[Video | Location: Alpha Trion’s Temple]

[blue_reflection]

[Across the Link, a new video begins to play. The camera focuses in on what appears to be a rather young woman with two very long, thick braids of blue hair dressed in an outfit that resembles that of a maid. With her hands folded neatly together in front of her apron, arms locked straight at the elbows, she faces directly towards the camera with straight posture and a light smile.]

Excuse me. Please forgive this interruption.

My name is Yuzuki. I have only just arrived, though I still do not fully understand how I came to be in this place.

I am currently seeking further information concerning this location I have been told is called Cybertron, and searching for my owner, Mister Kokubunji Minoru. Having been separated from him, I wish to know whether or not he has come here through the Lambda as well. My master is twelve years old with black hair cut to eye level and has dark brown eyes with light skin. He typically wears a mandarin style jacket and sometimes wears a pair of glasses.

If you have recently seen him, please immediately contact me with further information.

Sir, if you can hear this message, please know that I am searching for you.

Thank you everyone.

[With a forward bow from the hips and her hands sliding downwards against her skirt in the motion, Yuzuki comes up straight after a few seconds to then cut off the wide broadcast transmission.]

Comments

[Video]

[kingofthetvworld]

You have an owner?

[What lucky twelve year old gets to own a girl? Where can he sign up?]

[Video]

[blue_reflection]

[Oh he looks so cute! She isn't entirely certain as to what he is, but considering phones and laptops can look like rabbits or other things where she comes from, she wonders if he might be similar.]

[The question seems a little odd, but she answers with a nod and a sweet smile.]

I do. He built me himself.

[Video]

[kingofthetvworld]

[His response is, sadly, not as sweet. In fact he freaks out.]

H-How the heck do you build a person?!

[sariexmachina]

...'Owner'?

Er. You mean boss, right?

[blue_reflection]

[With a shake of her head, she responds with a gentle correction to make her relation to Minoru clear.]

Boss would be an incorrect term. Mister Kokubunji has all legal rights to me. I am a custom model persocom after all.

[sariexmachina]

...Wait, what?

[Custom...model? That doesn't sound good at all!]

What's a 'persocom'?

[Video]

[cliffjumper]

... The slag do you mean, "owner"? No one's got a right to own anybody, an' if you've been taught that, that's wrong... And wouldn't be in force here anyway, 'cause I'm rather sure your... "owner" ain't here, and since this isn't Earth, none of their laws apply here.

[Cliffjumper's optics are narrowed, and out of view, one hand is tightened into a fist. Excuse him if he sounds a bit angry here, but this is unbelievable!]

[Video]

[blue_reflection]

[Yuzuki is rather taken aback by the emotional response her message receives from a being she cannot identify as more than vaguely similar to humans or persocoms. She stalls briefly, but within seconds recovers enough to respond with the same polite tone as in her original message. After two previous responses to the use of the word 'owner', she believes she knows the cause of confusion as it is something she sometimes deals with back home as well.]

I apologize if I have caused any distress. I believe there has been some misunderstanding. I am a persocom unit; a custom model built by Mister Kokubunji himself two years ago.

[Video]

[cliffjumper]

[That... doesn't make anything better. Cliffjumper grimaces, not sure what to make of that. A drone? Is that even the right word, considering she's apparently of human make.]

You sound a bit too self-aware to be just a drone, and either way that wouldn't make you a thing to be owned.

[He eyes her again as clearly the utterly human "shell" is for... convenience? for the human... user, but what differentiates a "computer" from a "robot", then?]

We've got a few other human-made robots 'round here, but no one owns them.

[Video]

[bladesbot]

[She's so... Wow. Blades can't help himself and turns on his camera before he even knows what he's going to say, staring blankly for a moment before his senses come back to him.]

Hi! Hi Yuzuki, I'm Blades. I haven't seen your owner, but maybe I can tell you about Cybertron?

[When she says owner, he just imagines her in a situation similar to his own with Dani. Nothing weird.]

[Video]

[blue_reflection]

[It's not quite as surprising to see a very different sort of being on the other side of the video as before, and she's quite curious as she takes note of the many differences in those she is meeting so quickly. Although she does notice the pause as well, she merely assumes there might have been a connection error with the communication.]

