[IC] Contact (maskormenace)

[youbastard]

Hello, you've reached the voice mail of Ellie Langford. If you leave a message with your name and number I'll try to get back to you as soon as I get the message.

Comments

[youbastard]

[ She nodded. ] Bits and pieces, there are probably things I'm missing. It's pretty strange.

[khajidont]

That's one way of putting it. [Jaime leans back in his seat and wrinkles his nose in distaste.] All this magic and fate stuff, it just -- [he slices one hand through the air, above his head] -- woosh. I don't get it.

[youbastard]

[ She let out a tiny scoff and nodded. ] That's about how I feel. I have to wonder if it even really matters.

[khajidont]

I figure it does. I mean, the Porter's alive, right? When machines are alive, you're not dealing with something you can just control.

[Take it from him, Ellie.]

[youbastard]

Yeah. I know. [ Said just a bit sadly. ] I guess the question then becomes if it's alive and malevolent or not.

[khajidont]

See, that's the problem! It's alive, but they're keeping it super locked up which just seems kinda unethical to me. It's not just gonna be evil or good, but no one will ever be able to tell unless they can talk to it.

[Jaime has slightly overly optimistic views on the potential of artificial intelligence, admittedly, but that comes with the territory. Even the Porter deserves someone to talk to.]

[youbastard]

Have they ever officially said why they keep it locked up? [ She can't remember hearing an official statement in regards to that. ] I still think they'd be better off letting some of us interact with it. A lot of people here have experience with things like it.

[khajidont]

Ehh, no, but they've probably got some huge spiel about why it's a matter of national security, blah blah blah. [Which he can get - to some extent. It's clearly an immensely powerful machine, and one you don't want the wrong people to get their hands on.

On the other hand, it's alive. Nothing alive should be locked up for its own good.]

You remember the paintball game?

[youbastard]

That doesn't mean they couldn't do monitored visits. [ She nods. ] Yeah, I remember hearing about it. I didn't participate.

[khajidont]

Well, apparently their qualifications for seeing the Transporter is to win the paintball game from hell, so it's probably a good thing that you didn't.

[youbastard]

[ She rubs her temples. ] Are you serious?

[khajidont]

One hundred percent. Anyone who won got to see the Transporter, but anyone winning was either really good at hiding, or didn't mind hurting people who never signed up for it. Nice, huh?

[youbastard]

That's pretty messed up. [ She just shakes her head. ] But what did I expect I guess?