I
simply looked at this "girl" with amazement. She looked like something straight
out of an anime comic that I was sure I had seen before! But an android!? As an
assistant!? This was ludicrous! "I'll leave you two to get acquainted
Corporal." Kagamine said as he departed. I took another look at the girl, or
android. Though she was synthetic, she was still very beautiful. Bright blonde
hair that fell down to her shoulders with a white ribbon tied on top along with
cerulean blue eyes made her almost dream-like in appearance. She was dressed in
what looked like a Japanese style school girl outfit that consisted of a white
top and a black skirt and boots with yellow trimmings that matched her hair
color. Dammit, where had I seen her before!? I still swore she looked like she
had just jumped right out of a computer or an anime page. She was like a
computer program or drawing suddenly brought to life. She must have noticed my
gawking because she started to giggle and once she had contained herself said,
"What? Never seen and android before?" "I uh…um…no I haven't." I said at last.
"Wait a minute, do I know you from somewhere?" I asked. "No, I don't think so.
But I am based on a Vocaloid model called Rin, hence my name." she said.
Vocaloid! No wonder she looked so familiar. In high school, I had been obsessed
with anime and Vocaloid, and a girl named Rin had been the name of one of the
female characters. Now here I was a soldier and an almost live model of a
fictional character I had fantasized about was right in front of me! "That's
it." I said as I again stared in amazement. She giggled again, and said, "You
must really be new to androids." "Yeah…wait, so you know that you're an
android?" I asked. "Yes, I'm self-aware. But I can do almost anything a normal
human can do." She said. I was again amazed. There was something about this
machine that just seemed….alive. "You sure don't act like you're an android." I
said. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were human." I said. "Thank
you!" she said as she smiled. "I'll take that as a compliment. I'm programmed
to simulate any and all human behavior. But I have my creator to thank for
that, he's really done a great job with us all." "Us? How many more of you are
there?" I asked. "Two," she replied. "Not copies of me, but other androids."
She said. "Wow!" I said. "I know. Dr. Kagamine is really a genius isn't he?"
she said. "Yeah I'll say. By the way, we were never properly introduced. I'm
Corporal John Adams, but you can just call me John."I said extending my hand.
"And I'm Rin 05367, but you can just call me Rin." She said as she flashed a
smile and shook my hand. I was again amazed at how real it felt. I could feel
the metal underneath the synthetic flesh, but I still felt that there was
something more to her. "Now that were properly introduced, we can be best
friends!" she said cheerily. "Haha, you sure do like to make friends fast don't
you?" I said jokingly. "Of course! I'm gonna be around you for a while, so why
not make a friend in the process?" she replied. "You got it!" I said. I still
pondered about what it was that I noticed in Rin. All of the behavior she
exhibited seemed too natural for any cybernetic being to ever be able to
replicate. It seemed as if she was partially somehow alive….