[It's quite nice to hear a name in return, and she smiles warmly at such a friendly response.]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Blades. Anything you could tell me about Cybertron would be greatly appreciated.

[She had been thrown for quite a loop waking with such trouble and meeting the Acolyte.]

[Video]

[bladesbot]

[It was a pleasure to meet him. A pleasure! What a great start!]

Ok, well Cybertron is a planet made of metal, and the core of it is... well no one knows for sure, but some people say the core holds the Well of All Sparks, and others say it's just molten energon and metal swirling around. Some bots have tried to explore, but the guardians of the planet always stop them before they can get too far. But yeah, so we Cybertronians live on Cybertron and we intake energon, and...

[He was getting a little carried away, wasn't he?]

Yeah. It's a nice place. At least the Cybertron I know is. This place is a little... uninhabited. Usually there are huge cities and bright lights and bots everywhere.

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

[Like pretty much everyone else, he's a little thrown off by the "owner" bit. But, hey, this could be a chance to learn more about human culture, right?]

I'm not seen nor heard of anyone matching that description, sorry. [pauses] If I may ask, is it common for humans to possess other humans? Do you serve as a profession? Or perhaps an indentured servant? Or is it a matter of forced enslavement? [She didn't look or act like a slave, though. His invisible money was on the first.]

[blue_reflection]

I see. Thank you for telling me.

[Another negative response. Before Yuzuki can really even try to figure out how she feels regarding the possibility that she is here in this new, unfamiliar place without Minoru, she's caught off guard by the questions posed to her. It's actually a bit of a shock.]

What? Oh...oh no! Slavery is illegal, and no human is permitted to own another human in Japan!

I am so sorry for causing such confusion! I am not a human. I am a persocom, a personal computer.

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

A... personal computer? [pause] Well, I'm not really familiar with most of humanity's culture, but I guess they must have the resources and powers to create humanoid, sentient versions of their technology...

[tilts head] Though it seems rather... debatable. You don't seem to mind the position you were - are - in, and yet... You were programmed and designed to serve. [And he's not going to call her a "high functioning drone", cause that'd just be goshdarn rude.]

So, really, where does freedom begin and enslavement end? [He's not really preaching or being all moral about this - Ambulon's just legitimately curious how this entire "persocom" system works.]

video;

[thxforthememories]

... master?

Human beings have masters?

[This is news to him.]

[Video]

[blue_reflection]

[As she was in error, she has every responsibility to set things straight as much as possible with anyone that responds.]

I deeply apologize. I am not a human, but a persocom or personal computer built by a human.

Unfortunately I did not anticipate that my message on the Link would be misunderstood, and that was in error.

[videoooohgodI'msorry]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

I am your new master. [Evil laugh. Muhahahahahahahah.]

[Video] I'm not! XD This is hilarious!

[blue_reflection]

[A strange response from a strange being. Nevertheless, it sounds like humor to her coupled with that laughter.]

Thank you, but I must decline.

[Video]

[dontasktrix]

Do humans keep other humans as pets?

[Video]

[blue_reflection]

No, they do not.

I am terribly sorry for the misunderstanding. I was not clear in my original message. I am not a human, but a persocom or personal computer.

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

"Owner"? You some kind of slave?

Anyway, if this guy doesn't respond pretty quickly, good bet he's not here.

[Video]

[blue_reflection]

No, I am not a slave, but merely a persocom, which is short for 'personal computer'.

[Nodding in response to the answer regarding her owner's presence, she decides not to assume anything until an appropriate amount of time has passed since placing her message on the network.]

I agree, but there are many potential circumstances that could delay a response. For now I must continue searching.

[raceme]

I haven't see him around miss bUT HOW COme you have an owner?

I am Agent Blurr member of the Elite Guard an intelligence gathering body that exists within the Autobot fraction and now the one in charge of the Police Force here IF you have question about your ^{new location} feel free to ask me.

[blue_reflection]

[Yuzuki is quite surprised by how quickly Agent Blurr talks, but she still manages to understand him, and responds without hesitation.]

Thank you for informing me, Agent Blurr. As for why I have an owner, I am a persocom, or personal computer, and all active persocoms have a human owner.

I must admit that I have quite a number of questions about this place. There are so many things I do not know about. I'm afraid I don't even know what you are referring to with the title 'Autobot'.