Hey guys I'm glad for what little positive reactions I got on this! It's enough to make me continue for as long as it takes to see this series through! Without further ado, here's chapter 2! No I didn't mean to rhyme.
The sound of a coin being flipped can be heard as a date flashes across the screen: AUG 15TH 2038. "Is that in the future, or..?" Yang trails off and Blake says, "Maybe we should wait and see before asking questions." The back shot of a man in a suit reads ANDROID RK800 on the back with a triangle consisting of many lesser triangles. Said man is flipping a coin. He then demonstrates amazing sleight if hand by balancing it on his fingers, then flips it between his fingers as the camera shows a circle on his right temple. Blue light spins about in it. The elevator stops on floor 70, and the man catches the quarter between his middle and index finger, which he pockets before adjusting his tie. "Huh. He doesn't look half-bad." Yang comments. Most everyone ignores her and focuses. The doors open to reveal a hall of some sorts. A man in tactical armor and with a rifle notices the man and put his finger to his ear. "Negotiator in site. Repeat, negotiator on site." The Android stands for a while and Yang says, "What's goin' on?" Then getting moves a step, and Ruby chuckles. "Oh, I'm playing already! Wow!" She walks by a shattered aquarium, noticing a fish on the floor, softly flapping, and a prompt comes up. After a few seconds, she follows the prompt and the Andriod picks up the fish, after somehow scanning it, bringing up its species. When a prompt to save or leave the fish comes, Ruby saves it, dropping the fish in the water, who swims with renewed vigor. "Gotta help the little guy." Ruby sweetly compliments as a confusing prompt comes up. Software instability "Any idea what that means, Penny?" Blake asks. "That his software.. is more stable? I do not understand." She says, puzzled. The Andriod rounds the corner, to find a man in tactical armor pulling a crying woman along who grips onto the Android.
"Oh, oh please, you gotta save my little girl..!" Then she notices the light in the side of his head, the triangle on his suit. "Wait.. you're sending an Android?" The man in the armor tries to pull her away, quickly saying, "Alright, ma'am, we need to go." But she struggles against him, not very effectively as he leads her to the elevator. "You can't- you can't do that! You w- why aren't you sending a real person?! Don't let that thing near her!" Blake growls a slight bit at this comment. Far as she could see, the Android was just as human as she. An objective comes up; Find Captain Allen. "Okaayy. Who's captain Allen?" Ruby asks as she walks forth. She walks into a room a voice is heard from, walking past some armored men behind cover. "I DONT GIVE A SHIT! My men are ready to step in. Just give the order!" SWAT glimmers on his back as she goes to talk to him. "Fuck! I can't believe this.." Weiss says, "This game is already vulgar. Great." The Android speaks to the man, finally introducing himself. "My name is Connor. I'm the Android sent by Cyberlife. The captain looks to the Andriod then a screen him and another armored man are operating. "It's firing starts everything that moves. It already shot down two of my men. We could easily get it, but they're on the edge of a balcony. If it falls, she falls." Blake sighs, saying, "Hostage situation, then." Ruby makes Connor ask, "Do you know it's name?" The captain says, "I haven't got a clue. Does it matter?" Connor simply replies, "I need information to determine the best approach." Then she makes him ask, "Have you tried it's deactivation code?" The captain says, quickly, "It's the first thing we tried." He stands up and faces Connor. "Listen. Saving that kid is all that matters. So either you deal with this fucking Android now, or I'll take care of it!" Before walking off. "Well, I understand that, but don't be so ride about it." Yang says, as probability of success goes down. Connor walks to a nearby closet, looking at an empty gun case, then looks at the case, then the box of bullets. Then the scene plays back out with polyginned figures of an Android, and the case and it's box. "Whoa! This is cool! Do you have anything like this, Penny?" Ruby remarks. She shakes her head. "I'm afraid not. I was meant to fight, not be a negotiator." Blake adds, "So, he grabbed the gun. That's not good."
