[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-09 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
*Metal shrugs.* It's the kinds of reasons he gave us when he was recycling someone... We were expendable because he could easily make more. He used to say sometimes that we were just machines. What happens when a machine fails? It gets replaced. He was lenient in keeping us around.
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[personal profile] pogo_boy 2006-01-09 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
*Quint shivers* You can't 'replace' people. He's stupid for thinking of us like that.
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[personal profile] terrorsaur 2006-01-09 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
Gee, looks like my creator has competition in the 'sick and twisted glitch' category.

First thing you need to get used to is that most of what he told you is slag meant to make you stay where he wanted you to.

Fear goes a long way towards keeping control

[identity profile] lavender-wings.livejournal.com 2006-01-09 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
*Steadfast has been listening to the conversation quietly once again, greeting Terrorsaur with a simple gesture when he entered.*

*she sighs* Right. I'm a machine too, technically speaking. Doesn't make me any less of a person; and I think I'm at least trying to not be expendable. If you'd slag every warrior who has a bad day once, you'd have no one left.

[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-09 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
*Metal sighs.* Not used to being thought of as a person, Quint. Always been just another Wilybot. A machine made to destroy his enemies. Couldn't even manage to do that.

*looking puzzled* Wily never needed a way to keep us in our place. We had no other place to go if we could leave. The humans would have us destroyed.
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[personal profile] terrorsaur 2006-01-09 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
*sarcastically* 'There's nothing for you out there. Stay where you're safe.'

I've heard that one before.

Besides, there are a lot of places for you to go, now. And not all of them have humans.
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[personal profile] pogo_boy 2006-01-09 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
We're people too, oniisan. Some humans, like Wily, are just too stupid or crazy to see that. Or scared. If they admitted it, they'd have to admit the laws about Robot Masters are wrong. Any of them, not just what they think about Wilybots. They'd rather think of us as property, because then it doesn't matter what they do to us.

And there are other places to go, now. Lots of places.

[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-09 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
*Metal looks confused at Terrorsaur's response.* We killed humans. If we left, we would have been destroyed as a danger to the human race. He was right in that sense...

*He shakes his head.* Why would it matter? Wily made us. Doesn't that mean he has a right to destroy us? Whether or not we are people....

[identity profile] lavender-wings.livejournal.com 2006-01-09 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
*shakes her head* If you are a person, you should aspire to more than living as a slave, or giving up and being destroyed. Anything is better than that.

Just because someone made you, doesn't mean they own you forever.

Isn't it so? *looks at the Predacons*
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[personal profile] terrorsaur 2006-01-09 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
*irritably* Unfortunately, I can remember my creator. And good riddance to the slagging bastard. He didn't want to get that particular point.

[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
*Metal gets a bit uncomfortable at the thought, but tries to hide that.* Well, I guess I'm going to have to try getting used to the idea... It couldn't be worse than what I've been doing...
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[personal profile] pogo_boy 2006-01-10 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
*Quint smiles slightly* It gets easier, oniisan. It took me a while to get used to the idea too.

[identity profile] morethanafan.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
*Air seems understanding.* This is normal. Trust me. You'll be fine, Metal. It gets easier over time. Quick and Crash were a little like this at first too...

[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
*Metal still can't help feeling that this isn't right. Mostly it's the remains of the loyalty code.* It just feels wrong... But at the same time, I have a feeling that it isn't wrong. I'm confused.
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[personal profile] pogo_boy 2006-01-10 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
*Quint just smiles, more broadly this time.* I think that means the coding that made you obey him is going away.

[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
*Metal looks a little startled.* How can something like that just go away? I've always had it. Even when Wind had the chip in me, that was still there...
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[personal profile] pogo_boy 2006-01-10 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It's ok, oniisan. You don't need it anymore. You're free now.

[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
*Metal seems even more frightened at that thought.* My programming isn't supposed to change like this... Not unless Wily changes it, and he'd never change that.
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[personal profile] pogo_boy 2006-01-10 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
*Quint fidgets. Maybe he should have kept quiet.*

I.. sometimes I don't think he even knew how much our programming can change, oniisan. Please don't be scared. It'll be ok. It's just confusing for a little while.

[identity profile] morethanafan.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It's better this way, Metal. You have nothing to fear. This is normal. It'll just take a little time for everything to adjust...

[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
*Metal doesn't really seem to be any less frightened of the idea.* It's supposed to do this? But it feels so strange...
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[personal profile] pogo_boy 2006-01-10 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
*Quint nods* It does at first, but it'll get better.

[identity profile] sharpenedblades.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
*Metal looks a little less frightened.* If it's going to get better, I guess that it's not so bad... Just need to ignore the urge to try to go back, right?

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