( ooc: if you'd like for a tdm thread to be canon, just let me know! i can be reached at goatsong if you need anything. )
(1) - MUZZLE AND MUTE [There were certain sensations lost to Lu Li when she awoke in this body. Gone were "hot" and "cold," "comfortable" and "discomfort." Those were all replaced by a constant datastream simply telling her what is. She has yet to experience human discomforts like headaches or dizziness, which is why her arrival is so strange. She assumes it's an issue regarding her sensors, at first. Her mind (systems?) shouldn't be running so slow. She tries weakly to voice dissent when they take her clothes - she can't have them see what she looks like beneath - but the signal fails to send and she remains towering and silent as they redress her in the jumpsuit.
By the time the whole ordeal is over, she's coming to terms with what's happened. Out of all the arrivals, she's one of the most alien - a towering, six-and-a-half foot robot who refuses to move unless people move in front of her. If someone looks her way, she's quick to turn her head, as though ashamed of her features.
... what in the world is she to do now? This was Reims, yet it wasn't. So many things were wrong with this world.]
(2A) - A HOUSE OF ONE'S OWN [Anyone who's moving into House 8 will receive a surprise. Lu Li has to bend slightly in order not to hit her metallic head on the doorway, her movements slow and plodding. She barely looks at her antiquated surroundings but - at the sight of people, she stops dead in her tracks. Her red eye shrinks and expands, zooming onto the face in an instant. It's not that she's trying to intimidate whoever it is. She's had plenty of bad experiences, enough that her first instinct is to look for a reaction. People here have an odd attitude. If she senses hostility or discomfort, she'll be quick to try and hurry past you.]
(2B) - MOVING DAY [It takes her an hour or so to properly calm down. Being assigned to work - as a part of the community, not as a bot - is an odd sensation. When was the last time someone looked at her as something close to a human being? It's strange to be in such a desolate and miserable city and encounter such kindness. Lu Li catches up with the search party steathily. Despite her size, she appears like a ghost. She's found some spare bedsheets, which she's now wrapped over her head in a make-shift shawl - no doubt an attempt to conceal her features.
Lu Li is more than willing to help with the heavier items. If she sees you eyeing something large or trying to pick it up, she'll cautiously approach. With swift fingers, she types on her device:]
I CAN TAKE THAT FOR YOU.
(2C) - A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION [Even in an environment of smothering fear, these people still found ways to celebrate. It isn't raucous like the parties Cassie used to throw, nor is it lively. She can't partake in any of the food or drinks yet... despite its silence, Lu Li thinks it's admirable. There were far more reasons for the people of Reims to give up and surrender to the unknown. They chose, instead, to welcome outsiders with as much warmth and grace they could muster. If they could make it, then perhaps Lu Li can learn as well and in time, find her way back "home"--
For the most part, Lu Li stays on the outskirts of the party. She has nothing in her hands - no plates, no glasses - but what she does have is a worn photograph she can't take her eye off of. She thought it'd been lost to her memories, forever an intangible want that she would never have again. There were times when she doubted that she truly was Lu Li. This...
... it was a far greater gift than anyone could ever imagine.]
(3) - SOUND EATERS [It all sounds like a fanastical story, the sort you'd read in books or see in movies. Lu Li always complained that Cassie was too adventurous, who only responded cheerfully that Lu Li was secretly an explorer, too. Both of them desired something to add thrill into their lives. But Lu Li didn't want it like this.
Today, she is a little more friendly. It's not much, but she's at least willing to be closer to the crowds than before. Once the general briefing is over, she glances at someone nearby.]
CAN'T WE REFUSE THAT MEETING?
[Her mechanical voice, devoid of any intonation or emotion, is a soft buzz. She was careful to adjust the volume.]
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(1) - MUZZLE AND MUTE
[There were certain sensations lost to Lu Li when she awoke in this body. Gone were "hot" and "cold," "comfortable" and "discomfort." Those were all replaced by a constant datastream simply telling her what is. She has yet to experience human discomforts like headaches or dizziness, which is why her arrival is so strange. She assumes it's an issue regarding her sensors, at first. Her mind (systems?) shouldn't be running so slow. She tries weakly to voice dissent when they take her clothes - she can't have them see what she looks like beneath - but the signal fails to send and she remains towering and silent as they redress her in the jumpsuit.
By the time the whole ordeal is over, she's coming to terms with what's happened. Out of all the arrivals, she's one of the most alien - a towering, six-and-a-half foot robot who refuses to move unless people move in front of her. If someone looks her way, she's quick to turn her head, as though ashamed of her features.
... what in the world is she to do now? This was Reims, yet it wasn't. So many things were wrong with this world.]
(2A) - A HOUSE OF ONE'S OWN
[Anyone who's moving into House 8 will receive a surprise. Lu Li has to bend slightly in order not to hit her metallic head on the doorway, her movements slow and plodding. She barely looks at her antiquated surroundings but - at the sight of people, she stops dead in her tracks. Her red eye shrinks and expands, zooming onto the face in an instant. It's not that she's trying to intimidate whoever it is. She's had plenty of bad experiences, enough that her first instinct is to look for a reaction. People here have an odd attitude. If she senses hostility or discomfort, she'll be quick to try and hurry past you.]
(2B) - MOVING DAY
[It takes her an hour or so to properly calm down. Being assigned to work - as a part of the community, not as a bot - is an odd sensation. When was the last time someone looked at her as something close to a human being? It's strange to be in such a desolate and miserable city and encounter such kindness. Lu Li catches up with the search party steathily. Despite her size, she appears like a ghost. She's found some spare bedsheets, which she's now wrapped over her head in a make-shift shawl - no doubt an attempt to conceal her features.
Lu Li is more than willing to help with the heavier items. If she sees you eyeing something large or trying to pick it up, she'll cautiously approach. With swift fingers, she types on her device:]
I CAN TAKE THAT FOR YOU.
(2C) - A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION
[Even in an environment of smothering fear, these people still found ways to celebrate. It isn't raucous like the parties Cassie used to throw, nor is it lively. She can't partake in any of the food or drinks yet... despite its silence, Lu Li thinks it's admirable. There were far more reasons for the people of Reims to give up and surrender to the unknown. They chose, instead, to welcome outsiders with as much warmth and grace they could muster. If they could make it, then perhaps Lu Li can learn as well and in time, find her way back "home"--
For the most part, Lu Li stays on the outskirts of the party. She has nothing in her hands - no plates, no glasses - but what she does have is a worn photograph she can't take her eye off of. She thought it'd been lost to her memories, forever an intangible want that she would never have again. There were times when she doubted that she truly was Lu Li. This...
... it was a far greater gift than anyone could ever imagine.]
(3) - SOUND EATERS
[It all sounds like a fanastical story, the sort you'd read in books or see in movies. Lu Li always complained that Cassie was too adventurous, who only responded cheerfully that Lu Li was secretly an explorer, too. Both of them desired something to add thrill into their lives. But Lu Li didn't want it like this.
Today, she is a little more friendly. It's not much, but she's at least willing to be closer to the crowds than before. Once the general briefing is over, she glances at someone nearby.]
CAN'T WE REFUSE THAT MEETING?
[Her mechanical voice, devoid of any intonation or emotion, is a soft buzz. She was careful to adjust the volume.]