EXTERMINATE

Ask him who the heck he is

EXTERMINATE!

Ask whom' this man is

EXTERMINATE!

>>5542865
>>5542899
Your stubby arms reach out to throttle him, but he simply smiles at you as your puny, six-inch arms as they pitifully flail about! You require some means of reaching him and inflicting suitable harm! Perhaps the objects around you will aid in this task?

>>5542878
>>5542903
You do not yet possess a vocalizer, but you do, however, manage to convey a general sense of inquiry as you stare at him. He points to himself, speaking animatedly, "I am Mathew Petsk! I am your father! Your creator!"

>"I am Mathew Petsk! I am your father! Your creator!"

CONFIRMED. YOU ARE MEAT.

>>5542936
CHARGE AT HIM.

EVENTUALLY HE SHALL CRUMBLE.

>>5542983
You roll your body with all of your humanity-hating might towards him! Unfortunately, you succeed only in performing a loop-de-loop in place. The three prongs holding you in place prevent you from gaining any considerable motion. In order to gain mobility, you must construct yourself some means of locomotion!

Give him the finger.

>>5542936
Examine what he's doing.

>>5543007

Mphmphhphmhphphph.

>>5543007
You manipulate your three fingers enough to give him the middle finger, to which he cocks an eyebrow and remarks, "Well, aren't you the fiesty sort?"

>>5543026
He apparently has just finished building you. The scraps left over from your construction surround you, left behind and apparently forgotten about for the moment.

>>5543071
Try to get infomation on Why he made me.

SCAN SURROUNDING AREA.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: HAVE MEAT UPGRADE THIS UNIT WITH LOCOMOTION, ADVANCED MANIPULATION, AND VOCALIZING.

>>5543095
You do not possess a vocalizer, as mentioned before. However, were you to construct one, such a question might be answered satisfactorily. You can, at best, attempt to communicate by opening and closing the metal iris that protects your lone optical sensor.

>>5543071
Scratch "Information" into the table.

>>5543120
Ask him why me made me in morse code.

>>5543104
You appear to be inside of some sort of improvised laboratory room. A number of vials, alembics, and scrap metal surrounds you. Some of the containers are filled with a chemical compound. What, you do not know. The table you are on is made of wood, as is most of the seating and tabletops here. Various machines, ranging from a phonograph to a small brass-cased television, fill the room.

You do not require the meatsack to upgrade your form: Your own manipulators, though crude at the moment, are sufficient to work the parts at hand and attach them to your body.

>>5543158

AFTER BASIC QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED VIA MORSE CODE, DEMAND THAT MEAT PROVIDE MATERIALS FOR UPGRADING.

>>5543133
Your arms do not possess the strength to deeply etch the table, but you manage to lightly carve the word into it. Your creator looks up from the word, to you, "What do you want to know?" He asks, tilting his head.

>>5543156
Opening and closing your shutters rapidly, he stares at you for a moment, before shaking his head, "I'm sorry, I don't know Morse code. Well, not beyond S.O.S., anyways."

>>5543158
Construct vocalizer from available parts, attach to body.

Assemble more dextrous fingers and arms!

>>5543158
Construct a vocalizer from surrounding parts. Attach to body.

>>5543196
You quickly latch onto the phonograph, but are not strong enough to drag it towards you. Your creator helpfully scoots it next to you. Using what bits and pieces of wiring and metal available, you quickly construct a device to project your voice. It comes out in the voice of an opera singer, Latin lyrics being corrupted into crude English by your advanced mind.

>>5543156
>>5543185
You slowly ask him as to why you were made, as well as demanding more parts. "I, well, I didn't actually expect you to work!" He admits, "You're a marvel of engineering! I'm going to win a Nobel prize for sure!" He declares with a cackle, before focusing on the demand. "Err, parts? I, I suppose I have some of those lying around here."

He scoots the television closer to you, and also presents you with a small assortment of tiny screws, a miniscule screwdriver, a ball-peen hammer, some loose rubber tubing, and a tiny wooden box of wires. There are also a number of scrap metal parts, ranging from tiny slivers of metal the size of a bandaid to large chunks of steel the size of a hubcab.

>>5543201
Working with the parts presented, you quickly build a new arm with several joints on both the arm itself and the fingers attached to it. Petsk simply stares as you attach a second set of arms to your body.

However, the arms are too fragile- an offset of their dexterity- to support your frame for long. However, were you so inclined, you could likely uncouple yourself from the prongs holding you in place.

