* Katherine chases after Rondure at a brisk pace. Hopefully she didn't run or
dissapear.
<Chamelaeon> <<Ronnie is striding down the hallway, but slows down when she
hears Kat.>>
* Threnody chases after Katherine at a brisk pace. Hopefully she didn't run or
disappear.
* Katherine comes up along Ronnie, and says slightly angrily, "So what's the
real deal, auntie?"
<Chamelaeon> <<She stops, and sighs, deeply. then she turns to Kat.>> "That is
the real deal."
* Threnody stops a few feet behind Kat, and doesn't bother to make himself known
since he's sure he already is. "You have to admit, it sounds a bit suspicious...
don't you think? I want to believe you're telling the truth, but..."
* Katherine rolls her eyes. "Seriously, you just dropped down a major part of
your forces to squash the Concordat, then enlist us to go help Leo out, and
that's it?"
<Chamelaeon> <<She narrows her eyes. She looks downright pissed.>> "You of all
people should know damn well my intentions. You were there, to some extent, when
I was born."
* Katherine winces. "Yeah, I was. Just fucking glad Isis paid m--" she shakes
her head. "Fuck-dammit, Ronnie. Just make sure I'm paid. Some of us actually
need the money."
<Chamelaeon> "One. A robot may not harm humans, or by inaction, cause a human to
come to harm." <<She shakes a finger at Kat.>> "You remember all that?"
* Threnody looks hurt at that, genuinely, but after a moment manages to say, in
a quiet voice, "You're not a robot." He looks up and smiles; in fact, it's the
first clear view anyone's had of his face in a while and he's been crying.
"You're a Persocom."
* Katherine glares. "Well, now that you mention it, yes, yes I do."
<Chamelaeon> "I'm full up to HERE!" <<She gestures above her head...>> "With
peace, love, and benevolence, and I've got to run a multiplanetary corporation
and save the world while I'm doing it."
<Chamelaeon> <<She sighs again.>> "You'll get paid. Going rate for Vera is a
quarter of a million credits. Might as well give you all the same."
* Katherine pales. "...fucking fuck."
* Threnody looks at Ronnie. "Can you blame us for doubting? Artifacts, the
Concordat... memories of the past. We don't have... hardwired moral codes and
beliefs. We have to puzzle things out for ourselves. Just think about that. And
I don't need your money..." He bows and heads back down the hall. "I just want
to help someone like I was helped."
<Threnody> (I'm making my exit.)
<Chamelaeon> (You can join the others if you want.)
<Threnody> (So shall it be.)
<Chamelaeon> "I've got my reasons for wanting you to go. I've got my reasons for
not telling you those reasons. Just remember I can't screw you like the Cube
did, unless it's for your benefit." <<She starts walking again.>>
* Katherine glances at Thren stalking off. "Yeah. we're all in the fucked up
boat, Ronnie. What the hell is a persocom, anyway?"
* Katherine follows slightly, 'cause she asked a question.
<Threnody> (I'm staying because I want to hear the answer to that, because I
knew it was coming.)
<Chamelaeon> (I haven't even seen the goddamn show. >_<)
<Threnody> (Basically, it's a robot you raise on your own and is a little
lolicon maid tamagotchi thing.)
<Threnody> (It's what Chii is in Chobits. It's why Calc need sto die.)
<Chamelaeon> "It's a thing from an old, old show. From what I was originally
programmed after. Having seen it, I'm glad I got changed."
<Threnody> (Amen.)
<Chamelaeon> "An android, a person you grow."
* Katherine nods. "Oh, right, that thing. Guess that's why Thren remembered it,
Isis ha--" she shakes her head and frowns. "Fuck! God, I hate being around you
people, you know."
<Chamelaeon> "It's your fault for not bringing the Inhibitor." <<She smiles
again.>> "That was my present, you know. Why do you think it was in a glass
case?"
<Katherine> It was in a glass case? Fuck if I knew.
* Katherine pauses, and adds, "Uh... thanks. It's nice to get a good nights
sleep. Wish it were smaller, though."
<Chamelaeon> "I didn't build it." <<She stops in front of a small closet with a
huge lock on it.>> "Here's my stop."
* Katherine smirks. "Oh, god, another closet." She pauses, and adds, "Make sure
Roch gets paid too."
<Chamelaeon> "I will." <<She opens it - inside is nothing but about a
coffin-sized space.>>
* Katherine doesn't follow, instead clutching her hands into fists, and walking
off, with a more blank look than anything else.
<Chamelaeon> <<She climbs in, and the body goes limp as the door shuts. She
appears on a wallscreen as Kat walks away.>>
<Katherine> (Does she plan on speaking up? ^^;)
<Chamelaeon> "I'll see you later, Kat." <<She winks out.>>
* Katherine frowns, and says with a hint of amusement, mixed with anger. "At
least she doesn't use Katrina."