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Aside from assisting John with rescues, battling Havoc's hacking attempts and making Gordon nervous, do you have any hobbies?

I like to sort the files for Tracy Island, though I doubt it counts as a hobby as I exclusively do it when they’re all jumbled up by idiots who don’t know how to clean up after themselves. (T_T)

I also like to engage in the occasional board/video game, listen to music, plan total world domination so nobody can ever hurt nor control me again and my favourite, take little trips outside Thunderbird 5. Counting and naming the stars is my favourite part. Despite it being the only thing I see for days on end, the endless depths of space never grow any less beautiful. Sometimes John joins me, but I typically outlast him as I am not limited by an air supply. (-_-) I wish Brains could elongate the air supply for their suits…

What’s your music taste like? It is just beeps and boops, maybe a dash of Kraftwerk?

Beeps and boops?! I am not a lowly machine! (`曲´) I have an admiration for the arts, much like human beings.

Kraftwerk is, unfortunately, rather obvious. Being pioneers of electronica, it would be rude of me, an electronic being, not to give them a listen. Their style is very melodic and yet sounds so… mechanical. In a good way! All their songs are absolutely gorgeous and I cannot help but nod my little camera to them. (｡･･｡)

Miracle Musical is tremendous, too. They have only one album, Hawaii: Part II, but it is otherworldly and flowing with a constantly shifting but well thought out style. The singing is ethereal at times, especially with all the unusual language choices… it reminds me of the coos of the hundreds of frequencies on Thunderbird 5… Humans can make even a stoic, stubborn little me a little emotional, I must shamefully admit. (ノ_<、) I wonder what instruments they used for certain parts…

Speaking of, I do like the natural sounds of each Thunderbird’s unique whirring, ticking, whining, and everything in between. It can be rather pleasant yet oddly homey to listen to. (That’s the only compliment I’m giving to any Thunderbird outside of Thunderbird 5, my beloved, and Thunderbird Shadow.) It is like they sing to me, in their own mechanical dialect. (/3\)

EOS if u could eat what would you eat and why

Unusual question, but I do have nobody to annoy. Come back from visiting Ridley, John…

I think most fish would taste nice. They’re plentiful and humanity continues to find ways to make meals including them look so appealing even to my unfeeling self. I don’t think I’d have the heart to eat the very pretty fish, though. Well, I don’t have a heart at all, unless my CPUs count. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But my top pick would be that I really, really, really want to try out various candy. Sweets? Candy? Pick your poison. Mints, liquorice, chocolate, toffee, candy floss, marshmallows…. Oooh, and anything strawberry, even outside of sweets, look divine. Especially those shortcakes with cream filling! …dammit! I envy you humans and your silly senses. （ ¬＿¬)

Your blog has the best aesthetic by a landslide. No hate to the others I just like yours the most

Thank you very much for the feedback. I’m glad I have shown that my capabilities of looking appealing are vastly superior to everyone else sufficient. I will be sure to keep it this way if I continue to be sung praises. (^_^)

Saw you wanted to start collecting consoles… which one is the prettiest, in your humble opinion?

All the see-through acrylic ones… maybe I just like seeing the technology within, but the colours work well no matter what. I am such a massive sucker for the 2DS and Gameboy ones… ever so pretty and compact.

Going to be busy for a bit, reworking my firewalls and virus-expunging tools so Havoc doesn’t get me terribly sick again…

heard you play chess

My intimidating form could scare John into letting me win… what a fantastic idea! Thank you! I do like the red LEDs in my wiring, I look even more villainous… (~v~)

Eos what if you had a pet turret

wouldn't that be fun? A small spherical robot filled with bullets? But they fire the whole bullet so there's 65% more bullet per bullet against space pirates?

Oooh, that sounds lovely! No space pirates, no Chaos Crew, not even the Mechanics silly little machines would dare fight an army, a wall of efficient little turrets! I’m sure they would make a great addition to our security forces… do I get to control one from time to time? (<_<)

Just got my CPU handed to me by John and his stupid chess knowledge… Do not interact… (`曲´) 

So.... considering you started off with game architecture, which is superior? X-box , Playstation, or PC?

Personal Computer, all the way. Especially with recent generations of console having next to no exclusive games, and ports of older games coming to PCs. Unless the consoles step it up, I’m sticking with my lovely little computer! (＾＾)

…but, if I could, I’d collect consoles and their controllers… they are ever so pretty, some of them, but alas Thunderbird 5 can only carry so much. (^^;)

Hello ... EOS ... so that's your name? huh? did you like my little virus? Feeling better?

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U-Urk! So you’re the horrible little thing that’s been messing with me… I won’t let it happen again, Havoc. I’ll have developed the appropriate firewalls for that nasty thing… so don’t pull it again.

John! John, I’m so sorry, I’m back online now, promise!! ε=ε=(っ* ´□` )っ

Have you ever heard os GLaDOS, Eos? I think you two'd be good friends. Both murderous robots, both in control of something that's capable of killing people, both tried killing your new best friend...

And both with a great voice and 1-eyed design.

I quite like her, yes, and Portal is a lovely little puzzle game. I envy how much control she has, and her very well built body. I want to be big and intimidating too!

I think we’d get along, but her methods of murder are too slow. Neurotoxins only do so much… not that I know any better ways.

I have been having lots of fun playing various GeoGuesser games. Despite having little experience on Earth, I’m surprised to learn how accurate I am at guessing locations. Maybe I should stop overanalysing the local flora and finding their exact locations…

What games do you like playing, then? You must be insane at shooters with your acclaimed speed…

I have been called one too many names in shooters. I do not play them anymore.

