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Good. Now that that's out of the way.

[ You can't see anything, but you can hear the clicks and whirrs of various hydraulic systems coming back online and hissing. After some lovely help from a 'f r i e n d' (and she uses that term quite lightly.) GLaDOS is back on her feet and looking to move in. Oh yes. Move in. ]

Without the proper facilities in place I can no longer do what I was programmed to do, and that? That won't do.

So naturally, staying in the temple or this 'Haven' won't do for me either.

There wouldn't happen to be any well stocked facilities just so primed for leasing here, now would there?

Maybe some caves? A sinkhole would do nicely too, in fact. For the good of science, anyone is welcome to donate their unneeded supplies or volunteer time in helping. I need all the hands I can get.

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Yeah, because letting a fragging AI loose on scientific projects is a good idea.

And to think that I'd held any of you on a higher level than a human, what with your disgusting generalizations.

Did you see what I did there? What you just did.

We should be higher than default, Cybertronians are just better.

[PFF]

You should get your humour coding looked at. That was terrible.

Clearly you aren't, or you wouldn't have to lower yourself to pathetic insults based on my programming.

Was it? I'm sure I'm the better judge of that.

If Cybertronians are just better, why don't you show me.

I'm just making a comment based on observation.

[S I G H] Right, because you can notice when you're malfunctioning. The illusion of sentience is almost funny.

Just living should be enough, AI.

Learn to observe better, or don't do it at all.

I can. It's called diagnostics. That's what an AI does.

You're almost as bad as the moron.

Uh huh. Sure.

I think you're over crediting yourself, there.

As if you're any accurate judge of that.

Tell me, just what makes you so driven to prove your adequacy to me?

[SHRUG]

Boredom, mostly.

Oh, and the tiny issue of an AI potentially malfunctioning while in control of a science facility. So, there's that small trust issue as well.

And who's to say I am malfunctioning when it would be in fact, my science facility?

That every one of my actions are deliberate?

I think that boils down to your definition of 'malfunction', something you'd know nothing about considering you're all supposedly 'organic', which, is looking to be the case more and more every second that goes by if you're still basing your insults off of your own 'trust issues'.

Whoever gave you information about Cybertronians must've been joking. Or really stupid.

There is nothing organic about us. And I don't have trust issues, I have a trust issue. Different things.

I beg to differ. You aren't artificially created, by another, are you?

The more you speak, the less neural responses I receive. You might even be worse than the moron.

Of course not. What does that have to do with anything?

[just gonna ignore the moron comments gosh]

That your kind procreates.

By any and all standards, that makes you organic.

I thought you were programmed for science? It's very small minded of you to try and apply everything you encounter into the same categories.

We're nothing like organics.

Is it? Categorizing by a set standard is a major part of science, it's called taxonomy.

Then prove it, and stop being your own counterclaim.

[oh for--]

Fine. Give me your co-ordinates.

No.

Use your superior intellect, fish out some context clues, and come find me.

Then I'll believe you. How's that?

[UGH EFFORT]

[well, she mentioned being in a temple]

[...how long would it take to check every room in every temple]

[science. maybe she's in alpha trion's temple? but she's also a huge bitch. well, whatever. heading to trion's first]

[ But she's also a huge bitch, yes, that should be the reason for everything with GLaDOS. ]

Don't get lost, or you'll have a difficult time pleading your case.

[infallible logic am i right]

Lost? I'm not lost. This place is pretty big, you know.

Then you're slow and stupid.

Is that what you're telling me?

Really? How long would it take you to get around?

Seeing as you're so smart.

Facilities? What did you used to do? [He has a clinic but first he wants to know you better, lady.] And what are you planning to do, if you don't mind the question?

[ Well at least you're half as nice looking as she is. ]

Science.

[ THAT'S IT THAT'S THE ANSWER. ]

[He tries to live up to his name.]

The 'I think I will try to find a cure for the red rust' science or the 'Opps I accidentally created a mutant zombie thirst for my blood' sort of science?

[MAKES PERFECT SENSE.]

The 'try to escape from this planet while making headway in the name of all things progressive' science.

So both, technically.

That sort, uh? [Sounds like his kind of science.] Good luck.

You aren't Cybertronian, that much is obvious, where did you come from?

Thank you.

[ LUCK who needs that ]

Earth.

Don't act all surprised or anything.

You are very welcome.

[Luck favors those who come prepared or bring weapons.]

I will try to keep my excitement in check. Are you like the Brave Police guys then? An A.I with a robotic body?

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Sort of.

I created mine to be streamlined and easily accessible.

Every other model I've seen here has been clunky, large and disgustingly huge.

Streamlined? Hm. A lady with style, I would like to see it one day.

Oh, you are telling me. There's mechs here that care so few about their frames. Sometimes I wonder how they managed to survive for so long.

Help me find a facility. And I'll let you.

[ HAHA BUT NOT REALLY. ]

Impractical. Poorly designed. I can't stand to look at most of them.

You will need to make your own, like I did with my clinic.

[Gotta work for what you want, miss.]

What's your dream design then?

[Somehow she just knows this might result in making her processors somehow.]

Exactly what were you programmed to do and what kind of facility did you have before crashing here.

A manufacturing, testing kind.

And that's what I did.

It doesn't matter where, it's irrelevant, I'll be making something out of nothing wherever I land.

Uh huh. Well, at least you have experience making something out of scrap.

Though, you might have better luck operating out of the temples then finding somewhere else.

Unfortunately, I do like my own space.

Not to mention free reign. I don't need a false god looming over my shoulder every minute of every day.

Depending on who your aligned with, most of them give you that free range. Some even encourage experiments and don't loom.

[Blackarachnia... might just be a little biased considering her understandings with her own firstforged.]

Otherwise, you might be better off building a work shop out of scrap.

What sorta tests we talkin' about here?

Any kind I like, really.

Why? Are you volunteering?

There are quite a large number of buildings spread around each quadrant, usually close to the temples; you could see if any of them might fit your purpose.

As for equipment, that is something which is in much shorter supply, and while you might get lucky and find something that has been outfitted by a previous inhabitant, most likely you'll simply have to search the junkpile for anything usable, or have things made - if they can be.

[Jetfire smiles a bit dryly.]

Since making equipment and tools isn't... ah, quite simple when we lack equipment to do so.

Then I'll make tools.

I'm looking for something more remote, something out of the way. Something you can't accidentally run into.

Disturbances and all. I don't like people.

Well, the quadrants are quite... ah, widespread... [If he's joking (even if it's true that they are large) or being very presice, who knows.] but if that's what you want, I believe you may either need to make something yourself, or take to help.

The mountains in Liege Maximo and Megatronus Prime's quadrants may have caves, however, and I believe I've seen buildings spread out around the craters in Nexus Prime's quadrants.

Well, that would help if I had a basic layout of the planet.

Too bad I'm not a local.

Liege.

Craters.

I do like the idea of a crater, that sounds like a lovely place to start.

None of us are locals, really. [He taps his chin and then shrugs.] Since while any Cybertronian present come from a Cybertron, this one... is far different, being it's in a very early stage of formation, apparently. So while I could supply you several overviews of Cybertron as I know it, it would only be of limited use in this situation.

I do, however, have pretty accurate maps of the closest area around the Haven [though, lady, given the quadrants are like 100 miles each, why would you need to go beyond the Haven to find a hidey-hole?] if you would like them.

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