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[codective]

[ While all of you are apparently partying it up in Nephros, 349 is up in north gastros. He is carrying a blackbox from a Peyer drone, but before he could do any work on it, the sudden arrival of the network and spike in electromagnetic activity has knocked his sensor calibration right out

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[itseemsreal]

[looks down at]

...

[imitates, and kneels in front of]

What are you doing?

[codective]

[ What is this, who are you? He moves his stolen blackbox a little closer to himself, ignoring the question ] Identify yourself and... [ He narrows his eyes. Is he confident in his analytics in his current state? Well, might as well take the chance; the compositional data is still statistically significant after trying to account for increased error margins. ] your manufacturer.

[itseemsreal]

I am Gioco. [ watches for a moment ] My Maker is Nier. Is that sufficient?

[codective]

That entry does not exist in my records.

[itseemsreal]

I was not made at this location.

[codective]

Elaborate; I would like to update my records.

[itseemsreal]

41°N 75°W is my approximate location. United States, Earth.

This is not what some may call home.

[codective]

[ Unwittingly, he droops in disappointment when these co-ordinates end up bearing no significance to him whatsoever. Not even record of a robotics manufacturing plant there. ] Thank you.

[ Peers up ] What are your designated objectives?

[itseemsreal]

Obey my creator.

[codective]

Are they human? It is inevitable that your creator will expire if that is the case. What do you do in such an event? Likewise, what are your directives in the event that you no longer receive orders from the creator?

[itseemsreal]

I am to return home.

I will install a virus when my creator no longer exists.

[codective]

If impossible?

[ Scoffs ] That is illogical and unreasonable.

[itseemsreal]

I will do what is necessary to maintain life here.

I do not have another purpose. [he says this flatly]

[codective]

Your previous two statements are logically incompatible.

[itseemsreal]

It is not logical to never be able to leave. It is extremely unlikely.

[codective]

It is not unlikely that your creator will die before you can arrive home, however. Even if you initiate an auto destruct sequence after discovery of the fact, there will be a period of time where you are contradicting your root programming.