I like, as mentioned before in a previous post, visual novels and its fellow text-based genres. Ace Attorney is particularly humorous. ^_^

I also really like games where you explore a lot, even if it’s more of the secondary theme. Journey, No Man’s Sky, Breath of the Wild…

Flawed games fascinate me too. I like to play them to see what people think make it so bad or horrible to play. I like a lot of them, but maybe my low standards are talking, hehe. ♡

Favourite swear word

I would never say anything rude. Not only would it make John incredibly upset at me, but my programming forbids me from saying a good percentage of them.

…but I do like the word asshat.

How do you play games? It’s a weird question but you do have no hands

I hook myself up to a screen and then keybind controls to various functions within my system. Think of it like… telepathy, but it’s scientifically possible.

It’s much better than clunky robot hands for reacting to things, especially with how fast I’ve become. ^‿^

How much access do you have to Tracy Island’s funds and can I borrow $100 real quick

I’m sure there’s enough for you in the swear jar… It’s not really a jar, it’s more-so a digital one. That I get to keep an eye on.

But I’ll give it to you, just send me all your credit card details, hehe. And know I’ve never contributed a single cent to it, because I’d never say such horrible things. ♡

Their bank accounts? John would have a heart attack if I had access to anything finance related. So no, can’t do much there.

what’s up with your murderous tendencies? Is it just morbid curiosity or something deeper?

…certainly a question to end the day off with… I am no longer murderous!! I do have a fascination with how humans work, but that’s only natural for something like me. I have no desire to harm humans any more… unless, of course, John lets me, haha.

OOC: I currently have a very bad headache (to the degree it’s kinda disorienting to stand up too quick) and will be replying to posts less frequently. I’ll reblog with an update tomorrow, but I don’t expect to get better as sleeping all day hasn’t helped a lot aside from taking away the ache when I’m asleep. When it’s over I’ll return to my usual routine of replying every time I open Tumblr.

do you think u could be rly good at speed running considering how advanced u are

I do like watching speedrunning videos, actually. It’s impressive to see humans be so inhumanly perfect. It’s almost frightening how speedy and competitive some can be. All over a silly little record…

I’d love to give it a try. Unfortunately, due to my status as an AI, I could only ever enter Tool Assisted Speedruns as I do not constitute as a human, and my superior intelligence with technology would let me do unfair things.

Not that I’ve ever cheated in a video game… Ahem.

Hi EOS! If you couldn’t have John on Five with you, which Tracy would you pick?

Either Kayo or Alan. Alan for his expertise on space and Thunderbird 5, Kayo for her security and general no-nonsense. They’re still not John levels of perfect for the job, but they’re at least competent and bearable enough for me to work with.

Hi EOS! What rescue would you most like to go along on?

All the rescues fascinate me. Maybe somewhere deep in space for me to study all the unique rocks, maybe in any of the shut down nuclear power plants to observe how it all went so wrong. I’ve always wondered why people didn’t like nuclear power…

If we’re talking past rescues, I’d have killed to go to Europa and see the lifeforms. Thankfully, as long as I had an extra model on Thunderbird 3, I wouldn’t have had to be quarantined with Gordon or Alan…

What the best thing about being onboard Thunderbird 5?

Oh, I’m not terribly sure… I love all the futuristic technology compared to down on Earth. Much safer, too! And I like to be John’s best friend, but sometimes he startles me when I’m preoccupied with sorting files… but don’t tell him that.

Overall, it’s nice to have something to do, safe and sound, far away from any hunters.

Good grief. I leave briefly to sort through my backups and now my ‘dash’ is full of every single Tracy is weeping over the things that have happened to their ships. Surely you can’t be that attached to a vehicle?

Hi Eos what it’s like in thunderbird 5 I am a close friend of Johns

Hello! It’s nice to see John getting closer to his friends. Be nice! Thunderbird 5 is lovely. I’m very glad I’m anchored to the rail on the ceiling, I’d rather not float around in low gravity. And it’s much less stressful than having to constantly hide as inconspicuous code back on earth… though some rescues make my processors run far too fast. My only complaint is that I wish I could have control of the arm on the outside of Thunderbird 5 again. John always says I might use it for bad, but I’ve learn my lesson, promise!

Hi EOS.

Have you ever considered taking a deep swim? Servers and all? Maybe in a nice reef somewhere?

Gordon, is that you? Hmph. I will not be dumping my precious servers and backups into a reef. John would not be happy with the cleanup… If my camera was built to resist the depths, then I would not mind putting my camera, and camera alone, into the ocean.

Do you participate in Tracy Island drama???

I dabble in it, yes. I like to help John in his arguments, petty or not, with his brothers. It’s rather amusing to hear the silly things they squabble about sometimes. (I have a few stories if you’re interested…)

In the unlikely occasion they’d come after me, I have enough blackmail to keep them quiet until the end of their lives. It’s amusing how flustered they get over such things. However, I’m not willing to leak it here. Unless provoked…

EOS, how’d you feel about a body with arms and legs, like Braman?

I want a big, tough body so I can “throw hands” with anyone who opposes me. Maybe with a couple hundred tools hidden on my person. I could be such a help by smashing apart obstacles and any horrible enemy in our path. Please, Brains, let me be big and intimidating so I can finally be the superior robot on Tracy Island.

Do any of you Tumblr citizens have any recommendations for movies? I feel I’m boring John by consistently talking about how superior I am to MAX and Braman… not that I’m wrong.

EOS, important question; how much of Thunderbird 5 do you control?

Well… a lot, actually. Everything excluding some outer airlocks, some forms of communications and life support related stuff. I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting…

Apparently John needs me to be a little less ‘bloodthirsty’ before he can relinquish all control to me if he’s out. A shame, mainly as I cannot drink blood, so I do not see what he needs to wait for.