riverviewlogs

who: Adam Parrish + open
what: catchall log
when: throughout may, post-memoria
where: community housing/breaking and centering/perimeter/wherever
warnings: none as of yet

community housing

[ Anyone who knows Ronan Lynch or has seen him around will recognize his raven Chainsaw swooping around menacingly in front of the community housing. Is she hunting something? Trying to gouge your eyes out?

Another look will reveal Adam standing below her trajectory. Every so often, he tosses up some food that gets her to swoop and calls out something in Latin. Whatever he's saying, she responds by doing aerobatic tricks.

Stand there long enough and she might come barreling worryingly close to you. ]

breaking and centering

[ Have some sort of vehicle that needs a tune-up? Or just want to find someone with a wrench? Breaking and Centering is your place! Adam is working, but it's a slow day. If you're just passing by, he's balancing on a workbench with a textbook in his lap and a wrench in the other.

If you're bringing him something to look at, you might be treated to a mildly judgmental: ] What did you do to it?

perimeter

[ Adam has been taking classes at the university, but he's not getting all of the information he wants. Therefore, he has to find it for himself. He takes some light provisions, long-sleeved shirt and pants to protect from strange plants, a knife, cheap binoculars, and a notebook.

The plan is to find a creature he's never seen before and study it from afar. Find him kneeling between overgrown plants and taking notes, or maybe save him from a creature that will probably eat him. ]

etc.

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[ Adam looks it over carefully to memorize it, but it's difficult to get a sense of what it would really look like. He'll probably have to grab a sample just to be sure. ]

What activities are those? [ He seems a little amused, mostly because he's trying to figure out how an android relaxes and maintains mental health. He lets her go back to the notebook and then nods to signify they should move. ]

I'm gonna try to find one of those flowers to keep with the drawing.

Fishing, to give an example. Observing various plants is another.

[She nods, standing up. Best to move from this one place, indeed. Especially if they're to look for flowers.]

There are many other activities too. I knew of someone who collected old music boxes, and someone else who liked to navigate through data banks of old information in the network. As long as it does not affect others negatively, even if it seems pointless to observers... for you, it may be a useful tool for stress relief.

[She speaks with a certain tone of nostalgia in her voice.]

That's interesting. With all the technology y'all must have access to... you want to spend it outdoors or looking through old collections?

[ That's what it sounds like. Adam doesn't have many hobbies, but most Aglionby boys like to ride around in their new cars or play video games. ]

For humans, it's becoming the opposite.

Well... yes.

[She nods, a little awkwardly. 2B never really thought about it that way, but now that Adam told her, it is a pattern in her behavior.]

My operations took me to many locations, so I had the opportunity to observe and experience different places. Maybe androids are drawn to what is different than them.

[Or maybe it's just her, looking up with arms folded as she tries to contain her curiosity.]

Maybe humans are similar.

I think that makes sense. I don't mind exploring, but I'd rather experience all the technology you must be used to. It just seems more useful.

[ Exploring has to have a purpose, like what they're doing now. Going into nature for the sake of enjoying it isn't something he's used to. ]

I grew up in a small town with a whole lot of nothing, so I prefer cities with no dirt or dust. [ A pause. ] It's weird, isn't it? You're a lot like humans.

Androids are created to resemble humans after all. There are obvious differences, related to internal construction... as well as other things.

[And yet, upon arrival 2B herself was shocked to discover just how similar humans are to herself.]

I'm afraid androids do not build cities, though. The current state of my world doesn't allow for it.

Maybe one day, when it becomes a more peaceful place, it will have places similar to the Riverview Quarantine.

If I was the one making androids, I don't think I'd make them like humans at all. Sort of egotistical.

[ But he's not going to go far down that road, he doesn't want to alienate her. ]

You can't build cities because of the war? [ It does sound depressing. No wonder she likes it here so much. ] Don't you find this place a little strange? It focuses so much on human emotion... you don't mind that?

Whatever the reason, this is how it is. I don't really mind it.

[She shrugs quickly, yet another human-like gesture.]

The same applies to the city. I found it unusual how... open it is, in regards to feelings and emotions.

But I suppose this is simply how humans are. Am I wrong?

[ He smiles lightly, still keeping his eyes to the ground. He can relate, which may not say something entirely positive about him. ]

How some of them are. Me, I find it uncomfortable. I think a lot of this stuff should be kept private. Especially when you're in a city full of strangers.

I understand the sentiment. Many have something about them they'd rather keep a secret from others.

It doesn't make sense to share your whole life story with someone you just met, does it? It could even be dangerous.

Right, exactly. There are bad people everywhere, and most people here seem powerful. So it's a bad idea all around.

I wonder what the city gets from all of this sharing.

That's a good question. Do you think it benefits from it somehow?

As of now, everything seems as if the higher ups were... genuinely concerned about the citizens' well being. No ulterior motives.

[She sounds surprised to admit it, but that's what the facts seem to be pointing at.]

Conflicts still do happen. I witnessed some myself. I suspect that too is a part of being human.

No, I haven't seen any reason to believe that they're using us, but... [ He finds it hard to believe in anyone doing anything out of genuine goodness, particularly a government. ]

If I had to guess, I think they'd be interested in information gathering. Gather people from wildly different places, get them close to each other so they share secrets, spy on them and learn. But that's just an idea.

[ No proof, which means he's not actively worried about it. ]

You don't have conflicts with other androids, you mean?

All androids are supposed to be on the same side. Working for humanity's sake.

[She speaks quietly. For some reason, 2B's face is turned away from Adam, avoiding his gaze.]

However there are... incidents.

[She's obviously not proud to admit it.]

What sort of incidents? [ He's not sure if he should ask, but he's clearly the curious type. ]

[It takes her a moment to respond - but once she does so, 2B sounds very matter of fact.]

Some go rogue, and are dangerous. Sometimes, androids can also have selfish desires that put them in conflict with others.

Edited 2017-06-29 10:24 (UTC)

Really? [ Well, that always happens in sci-fi, but it's the way she puts it that makes him wonder. ]

How do they develop those desires? If they're programmed for humans.

I... cannot tell you.

[Didn't she admit something like that not too long ago?]

It would be much more efficient if androids had no free will or emotions and only performed whatever duties they have.

[2B knows well it would save her a lot of anguish, too.]

But that's not how things are. Whatever the reason is, I don't know it. If there even is one.

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