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(Setting) Jules apartment.
| >Jules sat at jer kotatsu, staring at the screen of her tablet and scratching her head unintentionally - the data here were assorted, but still it literally scrambled her brain. She even turned to CN for help, convinced that no being in GC were capable of creating something so perfect, something that included a bit of this and that, of over then thousand of android, lilim and god-knows-what-else models fitted in one body, that lacked any memories or social skills.
| >There's a knock on the door
| >Not to mention the actual creator's weird habits resulted in making such a weird appearance for a girl. Her stature, her wearing those round-shaped glasses was absolutely moe, but why, in the heavens, her creator implemented so much of that black color?
"He was probably insane..."
>Jules mumbled sith letting out a sigh.
"I am just not capable of finding rational explaination of what you are, where are you from and who, in the heavens, made you into a pure perfection..."
| "Huh? Was someone knocking, or is it me going insane because of all this and hearing things?"
>She mumbles all this to herself, then rises her tone and asks out louder, expecting the honest answer.
"Who's there? CN?"
| "Yup it's me. It's kind of cold out here..."
| "Sorry, sorry, i didn't expect you to come that fast."
>Jules puts her tablet aside carefully, shuts down it's screen and rushes to the door, letting her guest in.
"Leave your shoes by the entrance and sit by my kotatsu. It's on and will warm you up in minutes... Would you like something to drink? Tea? Beer?"
| >CN wipes off some snow before stepping inside and talking off his shoes.
"Just some water is fine, thanks. So what's the urgent business?"
| "Here it is, napping right in front of you. I have all the data collected so far on the tab, you can check on it if you want. Results are... Fascinating. She is almostly pure perfection. You can not hack her, you can not snatch any virus into her... You can only physically demolish it, but this... lilim of sorts combines buts of around a thousand models inside herself and, most certainly, capable of protecting herself. I thought i should let you know."
| >Jules took another can of beer, poured some water from the bottle into the glass for CN, and moved back to kotatsu with all the stuff, putting it on the table.
"Here. Anyway... any thoughts who's capable of making something like this?"
| OOC: *bits
| "So an advanced lilim frame?"
>He looks over at the gurl
"Sadly I wouldn't really know a place that builds lilims and stuff like that. What about her AI?"
| "I just call her a lilim because i can't really give her any other classification. She's probably far beyond that in terms of hardware implemented, but her personality is completely blank. The only thing she knows is her name, she understands where she is, what this planet is and all other that basic stuff that a person that graduated school knows. The rest is either does not exist, or blocked with some sort of programm, manual breakthrough failed. I assume it's a code protection."
| "Well does the software have some sort of login somewhere? If it's something like this then whoever made her probably had a means of adjusting her later."
| "No. It doesn't. I suppose there's some sort of key word, i have tried the most simple ones like her name, for example, but none of them actually worked, and... well, this is where i am clueless."
| "Well there's no such thing as a perfect system. If some of her experiences are locked in there maybe she just need to see or hear something that might trigger something internally."
| "So you recommend to take her to the city? Then, i would really use some guy who can stand for the two of us - just in case; i already got stabbed once, and this was fucking unpleasant to expirience, i should tell. If someone have such people in mind - it's you."
| "Well we shouldn't just start walking around at random, it's a big city. We should probably talk to her a little to learn a bit about here and narrow down where to go from there."
| "Already tried, too, but you can attempt it yourself. Short-time memories include descriptions matching Midnight district, Glitz district, Motor district. Also, she mentioned four substequent colors a few times in direct order: Red, white, black and yellow, but this is where i am clueless, only thing that comes on mind is local team RWBY, but they are presumed MIA for about a week, as far as i'm concerned."
| "I see... well three districts is better than nothing I suppose."
| "I will start searching there as soon as i can."
>Jules gently shakes the 'sleeping' girls' shoulder, she mumbles something, then raises her head and opens her eyes.
"Henrietta, this is CN. A friend of ours. He is here to help, so, if he asks anything - try to make a honest answer."
| "Hello, how are you?"
| "Hello. I am fine, thank you. My mind feels a little messy, but there is nothing i can complain about... This thing is warm, did you know it? I like it so much, way more than the cold nasty streets... And how are you?"
