Scenario:Elegy for Auld Lang Syne - Chapter 1: Joya Junior - Episode 2
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Elegy for Auld Lang Syne - Chapter 1: Joya Junior - Episode 2
Finding "Proto-Joya" to be too stiff of a name, Lyria decides to call the newly made bell "Joy." When Mahira sees how pleased Joy is with its new name, she wonders if the Joya, which shares the same construction, might possess similar emotions.
Lyria: Again! Can you say that again?
Proto-Joya: ...?
Vyrn: It clammed up. It definitely said "hello," though, right? I heard it.
Mahira: I did too. No doubt about it.
Lyria: Come on... Hel-lo! Just like that! Hello!
Proto-Joya: Come. On. Hel-lo. Just. Like. That. Hel-lo.
Lyria: Meep! That startled me!
Proto-Joya: Meep! Star-tled!
Meep! Star-tled!
Meep! Star-tled!
Vyrn: Gyahaha! This thing's a little copycat!
Mahira: Now that I think of it, the Joya spoke occasionally too. It could say "happy New Year," for instance.
Mahira: Maybe it's using its hollow interior to amplify vibrations from its mechanical parts in order to produce a voice.
Lyria: Hehe! I wonder what other words we can teach it.
Lyria: My name is Lyria. Can you say Ly-ri-a?
Proto-Joya: Ly-ri-a?
Lyria: Oooh! Great job!
Vyrn: My name's Vyrn! Say my name too!
Proto-Joya: My name!
Vyrn: No! Not "my name"! Vyrn!
Proto-Joya: ...
Vyrn?
Vyrn?
Vyrn: That's right! See, that wasn't so hard!
Proto-Joya: (Captain)! (Captain)!
Proto-Joya: ...
Proto-Joya: Name... Name...
Vyrn: Huh? Whassa matter, li'l dude?
Lyria: Oh, maybe it wants to know what its name is.
Vyrn: That makes sense, after hearing all of ours.
Vyrn: Your name is Proto-Joya. Pro-to Jo-ya.
Proto-Joya: Pro... to?
Lyria: That's kind of a big name for a little bell. Can't we give it a nickname?
Vyrn: A nickname, huh? How about Joya Junior?
Proto-Joya: Jo... ya... Ju... nior...
Vyrn: Hey! You don't have to make it that obvious that you hate it!
Lyria: Jo-ya... Jop-py... John... Jol-ly...
Lyria: Oh! What about Joy?
Proto-Joya: Joy?
Proto-Joya: Joy! Joy!
Lyria: It likes it! That settles it! Your name is Joy!
The newly christened Joy goes rolling all around the warehouse, ecstatic over its brand-new name.
Mahira: It has expressions... Language-learning faculties... And shows interest in a variety of things...
Mahira: How strange. Apart from making it smaller and adding the readout, its specs aren't any different from the Joya's.
Mahira: Does that mean the Joya has exactly the same sorts of feelings as Joy seems to?
Joy has wildly exceeded Mahira's expectations. The little inventor's brow furrows in thought.