บท 262: Loboto-Roboto
After hearing Afton miraculously 'speak' to them, Kelin whips around and quickly addresses the robot with the purple brain dome. "DALA! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?"
"Dr. Klein... If my hypothesis is correct, this Lobotomite is the repository of the brain we sent the signal to, the skinvelope once containing it." they say, in a sly, almost creepy tone of voice. To be honest, Afton didn't know what was worse, being called a Lobotomite or a 'skinvelope'...
Dala continues, "If so, it's proof that there may indeed be something beyond the crater. Just look at it... The way it blinks. It's like a big hairless teddy bear." it says, pushing its monitors closer to Afton, presumably to observe him more thoroughly.
Klein retorts, "I KNOW WHAT IT IS, DALA, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING DOWN HERE. WITH IT'S... IT'S LIMBS ALL OVER EVERYTHING... AND... ARE THOSE PENISES I SEE WRIGGLING ON ITS FEET? DISGUSTING."
Afton raises a brow and glances down at this feet for a moment, wondering if the fungus had changed more than he'd expected... Though, whether or not having all your toes replaced by penises was a bad thing, he didn't really know... At the very least it would make toe-play way more fun, right?
Dala interjects after Klein makes his observation, "I believe they are toes Dr. Klein. Little teddy bear toes. Penises are much larger than those tiny extremities... Eh, not that I would know." they admit as sheepishly as an inhuman robot could manage.
Zero cuts in, "I don't recall the human penis ever being that large..." he says, not realising what that exactly implied.
"It depends on one's own frame of reference, Doctor O." Dala corrects before going off on another tangent, "Look at its little nose with its two orifices for ingesting oxygen."
Dr. Klein slowly turns his monitors from Dala towards Afton, "NOSES? BY THE GREAT STATIC, THESE LOBOTOMITES CONFOUND ME WITH THEIR SHEER NUMBER OF USELESS EXTREMITIES."
Afton shakes his head to recompose himself, having almost burst out into laughter at Dr. O's accidental slip of the tongue. "Yeah? Well, you confuse me." He states, gaining the group's attention, "I mean, what's the point of those monitors anyway? Those eyes don't blink and your mouths don't move, it's as if you're just slapped on whatever components you could find that fit onto your bodies." he says, gesturing at Klein's monitors.
...
Hmm, Afton appeared to have stumped the robots for a moment... Of course, personalities as loud as them wouldn't remain silent for long.
"BOROUS!? WHAT DO WE DO? THE LOBOTOMITE IS... EXCRETING!" Klein quickly says as a moment of silence.
"I'm not sure!? I don't think that was it excreting! Merely... Asking a question!?! EGADS! The Lobotomite understands us!" Dr. Borous suddenly exclaims, as if Afton hadn't literally just been talking to them.
Afton sighs to himself, only now realising that the robots hadn't actually listened to a single thing he'd said. Though, upon sighing Dala seemed to vibrate for a moment, it's monitors flashing in a peculiar way. He didn't like the 'satisfied' sound coming from it either, and is that bio gel leaking from its dome?...
Dala, having recomposed themself from... Whatever they had just been doing adds to Dr. Borous analyses. "I agree with Doctor Borous' histrionic findings. This little lobotomite is unusually attentive for something whose brain has been extracted."
Afton's eyes widen at this, "Wait what?"
[Brainless Perk has been granted!]
[Brainless] : Your brain has been replaced with advanced technologies. Your head can no longer be crippled and is +25% more resistant to chem addiction. Also grants +1 DT.
...
As much as Afton wanted to try and deny it, the notification before him couldn't lie... Honestly, it was pretty terrifying to realise you'd unknowingly had your brain extracted.
It appears, just as Afton was struggling with the thought that he'd had his brain somehow removed, the robots were also struggling to comprehend how he was. Well, thinking.
"NONSENSE. LOBOTOMITES CAN'T COMPREHEND US!" Dr. Klein says, disregarding the fact Afton had literally been speaking to them.
