Beginning Christmas Event
[It had not been a pleasant sensation, discovering the lack of electricity or running water in her house. Still, it was not as bad as the other events she had experienced. Her house, however cold it got, is still standing. The snow is not bad enough to block up the doorway. Better yet, there seems to be no trace of toxic substances or revenants.]
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Howdy.
[Although he sounds personable enough, it sounds a little restrained.]
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Why is there such a huge Christmas tree? And why are there people camping around it?
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[You can just hear the airquotes in the way he says that word.]
Ever since that news broadcast from a few days ago I've been losin' my body every now an' then. It's been disconcertin'.
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[For some reason, she imagines the colossus as some sort of tiny mechanical ghost.]
But I think you are right--something strange is happening to the personal items in this town. Sometimes, after clearly remembering that I put them on, my earrings simply seem to not exist. When I reach up to feel for them, they are clearly still there.
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I've been switchin' back an' forth from bein' a CAST to a human ever since that news broadcast.
[He sounds a little annoyed by that fact, accentuated by the way he shakes his head.]
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[What would a giant robot look like as a human, anyways? Something like Garviel?]
Is it...odd?
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[Let it never be said Mayfield doesn't have a sense of irony. Soon after Bazett says that, Gat's body is enveloped in a blue glow that reduces him to a silhouette. When it fades, there's a human standing in his place. Roughly the same height (six feet or so).]
[He also has an expression of dull annoyance on his face.]
... Guess you won't have to imagine it.
[He still has his folksy Texan-accented voice as a human, too-just without the mechanical echo.]
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[Well, this is awkward.]
You look quite normal as a humans.
[She is just a little disappointed. Perhaps she expected something more freakish?]
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I reckon that's how it is for most folks who get, uh-"humanized," I guess you could say.
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Now that you have mentioned, I wonder how many of the seemingly normal people that I have encountered here actually have some other true form...
[It is fascinating to think about.]
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[Something's odd about that hesitancy.]
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I suppose there is one of those formerly sentient drones living in your house at present?
[Her voice is a little softer. She knows how awkward it can be to encounter the drone of a person that one had gotten to know.]
It seems that the town likes to tamper with our "regains" during holiday seasons.... Do you have any idea why?
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That's right. Town broke th' poor girl an' left her as one of them.
[There's a pause before Gat looks back up at the tree while answering her other question.]
I got some ideas, but-if'n you're not familiar with human technology it might be a lil' hard to explain.
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[She is horrible when it comes to comforting people.]
You can try. I understand some basic concepts.
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[He glances down at the ground for a moment before continuing.]
-I'm hopin' it's like some folks've said an' that we get sent home when they permanently turn us into them drones, jus' leavin' somethin' that looks like us here in town. But if it ain't like that-if it's like what happened when that sorry Milkman took over as Chief of Police-then there ain't no blessin' in what they do.
[Toward the end his voice gets a dark undertone, an unspoken desire to make Mayfield's leadership answer for torment.]
[Though, he turns his attention back to Bazett's original question after a moment of consideration.]
How much do you know about computers? Or do they got those in th' world you're from?
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[She has a feeling she will regret asking.]
It depends which aspects of computers you are talking about. I know they exist, but I do not know how to use one. Nevertheless, I do know about the concept of "programs."
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