[ mild indignation aside, he's fine to just roll with this. it doesn't feel nearly as ridiculous to him as it might to many others — demon familiars are a thing, after all; rin talks to that cat sidhe of his all the time.
and he has full faith in the human ability to do some truly impressive shit with technology! it's surely only a matter of time before he can VR himself directly into an anime. ]
How did you get your hands — or socket, I suppose — on something so unique? Is that like, a special police thing?
[ of course he does. may he someday achieve his dream (no) ]
I imagine the costs would be too high for the general one-eyed public -- even just for the visual feed. But hey, if Pewter can figure that out and the higher ups ever let him go public with a basic model I'll let you know.
[ there's a pause. ]
I imagine a base model would have less backtalk as well.
She goes into sleep mode sometimes. And yeah-- she was in sleep mode from after the boat building until Thursday morning. On paper it's battery saving, but also I think she just gets tired of me.
[ he knows she just gets tired of him.
and then he just makes a slightly tired sweep of his hands. there you go. ]
It's been five years, I do know how to have some privacy from her.
Something something, in every relationship respect of personal space is important. [ he does look a little bit amused though. ] Normally she has a bit more freedom than she does here though.
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I kinda get it, about not being able to do everything you're used to while you're here. I can't exactly shape shift or "control time and space", but it's been annoying adjusting to what I suddenly can't do. Especially as it'd be really damn helpful here at the weekend if I could.
Less me, more my support. She's a comms device, and, yeah. She can do a lot of investigation support. X-rays, temperature scans, recording and filing information for later use.
[ who even has that now, he never got around to borrowing it... ]
But you're right, that does all sound like it would be useful.
[ which is why they can't have it, presumably! though it seems a little ridiculous to him to nerf a piece of technology just as if it were an innate power. ]
Are there any special features that do still work, or is she down to just vision and advising?
She did. [ he grins ] Did you miss the chance to look at it? It was a bit more coy than in your face, but that’s probably more her taste. And— who knows, I didn’t have anything to dodge to test out the reflexes.
[ another tragedy… when will he get to see the tiddy mag ]
She’s down to advising and telling me when I’m being stupid. So… business as usual, but services reduced. [ …. ] It’s not been too bad.
[ he has his phone full of questionably obtained shura pics now, so it doesn't really matter, but it would still be tragic if something happened to it. ]
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[ he'll come over and just kind of sit on the back of a seat in the next row down so that they're facing each other. ]
You really do talk to yourself a lot.
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Yeah, well. I'm surprised no one's put two and two together and asked about it.
[ said a little dryly, given they'd had a similar discussion to this the other day. ]
I didn't think anyone would be coming back here, so.
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[ but he's not in too much of a rush, the sharks have waited this long. ]
Should I ask, then?
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[ hmm. he tilts his head. ]
Ask the right thing and see what that gets you.
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[ mirrors that head tilt with one of his own. ]
To whom or what are you actually speaking when you appear to be having one-sided conversations with yourself?
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You're the one that made the point about reading and retaining profile information.
The AI-Ball. Aiba, for short.
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She says hi. And that I have to tell you she's "most certainly not a mass marketed model".
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[ mild indignation aside, he's fine to just roll with this. it doesn't feel nearly as ridiculous to him as it might to many others — demon familiars are a thing, after all; rin talks to that cat sidhe of his all the time.
and he has full faith in the human ability to do some truly impressive shit with technology! it's surely only a matter of time before he can VR himself directly into an anime. ]
How did you get your hands — or socket, I suppose — on something so unique? Is that like, a special police thing?
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It's a special police thing. We have a tech guy, Pewter, in ABIS. He made her five or six years ago, I think?
And then he handed her over to me about five years ago -- she's a eye, and an investigation partner all in one.
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Well, that's convenient. He never thought to market a simpler, less investigation-focused model to the general one-eyed public, though?
[ quick get that hojo girl a job as a psyncer ]
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I imagine the costs would be too high for the general one-eyed public -- even just for the visual feed. But hey, if Pewter can figure that out and the higher ups ever let him go public with a basic model I'll let you know.
[ there's a pause. ]
I imagine a base model would have less backtalk as well.
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She's got a very strong personality.
[ that's his ❤️B❤️E❤️S❤️T❤️I❤️E❤️ ]
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[ ... ]
So, is she "on" all the time, or does she get to take breaks?
[ 'cause. you know. ]
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She goes into sleep mode sometimes. And yeah-- she was in sleep mode from after the boat building until Thursday morning. On paper it's battery saving, but also I think she just gets tired of me.
[ he knows she just gets tired of him.
and then he just makes a slightly tired sweep of his hands. there you go. ]
It's been five years, I do know how to have some privacy from her.
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Good to hear! I imagine that's probably the healthiest thing for the both of you.
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I kinda get it, about not being able to do everything you're used to while you're here. I can't exactly shape shift or "control time and space", but it's been annoying adjusting to what I suddenly can't do. Especially as it'd be really damn helpful here at the weekend if I could.
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[ smiles. ]
Investigative abilities, I assume you mean. What are you usually able to do?
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[ tragique. ]
Less me, more my support. She's a comms device, and, yeah. She can do a lot of investigation support. X-rays, temperature scans, recording and filing information for later use.
[ a shrug. ] Not here, though.
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[ who even has that now, he never got around to borrowing it... ]
But you're right, that does all sound like it would be useful.
[ which is why they can't have it, presumably! though it seems a little ridiculous to him to nerf a piece of technology just as if it were an innate power. ]
Are there any special features that do still work, or is she down to just vision and advising?
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[ another tragedy… when will he get to see the tiddy mag ]
She’s down to advising and telling me when I’m being stupid. So… business as usual, but services reduced. [ …. ] It’s not been too bad.
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You’d have to ask Gideon, I haven’t seen it since the first week.
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[ he has his phone full of questionably obtained shura pics now, so it doesn't really matter, but it would still be tragic if something happened to it. ]
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