Ruby directs Connor to walk into a pink, dimly lit room, then looks on the desk for a scroll-like device as well as a screen on the desk. The tablet plays a video of a girl and an Android together. "This is Daniel, the coolest Android in the world! Say hi, Daniel!" The Android says, with a smile as big as the girl's, "hello!" The girl continues, "You're my bestie! We'll always be together!" Ruby sighs. "Well, that's kinda sad, knowing what's going on now." Weiss says, "What happened? He wouldn't just go crazy for no reason." Blake says, "If it matters as little as that Allen claimed, we may not find out." Ruby walks out, into the living room to show a dead man, bleeding from three wounds, laying in a shattered glass table. Most everyone winced, aside from Penny. The reconstruction shows he was on the couch, looking at something, then looked behind him, stood up and got shot three times. The object he was holding flew to the side. Ruby goes to grab it and reveals that the man was ordering a new Android. "So, maybe he got upset he was going to be replaced?" Blake suggests. "I can't think of any other reason." Yang adds. Then ruby walks over to the dinner table where a cop lies dead as two more shots ring out and an armored man falls to the ground, groaning. Two others spring into action, the other remarking, "Holy shit! Cover me while I evacuate him!" As he pulls the man away. "I think I should hurry. One last thing." She says as she approaches the body. He was a police officer. He fired a shit judging by the gunpowder on his hand, and was shot right in the heart. The Android, or Deviant got shit once but killed the cop, all while gripping the girl who saw it, and his gun fell under the table. "Alright, time to do this." Ruby says. "You're not gonna grab the gun?" Blake asks. "Someone already got shot cuz I'm taking too long, I'm not gonna take any longer." She says in that way. The way she did when she knew someone innocent would suffer for her mistakes. She was.. inspiring in that manner. Connor pushes aside the curtain, only to receive a shot to the arm, painting a bit of the curtain blue, but Connor is only sent back by the bullet, without so much as a wince. "Whoa! Did that not hurt?" Weiss asks. "He must be like me. We can't feel pain." The Deviant, Daniel speaks up. "Stay back! Don't come any closer or I'll jump!" The girl panics, saying, "No! No, please, I'm begging you!" Men with rifles take their place on either side of Daniel. Connor speaks. "Hi, Daniel! My name is Connor! The deviant expresses his confusion. "How- How do you know my name?" Connor says, "I know a lot of things about you. I've come to get you out of this." He says as he slowly approaches with his hands up. A helicopter flies overhead, knocking furniture over, lowering the probability of success. "Oh, come on, man!" Yang annoyedly states. "I know you're angry, Daniel. But you need to trust me and let me help you." Daniel quickly responds, still holding the girl, "I don't want your help! Nobody can help me!" He says the last sentence in a bit of a sob. "All I want is for all this to stop... I.. I just want all this to stop.." Connor says, "I know you and Emma were very close. You think she betrayed you, but she's done nothing wrong." Daniel snarls, "She lies to me!" Yang yells, "Dude, she didn't know you were gonna be replaced! She probably would not have liked it at all!" Daniel laments, "I thought she loved me.." as Connor observes a wounded dark-skinned cop on the floor. "But I was wrong.. she's just like all the other humans." The girl sobs, saying, "Daniel, no.." Connor notes his shit arm, saying, "He's losing blood! If we don't get him to a hospital, he's going to die." Daniel coldly responds, "All humans die eventually. What does it matter I this one dies now?" Blake shook her head at this. While Faunus were just us mortal as Humans, she heard much apathy toward human life like this. Connor pushes the man to his back, saying, "I'm going to apply a tourniquet." Then Daniel shoots the ground near the man. "Don't touch him! Touch him and I kill you!" Connor ignores him, removing his tie. Ruby wouldn't let such threats stop herself from saving someone. He removes his tie, saying, "You can't kill me! I'm not alive!" Weiss balls at this. "Well, that's, cold. In a.. wholesome way, I suppose.." Daniel nervously watches as possibility of success lowers. Public opinion goes up and Connor stands again, slowly approaching Daniel.