"*BZZZTTTCH!*" The robot called 8 sounds out, Afton wondering if they could understand him or were just inferring what they wanted.
"8, have you been in the Mentats again? If we slow down our auro-processo-receptors to understand this excretion, we'll all be rendered ignorant!" Zero says, clearly insulting Afton. Again, Afton would've been somewhat offended, but the 'pacification field', as Dr. Klein had called it earlier, was messing with his head.
Dr. Klein finally decides to get to the root of the problem, "ALL OF YOU, POWER DOWN, SHUT UP, AND LET ME PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL HOW WRONG YOU ALL ARE. AS USUAL." he says before slowly pushing his monitors closer to Afton, "LOBOTOMITE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? CAN YOU SPEAK?"
...
Afton wonders if it'd be worth just staying silent to confuse the annoyin-... Uncooperative robots further. It seems like any evidence that he, as a lobotomite could think rationally, was terribly shocking for them. Shaking his head, he decides to try and actually talk to them.
"I am Afton Parker! I understand you all perfectly well, now will one of you tell me how I got here and why you REMOVED MY BRAIN!" he says, raising his voice out of reflex and getting a painful headache from the 'almost' A.G.G.R.E.S.S.I.V.E action.
Dr. Klein reals back slightly at Afton's volume but moves his monitors to look at his colleagues, as if he were glancing round, "THOSE WERE WORDS, WEREN'T THEY... IN THE FORM OF QUESTIONS.-IT'S ASKING ME QUESTIONS! IS THIS SOME KIND OF TRICK?"
"Our efforts have turned against us! In playing GOD, we have created a MONSTER!" Dr. Borous exclaims, sounding almost fearful of the prospect of Afton having free will and free thought.
"Perhaps as we were ruthlessly lobotomizing it with our cutters, we filled this skinvelope with... Awareness. A teddy bear with new stuffing." Dr. Dala adds.
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บท 263: Stronk
Dala's new revelation brought a flood of new opportunities to everyone's minds. Zero only being the first to voice it, "Wait. If what you're theorizing is this lobotomite understands us... Can reason with us...
Klein loudly cuts in, not missing the chance to 'show his superiority', "THEN THIS MAY BE THE ANSWER WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. AT LAST, A CHANCE TO-"
8 interjects with a cacophony of strange noises, causing the rest to go silent., "*BZZZZZZZZZTCH!*"
Just before Afton was about to ask what's going on, Borous begins to speak, "Doctor Klein! A TRANSMISSION from the FORBIDDEN zone! Coming right at us!" he says causing the group to start nervously looking at Klein.
"IT CAN ONLY BE..." Klein mutters before trailing off, everyone in the dome aside from Afton already knowing the one who he is referring to.
A flash of light occurs behind Afton, and once he turns around he's greeted with a huge monitor, larger than any movie screen he'd seen in this life or his last one. On it was another robot that looked eerily similar to Dr. Klein and the rest, only with a few differences. They looked old, decayed. Some of its monitors were broken and its brain dome looked fractured. That certainly couldn't be healthy for its intelligence and or sanity.
"If it isn't my old colleagues, the might 'Think Tank'of big MT. Big FOOLS! All of you. It is I, Dr. Mobius, transmitting from my dome-shaped... Dome, in the forbidden zone. A zone that is, yes. Forbidden to you." Their voice echoes through the room, Afton raising a brow at the almost stereotypical mad-scientist act that was occurring... He'd already dealt with Klaus, he doubted he was so unlucky as to encounter two in such a short time period.
Dr. Mobis continues, "Even now, my deadly Robo-Scorpions swarm across Big Mt with their pincers and pointy laser tails. Soon, all science will be mine! Even the technologies sealed in the Big Mt research centers cannot save you. So cower in your 'Think Tank.' Wait, for the end... That's all, err, goodbye!" Mobius's voice changing from the villainous one to a slightly senile old man with his farewell...
