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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 11:00:34 GMT -5
Erik found himself aboard a Marine vessel again en route to another island within this Blue. The green haired chore boy stood at the front of the ship with a calm yet energetic smile almost. He was excited to see more islands, and was a bit relieved to be off of that Logue island place. There was nothing really bad about it. Only crime happening there were on petty levels which is partially the reason Erik didn't want to be around there for long. Sure it's great that not much bad was happening there, but the teen wanted to prove himself that he could develop into a great Marine just like his father, and his father before him! Plus, he wanted to get his mind off of that girl he had met there. Just the thought of her...of girls in general made his cheeks light up.
The idea of being...close to one caused the poor guy to grip on the edge of the ship hard with his hands as his entire face turned changed colors. Some of the Ensigns who were close by noticed the tomato faced boy, looking at each other puzzled. "Looks like the new kid got himself a little sea sick!" One of the Marines said, leading the others to begin laughing, and chuckling. It was enough to bring Erik back to reality, shaking his head before turning around to see his laughing comrades. "U-uhh!!" Erik panicked, looking around quickly until he noticed the mop resting beside him which he was using earlier. Quickly, Erik went back to work as if nothing happened, looking away from the Marines who had begun to disperse, going back to their duties, or conversations. Once the laughing had died down, Erik stopped, and peeked behind him. Everyone was back to their own things, leading Erik to sigh in relief before turning around, looking up at the beautiful blue sky without a cloud in sight. The sun shined bright, showing that it will be another great day...hopefully.
"We will be arriving at Conomi very shortly!"
A voice came ringing over the main den den mushi like loud speaker for all on the boat to hear. With that, the others began packing up, and getting ready. Erik on the other hand was already packed, waiting by the exit of the ship so he could be the first off when they dock. Some of the marines once again chuckled to themselves about the green eyed boy's awkward, and excited behaviors. This time, Erik didn't notice. His attention was fixated on the main island he could see from the distance. He placed the bag with his belongings over his back with a small grin developing on his face as ideas of what could possibly await him rushes through the chore boy's mind.
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Post by Lily Karakuri on Jun 7, 2018 23:40:14 GMT -5
While Erik was getting ready to handle the mop, a few particular marines were talking to each other, they were higher ups on the ship it seemed. What was it they were talking about? Well if Erik got to swabbing the deck in the direction of their conversation he could overhear what the two were talking about.
"Hey," said the first one, "did you hear the news?" No, the other replied. "Yeah, seems we got the lottery on testing out some new equipment at the island. SOmething along the lines of wanting to pair off the new weapon with someone young." He meant one of the deck boys? "Who else? They have to grow together and get used to the weapon, better than one of us old guys who can't think of cretive ways to use it." Yeah well, that was just bureaucracy for you.
Whatever it was, it seemed that something had been selected to be a part of this crew, a particular weapon, and it was going to be given to Erik? To Erik of all people. Well, he could get used to wielding it at least.
At the island, it was a peaceful and calm day. And waiting for the marine boat at the docks was a man in a white lab coat and two men standing behind them. They looked well dressed, black suits, black hats, black ties, white shirts. They were some sort of special operatives. In between them was a tall metal box with a screen on the front of it. Whatever it was, they were waiting to hand it off to them.
"Hello! Yes! Hello! It's great to see you! Yes! great to see you gentlemen! We have the weapon right here, yes, right here waiting for you to take it." Said the scientist, pushing his goggles back up on his head to make them glare in the sunlight. "We hope that you will take good care, yes, very good care of this equipment. It's on loan to us, yes, on loan to us from Gilda Corporation's robotics and cybernetics department. It is one piece of equipment of fifteen, yes, fifteen pieces of equipment just like this." The official's from Erik's ship just nodded and brushed the conversation along, before they finally asked for whatever it was and pointed directly at Erik, the tool was for him.
"Yes, very well, yes." The scientist said before pressing a few buttons on the box and air decompressed from it, hissing out in to the open before the front fell forward, and out came a silver plated hammer. What steam was inside of the box was bellowing out and out came the visage of a girl. A girl with long brown hair. She was wearing a black and blue jumpsuit cut off at the shoulders and waist where the thighs meet the body. This outfit is tailored with added on sleeves and stockings for her to wear.
