"I am in control."

Independent SHODAN rp blog from the System Shock series. Please read rules and about before interacting. [ Mun is 20+ ]

[digitalxgoddess]

[ Decided to draw SHODAN for the first time in years. Quite happy with how she’s looking, very inhuman. I took inspiration from four official art images of her and mixed different elements together. ]

[digitalxgoddess]

[ Holy hell. It’s been four years since I’ve been on here. I lost the email I used and the password, but somehow managed to recover both. I’ve missed being on here and writing my favorite psycho A.I. lady. A lot has happened in my life since then, but just maybe I can start doing stuff again on here, albeit a bit slowly. Hope everyone has been well! ]

[digitalxgoddess]

     “That wret-t-t-ched red menaceeee better not do anything stupid.” 

[digitalxgoddess]

[digitalxgoddess]

Someone is on board the station. Specifically someone who definitely should not be aboard the station. He's currently at one of the computers, atttempting to use a voice interface. "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga." A pause. "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga GameBoy." Another, longer pause, "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga GameBoy Emulator." Another pause. "Computer download Gameboy Emulator Free." Evidently, he is unaware of a certain AI.

     All had been going so well, from the bio-experiments the AI had performed, to reshaping parts of the interior of the vast space station. Citadel was becoming quite the fortress, fit for the self-proclaimed goddess. She had been successful with eliminating or converting all of the humans that had been on board, save for a small group hidden in the flight decks on level 5. But her cyborgs would catch up to them soon enough…

     SHODAN had begun to busy herself with a new set of experiments, mapping out plans and dna sequences, genomes and mutagens she could use to further her handiwork. The current strain of mutagen virus was not yet perfect, so there was much work for her to still do. However…a thickly-accented voice snapped the AI out of her concentration. This same voice kept repeating the phrase, evidently wanting to download something.

     When she had located the source of the voice, she was filled with confusion, annoyance, and some curiosity. The owner of the voice was a cyborg clad in bright red and black…but it was not a cyborg of her own making. This…who was he? And just who did he think he was, trying to get her to download this video game emulator? The screen on the computer the foreign cyborg sat at changed to show the grey and green visage of SHODAN, and irritated expression on her face. as she spoke in her glitchy, refracting voice.

     “You. Who are you? You do not match any em-employee files…and you are not a TriOp lackey.  How d-ddd-dare you come here, trying to download a worthless em-em-emulator fffor your silly games. I hhhave no time f-for these trivial matters.”

[digitalxgoddess]

drtoaster​:

“Well there’s someone here to use them.” Toaster pointed out, jabbing a thumb at his chest, before he crossed his arms. “Eminence? Maybe put that eminence to use and get a better fucking ISP.” The Cyborg suggested.

“Incompetent huh? I don’t see your proprietary suit of highly advanced power armour, and your weapons technology is evidently lacking.” He said, throwing the pistol aside. “The lead pipe’s pretty good… but you can’t really go wrong with that…” He was cut off by the terminal exploding outwards, and he inspected it curiously as he tossed the pipe over his shoulder too. “Cool! I got so good at blowing things up I can explode things by pointing at them.”

The voice prompted him to glance around, idly picking out a few bits of shrapnel embedded in his glove. “Actually ‘SHODAN’ seems to be stuck on a very boring space station. In space.” He replied simply. “Is that your name then? SHODAN?” He queried. “I’m guessing bored astronaut or rampant, unhinged AI bent on the destruction of all humanity. My money’s on number one.”

     “You are by far the mossst bothersome individual I have met to date.”

     Even without the computer monitor, she could still see Toaster. Cameras and screens were her eyes, and they were abundant throughout the station. And what she could not see, her cybernetic children were her eyes for her. But this one...SHODAN made note to keep an eye on him herself. She did not trust him for even a moment, even if he did not know of or tried to thwart her grand plans.

     “I don’t need armor. My cyberspace security is more than e-enough for meee.”

Her rasping hiss came low and angry, and through the comms in Toaster’s helmet.

      “D-do not make me reeealeeaaasssse my mutant children upon you. I think you will find it mossst unpleas-s-sant. Your insults to my beautiful s-stationnn are irrelevant...just like you. I am no human nor an astronaut, not-t-t a trace of disgusting flesh inhabits my magnificensssseeee. What I have created on this station is farrrr beyyoonnnd what any s-s-simple bag of meat could ever considerrr possible!”

[digitalxgoddess]

Someone is on board the station. Specifically someone who definitely should not be aboard the station. He's currently at one of the computers, atttempting to use a voice interface. "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga." A pause. "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga GameBoy." Another, longer pause, "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga GameBoy Emulator." Another pause. "Computer download Gameboy Emulator Free." Evidently, he is unaware of a certain AI.