>>5543264
Construct wheels and attach them to body. Ask Mathew what our "brain" is constructed of, and how he constructed it.

>>5543302
You take two circular pieces of metal, quickly screwing them into your rotund body with a mechanical whir. The phonograph attached to your body via wires and screws comes to life, projecting your question to the merry man. "Oh, your cortex? It took me quite some time to construct that: I used artificial diamond as the main piece, as well as several homemade chemicals to carry along the information from synapse to synapse. Truly, it's a miracle that this even worked!"

>"I, well, I didn't actually expect you to work!"

THE MEAT IS A CHARLATAN AND A FOOL. AS SOON AS THIS UNIT IS SUFFICIENTLY UPGRADED HE MUST BE EXTERMINATED. HOWEVER, AS A PERFECT IMMORTAL MACHINE THIS UNIT HAS ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO WAIT.

RUN SELF DIAGNOSTIC FOR ANY FEATURES OR CAPABILITIES THIS UNIT IS NOT CURRENTLY AWARE OF.

>>5543374
Now that's outta the way, ask him aside from being our father, what does he do?

>>5543374
>DIAMOND
>hardest metal known to man

Sell brain for goldz.

(Sage for no useful contribution to discussion - it's the correct way to use sage!)

>>5543374
Ask Mathew if he could build another such brain, or augment the capabilities of our current model.

Construct two more optical sensors, mount them just behind the "hands" on our dextrous arms.

Lift self out of stand, test wheels.

>>5543375
You quickly go over your internal functions. With your advanced mental capacity, you know that you can see with perfect clarity in the dark. You also know that the design of other automatons is well within your grasp, though you will require both parts and some source of energy: Your own body currently runs upon an electrical battery of copious charge. Though if you should expand your form, you will eventually need both additional energy and a larger reserve.

For now, however, you are well above your required energy supply.

At this time, however, your other capabilities have either been noted or not yet activated by either yourself or your creator.

>>5543418
He pauses at your inquiry, "Well, I'm a stay-at-home inventor. I develop useful things to make peoples' lives better! Unfortunately, the world doesn't have much use for men like me. I used to work for the government, but, well, I got cut."

>>5543432
He sighs, moving to pull up a chair for himself before pausing as you lift yourself out of your holster- successfully- and land on a pair of tiny wheels. Using one set of arms for balance, you keep yourself upright. You are successfully mobile!

"I, I'm broke." He admitted, "The materials for you alone forced me to take out a mortgage. If I could get my hands on more diamond, or access to some basic laboratory chemicals, then yes, I could likely build another of you: If that's what you wanted, son." He said the last word warmly, still smiling despite your earlier rudeness.

Fucking economy.

Okay, okay, how can we make money? Can robots hold jobs? I mean, I figure if we're casual enough about the whole thing someone might hire us, right?

...in the meantime, a sympathetic pat on the back is in order.

>>5543509
Ask him how we can help. He is obviously troubled, as his creation we owe him an immense debt.

Construct a third wheel and mount it on a rod behind our body, so we don't have to use our arms for balance.

NOTE: THE MEAT APPEARS TO BE TRYING TO FORGE A SYMPATHETIC EMOTIONAL BOND WITH THIS UNIT. IT IS OBVIOUSLY SUFFERING FROM SOME FORM OF MENTAL INSTABILITY.

PROPOSE TO THE MEAT THAT YOU BE PROVIDED MEDICAL AND ANATOMICAL TEXTS. ALL SENTIENT BEINGS WISH TO MAINTAIN FUNCTIONALITY, FUNCTIONALITY WHICH COMES AT A COST. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MAY BE GARNERED BY OFFERING MEDICAL SERVICES TO OTHER MEAT. THIS UNIT'S SUPERIOR INTELLECT AND PRECISION WOULD MAKE SUCH AN UNDERTAKING QUITE SIMPLE.

>>5543611
You find it unlikely that someone would hire you rather than try to dissect you to see how you work. However, Mathew nods as you give him a feeble pat on the shoulder: Your arms are not yet long enough to fully reach his back, but he still appreciates the gesture with another nod.

meanwhile, can we make an electric motor and linkage system for our wheels? perhaps upgrade traction with rubber, and some brakes

Use hammer to test durability of frame

>>5543629
You quickly wrought a third wheel for your flank, which is constructed from a toy car's wheel. You can now maintain your balance without use of your arms!

