Dan's Thread

You try to approach the director, but Sammy continues to pester it about decorations. Then, you get a break as Anne Jean comes up behind him. "Hewwo, I heard what you were saying about making our moonhouse more special! I want to do dat, too! Can we work together?"

Sammy is surprised and turns to face the new arrival. "Oh, uh, sure? I guess it wouldn't hurt to get a second opinion." He points up at the window. "The big draw of this room is obviously the big window up there, but the bright walls are not only tacky, they make it harder to see out there and strain the eye over time. There should be a darker color for the walls here. A nice dark blue, I think. Yeah?"

You approach the director while he's distracted. "The Sea of solitude is that where this sinking feeling is coming from.....WhiteRabbit was it? Do you have a Lunar Star Chart on file?"

"WhiteRabbit is just my Listener subroutine. You are still speaking to me." AI-113-E tugs at its dress and smooths it out before returning to its usual neutral stance. "We have multiple charts on file. You will find them waiting in your lab facility."

"But you won't let me visit it until tomorrow."

"Correct. Please spend the evening acclimating to your new environment." AI-113-E pauses. "Miss Wildcat, please refrain from needless vandalism." Wildcat is nowhere to be seen, but you think she headed towards the dorms.

zer0 slides in past you, walking around the director. "So, like, what programming language are you made in? How'd they make your facial rig? What's your processing speed like? Your mesh is, like, super-smooth. How many polygons ya got? What percent of your processing power goes to maintaining that sweet ass? Can you overclock it and set the world twerk record?"

"I am a proprietary AI of the WanderLuna corporation and many of my specifications are classified. My programming language is classified. My facial rig is a composite simulation of multiple artist designs. My processing speed is orders of magnitudes greater than your 'rig' as you would say. My mesh is indeed smooth and stylish, thank you. My polygon count is on the order of 100,000. The processing power devoted to my 'sweet ass' varies depending on current needs. In response to your current careful examination, I have increased current processing power devoted to it by .01%. With my clock speed, I could easily outpace the world twerking record, though it would not be accepted as an official world record. Do you have further questions, Miss zer0?"

As you leave, you hear a voice behind you. "Hell YEAH, I have questions. You can't just make a claim like that without backing it up, now let's see you shake that dataframe!"

You proceed a bit faster to the trash room.

The door opens and The Bulgarian comes out. He gives you a glance, then moves on towards the central chamber.

Inside, you find Larissa staring into a large fire. "WHOA!" she gasps as it flares up.

The room itself is simple. A bin just inside the door. You put things inside of it, then it looks like the bottom opens up and drops them. A glass pane separates the rest of the room. A small conveyer belt with a mechanical arm seems to sort items between a pit which was just spewing fire, or a series of holes with different markings. Metal, plastic, glass... and a few others you're not sure about.

Wildcat steps into the room behind you. She takes a moment to observe the room, then tosses a scrap of paper into the bin.

~Ding!~

"This is Site Director AI-113-E. It is now time for your evening meal. Please report to the Cafeteria." A now-familiar, smooth voice rings out as if from everywhere at once.

Wildcat and Larissa look up, then shrug and heads towards the Cafeteria. You pause for a moment before following, snatching the scrap of paper before it falls into the sorting belt. You unfold it and find a small scrap with woman's face drawn in a cartoonish style for some reason. Blue eyes, blonde hair flowing behind her... and pretty cute.

You tuck the scrap in your pocket, leave, and head towards the cafeteria.

The cafeteria has a pair of long, unassuming tables and benches in the middle that look like they could sit maybe 2 dozen people between them. A holographic menu and a speaker on the far wall are placed next to a window where you can see what looks like an automated kitchen - though the access door appears to be locked. And a giant window offers a great view of the moon's surface. You can see some of the structure you're in, the dorms probably, as well as a large telescope nearby. Far in the distance, you see some more domes. Another Wonderland unit?

Looks like tonight's menu is salad with protein bars, chicken breast stuffed with broccoli, or a simple cheeseburger.

"While we wait for everyone to order, perhaps we should share what all we found?" Mikoto suggests. Her tail flaps up and down as she stands at ease near the window. "I checked out the baths. It seemed... nice?"

Zach speaks up. "There was this really nice hot tub in the middle. I'm not one for hot tubs though. Otherwise, just some standard showers along with the water treatment machines."

"We shouldn't mess with those!" Valerie blurts out.

"OK. What else?" Mikoto asks.