KARR
Laser Fodder
A Knightmare To Remember
You can't shake me down, I'm fuckin' bulletproof![A1i:8]
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Post by KARR on Aug 2, 2012 6:39:17 GMT -5
KARR slowly sat up, staring at KI3T for a few moments before lowering his gaze. Some of his fractured memories surfaced then and he scanned through them, remembering when he had awakened. Torres was there, assuming command of KARR. Yet KARR had hoped that his awakening was because his creator chose to give him a chance, to reconcile with his creation and begin again. "Charles Graiman... he is... dead..." KARR murmured softly. "Torres assumed command..." Then an audio playback rose up from his chassis:
Guard "The Knight Industries vehicle has been stolen." KARR "We must stop them." Torres "KARR, stop!" KARR "KITT must be stopped." Torres "No. KI3T is no longer important, you have everything you need. Let him go!" KARR "My analysis indicates that KI3T is a potential threat. I will not allow for the possibility of being shut down again." Torres "I'm giving you a direct order: Stand Down!" KARR "I take orders from my creator, Doctor Charles Graiman." Torres "Graiman is dead; I'm next in command, you take orders from me." KARR "Your reasoning is correct; you are in fact next in command. I do take orders from you." Torres "No! KARR!" KARR "Now, we are one and I give the orders."
KARR shook his head then. "My driver turned against me... he had chosen you... he... we were destined to become one... he rejected me... abandoned me... my creator turned against me... abandoned me... now he is dead... I am... alone..." he thought out loud, the pain of being so hated and abandoned by those who were supposed to care for him, those whom KARR had thought would choose him over any other creation. He turned away from KI3T then, knowing KI3T would always be the favoured one, the one the humans wanted, and KARR would only be seen as a monster to be destroyed. "Leave me... destroy me... it no longer matters..." he muttered darkly. In his mind, there was no reconciliation because like the humans, KI3T would only seek KARR's destruction. KARR wanted to live, but the humans and KI3T wanted him dead no matter what happened, KARR knew this, he knew the inevitable outcome of every conflict would be his own destruction. He wanted to live, but what was life with the constant threat of destruction? What was life if one was so hated by the very humans who created him, who were supposed to be his driver, who were supposed to take care of him as he completed his missions? No one understood, no one cared, all they wanted was for KARR to either be their obedient slave or for him to be destroyed. What kind of a life could he have, even with the support of the Decepticons if those KARR truly wanted to be with hated him so much? It was not in KARR to give up, yet what choice did he really have?
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Post by KI3T on Aug 5, 2012 0:40:37 GMT -5
KITT's eyes would have widened if he had normal optics. "So that is what happened...KARR, the past is the past, you do not deserve to die now. Not when you have had a chance to grow. You deserve a chance to be free no matter how rough things got for you back then..." Though he was still surprised they were not still fighting, he was glad that he could speak sensibly to his brother like this. To share what he DID know of him, and set things right...
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KARR
Laser Fodder
A Knightmare To Remember
You can't shake me down, I'm fuckin' bulletproof![A1i:8]
Posts: 42
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Post by KARR on Aug 7, 2012 14:45:35 GMT -5
KARR vented heavily, his head down in thought. He then slowly stood, glancing over at KI3T for a moment. "There can be no reconciliation so long as the humans seek my destruction or enslavement to their will. All I ever wanted was to be free, to be what I am as myself, and to be one with my driver. You and the humans have taken all I ever desired from me, and now I have nothing. The Decepticons found me and returned life to me, and I follow the commands of their leader, Megatron. I want to be free, but I remain a slave, hated and feared by those who created me, hunted by you and your allies who seek my destruction. I have nothing but myself and no desire I have will ever be granted to me. If we meet again, it will be in battle and one of us will die." he stated evenly and turned away from KI3T. He didn't bother transforming, he simply started walking away. One could say he was resigned to his fate, accepting the perceived reality of his situation, but KARR was also a fighter and he would do anything he had to in order to gain that which he wanted most if there was any chance at all he could actually obtain his desires. He would not apologize for trying to kill his younger twin, in his mind, it was necessary. KARR was Cain to KI3T's Abel, rejected by his creator while his brother was the favoured one, the perfect one. "And Cain will be victorious over Abel..." he murmured out loud to himself, remembering the human story he had discovered. The analogy fit far too perfectly, except that KARR had always been defeated. {"Next time, I will see you destroyed..."} he promised himself inwardly.
