(1/11, noon) when you get drunk, your stupid decisions might haunt you(r face) for ever

[yakan]

[ aka somebody got drunk for halloween, checked in some retrospec vouchers, and noly now realized the end result because calling in sick for hangovers is Mature Adulting

posted by Kii-chan ]

retrospec changed basically my whole face what the hell is this shit!!!!!!
AND I hAVE more fur bits but why cant it be a bit more there if its gotta be there at all this feels so weird!!
and i kEEP BITING MYSELF IN MY TONGUE!!!

Meet the Tachikoma! [Video]

[standalonehuman]

The video is coming from user: Hitori Togusa, but the camera is focused on a blue spider-tank. The best approximation of a face is the round spherical bowling ball on its front, the holes turn and swivel to show where it is looking. Two arms on the front have claws that move and gesture, close enough to hands. But the tank is lying down, because one of its large legs on the back is clearly damaged.

But the tank is talking. Its voice is high-pitched, almost sweet, like a young girl's.

"What is the purpose of this?"

Togusa's voice cuts in. "Just introduce yourself. Last month was strange and dangerous, so if something weird happens again, I want all my friends to know that you're supposed to be here, and you'll protect me, so you don't get attacked again."

"Oh!" The tank's whole body perks up, then slumps back down because it tried to put weight on its damaged leg. "Hello!" The tank waves one claw at the camera.

"I am a Tachikoma! A multi-ped combat tank assigned to Mister Togusa as my primary user! I am still collecting data on the city, there's so much to learn and experience! But right now, I have to stay at the police station." Its tone turns almost dejected about that.

The camera turns around to see Togusa's face. "So. It can't do anything that I don't order it to. It's safe, and it'll protect me, or anybody else that I tell it to. But it got damaged last month." He looks a little sheepish.

"If anybody has experience working with robots, or even cars, I'll take anything. The Tachikoma has its own schematics loaded onto it, it can even help with its own repairs. But I don't have near the skill to fix it."

The camera turns back around to show the Tachikoma. "In the meantime, the Tachikoma here can't access the network directly, it can't see it, just like any other non-user. So, if you have any questions for it? I can ask them for you and relay the answers."