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Post by madicecat on Sept 19, 2011 16:03:02 GMT -5
*opens eyes very slowly, but immediately closes them again. It's too bright, too white.*
[glow=red,2,300]"Easy now. You've been asleep for a few weeks."[/glow]
"Weeks? Where am I?"
[glow=red,2,300]"You're in the Better Living Industries Hospital Tower, floor twenty-two, Mental Health wing."[/glow]
"I'm mentally ill?"
[glow=red,2,300]"That's for the doctor to tell."[/glow]
"If you're not the doctor, then who are you?"
[glow=red,2,300]"I am AF 313... also known as Nurse Adele."[/glow]
*opens eyes, sees a young woman with metallic skin and bright glowing eyes*
"What are you?"
[glow=red,2,300]"I am an android."[/glow]
"Oh... and what am I?"
[glow=red,2,300]"You're..."[/glow]
[shadow=blue,left,300]*clears throat at the door*
"Adele, what have I told you about speaking to the patients?"[/shadow]
[glow=red,2,300]"That I shouldn't do it?"[/glow]
[shadow=blue,left,300]"Precisely. Now go." *Adele leaves. The new guy turns around with a carefully crafted smile*
"Now, how are you feeling today?"[/shadow]
"Confused. Why am I here? And who am I?"
[shadow=blue,left,300]"You don't remember anything?" [/shadow]
*shakes head*
[shadow=blue,left,300]"How you got here, what your life was like, anything?" [/shadow]
*shakes head*
[shadow=blue,left,300]"And does the word "Killjoy" mean anything?"[/shadow]
*shakes head again*
[shadow=blue,left,300]*smiles* "Perfect."[/shadow]
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Post by madicecat on Sept 25, 2011 15:05:53 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]*sets a few pills and a glass of water on the bed next to the gurney*[/shadow]
What are these for?
[shadow=red,left,300]*feels uncomfortable* I do not know exactly, I am just ordered to hand them out to the patients in this wing of the hospital.[/shadow]
*looks at the other patients, a disarrayed collection of crazy hairstyles and colorful clothes matted with sand. Most are asleep, with IV's in their arms, or popping pills into their mouths absently*
What is wrong with all of them?
[glow=blue,2,300]*entering* Nothing is wrong at all. Everything is perfect here, and as long as you take these *points to the pills* you will be perfect too. Doesn't that sound just great?[/glow]
*it does sound great... hesitantly takes a pill and swallows it, followed by the rest of them. Smiles absently and in a drug-induced bliss.
[glow=blue,2,300]There's a good girl... now, come along, dear. We'll get you out of those clothes and give you something nice to wear. *takes her away*[/glow]
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Post by madicecat on Oct 1, 2011 19:17:59 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]"There's a good girl... now, don't you feel better in clean clothes?"[/glow]
"Well... yeah, sort of..." *I look down at the bluish white shirt and the pale grey pants. These clothes seem out of place on me and yet... they are so comfortable...*
[shadow=red,left,300]"Doctor? The scanner is ready whenever you want to use it."[/shadow]
"Scanner?"
[glow=blue,2,300]"Oh, sweetie. We need to run a few tests on you to make sure you don't have any brain damage. You were asleep for many weeks, after all."[/glow]
"Oh..." *obediently climbs onto the machine that Adele points at and lays down*
[glow=blue,2,300]"Close your eyes now, sweetheart. This won't hurt... *whispers* much..." *presses a button on the machine that says 'Reset'*[/glow]
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Post by madicecat on Oct 16, 2011 20:45:58 GMT -5
What I first notice when I wake up, is that it hurts to think. Hurts to the point of insanity. And it's not a normal hurt, it's a hollow, empty ache, like my brain was sucked out with a vaccumer through my ears. I do not know where I am, whether I should be trying to get out or this is the right place to be.
I do not recognize my own reflection in the shiny surface of the blackened crystal across the white room, nor do I recognize the person that comes in. But he does seem familiar somehow...
[shadow=blue,left,300]*Sits on the chair across from the metal table and smiles pleasantly*
"Hello, Miss Catherine." [/shadow]
"Catherine?"
[shadow=blue,left,300]"That was your name, darling. I did some background check on you." *tosses a blue envelope on the table, which the girl takes hesitantly*
"Given name, Madisah Catherine Jones; daughter to William Jones and Jennifer Black, sister to William Jones Jr... all of them, unfortunately dead. Killed in a car crash provoked by a rebellious citizen... do not worry, Miss Catherine, we have apprehended the culprit and applied proper punishment.
