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bakerstreet2015-01-19 07:13 pm
thememezone) wrote in bakerstreet2015-01-19 07:13 pm
The Cyborg Meme
The Cyborg Meme
Isn't technology great?
For one reason or another, you're now part organic, part robotic. Roll a number, pick your favorites, or choose your own robotic adventure!
Write which role(s) you want to play, if you're up for being the one cyborged, feel free to describe what your character's new modified body is like.
Roles:
1. Cyborg - For whatever reason, you're a cyborg. Maybe you were turned into one because of the scenarios below, maybe you've been one for as long as you can remember. Are you a cyborg helping out a brand new one get used to their new body?
2. The One Doing the Cyborging - Are you a doctor who uses robotic parts to help save lives? Or maybe you're a mad scientist sticking electronic bits to people to see what happens. Perhaps you're a cyborg yourself and wanted to make someone like you. There's a lot of reasons to cyborg someone, everybody has their own thoughts towards the matter.
3. Bystander - You're just passing by, another doctor checking up on a patient, a jailer set to make sure that the experiment didn't escape. You're not a cyborg, nor are you the one who made them that way, but now you've got to deal with the results one way or another.
4. Other - Is there somehow else your character would be involved? Have fun with it!
Scenarios
1. Forced Cyborgification - You've been captured, maybe by a group of aliens or perhaps by a mad scientist, and now they've outfitted you with new limbs and maybe even a brand new processor. Perhaps you're fresh out of surgery or your time in the machine, or someone's broken you free and the operation is only partially done.
2. Willing Cyborgification - Robots are just plain cool! Maybe you want to be stronger or jump higher or maybe you just want to be the first to have robotic parts attached to you.
3. Cyborgified to Save Your Life - Something happened to put you on death's doorway and the only way to live is to be robotically enhanced. You have a choice in the matter, unless you're unconscious or otherwise out of it, but if you want to live, you've got to be modified.
4. Reverse Cyborgification - You're a robot and you've always been a robot, but for some reason, you've now got organic parts attached to you. Maybe you were part of an experiment or maybe you just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Don't worry, they're 100% lab-grown! (Unless you don't want them to be, of course.)
5. Other - Got a different idea for how your cyborgification went? Go for it!
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[ As much as his scanners indicate pain and injury and stress on Hiro's stitches, there's not much Tadashi can do to turn his brother away when he goes in for that hug. The injuries don't matter to him, what matters is Hiro's safe, and Tadashi hugs back, wrapping his arms around as gently as he can-- and maybe just a little warm. Good thing for Baymax's huggable design, huh?
Hiro's safe. And they're together. That's the important thing. And even if it's hard to sound comforting when you're somehow a robot, Tadashi gives it a try. For Hiro. ]
It's me. I'm right here.
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His brain is running on two levels right now - the oh my god, Tadashi level and the what the fuck is happening right now level. The latter finds him pretty quickly going from hugging to prodding at vinyl seams and even Baymax's eyes (cameras), because even if he's a drugged-up wheezing toasted one-armed trainwreck right now his curiosity's still intact.]
But you died.
[Hiro draws back, clutching at the hospital blanket. Maybe he'd have an answer, or at least an idea of one if his head wasn't so foggy and tired. Mostly he's just confused, instead. Happy. But confused, and fumbling the first string of half a dozen thoughts that comes to mind.]
This - shouldn't even be possible. I mean, even assuming you could upload your brain to a robot, which you can't last time I checked, you'd...well, the point is, you couldn't. [He passes his hand through his hair, like maybe that'll make a coherent thought fall out or something.] You're a walking, talking scientific impossibility. And you're...
I thought I'd never see you again.
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[ Yep, Tadashi uses one of those soft hands to press Hiro gently into the mattress, making sure he stays in bed and doesn't try anything stupid like sitting up again. It's bad enough seeing his brother in pain, but knowing the exact places where he's bleeding as well as his heart rate and blood sugar just with a glance is... weird. Really weird. They can deal with the specifics when they're more or less stable. It's not worth worrying Hiro over. ]
I know. [ He manages to sound solemn as he musses with Hiro's hair. ] You got hurt, too. I'm sorry.