"They were going to replace you and you became upset. That's what happened, right?" Connor asks. Daniel responds, "I thought I was part of the family. I thought I mattered.. but I was just their toy.. some th omg to throw away when you're done with it.." Connor responds, "Listen. I know it's not your fault. These emotions you're feeling are just errors in your software." Daniel softly sobs, "No. it's not my fault.." as probability of success climbs. "I never wanted this.. I loved them, you know.. but I was nothing to them. Just a slave to be ordered around.." the helicopter flies close, soliciting a groan from Daniel. "I can't stand that noise anymore! Tell that helicopter to get out of here!" Seeing no other choice, Ruby did just that, the men inside saying, "The situation is under control!" As it flies off. "I hope so.." Ruby nervously comments. Connor speaks to Daniel. "There. I did what you wanted. You have to trust me, Daniel. Let the hostage go, and I promise you everything will be fine." Probability of success climbs to 94%. "How can he calculate that? It's basically luck. You don't have that, do you, Penny?" She shakes her head. "No. I do not see odds. I simply see many things to do to improve advantage." Daniel states his terms. "I want everyone to leave. An-and I want a car! When I'm outside the city, I'll let her go!" The line choices come up. "Sacrifice self? No no, not yet we can still do this." Ruby says as she presses compromise. "That's impossible, Daniel." Connor says. "Let the girl go and I promise you won't be hurt." A bad feeling developed in the guts of Blake, Yang and Weiss. Probability of success peaks at 99%. Daniel nervously says, "I don't wanna die.." Connor responds, "You're not going to die. We're just going to talk." That bad feeling gets worse. Probability of success reaches 100%. Daniel breathes nervously, then says, "Okay. I trust you..." he puts the girl down, he runs a few paces before falling to the floor. Then Connors expression goes from concerned to serious. And shots ring out. Daniel is shot in the side, shoulder, and the jaw as blue blood splatters. "No!" Ruby shouts. "What the hell?!" Yang cries in disbelief. Everyone else gasps their disbelief as Daniel kneels. "You lies to me, Connor." He says as he weakens. "You lies to me." He again says, in a more robotic voice before his body freezes. Software stability . "Is.. is he dead?" Penny asks. "That lying bastard! He.." Yang groans in frustration. "Yang, as underhanded a tactic that was, the captain was right. Saving the girl was all that mattered. And she's safe." Weiss says calmly. "Maybe, but that doesn't mean they had to gun him down like that.." Blake says. Connor walks back toward the elevator, as the mission is successful. Speak of the devil, the captain stares after the android. Impressed at how he got the job done, with the look of.. something else on his face. Disbelief, maybe? An armored man pulls the girl to safety as the camera pans to the city.
The scene fades to black and gives way for the flowchart. "I guess this is the choices we make and the path they led us." Ruby says, looking across it. "Could Daniel have been saved?" Ruby shrugs. "I don't know. But I want to continue the game." Blake asks, "Why? If there's a way to save him shouldn't we go back now?" Then Ruby responds, making quite a point. "Al said to treat this game like real life. And in real life, we can't just go back in time to try and make better choices. We just stick with the ones we make, and try and live with the consequences, and make the best we can if things." The statement touched most everyone's heart, Yang's most of all.
