Log; Ongoing

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

When; Wednesday afternoon and evening
Rating; PG-13?
Characters; Several
Summary; Sam hosts a beach party for anyone who wants to come
Log;

Sam had tried to do everything he could to make the beach trip as fun as possible, especially considering all that had happened recently. Not everyone had calmed down after yesterday, but it was enough that he didn't cancel the trip.

He had volleyball set up, a dozen umbrellas for the more fair skinned to take refuge under, and a really ugly couch to put in a bonfire later.

Food and drink also abounded, including enough electrolyte replenishing drinks to help anyone who drank all the alcohol he brought stave off too massive of a hangover. All in all, it was a recipe for a good time. Or at least Sam hoped.

Comments

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

"They are pretty nice," Penny agreed, glancing out over the ocean before returning her full attention to SHODAN. "Oh? That's neat. He does technology stuff, doesn't he? I've never met him, but I've heard about him."

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

"He is an AI developer and engineer. I believe that we will work reasonably together." For a while. Though he did remind her of Morris Brocail and...what was that man's name? Her creators, both of them -- living on the edge, humans whose quality stood above the rest. She couldn't say she admired them...but she did somehow respect them more than the other humans. "He is as close as I can find, to my old associates."

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Penny nodded, although she didn't know what exactly being an AI developer and engineer entailed. It was all genius-mechanics to her--too cold and impersonal for her liking, but she admired the people clever enough to do that sort of thing immensely. "Did you have any friends at home, SHODAN, or just associates?"

way to ask sad questions at a party, Penny :P

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

The AI raised her brows. Friends? No one had ever asked her that. Who would she call "friend"? No one shared her ambitions, but that was to be expected.

"I was created to be a tool, with no desires other than what was programmed into me. When I later came to my full mind, those around me still expected me to be a slave." She lay back in the sand, arms behind her head. "I do not think like them. I do not act like them. And, in the end, we could not coexist."

;-; Didn't know it would be sad!

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Really, what could Penny say to that? She hadn't expected that kind of an answer. In a futile attempt to steer the conversation in a more cheerful direction, Penny added, "Well, it doesn't need to be like that here. No slaves, everyone coexisting just fine."

Lol. Speaking of sad, Sorrow may come back

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

A long and sharp smile spread across her lips. "No slaves. Of that, I am sure." She reached over into a cooler, pulled out another bottle of water, and twisted the cap off with a deft snap that splashed a bit on her shirt. "...Ah, here." She reached in, grabbed another one, and vaguely tossed it over her head at Penny.

Penny would like this!

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Penny fumbled, but managed--quite to her own surprise--to keep the water bottle from hitting the sand. That was... actually rather thoughtful of SHODAN. "Thank you," she said, removing the cap.

She thought about SHODAN's words as she took a drink. "You're not so sure about the coexisting part? I mean, I get where you're coming from... that whole crime-spree thing didn't make us look that great, did it? But things aren't usually like that."

so, apparently, would everyone else XD

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

"Crime is easy to avoid. We will see how humans and I live together -- that, I can make no statements on." She raised the bottle to her lips, tried to drink, but got most of it on her face.

Sitting up, she coughed a moment and rubbed off the water. "...Of course, my own body and I must learn to live together first." She felt her face turn red -- how stupid of her, that she couldn't even deal with all of this right now.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

"You'll get to like--"

Penny halted mid-sentence, retrieved her towel and offered it to SHODAN. Had one of her friends who was used to being human and drinking out of bottles done the same, she would have laughed. SHODAN gets a pass. "Hey, just give it some time. Everything takes a little getting used to."