Naoto's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself falling through a black abyss, the air cold around you, although not bitingly so. Just as your eyes begin to adjust to the darkness on every side, you're dropped through a chute and tossed out into a brightly-lit area...


((#hardwired))

Comments

Re: Management

[browbeater]

Prototype for what? And where the hell am I?

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

She grins.

"Shouldn't you have figured that one out before coming in here?"

Re: Management

[browbeater]

[... I can't read. So you get a flat look]

In general, then.

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

"It isn't clear to you at all, is it? Well. That's what one expects from imbeciles, I suppose."

Re: Management

[browbeater]

Then spell it out, since you're clearly so smart.

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

"This is my laboratory. It's where all my best work is done, really."

Re: Management

[browbeater]

[nooooot the answer I was hoping for. OKAY, THEN.]

What are you trying to build? Specifically?

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

"A new body."

Re: Management

[browbeater]

Why?

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

She rolls her eyes, which causes the robotic one to spark.

"Because this one is insufficient, or are you blind as well as dumb?"

Re: Management

[browbeater]

Sorry, I don't have an eye for seeing the difference between a good robotic body and a bad one.

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

She jabs the screwdriver at him.

"Insensitive dolt!"

Re: Management

[browbeater]

What? It's true...! I don't know anything about robotics.

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

"Then leave. I've no use for a relic like you."

Re: Management

[browbeater]

Fine, but tell me how to get back to Wonderland.

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

"Oh believe me, if I knew how to do that you'd be seeing a lot more of this."

She gestures to the torso on the table.

Re: Management

[browbeater]

Then that brings me back to the first question... Where is this? How are you related to Naoto?

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

She smiles, wide.

"I am Naoto. I'm her true self."

Re: Management

[browbeater]

[he looks dubious at best]

... And you're trying to create a new body for yourself?

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

"Well, you've seen the state of things outside, haven't you?"

Re: Management

[browbeater]

Yeah. It doesn't look great, but I don't get what that has to do with this.

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

"I've been telling her to scrap the project for ages now, and she's refused to listen. So I'm implementing a new design whether she likes it or not."

Re: Management

[browbeater]

... Her?

Re: Management

[dramatispersonae]

"Her, me, it's all the same difference."

Re: Management

[browbeater]

Obviously not if you're making the distinction yourself.

[yeah, now he's examining the torso]