Audio; un: rudy

[multiple_man]

[Good day, citizens. The voice being broadcast directly into your minds has a heavy Northern English accent — from around Lancashire, if your character has an ear for it.]

So are we all androids now? Or is it cyborgs? I can never keep all that sci-fi jargon straight. Is all this comin' through like I'm actually talkin'?

Antidisestablishmentarianism. Cocks. Bollocks. Massive, flappy fannies. Does this all get recorded somewhere? Have they got a digital vault full of people's thoughts? What if somebody broadcast a song and got it stuck in everyone else's heads?



...not that I would do that. That'd be really — really inconsiderate.

((ooc: this is a re-post of Rudy's network TDM thread. I'm happy to continue anything we had going there!))

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audio; un: t.drake

[tdls]

Androids are robots meant to resemble humans. Cyborgs are living creatures with robotic parts.

[Of course Tim would know this. NERD ALERT.]

So I guess technically we’re cyborgs now.

[What Victor would think of that!]

[multiple_man]

Cyborgs. [Like right, that's it.] Fuckin' cyborgs. What'll they think of next.

Man versus Machine. Eternal questions. [Welcome to Rudy's head, Tim. There's going to be a lot of stuff that sounds like non-sequiturs.]

[tdls]

[#yikes]

Well, I think the intention of creating a cyborg is man plus machine, but I guess there’s always the possibility of the cybernetic parts malfunctioning.

[multiple_man]

Oh my god, why would — why would you bring that up, man? Now I’m gonna be thinkin’ about this bloody thing hackin’ my brain! Christ...

You think it’s safe? They wouldn’t put these on everyone if it weren’t sort of safe, right?

audio; un: moveslikejagger

[jaglikethecar]

Yeah, mate, it's coming through just fine.

[Jagger's own accent is somewhere around London's East End, though there's a harshness to his consonants that suggests he's been away from the old world for a long time.]

[multiple_man]

[The username catches Rudy's ear.]

'Moves like Jagger'? Big fan of Maroon Five, are ya?

[jaglikethecar]

It's a nickname from school. Turns out, it also met character limits for forums.

[He pauses.]

Is there anybody who didn't go through a Maroon5 phase?

[multiple_man]

[Give him a second to think about that.

Okay, fair enough.]

'She Will Be Loved' were a fuckin' jam, wunnit? Put that on... [Rudy's mind-voice lets off a couple of rhythmic unfs, follows it up with a higher-pitched, feminine sigh, then sings:] I wanna make you feel beautiful...

Boom. Ready for romance.

[jaglikethecar]

Yeah, not exactly the soundtrack of unbridled passion there, mate. Besides, I thought girls liked Barry Manilow or, ah...Luther Vandross.

[11calls]

Wow. Something tells me people are going to love you or you’re going to get smacked. A lot.

[multiple_man]

That is normally the way it goes. One or the other. I have a strong personality. People respond to it.

[11calls]

Well, there’s nothing wrong with that.

On Feb 7, 2019, at 9:09 PM, multiple_man - DW Comment < dw_null@dreamwidth.org> wrote:

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Wow. Something tells me people are going to love you or you’re going to get smacked. A lot.

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That is normally the way it goes. One or the other. I have a strong personality. People respond to it.

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[multiple_man]

Totally nothin' wrong with it, no. I have got to be true to meself, otherwise what is the bleedin' point of it all? Without personalities, we'd just be robots — total robots, not even cyborgs. No thanks.

audio; un: whiteroad

[whiteroadrunning]

You have a filthy mouth. ...mind?

[But he's clearly amused.]

[multiple_man]

Hey, we've all - we've all got a bit of a dirty mind. Everyone has. Come on, tell me you haven't got one.

[whiteroadrunning]

Pure as the newly-fallen snow, I assure you. But what songs have you got to share? I'm fond of music. I think it would be nice, sharing music from all these different places.

[multiple_man]

Different places like fuckin' Thamesmead? Where the hell are you from, then?

[Based on the tone of his 'voice,' the profanity comes from a place that's the opposite of aggression - more relaxed banter.]

audio; un: e. raleigh

[amorea_mortuus_sum]

I don't think that's how it works? I'm not brushed up on my science-fiction as well as I should be.

..I should certainly hope they don't have a vault of this. How would they even categorize it?

[multiple_man]

Well, I don’t know everything about computers, but I know they’ve got to have loads of storage space if they can link up our brains with these little gold circles. They can probably fit a thousand conversations on a disc the size of your sphincter.

[amorea_mortuus_sum]

...Charming.

[multiple_man]

It's true, though, man! It's advanced tech! It's like the bloody future! Y'know, outside bein' buried under a trillion tons of water, and havin' no idea when we're gonna be able to go home, the whole tech part is pretty cool.

Video | UN: RighteousFather

[10milliondollars]

You're technically cyborgs, although just barely. Me, on the other hand? I was a cyborg before I got here.

[He holds up his robotic hand and waves.] This arm's fully robotic, and my left eye is, as well. Need help figuring out the network?

-> Video

[multiple_man]

WOAH, dude! That is awesome! Hang on, I’m gonna just — [An instant later, there’s a mental image of Rudy, grinning at his hands.] It is the bloody Matrix!

Hey, cyborg man. How do I give meself a less borin’ name? I only put ‘Rudy’ in. I want somethin’ fancier.

Video

[10milliondollars]

[Well, Rudy's obviously not a kid, but he sure acts like one. Rhys's smile fades.]

Well...You can change it through the settings. You access that just like you access any other part of the Network--by thinking it.

-> un: DragonSlayer

[multiple_man]

Awesome, man. That is fuckin' brilliant.

So, here we are, in the formless void. Do people use this like virtual reality? [He snaps his fingers and shoots off a couple of finger-guns. First idea off the top of his head:] Could we have an Old West shoot-out?