7. Hambooger

[continuousgroaning]

what's the worst or funniest way your device has tried to autocorrect you?

i'm curious because I was trying to type a diary entry about my boyfriend and how i want to kiss ham instead of him

and all the times i've almost texted my housemates that we were having Taako for dinner

or calling Magnus a mango

i could use a good laugh

Comments

[continuousgroaning]

that's really cool!! do you have a robot body?

I mean if you don't mind talking about it, that feels like a personal question now that I think about it

[subroutined]

It's alright.

I'm an android, which means my body looks human. I can show you, if you like?

[continuousgroaning]

sure! I've never met an android before, just a droid

I mean I'm guessing there's a difference since kaytoo doesn't look human even if he is kinda shaped like one

[subroutined]

I assume by kaytoo, you mean K-2SO? Yes, I look quite different from him. I have skin and hair, and a face.

If you accept the download file I'm about to send you, I'll come through and show you. (I've never tried this before, but my file says I should be able to do it.)

[ He sends over a link. If Tina clicks on it, a little pop up will appear asking her if she wants to accept the file transfer AshStarmer.exe. ]

[continuousgroaning]

yeah that's him! I ran into him in a human body once but I know that's not what he normally looks like

whoa, seriously?! technology is awesome

[Tina eagerly accepts the transfer.]

[subroutined]

[ Interesting. K-2SO can have a human form as well. Just like Riptide. Ash wonders why he wasn't given a human form. Maybe the porter figured he already looked close enough.

As soon as the transfer is accepted, Tina's screen goes black. Then, fingers begin to poke out of the screen. Followed by a hand, and an arm. She may want to set the phone down because Ash is literally crawling out of the screen. ]

[continuousgroaning]

[Actually, Tina drops the phone as soon as the fingers begin poking out, with a yelp of surprise, as indeed someone seems to be emerging from it.

Ash will be greeted by a loud groan.]

Uhhhhhhhhhh...

[subroutined]

[ This is the first time Ash has tried out his new ability, so he wasn't really sure how it was going to work, but once he's pulled himself free of the phone screen, he stands in Tina's room, arms hanging limply at his sides. He frowns down at her. ...She's making quite an awful noise. Is she alright? ]

Hello?

[continuousgroaning]

S-sorry... I mean, I don't know what I was expecting when you said you'd be able to send yourself through. ... That was pretty cool, even if it was a little surprising.

[subroutined]

I would have warned you, but you be honest I didn't really know what would happen either. I've never tried that before.

[continuousgroaning]

Oh! [Tina looks Concerned at that.] Weren't you scared that you could get trapped in there?

[subroutined]

You'd already accepted the file, so the transfer had no trouble going through.

[ He says simply, as if it makes any sense at all. ]

[continuousgroaning]

Oh... uh, I guess that makes sense. If I'd tried to cancel that would've been bad. I wouldn't have the bravery to try going through, myself. [She pokes at her stomach.] You know, if I could.

[subroutined]

It is a bit funny... Being converted into data and then back. But I've existed without a body before. It's just like going back to that, to being on the cloud, for a moment.

[continuousgroaning]

The cloud...? [That gets a blank stare.] Like... flying through the sky?

[subroutined]

[ He smiles, and explains calmly, ] No, cloud servers. Like the internet. Data storage online.

[continuousgroaning]

Huh. That sounds kind of fun, actually. You'd be able to transport yourself anywhere you wanted to, right?

[subroutined]

I suppose so... As long as there's someone on the other end to accept the transfer.

[continuousgroaning]

Now I'm wishing I'd gotten a power like that. Or teleportation. Of course, flying through the air is pretty nice, too...

[subroutined]

[ Ash smiles, looking amused. ]

You can fly? I'd like to see that.

[continuousgroaning]

Well, not on my own, but I have a friend who has a... companion animal that's big enough for me to fly on. Much better than taking the bus.

[subroutined]

Like a dragon, or a horse with wings? [ He does a quick mental Google search. ] A Pegasus?