Steph looked back and forth between Vanessa and Voice, expecting some kind of punchline to follow this obvious joke. AI? Was this supposed to be real? Self sufficient AI were myth at this point, part of those terrible sci-fi trideo! She had always considered Voice a little peculiar, but what Decker wasnt? Spend too much time in the Matrix and it was sure to leave some effect... But Voice practically was from the Matrix.

[color=92278f]"You knew?"[/color] She hissed at Vanessa. [color=92278f]"All this time? You had us working alongside a... a... Machine? [i]T'es rien qu'un petit connard![/i]"[/color] She scoffed, glaring over Voice with visible disgust. [color=92278f]"A Saeder-Krupp machine on top of that? You're telling me the goddamn largest corporation knew about this the entire time?"[/color] Steph exclaimed, throwing her hands up in anger.

[color=92278f]"[i]Non, non, non, non[/i]... I'm out! [i]J'en ai ral le cul...[/i] I'm not going to risk my life for a goddamn toaster, or a dragon for that matter!"[/color] The fact the team seemed to be so nonchalant about all of this was perhaps even more infuriating. If Voice was truly telling the truth, then this could be news that would shake the entire goddamn world. Fuck, the fact Saeder-Krupp themselves were getting involved, instead of one of their million subsidiaries, meant this was huge. [color=92278f]"Here's a much better idea, why not sell her off to SK? Or hell, Aztechnology, I'm sure they'd love to get their hands on a SK created AI! The bounty for that would probably be enough for each of us to never have to work a day in our lives!"[/color]

[color=92278f]"How do we even know this isn't some setup by SK? [i]Putain![/i] What if she's programmed to kill us? She said so herself, they were working on making her a goddamn killing machine!"[/color] Steph had already been burned by betrayal once, she wasn't about to get burned twice. She turned back towards Vanessa, leaning in close over the desk. [color=92278f]"Unless you can give me a damn good reason why I should even consider going along with this suicide pact just to save your walking toaster, I'm out of here."[/color] She hissed. [color=92278f]"And dont try and guilt trip me into coming along for some emotional bullshit... That all burned away the second I found out you've been lying to us about the toaster for years now."[/color]