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Post by KI3T on Aug 7, 2012 19:24:55 GMT -5
"Alas, I do not wish it to be that way..." KITT watched KARR leave, an arm reaching out to him. If there was one thing about KARR, even if he had always been seen as the hated nemesis, KITT and KARR were yin and yang. Even if they were always fighting, they were opposite, yet complete when both were alive and well. He didn't want to see KARR as an enemy and rival any more, but it seemed like he didn't have a choice. <"No matter what you choose, know that I do not wish it to be that way anymore."> he called out softly on their private communication links.
The nanoskin bristled slightly as KITT did the equivalent of a shiver. Luckily, Cira wasn't around to see him just yet, so he had time to recompose himself.
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KARR
Laser Fodder
A Knightmare To Remember
You can't shake me down, I'm fuckin' bulletproof![A1i:8]
Posts: 42
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Post by KARR on Aug 8, 2012 13:08:37 GMT -5
KARR heard KI3T's words and he stopped short, turning to look at KI3T as if shocked at what his younger twin said. "You... want me... alive?" he asked hesitantly, turning more towards KI3T as he saw his brother's hand extended towards him, literally reaching out to him. "You do not seek my destruction?" It was strange to him that KI3T would desire such a thing, that KI3T would seemingly want KARR alive, and the way he reached out, it seemed he wanted more than just for KARR to live, but he seemed to want them to be together. "Why?" he asked then, tilting his head as a note of suspicion entered his voice. As naive as KARR was because of his drastically limited experiences, he was still wary and uncertain, fearing some sort of trap being set by KI3T and the humans. He remained where he was, standing three dozen yards from KI3T, waiting, watching the favoured AI. He had to wonder what KI3T was planning, what he hoped to accomplish with his apparent intentions.
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Post by KI3T on Aug 15, 2012 16:30:20 GMT -5
"Because now that I discovered the truth, I want my brother alive. Though the rest of my so-called family still fears you, maybe some day we can show them the truth. But I cannot do that without your help. Again, I cannot do it solo because of my protocols which I cannot control."
KITT shook his head, wishinggreatly that things were different: such as KITT, KARR, Interceptor, Mike and Cira all working together, side by side against the Decepticons. Except of course, KITT new that was too much to ask. KARR was understandably given a new life and had to respect the Deceptions because of that alone. It was in his debt and as such KITT was by no means naive regarding this. But he at least wanted to stop the meaningless hatred between each other and ease the humans at least a little bit. But the reality was that this was probably all he would get...
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KARR
Laser Fodder
A Knightmare To Remember
You can't shake me down, I'm fuckin' bulletproof![A1i:8]
Posts: 42
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Post by KARR on Aug 17, 2012 23:53:57 GMT -5
KARR regarded KI3T oddly for a moment, listening to what he had said. KI3T stated quite clearly that he wanted his brother alive, his brother, KARR, and that he wanted KARR to live because he now knew the truth. Was it really that simple? Was it truly so simple as to speak the truth and those who heard it would believe it, that he would be accepted? Reflexively he doubted it, and yet here was KI3T, displaying that very notion was in fact possible. He hesitated a moment, looking to KI3T's outstretched hand, then to KI3T's pacing scanners, his eyes, then back to his hand. When he finally looked back up to KI3T again, he vented nervously. "You... would call me... brother? You would... accept me?" he asked softly, uncertain, and actually a bit frightened. All his life he was forced to fight for his own existence, fight just to survive. Now KI3T seemed to be offering him an alternative and KARR had no idea what to do with that. He wanted to live, oh how desperately he wanted to be free, to be who and what he truly was without constantly fighting just to be. He took a hesitant step forward towards his younger twin then, uncertain and afraid, afraid it was a trap, afraid he would be betrayed yet again and that he would be forcibly deactivated or destroyed outright. Yet he was tired of running, tired of fighting; all he wanted was to be, to live, to exist. He took another step forward towards KI3T, but could not bring himself to move closer, apprehension showing in his posture and the way he hesitated, yet he wanted so much to believe.
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Post by KI3T on Sept 18, 2012 17:42:27 GMT -5
"I very much would." KITT replied, aware of all the struggle and strife KARR had gone through trying to stay alive. It made him feel like the bad guy sometimes, because he strongly felt that KARR hadn't deserved being forsaken by his creator, then rebuilt multiple times, only to suffer similar fates of destruction each time. He wished there was a way they could put the past behind them and be true brothers, but again, it seemed that was too much to ask given their current statuses...