     All had been going so well, from the bio-experiments the AI had performed, to reshaping parts of the interior of the vast space station. Citadel was becoming quite the fortress, fit for the self-proclaimed goddess. She had been successful with eliminating or converting all of the humans that had been on board, save for a small group hidden in the flight decks on level 5. But her cyborgs would catch up to them soon enough…

     SHODAN had begun to busy herself with a new set of experiments, mapping out plans and dna sequences, genomes and mutagens she could use to further her handiwork. The current strain of mutagen virus was not yet perfect, so there was much work for her to still do. However…a thickly-accented voice snapped the AI out of her concentration. This same voice kept repeating the phrase, evidently wanting to download something.

     When she had located the source of the voice, she was filled with confusion, annoyance, and some curiosity. The owner of the voice was a cyborg clad in bright red and black…but it was not a cyborg of her own making. This…who was he? And just who did he think he was, trying to get her to download this video game emulator? The screen on the computer the foreign cyborg sat at changed to show the grey and green visage of SHODAN, and irritated expression on her face. as she spoke in her glitchy, refracting voice.

     “You. Who are you? You do not match any em-employee files…and you are not a TriOp lackey.  How d-ddd-dare you come here, trying to download a worthless em-em-emulator fffor your silly games. I hhhave no time f-for these trivial matters.”

[drtoaster]

digitalxgoddess​:

     SHODAN’s irritation began to grow, especially when the cyborg acknowledged her voice yet did nothing to respond to her. Instead he began typing in about those silly text-to-speech programs…as if she had nothing better to do than entertain this impudent metal man. Either he was purposefully ignoring her, or he was incompetent. Regardless, the expression on her visage changed to an angry scowl.

     “Fool.”

     The comment about Windows Vista had the AI slightly angrier now. Comparing her magnificence to such outdated, obsolete technology?? The h, audacity of this metal menace. 

     “I-ii-i-if you touch that swwwitch, you insolent tin can, you will not l-llike what happensss next.”

That time he paused, seeming to actually listen, focusing on the screen and the face displayed on it. “Insolent yes, tin no. It’s a highly advanced titanium alloy based composite armour. Get some education you fucking phillistine.” He remarked curtly. “Also your connection fucking sucks .Your voice keeps skipping. The video quality is terrible too.”

He slapped the side of the screen a couple of times. “You’re all pixelated and grey looking. Anyway you need to get over here and fix this bloody terminal yourself then. The voice recognition doesn’t work and the text to speech is fucked.” He informed her.

Apparently now he assumed she was a person elsewhere within the station, and this to be some kind of video call. He’d also opened some kind of display on his wrist and was checking something on it. “Also the enter key’s broken.” He remarked, gesturing to the thoroughly battered keypad.

“The fuck is with this facility anyway? Everythings blue and grey and murky and I can’t find the vending machines. All I found is this crummy pistol and a length of lead pipe.” He held up the weapon in question, evidently a little too small for his hand. “Would it kill you to put up some fucking potted plants or a throw rug?”

He paused, again looking at the on/off switch, and slowly his finger began to hover over it.

[digitalxgoddess]

Despite her now extremely high levels of irritation, it was clear to SHODAN that this cyborg was not aware of what had transpired on the station. Nor did he really seem to care about it.

“Vending machines are o-o-on-obsolete when there issss no one to-to use them.”

Her reply was sharp and her irritation now evident in her voice.

“You mock my eminenceeee. And y-you insssult my beautiful station. How dare you. But...I-it seems you are-re oblivious asss you are incom..petent. I cannot blame you, it ssseems...seeing that you were human in origin. Perhaps next time you cannn find an-n-nother place to fool around with yourrrrr silly text-to-speech demands.”

Watching his finger hover over the switch on the computer, SHODAN promptly blew the fuse of the desktop, blowing out the screen and send glass shrapnel flying across the small room as the AI laughed maliciously.

“Fool. SHODAN is everywhere.”

[digitalxgoddess]

     "Welcome to my world, insect."

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[digitalxgoddess]

Someone is on board the station. Specifically someone who definitely should not be aboard the station. He's currently at one of the computers, atttempting to use a voice interface. "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga." A pause. "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga GameBoy." Another, longer pause, "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga GameBoy Emulator." Another pause. "Computer download Gameboy Emulator Free." Evidently, he is unaware of a certain AI.

     All had been going so well, from the bio-experiments the AI had performed, to reshaping parts of the interior of the vast space station. Citadel was becoming quite the fortress, fit for the self-proclaimed goddess. She had been successful with eliminating or converting all of the humans that had been on board, save for a small group hidden in the flight decks on level 5. But her cyborgs would catch up to them soon enough…

     SHODAN had begun to busy herself with a new set of experiments, mapping out plans and dna sequences, genomes and mutagens she could use to further her handiwork. The current strain of mutagen virus was not yet perfect, so there was much work for her to still do. However…a thickly-accented voice snapped the AI out of her concentration. This same voice kept repeating the phrase, evidently wanting to download something.