>Henrietta spoke and laid back to kotatsu, with her eyes still gazing at CN - she was learnt to always look at her opppnent in dialogue.
| "I'm good. Tell me, what's the last thing you remember?"
| >A loud knock at the door rings through the apartment...
"You know who it its..."
>Graham answers in a soft yet rather harsh tone.
| >Jules went out to open the door, leaving CN to talk with Henriette.
She kept talking.
"My... Last memory? It's a face of a man, like, in his late fifties, i'm still not certain about him, but it appears that he is my creator. I saw him wearing a lab coat, surrounded with pure white walls and bright lamps... I think - this is the place where i were born. But i can't tell where it is or how can one possibly find it. That's pretty much everything i can tell you,...What's your name?"
| >Jules, meanwhile, walked to the entrance door and allowed Graham in, immediately hugging his large cold silhouette since they haven't seen for a while now. Then, she closed the door and finally allowed him in.
"Would you like some tea? Or beer, maybe?"
| >>114728
"Hmm... that's not much to go on... although given the description it sounds like some kind of lab or surgery room."
| "Beer please... "
>He took off his coat revealing bandages on his arm.
"Sor- W-What is that? and why is CN here?"
>He cut himself off and pointed at the lilim looking confused.
| "Her name is Henrietta, and i ask you not to yell at her, or about her prescence."
>Jules spole, passing Graham a can of beer.
| "Yes, maybe... I believe that my father was working in a corporation, i was his secret. A secret from anyone, including his colleagues."
| "Right... Sorry...How are you anyway? You left me worried for a long time you know.
>He cracks open the can of beer and takes a sip.
| >>114754
"I should be telling you the same thing. Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?"
>>114795
"Really? Do you remember what Corp then? Or how your dad looked like?"
| "long story but I'm out now... I think I have to go to therapy with Wiess tomorrow though..."
| "N-no, sadly, i can't tell the exact corporation name. Through, i can describe my father... A men in his late fifties, he still was able to make his hair keeping their actual color - black - somehow. Short hair, he wore a beard, he was short and stocky, with large, sharp nose and eyes fitted deep, with thick brown eyebrows, he had a wise and solid look... and he always had this younger assistant wandering around all the time. She seemed... sloppy."
| >>114824
"Good. You better go to it."
>>114846
"Well if you have a description of him it shouldn't be too hard to find him online... especially if he's a CEO."
>CN takes out his deck and starts searching info of the man described
| "I'm afraid i can't just come outside and look around for this place... I remember something have concerned my father shortly before Jules have picked me up... Wherever i was born - i am afraif there may be people after me. I feel like i had much more memories back then. But i couldn't reach out to them, no matter how hard i have tried. I am not even sure if they do exist... Still, i feel like i need your help. I can't do this alone..."
| >>114968
"After what you did in the apartment you don't have a choice Graham."
>>115000
"Well there's only so much I can do. I'm not a fighter by any term. I'll do what I can with my skillset though."
| "Jules... Do you know? I guess you probably do..."
>He finishes his beer and leans on the counter.
| "Wait, wait. Is it possible to use me as a, well... Something that will attract attention, but is being watched? If we are looking for something and someone is looking for me - why don't they bring us to where we want and i get a gentle extraction afterwards? How would this work?..."
| "I do know what, Graham? What is on your mind, hm?"
>She gazed at him leaning on the counter with excitement.
| >>115018
"Why even go to that unnecessary risk right away? Should probably leave that as a last resort if anything."
| "Then... What we're going to do, then? They are probably not going to make any harm to me. I think they imply me as too valuable object to make me hurt."
>Henriette shrugged audibly.
| >>115027
"Still let's be cautious. Let me see what I can find online first and we'll decide our course of action then."
| "Well I have been seeing people with masks on talking and taunting me and I attempted suicide... That's why I was in the hospital, a friend payed for all of it and such"
>He says this rather calmly and cool... Like it was much of a deal.
| "Yeah yeah... CN "saved" me too"
>He rolls his eyes.
| "The hell you attempted suicide? You want me to kill you? Graham, just what the fuck you tried to end your life, idiot?! Do you even care about me?"
>Overwhelmed with feelings, she rushed to Graham and slapped him.
"Don't you try something like this ever again, you got me clear?!"
| "Thank you... Thank you so much. So, you are going to stay here for a bit to mobilize your assets?"
