forum "And it became Human, in most ways that mattered." // OxO // OPEN

Started August 10, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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He nodded. "I see. It is still strange to me." he shrugged slightly. "I understand what you mean, but it is not something I have ever experienced."

She nodded, "Androids don't have to worry about it, which I'm jealous for sometimes." Thesa rolled onto her stomach and flipped so she was completely upside down in her chair.

He nodded. "Ah. Well. Humans have quite a lot of things that androids do not, so don't start complaining too much." He replied.

"I'm not going to start complaining," She assure him, waving a dismissive hand, "I know we have many things thet we both wish we could have from the other."

He nodded slightly. "Yes." He said simply, looking out the window at the stars. He knew they still had a while before they reached Horath. Which was good. He needed to finish the programming to make himself act more human.

With a sigh, she flipped back to sitting normally and stood up, wandering off to go find something to occupy herself for a few hours. The ship would send a warning through the whole ship if they were going to run into anything, so she wasn't terribly worried.

He continued working on teh programming, eyes flicking about sightlessly. In reality, his eyes were focused inward, on displays in his mind.

With ease she found something to do, messing and tinkering with the wiring in her storage room. The light in here was never working properly, even when she replaced the bulb, so she started messing with the wiring to see what the problem was.

He continued to work on the programming in his head, drawing on the memories of how the crew of the Daedalus had acted, along with any other people he had met, drawing the most inspiration from Alexi, and from Thesa.

For the next hour, Thesa just worked on the lights, humming to herself every so often and cursing out loud when she couldn't get something to work properly.

Zev continued to work on the programming, fingers occasionally tapping against the chair as he worked.

"Got a light fixed," She declared, walking back into the cockpit with a proud smile on her face, "There Zev, I did something with my energy."

Zev blinked, looking up. "Oh. Uhm… congratulations?" He said, blinking. "Is that the correct term?" He asked.

She nodded, "Yeah, that's one of the responses that are common." She did a small dance and looked over at him, "Did you get anything useful done while I was gone?"

He nodded. "Oh good. Yes, I have. I have completed a working version of the codes to make me act more human. I can start the program whenever you think I should. I will likely add to it some more, but it works fine the way it is."

"Whenever you want to start it, you can, I'm not picky," She said, checking some of the screens and readings from different equipment before nodding, "If we keep going at this rate, we'll reach Horath by about seven at night their time."

He nodded. "Ah. Good." He replied. "And I meant that you should tell me when to initiate it, as I am not sure when would be best."

Thena nodded, "Well, if you want to work out any bugs, you can initiate it on the ship and I can help you make sure it works as well as it can." She wandered around for a moment before making her way out back into the small living quarters to find something to do.

"Alright." He blinked, and activated the programming. "You'll have to let me know what works." His chest began to rise and fall as if he were breathing.

"I will," She called, starting to clean up the quarters which were currently a giant mess, "If you come in here I can tell you if the breathing and heartbeat is working."

He came in, blinking in a more human like way, still breathing. Or at least, looking like he was breathing. "Does this work?" He asked.

Thesa looked over and nodded, walking until she was next to him and grabbing his wrist to feel if he had gotten the heartbeat correct, "Yeah, the breathing looks good, though maybe try blinking a few less times, and the heartbeat seems a little fast but could pass for normal." She let go of his wrist again with another nod before starting to clean again.

Zev nodded, and adjusted the programming for what she had said. "Now, I should speed up breathing and heartbeat after exercise and such?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, that's something you should add," She said as she cleaned, moving onto making her bed, "Did you get the language thing figured out? Using less precise language and sounding more human with your tone and variation in voice?"

He nodded. "Alright. And yes, I have." He replied. "Although…I guess you wouldn't have really noticed." He used guess instead of suppose, hoping that that was what she meant.