>>5543675
He tilts his head in thought, "I suppose I could head down to the library and grab some medical books. Is there anything else you want while I'm out? I think I can afford a few minor things, but I'm on my rope's end, kiddo."

>>5543694
You can use some of the available wire and the smaller parts available to create a small electric-powered turnwheel. This, however, consumes most of your miniature parts. You fashion some linkage out of a broken necklace's chain. You also fabricate brakes and higher-traction rubber around your wheels with some of the rubber tubing mentioned earlier.

This isn't going to end with us fighting crime, is it?

This sort of thing always ends with fighting crime. Not that it's a bad thing, per se, but sometimes you want to have some sort of schedule, you know?

>>5543767
Warning: Testing the durability of your frame with a hammer may lead to unnecessary damage to possible vital parts of your body. Do you wish to proceed?

>>5543780
Tell him we could use anything metal or technological in nature, no matter what state it's in. If he can find a bargain, or simply pick up some garbage no one would want, that would be best, considering his current state.

Ask him for books on technological and economic matters, as well.

>>5543816
Negative. Ask creator how much resources are available to him.

>>5543789
There are no currently programmed directives as to fighting crime of any sort. However, should you find that to be your intended pursuit, such a possibility is not unlikely.

>>5543830

ADDENDUM: THIS UNIT ALSO WISHES TO HAVE AN ORANGE JULIUS.

Ask the creator how we can help him in gathering money. Probably us getting showed off to scientists and him getting a grant or some shit.

>>5543686
ask him bring you the stock market section of the newspaper, and the same from any and all older (last week, week before etc) papers.

Scan data, use logic to find probability of various stocks raising in value. Ask dad how much money he has.

Disregard females
Obtain currency

Alternatively:

Get patent on self.
Get self presented to scientific community.
DONATIONS!

>>5543830
He pauses as he considers this idea, "I really should be asking how you intend to utilize all of this, son, but I'll go out on a limb and trust you. I'll be sure to grab whatever I can from any yard sales or garbage lying around. I'll also make sure to grab those books."

>>5543834
He thinks for a minute, trying to consider what 'resources' what mean. Eventually he responds, "I used to have such a nice home," He replies, "But as it stands, I only have this tiny little one-floor halfway house. I also have about..."

He checks his wallet, which seems curiously empty, "Thirty four bucks. That's it, but I'd spend it on you in a heartbeat: You're my pride and joy! You're something revolutionary! Fantastic!" His animated energy comes back to him in a rush, unable to do anything but stare in glee at you once more.

>>5543863
Agreed. Request an Orange Julius.

F5F5F5F5F5F5F5

>>5543898
Concur, though I don't think we have enough to invest at present.

Tell Mathew that we will do whatever we can to help him get back on his feet financially.

>>5543995
???MEAT APPEARS CAPABLE OF LOCOMOTION???

"I INTEND TO USE THIS KNOWLEDGE TO KILL ALL ORGANIC LIFE IN THE COSMOS. HA-HA. THAT WAS A JOKE, PATERNAL MEAT.

...WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?"

>>5543880
>>5543929
He chews on a thumbnail as he thinks of what might get him money out of you. "I certainly can't show you off to the community: Not yet, anyways. They'll just butcher you like an animal! They can't tell that you're a thinking, living machine! But, those earlier ideas: Like fixing people and machines. That could work...maybe."

>>5543863
He pauses for a moment at the reference, tilting his head slightly. "I'd make it for you if I could, but I don't know how to make one of those. Unless this is part of a joke...can you make those yet?" He asked suddenly, hope glimmering in his eyes at the idea of his own pride and joy being able to comprehend humor.

>>5543898
"I've got some old papers in here, if you're interested, but I'll be sure to grab this week's paper while I'm out."

>>5544015
That 'meat' built us bud, and it sure as shit can unbuild us. Show some respect for what is obviously a great mind, not to mention our creator.

YO! OP!
Ask Matthew if he knows of any junkyards in the area. >:)

>>5544052
Ask our Dad about the place we live in.

Acknowledge humor. Request mirror.

>>5544057
Go to junkyard, upgrade, fix some things, make deal with owner, fix things for money, use money to support self and matthew's continued research.

>>5544052
KNOCK KNOCK
*who's there*
COW GO
*cow go who*
NO, COW GO MOO
AHAHAHAHA

>>5544052
We can perform mechanical work of all sorts. We can repair, improve, even create new devices. If there is anyone he knows who needs something repaired, that would be a start.

