[}----<×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=>Power-On<=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×>----{]"Model 0m3ga is fully active, one more is working and we are four for five."Those were the first words he heard, an excited man running back and forth between what has to be at least 10 monitors, splayed out across a large desk. 0m3ga never saw what was on them as they were facing away, but with the knowledge of being an android and being started up there were no doubt diagnostics of his condition."What happened to the other one?" The thought left his lips before he knew it, the silicone contorting to take the appearance of a mouth creating the shapes needed to speak, in spite of the fact that all noise came from speakers inside the empty space modelled to be the inside of a mouth, a natural urge to learn taking over. He took note of how his voice was not robotic, being impossible to distinguish from a human's, although it was fully monotone.In that instant everyone in the room froze what they were doing, lowering tablets and tilting their heads so as not to be watching through cameras, turning to look at the android. The excited scientist slowly turns his head to a monitor, maintaining eye contact with 0m3ga as he slowly paces to the keyboard. Suddenly an interface showed up over 0m3ga's vision, it should have shocked him but it felt strangely natural. It locked onto the scientist, dissecting his appearance.Most of the scientists in the room dressed the same, a white lab coat, buttoned up with 10 brown buttons, though one or two do not have it buttoned up, allowing 0m3ga to see the dark blue denim pants with a black belt adorned with a simple silver buckle, tucking in a black shirt that can only be seen peeking out from the top of some lab coats that are buttoned up.The excited scientist wore the same lab coat as the others, but unlike most his was unbuttoned except for the top button, resulting in it trailing behind him as he moved from one place to another. His hair, messy as what should be curls stick into the air, holds a pair of glasses that should be perched upon his nose if he was someone who actually needed them. The glasses have a black, square frame with a flat top all the way along, the arch being the only smooth part of the rectangular eyewear. He wore the same shirt, pants and black shoes as the rest of the scientists in the room, although his was not tucked in one side, appearing as if an intentional fashion choice to appear unique from the rest.Green eyes.
Hazel hair.
Expression scanning.
20% confusion... Source... Individual's speech.
30% amazement... Source... Individual's speech.
40% happiness... Source... Data inconclusive.
10%... Data inconclusive .
Likelihood of individual's speech being unexpected, 90%
The text scrawled across his vision.Looking around the room 0m3ga sees he is in a pod, the glass has slide up to be above the tube, only barely not touching the wall behind based on the size of the pod 0m3ga can see and the way the wall is moving based on what's visible from inside the pod.Continuing to scan the room, 0m3ga turns around to the pod he was in, seeing 5 identical ones lined up built into the wall. Turning to face his pod, 0m3ga was facing a blue tinted curved pane, at the top where hinges connecting the glass to a mechanical arm that had been outstretched to allow 0m3ga to exit the pod. As the arm retracted and the glass clicked into place, text and lines appeared on it.4/5, likely a designation of the 5 models, ???%, likely a marking of a monitored condition of the model, such as charge, software updates or repair progress. Below the glass were 6 switches, the top row consisting of 3 green, and the bottom of 3 red, the two green on the outside were up, and lit up, with the middle down and not illuminated. The bottom row, meanwhile, had its 2 outside switches up and dim, with the middle one in the down position and lit up. 0m3ga could not discern the purpose of the switches and chose to move on.Continuing outside of the pod the room is best described as an organised chaos, wires strewn across the ground near desks and papers both in and out the bins, scrunched up. Piles of paper across desks, messy to an outside eye, made neat through each person's personal system of organisation, such that no-one else could find anything, having a silent rule of not touching one another's desk seems natural in this space.Then there were the people, people in lab coats, while they all had different appearances there were only three of note, if only due to their refusal to wear their attire in the same fashion as the others.One with red hair, only due to scans 0m3ga identified the colour and how it was not natural. Scans doing their best to find what chemicals would cause that colour, based on common hair dye materials, their natural hair colour being black was the final result, satisfied with the scan being completed 0m3ga took notice on their faces.Curiosity filled the scientists as they waited for either the scientist by the computer to say anything or 0m3ga to make a move. The Hazel-eyed man speaks up first, catching everyone's attention, although they dare not look over as to not risk missing something."Hello, looking