[The video feed is wildly swinging as soon as it comes on. In a moment- there she is! And behind Kim is the by-now ubiquitous swirling insanity. If you're familiar enough with it, this was Kim's room. The bed is gone, her lab is cut in half and her coffee machines are no more ( Read more... )

So.

[Yknow what? Dying isn't informative. Not even a little. Vincent you owe her a new outfit so hardcore- but she'll never ever ask for it.]

Who wants to help me out with a project? I need people who can fight. And not die.

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Like anyone needs to ask.

[[ ooc: Vincent killed Kimiko! She's lost the following items: shirt (t-shirt, w/hood ( Read more... )

[click! SIGH.]

After some trial and error, I've concluded that I can't fix this in the mirror. I need. Help.

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Preferably a roboticist. Or a surgeon.

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Or anyone with decent medical- you know what, I'm not sure I trust any of you.

[There is a bit of a pause. Kim grumbles something uncomplimentary about the boat, canines and the Captain ( Read more... )

I wonder...if...

I'd like to talk to someone else who's 'died,' please.

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Hi. New...people. I'm Kimiko.

[Man, screw being friendly. It's hard.]

Is it safe to come out yet?

I'm hungry.

[If anyone needs to find Kimiko physically, she'll be skulking around the buffet, loading up on food before scuttling back to her room.]

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I wonder if two parallel biological systems, like silicon and carbon, could coevolve if they didn't compete for identical resources.

[It's said distractedly. Every so often,a s she continues, there's some small sound, a creaking or scraping, or soft popIt's an interesting point because, despite the differences, we all come from worlds similar ( Read more... )

[There's a brief period of microphone-adjustment sound before Kim begins her report in a half-musing bland tone that says without preface that this is a reportTo all testable extents, the rainwater is completely normal. The only visual difference is particulate mass- there isn't any. It's completely pure, probably safe to drink, but given the ( Read more... )

Ate a cookie for the first time in I think ten years, then sat on a chair and broke it. Yep. Still too heavy for wooden chairs.

And now I feel kind of sick because that was the first thing I've eaten in two days because I kept forgetting to eat.

Brilliant.

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[So bored. So intensely bored. And lazy. So intensely lazy. And sick of charging her ( Read more... )

Today I caught myself referring to humans as "spaghetti-coded wetware." I guess that's actually a step up from "meatbags." I bet people will still take offense for some reason. Also, I'm out of coffee. This is stupid, where do I get more coffee in this place?

There's no supermarket.

Maybe I could invent a coffee machine that doesn't run out. ( Read more... )