and I need someone to talk to apart from you

[animusnpcs]

Characters: Zo, open
Setting: floor 001
Format: brackets, party-style
Summary: Zo visits the residential levels of the Tower.
Warnings: none so far

[The elevator dings as its doors slide open--that's not an unusual occurrence, really, for a floor that not only houses one of the elevator stopping points but also the most reliable food sources. What's unusual, though, is the boy who steps out of it.

Zo enters the cafeteria, looking around as if he hasn't seen it in some time, which is true. He's followed by one retrieval unit. While she looks as blank as any retrieval unit, her collar is chipped and she wears glasses. In fact, she might be a bit familiar to some, though she will not respond (but there's something... Unusually alive about her, even so).

Though he's careful not to stray far from his bodyguard, he smiles at the floor in general.]

Um... Hi! Wow, it's been a while since I've been up here!

Comments

[animusnpcs]

I guess I could, but they'd be like the retrieval units or the worker units and not like a real pet.

[doc_brown]

.... I don't understand. Einstein here-- [He points his dog.] Or rather the construct you shaped after Einstein acts like a real pet in spite of not being one.

[animusnpcs]

Nah, his soul's just attached to yours enough we can bring it out of you. It's different!

[doc_brown]

So you're telling me, his soul is attached to mine and you're bringing him out onto this film-like construct? [Pausing.] That's fascinating! I hadn't even considered the possibility! The technology you have to manipulate souls is incredible.