neurotoxined: (I'm doing science 'cause)
GLaDOS ([personal profile] neurotoxined) wrote2012-04-13 04:17 pm

001. Audio/Action for the labs within TR HQ

[AUDIO]

[And somewhere in Johto, there's someone in an incredibly good mood today; somebody's audio channel has been left open, and the result is a rather strong, clear soprano voice singing...uh, something rather repetitive and kind of Italian over the feed. She seems to be singing as she works on something or other; since she doesn't have the benefit of a bunch of ridiculously cute turrets providing background music, the song is a capella, and as such there are a lot of rather audible mechanical...noises happening in the background.

Weird. Grating noises. At least they sound like they're a good distance away from her...but then there's the occasional really loud wham in the background. That seems to be decidedly nearer.

...oh dear.

Whatever she's doing, however, the sudden banging sounds seem to be pretty much par for the course as far as she's concerned; her voice isn't breaking any, with the exception of the occasional waver that comes with what's probably her turning her head away from the general direction of the Gear to check whatever the hell is making all the noise.

GLaDOS is having quite a good day; as little as she's liked being human, she's actually rather fond of the fact that her voice now comes with decidedly less autotune.]


[ACTION]

[For those within the Rocket base, the incessant sounds in that area are implying that GLaDOS is having a grand old time generally doing what Aperture Science employees do best: breaking things horribly. For now, she seems to have been dedicating her time to recreating an incredibly crude Aerial Faith Plate; she hasn't gotten very far, having had to make the entire thing by hand, but she's staked out one of the larger rooms for herself and is currently testing out what she's managed, singing to herself all the while.

Of course, "what she's managed to do" has been create a means to terrify her Raticate, the aptly-dubbed Test Subject #1; in between the rounds of Cara Mia Addio, those with access to the labs can likely find a ridiculously tall, very pale woman with thinly-rimmed glasses and long white hair, standing around and trying to convince said Raticate to get on the plate - before the thing quite simply launches too early, smashing the flat surface of the plate itself violently against the floor before righting itself. Kinda.

...

It's a work in progress, okay.]
brilliantideas: (☢ 09)

[personal profile] brilliantideas 2012-04-14 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
If I'd only wanted to train, we could have done that in the lab. Of course not! Fighting against these things is only one part of the appeal! There's all sorts of them in the grass; they're all fascinating!

[He has no interest in catching any of them, however! Wheatley pulls GLaDOS toward the grass. He marches in fearlessly.]

[...though he'll be throwing that bat immediately when the rats show up.]
determinator: (♛ No you don't get another shot)

[personal profile] determinator 2012-04-14 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[None of that means anything to him. At all. Except maybe the turrets.]

Turrets? Do you have any other experience with weapons, then?

[From the smirking, it should be pretty clear what Archer intends to do.]

Team Rocket could certainly make use of weapons. We've utilized bombs in the past, but any sort of weaponry would be useful.
brilliantideas: (☢ 07)

[personal profile] brilliantideas 2012-04-14 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
These rats have a thing against everyone!

[The Woobat responds to his commands easily enough. She's a high enough level to take out the rats without any issues, but Wheatley clearly still isn't pleased with the rats anyway.]
combat_butler: (You want to be part of Hayate's Angels?)

[audio]

[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-04-14 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
... ah.

Basic science, or... crazy future science?
nasa_dreams: (What.//Failure!)

Video

[personal profile] nasa_dreams 2012-04-14 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
That...sounded painful. You okay over there, lady?
shakespearealien: (Cross-planetary conundrum)

Audio.

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-04-14 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[... Hesitation? Gorthan can totally relate to it, however, since Earth's labeling of specialists is a little different from Evron's.]

You do not seem convinced. How long have you been here?

I am an engineer myself. A genetic engineer, to be exact, though I have worked with mechanics and electronics as well. My name is Gorthan.
shakespearealien: (Cross-planetary conundrum)

Audio.

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-04-14 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
A large laboratory... that you ran without any help?

I guess I have much to learn from you, then. Even I need an entire team of technicians to assist me in my world of origin.

But tell me more about this project of yours, if you can. I am very curious. And... ah, may I know your name?

[Since he's given her his. And, by the way, he does sound very eager to know more. Given all the thinking he's been doing about the atrocities that a cruel mind is capable of, machines sound like a really comfortable field of investigation right now.]
shakespearealien: (Cross-planetary conundrum)

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-04-14 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Implying it's not... ah, never mind.

Three things are missing from your description, I believe. First, the power source for the device. Does it need to be connected to a network, or can you make it portable so it can be used anywhere?

Secondly, I hope you will excuse me, but the purpose of the invention appears to escape me. Is it merely transportation? A replacement for bridges, perhaps? Or is there something else?

Finally... how safe is it?

[He'd ask about the current condition of whatever unfortunate test subject she's been using, but, again, maybe he doesn't really want to know.]
shakespearealien: (Not expecting something overwhelming.)

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-04-14 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
So the fact that its safety is lacking is precisely one of the invention's points. I see.

You don't care much about your test subjects at all, do you. What are you using right now?

[His voice sounds a little less polite and decidedly more resolute, to the point that his question sounds like he demands to know the answer. "Science!!!" indeed, but... you're not another psychopath, are you?]
shakespearealien: (Cross-planetary conundrum)

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-04-14 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll tell you why it is at least some of my business in a moment, Caroline.

Can you switch to Video right now?

[There's a bit of smile in his voice. Could he be making an experiment of his own here?]
nasa_dreams: (IDEK man//You want 100 of what now?)

Video

[personal profile] nasa_dreams 2012-04-14 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
...I dunno. It sounded like you got thrown into a wall or something.
shakespearealien: (Cross-planetary conundrum)

[Audio -> Locked Text]

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-04-14 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
One moment.

[Alright, time to see what happens if he sends something to Caroline on the Rockets-only frequency. A bit risky, certainly, but, given the absolutely splendid disregard for life that she has displayed so far...]

Hello, Caroline.

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