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apocalypsehowcomm2022-10-25 06:34 pm
failedpromise) wrote in apocalypsehowcomm2022-10-25 06:34 pm
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One very belated log
Who: Cortana and you (Plus closed prompt for Winter)
When: Early to mid October
Where: ADI headquarters and throughout town
Summary: Work, robot stuff, double stuff
Warnings: Gaslighting in the second to last and Animal Cruelty in the last prompt
A) (Closed to Winter)
Tony has been a huge help-she doubts that she could get any of this done even half as fast without him-but he's definitely not the best person to help with the kind of test she currently has in mind.
Hence her asking Winter instead.
She'll already be waiting at the door by the time he gets to the apartment, AI impatience making her eager to get things started. The arm-currently not connected to any sort of body-is already set up, the project taking up a chunk of the space normally dedicated to Tony's 'workshop'.
"Hey."
B)
She might be fundamentally altering the nature of her existence in this reality, but she's still gotta work, and that means teaching cybersecurity class. New to this world? Feel like you need a refresher? Cortana's got you covered, apparently.
She's wearing clothes-a green sweater vest over a white blouse with cream colored pants-for once as she steps into the classroom, introduces herself, and begins to go through the basics of using the phones. Not that that helps her look any more normal: kind of hard to hide the fact that she's made entirely of glowing blue light.
But are you brave enough (or rude enough) to actually bring up her appearance?
C) (CW: Gaslighting)
"Yer not welcome here, lady."
Isn't the reception Cortana is expecting when she hangs out in the outdoor area of a local cafe. Nor is she expecting the accusations that follow: that she had thrown hot coffee in a customer's face and made multiple baristas cry.
She hasn't even been to this place this month! But her protests to this effect only worsen the situation, bringing heated anger and accusations of lying. She can't get away with this, they have cameras, if she really forgot then there's clearly something wrong with her-
She's getting increasingly frantic and distressed-how did this happen, what's going on, is she going rampant again is-
The coffeshop owner has had enough of this strange woman and her antics and Cortana finds herself escorted out through the gate surrounding the outdoor seating and left there to her escalating panic.
"And don’t you be coming back!"
D) (CW: animal mistreatment)
And the one responsible for terrorizing Cortana (and everyone else) in such a way is having a grand time, actually. She avoids the ADI grounds themselves but has no qualms getting quite close otherwise-knowledge of her original’s schedule makes avoiding her a simple matter-and it isn’t unlikely that people familiar with the real Cortana will see her wandering around. Not that this is likely to actually raise any sort of alarm. The double is physically indistinguishable from her ‘real’, self. In fact, one might even find themselves pleased to see Cortana without that subtle sadness that so often clings to her.
Taking a deep breath of the crisp air, the double stops to wait at a crosswalk next to a woman walking her dog… and with a suddenly devious grin, kicks the animal in question hard enough to draw out a yelp.
When: Early to mid October
Where: ADI headquarters and throughout town
Summary: Work, robot stuff, double stuff
Warnings: Gaslighting in the second to last and Animal Cruelty in the last prompt
A) (Closed to Winter)
Tony has been a huge help-she doubts that she could get any of this done even half as fast without him-but he's definitely not the best person to help with the kind of test she currently has in mind.
Hence her asking Winter instead.
She'll already be waiting at the door by the time he gets to the apartment, AI impatience making her eager to get things started. The arm-currently not connected to any sort of body-is already set up, the project taking up a chunk of the space normally dedicated to Tony's 'workshop'.
"Hey."
B)
She might be fundamentally altering the nature of her existence in this reality, but she's still gotta work, and that means teaching cybersecurity class. New to this world? Feel like you need a refresher? Cortana's got you covered, apparently.
She's wearing clothes-a green sweater vest over a white blouse with cream colored pants-for once as she steps into the classroom, introduces herself, and begins to go through the basics of using the phones. Not that that helps her look any more normal: kind of hard to hide the fact that she's made entirely of glowing blue light.
But are you brave enough (or rude enough) to actually bring up her appearance?
C) (CW: Gaslighting)
"Yer not welcome here, lady."
Isn't the reception Cortana is expecting when she hangs out in the outdoor area of a local cafe. Nor is she expecting the accusations that follow: that she had thrown hot coffee in a customer's face and made multiple baristas cry.
She hasn't even been to this place this month! But her protests to this effect only worsen the situation, bringing heated anger and accusations of lying. She can't get away with this, they have cameras, if she really forgot then there's clearly something wrong with her-
She's getting increasingly frantic and distressed-how did this happen, what's going on, is she going rampant again is-
The coffeshop owner has had enough of this strange woman and her antics and Cortana finds herself escorted out through the gate surrounding the outdoor seating and left there to her escalating panic.
"And don’t you be coming back!"
D) (CW: animal mistreatment)
And the one responsible for terrorizing Cortana (and everyone else) in such a way is having a grand time, actually. She avoids the ADI grounds themselves but has no qualms getting quite close otherwise-knowledge of her original’s schedule makes avoiding her a simple matter-and it isn’t unlikely that people familiar with the real Cortana will see her wandering around. Not that this is likely to actually raise any sort of alarm. The double is physically indistinguishable from her ‘real’, self. In fact, one might even find themselves pleased to see Cortana without that subtle sadness that so often clings to her.
Taking a deep breath of the crisp air, the double stops to wait at a crosswalk next to a woman walking her dog… and with a suddenly devious grin, kicks the animal in question hard enough to draw out a yelp.
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It won't take her too long to finish getting things set up. She turns to Winter again.
"It doesn't take much to survive, but the hunger doesn't go away, even when I'm not using any special abilities." This isn't actually entirely true, she just doesn't realize that the default speed of her thoughts also counts as an ability.
"Ready to try?" She gestures at the arm then grabs her flash drive. The arm is currently attached to a base for testing, and there's a slot there for inserting her drive, though she doesn't put it in quite yet.