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[Public | Video]

[Lore is in his old office, though he can't break anything open to get to the parts inside. Believe him, he tried. But he has some nice new scientist's clothes, which at the moment consists of a white button up coat and gloves that he doesn't need right but he's wearing anyway because, eh, why not?]

By the way. I lied. I know. Shame on me. Look how sad everyone is. So disappointed. [He tsks. So few cares (and he knows that probably no one or next to no one is actually disappointed). And that flat voice that he used when he introduced himself? Completely gone. Now? Just a little hand wave.]

My name is Lore, I'm Data's older brother. I'll be you're resident maniacal android for this trip, or until the old cookie-dropping creepy driver gets rid of me. Until then, it's nice to meet you. [And he grins a grin that could cut glass. But woops! Gone after a millisecond.]

I think that'll be all. [And he switches off the feed. Because now he wants to go investigate the ship without having to try and hold the boring face (he's almost relieved to not have to do that anymore). He'll get back to things later.]


OOC: Feel free to spam off the post and catch him anywhere around the ship.

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[omar]

So what made you give it up?

[substandard_parts]

Warden made me. [Shrug.]

Video

[hourglass_twin]

[Raistlin looks bored and disinterested. He may be bored and attempting to stir up trouble.]

You lied? About?

...who are you again?

Video

[substandard_parts]

[He doesn't actually think people care any. He doesn't much.] Just some guy. Does it matter here?

[buywithme]

How can an android have a brother? Or be maniacal?

Was there some kind of problem in your programming, Comrade?

[substandard_parts]

The same way most humans do. One guy has too much free time on his hands and a self-congratulatory attitude and out pops a person. Then he has problems with that person and out pops another one.

The maniacal thing is really more of a chicken or the egg question, but most people blame it on my programming.

[not_annika]

[Seven really isn't bothered by the lying: it happens a lot on board and she didn't tell him anything she wasn't willing to share.

She does hesitate when she considers telling him about his brother's current state.

Eventually, mostly because she has no clue how to bring that up, and then whether or not she should, she elects not to do so.

It might be visible on her face but her tone is relatively light when she replies.] Understood.

[substandard_parts]

That's a better reception than I expected that to be met with. [From her, anyway. From everyone else? He could give three cares less. But having been involved with Starfleet and being a former Borg (only about half the renegades had been with him) he hadn't known what to expect from her and he had considered it.]

[maxwells_demon]

Comes at no surprise, pal. Seems to happen a lot here. Sorry I didn't introduce myself before though. The name's Duo.

[substandard_parts]

It seemed like a good idea. It's pretty helpful, actually. Gives you a lot of information. It's boring but it's helpful.

Nice to meet you.

[peektuttut]

A maniacal android, just what we were missing. [Sorry Lore, he is kind of disappointed. :c]

[substandard_parts]

What collection of malevolent misfits would do without a renegade AI? [Sweet! Someone actually is. It's good to know that there are people that still want nice things.]

Private;

[insolubleriddle]

Lore. [He likes that name.] It's a pleasure.

So, to re-cap, you were constructed before your brother, but your emotional capacity clearly exceeds his own-- which is where the maniacal part must come in. What brought that on? What feelings? Were you jealous of your brother, angry at your creator-- something along those lines? Or were you maniacal to begin with? Did your programming not allow for proper development?

[A beat.]

Forgive my enthusiasm, Lore. You're just so much more interesting than your brother.

Re: Private;

[substandard_parts]

Flattery will get you everywhere. [But he's going to mostly ignore the inquiries about his brother and father because he both loves them and has murderous feelings toward them. It's complicated.]

If you asked the colonists, I was just "evil". And you know how people like to be proven right about the people they hate.

[Spam] Pool table on level six (if that's okay)

[timesbureaucrat]

[Narvin is as curious about the android as any former technician would be. But he's had dealings with unstable cyborgs and AIs in the past, so he's cautious and doesn't make contact.

But the Barge is a small place, so it's inevitable that they'd cross paths eventually. Narvin isn't expecting it to happen while he's distracted by a solitary game of three-cushion billiards. Calculating the angles and tracing the probabilities is almost meditative, but it also draws almost all of his attention.]

[Spam]

[substandard_parts]

[It's a shot that Lore watches carefully, ball bouncing from one diamond shape to the other. It's about to go into its pocket, when he stops it with a pale finger.

Looks at it.

Looks at Narvin.

Smiles tightly and lets it drop in. Hi!]

[ichoosefight]

Neat. [ Inmates pretending to be wardens, nothing new. But he seems to want the attention and Steph has literally nothing better to do with her time now. So. ]

Is this an "everyone gets one" sort of deal? TV gave me the impression maniacal androids weren't really that uncommon.

[substandard_parts]

They are where I'm from. Or at least where they have some say in the matter.

[He didn't actually want to tell. But if he has to? Why not have fun with it.]

[doctor_j_crane]

You're the older brother of an android? [A pause.] I wasn't aware that it was possible for your kind to be related.

[substandard_parts]

Same design. Same basic programming. Almost identical structure. Same creator.

He wanted us to call him "Father". I waffled on the matter, personally.

[darknessb4me]

Maybe you can answer the question, then. Do constructs have souls?

[substandard_parts]

I wouldn't know. For whatever reason, though, I've been pulled here after death. Which is a little unnerving. [He kind of hopes they don't. Because if they do? He'll be 90 levels of more angry.]

[unweeping_willow]

Lore? [She's tasting the name a little.]

[substandard_parts]

Lore. Hello there, Willow. [Big grin!]

video;

[trenchcoatedly]

In what ways do you qualify as "maniacal"?

video;

[substandard_parts]

Probably the part where I killed a lot of people. [All too casually. Though in retrospect, it does bother him. At the same time, he thinks they deserved to be proven right.]

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[childhood_surgery]

Maniacal android?

Well, well...

Re: Video:

[substandard_parts]

So I've been called, among other things. Whatever floats your boat. I aim to please.

[And more often than not to kill.]