realityshifted | 005 - ｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!!!

[Box drops on the Plane, being slightly nervous. He hadn' t gotten much sleep lately, stupid nightmares... But he found a way to occupy himself. He brought a laptop with him, and a digital tablet too. Actually he got his whole desk, filled with umaibo, a few cans of oden, and figures of half naked anime chicks. Yes that is his natural inhabitant if you can say that.]

[Box is working on a picture of a girl, with boxing gloves on. But he is not looking at the screen at the moment but around the Plane as if searching for something.]

Is it gone...? [He asks and in that moment a bright yellow question mark appears next to his head as a size of an average balloon. It floats around him as he is staring at it with wide eyes, then some dots starting following it.]

Okay, I'm not seeing that. I'm not. I'm not mad, ha ha, no, not at all why would I be. I'm not seeing things that I'm actually seeing that are not there but I can see them, but I wouldn't really-- I mean. No. Nothing. Haha!

[A very comic-like sweatdrop dances at his temple, making him more desperate and causing more, smaller sweatdrops.]

Agh, go away, no no no, this is not happening! [Box jumps from his chair and waves them away, just so they can change places with long, wobbly lines of frustration.] Sh[*beep*]!!

What the--?!

((ooc: Yes, experiment time, his first experiment, hah! Basically he has his own effects now, and his speech is censored too. So characters only can hear a beep sound or a whistling sound whenever he might curse.))

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No, no, no! Not those. [frowns at him] You haven't heard about the experiments?

[excited by that] Can I see?

I-I think you mentioned something like that, but but-- but an experiment is like, you know, with mice and... cables, and... stuff. No? NO? [Lot of smaller sweatdrops appearing at his temple.]

Oh... I... I guess. Yeah. [Nods and looks around for his laptop before he steps to it and opens the PLANE folder to show some half done pictures to Oliver. About Noa and Sirkka mostly. They are a bit manga-like, and done entirely in Photoshop. Box has shiny bubbles around him as he is looking at the screen.] Here they are.

Not always. [points at the sweatdrops] I bet an experiment can be like that, too.

[looks over Box's shoulder, snorting as he sees Box's subjects of choice. he hasn't met Noa, so he hopes she usually looks like that and Box isn't taking liberties. she might not appreciate it if he were] You're good at that!

Really? [Sweatdrops are now forming a ghost like thing, screaming without sound as in, being shocked.] An experiment, but for what?! Why!? And how could they do this?! And who?!

Oh, yes others say so too. What can I say, practice makes perfect, ha ha~ When I done with this I'll show it to Noa. Oh, and if you have something you want Oli, just commission me and I'll see what I can do. [Determined nod as the word 'YOSH!' flashes in his background.]

[shakes his head] The people who run the Plane, I guess. I don't know why. I lost my voice once. Another time, I was a kid. Seems sorta random, huh? At least this isn't dangerous.

[laughs] I'll keep that in mind, thanks. Who's Noa, anyway? I don't think I've met her.

You lost your voice? Aaah, at least I would have a solution for that. Page barely talks too, so he uses the computer to talk instead of him, I could borrow his...! Wh- being a kid? But- but how is that possible, how can they do that--?!

Oh, Noa? Noa is the greatest. [SPARKLES SPARKLES, and SHOUJO BUBBLES. Yes.] She is an android, she said, and so human-like! It's amazing! She is nice too, and all, and and and I was afraid of her at first, thinking she might be a real woman but no, she is entirely artificial. It's amazing! Though it's intimidating how independent she can be...

Probably the same way they can do that. [gestures at Box's thoughts]

An android, huh? That's cool! She doesn't look like a robot at all.

[Looks at his own thoughts too.] And this kind of thing happened to someone before, maybe they can tell me how to stop it!

Isn't it? I think it's amazing, I hope we can invent such things while I'm still alive too! You should heard her talking, she is sooo nice, and just like an ordinary person, only artificial. The best thing!

Uh...not to burst your bubble, but usually you've just gotta wait for an experiment to end on its own. Sorry.

[raises an eyebrow] Box, you're making it sound like artificial people are better than real ones.

Aaaah... [Well his little effect bubble indeed breaks with a loud crack, showing his disappointment.] And how long they last...?

Well, of course they are. [Duh.] They are smarter, stronger than a real human, and they have these three laws you know, what forbids them to hurt humans. They are perfect, Oli. Too bad they are still far from perfect from where I come from... but but I'm really rooting for them! [Grins. Happy little sun appears, showing Box's hopes for the subject.]

Depends. [trying to sound optimistic] Hopefully not too long!

[raises an eyebrow] Ever seen I, Robot?

[Sigh.] Okay, okay, then... not too long. Okay, I can handle that. Yeah...

[Squints his eyes, and suddenly having a darker visible 'aura' around him.] Of course I did. I-in my opinion it was just a sad accident. Result of bad programing. Accidents always happen but with androids around they might happen less.

It'll be all right! At least people back home can't see it. Right?

[pats him on the shoulder] I didn't mean it like that! Just, don't give up on us humans yet.

I guess I really just have to ignore it, huh? Aaah, but-- agh.

[Snorts, and that 'aura' remains.] It's nothing personal Oli, but I think all the real people are filthy. In the movie the robot didn't want to do bad deliberately, but humans are capable of that.

Yeah. I mean, it doesn't help to worry about it, you know?

[frowns. that's a really sad comment about humanity there, Box] Humans are capable of wanting good, too.

[Gaves a frustrated sound, it's so not easy to 'not to worry' about it for him.]

[Raincloud floats around slowly.] They could do it more often.

Hey, it's temporary! [gives him an encouraging smile]

Box... [sighs] Well, I'm glad you've met Noa, anyway. And who knows, maybe being on the Plane will let you meet more people like that.

[Mimes that smile but still not that happy.]

[But that smiles turns into a grin when Noa is mentioned again. Sparkles come back full force.] I hope too! She is a fun person. Oh, but I met this Doctor you were talking about, Oli. He is strange did you notice?

...[bursts out laughing] Just a bit, yeah!

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