night 1 | judy

[jackhole]

[ okay, after everyone is done being shady shitheads in the operating theater, rhys is going to take judy's advice and head to the tech lab.

... which he then gets mad about again because this place is perfect and his hands itch to touch everything within it. but he's tired and should probably head back to his room to get some sleep before everything goes down so he refrains from now. tomorrow night, maybe.

when he gets to the terminal, he drags a chair over and sits down to the type. ]

hey j
so are you open for talking now?
i need to know jack's deal

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[jackhole]

oh. so it's a good thing i asked first, huh? i had a better gig than this back on pandora, you know. less middle management, more cream of the crop. just saying. feel free to swear at me, i guess.

"somewhat" ominous, she says. more like extremely?? is it weird that i really hope you're an AI. it's easier to talk to AIs. if you're a human, all of this just... really blows and makes me angry at you. i can't be mad at robots for being robots, you know? but humans? they suck. i can be mad at them.

... daaaaaamn, really? that's pretty young for jack. that's why he's not trying to kill me, right? do you think if i told him what happened on helios, he'd kill me? i bet he would, even if he's younger. maybe i should kill him first, huh? go on the offensive.

[judgejudy]

Thank you for the permission. If I feel a need to, I will.

It's not strange at all. At least, I don't think so. AIs are made to be a certain way. More than people, they can't be anything than what they are. As for the hope itself, I would have to ask if it's strange that I don't know? If I had to guess, I feel that I'm some combination of the two. So I will at least accept your being half angry.

I cannot give advice on this matter. But if it is helpful for you to come to your decision, I don't think so. The psychological profile I have indicates a predisposition for violence, but also a lack of experience. He is still coming to terms with killing a former associate that betrayed him. As he doesn't know you, it doesn't seem likely to me.

[jackhole]

how can you be half an AI? that doesn't make any sense unless you're like a cyborg? sort of. i'm like 25% cyborg, i know about these things. we can be half-cyborgs together if that's the case wait that sounds stupid ignore it

he doesn't know how to be violent yet?

[ in the tech lab, alone in the dark, rhys' breath catches and his pulse beats a little faster. he's, uh, not entirely sure why. ]

okay... okay. maybe i don't have to kill him then. maybe i can just contain it? he can be violent but not the violence he becomes, you know? it'd be safer for pandora that way, helios too. he doesn't have to turn into... whatever it is that he turns into. i can do this, can't i? i can be what he needs. maybe we can be friends again :)

who was it that betrayed him, do you know?

[judgejudy]

That could be what I am. I truly don't know, but when the experiment ends, you might be able to tell me. When the doors open, I will tell you where I am.

That is roughly how I would explain it, yes. From what I know, I would also be inclined to agree that it would be better for Pandora. It has a rather bleak future from what I have read. Though I suppose it would be your present. Maybe friendship would do him well.

Huxter T. Meredith, the Merriff of Concordia. Former, of course.

[jackhole]

cool. i'll come see you, i guess? i better not die, judy. that would be like... the most un-bro thing you could do to me if we're supposed to be cyborg friends.

hmmm. probably. everyone needs a friend, right? look at us, we're friends now. and i'll be jack's friend and it'll be... great! see, friends stop you from killing other people. that's sort of how it works. soooo, i can be a damn good friend if that's the case.

concordia... that's on elpis, isn't it? why the hell would jack be on elpis? should i ask him that? i should ask him that. ugh, i don't even really care. i just want him to be nice to me.

[judgejudy]

I would be happy to see you, at least in a manner of speaking. Though until then, I hope you do not die either, Rhys. You're a valuable employee, so I would hate to lose you, just as I would hate to lose any staff member. Though losing a "bro" does seem worse. :)

If you would like to know why he is on Elpis, I do know that. It is essentially on his provided profile, so I know slightly more about that subject as compared to others.

[jackhole]

i'm always a valuable employee. that is totally my thing. but you're right that losing a bro is 100% worse, guaranteed.

no, no. i think i'm going to ask that one. if it's like... some weird robot sex kink vacation thing, i can't really fake the surprise that well. if he's anything like you're suggesting, he'll probably tell me the truth. i can build off that, you know? make it work to my advantage, keep him close.

but typing that out makes it sound miiildly creepy tbh so i think that's it on my end. i don't think i want to ask anything more about jack and i should probably try and get some sleep if i have to fake this whole "i'm totally not planning to murder all of you in the dead of the night" thing. holy shit, i'm sleepy.

night, judy

[judgejudy]

I hope that I was able to address some of your concerns. If you need anything else, simply send me a message.

Good night, Rhys.