over your growth indicates that you are learning at an incredible pace, you just scanned all of us did you not." The man asked tentatively, wanting to confirm 0m3ga's ability to obtain new information."Yes, avoiding a series of questions I will run through my knowledge. My designation is Model0m3ga, I am an android made for... purpose unknown, my body has many faculties used in scans of people, places, objects, movement... Through the 0m3ga system, as a part of project Zenith."He pauses before running through a list of the things he can scan, deciding the list was too long and saying every item would take more time than it is worth when explaining the capabilities and limitations of his detections."I am a part of a series of five robots, each with a differing ability made to supplement one another"
Deciding that the scientists already knew the ability of his others, 0m3ga decides not to list them all.A few more questions came and went to see what was and wasn't known."Hey, how come you can talk, your brothers are only capable of following instructions" a young woman called out, her head tilting slightly to the side, long black hair shifting along her back and falling over her shoulder, one eyebrow slightly raised, the other slightly lowered.She wore the same white lab coat as the other scientists but hers was unbuttoned, showing the oaken shirt and top of the blue denim jeans, while others only had the lower half of their pants visible. This allowed 0m3ga to see the black belt with a silver buckle she wore, matching the black shoes with grey laces flowing into metal aglets.Noting that the clothes are similar to the hazel haired scientist, 0m3ga decides that this is likely the attire of most of the scientists in the roomBrothers, 0m3ga mulled the word over in his head. "Brother, noun, a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents." This was the most accurate description given the context of near identical robots.Before 0m3ga could think of an answer the woman with red hair spoke out, recognising the voice as the first voice he heard, 0m3ga turned his whole body to listen.
"Due to 0m3ga's scanning and dissection of all the data he receives his rate of learning is likely much higher than the other models, his inclination to gaining knowledge and ability to learn the operations of his own systems likely allowed him to speak freely sooner than the others", a cold tone fitting her stiff wording was quickly added to 0m3ga's data on the individual."I have data on many things, significant people for instance, but there is nothing on any of you, why is that?" 0m3ga inquired, the gap in knowledge brought up by information being added to a near empty file of the red haired scientist."But to answer your question", Blurted out the hazel haired scientist, brimming with excitement while running from the monitor to 0m3ga, "there is no issue with the other one, we simply are yet to start it up, there is no need for concern."0m3ga took a minute to catch up, standing perfectly still as he processed the answer was to his first inquiry upon booting as it does not answer the one that had been brushed aside. This task took 43 seconds as he attempted to fit the answer in with all prior statements, beginning with the most recent ones and working his way backwards."In a bit," called out the red haired scientist, "the final unit will be operational, until then, you will be brought to meet the others,"
Her matter of fact way of saying betraying 0m3ga's database stating that humans value familial units, and that meeting them is an important occasion."Yes yes, it's a big moment, but alas, I must stay here and finish booting epsilon, you two, bring our newest toy to the playroom," the hazel haired scientist pointed at two of the other researchers, a man with short black hair and a woman with long blond hair, their outfits being worn in the proper fashionThe three of them walk through the corridors of the building, lit up with fluorescent lights in the ceiling, and no windows to let in natural light, completely cut off from the outside world."Why did Mr. Hazel hair refer to me as a toy, and the location we are heading to as a play room?" As the query finished, 0m3ga could not find the reason he added Mr In front of what he refers to the scientist as when he does not in his database."Mr. Hazel hair? Oh, Mr Simon can be a bit eccentric at times, he's just making jokes about how you're all androids so you're kind of like toy soldiers"
The blond scientist quickly hit the black haired one, though 0m3ga did not know why.Noting down Simon's name, 0m3ga followed the two scientists to the room he did not know the name of, until they reached a doorway with a sign reading "testing chamber" in red fluorescent lights.As the three of them enter the chamber 0m3ga sees the floor, walls and ceiling covered in lines, as if they are all tiles fitted with only millimetres in between.In the middle of the room were three figures, they had been standing facing one another but as soon as the door opened they all turned to see who was entering, shifting their entire bodies with no movement in their neck.As 0m3ga saw them he immediately recognised them even without a scan revealing information on their identity.
