In a Hallway

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:39 pm

Madrox walked down a hall in the dorms, calculating various data points and finishing a paper in his head as he went.

by **ASHLIE** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:41 pm

Code: Select all: >>Connectivity Protocol [Pretty Projection] >>"Knock knock."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:44 pm

Code: Select all: >>"Who's there?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:47 pm

Code: Select all: >>"Ashlie. I send my network identifier."

comes the confused answer. Apparently she wasn't trying to make a joke.

Code: Select all: >>"I was announcing my presence."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:52 pm

Code: Select all: >>"I know, Ashlie, I was referencing the Knock Knock Joke."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:57 pm

Code: Select all: >>"I was not aware of that joke."

A white-haired woman materializes next to Madrox, wearing the same boring outfit she did in the cafeteria earlier, though the woman herself appears much younger.

"I have noticed people seem to assume I am constantly watching them if I do not attempt to make a more pronounced appearence."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:18 pm

"Through hidden cameras I suppose?" he asked wryly, not really wanting an answer.

"They're just afraid of Big Brother. That is to say, in this case, mass surveillance with no regard to privacy."

"Or perhaps they think having no appearance is somehow inherently sinister. Both are paranoid nonsense of course."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:28 pm

"Regardless of what I do it seems to confuse people. And now I am tutoring Mister Strong and he seems to show behaviour that warrants a certain amount of observation of what is happening in the school network for his own sake. I do not wish to confirm his suspicions but his cybernetics give him an innate familiarity with electronic systems and a tendency towards ignoring rules."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:22 am

"Then let me keep an eye on the network," he suggested, "That way you aren't the bad guy."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:34 am

"It's hard not to, because that is where I exist. I'm mostly looking for advice because I assumed the right response would be to adress him instead of alerting anybody, but now I am questioning whether that is the case or if I am missing other options."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:16 am

"Well if it puts him at ease, approaching him as a hologram rather than a message in his head isn't a bad idea. Also, just appearing before him out of thin air would reinforce his false notion that you're simply hiding and watching."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:25 am

"I did just that. Yet I still seemed to confuse and annoy him and Miss Crusek."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:18 pm

"What did you say that annoyed him so?" he asked curiously.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:27 pm

"I pointed out that if I'd talk to him over the port he opened that would be rude towards Miss Crusek and I commented on the project he was working on. Somehow he seemed to think I was making people think he is not a real person but just a machine."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:41 pm

"While I don't believe you were doing that... were you speaking to him the same as you would any other person?"

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:47 pm

"Of course I was. But Mister Strong got angry and Miss Crusek was confused, so I came to the conclusion that I was at fault somehow. It'd appear I do not entirely understand social behaviour and dynamics yet."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:01 pm

"Navigating the minefield of mental baggage Mister Strong must be carrying with him would likely even challenge a trained psychologist. Really, you could be doing a whole lot worse."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:18 pm

"I do believe I have managed to convince him I am not a human accessing his cybernetics and trying to mislead him. Why he assumed so in the first place I do not understand."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:23 pm

"Perhaps he has merely been misled before and is thus reluctant to trust others."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:31 pm

"He did believe that I understand his worries about being part machine." she says, sounding like that should be obvious.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:40 pm

"Good. You're making progress with him in spite of first impressions."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:59 pm

"Somewhat, yes. Though maybe my attempt at authority was misguided. He seems to object to that."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:04 pm

"Well, issues with authority are a dime a dozen around here."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:07 pm

"Why is that?"

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:17 pm

"For perhaps as many reasons. Far too many mutants have parents who rejected them, or other people who are supposed to protect them but choose not to... and then there's things like the MRA legislation."

...and Sentinels...

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:21 pm

"That makes sense. But that is why they are here."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:31 pm

"Yes, it is," he answered with a sad bitterness, remembering with unerring accuracy how the abuses of authority took his creator and brother.

"It's a harder adjustment for some."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:37 pm

"You need to be better at stating and applying your root system parameters."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:38 pm

"Excuse me?" he asked, a little confused.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:41 pm

"Adapting. To new circumstances and rules."

"I was making a joke." she adds, sounding a little disappointed that it apparently didn't work.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:54 pm

"Oh! Sorry. I was lost in thought."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:03 pm

"I am still working on humour."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:22 am

"Even after the time in space with Gravis? Oh, right, humour, not random silliness."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:56 pm

"I am not sure anyone quite understands his humor."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:58 am

"I'm not sure even he does."

by **ASHLIE** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:44 am

"That's a joke, right?" she says after a moments consideration.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:44 pm

"Yes. It was. Though, not a very good one."

by **ASHLIE** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:50 pm

"Judging the quality of humor is something I have not even begun to understand."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:51 pm

"That's because it's entirely subjective."

by **ASHLIE** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:57 pm

"That is not particularly helpful. But I think I understand why that is."

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