"MOBIUS" Dr. Klein growls, "ALWAYS THE SAME BROADCAST. HE'S CLEARLY MAD, DRIVEN INSANE BY HIS FLAWED AND IMPRECISE KINDERGARTEN-LEVEL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY."
"What are we going to do? There's no way we can breach the Forbidden Zone. There's those robot scorpions everywhere!" Zero exclaims, clearly fearful despite this seemingly not being the first time this has happened.
"Sooo... Ignoring 'Dr. Mobius, I was wondering where you'd stored my brain... And how I can leave this place... I have other things to do you know." Afton says, causing all the robots to turn towards him.
"HOW TO LEAVE? YOU CANNOT LEAVE LOBOTOMITE! ONLY BRAINS ARE CAPABLE OF LEAVING BIG MT AND ITS RADAR FENCE, YOU, ARE LACKING ONE!" Klein states.
"As soon as the lobomite tries to leave the crater, they will be transporting back inside! With some minor health defects from the forced teleportation..." Borous adds.
"*BZZZZZTCH!* 8 buzzes.
"ITS BRAIN? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE WE LEFT IT? DR. O, DID YOU KEEP TRACK OF IT?" Klein asks, the robot somehow misplacing his BRAIN!
"I err, did we?.. No... No, I got nothing." Zero says after a moment of contemplation.
"Where ever it is, it must still be within Big MT, otherwise they would not be able to receive thoughts!"
"Then it is fortunate your brain is not anywhere in the dome, why, you would be able to access your aggression centers." Dala adds, causing the robots to tremble slightly at the thought.
"CIRCUMVENTING THE PACIVICATION FIELD?! THIS IS A NO-NO. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A FIGHT. WE DO NOT WANT THAT!"
"-Reminds me of my days in American High... And Richie Marcus." Borous adds somewhat solemnly.
Afton was, or would be pretty peeved at the fact they'd extracted his brain, and then almost immediately afterwards lost it. The only thing preventing a long rant against them was the Pacification Field that was working overtime in his case.
He sighs and chooses to broach another subject, "You removed my brain, but where other surgery did you apply to me? Was accessing my heart and spine necessary to remove the fungus? Or were you just curious at what mine looked like?" he says, his tone as passive-aggressive as the Pacification Field would allow.
All the robots turn towards Dala, "DALA? WAS IT NECESSARY THIS TIME?" Klein asks, his tone one of exasperation as if she'd done this many, many times before.
"I assume full responsibility Dr. Klein. I take my responsibilities in the prodding and excising of breathing, living tissue quite seriously." Dala states, and Afton couldn't detect even a hint of remorse at it.
She continues, "All though in truth, the Auto-Doc had done most of the work already. Quite industrious, almost cut into all my investigations. Once it had removed your brain, I-... Misplaced it. Other organs began to cry out for direction using your nerves as telegraph wires. Rather than let them send their signals, I removed them as well. Shhh, little organs. Go to sleep in your tanks. Dala loves you." she whispers, and a shiver goes up Afton spine... If that was still in his body?...
"FIRST WAS THE HEART!-" Klein states, but Dala interrupts him.
"No... The teddy bear's little heart was too difficult to remove. The intruding organism had already taken it over, I applied some of our custom pesticides to it, but it mutated instead of dying like it should have... The strain must be different... Somehow." Dala says.
...
"I..." Klein shakes his monitors as if shaking his head, "FIRST WAS THE BRAIN! SECOND, SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE HEART! THIRD. WAS THE SPINE!" he reluctantly corrects himself.
[Perk Granted : Spineless] : Due to 'complications' with the procedure, your spine has been replaced as well.
[Spineless] : Your torso can no longer be crippled, grants +1 to Str and DT.
[Strength has been maxed out! Perk Granted : Tremble before me!]
[Tremble before me!] : Allows melee attacks now completely bypass DT, whether this means causing a shockwave to attack through metal armour, or simply slicing through leather. All will apply.
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