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WriggleRid3r

WriggleRid3r

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12/02/2014, 10:39 AM #12691
*flails arms in desperate attempt to not fall off from the chair

IM STILL AWAKE!

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Cucoo5

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12/02/2014, 10:07 PM #12692
@ S1

That's the thing, she's to be deployed now.
Part of me thinks that Nemesis currently would not be truly capable of independent thought yet and perhaps doesn't have any form of knowledge of how things are ran in the military. She would literally be a blank slate. Though She'll learn quickly by observation alone. First combat experience might result in her getting damaged.

On the side I'm trying to look through the posts again with Starla and Nemesis to see what I was setting up for their mindset...

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Originally posted by Cucoo5
Lab - ???

"--llo?"
Static...the view phased in and out of focus. The sound of a woman's voice came in slightly, in between the crackling sounds of the static.
" -a- y-- he-- -e?"
In some of the brief moments that the view came into focus, a room could be seen. In the room seemed to be lab equipment and various electronic devices. A woman with shoulder length hair tied into a pony tail seemed to be looking into something. She blocked most of the view of the room.
"Ne-i-is? Ca- y-u hea- me?"
Focusing on the room and the woman slowly became easier as the static lessened.
"Can yo- hear -e?"

No reaction. The screen froze.

"..."

Starla was of the Ragnarok Stella. She was currently working on a computer with a small camera and microphone array on top of a screen that, a moment before had the image of a girl. Now the screen scattered the image and froze. It had crashed.

"Dammit." She said finally after a moment, rubbing her temples as she leaned back in the chair she was in.
Starla herself was wearing her usual lab attire, with her brown jacket off of her shoulders and a white dress shirt with blue trim.
"What's still wrong? Why isn't this working?" She muttered to herself. After a moment of deep thought she stretched, throwing her head back with her arms outstretched. Once she did, she released and let her arms go limp, swinging down like pendulums on either side of the chair, her head still back. "UGH! I can't believe it's taking this long..." She groaned while staring at the ceiling. "The sooner I can get Nemesis done..." She stopped her sentence as she closed her eyes and relaxed, then she finished it in her mind. "The sooner I can figure things out on my own."


Originally posted by Cucoo5
??? - Lab

"You do realize that you don't have much more time..."
"I know." Starla responded to the other scientist that had spoken.
"The military wants a weapon. You said that the Golem will function as such as it is, correct?"
"Yes...but..."
"Starla, it's time to give up. You've been at this for days... Give them what they want."
"Just give them Nemesis? Just as some tool?"
"How many times have you tried to make a fully self-aware AI?"
"..."
"I know you think that having a military grade android that is self-aware would be better than not..."
"I don't want to make just a tool for destruction..."
"...I know...but, at this point, you're out of time. Give them what they want. Work on it later."
"..."
"Starla?"
"...Give me a moment...I...I have a plan..."
"...alright."
The man obliged with Starla's request and went out of the lab room. Once he had left, Starla turned to a humanoid figure that had semi-transparent parts that looked like the woman that flickered on the display earlier.
"Alright Nemesis... It's time to wake you up. But...I'm going to put one small little piece of programming into your main code. Hopefully it will work as I intended it to...and hopefully you will become more than 'just a weapon.' I pray... I pray that lives will be spared with this."
Starla then typed out the last piece of code into the computer and paused for a moment before pressing the enter key on the keyboard.
"...Nemesis...wake up."

Suddenly the eyes of the android girl opened with the press of the key.


Originally posted by troublexassassin
Starla's Laboratory

As the robot girl was awakening for the first time, one of the Ragnarokian Generals decided to pay Starla a visit. A few loud footsteps could be heard before the door to her lab was brutally knocked over. The reinforced steal doors fell like a ton of bricks. A large green moko. The moko had a large buff frame, which was covered in hardened green scales. It was General Stiprumas, who was known for having little to no regard for anything but his own ambition. "Hey doc. Somone broke your door." he said mockingly as he walked uncomfortably close to the Stella female. He bent down so then he could see her eye too eye, he face only inches from her own. His breath smelt of dead animals and posibly humans as well that he had hunted down and eaten. His teeth were sharp like razors. His foul breath was cold on her skin as he spoke. "You know why i'm here. Where is it?"


