Places to Chat
Robots vs. Humans
Chatterbox: Inkwell
Robots vs. Humans
Robots vs. Humans Sci-Fi RP
*Note* I tried to post this before and I am not sure if it went through. So if this is a duplicate (or almost), sorry... and post on this one instead.
Here's a new RP idea from me! Hopefully this one is going to survive... with more than 2 posts... 
all my RPs die...
Anyhow, my idea is that both robots and humans are considered citizens (on earth). Robots want to be more human, and humans want to be more robot. Like, robots like how humans have more in-depth emotions and are in general are more accepted, and humans admire robots' strength and ability to live forever (mostly). However, is each side okay with kind of merging with the other? Will a cyborg class emerge, different from both robots and humans? Or will robots'/humans' unwillingness to cede their powers to the other side lead to war? *dramatic voice* You will decide!
And... yeah! Make your characters! Um, but one request--no cyborg characters yet please, because we don't know if cyborgs will become part of the story. Please just make either robot or human characters, and then you can make them cyborg later. And you can have both a robot and a human character, or two of one side, or... basically any combo you want.
_____________________________________________________
Name: Kija Arken
Age: 13
Robot/Human?: Human
Appearance: Brown hair, tan skin, dark brown Asian-looking eyes. Wears jeans and a hoodie. Usually holding her tabcomputer or it's in her pocket. Has a habit of twirling her tabcomputer stylus in her fingers, tucking it behind her ear, tapping it on the table when she's thinking.
Personality: LOVES RESEARCH. Loves to learn. Is keeping close track of the robot vs. human debate, realizes the advantages of both sides, not partisan (in the debate)
_____________________________________________________
Name: I-51 (Ishi)
Age: Has been in service 15 years, teenage-looking, but she's not a companion robot, she's a librarian, so she knows more than a 15-year-old human or companion robot *Note* Companion robots "grow" in maturity and knowledge along with a certain person.
Robot/Human?: Robot
Appearance: Silver plating, feminine appearance (doesn't look like one of those faceless robots who are referred to as it, not he or she), has hologram projector in palm so can display information, wheels in feet so moves very fast.
Personality: Works in the library. Often meets Kija, often talks to her about the robot vs. human debate. Personally believes that becoming cyborg should be a choice everyone is free to make (not partisan)
_____________________________________________________
Kija~
Kija walked down the street, twirling her stylus in her hand as she headed for the library. It was a pleasant, balmy summer day. Clouds scudded in the sky, and a breeze whipped Kija's brown hair around. She pulled up her hood as she kept walking.
On the street corner, a rusty robot held out a hat. "Please donate money to help old robots get new parts so they can continue to live their lives! Every stel helps!" Kija walked over and dropped a few steel coins -- stels -- into his hat. "Thank you very much," the robot nodded to her. "Have a wonderful day." Kija nodded back and continued on her way.
As she walked, she watched the people and robots making their way around the town. In this area, most people were walking, enjoying the day. Both robots and humans patronized shops selling everything from specialty metal-polishing cloths to spare hologram projector parts.
Kija arrived at the library and pushed open the doors. A blast of air-conditioning greeted her as she walked to her usual seat, a stool at a counter near the shelf of tablets written in binary. Since most robots and most people knew binary, that shelf had a steady stream of people going by. Kija enjoyed people (and robot) watching, but for now she took her tabcomputer from her pocket and began clicking around with her stylus, looking to see if she could read a copy of that morning's news. She wondered if Ishi would come by that day to chat. Yesterday they had had a very interesting conversation about whether material prejudice (metal vs. flesh) could be avoided. Kija would like to talk to Ishi about it more.
submitted by Air, CA
(January 1, 2015 - 2:33 pm)
(January 1, 2015 - 2:33 pm)
Kapesh. *nods* *grins at someone else who knows what kapesh means*
I think it's spelled capisc, short for capiscere (Italian for "do you understand?")
Admin
(January 2, 2015 - 8:32 pm)
I knew it was Italian, but I thought it just meant "Yes".
It is pronounced kah peesh. At least that's how they say it in Naples.
Admin
(January 2, 2015 - 11:13 pm)
I think that you can spell it kapesh, kapeesh, or kapish, or the actual Italian version too. *shrugs*
(January 3, 2015 - 9:28 pm)
I dont even think it matters. How did u even get onto this topic?
(January 4, 2015 - 1:20 am)
Hi Ellen! Are you joining the RP?
And it was because I wrote kapesh at the end of one of my plot clarification posts.
