today on istone: this island sucks

[tomodachi]

Is it just me, or is this new island really creepy? I mean, it's not the worst thing I've ever seen, but all the robots lying around not doing anything is pretty uncool.

[... Though, that might be because Crow himself is a robot too, so visiting this damn island and seeing a bunch of dead robots is making him super uncomfortable...]

Does anyone have any idea what happened to them yet?

Comments

[tomodachi]

[Tch]

That's still not right--usin' them like that, I mean. Even if they can't be repaired...

[Does a robot cease to exist, once they've been turned into scrap metal?]

[forwearemany]

Organic methods of body disposal are unsuitable for robots. Burial risks poisoning the environment. Cremation is difficult and may release toxic fumes. We cannot be devoured by insects or animals.

Recycling was the method most commonly employed by the Geth.

(Even programs were recycled, in the sense that surviving programs from destroyed units would rescued and added back to the collective.)

Additionally, without working factories, they are the only source of replacement parts for still surviving units.

[tomodachi]

Oh... I didn't know that.

[... No one tell Seto about this or else he's going to feel bad about having buried Crow when he had died back home...]

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged. Your exposure to fellow synthetics is limited.

(It's not like burying just one robot is so bad, but it's not something you want to do as a regular practice.)

[tomodachi]

Well yeah, I mean... most of the others I've seen have either fallen apart, or are off doing their own thing, like the weird bird head guy I used to see around a few times.

[or, are roaming around in the sewers attacking anything that moves, but no one tell crow that either]

[forwearemany]

...Bird head guy?

(Clearly that's what's important.)

[tomodachi]

Yeah, it's... I think they're called chickens? Or whatever it is that guy's head is supposed to look like.

[There's a pause, and then Crow, rather than speaking to the istone, adds a crude drawing of this chicken man he speaks of.]

[forwearemany]

(...)

(Awkward mechanical chatter.)

We are unaware of a possible purpose for this design.

[tomodachi]

Yeah, I never really asked why he has a weird head like that either. Guess I can't now anyway unless he shows up here someday too.

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.