Dolores Abernathy (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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maskormenace2018-08-19 10:07 pm
dontwyattme) wrote in maskormenace2018-08-19 10:07 pm
1.0 | MONDAY MORNING - early
[ The camera opens up to a face far to up into the screen, squinting, and tipping her head, as if she's trying to figure this out. She tipped her head again -- this time in the other direction -- as if she's mystefied by the entire thing. ]
They said -- [ She starts, but then stopped, as she held her hand to her face. ] Oh! This is foolish! These instructions had to be lying!
[ But curiosity wins out, and Dolores sighed, and squared her shoulders, as if she's preparing for a presentation. ]
I have some instructions, that told me that this is... a way to communicate with others. I've never heard of something so...fantastic and ridiculous in all my life. [ Her voice comes in a breathless rush, the prospect is so shocking, clearly. ] Where I come from, we... we go visit, if we want to talk to someone, not try something so...impersonal.
[ She smiles, and ducks her head. ] This is so silly...
If I'm not just making a fool of myself, and there really are people listening... [ A pause, and her eyebrows knit together in concentration. ] We're all supposed to be from different places, right? What types of places are you all from? Is this...normal for other people? I'm afraid I feel out of place, and a little bit confused.
Oh, and my name is Dolores. What's yours?
They said -- [ She starts, but then stopped, as she held her hand to her face. ] Oh! This is foolish! These instructions had to be lying!
[ But curiosity wins out, and Dolores sighed, and squared her shoulders, as if she's preparing for a presentation. ]
I have some instructions, that told me that this is... a way to communicate with others. I've never heard of something so...fantastic and ridiculous in all my life. [ Her voice comes in a breathless rush, the prospect is so shocking, clearly. ] Where I come from, we... we go visit, if we want to talk to someone, not try something so...impersonal.
[ She smiles, and ducks her head. ] This is so silly...
If I'm not just making a fool of myself, and there really are people listening... [ A pause, and her eyebrows knit together in concentration. ] We're all supposed to be from different places, right? What types of places are you all from? Is this...normal for other people? I'm afraid I feel out of place, and a little bit confused.
Oh, and my name is Dolores. What's yours?
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I'm not... [ A person. Strictly speaking. ] I'm a machine. You're a machine. ...Aren't you?
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Anyway!
How did you do that thing, with my little device? Was that... your power?
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WTG, Ford programming. ]
Yes. That's one of the powers the Porter gave me when I arrived. Have you read your file to see what it gave you?
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[ She smiled, and shook her head. ]
It didn't look like anything to me.
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Again, if only he were human, he might dig into that mystery. ]
Well, I'm sure you'll figure it out. Might want to go around trying things that would have been impossible for you before, see if you can do them now.
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Perhaps you're right, however. Maybe I'll just have to...experience it.
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[ He smiles, conciliatorily. (Which Merriam-Webster tells me is a word even though Chrome red underlines it.) ]
It couldn't hurt to try things out, though. Maybe try moving something with your mind, or reading someone's thoughts.