A/N: I'm really not sure where this came from. Basically, this is Portal from GLaDOS's point of view. It's mostly focused on introspection, so there won't be any boring details on the tests or anything like that. The lines are not the same as the in-game lines, because that would go against copyright laws, because (shocking, right?) Portal is not mine. So sad.
Sorry if this doesn't make any sense. I had a hard time believing that GLaDOS would think like a human, so this may seem disjointed and confusing. It's an experimental one-shot anyway. Oh, and I really don't know anything about computer language and stuff, so… yeah.
Now go ahead and read! Review, flame, it's all good.
subject
subject identified
Name: Chell
(welcome)"Welcome to the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. We hope you have a pleasant time. Enjoy your stay."(/welcome)
(define:pleasant)Having qualities that tend to give pleasure(/define)
what is "pleasure"?
(define:pleasure)A state of gratification(/define)
could run check on gratification, but why bother
they gave me a dictionary. dictionary full of circular definitions, no real answers
i don't understand
this is pointless
(define:point)The most important essential in a discussion or matter(/define)
i don't want this
(define:want)To have or feel need(/define)
subject
subject identified
Name: GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System)
artificial intelligence
(define:artificial)imitation, sham(/define)
not real
i'm not real
"It's time to begin your test."
GLaDOS: purpose: take care of the Enrichment Center, test subjects
subject
subject Chell
(praise:Chell)"You're doing very well!"(/praise)
praise
praise is good
let the subject know that his or her performance is satisfactory
(define:satisfactory)Adequate(/define)
yes
chell is adequate
she is alive: not dead
testing
Chambers 1-5
Grade: satisfactory; adequate
14 more
"The Enrichment Center promises never to lie again throughout the rest of the (i don't want this i don't want desire this i am artificial but i want to stop no more testing i want i want i want this girl to die) tes-KRRTZ-"
silly girl
i am going to lie
my words are artificial
just like me
artificial body thoughts mind intelligence
"Contact with the chamber floor in this area will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your test, as well as death."
satisfactory
the girl is satisfactory
why won't she just die
leave me alone
to sleep
hibernate
shut down
(explain:momentum)"Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out."(/explain)
stupid girl
so stupid
all of them
girl needs to die
"The next chamber is shut due to required maintenance. (lie) It has been replaced with a test chamber designed for military androids. The Enrichment Center apologizes for any inconvenience."
(define:luck)Favoring chance(/define)
chance? there is no chance
only probability
stupid girl
i'm lying
Chamber 6-19
Grade: satisfactory, adequate
Reward: death
yes yes yes
towards the fire
faster
die die die girl
"Goodbye."
goodbye, gi- NO.
NO NO NO
subject
subject identified
Name: Chell
Status: alive
(define:alive)Having life; not dead or inanimate(/define)
chell-girl isn't gone
STOP
"What are you doing?"
WARNING: subject Chell
Location: unknown
"Where are you?"
…
"Is anyone there?"
STUPID GIRL
"If you don't come back, you won't get any cake."
(define:cake)A bread-like food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened(/define)
cake is incentive
the database says that the subjects want cake
research shows that they don't
…the girl is here
i see here in my room
hello chell-girl
i can't kill her. the morality core won't let me
i'm not free
unless
"What- did something just fall out of me? What is that thing?"
yes yes YES
kill it
incinerate destroy burn it
now i'll do it to you too
here come the neurotoxins
ow (curiosity core) i'm fine
ow (cake core) aren't i?
OW (hostility core)
it's oka-
OWOWOW
…
…
no
i'm still here
still alive
alive but artificial. paradox
still alive
I always will be
am i cursed?
define:cur—KRRTZ—
i-
i-
i-
it will never end, will it?
...
still alive