Though your family died, you merely fell unconscious, and we brought you back. With some rehabilitation, you should be ready to reintegrate into our society.[/shadow]
*I briefly look at the pictures, thinking that a car crash was too silly of a way to kill these people, who look so happy and perfect. It sounded like a huge lie; but then again, what did I know? I couldn't even remember my own name before the Doctor told me what it was.*
"What did I do before... the accident?" I ask, stroking the face of the girl that was and wasn't me.
[shadow=blue,left,300]"My records say you had applied to be a Better Living doctor. A great career, if I may say so, and I would recommend you continued down that path."[/shadow]
*I consider it. I don't remember imagining myself as a doctor... but I decide...*
"Sure. Why not?"
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Post by madicecat on Nov 2, 2011 15:51:00 GMT -5
*the more I learn, the less my head hurts. It's funny; I used to think it happened the other way around. And though it feels a bit unnatural to be learning about blood and sinews and other doctorly stuff, it feels good to have my brain filled with something. The emptiness was too horrifying...*
[shadow=red,left,300]"Doctor? Sorry to interrupt you, but they need everyone at the gates; a bunch of you-know-what's are trying to get into the City."[/shadow]
[shadow=blue,left,300]*sighs and huffs, taking a ray gun from a nearby drawer*
"I shall be back with you in a second, Miss Catherine. In the meantime, stay here. Adele, watch her."
*leaves*[/shadow]
*the silence grows awkward, and I get curious.*
"Adele? What are the you-know-what's?"
[shadow=red,left,300]*hesitates* "I am not supposed to tell you."[/shadow]
"Adele, please? I want to know..."
[shadow=red,left,300]"...Killjoys."[/shadow]
*it rings a bell. The doctor said something about them once, didn't he? I try to recall, but it's a memory from before the emptiness, and it hurts to even try and think about it.*
"What is a Killjoy?"
[shadow=red,left,300]"They're... they're rebels. They live outside the city, away from any comfort that could so easily be theirs."[/shadow]
"Why?" *I cannot fathom why anyone would like to travel around the desert when inside the City everything is so perfect...*
[shadow=red,left,300]"Freedom, I think." [/shadow]
"Freedom? But we are free, aren't we?"
[shadow=red,left,300]"I wouldn't know. I was designed to obey... *hesitates, then decides to say the full truth. It is, after all, against the Laws of Robotics to lie to humans* and you were reprogrammed to do so too."[/shadow]
"Reprogrammed?"
*that would explain the emptiness*
"So, I used to be free? I used to be a Killjoy?"
[shadow=red,left,300]"I... *freezes, as if a sudden shock of electricity had gone through her* I am needed on the battlefield. Stay."
*exits, leaving a very confused girl behind*[/shadow]
[shadow=blue,left,300]"Adele, my dear... I thought I'd ordered you not to speak to the patients."[/shadow]
[shadow=red,left,300]"She is no longer a patient; she is an apprentice."[/shadow]
[shadow=blue,left,300]"Don't talk back... Well, I say she is a patient again. Give her one of these *hands her a black and white pill labeled Oblivion* and self-destruct afterwards."[/shadow]
[shadow=red,left,300]"But... but Doctor..."[/shadow]
[shadow=blue,left,300]"Do as I say, robot."[/shadow]
[shadow=red,left,300]"As... as you order, Doctor."
*a single drop of oil oozes out of my eye. The tear leaves a smudgy trail down my humanoid face*[/shadow]
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Post by madicecat on Nov 6, 2011 13:47:13 GMT -5
*Adele hands me a pill and a glass of water, which I take. The doctor has told me I need to take them to prevent my brain from collapsing back into the coma. I notice Adele looks sad, though*
"Adele? Is everything alright?"
[shadow=red,left,300]"Yes, I'm alright... I just... I won't be your nurse anymore."[/shadow]
"Aww... why not?"
[shadow=red,left,300]"I can't... I'm... I'm being upgraded." *I try to keep my voice from shaking, even when every part of my circuits tells me to tell the truth. I can't do that to this girl... she's already lost so much*[/shadow]
"That's awesome, but I'm going to miss you..."
[shadow=red,left,300]"M-me t-too... I... I h-have to g-go..."
*as I exit, I see two Draculoids entering the room. I suppose they're the new appointed caretakers.*
"Treat her well..."
*I go down to the basement, where many android parts lay about. I tear my chest open, to the place where my circuits all connect. There is a button there, labelled SD. I press it and wait for death to come take me...*[/shadow]
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Yes, I'm still running - sort of. But it is lonely out here. Haven't seen anyone else for a while.
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