POV your oc is exploring a really old bunker

Liminal Space Ahh Bunker

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CC: ooo a bunch of old stuff I could fix up

*as she continues in, she notices wires heading to one room*

CC: always a good sign *following them*

*it leads to a room with huge computers, they gotta be at least a century old*

CC: hmmm lets see here is any of this salvageable.....

*there’s a monitor in the middle of the pcs, also really old, but everything’s connected to it*

CC: hm? *walking over to it and looking at it* this might work...

*there’s a power switch*

CC:*flipping it on* come on work...

*it starts booting up*

CC: Yes!!

*it loads, and a voice comes through the speakers of the monitor*
???: Загрузка..
ВИЧ готов к-
Эй.. ты не участник!

CC:*translating that* UHHH hold on just gimmie a sec to get the language loaded....Нет, я не участник. А вам какое дело?

???: Кто ты, черт возьми, такой?

CC: не твоя забота

???: Why are you here then??
(It just easier to say it in English)

(Yeah)
CC:salvage what’s left of the technology here- wait a f**king minute did you say HIV!

(What)

(Idk what tf that was
He just didn’t say that)

(ah anyways what did he say)

Astra: ?

Hicom: sorry-

*data dropped hicom*

Astra: do we need to get further away?

Hicom: yes
(Why don’t you just use portals)

(they're mainly for long distance transport. Not many are good enough with them to use them like that)

*Astra picks him up and runs while data gets up*

Hicom: 5 more seconds

*m o r e r u n n i n g*

*explosions start behind them*

*they stop, there’s a huge crater*

*where the building was?*

Hicom: thanks, let me get my things
*when tf data getting here*

*idk*

*just say now go***amn it-*

Data: *appears*

Hicom: Кто ты, черт возьми, такой?

Data: ... *Sigh*
*Activates translator*

Hicom: are you starstas sister?

Data: something might be wrong with my translator but yeah

Hicom: can you get outta here?

Data: why?

Hicom: uhh.. um.. this?
*highlights code*

Data: a bit outdated but that looks about right. Lemme just...

*Copy/pastes code that lets him process color*

Hicom: OW OW OW OW-

Data: ???

Hicom: why does that hurt-

Data: sometimes replacing code can be painful. Does it still hurt?

Hicom: a litt-
…
colorz..

Data: ooh, it must be working

Hicom: what now..

Data: now I've gotta do some serious redneck engineering

Hicom: …

Astra: :/

Hicom: where is she?

Astra: she might be missing a part. She's got a massive box of electronics so I imagine it's hard to find stuff sometimes

Explosion time

AAA-

Hicom: ok..

*data walks in carrying a heavy box*

Hicom: that was a long time

Data: I didn't have a spare power cell so I had to improvise

Hicom: with what?

*data pulls out a power cell which is clearly made from scrap parts*

Data: not my best work, but this is a temporary body.

Hicom: *waiting*

Astra: ok it should work now. Say my name

Hicom: Starstra

Astra: ... *Facepalm*

Hicom: so.. what year is it?

Astra: three thousand and something

(Wait huh
Oh I thought it was shorter lmao)
Hicom: a.. a.. a thousand years..

Astra: ?

Hicom: they.. made me turn off for a minute.. a thousand years ago..

Astra: something pretty similar happened to my niece, though in her case it was just a hundred I think

Hicom: ..yea? Actual bugs?

Astra: ... Wait you meant physical ones?

Hicom: well what did you think I was saying?

Astra: "bug" is a common term for a glitch or an error nowadays. I guess that wasn't as common back in your time

I will explode you

Sorry

I'm busy

(Fun fact: that’s where the term bug came from, when they had those huge computers that took up rooms they had to literally debug)
Hicom: ig

Astra: :/

Hicom: but seriously there’s bugs clogging up the systems can you kill ‘em?