(January 4, 2015 - 11:57 am)
Ishi~
Returning to her desk in the current events section at about 9 A.M. after her quick 10-minute break, Ishi received a note from Kija: Come chat? Just read fascinating article. Not urgent if you are busy. Ishi, however, was not busy, and she headed over to the table where Kija had sat down.
Kija stood up and gave the robot a quick hug. "Morning, Ishi! I didn't see you yesterday... where were you?"
"Just around," Ishi shrugged. "But I was upstairs shelving in the fiction section, so that's probably why I didn't see you. And it was my half day, so I went and just hung out around town in the afternoon. Anyway, what's this article you read?"
Kija and Ishi both sat down on either side of the steel table. Kija pressed a button to turn on the tabcomputer screen embedded in the table. "This is the article. It's about material prejudice. As a robot... what do you think?"
Ishi scanned the article on the screen, tapping one metal finger on her lips thoughtfully. "I think the article makes a very good point. Humans keep thinking that robots are better because we are metal and are stronger. However, the weakness of metal is that it is not as adaptable as fibrous flesh-and-blood. I would like to talk to this writer..." She swiped her finger down the screen, looking for the name.
"Well, Ishi," Kija announced, "the article also says that the author and a few other antiprejudicists are holding an event tomorrow afternoon, with talks and chats, in the city center. I was thinking... do you want to go? I might."
Ishi's eyes lit up -- literally. "Really? An antiprejudicist convention? I would love to go with you! And tomorrow is my afternoon off -- perfect! That would be super cool!" Ishi had left her 'intellectual librarian' attitude aside and was acting just like any other excited teenager. "So I'll meet you tomorrow, then, in the city center, or do you want to meet here in the morning and then go?"
"Morning is good," Kija replied. "And I'm going to be taking tons of notes! See you!" She waved as Ishi wheeled back to her desk, then pressed the button to turn off the table's tabcomputer. Kija took out her own tabcomputer to message her mom about where she'd be tomorrow afternoon.
(January 2, 2015 - 8:04 pm)
Air?
I had a great Sci-Fi idea based off of this concept of Robots vs. Humans war. Can I use the war idea? Please?
(January 2, 2015 - 9:34 pm)
Yeah, it's going to be a war. Based on what's so far (which is mostly me... :-( PLEASE WRITE STUFF, PEOPLE! WE HAVE STARTED!), the war is going to be about like robots wanting to be human and humans say no, and humans wanting to be robots and robots say no.
And, um, S.E., I don't think you're in yet. Are you joining?
(January 3, 2015 - 12:54 am)
No, I just had an idea based on the humans versus robots concept and was wondering if it would be alright if I used it for a sci-fi story.
(January 3, 2015 - 8:32 pm)
Ohhh sorry I misunderstood. And go ahead and use it! Humans vs. robots is a common sci-fi theme and anyway ideas don't belong to anyone so yeah go ahead!
(January 3, 2015 - 11:39 pm)
So, people, you can start writing!
And if new people are joining, more robots/secret cyborgs are welcome! (Cyborgs are now allowed beause our plot has changed. If you want to be a cyborg you can submit a new character, Indigo.)
(January 3, 2015 - 12:58 am)
I like Jorba. I think I'd like to have her become a cyborg later on, if that's alright.
(January 3, 2015 - 9:49 am)
May I please join, Air?
(January 3, 2015 - 9:53 am)
Yes, definitely! I am not putting any limit on the number of characters because this war will pretty much be about the whole civilization. Your character doesn't even have to ever know anyone else's.
(January 3, 2015 - 7:22 pm)
*I am going to write more from Ishi's perspective (robot) than Kija's (human) because I feel that we need more robot perspectives since most of the characters so far are human. However, I write in 3rd person like Brookeira, so some events that I head with 'Ishi~' may have a lot of Kija. Just saying.*
Ishi~
Ishi unplugged early that morning and headed to her desk. She had a full hour and a half until the library opened, and then four and a half hours until 12:00 when her work for the day ended and she and Kija would go out to the city center early to get good seats and for Kija to eat a picnic lunch, and then finally and hour and a half after that, at 1:30 P.M., the convention could finally begin.
Ishi's fingers tapped up and down on the screen of her tabcomputer like a pianist or a keyboardist. HOW COULD SHE WAIT THAT LONG?!
Ishi took a deep breath -- or the robot equivalent of a deep breath. The positron streams coursing through her motherboard stopped coming in pulses and instead resumed their steady flow. She got up from her desk and started walking around the current events section, checking holograms.
(January 3, 2015 - 2:06 pm)