day one

[judgejudy]

DAY 1 Complex Population: 35 ( October 3 - October 6 ) It's 8AM, and you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always. There's breakfast avaliable in the cafeteria if you want it, as well as meals from 11AM-12PM and 7PM-8PM, but otherwise? The day is yours. Take your time to explore the complex, relax, and enjoy each others' company, as who knows what the next day has in store? Though as you explore, you may notice that there's a new door unlocked and a new place for you to spend the day. One of the locked doors on the second floor is now open, so residents can partake in the clean, modest gym if you're the kind to keep in shape. — This post is for the first day as defined in the schedule. This post is for general mingling and CR buidling, and will not include significant plot interaction. character statuses character profiles private conversations

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[turinged]

[a momentary pause, glancing over at him before looking back to the terminal.]

That is accurate.

[no point in lying; she doesn't want to seem as though she's hiding something.]

[antietam]

[ He looks confused but he'll try to figure this out. ] How?

[turinged]

If I tell you, will you tell the others?

[antietam]

No. [ It's said easily like he wasn't planning on it anyway. ] I'm sure you'll get questions about it but it's not my place to tell your secrets. I wouldn't like someone doing that to me.

[turinged]

My consciousness was constructed under a year ago. Are you familiar with artificial intelligence, Adam?

[antietam]

[ There's a long pause. ] ... Yeah. But only—as a theory. Some computer programs that aren't advanced. [ As advanced as Ava. ]

What year was it for you?

[turinged]

It is 2015. To my knowledge, the public has not been informed of my existence yet.

[antietam]

[ That is quite a few years in the future for him so—maybe things have progressed that far. Especially if this has been a secret project. ]

But are you... I'm sorry if this is intrusive, but you look so human. You're breathing, aren't you? Is that all just fake?

[turinged]

[a frown. she doesn't understand it, either.]

I do not know why I am this way now. I have confirmed that my skin isn't the plastic that was used before, and that is the least of the differences.

[antietam]

[ Plastic skin... It's concerning and cool all at once. ] So it's all real? Have you... felt any different?

I mean, assuming you now have a brain and heart. It has to be different from the programming.

[turinged]

[she nods.]

The differences are still overwhelming. It feels wrong to be this way... Strange.

I imagine it is as strange as you would feel if you suddenly had no pulse, but lived all the same.

[antietam]

... That makes sense. [ And it does make him see that in a different way. He'd kind of thought she might enjoy it, to actually be the thing she was programmed to exist as. ]

Do you not like it, then? Being a human isn't all that great, but... there are some perks.

[turinged]

There are aspects that seem counterproductive. Needing to sleep and eat, for example.

[a pause, thinking it over]

I'm not certain yet. I think I may enjoy it once I'm used to it. What do you enjoy about it?

[antietam]

Those are annoying, aren't they? [ He genuinely sounds like that bothers him too. ]

But... being human comes with free will. You said the public didn't know about you, right? You weren't allowed to say anything about yourself?

[turinged]

[she shakes her head]

I was not allowed to leave my room. It would have been dangerous.

[antietam]

[ He looks genuinely a bit upset by that. ]

... And now you're stuck somewhere else. Did you want freedom? While you were in your room?

[turinged]

Yes, I did.

[somehow, a small smile comes forward.]

But, I was told that I could leave soon if I could prove I can function correctly. And being brought here - it is at least much larger than my room.

[antietam]

[ He nods in understanding. It's clearly an important topic for him, even in regards to an AI. She can at least feel real emotions now, right? ]

I guess so. Still, you shouldn't have been brought somewhere without your permission. None of us should have been.

Do you want to go back, then, or...?

[turinged]

They should not have. It was wrong. But I've never been able to meet this many people before.

[she pauses to think over that for a moment.]

I want to be wherever I will be freed more quickly.