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Faith and Memories (Wide Open)

Who: Parsee (

bridge_princess) and you!
What: November Catch-All (Complete with Tsukumogami and Blessings!)
Where: Out and about
When: November!
Content Warnings: Nope!

Will do three separate sub-threads for options and a wildcard. Feel free to hop in at your leisure.

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Though it appears small, it has no difficulty containing creatures, and does not appear to cause harm or discomfort.

(They chatter, uncertain of how to explain. They themselves do not fully understand how Pokeballs work.)

...that is... really weird. I've never seen anything like that. It can hold a creature?

[She folded her arms and frowned, looking at the thing.]

People better not use that on each other. That'd be bad.

Yes.

(They chatter, headflaps fluttering. The little lights on the side of their head flash red briefly as well.

The idea that someone could use a pokeball as a tool of slavery is ... disquieting.)

We are uncertain if this is possible.

That... is totally for the best, but just wait. The Void will screw it u and one of us is going to get ...

...

I'm going to stop. Not giving this place ideas. [She was learning!]

Though death is not possible here, significant injury will likely be effective at dissuading attempts at enslavement.

(Legion has some ideas about what can be done about anyone who deliberately attempts to capture and keep another person as a pet.)

I just got chills there for a second... [She laughed nervously.] Yeah, you're right. If I ever hear of anyone doing that, I will absolutely sick you on them.

...might even help.

(...They have frightened her.

This was not their intention.)

We have no desire to harm you.

It's fine, Legion. [She giggled.] It's good chills. The one who should be scared is anyone dumb enough to use that on a person, not me. If you're not intimidating me, it's not so bad to be a little intimidating.

Remember. I live with drunk demons.

(...Good chills?

They consider this. It is true: they themselves have had many allies they have admired for their intimidating capabilities. It is, however, difficult to think of themselves in such terms. Others have attacked them due to fear.)

Acknowledged.

(They are glad to have allies that do not treat them as a threat.)

[Cold, calculating threat could be quite the natural intimidation, whether they realized it or not. She grinned at Legion and nodded.]

Well, at the very least, it doesn't sound like it's an issue. So, you're trying to get this robot to behave itself a little better?

Affirmative. When released, it attacks one hundred percent of the time.

(The fluffy robots are not as cuddly as they look.)

Uh... how aware is it actually? Is it capable of rational thought, or does it only look like Geth? i wouldn't know how to tell the difference.

(They look at the ball in their hands, headflaps rippling.)

Uncertain. Its communication is largely in the form of Geth threat and hostility indicators.

(Or sounds they register as such.)

It is likely that, similar to other synthetic lifeforms, it possesses the ability to network, in which case its awareness is dependent on the presence of others of its species.

Give me a second...

[she was clearly going back to the memory. She wondered how many did that in the effort to understand? Networking... Networking... The thoughts of all those minds, or programs. It started giving her a headache again, but she stopped after pinching at her forehead.]

It's not quite the same as you. You can't really fully communicate or network with it can you? That's how you'd put it, right?

Yes. Its attitudes and behavior also bear little resemblance to the Geth.

(Which is obvious because it's an animal, but even feral animal intelligence Geth separated from the collective aren't like these things.)

Then there's a good chance that this place tried to make one and got it wrong. It wouldn't be the first time. Remember the chickens?

...is it dangerous for you to, I guess, connect with it?

Uncertain. We are incapable of doing so.

(The plant symbionts are clearly able to network with each other even if Legion cannot connect. It is likely the same here, they think, though it is also possible these creatures lack the capability entirely.)

Hmmm... does that mean it is 'like' you, but not quite one of your race? I mean, I guess the answer is probably 'uncertain' but it's a thought.

[She was definitely getting the feeling that if it was a Geth, a real one, it should have been able to connect. Right? that's how this worked, right? She remembered the networking thing was supposed to feel natural.]

Affirmative.

(It's not a Geth, but it has the qualities of one. Other creatures appear to be similar, possessing properties of creatures from other worlds but not being the same.)

Well, just don't put yourself at risk trying to help it. It's exactly one of you, after all, is it? Wouldn't want it to hurt you in the end.

As the machines of Proteus are capable of sharing perspectives, it is possible that "taming" members of the population may result in the species as a whole becoming more docile over time.

(They aren't just looking to tame one individual, but the whole species, over time.)

Hmmm... with the way you connect, if they connect to each other, maybe one taming could I don't know, help the rest of them? I'm kind of just spitballing here.

Yes.

(That is, in fact, their intention.)

Just... be careful with that, alright? I know you will, but there's a lot that we're not sure about yet.

Affirmative.

(They're already plotting out safe methods of taming. She might even be able to catch a bit of that when they chatter to themselves in Geth.)

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