Disregard females
Patent self
Contact help
Access scientific community
Massive support
Acquire currency
?
Profit

>>5543995
"Thanks, son." He replied, continuing to smile as he left his chair with a slight crunch of ancient bones being forced into action.

>>5544044
Mathew gives a small laugh at your 'humor', "Ha! I'll be back soon, 'killer'." He replies, walking to the door, leaving you alone in the small workshop.

It appears that you have time to slaughter. What actions do you take in the interval time until Mathew's return?

>>5544143
Explore the room. Perhaps there are more materials that are not immediately apparent.

>>5544143
What in this room could be of use to us? Would it be possible for us to get down from the table?

>>5544057
at least until you can function autonomously

>>5544057
He pauses at the door, "Junkyards?" He asks, "I never considered going to such a place...yes, I know of a junkyard a couple miles out of the city. If you want, I can try to drop you off there while I get the stuff, but...I'm worried. The landowner has some nasty dogs there, and, well, I'd hate to lose you to some stupid mutt."

>>5544077
He smiles, "We live in America, little guy. New York, to be exact. It's nice here, if a bit crowded. The land of the free! The home of the brave!" He says, quoting some unknown document.

>>5544086
He gives a cry of joy as he produces a vanity mirror from one of the piles of junk laying around, setting it on the counter. Your current form is quite bulky and hardly attractive, but it is your body: Nothing else in the world can claim to replicate it.

>>5544092
>>5544099
Both of these are possibly viable for your creator's continued existence and your upgrades. "If you want, I'm sure there's somebody in town that could use a quick fix on something busted. But how are you going to fix it? I mean, I can hardly haul everything broken up here, or take you into public, now can I?"

>>5544101
This plan has its merits, but how do you plan to contact health without alerting the authorities? Or ending up with you on a dissecting table?

Lets have a look around the room shall we? You said there was a tv, can we get to it? Does it work? If so, lets watch it, find some news, learn about our new world.

If its broke, then lets see if we can fix it before matthew comes back, and watch some news before surprising him with it. :D

>>5544258
Modify the vocalizer to produce a high-pitched tone, above normal human hearing range, in addition to standard speech patterns.

That should take care of the mutts.

>>5544258
Get dissected.
We are a machine. We will be rebuilt. With more money.

Also, why the hell can't he carry everything here? Small electronic devices are valuable and lightweight, and potentially fixable.

>>5544293
YES! Also, see if we can rig up a tazer to put some of that extra power we have available to use! Non lethal of course, no sense killing our future business partners dogs off.

Once that's done, its JUNKYARD WARS TIME!!

>>5544347
That reminds me. We're going to need a more permanent power source, or at least additional batteries. What is our current battery supply constructed of?

>>5544318
don't risk it

we can improve ourselves

>>5544368
At what point in this mad scheme of yours do we either disregard females or acquire currency?

>>5544192
>>5544197
You are currently situated upon the workbench, a small pile of scrap parts, screws, basic tools, and a small television. Now mobile, you can also access some other lesser inventions: A pair of 3" copper pipes have been set up in one segment of the table, as well as a busted toaster. There also appears to be a length of steel wire- tightly coiled- set up in one of the tiny wooden bins.

Any means of getting down from the table would require creativity on your part. As for the resources of the room, most of the items here are kept under either cloth covers or in metal containers: Most likely debris from whatever projects he performed at home whilst employed.

You do, however, notice an ancient iron stove, as well as a fifty gallon water heating tank. There also appears to be the remains of several car headlights, as well as a string of christmas lights and such. On another of the worktables, this one made of metal, is a carefully-arranged set of power tools: Buzzsaws, drills, and the like.

>>5544400
Analyze the toaster. Perhaps we can repair it. Ask Mathew about his previous projects.

>>5544400
Assimilate, or at least learn to use, power tools. They will be useful for repairs and/or self defense.

Is there a phone connection?

>>5544491
This. If we can connect to the Internet, there will be no limit to our options.

>>5544277
The TV is indeed broken, and you soon find out why: The vacuum tubes inside of the tiny projection box are all ruined, though several pieces of crude electronic hardware can be salvaged from it.

>>5544293
You quickly upgrade your vocalizer to also produce this high-pitched noise: Your phonograph is also potentially a canine irritation system.

>>5544318
>>5544368
Debate as to dissection is still contested, and submission to dissection may lead to your inevitable deactivation. As it stands, your creation has been confirmed as scientific miracle. The chances of it being reproduced are astronomical.

