➢ 009 [video]

[looksfine]

[There is a noticeable amount of concern in both tone and subtle facial features as Aya addresses the feed directly.  Even as she speakers, her eyes continue to scan the darkened area around her.  As it was, only the faint glow of her construct body provided enough light for her to be visible on the screen.]

I have reason to believe that this...residence we have come across is--

[But she is cut off as something just beyond catches her attention.  Not just catches it...but captivates entirely.]

You...but you are...

[The camera drops to the ground in shock, the last image of Aya appearing wide-eyed.]

[It is replaced with a very awkward ground view of...]

[Aya.]

[No, not Aya.  But someone who looks remarkable similar to her.  Or perhaps...it would be better to describe her as somebody Aya looks remarkable similar to.]

...Ilana of the Forgotten Zone.

["Ilana" continues to stare at the young robot with strange, glowing green eyes.  Saying nothing.  Gradually, the camera feed begins to falter...until there is nothing left but static.]



((ooc: So Aya is now being haunted by the very person whose face she used as a "model" for her physical form.  Who just happens to be Razer's dead wife.  It's complicated.  VIDEO replies may be slightly delayed.  ACTION SPAM welcome to any who may attempt to find her in the dark hallway she's managed to find herself in.))

Comments

[secretasshole]

[David is still exploring the basement, and clicks on the audio function rather than the video to reply. His voice is his usual calm tone, but there is a part of him that's concerned. And curious.]

Are you alright?

[looksfine]

[Despite the noticeable delay in response, Aya's voice eventually comes through the speakers in its usual neutral tone.]

I am unharmed.

[secretasshole]

Who is Ilana? [Also someone definitely did not see the projection/ghost. B(]

[looksfine]

[Silence.]

I was not aware the recording device was still functioning at that time.

[secretasshole]

I'm sorry.

Video

[fuckingvisions]

Aya! Where are you at Aya!

[ Damnit he wants a baby robot locator on his communicator! And a Dean locator to!]

Audio

[looksfine]

[When Aya eventually responds, it is only using Audio. Not that the Video would have done much good in the poor lighting.]

I am here, Doyle.

Audio

[fuckingvisions]

[ Made sense, he was just relieved to hear her voice.]

Good, now can you tell me where your at love. That be what I'm asking of you. I'm gonna come find you if I can.

Audio

[looksfine]

I am in the hallway.

[For once, she is not being purposely vague. This is the information as it is gradually processing through her database. Slow due to the robotic equivalent of shell-shock.]

Audio

[fuckingvisions]

Princess, there's a lot of halls in this damned place. Do you know what floor your on? Come on give me something to work with! This place is haunted it's no good to be by yourself.

[ He was worried, and already rushing through the halls looking for her.]

[yeahscience]

[Someone is, perhaps, a little oblivious at the moment. He's also got a large ink smudge across his cheek.] Is that your sister?

[looksfine]

[The audio comes through soft. Almost...distant.]

No. She is not.

[yeahscience]

That's cool. Anyone ever told you that you totally look like it? Like... robot sisters.

[looksfine]

Yes. They have.

[It...was not a pleasant memory.]

She is not a robot.

[yeahscience]

...are you a robot?

[substandard_parts]

[He has a good guess when he sees the other woman.] The person you're modeled off of. [Thank god Often-Wrong isn't around.]

Is this potentially damaging?

[looksfine]

Unknown.

[The response comes in low and hesitant. Some things could not be determined by a simple systems scan.]

[substandard_parts]

Are you permitted to temporarily password encode and lock away the portion of memory pertaining to her.

[Because if she's anything like him, she might not be able to.]

[looksfine]

It was not my memory.

[Which means she is either incapable of doing such a thing, or unwilling. Possibly both.]

[substandard_parts]

Then whose memory was she in?

[ Spam ]

[warisart]

[Instead of responding to the recording when he finds it, Ben piggybacks off of the questions Doyle was asking to try and track down Aya's location. The Lady, he knows, will protect her if he can only find her; if something else is going on, he'd like to know about it.

So he's cautiously but confidently searching the areas that match what information she was able to give, careful to dodge Doyle if he sees the Irishman first.]

[ Spam ]

[looksfine]

[When he comes across her, Aya will have not moved. Her eyes remain fixed on the figure standing just a few feet away, those glowing green eyes the only sign of life between them. Ironic, considering she was the one who was supposed to be dead. The young robot shows no signs of acknowledgement that another presence approaches. She just...stares.]

[ Spam ]

[warisart]

[Once he spots them, Ben falls immediately, instinctively into a more stealthy mode of approach; if Aya needs help, he wants to make sure he can come in when the timing is best, secret until the last possible moment.

But neither of them are moving. Made bolder than he normally would be by the Lady's protection, he breaks cover and ventures out into the center of the hallway, able to see perfectly well in the darkened hallway now that his senses have been returned to him.]

Aya? I'm here. Do you need help?

[ Spam ]

[looksfine]

[Her head gradually tilted towards him in acknowledgement of his arrival.]

Ben.

[Just as he had been made braver, the normally bold robot was a pale shadow of her usual self. Her voice, timid. Her expression, defeated.]

I am not the one who has been wronged.

[ Spam ]

[warisart]

[It is, to say the least, unnerving to see Aya so negatively changed. He ventures closer, hoping to reassure her by being ready to hand, switching his attention largely to her clone.

Ben doesn't, as most people would, see anything wrong here. Genetic clones, identical rather than just appearing to be similar, are commonplace for him. He speaks to Aya without taking his eyes off the stranger.]

Who is Ilana of the Forgotten Zone?