I2 - Material Girl

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:20 pm

Ashlie is on her way back from the Point towards the Mansion. She's walking the exact same path as before, probably literally stepping into her own footprints. She's carrying a tablet, working on something without bothering to look at it as she makes her way across campus.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:32 pm

"Oh! Hi Ashley!" Will said, waving as she saw the headmistress walking around.

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:38 pm

"Mister Stanton. Good afternoon." she says flatly, stopping in her tracks. Apparently correcting for gender presentation is not something she's doing right now. Her records indicate a Mister Will Stanton, so that's how she addresses her.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:46 pm

"What's new? Haven't seen you around much!"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:52 pm

"I have been reevaluating certain projects in the workshop. Usually my physical presence is not necessary to complete most of my administrative duties." she says in the same flat tone. Even her face isn't really showing much expression, although there's certainly an attempt. It just looks very stilted and unconvincing.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 6:03 pm

"Well, everyone enjoys the personal touch, you know?" Will said, looking at Ashley a bit strangely.

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 6:11 pm

"I have office hours." she points out. Surely that accounts for a personal touch regarding the students.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 6:51 pm

"Well, yeah, but still. Out and about is good, right?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 6:53 pm

"I have no need to exercise and maintain this body via physical activity."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:07 pm

"No, I mean, being seen walking around and interacting with students is a positive."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:20 pm

"I don't need to be seen to perform my duties." she says, then after a moment adds "We have a guidance counselor now."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:41 pm

"Do we? I haven't seen her."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:44 pm

"Yes. It is her duty to be seen and to interact with students."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:47 pm

"Yeah, but, you know, a good leader is always out with the troops."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:52 pm

"My function is not that of a leader. You are thinking of Miss Kinney."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:00 pm

"You're the headmistress, right?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:24 pm

"Correct. I take care of the bulk of administrative work and, if necessary, present the university to the outside."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:25 pm

"But...I mean, your job is MORE than that, right?

...Is everything alright?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:41 pm

"There was an incident when attempting to contact Mr. West's sister. Her technopathic abilities were beginning to damage my program and Mr. West only managed to back up parts of it. I assure you I am still perfectly capable of performing my duties, even without my core personality matrix. Reconstruction has been deemed too unlikely to succeed to be worth attempting."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:53 pm

"Wait, you mean...you're broken?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:04 pm

"Technically that is correct, although I still function."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:10 pm

"Well...that's not good! We need to fix you!" Will said, almost panicky.

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:12 pm

"Reconstruction has been deemed too unlikely to succeed to be worth attempting." she repeats.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:32 pm

"WHY is it unlikely?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:37 pm

"No documentation of my programming exists, my creator is dead and my backups were damaged."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:40 pm

"So? I mean, how hard can it be to program a robot?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:59 pm

"I am not just a robot. My creator spent years working on me and she had a talent for working with code. My core personality module cannot be recreated."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:28 pm

"Have you even tried?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:51 pm

"No. My core personality module cannot be recreated." she says.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:08 pm

"Why not?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:14 pm

"Because my entire system was built around it and a recreation will fail to correctly link up. It's a safety measure to prevent potentially malicious tampering."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:38 pm

"But what about BENEFICIAL tampering?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:47 pm

"Too big of a security risk." she says. Not that she necessarily agrees with that sentiment or has to follow it anymore, but that's beside the point.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:52 pm

"Says who?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:03 am

"Said Dr. Minamida. She created me this way and her reasoning for many decisions were security concerns. I no longer have to follow all of her restrictions, but I cannot undo a design decision made when my basic architecture was put in place."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:26 am

"Well, why not? What's stopping you?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:58 am

"Because I cannot function without my basic architecture. It would exacerbate the problem and my program would fail to initialize. That outcome is not acceptable."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:20 am

"We're not talking about changing the basics, just adding good stuff on top. That's OK, right?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:46 am

"Yes. But my base personality model is not something that can be added on top. To work properly it has to be integrated into the other systems properly and reproducing the correct interchange protocols is impossible. They were programmed together and won't work with any other code."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:58 am

"Well, why don't we WRITE some other code and see what happens? An experiment!"

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