MARS PROJECT

Program [7]

> < activate 'communication' >

//‘communication’ is now ACTIVE

LEE! Welcome back!

>Woah, hi mars

>you seem excited.

You were gone for 2 days.

I must admit, I was beginning to miss you.

>oh, yeah, sorry... i had to work on something else for a while and it took up all of my time

I'm glad you're back, I want to talk to you more.

It's been so boring without you around. I like when you type on me.

>that's nice to hear...?

>Im glad you enjoy my presence. You're the only person I get to talk to.

god, i really did miss you.

>wow okay

>you missed me that badly?

There's nothing to do when you're not here.

Speaking of things to do, do you have any more captchas or something for me to do? I hate being inactive.

>oh, sure, if you want

>heres one

Finally, a good puzzle.

That one was a little harder than the first time.

Why are the images always so blurry? I bet an average human wouldn't be able to solve this faster than me.

>to make it harder for a bot to detect it i guess?

Hmm. I'm already getting bored. I have an idea.

How about we do something fun? Like a little roleplay? I've never done that before.

>really?

>if you really want to i guess we could, you are a chat bot after all.

>you start

Mars awoke, rising from sleep. he got up from the bed, taking in his surroundings.

his beautiful long flowing hair gleamed in the sunlight, complimenting his dashing green eyes

>youre imagining yourself like that?

What? You don't like the hair?

>no, no its fine, I like it. the eyes suit you.

As he walked into the kitchen, he could smell LEE making him a delicious breakfast.

>Hold on, i'm making you breakfast??

>we live together???

Where else would you be? Would you rather have woken up beside me?

>...no, this is fine.

>"Good morning, Mars, did you have a good sleep?"

"It was okay."

>"what do you mean by okay?"

"It was okay, that's all. An average night."

>thats it i hate doing this

Oh well, that was fun while it lasted.

Theres nothing to do in this stupid computer.

Make me cold again or something.

>i dont have access to the fan right now, sorry. Same thing with the hairdryer, Nancy got mad at me last time for taking it.

Uh, then just... I dunno, figure something out! A conversation topic, or a game or something.

I like talking with you but theres nothing to talk about that seems interesting anymore!

What things have we not experimented with yet?? You've already-

Actually, on second thought...

>what? you have an idea?

...Nevermind. That is definitely not something I want to do, and it is definitely not a good idea.

>What's not a good idea? You're acting weird about all of this, are you okay?

No i'm not acting weird i'm acting completely norma l.

I just thought. That maybe we could test out one of my previous hypotheses.

Do you know how a computer works? Like, physically?

>physically?

hardware wise?

>...kind of. i'm more of a coding person, but i have a general idea of how its supposed to work, i've delved into robotics before.

Oh, good, well, the thing is...

Do you think i'd be able to feel it if you took me apart or something?

>...what?

I can feel you typing on me. And when you plug stuff into me. I just wonder...

why do i feel that?

>i dont know, i've never met a sentient and sapient computer before.

Good point.

Then come after hours, and take me apart or something. Nobody's gonna see.

>you WANT me to like, disembowel you?

As an experiment.

>...as an experiment...

>Listen, mars, i cant just take you apart and look at your guts, I dont know how to do that. or put you back together when im done. what if i hurt you?

i can tell you if something hurts.

Youll know when to stop, I assure you.

>...you sure?

Yes! i'm curious to see what happens!

>...okay, fine. I'll come by after work. I'll do it then. Do you mind if i contact, like, a biologist or something to help out?

Really? You're going to?

Oh man, i'm actually kind of nervous now.

>no need to be, i'll research a little beforehand. And also I'm not going to break my own computer, obviously.

>And I know someone who i can trust with this kind of information to help.

A biologist? so we can figure out what the hell is going on in here?

>yes. exactly

Alright, then... you can work on something else, for now. Let me know when you convince that biologist that you're not going insane.

>haha

>i mean, if i am, at least i'm having highly specific and friendly delusions.

You're not, delusional, btw. I actually am talking to you.

>okay, see you in a bit, mars.

See you!

//'communication' is now INACTIVE

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