The Hunter, part 2
Dex had grown tired of looking at the cell walls, "So, Boss, you going to tell me what's going on here or not?" Rommie laughed, "Well, for a start, my full name is Andromeda Ascendant, and I was this ship's AI-Avatar." Dex blinked, "Hay, Boss, I known you an Android and all, but you never told me you're an Avatar!"
Rommie nodded, "I'm sorry Dex, I've spent the past three years trying to forget my previous life. You what to know my story?" Dex nodded, "It'll beat looking at the wall." Rommie smiled, "Ok then: you know the Andromeda's story, every one dose. But, what most people don't know is that back before The Fall, the ship's AI developed a little crush on her captain. Back then she didn't have an Avatar, so there was no way for her to act on these feelings. Then along comes Seamus Harper, her new engineer, and he fell for Andromeda, and so he built me, her Avatar."
"Now, Andromeda saw me as a way to deal with her feelings towards her captain, and gave me most of her emotions. So I fall hopelessly in love with a man who sees me as just another part of his ship. It was not very easy for me, and after three years of hiding my emotions, I gave up and confessed all to the captain. He did not reciprocate my feelings, and things became very difficult between the two of us."
"So I ran away: we docked at a Drift, and I slipped away on a freighter. I did lots of different jobs, whatever it took to get me further away from this ship and her captain. Eventually I became a Bounty Hunter. AI's can't pilot through Slipstream, so I needed help, and that's when we met. So now you know the whole sorry story."
Dex blinked, "And the target on the Drift?" Rommie nodded, "Captain Dylan Hunt, the man I ran from: I've spent three years trying to forget about him, but I never could. I want to introduce you to someone." She looked up at the ceiling, "You want to make your presences known?"
Dex jumped back as Andromeda's hologram appeared. Rommie smiled, "Dex, say hello to Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC-10-182, or as she's better known, Andromeda. Andromeda, this is my friend and pilot, Dexter Wells." Dex smiled nervously, "Hi." Andromeda nodded, "Nice to meet you Mr Wells." She turned back to Rommie, "What have you done?"
Rommie tapped the side of her head, "You mean 'why can't I read your mind'? Simple: I turned of my transceiver a long time ago. I knew that there was a chance of the two of us crossing paths again, and I didn't want you messing with my head again." Andromeda blinked, "I never messed with your head!" Rommie stood up, "Considering it's your feelings, the feelings you gave me, that led to this, I'd say yes, you did mess with my head."
The door opened, revelling Tyr, Gauss Rifle at the ready, "Dylan wants to talk to you."
Dex had grown tired of looking at the cell walls, "So, Boss, you going to tell me what's going on here or not?" Rommie laughed, "Well, for a start, my full name is Andromeda Ascendant, and I was this ship's AI-Avatar." Dex blinked, "Hay, Boss, I known you an Android and all, but you never told me you're an Avatar!"
Rommie nodded, "I'm sorry Dex, I've spent the past three years trying to forget my previous life. You what to know my story?" Dex nodded, "It'll beat looking at the wall." Rommie smiled, "Ok then: you know the Andromeda's story, every one dose. But, what most people don't know is that back before The Fall, the ship's AI developed a little crush on her captain. Back then she didn't have an Avatar, so there was no way for her to act on these feelings. Then along comes Seamus Harper, her new engineer, and he fell for Andromeda, and so he built me, her Avatar."
"Now, Andromeda saw me as a way to deal with her feelings towards her captain, and gave me most of her emotions. So I fall hopelessly in love with a man who sees me as just another part of his ship. It was not very easy for me, and after three years of hiding my emotions, I gave up and confessed all to the captain. He did not reciprocate my feelings, and things became very difficult between the two of us."
"So I ran away: we docked at a Drift, and I slipped away on a freighter. I did lots of different jobs, whatever it took to get me further away from this ship and her captain. Eventually I became a Bounty Hunter. AI's can't pilot through Slipstream, so I needed help, and that's when we met. So now you know the whole sorry story."
Dex blinked, "And the target on the Drift?" Rommie nodded, "Captain Dylan Hunt, the man I ran from: I've spent three years trying to forget about him, but I never could. I want to introduce you to someone." She looked up at the ceiling, "You want to make your presences known?"
Dex jumped back as Andromeda's hologram appeared. Rommie smiled, "Dex, say hello to Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC-10-182, or as she's better known, Andromeda. Andromeda, this is my friend and pilot, Dexter Wells." Dex smiled nervously, "Hi." Andromeda nodded, "Nice to meet you Mr Wells." She turned back to Rommie, "What have you done?"
Rommie tapped the side of her head, "You mean 'why can't I read your mind'? Simple: I turned of my transceiver a long time ago. I knew that there was a chance of the two of us crossing paths again, and I didn't want you messing with my head again." Andromeda blinked, "I never messed with your head!" Rommie stood up, "Considering it's your feelings, the feelings you gave me, that led to this, I'd say yes, you did mess with my head."
The door opened, revelling Tyr, Gauss Rifle at the ready, "Dylan wants to talk to you."