>Finally, they saw a glimmer of hope in her eyes, pointed at CN.
| >>115076
"Well I'm pretty busy at the moment so I can't really stay, besides you make me seem to important, I'm just a hacker Jules knows. I'll finish my research here and once we decide what to do I'll go. Besides I don't want my team to worry."
| "Yeah..."
>He sighed and looked up, his eyes widened but he kept cool and slowly muttered.
"Not real...Not real"
>He covered his face.
"Jules... Do you mind if I step out a bit?"
>He says trying to see if he left cigarettes in the apartment at anytime.
| >>115083
"S-sure... Just, Graham... I want you to remember one simple thing: i will always be there for you, no matter circumstances, just... give me a word about it, alright? We won't be able to find the way to solve it... Whatever you think - i will always care about you and will never turn down on you. Just don't maintain silence about your problems. Open a window if you want to smoke..."
| >>115081
"I see... I won't be leaving for anything anytime soon, so please, notify me if you will find something worthy of our attention regarding me! Pretty please!"
>And Henriette smiled - with pure, childish smile of messy, but happy person. Jules, her savior, knew him, and trusted him - it meant that she could trust CN too, he was reliable, no matter what.
"I will be looking forward to what you find, meanwhile, we'll try to find a way to unlock my memories..."
| >He sighed...
"Nevermind... I don't want to go out in the cold..."
>He says this finally finding a cigarette and lighting it then opening the window.
"Sorry... I reall am..."
| >>115284
"Well maybe I already found something useful, look at this, seem familiar."
>CN turns his deck towards the lilim, showing info on a certain corp
| >Graham looks at her almost with tears in his eyes.
"Just forgive me okay? It was a bad time at the moment"
| >Henriette looks at the deck, running her eyes through the given info, studying and not letting anything, she actually reads a text for a few times before she makes any conclusions and provides any statements to CN in person. Still, they sound more like a question.
"Is there only one corporation in Glitch City that creates Lilim? Somehow i know there should be more..."
| >>115413
"Silly. I have forgiven you already."
>She pats Graham on his head, smiles gently.
"Just remember... If the world appears dark and grim, and it feels like you are all alone to face it - i am always here for you."
| "Right... Right, Thank you Jules. I really should be asking if you're okay...Are the wounds healing nicely?"
>He says putting his hands on her shoulder.
| >>116695
"Well not really. There's plenty here or there that make different models. This is just what I found based off the info you have me about the CEO."
| >>116706
"Well, they were treated properly before i eventually bleaded out, and i got all the insturctions how to deal with them later on, so the injures are mostly gone. I will be fully operational in no time at this rate."
| >>116714
"Shame i can't just poke into the doors of each corporation and look for what i need, i am pretty much certain there is someone after me, so is Jules... So i really would use someone to keep an eye after me, not to get caught. I can't just sit around, pretending to be scared, the truth won't be revealed itself."
| >>117247
"Well I'm not exactly in the position to just walk in to any Corp I want either but I guess I can help investigate where I can."
| >>117232
"Good, Good I'm glad. So anything else happened? I might have to stay here for the night as my apartment is probably being cleaned up anyway..."
>He throws his cigarette out the window, a fire hazard!
| >>117271
"But i can't just sit here and wait for miracles to happen. Please, give me the names of those Corporations. With the additional security measures intact i will be able to move around the city more confidently in not getting kidnapped publically."
| >>117290 >>
"Mozart and Salieri... The work of almost a half of of my lifetime my two reasons to even exist in this miserable word, are gone!..."
>Holding that inside for long enough, she breaks down to kotatsu in tears. The room fell silent, so everyone could hear her crying.
| >>117719
"Hmm... Well alright. Just don't do anything too reckless, you can't expect others to be there to help you there all the time."
>CN takes a moment to write down a list and hand it to her
| >>117725
"O-Oh... I'm sorry... What happened? If you don't mind me asking.
>He looks sad... Hes pretty sure he even got a chance to get a better look a the bots.
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| >A small, comfy room made up according to minimalistic preferations of it's owner.
Has a wardrobe, a couple of bookshelves, a fridge with an old CRT TV on it, a lamp on the ceiling and a kotatsu in the middle of the room; it's walls, adored with nanocamo, fitted with lots of smaller shelves assorted with different robotics engineering stuff. Nanocamo represents an old-fashioned japaneese interior theme. It's always warm on the inside, so the windows is opened most of the time.