Standing there outside the busy theater, a long pink haired girl stood, oddly straight. Feet panted firmly and eyes looking right at the odd building. Google search has informed the swarm that this building is called a theater. It displays movies for humans. That was easily understandable. But what intrigued the Queen Nanite so much it moved into the eyes, causing them to glow bright red, was that humans were entering this building in pairs. Many of them holding onto each other. This behavior seemed odd. The swarm could not travel further inside because of the need of the box woman for money. Many Many things the swarm could replicate, but cash was not in it's capabilities. So there it stood. A apparent 16 year old girl in a school uniform. And now it starts raining.
So lets recap, 16 year old girl. Standing motionless in the rain, at night, outside a theater. With other civilians rushing to find cover, no one is stopping to check on her or even bother if the poor girl i too dumb to move out of the rain. Rain drops bounce off the apparent form. The 'fabric' is getting soaked and sticking to the 'skin.' But none of it registers with the Swarm. Water is flowing through it. The heat of operating is being taken away. So now it can focus more on observing humans and other variables in the area.
Post by Red Wizard on Jul 10, 2014 14:18:15 GMT -6
Sterling saw glowing red eyes as he walked out of the theater, having seen some crappy kung fu movie that he genuinely enjoyed because kung fu movie. But glowing red eyes? Usually a bad sign. And the way she was just standing there in the rain...It as certainly off. Especially how motionless she was. It was like she wasn't even breathing. Bystanders were avoiding her like she just didn't exist, as well.
Though he didn't sense any magic, he knew it couldn't be a natural phenomenon. Some kind of technological parasite?
In any case, he opened his umbrella and walked over to her, holding it above her in a way where it covered them both.
"What are you?"
The stillness was what bothered him most. He wasn't an idiot, glowing red eyes were bad news, but the stillness...
Was she undead? Was she one of Sidebras' zombies? Some of them still tended to be alive, but slowly transforming. His sister was some kind of menace, but this phenomenon didn't seem like her handiwork. Hell, whatever she was certainly didn't SMELL like a zombie.She didn't smell like anything, at least as far as he could tell from standing under the umbrella. He wasn't gonna sniff her or anything, though. That would be creepy.
The swarm picked up motion nearby and suddenly felt the stop of rain. This caused them to adjust the angle and direction of the ocular implants inside the cranial sector in a vertical manor. In other words Lilith looked up at the umbrella. The glow of the red eyes faded back into normal human eyes. Guards moving up quickly to shelter the queen Nanobot. It was then asked by the human what it was. The question was a form of command, one that implied a need for honesty. Thus it would be given. Orders were sent to the drones so it looked as human as possible as the head moved to look at the other. "Reply: This unit is a Nanbot Swarm under the designation of Autonomous Nanite Group with Elevated Learning capabilites - L1L17H. Further Explaination: Through the translation of language 1337, this unit goes by the name Lilith."
Now that it had answered the question, it returned it's attention towards the theater, though the glowing red eyes did not return. However it kept monitering the human next to the swarm. Cognative questioning protocols activated and placed the thought to the Queen that perhaps the Human could answer the swarm's question. Pointing to a couple teens arm in arm going into the theater she, drew her head back, more robotically this time, to looking at Red. "Query: Why are those two units conjoined in that manor as they enter the structure of Entertainment through audio visual medium?"
Post by Red Wizard on Jul 15, 2014 16:04:33 GMT -6
Sterling listened intently as it described its purpose. It was learning. Then it asked about the teens on dates. He kind of lamented not having a date to bring to the movies with him, and didn't wonder about how to explain it, because really most kids in his age group were going for one thing, and one thing only.
"Think of it like a sort of mating dance, if you've learned about animals like birds yet. It's kind of like that. A boy human takes a girl human to the most visually frightening movie he can find, in an attempt to get her to mate with him."
If he sounded cynical, it was because he was. He was an avid reader of romance novels, and romance seemed to be a dead art. He let out a sigh.
"I've got to get going soon, otherwise my parents are going to start wondering where I am."
He held out the umbrella for her to take if she wanted to, eager to get this weirdness behind him.
Mating Dance? Of Birds. Do these human adolescents enter the building to dance to the audio visual performance for purposes of Procreation? It would be well worth the research time to observe this courtship ritual. There don't seem to be any videos of these dances, but according to the sign, no video cameras are allowed in the building.
As the swarm was calculating and processing this information, the human offered out his rain protection to the swarm. Perhaps the visual appeal was not to the human's liking of rain on the form. Taking the umbrella in a hand, a thin layer of nanites flowed over to investigate. It was all inorganic. New technology? The nanites began to eat the umbrella and immediatley replacing it layer by layer with a nanite. It took just three seconds for the entire device to be replaced. Lilith then extended it back to him. "Statement: Thank you. It was most helpful." With out a cue, the swarm produced an exact copy of the umbrella in the other hand, popped it open and held it above the form.
Post by Red Wizard on Jul 22, 2014 22:08:37 GMT -6
Sterling's head swam as the thing in front of him subsumed then recreated his umbrella. This was unreal. He seemed to react as many people did to magic, when it came to all technology but the most commonplace. Or gaming computers.
"Well, that was certainly a thing that happened. You...uhh..take care."
As he walked away, holding the new umbrella it had handed him, he mused about technology, almost ignoring his phone when it appeared in front of him in midair, ringing. When he saw who it was, he did ignore it. For about a second, then he answered.
"Yeah dad, I'm fine. I'm on my way to meet you and mom for dinner now, yes. I'll tell you all about the Titans. What I'm allowed to tell, at least. Bye, dad."
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