Pluto Volume 1 Act. 3 Brau-1589 - Page 63 - Gesicht: A murder in a room with no trace of humans... A beloved robot's... death... Horns... - Page 64 - Gesicht: What the patrol robot Robby saw before he was destroyed... Jumping from one building to another... A human...?! Woman: Excuse me... sir? Gesicht: Ah... - Page 65 - Woman: Are the terms you stated for your vacation plans correct? Gesicht: Oh... Oh, yes, they are. Thank you. Woman: Very well. You have booked a trip to Japan, and Marco Polo Tourism has some optional tours arranged that you may choose from. Gesicht: Optional tours... Woman: Recommended choices are the Asakusa Tour, the Kyoto One-day Tour, the Kabuki Theater Tour, the Edo Samurai Experience Tour... Gesicht: Hmm... Woman: The Ganryujima Battle Tour, the Virtual Harakiri Show... Gesicht: C... could you just send me the data, instead? I'll check back later about those. Woman: Very well. Will this be your first trip to Japan, sir? Gesicht: Hmm? - Page 66 - Gesicht: Ah... Yes, first time. Woman: Very well. Are you and your wife both robots? Gesicht: Yes... will there be a problem with that? Woman: No, we just had a noticeable increase in robots making vacation arrangements yesterday. Gesicht: Oh, I see. Woman: I'm quite jealous... Being a robot myself. I couldn't imagine being able to go on vacation as a couple... Gesicht: Well... Woman: You must be a wonderful husband. Gesicht: This is just to make up. - Page 67 - Gesicht: I'm so busy with work that I'm never able to do anything for her... Act.3 : Brau-1589 - Page 68 - [Brussels, Euro Federation] - Page 69 - [Artificial Intelligence Correction Camp] Camera: (beep) ID complete. Please step inside. Door: (vweeen) Gesicht: (click)(click) Elevator: (beep) ID complete. Please step inside. - Page 70 - Elevator: (vweeeen) (ding) (vrrrrn) Machinery: (glunk)(glunk)(glunk)(glunk) Gesicht: (click) Machinery: (glunk)(glunk) Gesicht: (click)(click) - Page 71 - Man: Detective, are you... a robot...? Gesicht: Yes. Man: Gettin' to where you can't tell a robot from a human anymore. Gesicht: There is a simple method of identifying one. Man: Really... what would that be? Gesicht: Robots make no unnecessary actions. Man: Hmph... - Page 72 - Man: (beep) Doesn't sound all that simple to me... anyways, I'll take you down there. Gesicht: Thank you. Man: Oops, I forgot! You wouldn't call this unnecessary, would you? All robots are required to wear one of these, here. Get too close to him, and the powerful magnetic waves will screw with your AI. Gesicht: I'll be fine. Magnetism doesn't work on me. Man: Huh? Gesicht: I'm made of a special alloy. Believe it or not. - Page 73 - Man: I see... All right, then... Anyways, just make sure to follow the emergency procedures I showed you. If you feel any kind of danger... Gesicht: Press this button... right? Man: I'll come with you, if you want... Gesicht: I'll be fine by myself. Man: I don't mean to bother you. Just be careful. We've already lost four robots to him. - Page 74 - Door: (gashunk) Gesicht: (click) Machinery: (ommm)(ommm)(ommm) - Page 75 - Brau: Heheheh... (brbr) Funny how desperately they made this barricade, hmm? (br... rbrbr) Gesicht: (click) Brau: They have all those complex, high-tech security systems... (br...) But humans cannot master their fear without doing something like this... (brbr...) Gesicht: (click) - Page 76 - Gesicht: Brau-1589... Brau: (grk..)(br.br..)(clunk...) There you are... Robot Model HRS-0288... Inspector Gesicht... - Page 77 - Brau: The brilliant detective robot, solving all those tricky cases. (brbr..)(br..) Gesicht: It seems your identification systems are working fine. Brau: Do you want to know about ME, too? Gesicht: No... I've got the data. Brau: Why don't we get to know each other some more? (clunk) (vr-vrrrn) Why don't we exchange my memory chip for yours? - Page 78 - Gesicht: No thank you. Brau: Heh... heheheh... (br..) Are you afraid I'm going to take you over? (vr-vrrrn) Gesicht: I'm here today to ask you a question. Brau: Like? (brbr) What was the human-killing robot thinking, eight years ago? - Page 79 - Gesicht: There were no traces of a human at the scene of Bernard Ranke's murder... So was the killer a human, or... Brau: A robot...? And if it was a robot... Why would it have done that...? (bzt)(brbr) Humans have searched through the details of my AI endlessly... (bzt)(brbr) But they've never found any malfunctions... (clunk)(vrrrn) There were no malfunctions... - Page 80 - Brau: The humans just assigned their own fears to it... If they're afraid, they can just take out this lance... (brbr) And then I'll die... (br..) But they can't even do that... (br...) They're too wrapped up in their fear... (gik)(brbr..)(clunk) All they could do was lock me up in this place... - Page 81 - Brau: Heheheh... (gik)(br..)(clunk) If you want to know more about the killer... Why don't we exchange chips? You might learn something... Gesicht: Here's a printout from the scenes of Montblanc and Ranke's murders. Brau: (vrrr) - Page 82 - Gesicht: What do you think... those horns mean? Brau: In ancient European mythology... The god of death had horns... The hunter Herne, who took the souls of warriors, was called the "King of Horns"... (brbr) In Greek mythology, the king of the underworld was Hades... But, in Roman mythology, the king of the dead was... Gesicht: Was...? - Page 83 - Brau: Pluto. Gesicht: Pluto... Brau: (br..)(gik) Going so soon...? Gesicht: I may be back... Brau: I would love to trade memory chips with you, when you do. Heheheh... - Page 84 - Brau: Do you see? He'll do it again... You only asked me about Ranke... But I'm sure you know about the other murder... Montblanc, heralded for his total robotic sophistication, was ripped limb from limb... (brbr) The answer is already out there... - Page 85 - Brau: Six more. The world's most advanced robots, created with mankind's greatest technologies... (br..)(brbr) The robots that could be used as weapons of mass destruction... (vr-vrrrn) Including yourself... - Page 86 - Brau: Six more... You already know... the answer... - Act. 3 End -