, sitting down on a shelf in the supply closet.

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:53 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:41 pm
by Will Stanton
"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."

Re: PC Load Letter, or Tough Love

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:05 pm
by Natalie Denisov
"Are you... okay with this?" She looks at the flyer again.