shitposting rave 2, electric boogaloo

because shes cute and funny and smart and i love her but she's been anxious and i wanna distract her!

 

Ah-- with reference to transformers, it's an internal organ that, in concert with the brain module [they tap the side of their head], contains and parses core programming and provides minimal energy to the frame.

...honestly, I don't know much beyond that. They tend to explode if exposed to the elements for too long, I haven't exactly been keen to experiment.

 

...see im curious but it also sounds like it would be like super unethical to get a look at it. oh wellsies!

 

Ahhh, I see. [They grin.] Good luck!

...we are capable of intentionally baring the spark and its casing, but do excuse me if I don't feel like demonstrating.

And yes, cutting people open to play with their sparks-- well, any of their internals, but sparks especially as culturally they are seen as our souls-- is intrusive and unethical. Please don't do that to me or my crewmates, I don't want to deal with that mess.

 

yeah lapyen used to do that with brains. brains are cool but that's not so cool, lapyen. she stopped tho.

 

If someone's already dead I can't really blame her for taking a look-- corpses are wonderful for a medic-in-training-- but... yes, vivisection is not so cool.

With sparks specifically, there's also the problem that they dissolve almost as soon as the rest of the body dies, if spark failure wasn't the cause of death in the first place. Makes them a bit hard to ethically study.

 

haha my world isn't very uhhhhhh

good with ethics? like we're all kids being drafted to take over the galaxy in service to the undying empress who could have us all killed with one scream of her monstrous undulating lusus, it's no... biggie, haha.

 

Ethics are relative. [They shrug.] My own inclinations are not everyone's.

...I do find Kumari's societal framework fundamentally opposed to my own ideals, but that is neither Kumari's fault nor something likely to change with any speed.

 

yeah. anyway! whats ur crew like??

 

[Their wings flare, and they smile-- for real this time.]

Cogwheels-- well. He was in here earlier, I'm sure you didn't miss the 60-foot-tall, bright blue tank. Sensible, level-headed, rather more of a flirt than me but with shoulders like that I can't blame him. A good fighter, too, for all I haven't figured out in all the two million-odd years since he grew kibble how his alt even functions.

Little Bit... hm. That might not be their name forever, they're young yet and haven't quite settled on one. Haven't settled on much of anything, really, but-- [they laugh, shake their head--] they're a Shifter and still a sparkling, I can't very well blame them for having trouble choosing! A curious little darling, in any case; very bold still, and headstrong.

Rustbucket... [Their expression doesn't change, but somehow the smile looks sad now.] Well. Whether that was his original name or not, none of us know, and unless he reclaims that memory we may never. We bonded... hm, near three centuries ago now? Shortly after Cogs and I picked Bit up. Shades only know what happened to his first crew, or what he'll be like once he recovers from what being unbonded does to mechs from our planet. For now, he's... well, he's sweet in his own way. A little quiet, sharp around the edges, not terribly fond of crowds. An absolutely wild fighter, though, a credit to Tross himself.

...what's Lapyen like?

 

well i already said she's pretty and smart, haha. she likes brain science and computer science and trying to make computer programs that really think. like you guys! only made, not naturally... born from the ground or whatever? she also really likes rabbits but she lost all of her pets.

she's wonderful but shes also rlly rlly anxious a lot, which is part of why we r taking things slow bc i don't want to make her uncomfy! she seems 2 have a hard time seeing how gr8 she is and i wish i could show her how i see her yanno. ummmm... shes got a bunch of friends that all live on a ship 2gether and we're making plans for leaving and stuff!! theyre kinda grumpy but p good 4 her i think??

 

[Dryly] Artificial life? Talk to a Cybertronian about that sometime, I hear they have experience with it.

That aside, it sounds like you're very fond of her. Warm hopes for the pair of you. [They smile.]

 

Greetings, esteemed kindred soul. From your expression, I surmise that you are a fellow feline, albeit a bipedal one.
(The Judge sits down again, but continues to look up at Valiska)
Alas, I do not believe we have been acquaintanced to each other, even here in this liminal space. I am The Judge. What is your name, my distant relative?

 

thanks! i hope ur friend rustbucket keeps getting better. its good hes got a crew now!

 

...thanks. And yes, it is. We're glad to be with him.

 

like i think crew for u probably means something i dont quite get
but i know its not good to be alone and its important to have ppl u can trust and stuff and it's like that right???
is ur planet nice? it must be nice bc u r so nice!

 

[Silver blinks rapidly for a moment, then starts cackling.]

Licentus is an absolute smelting pit of a planet, little one. I've just been bit in the aft by my own temper often enough to know not to lead with it, and to trust my crewmates when they tell me I've got my helm wedged up my tailpipe again.

And believe me, this peace is me on a good day, when I'm not coming in here high on stress and combat protocols. And I've already snapped at someone.

 

but theres got to be things and places u like, rite?

 

...places with memories, yes. Everywhere has its good and bad spots. But the idea of calling this place on the whole nice? [They laugh again.] It's a death trap, not a relaxing destination.

 

i guess