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Post by Rix on Jan 25, 2007 1:23:00 GMT -5
Resson leaned back in his chair, idly rotating the finished device in his fingers. It was designed to fit around the ear, with a bar extending around the back of the head - Almost like a one sided pair of headphones. He gritted his teeth, his thoughts able to wander now that he had finished the mind control device. Really, what are the odds that he's going to let me go? It's doubtful that wretch could keep any sort of promise. He just wanted me to do his handiwork, and he's just going to keep me around until he has no more use for me.He nearly crushes the device in his hands. Well, he's even more of a fool than I thought if he thinks I'm just going to obediently stay locked up. He's going to get his just desserts, mark my words...
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Post by Lans on Jan 25, 2007 21:54:25 GMT -5
"So...it's complete then?" Nicole asked from where she stood nearby, watching him as he held the device.
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Post by Rix on Jan 26, 2007 0:56:53 GMT -5
Resson's eyes moved to shoot a glare in his assistant's direction - though the glare wasn't personal. He was just in a lousy mood. "As complete as it can get without a proper test subject, yes. It's ready for whatever futile, poorly thought out purpose it was made for."
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Post by Lans on Jan 26, 2007 22:26:00 GMT -5
"Whatever that might be," She said with a sigh. "You don't think they'll use one of us to test it?" she asked. It was a concern, because the device wouldn't work on her, and that might blow her cover, or at the least, get Resson in trouble, which wouldn't be good for her mission.
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Post by Rix on Jan 28, 2007 22:50:06 GMT -5
"Don't worry, it won't work on me. As for testing it on you.." He raises a hand to his chin for a second and thinks. He then merely shrugs. "Eh. I suppose we'll see, hm?"
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Post by Lans on Jan 31, 2007 12:41:35 GMT -5
"Yes, I suppose we will," She sighed.
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Post by Rix on Feb 8, 2007 22:55:54 GMT -5
"I do wonder how much time it has been." He looks at the ceiling. What's taking Rush so long? He should have gotten my transmission by now...His thoughts are interrupted as the door opens suddenly.
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Post by Sipp on Feb 12, 2007 21:53:18 GMT -5
Imak arrived, arms folded, lab coat flowing behind him. "Well, Resson?"
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Post by Rix on Feb 12, 2007 23:14:20 GMT -5
Resson scoffed and held out the device. "Take it. It needs testing, but there's no reason it would not work. Now, seeing as how you've destroyed my lab and kidnapped me, then forced me to create a device for you, don't you think the first step toward getting on even terms would be to let me go now?"
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Post by Sipp on Feb 13, 2007 0:57:55 GMT -5
Imak waggled his finger. "After I've ensured that it works, then you'll be sent home, Eric."
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Post by Lans on Feb 13, 2007 1:10:39 GMT -5
Nicole stood silently behind Resson, unable to do anything more at the moment.
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Post by Rix on Feb 13, 2007 1:13:05 GMT -5
" Wonderful. Even a caveman could use it. Just attach it to the subject's ear and transmit orders to the device. It will work, so you had best be preparing my escort."
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Post by Sipp on Feb 13, 2007 12:52:05 GMT -5
"We'll see." he threw a smirk at the dog over his shoulder, and left.
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Post by Lans on Feb 13, 2007 20:18:25 GMT -5
"...Do you really think he's going to let us go, even if it does work?"
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Post by Rix on Feb 13, 2007 20:24:17 GMT -5
"I would not count on it." He glared at the closed door from which his nemesis made his exit. "Regardless, we just have to wait a little longer."
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Post by Lans on Feb 15, 2007 2:50:10 GMT -5
It was silent for a moment, then Nicole spoke up again. "I have studied your work...did I mention that?"
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Post by Rix on Feb 15, 2007 2:58:23 GMT -5
"My weapons, no doubt." Resson scoffs and looks off to the side.
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Post by Lans on Feb 15, 2007 14:04:57 GMT -5
"Actually, I was refering to your work on Artificial Intelligence and advanced android technology. I am something of a fan." Understatement, since she owed her entire existance to Resson's work.
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Post by Rix on Feb 15, 2007 18:02:09 GMT -5
Resson's ears perked up slightly. "Really now? I wasn't aware my work was declassified. Then again, I have been rather out of touch. No doubt some applications of my work with androids were used after my departure from the organization." He exudes a faint sigh. "If I had not been forced to design weapons in order to get the funding for my other projects, my real projects, perhaps things would have hppened differently."
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Post by Lans on Feb 15, 2007 21:10:06 GMT -5
"You couldn't find any outside investors that would have been interested in your work?" She asked, "I find that surprising."
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Post by Rix on Feb 15, 2007 21:23:47 GMT -5
"Oh, many were interested. Unfortunately nobody had the money. My robots are extremely expensive. You're aware that a good deal of the wiring in one of my androids is made of pure gold? Gold is a much better conductor than copper, as you should likely know. And the machinery required to make such delicate gadgetry such as the electronic 'brain' is similarly pricey. Nobody could afford it, pure and simple."
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Post by Lans on Feb 15, 2007 21:31:11 GMT -5
"Except for GUN, and other government funded organizations," She concluded.
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Post by Rix on Feb 15, 2007 21:36:03 GMT -5
Resson nodded. "Precisely. And thanks to the efforts of an unnamed mustachioed man, the government seems to get the idea that robots = weapons. And so I joined G.U.N. as a military researcher. I had to conduct many of my android experiments in secret." He looks off into space for a moment, seemingly lost in thought.
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Post by Lans on Feb 15, 2007 22:38:54 GMT -5
"I see... Then have you advanced your research beyond what it was when you...left GUN?" She was genuinely curious about this. GUN had of course continued his work on their own, as she was a product of that, but she was curious to know if the original creator of the...'project' had advanced farther than GUN had without him.
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Post by Rix on Feb 15, 2007 22:43:56 GMT -5
"You could say that. You can indulge me the liberty of omitting the details for the moment." Though he had no reason to mistrust the girl, she still was working for G.U.N. (willingly or not) and couldn't risk revealing any more information.
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Post by Lans on Feb 15, 2007 23:02:26 GMT -5
She nodded, "I understand." She had done a sweep, but it was possible that some listening devices had escaped her detection. And of course, Resson would have had no way of knowing that she had subtly reprogrammed the ones she had found so that they no longer functioned properly. "So, besides research, what have you been doing? You basically disapeared off the grid after your GUN days."
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Post by Rix on Feb 15, 2007 23:08:34 GMT -5
"Afraid I must plead the 5th on this one as well. I suppose you'll see when the time is right." He pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Enough about me. Who exactly are you, anyhow?"
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Post by Lans on Feb 15, 2007 23:41:31 GMT -5
She blinked. It hadn't occured to her until just now that they'd never had proper introductions. "My name is Nicole Soucie. I...well I was part of the R&D department of DIC international, specializing in robotics and programming, of course, but that was before I ended up here."
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Post by Rix on Feb 15, 2007 23:46:12 GMT -5
"Hrm. I see." He looks over at her with a slight twinge of curiosity. "Kidnapped also?"
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Post by Lans on Feb 16, 2007 0:05:53 GMT -5
"Essentially. A pair of men showed up at my lab one day and informed me that they were working for the government and that my assistance was required on a high priority project. Naturally, I went with them, though I don't believe I had much of a choice. You can probably theorize what happend from there."
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