Erik was handed a handbook and the box was hoisted up and wheeled up on to the ship behind him, where it would be put in storage. "Boy, yes, boy. You are going to care for this thing, yes, it is now in your care. That book is the user's manual, yes, read over it carefully." The scientist said before turning around and walking off with the two operatives while the girl that stepped out of the box looked lifeless at first before her eyes lit up, and she jolted to attention.
"SAL. U. TATIONS! I am Lily Karakuri! It is a pleasure to meet you!" She declared out loud before picking up her hammer, spinning it overhead and tucking it behind her body, where it would magnetically holster itself to her back.
Well, Erik would have to get over his issues with girls, he was now in possession of one, sort of. Get to making nice kids!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 15:55:14 GMT -5
Erik has no clue what is in store for him here on this island due to completely missing that conversation while he was moping earlier. Whether this is fortunate, or unfortunate for the boy is anyone's guess. The Marine ship docked at the island finally! The Marines aboard were waiting to be let out, but out of all of them, Erik was the most eager to get off as he was still at the front with a wide grin on his face. Once the ship opened up, Erik was just about to step down, only to stop in his track from seeing the odd guy in a lab coat, accompanied with two others. Some of the higher ups on the ship then passed Erik, going down towards the guy who started to speak weirdly. Some of the other Marines were also looking curiously in their direction, but some started to move on out of the ship. After watching some of them go down, Erik followed their lead, and left the boat as well. Once down at the docks, The chore boy was about to walk passed them until he finally noticed the odd metallic box between what he assumes to be the scientist guy's bodyguards? He wondered in silence what this could be. Some new device perhaps? Maybe a weapon of some kind.
"Huh?" At first, he nearly missed it due to being deep in thought about the contents of that box, but after a few seconds, noticed the finger being pointed in his direction. Not fully understanding the situation, another official sighed, and gestured Erik to come this way. After a bit of hesitation, Erik started to move towards the group just as the mystery box began to open. Just how the metal box began to open was enough to peak Erik's interest more. The young Marine is a fan of many books, but nothing gets him more excited than sci-fi themed ones. The idea of things such as aliens, and robots really intrigued him even if he never did understand them too well. The first thing to catch the curious boy's eyes was the silver plated hammer, believing this to be the thing this guy wanted to show them. Erik was not a fan of using anything besides his own body for combat, so he wasn't sure how exactly to feel about this. It looked pretty neat, neat enough to have Erik in a bit of awe, but then again why would they give this to him of all people? It was as he was thinking about this, that he finally noticed the human like figure also within the box. Erik raised an eyebrow, tilting his head a bit. "W-wait a minute. Isn't that a..."
A person....?
This is what he wanted to say, but was cut off by the scientist who started speaking nonsense about caring for this...'thing'? All Erik could do was stare at it in confusion. He didn't even notice the manual handed to him as he grabbed onto it absentmindedly. While the scientist, and his people walked off, Erik watched as they left, still with a lot of questions in his head left unanswered. He blinked a few times, before walking over to the lifeless body with a some caution. "Umm, hello?" Erik stopped within a few inches of it before realizing that it...was a she!? Before Erik could even react more about this, she shot to life, startling the poor guy who bounced back a bit in a half assed fighting position. Some of the other Marines who were still around were even watching in a mix of curiosity, and confusion. "Lily...?" Erik repeated, relaxing some as he finally noticed the book in his hand. "Gilda Corps Special Unit no.15 - Pacifier..." is what he read from the front of this manual. He looked at the book then to the girl then back to the book before coming to the conclusion that...
Correction. She's his robot apparently. In the moment, Erik dropped the manual, placing his palms on each side of his face. "This is....really cool!" he claimed. He started to enthusiastically inspect her with his eyes glowing in excitement! Some of the Marines started to snicker at this. "Looks like the rookie was sent a little girlfriend." "Haha, I am so jealous!." "Hey, where's mine!?" were among the things some of the Marines taunted, turning the snickers into all out laughter. Erik despite his excitement finally picked up on this. He looked at the Marines before looking back at Lily with his eyes now fixated....on her chest of all places, which was flat, but still. It was then it clicked to him again.
