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[mammal_robot]

[After twenty minutes of trying to use the communicator and arguing with tech support, Robo gave it up as a bad job. It wasn't that he was technologically inept. The problem was that metal fingers physically did not register on the communicator's touch screen.

Fortunately, the air was full of radio waves to pick up on. It only took another minute or two of searching to find the network and connect to it directly. If you had to guess from the voice, you'd guess that it was a man, but the slightly tinny echo to it made it hard to be certain. Sounds like a robot is talking or something.]

"Hello yes, we just used extremely advanced technology to kidnap you from another dimension, and now we want you to sit in on a ceremony wherein you swear undying allegiance to us."

I knew the US government could be a bit out of touch sometimes, but honestly this takes the cake. No, I think I'll pass on that one, thanks all the same.

[Did you know that robots can sigh? They can. Robo does now. Or at least imitates the sound as it accurately indicates how he feels right now.]

Well. I'm Atomic Robo. I've seen stranger things than this. I'm pretty confident I can figure out a way out of this mess soon enough. I'll keep you all posted.

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[wayhot]

The kidnapping and swearing allegiance junk is actually pretty tame compared to other stuff that's happened here, but you don't have to register.

Good luck with actually trying to get out, though. So far the only way to go home for sure is if the Porter randomly decides to throw you back.

[mammal_robot]

Sorry, I forgot. Unstable advanced technology.

[wayhot]

Yeah, that about sums it up.

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[helpline]

[ congrats Robo, you get to deal with a grumpy Scottish man who's slightly dubious about this whole 'robot' thing. Yeah, robots are real, duuuuuh, but it's the name that gets him more than anything else. ]

Are you actually atomic or is that some rubbish superhero name?

[mammal_robot]

I'm going to have to get used to explaining this, aren't I? At least there aren't any vampires in this dimension.

Yes, I am actually atomic. I have a nuclear reactor in my chest.

[helpline]

Yes, well, about that, surprise! There are a few.

[ but that's BORING. back to criticizing the robot. ] Vampires are dull though, I want to learn more about your incredibly inefficient design. Who designed that? Are you some sort of terrible 1950s robot, some The Day The Earth Stood Still sort of rubbish? How on earth do you not give people radiation just by standing near them?

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[glitterateur]

Okay but what stranger things have you seen?

[He's a robot (probably?? with a name like that Mabel's about 80% sure) so he's gotta have some quality stories.]

[mammal_robot]

[Can confirm robot. 100% chance.]

Well, there's Dr. Dinosaur. He's pretty strange.

[glitterateur]

[That name sounds familiar. Huh.]

Doctor Dinosaur? Is he really energetic and kinda yelly and also a dinosaur?

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[bonely]

...You sound confident. [ Look at this guy in his cloak. Doesn't he know Halloween's over... ]

...Humans always think they're entitled to service. Wherever it comes from.

[mammal_robot]

[Robo has no way of transmitting video of himself right now, so he'll stick to audio. Also wow that's a very ringwraith look.]

Sometimes you just need to tell someone "No" to their face.

Repeatedly.

And loudly.

[bonely]

[ He looks fun to be around. ]

...Those things that all imPorts have installed might say otherwise. [ He obviously thinks the worst.

Also he really has no clue what nanites are. ]

...But until that becomes a problem, I'll wait. [ For an opportunity? For death? Who knows with this guy. ]

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[ursawhiner]

If you don't do the Swear-In, they might think you're a Communist or something. Can robots be Communist?

[mammal_robot]

I don't see why not. What do communists have to do with anything?

[ursawhiner]

We're supposed to be fighting them here. It's kind of weird.

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[viced]

[ You know what this sounds like to a guy who talks to machines?

A headache. ]

Good luck with trying to get out, some of us have been trying for a long while. You, uh -- [ How does he say this... ] You some kind of technopath?

[mammal_robot]

Some kinda what?

[viced]

Technopath? Er, someone who talks to technology?

Your... post. To the network. It sounds a little off.

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[deciphered]

They're certainly less subtle than I remember. I wasn't sure if I'd just missed something.

[mammal_robot]

Did you miss the subtle taste of the threat of nuclear war in the air? Or the flagrant disregard for the laws of physics as we all get "super powers"? Or-yeah I'm starting to get unnecessarily negative here.

[deciphered]

The laws of physics as you know them, maybe. There's always something more to learn about the way the world works. Even if it's not the world we're used to.

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[aberth]

Lots of people have tried getting out of here. And they've ended up stuck in the same place for years. [ He's not usually the voice of pessimism when it comes to escaping this world, he's actually trying to figure it out himself. But he just thinks it makes sense to mention. ]

It's not as easy as it looks.

[mammal_robot]

I'm kind of an expert on this kind of thing, though. At least as much as anyone CAN be an expert on travelling to other universes.

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[superposition]

I hate to burst your bubble, but whatever's in the Porter has a monopoly on interdimensional travel at the moment. We're still trying to figure out a workaround.

[Does he sound bitter about that? Because he's incredibly bitter about that.]

[mammal_robot]

Then it'd be super helpful to see notes on what has been tried and hasn't worked. Thanks.