week one | overflow

[marriagebroker]

Ok, weirdos.

Boom Boom Room | Property Damage
Truth Booth Voting | Match Ceremony Voting

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[fireball]

[ Ringo is soooo cool, she also gets to steal her popcorn

Probably a little weirded out about her eating, though? But politely ignoring, because Ringo is cool. ]

That's true! [ A beat. ] That's, uh, what's important, right?

[ Knowing more than they did before or that they're having a great time out there? That's Ringo's choice how she wants to interpret that. ]

[hexensabbat]

[dwbi, Poppy.]

Yeah, exactly! You get it!

Besides, maybe the more shy people among us will be more inclined to go next week, now that the showier people have done it once.

[fireball]

Oh. Huh... I hadn't thought of that. You're right.

[ Ringo is so wise. Add it to the cool qualities about her. ]

People were considering voting for you too, weren't they? Did you want to go?

[ She's certainly not shy... ]

[hexensabbat]

[Help, Poppy is so cute.

Ringo, oblivious to how Ringo Stonks are rising, just hums thoughtfully.]

Sure, I would've been happy to go! Yingying is a really interesting person, and going out on something like that's definitely not an experience most people get to have, right?

[So it's worth it for that alone.]

But maybe next time! What about you? Would you be up for it?

[fireball]

[ Ringo Stonks are heading to the moon!! Look at how cute and enthusiastic she is about everything. Truly aspirational. Poppy should aspire to be more like her. ]

I— Yeah! Yeah, totally. I mean, maybe it's good some of the pressure's off to not be the first one to go, but I could totally go in there some other time.

[ Taps her chin thoughtfully. ]

I wonder who with, though...

[ She says, as she's looking right at Ringo, ]

[hexensabbat]

[Yeah, Poppy! That's the spirit! Ringo digs it!]

Hell yeah! Then maybe next week--

[A beat.

The stare is processing, and Ringo is confident enough in herself to not doubt it.]

Wait, me? [A laugh, but not disbelieving.] We'd better prep our arguments then if we're going to pitch that next week!

[fireball]

[ Wait, Ringo?

Poppy blinks. Her eyes widen. And then she laughs it off, immediately — but not unkindly. ]

I mean... who knows! [ Gives her a little nudge with her elbow. ] We might bet he perfect fit, you know? Since you're...

[ is it rude to just call her an AI, like, to her face ]

[hexensabbat]

[It's fine, Ringo will do it with a laugh.]

An AI? Yeah, maybe! You're a programmer, right?

It's a little on the nose since I'm not that kind of AI, but seems thematic enough for this sort of show. Besides, you're fun to be around!

[fireball]

[ Poppy Stonks rising?? She grins, broad. ]

Well, thank you! You aren't so bad either, if I do say so myself! [ Even if they aren't a match... maybe they can be besties?

But also. Apparently she's been given the green light to just Ask Stuff, so, no more trepidation. ]

I am indeed a programmer. A great one. But, uh... what do you mean, you're not that kind of AI?

[hexensabbat]

[Poppy Stonks SO rising. Especially at that confidence. Ringo loves it. Good. So Poppy is a great programmer. She wants to learn more about that, but first--]

You're familiar with the idea of the AI Singularity, yeah?

I wasn't programmed, so to speak. I was created from a mass of data already capable of its own self-improvement and "thinking", called Aion.

[fireball]

Oh, wow!

[ So caught up in both the moment and Ringo's rizz she forgets that she should maybe be, like, at least a little concerned about that. ]

... How'd you get the body, then? The data couldn't transcend into the physical world like that, could it?

[ Genuinely enraptured. ]

[hexensabbat]

Uh, well.

[WELL...]

Toooo be honest, I have no idea. I do know Aion created it, but I don't know how. Like you said, it's not made out of just data. It's a fully physical thing.

Sorry, I wasn't privy to that part of things. The body was already there when I came into being.

[fireball]

... Huh.

[ Thinking, thinking. The nerd part of her brain is fully activated now. ]

I guess that makes sense. It's not like anyone who's born knows how we get here either, you know? We're just kind of... there.

[ A beat. ]

We, uh, tend to know how bodies are formed though. Generally. [ Tilting her head. ] Do you have, like, wires and circuits and stuff?

[hexensabbat]

[Generally. Ringo just laughs at that, propping her hands on her hips.]

Wanna know something cool? Or gross. Or weird. Take your pick.

This body bleeds, too, if it gets injured.

[fireball]

[ Her mouth forms a little o shape. ]

That's... certainly an interesting design choice.

[ A beat. ]

Well, at least there's no chance of that happening here!

[ Probably! ]

[hexensabbat]

Right? That's what I said!

[Ringo gets it, man.]

But yeah, it should be fine here. We're all just hanging out and getting to know each other, after all!

But yeah, that's me. AI extraordinaire! Pretty cool, right?

[fireball]

So cool. I gotta admit, when I saw your profile I wasn't sure what to think — [ t. two months — ] but you really might be the coolest person here.

[ She's. She's a person, right? She sure seems like a person. Just going to keep thinking of Ringo as a person. ]

[hexensabbat]

Whaaat, you really think so?

[This is said with a tone of amused softly false modesty. A "no u" vibe.]

Well, thanks! But I think you must be pretty cool too. I mean, you're here doing something this big! And you're holding your own just fine amongst a group of weirdos. [/fond]

[fireball]

[ ohhhh Poppy doesn't know how to respond to the no u vibe though. It kind of breaks her brain a little. ]

Ah— Well, thank you! [ There's an inadvertent blush creeping along her cheeks, just a bit of fluster. ] I mean, I cannot compete with your style, but you're right. This is a big thing that I'm doing!

[ She puffs up with some pride. Absolutely not going to turn down a compliment! ]