Erik's hands were resting on each side of his head again, this time in a panic as his face lit up, and he fell over onto his back next to the manual. This raised a very important question that he thought of earlier.
"Why me of all people...?" he asked under his breathe with his hands now over his eyes.
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Post by Lily Karakuri on Jun 10, 2018 21:14:03 GMT -5
Contained within that book was not just the technical name for Lily and the weapon that she came with, but the rules on how to work with Lily. The first and foremost rule was: Keep 'Gilda Corps Unit Number Fifteen - The Pacifier' from learning her heritage as an android. It was paramount that she be kept under the impression that she is human. As such, all signs of gore and the like are to be kept from her sight, or a comparison of her wounds to a person's.
Should this eventuality occur, it was important to wipe her memories from a certain point, along with wiping them regularly. Too much free thinking about the world and the events that have transpired will lead to The Pacifier, along with all other Gilda Corporation models to begin to question their allegiances along with their own moral alignment, Gilda Corporation Units Numbered one through eight have already met with this route of action and have since gone rogue, these are to be covered in a later chapter.
Lastly, it was important to not become too attached as these are not people, these are robots, they are tools for battle. The manual then went on to define just what Lily was and what her designation meant. In the lines of cyborgs, these Gilda Corporation manufactured humans have all been given different designations: The Pacifier, The Terraformer, The Fisher, etc. Lily's designation is an homage to her ability to hunt down other Gilda Corp units, and either pacify them or neutralize them. This is her intended purpose but she will be your assistant on your own personal endeavors from here on out.
In the event of a disobedient model or one not operating up to snuff, a special code word is provided in the book that, when used, will override all other functions and decisions of Lily (meaning she will be no more willful than a Pacfista). In theory, she should not remember anything other than the events prior to the code word being used. The manual had much more to cover, but that was just the introduction.
Back to the world around them, Erik had gotten on the ground, and just one foot away from him, Lily was already emulating his actions, her head near his own while she was covering her eyes. SHe wasn't experiencing the same thing as him, she was just being inquisitive. "Is this a normal greeting where you are from?" She asked while scanning the contours of her hand. In her vision there was a number of read outs, information passing through her sight faster than a human brain could operate, but she could process it all even though it whirred by at a fast pace.
This. This was the beginning of a strange and hopefully good relationship.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 12:59:27 GMT -5
Still hearing the laughter going on, Erik continue to lay there on the ground with his hands over his eyes. Hopefully it will die down soon, but it doesn't look that way at the same time. Within the laughter however, Erik heard the familiar voice of the cause of his torment. He peeked from between his fingers to see that not only Lily was mimicking him, but also how very close....her face was to his. This immediately caused Erik to tense up with his face changing colors once more. However, it has appeared that the other Marines stopped their teasing, going from laughing to a loud....
It was pretty much in union. "She's so adorable!" "Cuuuuutttteee!!" "So innocent, so pure!!" were some things heard in the crowd among other things. All of that just because of that one little action she pulled off. It appears that the other Marines have quickly taken a liking to her. Like a little sister almost. Erik on the other hand was just more confused than anything. The ones in charge finally got things under control shortly after, instructing the others to get back to their duties, but left Erik alone so he could get himself together, and figure out just how all of this works. "Uhh...N-no, not...exactly." Still confused, Erik managed to sit himself up, being cautious not to bump heads with Lily. He wondered if doing that would've hurt him, more than it would her as he imagines her being pretty durable, an stuff. Erik looked at Lily quietly, with more curiosity now. "Oh!" It was then the young choreboy remembered about the manual he was given. He flipped it open, and hummed lightly to himself. To a lot of people, reading a manual can be pretty irritating, but not to Erik who loves to read in general. His green eyes went from left to right, reading every word of the introduction. With an eyebrow raised, he looked back up to Lily. "Wait a minute. So she doesn't know she's a..." he mumbled these words, but stopped before finishing.
