[ anonymous voice ]

[roomguarder]

[ Suddenly, a computerized voice! ]

URGENT CODE 5-93 COMP SYSTEMS SHUTTING DOWN ERROR CODE 5-93 EMERGENCY CRITICAL 5-93 5-93!!!

[ luckily for her, she shuts off her mic just before laughing. ]

Comments

[roomguarder]

If by "this planet" you mean Earth then yes it is not part of a Republic though there are many smaller republics within.

I do not come from such a republic I come from the United States of America which refers to its system of government as a democracy.

But it is basically the same thing as a republic.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

[Well, that makes sense. A planet without a Republic Senate seat, or that wasn't aiming for a Republic Senate seat, would have little motivation beyond general goodwill to consolidate its government.]

i see. i think i am in a part of space where no one from the Republic ever explored before, so it makes sense that you've never heard of it.

tell me about where you're from.

[roomguarder]

I couldn't tell you much I am a recluse and have no point of reference that I can compare Earth to.

It is full of humans.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

no other species?

[Well, if they didn't have interstellar contact, probably no other sapient ones...]

how about droids?

[roomguarder]

There is a line of mobile phone technology referred to as "Droid" or "Android" however that is not a sentient species.

Unless you are referring to robots then yes there are robots, but not many, and I doubt any but one are sentient.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

oh.

what's the deal with the one?

[roomguarder]

She was created with the intent to be the first humanoid robot. However complications in her vocal functions caused her to be written off as a failure.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

a fully-aware robot was scrapped because of problems with her VOCABULATOR? that's insane.

[roomguarder]

My mother is a perfectionist.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

your mother...you're the droid, then?

perfectionism is no excuse.

[roomguarder]

You don't know the whole story.

Also, I am not a mobile phone.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

sorry, i'm just confusing terminology. and being nosy about someone else's personal business.

i'm told i do that a lot.

[roomguarder]

You found the story reasonably suspicious based on the information you were told.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

well, if you're here now, someone must have reactivated you, and you don't seem too upset about whatever exactly happened.

i'm interested in the details if you want to share them, though.

[roomguarder]

I was never deactivated.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

so what did happen after you were 'written off'?

[roomguarder]

I stayed in the house, mostly, until Hiro came along.

...I still stayed in the house then.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

who's Hiro?

[roomguarder]

A good friend of mine. Unfortunately he has not been brought over to this world it seems.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

any idea why you were?

[roomguarder]

Does anyone?

[echo_of_a_jedi]

i'll never know if I don't ask.

[roomguarder]

The only person who could tell you is Philemon and as I understand it is he unreachable.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

the masked man, right? I wonder where he is...

[roomguarder]

Perhaps he is in our minds or some other metaphor for the soul. He seems to be interested in our psychology given the rather Jungian set-up of our current situation.