CATS

[soulping]

You are on a spaceship.

Most of your time will be spent on the bridge, which is exactly as fancy as you’d expect it to be — it looks a little like this. (The chairs are super comfortable!) Your brand new artificial intelligence — which, if you investigate, you’ll find is housed in a small computer chip — has been implanted into the computer terminal on the back wall. The diagnostics readout displayed along the bottom of the screen tells you that the AI has only been outfitted with the most basic of Stability Cores, and is currently Critically Unstable.

Comments

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

[SCREAM]

....

I swear I'm going to throttle her one day.

Re: ROUND 1

[justichthys]

[ ... pats him gently on the arm. ]

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

No one is donating themselves until we know this AI's personality.

[I WILL SIT ON PEOPLE IF I HAVE TO.]

Re: ROUND 1

[justichthys]

I am all for nobody donating themselves to science, at all, ever, regardless of the AI's personality.

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

I'd definitely prefer that. But you never know what will happen in games. [And...and he kind of wants to protect the AI if things go south.]

Re: ROUND 1

[justichthys]

[ casually turfing Tama out of the captain's chair and claiming it for herself. ]

We should probably try to get some cores soon ... [ she thinks about it ] Maybe we can use one action on a cat, and one action on trying to find a way to make money? Then we'll be able to buy more next round.

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

The easiest way to make money would be getting missions. We might be paid by commission, or we may need to freelance.

Re: ROUND 1

[justichthys]

I'm still in favor of hiring Tama out as a clown.

[ she's taking this very seriously ]

Re: ROUND 1

[formaliteas]

I second this motion, Captain.

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

[Snerks.]

We could also do entertainment. Theta was good with fireworks.

Re: ROUND 1

[tormado]

Can't I at least be hired out as something cool, like a mercenary?!

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

Mercenaries are dicks. [Fuck you, Felix.]

Re: ROUND 1

[justichthys]

Nope!

Re: ROUND 1

[endsintheocean]

No.

Re: ROUND 1

[formaliteas]

No one is donating themselves, period. That sounds ridiculous.

Some research wouldn't be a bad idea, though.

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

[Haha.]

Yes. Yes, it's completely ridiculous and highly questionable. [There is so much SIGH in his voice.]

Research would be good. The AI could fall apart in this condition.

Re: ROUND 1

[formaliteas]

[there are good reasons to give one's body to science: winning a memory shard in a single game ain't one of them]

Research might lead to cheaper, more efficient options for cores, too......although I still think we should get a cat. Teach the AI about taking care of a living creature, maybe.

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

....

[Cat.]

Yes.

We should get a cat, that's actually a pretty good idea.

And we should do AI research. Humane AI research.

Re: ROUND 1

[formaliteas]

[let's just buy 10000 cats]

Ah, specifying what kind of research is a good point.....I'm for that.

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

[I would be for all those cats.]

[Let's just stabilize our AI and buy all the cats and fuck everything else.]

It is. [Very...flatly. Rubbing at the back of his neck.]

Re: ROUND 1

[formaliteas]

[gives him a look but doesn't push it]

If we manage to turn a profit later, we should buy another cat.

Re: ROUND 1

[tormado]

I vote we donate Aoko and Armin so I can get my chair back.

[Pouting.

Also, joking.]

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

I'm afraid I'll have to join the mutiny in that case, Captain.

Re: ROUND 1

[tormado]

That's it! I'm using clones next time!

Re: ROUND 1

[purrtylittlewires]

But who would be the captain with a bunch of Tama's?