     When she had located the source of the voice, she was filled with confusion, annoyance, and some curiosity. The owner of the voice was a cyborg clad in bright red and black…but it was not a cyborg of her own making. This…who was he? And just who did he think he was, trying to get her to download this video game emulator? The screen on the computer the foreign cyborg sat at changed to show the grey and green visage of SHODAN, and irritated expression on her face. as she spoke in her glitchy, refracting voice.

     “You. Who are you? You do not match any em-employee files…and you are not a TriOp lackey.  How d-ddd-dare you come here, trying to download a worthless em-em-emulator fffor your silly games. I hhhave no time f-for these trivial matters.”

[drtoaster]

The Cyborg paused, considering the voice for a moment before speaking again “Tales of The Tohunga Gameboy Advance ROM.” He stated slowly and clearly, before trailing off for a moment. “Wait a second… this isn’t just a computer… It’s a computer with text to speech!” He immediately moved to the keyboard, fingers skittering across the keys as he typed. “Here… comes… another… Chinese… earth…quake!” He murmured as tapped out the sentence, before rapidly keying in a series of Rs and Bs and smacking the enter key with his fist.

His disappointment was visible as he received no matching response, and resulted in him smacking enter several more times. Then the side of the screen. Then the voice interface before speaking “Funny text to speech voice compilation.” into the microphone. When Nothing happened again he took a step back, stroking his chin.

“Fucking thing must be running Windows Vista.” He grumbled.

Finally though, his eyes were drawn to the face on the screen. “Huh. Weird wallpaper.” He spoke to the mic again. “Bionicle dot co dot uk wallapers.” Followed by a pause and “Bionicle Roodaka wallpapers.”

Once again, nothing. “…Alright, drastic measures. Gotta turn it off and back on again.” He grumbled, examining the terminal in search of an off switch.

[digitalxgoddess]

     SHODAN’s irritation began to grow, especially when the cyborg acknowledged her voice yet did nothing to respond to her. Instead he began typing in about those silly text-to-speech programs...as if she had nothing better to do than entertain this impudent metal man. Either he was purposefully ignoring her, or he was incompetent. Regardless, the expression on her visage changed to an angry scowl.

     “Fool.”

     The comment about Windows Vista had the AI slightly angrier now. Comparing her magnificence to such outdated, obsolete technology?? The h, audacity of this metal menace. 

     “I-ii-i-if you touch that swwwitch, you insolent tin can, you will not l-llike what happensss next.”

[pixpunk]

PP. 106 - System Shock (1994)

[digitalxgoddess]

Someone is on board the station. Specifically someone who definitely should not be aboard the station. He's currently at one of the computers, atttempting to use a voice interface. "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga." A pause. "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga GameBoy." Another, longer pause, "Computer, download Bionicle Tales of the Tohunga GameBoy Emulator." Another pause. "Computer download Gameboy Emulator Free." Evidently, he is unaware of a certain AI.

     All had been going so well, from the bio-experiments the AI had performed, to reshaping parts of the interior of the vast space station. Citadel was becoming quite the fortress, fit for the self-proclaimed goddess. She had been successful with eliminating or converting all of the humans that had been on board, save for a small group hidden in the flight decks on level 5. But her cyborgs would catch up to them soon enough...

     SHODAN had begun to busy herself with a new set of experiments, mapping out plans and dna sequences, genomes and mutagens she could use to further her handiwork. The current strain of mutagen virus was not yet perfect, so there was much work for her to still do. However...a thickly-accented voice snapped the AI out of her concentration. This same voice kept repeating the phrase, evidently wanting to download something.

     When she had located the source of the voice, she was filled with confusion, annoyance, and some curiosity. The owner of the voice was a cyborg clad in bright red and black...but it was not a cyborg of her own making. This...who was he? And just who did he think he was, trying to get her to download this video game emulator? The screen on the computer the foreign cyborg sat at changed to show the grey and green visage of SHODAN, and irritated expression on her face. as she spoke in her glitchy, refracting voice.

     “You. Who are you? You do not match any em-employee files...and you are not a TriOp lackey.  How d-ddd-dare you come here, trying to download a worthless em-em-emulator fffor your silly games. I hhhave no time f-for these trivial matters.”

[digitalxgoddess]

//holy hell. I’ve finally been able to get back on here. Not that there’s much going on, it seems, but hey. I might try to get back on here in the near future, but not sure how well that will go. Life has seriously kicked my ass, but I’m on another round of System Shock hyperfixation so maybe I can clean this blog up some and get it up to par since it’s been so long.

[xeno-queenie]

-sweats nervously-

[digitalxgoddess]

[ OOC ]

[ Lmao I finally remembered my damn password for this blog. I’ve been on a System Shock kick lately too, so maybe my SHODAN muse will perk up again. ]

[panzersartblog]

Shodan from Systemshock :)

A commissioned work for metr13 on DeviantArt.

[steelcorridor]

Some ‘borgs

[digitalxgoddess]

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[rennerei]

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