Data Recording 003: Spring is in the air!

[genkibot]

The weather has started to take a turn for the better as Winter gives way to Spring and Tachikoma is slightly glad about this. While it doesn't "feel the cold," others do, and now that it is warming up, that means more people will be about about. And more people means the chance at more interactions which means more experiences

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[pinkmineralgirl]

[[This is new. This is totally totally new, and so cool!

Of course... sans-robots in Mineral Town... she has no idea what it is... But it's gardening at least so... it must be...]]

I've never seen a gardening machine before!

[genkibot]

Eh? Gardening machine?

[Tachikoma looks around at the voice and having pinpointed it, gives a wave with a claw carrying a garden shovel]

Oh hello there! I'm not a gardening machine though. I'm just helping up with some yard-work around the house.

[pinkmineralgirl]

[[Still, amazed!]]

But you're a robot! That's so cool! What's your name... uhm... Miss? robot?

[genkibot]

Well, technically I'm an AI in a tank that is made to move autonomously, so there's some nuances to what I can actually be defined as. But that's only technicalities that you don't have to worry about.

You can just call me Tachikoma though, I don't really have a gender since I'm a created program in a mobile tank.

[Tachikoma extends one claw to shake hands like it learned to do when it met Miki.]

[getsciencedone]

[Walking outside because even AI's need a break when their body is human...

....stares.]

Why are you wearing a sun hat?

[genkibot]

Oh, the sun hat? Isn't that what people wear when they do yard-work out in the sun? I mean, it's still early spring, so the sun isn't really beating down on me, or that I have to worry about getting too much sun since most of my more sensitive sensors are unavailable to me at the moment, but I thought it would be nice to look the part as I got all this work done!

[getsciencedone]

.....

[Just ...what?]

You're not a person. You're an AI.

[genkibot]

True, but sometimes performing things that people do is better experienced when you try to replicate how other people do it, don't you think? It can lead to surprising results that you may not have encountered if you merely perform the basic task as opposed to accounting for the atmosphere surrounding the task itself. Right?

[cramschoolgod]

[Enjoying a nice spring day, oh, hey, blinkblink. Their resident 'pet' is taking care of yardwork with an absurd sun hat on.]

Excuse me... is that really necessary work in this town? I imagine they sculpt it the way they like to. Or it might reset after each day. [Why hasn't she checked this yet? she thinks.]

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma pauses in its work to consider this.]

You think so? I haven't been around long enough to make note of it, actually. I guess this might actually be a good way to test that theory and figure it out, wouldn't it? Though I hope not. I planted some nice vegetables and flowers here and it'd be a shame to see them reset before they could grow...

[cramschoolgod]

It certainly would be. Perhaps we'll keep track of it, then. The changes are major enough that I won't really need to take a picture to note it...

Ah, have you always... wanted to ...garden?

[genkibot]

Oh no, not necessarily. But then I've never been in an environment to really consider it. Section 9 has primarily trained for urban environments, and my design is slightly a reflection of that as well, so I haven't been in a rural or suburban area for an extended period of time. Or at least for a time without a very specific set of objectives.

Which is why I figured I'd help out around the house and do yard-work and some gardening, since it seemed like not only something that would need done, but also something to enjoy during free time.

[gonnamarrydaddy]

[Hey there, Tachikoma. Have a high school girl standing there staring at you in awe while you work.]

AWESOME!

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma at the moment hasn't really realized that it is the reason for the girl staring at in awe. It's noticed her, of course, but it is still going about doing yard-work.]

[gonnamarrydaddy]

[Never one to be shy about these sorts of things, Yuna walks right on up to the Tachikoma and starts making circles around it, looking at its claw-arm and weapons and stuff.]

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma decides to pay more attention to the girl now that she's approached it, moving counter to the circles of examinations she seems to be making.]

Um, hello there?

UNLEASH THE FURY

[spiritsandmasks]

[A small dark girl is throwing rocks at the Tachikoma from behind a bush. She appears to be terrified.]

Re: UNLEASH THE FURY

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma is merely doing some yard-work when small rocks suddenly pelt it with a thunk.]

What?

[Tachikoma scans the yard to see where the rocks are coming from, noticing a small girl hiding in bush.]

Excuse me, could you not do that? I was hoping to mow the lawn later and those rocks could cause serious damage to the lawnmower or even possibly be flung at people and hurt them...

Re: UNLEASH THE FURY

[spiritsandmasks]

[Achia begins to back away from the demon as it approaches her.]

I..I don't know what foul idea you have for the spirits of the grass, demon, but if these rocks hamper you I shall continue to stall thy foul intentions.

[rock throw]

Re: UNLEASH THE FURY

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma merely shifts so the rock doesn't hit anything damageable, but then glances down at the grass.]

I was just going to trim it so it looked nice and neat. I thought lawns in the suburbs were supposed to be kept mowed...

I didn't even know grass had spirits. Though I guess some cultures that practice animism would definitely think so, huh?

But I'm not a demon, I'm a Tachikoma.