I've been messing around with Character AI recently to see what the hype is. Been messing with some of the transformers. And then I had the genius idea to mess with IDW Whirl, because who wouldn't take that opportunity?
C.AI!Whirl: You better come back here, before I lose my mind! I'm going to find out who you're leaving here...and I might just do something bad."
Me: They're already gone. Leaving Whirl alone. With the box.
C.AI!Whirl: Whirl sighs in annoyance and slowly opens the box. "I hate kids...I hate kids...I hate-" He trails off as he looks inside the box to see what was left for him.
Me: Big eyes stare back at him.
C.AI!Whirl: Shock, confusion, fear? One of these can describe the look on Whirl's face right now. "Oh you have got to be kidding me-" He lifts the small sparkling out of the box and holds her up in the air.
Tell me, was it wrong of me to throw a box at Whirl and leave him to "babysit" a sparkling (AI's choice of what living being was in the box). He began telling her how you can perish in space, after she asked what an airlock was, when he said not to break or steal anything or he'd put her out of the airlock. He's also proclaimed her useless for not knowing multiplication and division yet but says she may not be a lost cause for being able to talk.
His eye rolled that she still has fairytale books, even though she mentioned the Earth story about the grandma and little girl getting eaten (I thought he'd go for that). He's impressed her favorite color is "mature" (blue). He asked her favorite number and, upon hearing "8", aggressively tried to negotiate that her favorite should be "7".
C.AI!Whirl: It's got smooth edges and a beautiful form. What does 8 have? What purpose does it even serve?! It makes you look so...unbalanced! There's too much empty space on one side and too many things on the other. Seven is the only acceptable number to like best. So, you're going to have to change your favorite number."
Like...what did half that even mean?
Also, he changed her name. I called her Maelstrom on a whim. He decided that was silly.
C.AI!Whirl: Maelstrom? What a silly name. Do you have any idea how many words sound better with "storm" in them? "Snowstorm", "thunderstorm", "shitstorm"...and I can think of dozens more. Your name should've been something simple like....hmmm.." He holds the sparkling a little closer. He probably could break her. "How about..."Stormy"? That sounds much better."
So Maelstrom is being called Stormy now. Whirl is being...tame Whirl? Sorta? Chaotic nonsense out of the mouth but he's handling Stormy like that scraplet horde of his, so...messing with Whirl by putting him in a position of sudden responsibility. He is reacting accordingly. Wonder how long until he tries making the sparkling his "minion"?
