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[axeofoath]

Resolutions are quite an interesting tradition, and certainly one to appreciate! Working hard to reach your goals for the year...I resolved to help a busy man named Santa--or is he Father Christmas? In any case, it would be wonderful to assist him in bringing presents to good people.

So, to that end, I will be collecting "pin-up magazines"! Young Master, would you happen to have any?

[ooc: Result of this. 8D No, he doesn't know what a pin-up magazine is. Troll away~?]

Comments

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

No. Machines have no need for gratuitous images of naked humans.

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[axeofoath]

Oh, I see-

[axeofoath]

Machines? I don't under...

[axeofoath]

N...N-n-na...naked?!

[axeofoath]

I-I...I w-was not suggesting-!

okay DONE...I am sorry.;;

[axeofoath]

D-d-don't tell me...these "pin-ups" are...are...

Lol, it's fine!

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Yes, a machine. I am a computer program incarnate.

And yes, pin-ups are images of scantily clad or naked humans, usually in suggestive poses, for the purposes of allowing other humans to draw carnal pleasure from them. Were you not aware that that is what you were collecting?

♥

[axeofoath]

[Even if he could understand what a computer is, he's a little too...preoccupied to pursue that subject.]

...W-w-what...N-no! Certainly not! I--t-to think they were...

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Do your research, human. And if you're so ashamed of the biological body, there is a remedy for that.

[axeofoath]

R-r-remedy? I--Th-there is no need for remedies of any sort!

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

You humans are so attached to your flesh. Wouldn't you want to, say, live forever? Or, at the very least, never fall ill, break bones, lose vision and hearing quality...

[axeofoath]

I-I don't see what this has to do with--with that topic.

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

It has everything to do with it. Humans seem to have an inherent embarrassment toward their organic bodies. Why else, other than they're imperfect?

[axeofoath]

I-it is hardly about imperfection! Rather, it's a matter of...well, not simply propriety, but also protection!

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Shame is not a very good protector. It is simply detrimental to the mind.

[axeofoath]

P-p-parading one's body is more detrimental! Pride will not protect anyone from weapons or the elements.

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Confidence is a boost to the ability...but notice I never mentioned anything about blatant parading about.

Humans.

[axeofoath]

O-oh, well...I suppose you didn't. My apologies.

...You speak of humans as though you aren't one of us. [Since he wasn't paying attention to when she admitted as much earlier.]

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Accepted.

I am an artificial intelligence -- a machine with a sentient mind.

[axeofoath]

A-artificial...S-s-sentient machine? I'm not entirely--I-is it magic?

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not magic. With the right circuits and programs and complexity, a machine can be made to think.

[axeofoath]

A-ah...Is that so...?

[Though his hesitant tone of voice makes it obvious he doesn't understand one bit.]

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Your world clearly had no decent technology...still, yes, it is true. Where does your society stand, in terms of technology?

[axeofoath]

I suppose we have very different ideas of decent technology...

I'm not certain how best to describe it in comparison, however--nearly all of the machines here in the City are unfamiliar to me. Some work is done through the use of magic.

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

I see. There is no magic in my world.