(after fixing her arm by having her dip in in the black ooze for a minute)
“well that sucked”
" and it's about to get worse, a pit of programing I couldn't get rid of because it was hardcoded into my systems was I have to revive the 100 people who paid to be first..in order from 1 to 100."
“...FUCK!”
"We are in a pickle, none seem the fighting type, most are the type to gossip and fuck almost exclusively"
“...rrrrrr, if only my crew were here, we'de dominate those fuckers, without loss of limb.”
"...JANE,... YOU BEAUTIFUL GENIUS!(grabs her arms) THAT'S IT!"
“wha-what?”
"We...are..gonna...bring your crew here."
“......cool.........wha?”
"I MADE you, meaning I can make people and bring people to the real world before I revive the people set to be first."
“[you can almost hear the egg timer as she thinks]....ooohh...yeah, I can see tiny, tubs, Diane, skins, and josh..well maybe not josh, but the rest would like it here. beer, guns, music(turns to Druzy) you do have music, right?”
"yes..."
“bitchen, as I was saying. they would love it here...after there are things ta terrorize”
"well, the plans for the death worms is almost done, but I think your friends would like something...easier to shoot at..."
“how the fuck are you almost done with it, you've been with me the whole time walking back to the clubhouse.”
"background calculations in a hindbrain, and please refrain from calling the base of terraformation a "clubhouse",...it is the nerve centre of glorious conquest! "
“nerd, it's one room, and barely enough space for my crew to live in.”
"..........so would they like a sheet metal shack, or should I hollow out a cave nearby? we don't have much in the way of materials."
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“they would probably like the sheet metal shack”
"(face hold).. I was given enough material to start habitation,....5 acres of land"
“thats a lot, what's the problem”
"in seeds"
“oh....how about they work off the building materials?”
"(holds forehead)..... I love that the first human transaction on this planet will be with fucking rocks;...would you like brontosaurus burgers with that?... hng"
“wat?”
"Nothing...just making light of the situation." partly because I suspect we will be using them for some time. until I can make an ecosystem. so, who first?"
“...i guess,...tubs and Diane, they are the strongest”
"......um..could you- would you kindly paint me to them as if I were a god that summoned them here as if they were in an isekai, I don't want to break their minds"
“a what?”
"isekai.....you know.. where a person is transported to another world, usually an RPG like one."
“why do you know such things?..like..every nerd thing that I can't think of?”
"my main pod is filled with ALL recorded human culture, and I was a gamer with a minor in writing"
“YOU WENT TO COLLEGE?!”
"online degree, as if I could afford to go, but I digress, I want them to think that this is another world, as opposed to the revelation that their world was just a simulation and all their pain was pointless, and nothing they did mattered"
”.....sorry,... I need a minute.”
"..those facts didn't sink in yet for you, didn't they?"
“.....(she downs a half-empty beer bottle, and summarily bashes it over Druzy's head)WELL I NEVER WENT TO COLLEGE SMART ASS, SO MAYBE IT DIDN'T!”
(splayed on the ground, Druzy makes plans to deeply mess with her later; for the physical attack. gets up, and spits green blood onto the ground)
"moving on: should I go for puckish, or regal?"
(jane just storms off to vent)
".....(paralyzed about what to do now)... I guess I still have those emotions in this body,....regret..... being upset,...confusion on what to do "(retreated back into themself for a moment, and cranks up the processing speed).....HEY!,...you wanna kill something jane?
in the distance” YES!”
(the black goop makes a robotic goblin horde)"I HOPE YOU ENJOY!"
(she tears them apart until she feels better)
(druzy wants to hug her, but she holds them at bay with her boot)"I'm sorry."
“..when did you get so clingy?”
".... I have always been what one would call, socially inept, I just want us to not be mad at each other, and I have NO idea how most people would move on from hostilities and anger besides a gesture of good faith, an apology and a hug."
“...(sighs)..........you really suck sometimes...but I just can't hate you for....whatever this whole setup is.”
"I just want companionship"
“thats funny coming from a robot tree thing”
"...oh for... the pod contains both a motherboard and a biological brain!...I'm not a robot,(some tears) I was made to mimic a human, and I just want to get to the fun parts where we have friends and make a home for people. I don't want others to be sad"
“......you just said what needed to be said to have us move past this, didn't you”
"...yes; but I did mean every word."
“..you are unbelievable at times....puckish, regal would just piss them off.”