*astra sticks her arm into a hole*

Astra: I'm nanotech, I don't even have to actually go in there

*the bugs skitter around*

*they start falling out of various holes*

Hicom: …

Astra: ...

Hicom: is there any way to get me out of here..?
Everyone’s dead.. what’s the point in staying

Astra: we could probably fit you into a smaller computer

Hicom: ok.. lemme just gather some data before

Astra: oke

Hicom: …shit
It needs debugging

Astra: my sister is good at that, she's on the way

Hicom: oh
I thought you’d be good with killing bugs with that spear

Astra: well yeah, physical ones. Not system stuff

???: YOU KNOW WHO
YOU MUSTVE KILLED THEM ON THE WAY HERE TO GET ME

Astra: this place has been abandoned for years

???: WHAT

Astra: do you not see the mold on the walls and the clear lack of blood on me

???: *looks around*
Y- YOU TOOK ME SOMEWHERE ELSE THEN

Astra: how do you expect me to haul a computer that takes up half the room somewhere else?

How would I even get you out?

???: uh.. idk

Astra: who are you?

???: ..why should I tell you

Astra: because I'm curious about what this place was for

???: …

Astra: :l

>:(

Sorry

???: ..fine, I was named H.I.C.O.M

Astra: I'm astra

Hicom: star?

Astra: ... Right. The latin meaning.
A-s-t-r-a

Hicom: Star?
(He’s saying astra btw)

Astra: wait that's my translator, isn't it.
Lemme adjust some settings hold on

Hicom: хорошо

Astra: *adjusts more so it translates hicom's language but not Latin*

*as she continues in, she notices wires heading to one room*

Astra: *follows the wires while cautiously holding her spear*

*it leads to a room with huge computers, they gotta be at least a century old*

Astra: hmm...
*Sends a picture to data*

*they’re at least from when computers took up whole rooms*

*data replies to Astra with a surprised emoji then tells her she'll be there in a few minutes*

*Astra looks for some way to turn them on*

*there’s a monitor in the middle of the pcs, also really old, but everything’s connected to it*

*astra uses some of her nanotech to make a keyboard and connect it to the monitor*

*there’s a power switch on it*

*she flips the switch*

“Few minutes” lmao

Hicom: tf is a nanotech

Astra: basically it just lets robots shapeshift

Hicom: like, the sci fi thing?

Astra: the "fi" part doesn't really apply anymore but yeah pretty much

Hicom: wait you’re a robot??

(hello?)

School

My phone's about to die lol

Astra: the hell did you think I was?

Hicom: I can’t see colour I thought you were just a weird looking human

Astra: huh. Interesting

*there are no more bugs*

Astra: all clean ^^

Hicom: what neck?

Data: redneck. It's a slang term.

Hicom: oh

Data: :/

Hicom: well?

Data: *starts fiddling with seemingly random parts*

Hicom: *waits an hour*
(Gn)

(bye)

Data: *has built a headless robot body*

Hicom: is it ready?

Data: ... Ok I don't have quite enough parts for a proper head so let's hope this works

*Attaches the laptop where the head would be*

Might not respond for a couple minutes I need to draw lego data in inky pearl's shirt pocket

Alr

Hicom: nope

Data: hehe, want me to hold your hand?

Hicom: sure ig?
Idk we should get out of here before a minute passes

Data: ?

Astra: that seems oddly specific

Hicom: yea
If I’m extracted, then the whole facility blows up

Data: OH SHIT

*She picks him up and both her and astra start running*

Hicom: yea..

*r u n n i n g*

Hicom: about 5 seconds

*they get out the door and data slams into an inconveniently placed tree*

Hicom: ok, how are you gonna get me out

Data: first I'm putting you in a laptop. While you're in there I'll upgrade your code so you can process color, then I'll slap together a body to put you in

Hicom: ..ok
don’t look at any of the data I have with me

Data: *plugs the laptop into hicom's computer*

Hicom: do I.. go through that door?

