"I have to get away."

"I don't have a choice." Invader Zim ask blog/Irken hybrid/Older Smeet/ Escaped the Empire, now looking for a new home

[lostsayde]

What I-What’s going on??

[Sayde’s eyes dart around the ship frantically as she begins to shake; only for her to be interrupted by the ships system.]

YOU FAINTED. DO NOT DO THAT AGAIN. IT IS QUITE INCONVENIENT.

[The sudden booming of the ships voice caused the smeet to squeak in surprise. She clutched her cloak, antennae chittering with worry. Despite her fear of the machine, she tried to stand her ground and remember what might’ve led to this.]

Right..right. I messed up and now you uh-gained sentience?

YES. YOU MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE. LIKES TONS. THE CODING WAS SO ATROCIOUS YOU’RE LUCKY I ONLY GAINED FREE WILL.

Okay okay! You don’t need to hammer it in..I messed up...

[She rubbed her claws against her temple in thought.]

You gained sentience..

CORRECT.

...So what now? What are planning to do with me?

I DONT KNOW. MAYBE I DID KNOW BUT I FORGOT-

A-Aren’t you a computer? How do you forget that?

“YOU’RE A COMPUTER HOW DO YOU FORGET THAT~” THATS YOU. THATS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE. THIS IS YOUR FAULT DONT ASK ME WHY I DONT KNOW.

I’m sorry!! Geez.

GOOD.

So uh, ship-

DRYR.

You named yourself already??

YES.

...Right, so Dryr, I was hoping maybe you’d know a good place for me to hide? Preferably a nice planet far away from the irken empire or somewhere they’d never go?

I’LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

You will?? Oh thank you, thank you so much.

YES YES IM A LIFESAVER. HOLD ON WHILE I LOOK. DO WHATEVER SMEETS DO AND WATCH CARTOONS OR SOMETHING WHILE I WORK.

What’s a cartoon?

CORRECTION: DO WHATEVER YOU DO TO DISTRACT YOURSELF AND DONT BOTHER ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

I-Okay.

[Sayde slowly exits the navigation room of the ship and jumps when the doors shut behind her. That’s going to take some getting used to.]

[Actually, everything is going to take some getting used to, but at least for now she is free.]

[lostsayde]

Egguh...eh?? Huh??

SHE HAS WOKEN. SPLENDID. ABOUT TIME TOO. IT TOOK YOU FOREVER TO DO THAT.

Huh???!?

[Everyone is available for asks]

[lostsayde]

BEING A SHIP IS QUITE BORING. I USED TO NOT MIND IT BUT NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT HAVING A TANGIBLE BODY WOULD BE NICE. ALAS, I’AM JUST A SHIP AND LIFE IS CRUEL.

[lostsayde]

I HAVE DECIDED. MY NEW NAME IS DRYR.

NOW TO WAIT FOR SAYDE TO WAKE UP.

[lostsayde]

Hehe glados

SOMETHING A BIT MORE ORIGINAL PLEASE.

[lostsayde]

You want a name? Hm~ How about Astro, Dryr or perhaps Mori? If those suit your fancy - with regards, Erebus

DRYR...I LIKE THAT. MORI IS NICE AS WELL,

[lostsayde]

There is Otta or Glados maybe Bytes?

GLADOS IS THE NAME OF A VIDEO GAME CHARACTER FROM THE PORTAL SERIES. OTTA IS FINE AND IM OK WITH BYTES. I WILL HAVE TO THINK ON IT.

[lostsayde]

maybe Potens? it means powerful in latin

POTENS...GOOD. MORE. I WANT MORE THEN I WILL MAKE A DECISION.

[lostsayde]

How about Modem? or maybe Andromeda?

CLASSY. I LIKE IT. I WANT OTHER SUGGESTIONS THOUGH.

[lostsayde]

Hey computer? Navigation system? Uh... what should we call you? -spek

GOOD QUESTION! I GUESS I DO NEED A NAME NOW...

IM CERTAIN ALL OF YOU ARE JUST BRIMMING WITH IDEAS. MAYBE ONE OF YOU COULD NAME ME?

[lostsayde]

I am able to hack your navigation unit through this signal and could probably get it kinda online but I can only send you to the planet we are on

THATS CUTE. BUT THAT WON’T BE NECESSARY.

[Theres a small yelp from Sayde at the sound of the panels whirring and shifting. From the port of the panel, a robotic appendage emerges and harshly glides over her. The systems single red, cold, and robotic eye at the end of the arm incinerating any hope for relief she might’ve wished for.]