Next, the date is NOV 5TH 2038. "November? We're three months past that last scene. What could have happened?" The cyber life logo is shown over a blurred scene as code occurs. The code to boot an Android up, presumably. "AX400. That's not Connor, is it?" Weiss asks. "No, his number was RK800. Maybe it's another Android." Penny answers, then Ruby adds, "Oh! Al said we should all play. So, want to play this Android, Weiss?" She shrugs, taking the controller. "It won't be very difficult, I imagine." The still slightly arrogant heiress comments. The screen unblind to show a girl in a jacket looking interestedly over her. "Why's she looking at us like we're in a zoo?" Yang asks. "Who knows? Maybe they are?" Ruby shrugs. Be a strange zoo. One sized and decorated like a store. Someone speaks behind her, saying, "This is the top of the range household assistant. It cooks 10,000 different dishes, speaks 200 languages and dialects." The girl is ushered off by presumably her mother. "I get it. They're selling androids." Weiss observes. "But I thought they were just for the government? Like how Connor was a negotiator?" Ruby asks, and Weiss answers plainly, "Evidently not. "..and handles the kid's homework, from elementary school up to university level." The man continues, who upon further inspection is himself an Android. "True to life, then. I know you've already gotten her to help you on some homework, Ruby." Yang comments with a smile. "Oh, come on, did you see how much they gave us? It should be against the law to give that much homework!" The male of the couple speaking to the Android asks, "How much did you say it was?" The android answers, "At the moment, we're doing a special promotion in this entire range at 7999 with a 48-months interest free credit." Weiss responds, "If they gave us some other reference in price I feel like we could understand how expensive they are." Another Android comes over with another couple, all talking over each other about Android duties, prices and services. A man in plaid leads a man on the chubbier side toward the Android the girls play. "I don't like the look of this guy." Yang instantly comments. "There it is!" The apparent employee says. "It was a bit difficult getting it back into working order. It was really messed up. What did you says happened to it again?" He asks the man. "A car hit it. Stupid accident." Blake comments, "Somehow I don't buy that." The employee doesn't seem to either, offering a nervous Mhmm. "I see. Anyway, it's as good as new now. Except that we had to reset it. Meaning we had to wipe its memory. Hope you don't mind." The larger man says, "That'll be fine." All quick and nervous like. "Okay. Did you give it a name?" The employee asks. "My daughter did." The large man says. The employee steps in front of their Android and says, "AX400, register your name." Then steps aside, allowing the man to say the name. "Kara." The camera flips to a pleasant looking woman Android who smiles, and says, "My name is Kara." Yang says, "So it isn't Connor." Blake snickers. "The name gave it away? Maybe not the number or the feminine voice?" Yang shook her head. "Go read your book." She says as the intro begins.
A futuristic city, Detroit. Androids are clearly commonplace. Construction workers, deliverers, anything you could think of, save for some roles. Judging by many sculptures, this is a city where art is valued. A poor man sits on the ground outside with a cardboard sign, reading, "I lost my job because of Androids. Help!" Ruby spoke up. "I never considered that. Who knows how many people would be out of a job because of androids." Blake nods. "They don't ask for pay, they don't need to rest, their never tired. The economy must be terrible." Weiss comments, "well, he could find a job." Yang says, "Preeetty sure he's not qualified to do much. He's been outed by Androids. Not much he could do they already do." The camera shows the man drive Kara to a rather bad-looking neighborhood, where houses are broken down, one burnt and just left.
"Whatever your stances on society and all it's parts, this is bound to appeal in some way to you girls." A male voice says and they all look around, then Ruby sees her scroll get taken up by the face of a young man with long dark hair. "Oh, hey, Al! You weren't waiting long, were you?" She asks as she picks up her scroll. "Doesn't matter. Y'all are getting into the game, don't see the problem with it. Just saying, this game should speak to all of you." Yang speaks, looking over Ruby's shoulder saying, "Hello, Ruby's friend. Your name's Al? What's that shirt for?" She asks, soliciting a chuckle from the boy. "Short for Aldanunya." Then Weiss comes into frame. "So that's him?" Ruby nods. "Oh, hey, Weiss. Good to know you live up to your beauty in.. well, as in person as this gets." Weiss sighs. "Ah, come on, don't give me a Schnee-r." From the side, Yang points and gives a brief chuckle. "I like this guy, if Al-be honest!" The boy chuckles again. "Alright, quit with the puns before that ball gets to rollin'. Already met Blake and Penny." Blake gives a wave from her bed, Penny a more hearty one as she gives her patented salutations. "So, what you're watching us play?" Ruby asks. "It's not nearly as creepy as it sounds. Besides, think of me as a guide. I can provide more context on this world, and help you through the game. I'm not spoiling anything, though." Weiss adds, "Well, I sure hope not." Al then says, "Ohp, next bits starting." Ruby looks up and puts the scroll down, looking up to the screen as the next bit begins.