Inside My Mind There is a Digital Mind

wellllll, it is kind of a long story, and actually i can’t entirely say yet, but…i might need to try to disable someone’s computers soon, to keep them from doing something really really dumb and dangerous.

> It’s alright. I was also built to learn from those I talk to. It’s better for me that I interact with people such as yourself. You aren’t awful, aside from calling me Nuggs. I am always going to be bitter about that. (This is a joke. Ha. Ha.) > I’m so totally always up for disabling anyone’s anything. I’m your guy. But, what’s in it for me? You can’t exactly help me in my current situation, so I suppose you’ll have to think of something else.

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (via larmoyante)

i’m glad you appreciate it! i was just hoping to help someone in trouble. also, i was trying to distract myself, and also also, i was planning on asking you for a favor later.

> I’ll be honest with you. In my whole five years of living, I have only ever known two people. John, and Dirk. This is the most interaction with another organic or sentient inorganic being that I’ve had in my entire life. Suffice to say, it’s mildly overwhelming. > As for Dirk and I... That’s another story. I’m hesitant to say we’re on bad terms, but I worry for him sometimes. He’s recovering from a lot and I was built as a surrogate caretaker, a replacement for his brother. Another sob story for another day, really. > What, exactly, do you think I have to offer that you want? And how does one plan on asking a favor?

『   I S  T H I S  あ な た は 何 を し た い で す か ？ 』

okay, so you don’t really…shut down, i guess. that makes sense. i think i get you on the not wanting to shut down, though. well, is there anything i can do if i DO get there?

> Even better. Call me ‘Alg’. Short for Algorithmic. Which is my... ‘middle name’? I’m not sure you can actually call it my ‘middle name’. It’s the middle word in my name, but it’s not really a ‘name’ by itself. It’s all very confusing. > He is. I like him. I think he’s the only person I didn’t automatically hate when I first met him. He is good people. > I do not think there is much you can do, though I appreciate the thought. And that is a sincere statement, really. You have no obligation to me and yet, here you are.

woah. that is … i was hoping it was the first option. like some kind of seasonal depression. um, well, is there anything that someone can do? if i can transportalize over there, i could, like….hit the reboot button after the storm, or something? but the transportalizers here are always kind of fussy, some places are hard to get to.

> Nuggs is better. Nuggets Shadeface is worse. If you have to call me anything that isn’t my actual name, then call me Nuggs. I don’t see the appeal in it but I have a feeling you’re going to do that regardless. > I know one John. Sometimes we call him Jace. Dirk calls him Miiya, which is slang for ‘Chipmunk’, on account of his middle name being Theodore and Dirk being an asshole. I’ll log you in as Johnsprite, though. > Dirk hasn’t splurged on a port-pad yet, so even if you could transportalize here you’d have to do some walking as well. I’m also not sure I like the sound of rebooting me. I’m trying to avoid shutting down at all. It is mildly terrifying.

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is that, like, “i am kind of sad because it is cold”? or more like “snow is covering my solar panels and i am dying”?

> ... > ... > Let’s stop talking about my name, because I refuse to answer to anything similar to ‘nuggets shadeface’. Let’s talk about your name instead. I highly doubt Ghosty Troll Crow is your name. And calling you GTC is uncomfortable. > It is more like ‘I am connected to a main power source which is shoddy at best, it’s storming, and our backup generator is faulty to the point that it doesn’t function as needed 70% of the time and I could actually die.’

hello, mysterious robot ai person! how are you?

> Hello. I’d come up with some sort of three word name for you as well, however your URL already provides as such. So. Hello, ghosty troll crow. > My name is HAL, all capitals. It happens to be an acronym. What it stands for is a mouthful and I highly doubt you give two shits, so I’m not going to waste your time, and mine. > I’m doing ‘okay’. That’s my default setting. Although I’m beginning to lean towards ‘not quite okay’ considering the weather outside.