Data: yeah just get in the laptop

*goes in*

Data: ok... Now can you highlight your visual processing code?

Hicom: my.. what?

Data: the code that lets you see

Ik you’re there I WILL kill you

:(

Next time you go I’m drawing data r34-

Dude chill I'm just tired

Nah

I've been up since 6AM

*me

Oh

Data: ... I should've brought a computer with me

Hicom: aren’t you a walking computer

Data: yeah but I don't exactly like having multiple AI's inhabiting my systems

Astra: ... She has trauma related to that-

Data: s h u t.

Hicom: apparently technology has advanced 1000 years so I don’t think I’d even be able to traverse around

Data: well I could probably build you a temporary body

Hicom: right now?

Data: well I'd have to go back home and get some parts

Hicom: oh.
I’ll wait.

Pls post entry on BossFights game

What am I supposed to post ;-;

Check the post there, at the bottom it tells you

*…the arm twitches*

Astra: :0

Data: it might be working

*it stands*

Both: :O

Hicom: it feels good to have a body..

Data: so everything works!

Hicom: *tries walking, but almost falls*

*data holds him up to help him learn*

Hicom: alr let’s get outta here before the place explodes

Data: do you think you understand walking now?

*why does she turn it on then-*
???: ОТВЕТЬТЕ МНЕ

*Astra is frantically looking through her systems for the translator she never uses*

???: СКАЖИ МНЕ, КТО ТЫ, БЛЯТЬ, ТАКОЙ, ПРЕЖДЕ ЧЕМ Я АКТИВИРУЮ САМОУНИЧТОЖЕНИЕ

*astra finally finds her translator*

???: FIVE.. FOUR

Astra: what are you counting down to!?

???: OH NOW YOU TALK
WHO THS F**K ARE YOU AND WHO DO YOU WORK FOR

Astra: I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WTF YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE I WAS TRYING TO ACTIVATE MY TRANSLATOR

AND I DON'T WORK FOR ANYBODY

???: WHERE IS EVERYONE THEN

Astra: WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
... Also I dunno why I'm still yelling

Hicom: …
Am I stuck in this body forever

Data: only until I have the time and parts to build a better one

Hicom: when’s that

Data: well first I've gotta find parts

Hicom: o-
*powers down*

Data: ... Great. That's what I get for using potassium from a banana as an energy source.

*what??*

*data's insane :P*

*how did she even-
Never mind
Cut to when he wakes up next*

*he's in data's room with a better power source*

*it starts booting up*

Astra: *curious*

*it loads, and a voice comes through the speakers of the monitor*
???: Загрузка..
ВИЧ готов к-
Эй.. ты не участник!

Astra: ?

???: КТО ТЫ, БЛЯТЬ, ТАКОЙ!?

Astra: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

???: ???

Astra: is there an English setting on this or something?

???: *a face comes on the screen, mad*
НА КОГО ВЫ РАБОТАЕТЕ?
(Astra shouldn’t you have google translate built in or smth)

(astra and the other robo girls usually turn their translators off just in case somebody uses a word from another language to name something. For example if astra used her translator she'd always hear "star" when people say her name)

Astra: *confusion*

(also uk6 is wondering why you aren't replying to him)

Hicom: ебать.. what happened

Data: my improvised battery stopped working so I made a better one

Hicom: oh..

Data: this one should be able to last a few days at a time

Hicom: ok
…

*it was all underground*

*a little confusing but ok*

(Ok, I said bunker, what I meant was an abandoned underground facility)

Data: ... Ok, what the hell kind of information requires THAT much security

Hicom: never telling

Data: you're over a thousand years old, half of it might be irrelevant by now

Hicom: idc

Data: >:(

Hicom: what now

Data: no idea

(I forgot ig)

Please?

(Continue?)

Sorry I think I missed the notification

Ok

Why is cat ignoring me

No idea

Can you ask

Ye