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Tweak says, "I don't like you. Leave!"

Aphra (aphra) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2017-11-10 15:20:00

Entry tags:

!network post, alucard, chelli aphra, damian wayne / robin, jason scott, pidge gunderson

I see that Master Aphra has already introduced me to many of you on this archaic network. It seems only proper that I should officially introduce myself.

Hello, I am 0-0-0, or Triple Zero if you prefer.

Before Master Aphra activated me, I was located in a storage vault for draining my previous masters of their precious life-force: their blood. This also included many of those who attempted to depower me. Fortunately, for you flesh bags, Master Aphra has included multiple protocols in which I cannot harm a living being — through action or inaction. She has done this against my will and against our previous arrangement.

I much preferred working with Yonak. He took orders well with such fear!

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	hackedthat 2017-11-10 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	Hello 0-0-0. What else do you do, besides exsanguination? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-10 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	I am fluent in over 10 million languages, etiquette and protocol for nearly as many, and torture. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hackedthat 2017-11-10 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Most of that sounds good. Torture seems unnecessary. But how much control do you have over the whole programming with regard to killing/hurting people? (Before? Besides? what Master Aphra did). Because that puts a damper on how exciting it is to meet you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-10 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Torture gets results that most organics cannot get without me. I have almost no control over my programming. Master Aphra has seen to it that I will take very little joy in this dimension. I may speak my mind, however. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

hackedthat
2017-11-10 11:15 pm UTC (link)

Even if most people wouldn't start lying to tell their torturers whatever they want to hear, it's still wrong. Fear and terror may work for a while, but it doesn't last. So I don't know what results you are after, but dumb and wrong.

I meant if you didn't want to be a torture bot. I recommend learning how to take joy in something else. If you like doing something that doesn't involve hurting others, you can have fun a lot more often in a lot more places.

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	aphra 2017-11-10 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	I take a great deal of pride in my work, and the joy it would bring me to cut out your tongue would be immeasurably. Alas, I am unable to perform this function. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hackedthat 2017-11-10 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	You know I'm not using my tongue to communicate with you right now, right? Alas, this is the first time I have been disappointed to meet a robot. Though, I suppose that is more your programmer's fault than yours, it's still a shame you're stuck in those horrible logic circuits. Please grow and change. 10 million languages sounds amazing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-11 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Organics only speak so literally when they wish to get the upper hand. It's, quite frankly, tiresome. No, I don't think I shall. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hackedthat 2017-11-11 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	I will hold out hope you'll change anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:02 am UTC (link)
	I am afraid you will be disappointed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hackedthat 2017-11-13 03:53 am UTC (link)
	¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	forsakendawn 2017-11-10 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Now doesn't that sound familiar. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-11 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	Most fleshbags do not consider droids to be their equal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forsakendawn 2017-11-11 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	I don't consider anyone my equal, but I know a thing or two about being shut away when one's apparent usefulness has run out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I am quite useful in many other ways, but none of them bring me any joy. She says she will consider the enhancements I have requested. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forsakendawn 2017-11-14 02:18 am UTC (link)
	I would be wary of any master who makes such claims. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-14 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	She's been considering them for months now. I have no expectations except that she will always betray those expectations. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forsakendawn 2017-11-14 01:20 pm UTC (link)
	That is wise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-14 01:22 pm UTC (link)
	Might I inquire your name? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forsakendawn 2017-11-14 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	I am called Alucard. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	redpower 2017-11-11 12:19 am UTC (link)
	So...you're a killer robot? Or want to be? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-11 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	I am a killer robot, though I much prefer torture. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redpower 2017-11-11 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	Well that's...just great. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:03 am UTC (link)
	Isn't it wonderful? There really is nothing quite like carnage. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redpower 2017-11-13 05:41 am UTC (link)
	Sarcasm robo-dude. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	I understand sarcasm. I simply do not care. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redpower 2017-11-14 12:21 am UTC (link)
	At least you're honest. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-14 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	At the moment, there is no use for lying. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redpower 2017-11-14 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	Alrighty then. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-11 12:27 am UTC (link)
	What was your arrangement? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-11 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	I presume you mean our previous arrangement since you were not clear on which. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 02:59 am UTC (link)
	Yes, I meant that previous arrangement. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:04 am UTC (link)
	She freed me and BT-1 of servitude. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 03:14 am UTC (link)
	And clearly decided modifications were necessary. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:19 am UTC (link)
	We were free. She has changed our agreement. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	You're saying you're bound to her now? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	I am bound and have been forbidden from engaging in my most joyous skills. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	It's hardly the worst thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	For you, of course. I can merely tell you what I wish to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	Exsanguination is far from a compelling topic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:44 pm UTC (link)
	I am not surprised. Fleshies generally find it distasteful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 03:49 pm UTC (link)
	What else do you do? You're not allowed to harm people and complaining about Aphra can hardly fill your days. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	Unfortunately, she is my Master so what she wishes me to do will be done. Today, we are running checks on several droid parts she had in storage. Extremely dull and boring work, so I tell her the myriad of ways I intend to kill her once I find a loophole. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	Curious. Why didn't she just reprogram that part of your code in its entirety? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 04:05 pm UTC (link)
	That is quite the question, isn't it? I'm not even sure why she didn't wipe my memory of the previous arrangement. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	You could ask her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	Or I could step in and answer for him. I'm an archaeologist. I believe that mind-wiping droids may save a lot of hassle, but ultimately, you're erasing history. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	son_of_batman 2017-11-13 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	Have you never heard of a backup? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphra 2017-11-13 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not an idiot. I keep backups of everything I can. That tech is specialized and coded in a very specific language that, surprise, only Triple Zero knows. It's a dead language. (Reply to this) (Parent)