Wednesday Group Lunch

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[Sometime mid-morning on Wednesday, the Eatery and Kitchen will suddenly be bustling with activity. First, the sounds of cookery start to trickle out into the hall, quickly followed by some delicious smells. If one peeks in, they might see Lebkuchen kneading dough while Cerejiera gives her some instructions on modern oven use. There are others chopping vegetables, and some point Ranma’s cooking something on the stove. Soon enough, food starts to come out and fill the table. Fresh bread and soup, various other dishes, as well as apfelstreudel and lebkuchen for dessert. To drink, there’s coffee (Vanity) and tea (Sayo) and some kind of fruity, delicious punch that combines peaches, grenadine and something almond-y, reminiscent of something familiar to at least one of you. At the same time, the table starts to be set up, plates and cups levatating through the air with alicorn magic while Aoi has been trusted with…the napkins. Once the table is mostly set, runners are sent out to invite (or strongly encourage, if needed) those missing to a lunch in the Eatery. Which is now for sure 100% safe from Rube Goldberg-esque accidents, courtesy of Alex.

So come in! Grab a seat, a drink, and some food. Time to get to know each other a little better.]


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Comments

[sweetsynergy]

We have plenty of AIs where I'm from- do you mind if I ask what your original function was?

[Since, uh. Seems like you've probably evolved beyond it? With the whole being an actual person thing.]

[murchada]

Mm, well. Originally I was just another identical R.A.N.I Series K AI. I don't remember anything from back then, but, um. Basically my job would've been maintenance on any of the other AIs that needed it. Keep everyone functioning as intended.

[sweetsynergy]

Interesting. When did you gain sapience?

[It's a thing that just happens, it's fine.]

[murchada]

A little while ago, when the previous Central Governing AI picked a few of us to give new appearances and personalities.

We were told they'd be randomly generated. But mine got copied from a human near the system, so... Here I am.

[sweetsynergy]

Sounds rough.

[can't relate]

So your code was deliberately modified to be independent- usually that's something people try to avoid with AI. Were you uploaded into this body at the same time?

[murchada]

No, the physical body's new. All of that was still inside a program.

I don't really know how this even works... Maybe Athena made it, or something.

[sweetsynergy]

Oh, huh.

[Well now it's weird.]

Welcome to physical existence, then?

[murchada]

Thanks. So far it's a little underwhelming.

...In that it feels mostly the same, honestly.

[sweetsynergy]

That's a little surprising. ...Though I haven't personally known any AIs that made the leap to a physical chassis from a purely virtual environment, so maybe it's not.

[murchada]

Don't I feel special.

[she considers her situation a little more. pauses.]

...Oh, well, actually... Sleeping is a little nicer now, I guess. I never was a fan of the management pods back home. Too cramped.

[sweetsynergy]

I have no idea what those are but that alone really paints a picture.

[murchada]

They're efficient.

[and that's the nicest thing she'll say about them.]

[sweetsynergy]

I'm sure, but they must have their downsides too.

[That might be a joke?]