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Bill Nye the Science... Cat. [CLOSED]
Who | Lyle Norg and Sigma Klim
What | Lyle likes Sigma's cat, Nye. Sigma doesn't like the intrusion at first.
Where | District 10 Suites.
When | Presently.
Notes/Warnings | None yet!
Like any good pet of a covert mad scientist, Sigma's cat Nye had a tendency to spy on the other District 10 Tributes - if, of course, spying was qualified by sitting in the District common room and watching the others come and go. Sigma had only abandoned his room for a moment, leaving to collect for himself a fresh notebook, when Nye had slipped out of his master's room to socialize with his other 'districtmates'. The Doctor did not care much for Nye to leave his room when he wasn't around, worried he would be taken away by an Avox for breaking some anti-pet rule he hadn't heard of and never to be seen again, but Nye was a smart animal. He knew better than to let himself be picked up and taken away - outside of his master's room, at any rate...
Today the cat wore a rather hilariously coloured bow tie around his neck that Sigma had given him in hopes he would become used to wearing a collar. Cleaning his cellularly patterned fur, Nye sat on the couch of the District 10 lobby, hoping to attract a Tribute that would give him attention until his master returned. He heard someone enter and his golden eyes fell on Lyle Norg - the animal gave a hopeful trill, leaping to meet him.
What | Lyle likes Sigma's cat, Nye. Sigma doesn't like the intrusion at first.
Where | District 10 Suites.
When | Presently.
Notes/Warnings | None yet!
Like any good pet of a covert mad scientist, Sigma's cat Nye had a tendency to spy on the other District 10 Tributes - if, of course, spying was qualified by sitting in the District common room and watching the others come and go. Sigma had only abandoned his room for a moment, leaving to collect for himself a fresh notebook, when Nye had slipped out of his master's room to socialize with his other 'districtmates'. The Doctor did not care much for Nye to leave his room when he wasn't around, worried he would be taken away by an Avox for breaking some anti-pet rule he hadn't heard of and never to be seen again, but Nye was a smart animal. He knew better than to let himself be picked up and taken away - outside of his master's room, at any rate...
Today the cat wore a rather hilariously coloured bow tie around his neck that Sigma had given him in hopes he would become used to wearing a collar. Cleaning his cellularly patterned fur, Nye sat on the couch of the District 10 lobby, hoping to attract a Tribute that would give him attention until his master returned. He heard someone enter and his golden eyes fell on Lyle Norg - the animal gave a hopeful trill, leaping to meet him.
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Lyle reflexively jumped back when the cat sprung out of his arms, but grinned when the cat looked back. It was apparently done being in the living room, but not yet done being petted.
"Well, I suppose if I'm invited..." he said, and followed the cat into the bedroom.
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And true to the cat's expectations, Sigma came marching through District 10, a fresh leather notebook in hand. He noticed with slight irritation that he had left his door open... He was getting old and his attention to detail was slipping, it seemed, and Sigma sighed. Grasping the edge of the door, Sigma stepped inside... and was immediately shocked to find his space was already occupied.
What on earth? Was it customary for this man's world to just intrude into other people's bedrooms? If he didn't explain himself at once, the boy would certainly be getting an earful.
Dr. Klim was completely deadpan. "...What are you doing in my room." His gaze turned to Nye accusingly, having a feeling his cat had something to do with it.
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He appraised the older man as he spoke. Another Tribute obviously, and clearly not one who'd made it to the age he had in a soft and coddled environment. But he seemed more nonplussed than about to go into a murderous rage, so Lyle continued rubbing the cat's ears.
"I haven't seen a cat with this coloring before, or this pattern."
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His tone relaxes. "He was a genetically engineered breed, I believe. One 'rusty Panemian peafowl'. I received him as a gift." There is no bias or anger in his voice when he says 'genetically engineered', to him it is a phrase as normal as describing the weather. "His name is Nye. I find his pattern vaguely reminiscent of plant cells undergoing mitosis, but I am certain that wasn't the breeder's intention." He added the last bit in case the other caught the reference, and figured he would write it off as extra trivia should it elude him.
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"Yeah?" he asked, glancing back at the cat under his hands. Other than that, he didn't appear startled, disgusted, or even particularly intrigued by the prospect of genetic engineering either. "Biology's not my field of study, but I can see it. How long have you had him?"
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If this sentient can casually link a pattern to plant cells undergoing mitosis, Lyle's willing to bet that he's not unconversant in the sciences himself.
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Then suddenly he chuckled, the negativity that had consumed him gone. "Pardon me. It seems I have asked you for your background before your name. How terribly rude. I am Dr. Sigma Klim - it is a pleasure."
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He cocked his head to the side, having continued to pet Nye during the course of the conversation. "How advanced are your AI?"
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"They have certainly come a long way from since I was a boy," he answered him. "I have an AI running my security and communications at home, for example. Such a thing was unthinkable back in the day." He places and hand to his chin and smiles mysteriously. "However, a few of us have designed AI that can command bodies remotely. They are indistinguishable from humans. It can be argued that they even possess souls of their own." From the way Sigma phrases his speculation, it is obvious which side of the argument he falls on. His empathy even extends towards the machine.
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He nodded thoughtfully along with the older sentient's words. "Sounds like they're at around the same level as the artificial intelligences I'm familiar with. Have they started lobbying to be recognized and accorded full sentient rights yet?"
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He's pleased to see the other has perfect familiarity with Artificial Intelligence. "There aren't enough of them around for that to begin yet, you see. In fact, it is rare even to find a surviving human - our species faces near extinction. The scientific community that remains is very tightly knit, but few in number. That said, I try to treat these 'artificial' intelligences with the respect they deserve." He thought of Akane, who made her disdain for robot autonomy clear. "Why, did they do so in your world?"
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Unless Dr. Klim is just glad to have anyone to talk to about artificial intelligences.
"Oh, they started a war against the United Planets when the U.P. wouldn't recognize them," Lyle said. "We worked with them on a few things, since they paid well and my team hadn't been on good terms with the U.P. since we told them where they could stick it. But they got recognition eventually."
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Of course, the current conversation about AIs certainly does help him handwave the morally questionable behavior, as well.
He shook his head in complete amazement. "Hold on. United Planets? What a wondrous world you must come from..." He tilted his head curiously. "What do you mean by your 'team?'"
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He smiled fondly. "My team is a bunch of teenagers thrown together by the U.P. as a symbol of how strong our disparate species could be when we all worked together. Of course, we were all expendable for various reasons. We eventually got tired of being expendable, told them where to cram it, and changed our name to the 'Legion of Super Villains'. Mostly we just go by 'the Legion' though, since the whole thing is a mouthful."