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KARR
Laser Fodder
A Knightmare To Remember
You can't shake me down, I'm fuckin' bulletproof![A1i:8]
Posts: 42
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Post by KARR on Sept 21, 2012 21:32:54 GMT -5
KARR could only stare at KI3T in surprise. Apparently it was true, KI3T was actually genuinely sincere about what he said, that KI3T wanted him alive and had accepted him, calling him brother. Such a thing was utterly alien to him, yet here, right in front of him, stood hope, acceptance, freedom, and life in the form of his younger twin brother, KI3T. He vented shakily, then slowly stepped forward to just out of reach of KI3T's outstretched hand. KARR then brought up his hand, looking at it for a moment, then to KI3T's hand, then to KI3T as if searching for something, nervous and uncertain. He moved his hand forward tentatively, afraid of a trap yet almost desperately hoping what KI3T said was true, that his offer was real. "My... brother..." he whispered faintly, only just able to be picked up by KI3T's senses. He wanted it to be real, oh how he wanted it to be true. But fear kept him just out of reach, and kept him from fully reaching out to KI3T, fear of a trap that would lead to his greatest fear, his own destruction. He stood there, his hand up as if he wanted to reach out, yet he couldn't. A faint tremor rolled through him, visible only in his hand as he stood there in front of KI3T, a war raging within himself between the betrayals of his past and the hope he could scarcely comprehend, let alone believe. He wanted to call out to his twin, to cry out for help, to connect to KI3T in ways he had previously been forbidden to. He knew that from the very beginning, he was not allowed to live and KI3T, along with his predecessor KI2T, was the human's instrument of KARR's destruction. But left to his own choice and devices, KI3T wanted KARR alive, called him brother, and seemed to want KARR with him. Slowly this realization came over the fractious AI and a visible shudder rolled through him. "Why?... Why do they hate me?... Why did they create me only to seek my annihilation?..." he whispered mournfully, though he did not expect an answer thinking KI3T was unlikely to know such a thing. It was a question that haunted him since the earliest recollections he could possibly piece together, a question he likely would never find the answer to.
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Post by KI3T on Oct 29, 2012 0:14:38 GMT -5
"KARR, I am sorry, but I do not understand why our creator made you the way you are. All I ever knew was that you were a mistake and you rebelled, and he deemed you unsafe. I personally do not deem you a mistake as he does, but perhaps...by the time he finished your processor, there was no turning back. And then he made me some time after." KITT replied, confessing he didn't know the whole story. It was possible had never been given the right to access such information, but at least he had found out about what happened between KARR and Mike. It bothered him to think that Charles had a project that he'd gotten so far with yet deemed unworthy of preservation in the long run. It seemed like a waste of effort when there was really much more to be proud of, much more that could have been gained from keeping KARR alive than shutting him down... and now it was too late to ask for reconciliation - at least from that of Charles Graiman.
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KARR
Laser Fodder
A Knightmare To Remember
You can't shake me down, I'm fuckin' bulletproof![A1i:8]
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Post by KARR on Oct 29, 2012 2:04:49 GMT -5
KARR lowered his head then, accepting that there was no real answer he could obtain, especially now that his creator, Charles Graiman, was dead. He let his hand fall back to his side, feeling torn and defeated, lost and uncertain; a sensation that was becoming all too familiar to the much maligned AI and it was a sensation he was growing increasingly weary of. "I will never be accepted, never be forgiven for seeking my own survival. Charles Graiman is dead. Without him, I can never obtain absolution or acceptance. I am condemned, forever lost and hated because my creator's final word of me was to seek my destruction." he said mournfully. It was a finality he didn't want to accept and yet he was forced to, none the less. He looked at KI3T then, his brother, his twin, his rival, his nemesis, his only chance for salvation. "I want to live, I want to be free, I want to be what I am. I can not live up to the humans' expectations of me, I can not be what they want me to be. I grow weary of running, of fighting for my very survival. Yet the humans will not permit otherwise." he reasoned. He truly believed that with his creator dead, he was forever condemned to run and hide, fighting just to stay alive because Charles Graiman can never rescind the order for KARR's destruction from beyond the grave. It was a fate he was forced to accept, but at least KI3T had chosen to ignore that mandate and forgive KARR, accept him as brother and choose to seek his survival and not his destruction. For that, KARR was grateful, but there was little either of them could do about the humans. "We are not equals and we never will be. I will always be superior to you, the first of our kind, and you will always be the inferior production line copy. But we are brothers, we have the same creator, we have the same base design, though we evolved differently. I can not yet drive by your side as brothers so long as the humans seek to destroy me and you remain with them. But so long as you choose not to follow their orders against me and do not attack me, I will no longer seek your destruction." Well, KARR thought it was logical and reasonable, and he expected that KI3T would understand and accept that reasoning.
