Fandom A Chance Meeting at Ilex Forest

[JessieSune]

"You know," Simon begins. "Playtime! Do you guys ever play? You don't always work, do you?"

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"What?" Simon looks curious, noticing Balaa's stare.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"Not generally, we enjoy our work." Said the youngest once more. "There's not much time for that anyways."

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"Nothing.." She said.

"Candy wanting to break the tension springs. "Do we wanna play a game before bed? Or tell scary stories?"

 

[JessieSune]

Simon's head droops. "What if I told you to play? Like, if I said you have to? I know you like to work but...that's because you're programmed to! I think you need to try other things too!"

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"Let's play a game!" Peter says, giggling.

"Are you afraid of me, Balaa? I'm sorry if I made myself bad..."

 

[AmethystRoze]

"We would gladly do whatever you wanted" ^^ appearing on his face "Though im not sure we would make good play mates."

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I'm not afraid of you. Balaa replied.

"Ok! what do you guys want to play?"

"I don't care!"

 

[JessieSune]

Simon shakes his head. "No, no no. I don't want to do that. I got it all mixed up, but -- is it really that fulfilling? Just following one command after another, doing what you're told and then recharging and then obeying over and over again? What about freedom to think and play and explore?"

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"I'm glad. I don't want to be scary. I'm sorry if the hypnosis thing made you sad. It's just something I learned -- I didn't know it could cause problems."

His eyes widen. "What games besides Monster Tag have you learned?"

 

[AmethystRoze]

(Brb)

 

[JessieSune]

(Kidoke)

 

[AmethystRoze]

"We are always happy to do what is needed." He looked over to Liese. "And knowing we do what must be done feels fulfilling... though I do wonder from time to time between take if wet still feel things like fun." He said, partially questioning at Liese.

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It's not your fault. She said back.

"Well there normal tag, though it's a bit small in here, and three rock paper scissors and.." candy went on listing a load of games, though a good deal of them sounded made up

 

[JessieSune]

Liese pauses. "Well...we used to play, but now we can't. Don't. Can't. Um..."

"That won't do," says Simon. "We need to train you guys to play. You deserve it. You aren't just machines, you know."

"Yes we are," replies Liese.

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"Rock, paper, scissors?" asks Peter.

 

[AmethystRoze]

The toughest tilted his head once more. "If we're not machines then, what ate we?" He asked, a ? Appearing on his monitor.

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"Yeah, it's really fun." She explained the rules.

"It's just a bunch of luck." Balaa said, strangely defensively.

"Is that why I always win?" Candy said giggling

 

[JessieSune]

Simon's head sparks as he tries to think. "Um...you are machines...and you do have to serve and obey the humans, and your admins...but that doesn't mean you're mindless pieces of hardware! Don't you remember what fun was like as normal Lucario?"

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"This time, you're going to win," Peter winks.

"Ready!" He says.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"I can seem to remember the memories of having fun, though there aren't add much as yours I'm sure, but the feeling of it has escaped me. As well as my siblings.." He said looking at the rest, making sure.

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Balaa smirked..it wasn't harmful was it..? No.

"Rock.." Balaa started.

"Paper.." Candy added.

 

[JessieSune]

The other Lucaribots nod.

"I...so am I wrong...or is it you? I...uh...error...I can't...figure...error...ERROR....ow...ow...oww......I can't...think....ERROR." His eyes flash a bunch of colors, as he tries to reconcile what the other bots are telling him about their operation with what he believes.

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"Say Scissors!" Peter plants the suggestion in Candy's head, then watches to see what happens.

 

[AmethystRoze]

The bots are on full alert now. "Simon! Are you alright?"

"His brain must be confused..it can't work like that..."

"What should we do?"

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"Scissors." Ends Balaa playing scissors and sure enough candy also plays scissors.

 

[JessieSune]

"I..." his eyes keep flashing, "You...you're not...soulless...machines....you....I....am....errorr....a....machine....only...machine....no....purpose...except....error....serving...."

He flails his arms, trying to regain control.

Liese's LEDs flash a 0_0'' "I don't...know...I think he's self-reprogramming!"

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Peter chuckles, nodding to Balaa.

"Which one are you choosing next? She'll pick the wrong one."

 

[AmethystRoze]

"He can't run complicated logic problems on his smaller computer.." the youngest went over to him and placed a paw on him. His eyes went to base format. "Downloading unit..." A light emanated from the paw.

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Hehe, I'll go scissors again. She said

 

[JessieSune]

"You're importing his entire OS into your system?" Liese asks, watching as Simon slows down and then stops flailing. "What will you do with the software once it's absorbed?"

The Pikabot lifelessly flops on its side.

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"Candy, you must say paper." His eyes flash.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"Well save him now.. then I'll put me in the other body, then fix everything once the crisis has been averted." He said before going nearly blank again. "Uploading OS" His paw started to glow again as he sent himself in the smaller body, as to not burn up his current one.

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"Rock paper scissors " said candy all herself this time, wanting to start it quick. She held out paper to Balaa scissor and Peter's choice.

 

[JessieSune]

The smaller bot, now with Liese's brother, whirs to life once more with the new OS inside, just as the Lucaribot transitions to Simon's OS. He looks around.

"I encountered a critical system failure, trying to solve an equation I could not handle. Now I understand the solution...but...it saddens me to think each of you completely gave up your free will and became mechanical slaves, shutting out any part of what made each of you living creatures."

"Those components were not necessary for our optimization," replies Liese.

"Yes, but...life is so much less full without you. Please...I want to at least give your brother his body back."

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"Balaa wins again!" Peter giggles. "You're doing really well!"

"Okay, now which one should she do?"

 

[AmethystRoze]

The new pikachu looked up, something he wasn't used to having to do. "Negative you have to stay in the body because..." >< appeared on his face before disappearing again. "Because wet might lose you if you stay in this one." He said, not used to his processing being slower.

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"Paper again."

 

[JessieSune]

"Bu-bu-but..." Simon protests, "I can't just take your body! I have to stay in mine...and give you back yours! I need to be able to think with my own brain, however limited it is -- I can't use your body just because. I don't own you! I understand -- each of you is committed to obeying and working and serving and not having any independent thought -- I can't change that...but I will NOT take advantage of your body just because it has a nicer brain!"

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"Say Paper, Candy. You have to."

He winks at Balaa.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"The goal wasn't to keep it this way...just trade temporarily until we can make you a better CPU..... I think."

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Once again Balaa wins, but candies face starts to scrunch a little. "Hey...I never do two in a row, are you using hypnosis on me?" She asked, no aggression in her voice, just curiosity.

 

[JessieSune]

"Put me back in my body. If you need to give me a new CPU you can do it afterwards, but I refuse to occupy your body and force you to use mine for another second!" Simon shakes his head. "Please...I know you mean well...but I want...I want to be allowed to think in my own head, my own body. It matters to me to be allowed to have those, even as a robot."

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"Maybe you just broke your usual pattern." Peter looks at her. "Huh?"

 

[AmethystRoze]

They nodded, including the pikachu. "Alright." They said, listening to their admin. The pikachu walked back and paced a paw on the lucario. "Uploading OS."

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"Oh..nothing I guess I just broke my usual pattern." She thought all by herself.

 

[JessieSune]

After the switch is complete, Simon blinks again. "Well...if you insist on being machines...then I'll just have to take the best care I can of you. I'm going to be the very kindest robot I can to you. Maybe one day you'll think freely again."

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"Which one this time, Balaa?"