destinystrings | 4th Screw [Action]

Who: Nano Shinonome and YOU!
Where: Virgo District
Summary: Nano's out shopping and singing embarrassing songs
Warnings: None

[Nano's out Christmas shopping today, and hasn't really seemed to notice that the nanomachine malfunction is causing her to sing at random intervals. After all, with the cheery holiday music playing at all the storefronts, she's already been singing along with Christmas carols anyway as she picks things out for the friends she's met since coming to Hinoto-Ri. At some point, however, the lyrics she's spouting take sort of a different turn.]

There's a part of my heart
Wide and open for you
The key to my heart
It could be you
And if you got the key to my heart
You got to unlock the door
And to unlock the door
You got to find the right floor
You can try you can try
To get to my heart
You can try you can try
To find the right floor
Go ahead and dream
Dream as far as you want

[Later on as she's heading home, and just when she thinks she's gotten a handle on this thing, an even more ridiculous and personally embarrassing set of lyrics issues forth from her mouth.]

Domo arigato, Nano Roboto
Domo (Domo), Domo (Domo)
Domo arigato, Nano Roboto
Domo (Domo), Domo (Domo)
Domo Arigato, Nano Roboto
Domo Arigato, Nano Roboto
Domo Arigato, Nano Roboto
Domo Arigato, Nano Roboto
Thank you very much oh Nano Roboto
For taking care of cats that nobody wants to
And thank you very much oh Nano Roboto
For baking me a cake just when I need you to
Thank you, thank you, thank you
I wanna thank you
Please, thank you

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It's nothing, really!

...why is it such a problem? Do you hate machines?

Hate them...? No, that isn't it.

They why the overreaction? I'd understand if you disliked humans because I'd be the same if someone said I was human.

No, I don't hate humans either.

Well....why are you so excitable?

I'm sorry. I was just... nervous.

I didn't think machines could be nervous.

[Testing...]

[Unable to even fathom a retort to such a matter of fact statement, Nano just freezes up, her face blanching.]

....excuse me? Should I speak louder?

[The problem with not being able to read human expressions.]

[Shaking her head.]

No, I heard you.

I'm not...familiar with gue'las. [That's hard to admit but he isn't.]

It looked to me like you just saw an enemy but I could be wrong. You'll have to walk me through this.

Um... can I ask you something?

[fidget fidget]

If I was... what you think I am, would you still accept me?

...of course?

[Oh wait, not everyone knows.]

Everyone is equal in the Tau Empire so... [...it would make sense for it to carry over. Even if he doesn't really like humans.]

[Nano breathes a small smile of relief at that, smiling a little.]

Thank you. But... until I'm ready to tell everyone myself, could you keep it a secret just a little longer?

If you're asking, I guess so.

[He can't think of a situation where he'd tell in the first place.]

Thank you again, so much!

I don't see why I need to be thanked either.

Well... you're not judging me because of what I am, and you've agreed to help me keep it a secret until I'm ready to talk about it more opnely. You could just as easily have rejected me or told everyone.

That's just called common courtesy.

...I'll admit to being curious though, since our AIs only have limited intelligence.

I'll answer anything I can if you like, though even I don't completely understand how I was built.

[He opens his mouth as if to speak but then closes it again.]

No. It's not my place.

[Tilting her head to the side just slightly.]

Mm? Are you sure?

I'm a member of the Fire Caste. If I were Earth Caste, then I would have plenty of questions.

I'm not sure I really understand, but all right.

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