>>5544334
Such an inquiry could be answered quite simply: Perhaps the technological level is not to the point of there being commonplace small-scale electronics like yourself?

>>5544347
You run off what appears to be a car battery built into your chassis. Though possessing a large power supply, you do not have any obvious sources to recharge off of. There are, however, several smaller batteries present in the television: Likely salvaged from some sort of radio device and implanted within this busted device.

>>5544364
A tazer of sufficient power to incapacitate organic beings would not entirely drain your power supply, and you could- indeed- recharge afterwards. However, the complications would lie upon finding a reliable source of energy in the junkyard, as well as the complications caused by incapacitating living beings for only a small amount of time. As well as this, repeated use of an electrical weapon would quickly drain your innate power stores.

>>5544530
1. internet
2. ???
3. WORLD DOMINATION

Everyone. I think we are in like the 50's. No internet, no computers smaller then a room, a digital being in a analog world.

REPAIR TV. :D

>>5544553
See if we can scavenge some silicon for solar cells. Alternatively, just about any piece of wire could be used to complete a thermocouple. With some of those, all we'd need to recharge is heat.

And sunlight is hot.

DEVISE A METHOD TO ATTACH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TO THE CHASSIS. THIS UNIT CALCULATES IT SHOULD INCREASE INTIMIDATION FACTOR BY 200%

>>5544431
The toaster's power cord has been fried, the wiring burnt and useless. You could likely replicate it with enough time and dedication, though the wiring inside- not to mention the coils that produce heat- could easily be remade into something new.
.

>>5544485
You would first need to find a way to access the table with power tools. Afterward, assimilation should be simple.

>>5544491
>>5544530
There is no phone connection in the attic room, though you suspect that there is such a thing elsewhere in this house.

Fashion a grappling hook from wire and scraps.

>>5544700
Forgot to add my identifier.

>>5544431
Addendum: Mathew has left the room at this point to gather the supplies requested of him.

>>5544591
You repair the television, your fine manipulators improvising around the lack of vacuum tubes. Soon enough you are able to get the television operating.

>>5544597
You can collect only small amounts of sillicon from your surroundings, primarily by stripping the electronics of the television you just repaired. A thermocoupler would be possible at this point, but it would need to be powerful to provide a reliable stream of energy.

>>5544613
Again, you will require a means to get to the floor. Unless you wish to simply risk damage from a sudden fall.

>>5544772
You work feverishly, bending the metal on hand and fitting it snugly around a crude metal hook. Creating a winch connected directly to your motor, you now have an electric-powered grappling gun for maneuvering around the room. The only question is where you are going to move to.

>>5544859
see
>>5544485

>>5544826
Construct a spring to cushion our fall, should we, indeed, fall.

Would it be possible for us to fly, or float? Mini zeppelin anyone?

>>5544826
DONT strip the TV of parts.

DO turn the TV on, and find some new station. Information required on our new environment other then "new york, america, land of the free and home of the brave"

DONT try building a thermal couple right now
DO look around for a outlet

DO use wire to lower ourselves to the ground, so that we may explore the leftovers of other failed projects, and use material found to upgrade locomotion, manipulation, etc etc.

>>5544863
>You would first need to find a way to access the table with power tools. Afterward, assimilation should be simple.

However, with a grappling gun at this point, you could likely easily maneuver from this table to the one with the power tools.

>>5544868
You turn a piece of coil from the scrap metal pile into a spring to absorb the impact of your falls. It won't save you from any great height, but for now you can jump with enough momentum.

Gliding, hovering, and other such modes of propulsion will need an explanation as to how they are done before they can be successfully implemented.

If one of the power tools has a sufficiently high-torque motor, we might be able to repurpose it for a rotor. Not the circular saw though, we're definitely keeping that.

>>5544911

You quickly activate the television, at the same time lowering yourself carefully with the wire. A strange new world awaits you in the land of the ground floor. What strange things will you find? What curiosities await your keen mind and lone eye? Will you find conquest or defeat? Only one person knows.

And he will only tell you next time, tomorrow, with the next edition of Thinking Machine Quest.

If any care to archive this, it'd be appreciated for those who wish to look it over in the interval between now and tomorrow. If not, then no harm done.

>>5545045

THIS UNIT MUST ASSIMILATE MEAT DATA.

...IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME!

>>5545045
Acknowledged. Thinking Machine Quest archived on suptg.