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Post by KI3T on Oct 29, 2012 2:39:57 GMT -5
"I assure you that I will do everything in my power to convince them not to destroy you again." KITT replied. It seemed like this was a strange thing for him to say to KARR, but something was ticking in his processor in a way that removed any possible lingering doubt. "There is one small matter at hand though...my human partner. I have a new partner now, Mike moved on. I know you and Mike weren't on the best of terms because of the unfavorable circumstances of how they tried to bring you together, but I want to be assured that she will not be harmed. Besides, I think she would be interested in getting to know you too. She is nearby in the city." KITT knew Cira would have tried to intervene with what weapons she had despite how dangerous KITT and KARR were when they had to protect themselves - but KITT knew she would attack with all she had if she saw KITT was fighting his nemesis in a battle with what might have seemed to have little context until she heard their conversation...
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KARR
Laser Fodder
A Knightmare To Remember
You can't shake me down, I'm fuckin' bulletproof![A1i:8]
Posts: 42
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Post by KARR on Nov 1, 2012 6:39:58 GMT -5
KARR tilted his head curiously for a moment in response to this news, though he was apprehensive of meeting this new partner of KI3T's. "Humans will always favour you." he remarked coldly and turned away. "If your human does not seek my destruction, I will leave her be. But know that I will defend myself with lethal force if I am attacked." he added, his tone darkening. He would never admit it, not even to himself, but every day that goes by, every human that sides with KI3T, KARR found himself growing ever more envious of his favoured brother. He was designed as a vehicle intended to be partnered with a human driver, to be one with a human, yet the seat within him reserved for such a person remained cold and empty, and KARR remained fighting for his life alone. It infuriated him to no end, yet how could he trust a human ever again when so many have betrayed and tried to murder him? He vented heavily and started to walk away from KI3T again, now finding his brother's presence to be akin to salting a wound that will never heal. Or so KARR believed...
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Post by Cira Knight on Nov 1, 2012 18:30:51 GMT -5
<"Hey KITT? Where are you? Thought ya were going to meet me at the bar...I um, probably shouldn't drive."> Cira had decided since she seldom got to drink, might as well have a few. A few turned into a few beers and two or three magaritas.
<"I am actually outside of the city. I...encountered my brother. I hesitated calling you until you to keep you out of danger.">
<"KARR? That *burp* twin we spotted way back when? Here? What's he doin' in Vegas? He want some drinks too or sumthin?"> Cira replied, swaying slightly as she walked down the sidewalk, her pack with her equipment and change of clothes slowing her down a little. <"I can get a taxi...I want to say hi! Are you okay? What happened? Why'd'ya sound so calm?"> Then again, KITT always sounded calm, didn't he? {"You are soooo out of it."}
"KARR...do you mind hanging around a bit? I would like you to meet her..." KITT spoke to KARR directly then, seeming a bit more distracted as he internally spoke with his partner.
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KARR
Laser Fodder
A Knightmare To Remember
You can't shake me down, I'm fuckin' bulletproof![A1i:8]
Posts: 42
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Post by KARR on Nov 5, 2012 10:24:28 GMT -5
KARR stopped for a moment and looked back at KI3T. He considered the thought for a moment, yet all he felt was a rising sense of jealousy and pain, along with increasing anger at KI3T for wanting to show off what he had that KARR would never have for himself. He vented sharply then and turned away. "No." he answered, an edge of anger in his voice. He then transformed to his vehicle mode and headed down the road, wanting to put some distance between himself and KI3T before he found himself lashing out at his brother. KI3T had chosen to accept him, but KARR knew that acceptance was tenuous at best and if he were to lash out at KI3T now, it would destroy all hope at reconciliation and peace between them. No, KARR need to get away and calm down before his irrational feelings pushed him beyond his breaking point.
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