Gate of Memoirs/Overriding Protocol - Start

[Side: Galene] Having rejected her fate, Galene tries to break out of confinement. A certain young techpunk on her mind gives her courage.
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Music: "Scrap Stardust"	Music: "Scrap Stardust"
 	
*Transportation Hovercraft31.12.XXXX23:43
 	
*The transportation hovercraft is eeriely silent. None of the other VLKR units are moving or speaking.
 	
*Galene: ... (What is this...strange feeling?)
*Galene: (This isn't a response I am able to process.)
*Galene: Are you...worried about what's coming?
 	
*VLKR Unit: Protocol is protocol. When we are no longer needed, this is the logical course of action.
*VLKR Unit: We are unable to process what is called "worry." It is a purely human sentiment.
 	
*Galene: (It is? But then...why do I feel it?)
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*New Cravich Junkyard, Facility 7A01.01.XXXX02:12
*The hovercraft drops them off at the state junkyard, and the squad is separated into batches for further processing.
*Head Engineer: A'right. You there, the little lady. You're going first.
*Head Engineer: Bring her to the waiting room to be dismantled.
*Engineer: Aye!
 	
*Galene finds herself herded into a cold waiting room, accompanied only by the faint whirring and crunching of machinery.
 	
*She places her hands in her lap. The odd feeling in her core is rapidly spreading throughout her body now.
*Unlike the searing heat of her circuits under high load, this one seemed almost like a pulsating, creeping "terror."
 	
*A scruffy young man shuffles into the waiting room with a toolbox. He seems bleary and sleepy.
*Young Man: *grumble* Wakin' me up at stupid hours for this...
 	
*Galene watches the young man with a mixture of interest and curiosity. 
*Unlike most humans, this one had anomalous footfalls, accompanied by a very soft whirring sound.
*Another feeling wells up inside of her core—this time, an odd, "bubbling" sensation.
*Galene: ...Excuse me.
 	
*Young Man: Huhhhwha?
 	
*Galene: Your...leg. Query: What happened?
 	
*The young man rubs his eyes a few times, taken aback at this sudden show of curiosity from an android.
*He glances down at his right leg, a heavy metal prosthesis.
*Young Man: I, uh...Lost it? In an accident?
*Young Man: Hang on. You're an android. Right?
 	
*Galene: Affirmative. VLKR Type-04, designation "Galene."
 	
*Young Man: A what now? A *Valk*?! You really are a Valk?!
 	
*Galene: Request: Identif-... Your name, please? I have not asked.
 	
*Vektor: V...Vektor...
*Vektor: The heck? Am I still dreaming? This is crazy.
 	
*Vektor: Never thought I'd be up close with one. Most of them just speed off the moment you catch sight of 'em.
*Vektor: Are all of you this curious? I work with people as brain-dead as the things they take apart.
 	
*Galene suddenly breaks into soft laughter, then stops herself abruptly.
 	
*Galene: (Hmm. Based on collected data, this appears to be...humor.)
 	
*Galene: Vektor...
*Galene: Will you answer my queries about your prosthesis?
 	
*Vektor: Uhhhh. Sure. Whaddaya wanna know?
 	
*Thinking about it now...
*I still don't know why I struck up a conversation with him.
*Was it possible I felt...fear at the brink of my destruction?
*Or was it something else entirely, beyond even our programmed definition of "human sentiment?"
*Do androids...dream of such things?
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Music: "Twilight Gleam"	Music: "Twilight Gleam"
 	
*Corporation HQ, Holding Cells 13.02.XXXX22:32
 	
*Galene swiftly disables the dismantlement robots, and holds her weapons at the ready.
*Galene: Protocol override. Demand: Release from confinement immediately.
 	
*Enforcer A: Damn, I knew the Valks were smart, but this is crazy!
*Enforcer B: It's gone rogue! Code Red! Call for backup!
 	
*Galene: (Rogue...systems...)
 	
*Heavy side doors in concealed panels within the holding cells open to reveal heavily armored robots.
*They march out in perfect rhythm and surround Galene.
*Security Robot: DISARM IMMEDIATELY OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.
*Security Robot: REPEAT. DISARM IMMEDIATELY...
 	
*Galene: ("When we are no longer needed...this is the logical course of action.")
*Galene: (Shut down without a second thought.)
 	
*Security Robot: LAST WARNING. ENGAGING IN 3...