[Video]

[butwonderful]

[ Excuse the awkward robot with the ears. ]

Hi there. I know we've had some new arrivals recently. My name is Drift and I'm-

I'm an Autobot. I want to apologize for all the commotion lately. Things seem to have um. Settled. They've settled.

On that note, I'd love to open the option of self defense classes to anyone who is interested, or if you are already inclined, I'd be happy to spar.

So. Um. Let me know! Humans, cybertronians, and any other species fully welcome! If you'd like to learn swordplay, I'd also be happy to teach.

Drift out!

[ Awkward wave. ]

Comments

[butwonderful]

No need to be rude now.

[now_i_know]

I ain't tryin' to be rude, but c'mon. Alien robots? Seriously? The next thing you're gonna tell me is that the Roswell thing was real.

[butwonderful]

I have no idea what that is. But to assume you're alone in the universe, let alone that the universe is comprised primarily of organics is a little... narrow.

[now_i_know]

Alright. I can concede to that.

But do you have any proof that what you're saying is the real deal?

[butwonderful]

Well you can pretty much ask any one of us. It's... not really on me to convince you. I'm not out to prove anything.

[now_i_know]

Eh, fair enough.

[Out of everything else that was going on, being dubious of this guy's claims of sentient robotics is pretty low on her scale of priorities.]

[butwonderful]

Thank you. Sorry, I've had a hell of a week.

[now_i_know]

You're telling me?

Well, I guess you aren't telling me, but that's okay. I have my own stuff to worry about.

Er, no offense.

[She brushes the hair out of her face, showing a very metallic red hand. The edge of doubt is ebbing away, and her shoulders and face look a little sunken.]

Anyways, it's not like I could really doubt you or nothing if I was being completely honest. It's not like I've seen any of you guys before coming here. Now it's like you got an assembly line nearby.

[weapabilities]

Don't we all.

It's okay, none taken.

[ He watches the motion, curiously tipping his head, the action emphasized by his long ears finials. ]

Yeah I don't know why this place seems to like us so much. It's not like we're super cuddly people. I mean some of us are. Mostly not though.

[now_i_know]

So, this is where I'm going to be all surprised-like that you are one of them "cuddly ones?"

A teddy bear you ain't.

[Though if she was honest, that statement mostly reflected her anxiety to the ones that wasn't here. Further, that same statement has her missing the Teddy Bear that was her knight, once.]

[weapabilities]

Pfft. Me? No, not cuddly at all. I'm too hard... and. Rough.

[ SO TOUGH look at this tough guy. ]

[now_i_know]

...

[snrk]

...hehe...

sobs I was using the wrong journal

[butwonderful]

What?

oooops

[now_i_know]

Nothin'. [But she can't hide that smile.]

So... alien robots, huh, and there's a lot of you.

Do you mind if I ask yah somethin'?

[butwonderful]

Yeah...

Hmm?

Sure, go ahead.

[now_i_know]

What are you guys' thoughts on non-alien robots? Have you ever met any?

[butwonderful]

Well, you mean constructed automatons? We have them. It depends. Sometimes a race can become so developed they shift. There's a test that can determine if a mechanoid is sapient or not.

[now_i_know]

So, basically, they're second-class citizens unless they're able to be proven otherwise.

Eh.

Typical.

[butwonderful]

Er- are you talking about AI?

[now_i_know]

No. I'm talking about other living, thinking robots. I don't know nothin' about any AI.

[butwonderful]

Oh! Well robotic life, sure. I mean the universe is full of it.

[now_i_know]

But they're nothing special compared to you guys.

[butwonderful]

Actually... we're a pretty universally hated species. Our society was much more-

Well. Racist before the war. Now we're kind of considered thugs to be avoided.

I don't really blame them.

[now_i_know]

Yeah, I'm starting to get that.

[butwonderful]

We're not all bad.

[ Just most of them. ]

Many of us are just very spiritually constipated.