video; backdated to The Secrets

[sassymaru]

A moment of your time, if you please!

[It's Shadowmaru, perched on the porch railing of his little Olivine cottage. But, alas, the former AI looks... rather less than his usual calm self. His hair is more out of place than usual, falling out of the short tail he's tried to put it up into.]

I'm aware I'm not the only one to receive some odd messages. However... the nature of them is somewhat disconcerting.

[He holds one up to the camera.]

"He's so pretty," and some coarse language... then "I never seen a pretty man before. Like pretty like a girl pretty."

[His expression is mildly alarmed by this.]

The other is no better. Behold! [Again, he holds one up.] "I don't know if I want to take you under my wing or. Do less than polite things with you."

[He sets them aside, carefully, as if they may bite him.]

I hardly think I need to state why these are distressing notes to read. Less than polite things? I... scarcely know what to say to this!

Any of this!

[Which translates to: help I have no idea how to process this information, in Shadowmaru speak.]

Comments

[sassymaru]

Indeed.

[Shadowmaru's never been secretive about it. There's never been any reason to.]

I am an AI unit, developed by the police force.

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

AI Unit?

[Forgive him; his knowledge of artificial intelligence is still a bit lacking.]

[sassymaru]

Artificial Intelligence Unit. A... "robot with a heart", they say.

[For all the good it did people outside of the BP division. And the people close to them.]

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

[Shinobu has questions. Many questions. Such as "why did they create you that way," and "do you mind it," and "did you have any say at all in your development even after the fact or did your creators just do whatever the hell they wanted with you," but he's not sure he should ask. And he's probably bringing his own baggage into it in any case.]

Being transformed into a human must have been quite an adjustment then.

[sassymaru]

Indeed.

However... I am used to human beings. Not so much a shock as it could be, were I not acclimated to them before.

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

That does help, yes.

[Though being acclimated to various kinds of entities isn't quite the same as becoming one, as Shinobu knows from painful experience.]

[sassymaru]

Though we never covered this sort of thing...

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

Does this sort of thing ever happen in your world?

[sassymaru]

Mysterious anonymous notes of lewd origin?

No.

It does not.

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

[Does it not happen at all, or just not happen that he knows about? Not that Shinobu is going to ask that, because rude.]

Sorry, I wasn't clear - I was thinking more on the order of people's thoughts being recorded on mysterious anonymous notes. Or in general.

[sassymaru]

Ah - I see. My apologies.

But no, I cannot recall it ever happening.

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

So that aspect probably doesn't help here either, does it?

[sassymaru]

No. Sadly.

None of my previous experiences have prepared me.