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[Hiro grumbles quietly as he's pushed back down. He hates being stuck in bed like this...he's been asleep or passed out for most of it, yeah, but still. For a big balloon, Baymax is surprisingly strong - but then Tadashi built him to lift a couple tons at least. Maybe he shouldn't be surprised. Huffing softly, he settles back down on his pillow.]
Don't apologize, I'm fine - [Conveniently forgetting he was in ICU at some point. He doesn't even know how long ago that was, but whatever, it happened. He's fine now. Sorta. There's more important things going on, like holy shit Tadashi -] - you're the one that's stuck inside a robot. Does Aunt Cass know about this?
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[ If "woke up" is the right term to use now. Tadashi doesn't have a clue how this'll affect him from now on. He can guess, but he'll focus on Hiro first and foremost. That's what big bros do.
With Hiro laying safely in bed, Tadashi can relax a little. He scans him just to make sure his heart rate is down, but he can't shut out the notices of severe trauma following an amputation: irregular sleeping patterns likely due to increased doses of morphine.
Tadashi can't exactly sigh, but he blinks slowly turning towards the door (and making cute robot noises with all his servos and junk moving around.) He can hear people outside and he should... probably call a nurse or something, but that can wait a bit too. ]
Are you sure you're okay? Has Aunt Cass been by at all?
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He's just a little afraid if he falls asleep, next time he'll wake up and find out this was all a hallucination, that Tadashi's gone completely.
He sighs softly and points to a chair in the corner - there's a tissue box, a whole pile of used tissues and a wadded up blanket where Aunt Cass would normally be, all the times he's been awake long enough to talk to her. She probably went to get something to eat.]
She's the one who...told me. About you. I don't remember a ton but she's been here a lot. And all your nerd school friends too, actually. They probably brought Baymax in while I was out of it.
[Wasabi reads books, Honey talks a lot, Gogo only talks if Hiro wants to talk, and Fred...for a high energy guy, he can be really chill when he needs to be. Hiro's surprised they've visited, but it explains why Baymax would be here.]
I'm gonna live, doc. Promise.
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[ Tadashi closes his eyes, his shoulders sagging just slightly before he picks himself up again. He has to stay strong for Hiro, just like always. Even if he is... somehow a robot. The others will want to know, too. Later.
Right now they're having a bro moment, and Tadashi needs Hiro to know that they're gonna be ok. Even if he lost an arm and his big brother is kind of downloaded into a robot. Naturally that means messing with his hair some more. ]
You better. I didn't make it this far so you'd go and die on me, little man.
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You're the one that ran into a burning building, moron.
[...And Hiro tried to follow him, after the fact, but Tadashi's the one who actually died so he doesn't get to complain.
He's so tired...but he grabs for Baymax's other hand anyway, and his grip may not be strong, but he's determined. He fixes the nurse bot (Tadashi now, isn't it?) with a fierce look.]
You can't run off and leave me like that again. I won't let you.
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[ And if Tadashi ended up like this-- presumably dead and uploaded into a robot, it's unlikely Callaghan survived. That's... another sad thought he's gonna have to worry about later, when he isn't being Hiro's big brother. As much as he understands Hiro's concern, he can't put him in danger, either. That's what matters.
Tadashi nods. Yeah, sorry, Hiro, your hair looks hilarious, wait till someone else sees this mess. ]
I know. I won't do it again. I never meant to leave you.
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Hiro looks away for only a second to mumble something at the nurse, ask where Aunt Cass is and such while she gives him his medicine. And then it's back to Tadashi.]
Even if I fall asleep, you can't disappear. Promise.
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[ All of Tadashi's scanners and med data are telling him to stay by Hiro's side, anyway. Studies show that recovery from severe trauma can be greatly accelerated with support of friends and family.
How are their friends and family even going to respond if they think Tadashi is dead though... Yet another thing they'll have to deal with later. For now, Tadashi is just grateful that Hiro's getting more pain meds. Already he can tell his vitals are going back to normal. ]
I promise, Hiro. I'm staying with you.