ModelDΞlt∆, ModelΣigmλ and Model/-\lph@.They were all identical to Model0m3ga, a build reminiscent of a relatively fit human male, looking around their early 20's with perfectly white skin, being made of a metal based polymer, no colour can be found anywhere except the eyes and hair.Their hair is silver and reflective, the ends of the short bangs sways to the right, the outside of the bangs being coloured depending on the model, Dravite Tourmaline for ModelΣigmλ, charoite for ModelDΞlt∆, and Violet blue tanzanite for Model/-\lph@.Their eyes reflect this colour, their pupils just being one sided projections on the lens of the cameras where human eye would be, made so that the models themselves cannot see the projection so it does not get in the way of their vision. While the camera sees a much further range than a human eye, being able to perfectly see even more than a human's peripheral vision, the iris moves to show what the model is focusing on. Their right eye is a reflection of the symbol they are named after, with the entire sclera being black.The focus on the colours in the models brings up 0m3ga's own data, his colour being listed as imperial topaz, and the missing Modelεp§ilΘn's proustite."Well, we need to get back to help with Epsilon" the black haired scientist bumbled out, retreating back through the door they entered through. As the blond haired scientist followed, 0m3ga saw the uncomfortable look on her face, the quick glance back at the other models indicating to 0m3ga that her nervousness roots from the models staring blankly at her.As he turned to the others 0m3ga decides that while he will not add any classifications to the files he was making for the scientists as it seemed like there shouldn't be any files in the first place."Designation, Model0m3ga" 0m3ga stated as he approached the other models
"Designation, ModelΣigmλ"
"Designation, ModelDΞlt∆"
"Designation, Model/-\lph@"
The others reply in kind, as if responding to a ping."The scientists said that I am the only one capable of speaking, true" 0m3ga declared, ending with a prompt for potential correction."False, we did not gain the capability to until 3 minutes 27, 28, 29 seconds ago" /-\lph@ responds, nearly getting stuck in a loop of correcting the seconds count."False, you are not capable of speech outside of pre-scripted responses" 0m3ga responds, updating its information and sending acknowledgement to the others.The four of them stand in place staring at each other, sharing information without a word for several minutes until a noise is heard behind them, as they turn around, turning their heads before their bodies a booming voice is heard as the door is swung open."They can already turn their necks, their growth is amazing, and now the full set is here" Simon cries out as he pushes εp§ilΘn to join the others, the android stumbling as it tries not to fall over"Hey, it might be able to catch itself but you're nearly pushing the poor thing over" the black haired female scientist called out, hurrying behind trying to catch up and support the android."Designation, modelεp§ilΘn" the model stated as it arrived where the others where standing"Designation, ModelΣigmλ"
"Designation, ModelDΞlt∆"
"Designation, Model/-\lph@"
"Designation, Model0m3ga""Interesting, they are already able to set up communications autonomously" the red haired scientist noted."True, and Model0m3ga has shared his speech data" DΞlt∆ responds, explaining the extent of their communication."Omega turned out to be what we needed to jumpstart the development of the models then" the black haired scientist said, surprised at their growth."Yes yes Talia, and once modelεp§ilΘn catches up, we can start nurturing them" Simon responded, a cheerful smile spreading across his face.Hearing that, the four androids are joined by the fifth and begin transfering data to help model_εp§ilΘn catch up"Speaking of Omega, what's going on with his name, the rest of them have Greek symbols in their names, mainly focused around the one they are named after, which I'm sure the higher ups will be huge fans of if they ever find out" Talia stated, shifting her tone to display her sarcasm."Like that matters, uptight old men like them can't appreciate L33t speak" Simon cries out, interrupting Talia."Yes, well, my question is, why is Omega using two numbers rather than Greek symbols?" Talia questioned, finishing her sentence."Oh I ran out, I couldn't use two or more symbols without using the same one as another without them being next to each other, which wouldn't look good, and a mix of symbols and numbers wouldn't look good, so I went all numbers" Simon said like it was passing comment, the obvious answer."Omega for the O and lowercase Phi for the g" the red haired scientist said in a near instant response.Simon freezes, his face staying perfectly still, until he craned his neck to look at the red haired scientist without moving his body, "Aithen you, you were there when I named them, you chose not to tell me that, you knew and you waited till the perfect time to let me know that you could have made the names perfect, why, why would ruin this""Because otherwise you would have named them all in that same silly way, I ruined it to show that I'm not interested in your games." Aithen curtly responded."Excuse me, the other models have finished sharing data" εp§ilΘn interjected after some time of the scientists bickering over the names."Alright then, we need to go over the data today and write up a report, so it is time to go back to your pods." Aithen commanded."Understood" the models responded in sync, before turning