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This script along with 5 others are all being posted while I'm on the road. As such, they won't be listed in my Master List, or publicly in my ScriptBin until I return. I don't imagine that matters much to anyone, but if you noticed this discrepancy, that's why.

Key:

( ) = Verbal Sound Effect

* * = Silent Insert

{ } = Line Delivery

| | = Name

~ ~ = Emphasis

Re-Animated

[stormy night ambiance]

Stasis thaw should be complete. Data intake begins now.

*small pause*

What’s left in diagnostics? Internal temperature, twenty-one degrees. Shell conductivity… minimal. I knew carbon fiber was the way to go.

*small pause*

Receptors are looking good, and the storm is coming along nicely. We should be ready very soon.

*small pause*

Sweetie? Can you hear me? I know that’s a pretty useless question considering you don’t have the energy to sustain most functions, but we’ll fix that soon. I’m going to, ~kickstart~ you. So to speak. I apologize if this hurts.

*small pause*

{mummuring}

You’d think with all I’ve invented, the city would let me use the power grid for a few minutes, but no!

*small pause*

Okay, honey! I’ve got the conductors ready for a hit. We’ll be together again soon! Just got to wait for Mother Nature to breathe some life into you.

{quietly}

In the form of a three hundred million-volt slap.

(clear throat)

I’ll be close by. I can’t afford to stand next to the operating table, but they’ll just be a four-foot concrete slab between us. And what’s a little conductive barrier between friends?

*small pause*

Stay strong, honey. This will work. I’ll be back in your arms soon.

*pause*

[thunder clap]

Oh, there’s our kickstart! And readings show you’re core is already starting up!

*small pause*

Wait. I’m supposed to be honoring the classics!

(clear throat)

{theatrically}

It’s alive! Alive!

*small pause*

There. We’ll be sure to highlight that in the audio recording. It’ll pop at the next convention!

*small pause*

Honey? Can you open your eyes for me?

*listener stirs*

There we go, sweetie! Welcome back! Sorry for calling you an “it” earlier, it just fit the-!

(choke)

{choking}

Honey! I-! I know you’re feeling a lot but-! Put me down!

(choke)

Kill phrase: Automaton

(deep breathe)

I’m so sorry to use that on you, honey. I’m sorry I even installed it, but I knew you’d be a little confused when you first booted up. All it did was make you a little more docile. Nothing extreme. I promise that as soon as we go through some checks, I’ll revoke all admin status phrases. You’ll be completely free.

*listener stares*

Can you talk to me, honey? Are you still in there?

*listener “speaks”*

Ah, note for the record. Digitized subjects speak in binary. I suppose that’s the consequence of writing your brain on a programming language.

*small pause*

Sweetheart, I can’t understand what you’re saying. Do you understand me?

*listener nods*

Oh good, you remember when to nod. So, does that mean you have all your memories? Do you know who you are?

*listener responds*

I take it your new logic processes forbid you from answering that question. I’ll rephrase. Do you know your name?

*listener agrees*

Do you know my name?

*listener answers*

Can you remember how you died?

*listener stalls*

Oh, that’s not good. I didn’t think the cognitive dissonance of being dead would affect a machine this much. But clearly, you’re still very human.

*small pause*

Honey, look at me. Feel my hands on your chassis. I’m alive. You’re alive. We are together again. It’s okay. It’s going to be, okay.

*small pause*

You’ve been dead for about three years. Car accident. I had your body cryogenically preserved and began looking for a cure. A way to kill death. I couldn’t heal your body, without risking your stability. I experimented with cloning a new one, but I couldn’t get the thoughts to transfer.

(chuckle)

Actually, those experiments have led to about thirty of you roaming the manor. They have your looks, but sadly, they’re no smarter than animals. I’ve kept them around though. They’ve been a great help with my, ~loneliness~.

(clear throat)

Anyway, I decided to focus on your mental state. I couldn’t get your thoughts out of your skull, but I did find a way to copy them. That’s probably where the dissonance is coming from. Technically speaking, you are dead in every way. The ~you~ that’s sitting up is entirely unrelated to the old you. You’re an A.I. in a tin can. You just coincidentally look exactly like my love, and act exactly as they would.

*small pause*

{saddened}

I… I hope that living like this isn’t too much of a curse. I just… couldn’t be without you, any longer.

*small pause*

(clear throat)

That’s not very important. I only tell you because I think knowledge will help you cope. But, you’ll be able to tell me what you want very soon. I just need to run some tests, and then you can do as you please. I think we should relearn English first, but I’m not going to stifle you.

*small pause*

So, if you’d humor me, I’m going to do something of a physical. You should react exactly as a normal human would, but I’m sure there will be some concessions.

*small pause*

I want you to close your eyes. I’m going to touch various locations on you to see if your pressure sensors are working.

*small pause*

Ready, honey?

*listener responds*

Okay. Since we can’t converse properly, I want you to touch wherever I do. That way we can test sensitivity and coordination.

*listener agrees*

Begin.

*small pause*

Very good

*small pause*

Not quite.

*small pause*

Excellent

*small pause*

Perfect. I don’t need many touches. I’m still plugged into your motherboard, after all, I can update on the fly.

*small pause*

Here’s a strength test. I want you to hold this egg, and press it as hard as you can, without breaking it.

*pause*

Well done! Now, I want you to stand up and hand me the egg.

*listener stands*

Good. Don’t move too quickly. You haven’t walked in years.

*small pause*Almost there, sweetie.

*listener places*

Amazing! You’re doing so well, honey!

*small pause*

Last check before we move on. We’re going to do something of a Rorschach Test. I didn’t account for you not being able to talk so…

*small pause*

Ah, this will do! Can you see these papers, honey? Each a different color. I’m going to say a word, and I want you to point at the color it makes you feel. Okay?

*listener agrees*

Thanks for bearing with me honey!

*small pause*

{listing}

Dog.

House.

Night.

Thief.

Light.

Mother.

Smile.

Alien.

Touch.

*small pause*

All good! Nothing but typical read-outs! I think you’re ready to break into real-world training! Are you excited?

*listener responds*

Not much has changed since you left. To me, it felt like the world had stopped without you. I can’t wait to watch it spin again.

*small pause*

There goes the physical inhibitors. You should be able to access the full strength of your new body now. I think you’re about six times stronger than you were before, but I suppose we’ll see.

*small pause*

That’s the purge of all the hidden prompts. Sorry about those, I just had to get them in you to test viability before you were awake.

*small pause*

Alright. This left click will remove all admin phrases. You’ll be free to kill, maim, steal, or torture. For the benefit of the human population, I must ask, please don’t do that stuff.

[mouse click]

Honey? Are you okay?