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[ there's music coming from one corner of the Quad; it's not so loud that it's overly intrusive, but it is noticeable, to anyone passing by. At the source of the sound sits Luka, legs crossed as she scribbles down a mixture of musical symbols and binary code. While she doesn't have any sort of music player on her person, the sound is definitely coming from her. It's not one set tune or song, and it changes entirely every few seconds, interjected with short bursts of static. All the while, Luka half-hums, half-sings under her breath ]

… I wanna rip and release your throat right now, I want to make you all mine... ♪ [ she pauses, and taps her pen against her lower lip, muttering to herself ] I probably ought to stop writing songs like that. [ with a sigh, she changes her tone, continuing to make notes on the sheet of paper set out in front of her ] ♫ Japanese ninja number one, we go creeping into the girls' locker room...

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[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

Got me. I only know the basics.

[ whoa whoa wait back up the hovercar. ]

You can get drunk?

[soundcirculates.livejournal.com]

We can. Not that I've tried it myself, of course. It's best to overlook the moral implications of designing robots to become drunk and feel pain...

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ hmmm. einiona's brow furrows as she considers this, and she rubs her chin, mouth puckering with intensity. finally, she spreads her hands out to her side, expansively. ]

Well, you can't make the words you sing mean anything if you don't know what the words mean, can you? What all of them mean.

[ a shrug. ]

Stands to reason if you don't know what hurting is, or happiness is, you can't make anyone else hear it in your voice.

Something like that, anyway.

[ she rubs at her mouth with her bandaged hand. ]

I don't think it's immoral. I think it makes you people.

[soundcirculates.livejournal.com]

That's quite right! Still, when you're only a year old, and you're made to sing songs of a romantic nature – you do have to wonder about these things. The knowledge of those experiences could easily be programmed into us.

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

Suppose that's tr -

[ hey kids, let's play shattered assumptions time! ]

- you're only a year old?

[ pause. ]

I wish I looked that pretty at one year old.

[soundcirculates.livejournal.com]

Mm. I turned one at the end of January. Birthdays are quite an interesting experience, aren't they?

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ einiona laughs. ]

Guess so. Too young to remember my first, I was, or my second ... or my fifth. I don't think I remember any of my birthdays before age seven very well.

What was it like for you?

[soundcirculates.livejournal.com]

Enjoyable! We had two main events, really. One for my fans, which was an open-air concert, and one with my family, that consisted of – well, the usual madness.

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ oh lookit that smile. that is the smile of HAPPY MEMORIES. possibly (... well let's be honest there's no "possibly" about it) memories of family birthday beatings. einiona would find it strange to experience a birthday that didn't end with the unfortunate celebrant getting dogpiled by their siblings until they cried "uncle". after all, wasn't that how every family showed its love? ]

Families are like that.