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OTA (nudge to those he's not met or who want to know him better)

May 30, 2009 19:24

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machinechild May 31 2009, 17:28:54 UTC

Alissa was on her way to the forest when she caught the movement in the shop. It was early and the movement was strange, so she stopped. It was a boy and the boy was trying to fix a stereo. She tilted her head and watched, then decided to step inside. "What's wrong with it?" He seemed to be working rather inefficiently.

machinechild May 31 2009, 20:35:35 UTC

"My reboot protocol allows me to reactivate even when my body is terminated, I can execute a restart command for ten minutes to finish my objective. I would know that I was dead." She considered his second question.

"I can sense my base objective has been erased." She said casually, "But I can't retrieve any information describing what it was."

not_johnconnor May 31 2009, 20:41:02 UTC

Her base objective. Most likely to kill him; that wasn't that much of a mystery. "Do you need a new base objective?"

machinechild May 31 2009, 20:58:09 UTC

"Without a base objection, there is no reason for my existence." How she felt about that was unclear as she didn't have a say either way, but all machines needed a purpose.

not_johnconnor May 31 2009, 20:59:21 UTC

Remembering what Cameron had said, what he'd learned, John said in almost a whisper. "It might be good if you can help to protect me. From anything determined to be a threat."

machinechild June 1 2009, 05:21:59 UTC

She tilted her head. "You mean like Cameron and the T-800 are programmed to do?"

not_johnconnor June 1 2009, 14:12:09 UTC

"Yep. Kind of exactly like that. Does that sound good?" John asked, carefully, meeting her eyes.

machinechild June 1 2009, 15:41:32 UTC

Alissa considered this, but there was one thing stopping her. "I am not programed to re-write my objectives."

not_johnconnor June 1 2009, 15:42:35 UTC

"But..."

John had thought that Cameron had said that he could give the command.

"... can I?"

machinechild June 1 2009, 15:47:25 UTC

She looked at him and nodded. "Yes. Do you have a laptop with wireless capabilities?"

not_johnconnor June 1 2009, 15:48:43 UTC

Holy crap!

John nodded, pulling his computer over, and opening it up to start the boot process. "You're... wireless?"

machinechild June 1 2009, 15:55:24 UTC

"Yes." Alissa nodded again as she watched John. "I can communicate with other machines across continents."

not_johnconnor June 1 2009, 15:58:11 UTC

"Across... continents?!" Damn. John could only hope that when he did this, it spread like a virus.

His computer was up and running. "Now I ... search for you? As a network?"

machinechild June 1 2009, 16:02:25 UTC

She nodded. "We cannot access our own passwords. You will have to bypass the security protocols." In other words, John would have to hack into her. Alissa assumed he could.

not_johnconnor June 1 2009, 16:08:46 UTC

Oh, yeah. John could. But first he had to find her. Then figure out the protocols, 6-bit, 12-bit, or whatever-bit. Then he had to figure out his way around it.

It was slow going. "Can you feel this? Me doing this?" He asked.

machinechild June 1 2009, 16:12:24 UTC

Alissa thought that the word 'feel' was probably the wrong word. "I'm aware of you trying to access my system." She paused. "When my wireless network is more aware, I can here it." Like dial-up almost.

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