[SHODAN clearly has no idea that the video is on; she's sitting on a rock at the beach, staring blankly into the waves, and there are tears dripping down her face. Her expression has no match to said tears; it is frozen, blank, and stony. She isn't sobbing; once in a while, she'll sniffle, but most of the time her breathing is forced and even, ( Read more... )

[The camera is tilted at an odd angle, but on the screen is a surprisingly gory image -- SHODAN's hand is laid open on a table, palm up and skin pulled aside in various incisions, with a number of machines hovering over it in precise angles. Some of them hold the skin down, a few are holding muscles and veins aside; still others are attaching ( Read more... )

Humans are absurd. I will extend that, here, to biological sentients ( Read more... )

[Creepy AI SHODAN Voice Says...]

ATTENTION, TERRIFIED HUMANS.

You are in microgravity.

This means that you cannot fall to your death. Unfortunately for some. As long as you are positioned on a structural surface by the time this day ends, you will not be hurt. Stop panicking like frightened insects.

To move, push off something, or make crude wings or ( Read more... )