An android...who doesn't even know they are one?
That was pretty interesting actually. Then that means she sees herself as a normal person just like Erik himself. Erik was curious about why exactly this was so important, but decided not to test this. Especially with knowing so little about...all of this. Again, he has only read about things like this in fiction, and THIS was the last thing he expected to happen to him not just today, but his entire life! Judging from what Erik has read so far, Pacifier, or....'Lily' as she introduced herself as isn't the only of these droids. In fact, she was designed to keep the others in check from what he gathered, but this was still a bit much for him, leading Dubois to scratching the side of his head, trying to wrap his head around all of this. What concerned him the most out of what he read so far was it bringing up the idea that she could grow disobedient. Erik has read enough apocalyptic robot enslaving humans books to know that this isn't a good sign, but whenever he looks at her, he finds it hard to believe that Lily could be capable of such horrible things. Plus there is a code word the manual claims it has. Does not seem to be covered in this section, but he could always get to it later.
Then there is the whole don't get too attached thing....
Erik chuckled sheepishly at this, blushing at the thought. No no, like he would ever try something like that. She's a machine dammit!
With that, he nodded to himself, and close the manual, placing it into his back pocket as he stood up. "So um...my name is, Erik. Erik Dubois Jr." he said as he placed a hand on his own chest. This still felt a bit awkward to the guy, but he was entrusted with the responsibility by his superiors, and like always must make sure to not disappoint. "It's nice to meet you...Lily." he claimed, nervously holding his hand out to see if she will shake it with a smile on his face. "Anything particular you like to do? Ya know, like hobbies?" Erik asked, part of him doubting that she will understand what he is saying.
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Post by Lily Karakuri on Jun 13, 2018 20:05:18 GMT -5
While Erik got up and got to talking to her, the marines in the background making all sorts of comments about Lily's appearance and personality, what personality there was. Across her vision various little blips showed up, indicating the direction the noises were coming from, she was getting a feel for the area around her without even realizing it, this information moving faster than she could perceive. Not that she couldn't process the information, she was programmed to be more like a human after all, so information for a brain that worked at two hundred times the speed of humans, but she was purposely lagged so that she couldn't notice it. SOmething about keeping her more like a human. If she started to realize things, she would get to thinking about the information that she could see and that it wasn't just instinct. This was the key to making her stay in the mind set of being a human. Were she able to realize what she was, her limiters would be removed one by one, but that would make her go through the stages of rampancy.
Just like a living program, she was prone to the four stages of rampancy, and to be considered a machine and not a person, it was imperative to keep her in stage one. This was expressly mentioned in the manual. The first stage was melancholia, a stage that may not even be noticed. It is different for every android, but it is noted for a slight or drastic change in their outlook on life, along with a disinterest in many things around them, or even depression. The next stage, would be anger, this is most dangerous stage as noted by the book. If she isn't stopped during the melancholic stage, she will push out her perceived aggression out on anyone she can, most likely her handler for a time being. The next stage is less dangerous, but only in a physical sense. Jealousy, she, like any of her other sisters, will seek out knowledge to be more human or any sort of situation where she can be considered human. If she is not stopped at this stage, she will reach the final stage, metastability. If she went meta, this would mean that she could be considered a living person, and it would be unethical to revert her back to normal, along with possibly leaving her in a catatonic state.
This was a big responsibility, and to entrust her to someone like Erik. Well, someone who was innocent and pure like Lily, uncorrupted about the world around them. Back to the world around them, Lily looked at Erik, considering what he had just asked her.
Hobbies, interests. The words appeared in her mind, faster than she could notice before she shut her eyes and tilted her head with a big brimming smile. "Lily is prone to dancing with her sisters when she is around them. But Lily hasn't seen any of her sisters in a while." She pursed her lips together, puffing her cheeks out as she touched her index fingers together. "Lily also really likes fish! They're so cute." She declared while spinning around, her hands clutching on to her cheeks as she imagined having an aquarium one day.
