001 █ radio

[arkproject]

[ Sometime after radio communications are restored to people at the mall, Catherine acquires one and clicks it on, broadcasting to all receivers. ]

Sooo... what's it like out there? Seriously. Anyone who's been out-- tell me what it's like?

I'm trying to make something that can help. Oh, my name's Catherine, by the way. Nice to meet you. [ She sounds calm, even-voiced, more sincere than sarcastic. Let's face it, this is not the worst next place she could've gone after PATHOS-II. Not the best, but there's other, living humans, so Catherine can make do. She just wants to make herself useful. The objectives seem completely obvious to her, and provide an immediate direction: help everyone survive. ]

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[arkproject]

[ Meanwhile, Catherine has given herself a goal and a project that will Contribute To the Group and has consequently spared little brainpower for silly things like socializing or remembering peoples' names. She has a hazy understanding of Shinichi as a polite Japanese teenage boy and that's about it.

(No surprise people think she's a little odd...)

Catherine looks blank but receptive on being greeted, lifting her hand too-quickly in return wave before lowering it. When he asks about her project, she relaxes, comfortable talking about that. ] Yeah, my real job is programming the A.I. for robots that assist with sustaining human life on the ocean floor, so making a robotic helper to scout for us isn't too far from that in principle. [ Her light tone fades into a grimace. ] The parts I have to work with, on the other hand... Not easy.

[kiseijuu]

[ While Shinichi may have some wariness, Migi on the other hand has found himself very drawn to Catherine. Human behaviour and all of its quirky nuances intrigue him greatly, but that isn't the only reason he finds himself keeping a closer eye on her than some of the others. She seems highly intelligent and efficient even from the sparse interactions Shinichi has had with her over the past weeks and simply from watching her from a distance.

The alien has recently decided that scouting some potential allies in this place is the next course of action. So when she replies, Migi perks up -- suddenly tense and alert, fingers twitching and very much startling Shinichi, who gasps... loudly.

...She isn't the only one who may come across as odd. But he can try to play that off as a reaction to her words, which admittedly are pretty surprising. ]

A robot? That's... that's... wow.

[ The spider that is his hand flinches almost aggressively, impatient. And Shinichi knows what that means. Migi wants more information -- because the knowledge that Catherine programs artificial intelligence in robots is no doubt starving his curiosity. The human can practically feel the alien snapping at him: 'That's... that's... wow' is hardly a useful statement, Shinichi. ]

Um-- what kind of robots did you program? I mean, what did they look like? Like androids?