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themainframe2013-10-15 01:00 pm
bigsoftie) wrote in themainframe2013-10-15 01:00 pm
Video [Locked From Donatello]
[The Terminal's position is a little awkward, centering on Leatherhead's face. Huh, it's like he wants to keep something hidden or something. But that couldn't be it.
But from the lighting it's obvious he's in his apartment.
And telling from his face, the tired and puffy look, it's fairly obvious that's he's been through a lot lately.]
why you gotta shove that thing in your face like that?!
[IGNORING DUKE. Yeah, it's that serious.]
I wish to discuss a problem...it is Donatello. He is a human with brown hair, tall, and has a missing tooth.
When I talked with him, he...he has changed. Something has happened to him...I am not sure if it is only me who has seen this. That is why I ask if anyone has seen this change.
But from the lighting it's obvious he's in his apartment.
And telling from his face, the tired and puffy look, it's fairly obvious that's he's been through a lot lately.]
why you gotta shove that thing in your face like that?!
[IGNORING DUKE. Yeah, it's that serious.]
I wish to discuss a problem...it is Donatello. He is a human with brown hair, tall, and has a missing tooth.
When I talked with him, he...he has changed. Something has happened to him...I am not sure if it is only me who has seen this. That is why I ask if anyone has seen this change.
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[He understands the importance of keeping a secret.]
No one will know.
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You... know what I am. Don't you? That I'm just an AI. I'm data and programming, nothing more than that.
I'm also a prototype. A rough draft. A test run. Do... do you understand what I mean?
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A prototype...? Do you mean...you are the first?
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They built me first. Brought me online first... and tested me, to see what needed to be improved.
Then they built the new model. I am BP-500X. He is... 501.
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...and what happened?
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When they brought him online, I was meant to train him. To teach him. To make sure he was perfect. And so I did. In return...
... He was the only one in my life who ever cared for me. My first friend.
[His voice ends up cracking a little, at the end, and he stops, surprised to hear that sound.]
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I think...I think I know what you went through...
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[But he doesn't sound upset by the assumption, or even angry. Just... tired. Bitter.]
Because when I was done, when he was ready to work on his own... the human beings who made us.
They were going to erase me. Upload new data to my memory banks. Erase him. He was -- he is everything I have. All our time together -- every memory of him...
[There goes his voice again, cracking. He feels something damp building up in his eyes.]
If I lost that -- I would lose myself. I would be killed... without him.
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Without them it would feel like you would be nothing...
[Ok that's it Kagerou, you're getting a hug.]
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It... it does. It does feel that way without him here... I never thought -- I never thought living without him would --
[And he can't get the words out anymore. His throat feels as if it's choked, and his vision has gone blurry with -- water?]
[He doesn't resist the hug. He stands there, leaning into it for want of anything better to do with himself.]
Does that... does that help you?
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Yes...it shall.
But now we must help you...I am sorry to have caused you pain, my friend.
[He rubs his back to assure him.]
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[He just leans against the other. It's... good to have contact again. To be touched and held and--]
[He shakes his head slightly.]
You wanted to know. It isn't your fault.
[While up above, the poor little Keramon just quietly observes.]
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No one deserves such loss...
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Maybe that's why -- maybe that's why your friend is acting oddly.
[Because it hurts. Losing someone hurts so badly.]
[It's almost worse, knowing Shadowmaru is alive, elsewhere. Where he can never see him again.]
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[He continues stroking Kagerou's back.]
Thank you for your help.
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Right.
All right.