caughtinanetwork | cake 2. [video]

Whew! That sure was an extended nap I took. Well, I woke up a few days ago but I didn't really have anything of substance to say. There were a ton of kids running around, but I guess that is supposed to be normal here? Strange things happening?

[She has had to let go a little, she knows this isn't normal. She doesn't like it either. This entire place still really made absolutely zero sense to her. She could have a lot to say to Jake, Roxy, and Dirk. The living room was a little untidy when she finally decided to rise again. But that wasn't really anything of importance and she could have scolded them directly. But no! What she has to say is a bit more important. She fixtes her SFC camera so it's facing the pile of goodies on the counter.[]

I have jars of cookie mix just laying around. I meant to hand them out around the holidays but never got the chance. They come with instructions and only require about three extra ingredients not in the jar. If you would like one please contact me, and I would be happy to take it out to you.

[One last question...]

Golly. There is one more thing befuddling my noggin! About that "extended nap" [air quotes] I took. Is that normal? Normally people don't sleep for more than a week. [This is the week Jane starts to question the "normality" of Vatheon...]

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Are you sure? Sometimes I don't see you out of your room or the garage for days! Unless you have a meeting of course.

[Dirk.

We will have to speak about your showering habits. She doesn't want to get up at four in the morning just to shower. Okay.

She grins and watches him.]

I can make you more food if you're still hungry after that.

Doesn't mean I'm locked in it. [He only locks the door if he really can't afford to have someone walking in. He knows better than to keep it locked all the time with Roxy around.]

Nah, this is enough. Thanks, though.

So I can just walk in any time I please?

[She wouldn't do that to him. But. Yeah. She's joking!]

You're welcome. I got worried that you hadn't eaten!

If you feel like it. You'd only be following the example of everyone else who lives here.

[It might not get much of a reaction from him, but he wouldn't protest her being in his space.]

I was going to. [Eventually. In a few hours.]

Well, how is this. I'll actually knock before I come in. I won't be too invasive in your personal space.

[She enjoys him in her space when they hang out. So it's okay. He's a cool guy to hang around.]

Were you?

Sounds like a plan. Maybe you can train RL into the habit, while you're doing that.

Yes.

[He does not sound defensive about that at all. Really.]

I'll try my hardest.

[She finishes her sandwich and sets the plate off to the side.]

Alright, alright. [a beat] Dirk, will you teach me about your robots?

[Dirk pauses in the midst of taking another bite out of his own sandwich.]

Sure I can, but mind if I ask why?

[She takes a sip of her drink and shrugs.]

I just want to understand how they work. I guess that and I've been doing poorly in my lessons for irony.

The irony is an essential part of being an honorary Strider, but I guess we can let it slide if you just get your robotics credentials.

[He sets aside his food and, after wiping his hands, turns back toward the robot he was working on.]

Come here and take a look at this.

We can always have makeup lessons later.

[She goes over to look over his shoulder.]

Your work is incredible.

[Dirk shrugs.]

Well, sure, this is a little complicated. But there're a few basic components. This stuff here along the edge is all there to pad the important bits on the inside and keep it from getting fucked up.

How do you connect all of the important bits? Or am I jumping too far ahead here?

Depends on which important bits are being connected.

[Dirk gestures to a joint on the in-progress robot.]

This connects the mechanics itself, but there's a shitton of wires threading through to carry information and shit.

[Jane is intrigued by this! Gosh what an interesting subject. She feels like she could learn so much from this.]

I'm supposing the wires have to be attached carefully and one by one?

[Soon enough they'll be making robots as a group, if this keeps up.]

Yeah, but they're not the fiddly parts. There's more complicated joints to deal with, and there's making sure that the wires aren't going to get caught in the joints and snapped.

[Group activity. Very therapeutic- probably.]

So say if I connected something right, but didn't..place it right? It could snap?

[Beating them up definitely is, in Dirk's opinion.]

Or it could fuck up the joint entirely. That's why things have to be kept separated.

[She gasps. Poor Brobot or Seb if they ever had a messed up joint.]

Oh, no no! We certainly wouldn't want that then.

It can be fixed, it's just irritating as fuck to deal with.

[Dirk shrugs.]

It's best if the design doesn't allow for the possibility.

Is that how you design Seb?

[Dirk shrugs, then leans over to grab a piece of scrap paper and an orange pen sitting nearby. He starts sketching all over the sheet to demonstrate.]

Not quite. See, with Seb, I was building around a plush interior, so I had to compensate for that. The wires were less likely to get caught than his actual plush body.

Even though I really don't quite understand the concept of Seb. He's a neat little creature.

[She looks at the paper.]

So everything else if from scratch, and Seb had some sort of base. Interesting. How do you install...things like, functions?

Hell yes he is. Too bad he didn't get dragged here too. [Only it's a good thing. The Alpha house wouldn't have survived Seb.]

That's more to do with programming than building the body, and that depends on the robot.

Maybe we can make another one of him? You know! To give me practice, and for him to stay unactivated until I really need him. [She did love it's name being Huggy Bear. Okay.]

There are so many kinds, it's really kind of overwhelming. But we can take it a step at a time.

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[action] lets pretend I understand robots

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