Originally posted by Cucoo5
Starla's Laboratory

Starla closed her eyes, focusing on controlling her gag reflex caused by the stench of the general's breath. She turned slowly towards the capsule in which Nemesis lies, stock still with eyes unmoving but open.
"...Right there." She said with a level tone. "The golem is almost done. I just need to run tests on her systems and then she will be ready..."


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Originally posted by troublexassassin
Starla's Lab

Stiprumas peered down at the Golem and growled quietly to himself. He held his claw under Starla's chin making it so she couldn't look down or move her head without getting cut. "I'm going down there to get rid of the Infecta abomination. If your Golem isn't down there in 24 hours... You'll be joining me for dinner." With that, the moko turned his back on the woman and left her laboratory.



This is where my lack of actually having any scenarios where Starla has been in this situation (Let alone any situation...) is starting to be an issue for me. The typical way I would tackle this is have her be standing there with her thoughts racing before I would switch focus over to another character. Can't do that convenient trick here... so this is where I'm stuck.
Last edited by Cucoo5; 12/02/2014, 10:29 PM.
S121

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12/03/2014, 03:06 AM #12693
@Cucoo

Well, you could have Starla's thoughts racing, then transition her thoughts over to the action of her activating Nemesis.

For example, "With that unpleasantry in mind, Starla turned her attention to Nemesis."

That's just a basic, rough idea, but that's how I take the character's thoughts and have them act on those thoughts.

Sometimes you have to put yourself in their shoes, think how they think, feel how they feel. When you accomplish that, it becomes easier to have the character react to an unfamiliar situation.


@Wriggle

Sorry for falling asleep, it was 3 or 4 in the morning. -_-;
Last edited by S121; 12/03/2014, 03:09 AM.
Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.


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Cucoo5

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12/03/2014, 03:49 AM #12694
You have no idea how I wish I could achieve that with all of my OCs. The only one where I've reached that level of synchronicity is Aion. Not even Cicero and Nero, whom are supposed to be exaggerated versions of myself, are at the same level as I am with Aion.

For some reason Starla has been a character that... I can't understand her for some reason. And I created her so that's saying something.
...Might be because I never developed her origins...
Kiara clicked when I had that one dream that I had that I used as her origin story...
Tina clicked when we figured out her origin story...
Same with Eleos, Cicero, Nero, Nyx, and a handful of others.

...I need to figure out Starla's origins.
...and maybe a few other characters...

...gimme a sec. I'm moving this over a thread.

S121

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12/03/2014, 03:56 AM #12695
@Cucoo

Ok. I'll be waiting for the post. :p

Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.


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Kristia

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12/03/2014, 04:34 AM #12696
By the gods this is too hilarious.. XD
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If you can´t see the image, it is a Gardevoir with a shame card

It says "I searched my own name on the internet despite being told not to.."


Her face.. is too perfect..

Have you ever crossed the line between sanity and madness? You would be amazed by what lies beyond the fog..

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S121

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12/03/2014, 04:43 AM #12697
@Kristia

Poor Gardevoir. That's why no Character should ever, EVER Google themselves. XD

To be honest, I still think that would be a hilarious scenario in ATWAG. :p

Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.


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Kristia

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12/03/2014, 04:50 AM #12698
Well, I do have one of the most popular furries and.. oh... oh my..

I just got a great scene involving the fox with the Lucario teasing her about it..

maybe I could use that to confuse Glaive in ATWAG and then such thing could be "accidentally" slip to the others..

oh the fun the Pokémon will have before dying

Have you ever crossed the line between sanity and madness? You would be amazed by what lies beyond the fog..

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WriggleRid3r

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12/03/2014, 04:54 AM #12699
In that case, we need to continue the New York part.

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S121

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12/03/2014, 04:59 AM #12700
@Kristia

Oh boy, the can of worms that would open up. XD

Thus the Characters learn about the internet. XD

Hey, hey! Maybe that's how you should beat Henrir John. Tell him to look himself up. XD

Don't scar anybody for life with this info. XD

Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.


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