video & voice; Story-time for All

[abracafcku]

[The video opens on a bare wall and to the sound of very, very corny fanfare. Then Taako's voice cuts in with the sound of applause.]

Yes, yes, welcome one and all to the greatest day of your lives. Today we have a real treat for you folks, so pull up a chair, take a load off and enjoy this banned text we've managed to procure.

[He clears his throat and a puppet appears on the screen - a non-descript looking human priest wearing dark robes and a blue sash around his neck. The voices that read the following lines are similar, but not the same and anyone who knows both Lup and Taako can probably tell it's the twins taking turns to read the passages. People who don't, however, might have a hard time telling them apart.]

"I used to have a lady love,
she journeyed through the sea,"

[A new puppet appears - a beautiful female mermaid with hair that falls just past her breasts. She slides up from the bottom of the screen and the priest turns to her, fawning all over her.]

"Her fins were as the mourning dove,
a mated pair were we.
Our bodies tangled, hand in glove,
a queen and devotee,"

[As the poem progresses, the priest does some...very not PG-13 things to the mermaid puppet. Eventually, the mermaid pushes the priest away, looking tired.]

"But she was called to rise above,
our bond not meant to be."

[Here the mermaid "puppet" flips a double middle finger at the priest and backflips into the sea, leaving him drenched in water.]

"Though I endure, bereft, belove,
I have her guarantee,
I'll be the one she's thinking of,
a little dove told me."

[The priest pines and waits by the water, pantomiming the lament of a forlorn lover as a bird lands next to him, rolling its eyes. The puppet show ends with a curtain drawing across the screen and then the video shuts off. Taako's voice cuts back in once the video is gone.]

Yeah, so the people here? Raunchy as hell. I love it. But then some people were, y'know, boring and said things like--

[Lup's voice takes over smoothly like they're still the same person talking.]

"If any other colonies can hear this message, please respond. This is Havenwell. We're still alive. The city is safe. We will come get you, no matter how far you are. This is not an automated message. Please respond." That there's a radio transmission from "Colony #56'07'4TM", which, obviously, is home sweet home. Not the most interesting, but I won't deny that the archive visits have been… informative.

Anyone else get something fun?

[OOC: It's a joint post! Replies here can be from Taako, Lup, or both of them. If you have a preference, just let us know in the title of your comment or it'll be a roulette of which twin you'll get.

Feel free to use this post to stir up discussion amongst yourselves regarding the lore contributions!]

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video; follow your twinsie dreams

[pinkmin]

[Here was one of those aforementioned children, squinting slightly at the screen. There were a lot of bad influences happening right here, but she was more compelled by

!!INFORMATION!!]

I found a diary, from when people were changing to robots. It doesn't seem like everyone was completely on board with the idea. They were the last one in their neighborhood to not go through the process and were worried about the changes it could have on their person.

[abracafcku]

Oh my gods, do you always whisper? Holy shit, speak up.

[pinkmin]

You have a volume control.

[abracafcku]

So do you.

It's called speaking the fuck up.

[pinkmin]

[Alright, Mr. Sass, she's just going to keep her mouth shut instead. Ha! Ha...?]

[abracafcku]

[....Okay so now there's no answer.

Great.]

Ah, golden silence. Excellent. I guess I'll go back to stealing hypothetical books then since no one is around to care.

[pinkmin]

[Hmmph. Oh look, a message pop-up on your screen: You wouldn't care to listen even if I spoke up. ]

[abracafcku]

I mean.

[He snorts.]

Yeah, you're probably right, but I won't know unless you actually speak up. Maybe you'll surprise me and say something interesting.

[pinkmin]

[There's some more unimpressed silence going on here-- she doesn't have to yield to your what is probably bullying! Probably!

... But then she tilt her head. Just in case, just for a moment:]

Did the Jello planet have lasting effects on your hearing?

[abracafcku]

Did the-- What?

[But hey, at least she's talking at a normal volume now.

Does he lie or tell the truth? Lup told him to go easy on her, but it's hard not to fuck with kids. They're so gullible.]

So she told you about Jello World, huh? That place was a real trip.

[pinkmin]

[She's giving him! A chance! Even if the chance pretty much amounts to "permanently affected by jello, somehow."

...She kind of already knows this is probably not the case. However.]

Yes. It sounded like a real... um. Hoot.

[abracafcku]

[And he'll exploit that chance! Like the jerk he is!]

Oh yeah, a real hoot. If you like not knowing whether the food you picked up is food or your neighbor and you can't really tell if they even care if it was your neighbor?? I'm still not sure if that entire planet was into vore or if it was just like....a thing they didn't care about.

Oh.

And scurvy. I'm like 99% certain we all got scurvy at some point on that plane.

[necromanswers]

C'mon, she's not Ango. Leave the poor kid alone.

[abracafcku]

She's basically Agnes-Lite. I have to get my kicks somewhere.

[necromanswers]

There are soooo many people here more fun to troll.

[abracafcku]

What? You got a sweet spot for her or something?

[necromanswers]

No.

[Maybe.]

Shut up.

[abracafcku]

Oh.

My gods.

You do! You have a sweet spot for the pink child!

[necromanswers]

I said shut up! Like you're one to talk?!

[pinkmin]

[She's. She's still here. Is this a sibling moment? This seems like a sibling moment.]

[necromanswers]

It's weird how none of the present-day bots really talks about this, right? They seem chill about it now, but like- did everybody eventually agree to it, or were some folks dragged in kicking and screaming?

Kinda morbid, but with us being dragged here against our will, it's worth a thought.

[pinkmin]

I suppose it depends on how long they have been robots... There was not a date that I could decipher, so I am not sure when it took place. I can pull up my transcription of it, it seems like it is a mixture of both scenarios.

[Give her just a moment here... Here comes some more text, for the sake of Sassy McSasspants (and archiving):

"Well, it's happening. I'm the last one in my neighborhood to not change. I just... I don't know? I mean, my husband changed and our children, grown as they are, they've changed. My damn brother, that devout Ainean priest always going on about how the world needs more love, even he changed. Even Ohma's head priest changed. ((The name was removed)) keeps saying it's the future, the only way we can save the planet after all the stress we've put it under for millenia... And it makes sense. It does. I'm just... I don't know how I'll feel when I wake up and I no longer see my own face in the mirror. Will I still be the same man? ((Redacted again)) doesn't seem to have changed much other than, you know, the obvious, but... I just don't know."

At least robots have Gay Rights?]

[necromanswers]

[Gold star for gay robots.]

Makes sense, any world would be big enough that a change like that has to see some pushback. Doesn't matter how necessary it is, it'd be a lot to lose.

On the other hand, peer pressure is one hell of an incentive.

[pinkmin]

Yes... I don't imagine there are many people that could bear being the only one left behind that way.

[necromanswers]

True. And over time the world would be less accomodating for them. It'd be hard to grow food efficiently for just a small section of the population, and all their robot friends would have to watch 'em grow old and die... pretty depressing.