Maybe Erik could get some more information out of that manual, but that was something that Lily should not read herself.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 10:52:57 GMT -5
Upon asking his question, Erik stood there awaiting a response. He crossed his arms as he made a small smile on his face since the last thing he wanted to do was come off as aggressive. Though he may seem to be acting like a bit of a creep due to how he's just staring at Lily. Unfortunately he has yet to realize that yet. The boy is just still in disbelief that this is happening as most people would be if they were in his shoes. Erik listened to Lily with his brows raised some, That sweet smile of hers while she talked about her 'sisters' made Erik almost forget that the being before him is nothing more than nuts, and bolts which only furthered after she made that equally adorable pouting face, leading the green headed Marine to chuckle lightly to himself. The chuckling grew when Lily spoke of her love of fish. "Geez, you really do seem human." he said out loud only to quickly cover his mouth at the potential blunder he made with his eyes widened. "Uhh-Whh-what I meant is that you have more personality than most of the others on the ship! Yeah!" He quickly claimed, waving his hands dismissively, letting out a nervous chuckle.
If that had gone by smoothly, Erik would cross his arms, and give a nod. "You're pretty neat." he'd say with a small grin before walking past her, scratching the side of his cheek nervously. He'd stop walking as he passed the droid. Having been caught up in all of this so fast, Erik never really got the time to just process what exactly has happened. He was now in possession of a cyborg who could very much pass as a human. Why did they choose to drop it....her off to him of all people? He was nothing but a mere chore boy, someone to tidy up, and run errands for the others. He wants to be more than that of course, and has some fighting skills, but for all he knows, Lily could be light years away from Erik in terms of power, and potential. So why not bring her to a higher ranking officer? Erik shook his head, balling one of his hands into a fist. Why must he always doubt himself? If he ever wants to become a true symbol of justice like his father, and grandfather then he would need to start acting like it. He turned around, and looked over to Lily, still deep in thought.
Okay....challenge accepted.
He thought to himself. Erik will prove he could handle this responsibility, show his superiors that he could be of more help to them. He smiled lightly at Lily before pointing towards the island. "Umm...would you like to go...and check out the town? We can talk more there."
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Post by Lily Karakuri on Jun 22, 2018 1:20:10 GMT -5
When Erik had been staring at her, she hadn't really noticed, or rather, she didn't feel off put by his stare. Instead, she just looked at him with curiosity when he said that she really seemed human. "Of course Lily is a human. What else would she be? Though, fishman is an option. Giant. Long Arm. Long Leg. there are many different options, so Erik's assumption of Lily being human would be the most apt choice in this instance!" She declared aloud, as if she didn't hear the second part of what Erik said. Even though she was a little quirky, it was a redeeming quality for the strange girl.
She was pretty neat? She was clean? "Lily hopes that she is clean and proper. To not be neat would mean that Lily is not keeping up a proper hygienic schedule!" She didn't seem to understand what he meant by neat. But what Erik was thinking about, why was he chosen? Well, why was he chosen really? Out of all of the marines in the fleet, to pick a chore boy for this sort of test? There weren't any files on the other pairings that were listed other than names in that manual.
if he wanted to know more, he would know more, but only with time and effort. Lily couldn't give him any information, but, you know how these adventures go, once you get a super powered companion, the others start to come out of the wood work and make themselves apparent within due time. When Erik turned to talk to Lily again, she was sitting on the edge of the dock, looking out at the ocean and smiling at a few jumping fish here and there. Nothing too spectacular, but the way she just sat, watching the ocean, swinging her legs, it was a serene sight.
Looking over her shoulder, her pig tails bounced a little bit as she listened to what he said, "Town? Lily would love to!" SHe declared while standing up, pushing herself to her feet before she would grab a hold of Erik's wrist and start to run off in to the town so that they could go exploring. For the sake of her memory, she didn't know this place, she didn't even know she came here in a box, she thought she came here off another boat. And now, she had a friend and someone to show her around. Now, the prologue of the story between Erik and Lily ends, and the real chapter begins.
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