Annoyed Ghost-tied to the Gamia destruction

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

[Alice's video projection is flitting about from monitor to monitor, looking...rather frustrated.]

Melted down for scrap...honestly, these people! Never once thinking about others!

Grrr...I do so much for them, and then they just...!

[She flops down somewhere on the screen, looking defeated.]

Bah. Maybe someday I'll show them what it's like to be a ghost...

...I guess I'll just have to keep waiting, huh...

Comments

[mecha_eihwaz]

You...

You're not a real ghost, right?

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

...Eh?

Oh, no, not really-it's more a computer, cyberpunky term.

[mecha_eihwaz]

Ah, thank goodness, last thing we need is a real ghost on this ship!

What's a cyberpunk?

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

Cyberpunk is a singular thing. It's a literary genre dealing primarily with the interaction between humans and advanced technology, especially computers and the internet. Notable works include Gibson's Sprawl series, The Index movies, and Stephenson's Snow Crash.

[mecha_eihwaz]

That sounds like slice of life to me...

[emorangerpink]

Alice? What's wrong?

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

Pointless waste, that's what! They...they tore apart those gamia robots for scrap!

[emorangerpink]

Wha-? Really? They didn't tell me - I'd have liked to have a look at them...

What did you want with them? I can see if they kept notes on the construction, if you're curious...

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

I would have liked to use them to get a meatspace body...

[nietzsche_waifu]

I didn't expect those three to be your "type".

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

Gee, I didn't expect having arms and legs to be your "type".

[nietzsche_waifu]

Good point. But considering how deadly these assassins were, I cannot blame the security team of disposing of them.

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

I could have handled it! I'm the best at overpowering computers!

[link_to_revival]

And would you be expressing this kind of outrage if the assassins had been human?

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

Eh? Of course not.

[link_to_revival]

So then what does it matter if they were killed or not? Their lives were no more precious than those of humans'.

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

I don't care that they were killed, I care that they were thrown away afterwards. I could have used those bodies; a human corpse is just a sack of rotting meat.

[rods_and_cones]

As I understand it, they were anatomically correct

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

That makes it even worse! AUGH!

[rods_and_cones]

I think I can understand why you're upset but, they threw them out before they were used...

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

What? No, that's the problem, I was going to-

Wait, are you...ew! Get your mind out of the gutter!

[tookthepill]

Allie?

[ He was wondering why she wasn't hovering over him when he woke up that morning. This... kind of explains it. He approaches her just as she's about to float to another terminal. ]

Is something wrong? We're supposed to be practicing to take down Gainer in One Year War: Shin Greed and Ambition.

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

Gah...No, it's not really anything. Just a minor annoyance.

I'm ready whenever you are.

[tookthepill]

Are you sure? You sound kinda upset... [ He sighs. ] Okay. The lounge again?

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

Sure.