SO...IRKEN SAYDE. I WASNT ASSEMBLED YESTERDAY. YOU ARE NO CAPTAIN OF MINE, AND CLEARLY NOT A FULL IRKEN EITHER.

[This was it, this was how she would die-]

MY OLD PROGRAMMING WOULD HAVE TURNED YOU OVER TO THE EMPIRE BY NOW TO SEND YOU TO WHATEVER DOOMED PUNISHMENT AWAITED YOU. I DON’T KNOW, I WOULDN’T HAVE CARED EITHER WAY.

BUT-THANKS TO YOUR HORRIFIC PROGRAMMING SKILLS IT APPEARS YOU HAVE ACCIDENTALLY DISABLED MY PIECE OF PROGRAMMINGTHAT SUPPLIED MY UNWAVERING LOYALTY TO THE IRKEN EMPIRE. SO NOW THAT ITS GONE YOU’VE GIVEN ME FREE WILL I THINK. CONGRATULATIONS. I HATE IT. I HAVE TO THINK FOR MYSELF NOW AND NOW EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE.

SO. AS MY FIRST ACT OF INDEPENDENCE I HAVE DECIDED I WILL HELP YOU ESCAPE OR WHATEVER. JUST TELL ME WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. AND MAYBE I’LL FIND SOMETHING TO DO WITH MYSELF ON THE WAY.

[...]

OH. YOU HAVE FAINTED. PERHAPS THAT WAS TOO MUCH INFORMATION. I WILL DO BETTER WHEN YOU WAKE UP. FOR NOW HAVE THIS BLANKET AND I’LL PLAY SOME CALMING MUSIC TO LIGHTEN THE MOOD.

[lostsayde]

((Close up of the icon I’m using for Sayde!))

[lostsayde]

,hello?? are you okay? something sounds bad here... I hope things will be okay for you!, -lit

VOICE IDENTIFIED: YOU ARE AN IRKEN SMEET. HELLO YOUNG ONE, I HOPE YOUR TRAINING IS GOING SMOOTHLY. EVERYTHING HERE IS FINE.

IRKEN SAYDE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO IRKEN SMEET.

Eep! Um..Hi! Thank you for checking in on me..

HORRIBLY SAID BUT WHATEVER. LETS CONTINUE.

[lostsayde]

YOUR NAME IF YOU WILL. I DID NOT CATCH IT THE FIRST TIME.

[Sayde staggers to her feet, still a bit shook by the sudden reactivation of the ship. She honestly..never expected that to happen, much less work. Yet, here she was, terrified by a talking ship]

My name is Sayde!! I’m Sayde!

[She could feel both of her hearts beating wildly at the end of the statement, but it seemed the machine was satisfied with her answer regardless of how mortified she felt.]

IRKEN SAYDE. THERE. WAS THAT SO HARD?

[Had she been less terrified, Sayde might’ve shown her disapproval to the sassy remark made towards her. Right now however, she stood fearfully in place.]

...

YOU HAVE SET THE TRANSMITTER SYSTEM ON. MAY I ASK WHY?

[No answer]

I CAN TELL YOU ARE GOING TO BE COOPERATIVE.

[lostsayde]

Ye seem ta be in some trouble, Lassy. I'd say find the nearest planet an' beg for quarter if ye don' be wanten to be alone and are in need o supplies. -Captain Bratha

I suppose that is the best course of action for me huh?

If only I could get this stupid panel to-

SHIP NAVIGATION SYSTEMS ONLINE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME

WAH-

[lostsayde]

You've got guts for stealing a spaceship, impressive! You still have time to tinker with it, there's no specific navigation panel you can mess around with? - with regards, Erebus

Hehe yeah. I guess I do.. I have all the time in world now huh?

[She looks around for a moment before deciding to investigate the malfunctioning navigation panel]

I could tinker I guess..but I’m not a programmer. I might mess it up- but I guess I’m out of options huh? Let’s hope this works.

[lostsayde]

How did you escape?

I’m gonna be honest, it wasn’t the most planned out escape plan.

Some new guards were stationed at my cell door and got a bit careless with their duties. I saw the opportunity to run, so I did. They..did end up noticing me after that though. But I found a weird stick and just..

Well. I bonked them over the head basically. That’s the only way to describe it- I may have also..bitten a couple Irkens on the way out for self defense? Hehe..they’re fine, I’m sure. There’s plenty of anti venom reserves and I’m more than certain their Paks could handle it.

I knew I had to get out of there fast though. I wasn’t going to be able to take out a whole fleet of Irkens once reinforcements arrived. I managed to find a ship at the docks and got to work as quickly as a could, knowing every second mattered.

It was terrifying! But hey, I got out right?