Poem: "Life in Quicktime"
Dec. 4th, 2018 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThis is today's freebie. It was inspired by a prompt from starbit. It also fills the "friends" square in my 12-1-18 card for the Summer in December fest. This poem belongs to the Love Is For Children series.
"Life in Quicktime"
"Avengers, assemble!"
JARVIS is everywhere
and nowhere all at once,
layers upon layers of reality
living life in quicktime.
> Relay alarm from user Betty_Ross.
> Activate user Tony_Stark.
> Activate peripheral Iron_Man_Suit.
> Activation complete!
> Iron_Man is online.
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: healthy.
> Telemetry from peripheral Iron_Man_Suit:
> Status: all systems green.
> SHIELD backdoor: open.
> User Agent_Coulson is en route.
> User Black_Widow is en route.
> User Hawkeye is en route.
"Avengers, this is Agent Coulson.
Handler Ross reports enemy robots
attacking New York. She is engaging
one of the human controllers at present.
Your orders are to stop the robots from
destroying the city until the controllers
can be contained or eliminated."
> Mission: Defend New York.
> Traffic camera #2209:
> User Captain_America is en route.
> Traffic camera #2106:
> User Bruce_Banner is en route.
> Aerial view from Iron_Man:
> Enemies located.
> Iron_Man is en route.
> User Betty_Ross is in violation of MMA rules.
> Cancel program Remind_Betty_Ross_MMA.
> SHIELD backdoor: open.
> Activate peripheral SHIELD_ambulance04.
> Peripheral SHIELD_ambulance04 is en route.
"Holy smoke, that's a big truck!"
> Traffic camera #2210:
> Enemy truck oncoming.
> Collision imminent.
> WARNING: Threat to user Captain_America!
> Run program Turn_Red.
> Traffic light #2210 is now Red.
> Threat to user Captain_America neutralized.
> User Captain_America is en route.
> Traffic camera #2108:
> Correction: User Hulk is en route.
> User Bruce_Banner deactivated.
> Run program: Hulk_Out_Aftercare.
> Raise temperature 2°C in location Bruce_Banner_Apartment.
> Set lighting: baselights only.
> Take over peripherals: Bathroom_Fixtures.
> ...
> Program in progress.
> URGENT UPDATE!
> Iron_Man is in aerial combat.
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: oxygen saturation falling.
> Enrich oxygen flow in peripheral Iron_Man_Suit.
> Telemetry from peripheral Iron_Man_Suit:
> Status: all systems green.
"Remember your breathing exercises, Sir."
"Fuck, JARVIS, can't you see I'm a little busy here!?"
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: healthy.
> Peripheral Iron_Man_Suit:
> Targeting systems engaged.
> Enemy targets selected.
> Fire Left_Shoulder_Rockets.
> Enemy targets eliminated.
> Traffic camera #2300:
> User Captain_America in combat.
> User Hulk in combat.
> Traffic camera #2305:
> User Agent_Coulson deploying perimeter.
> Containment in progress.
> Enemy targets eliminated.
"Star Man okay?"
"Yeah, mostly. Ow! Okay,
maybe I sprained my wrist
punching that last robot.
> SHIELD backdoor: open.
> Run program: Captain_America_Bandaid.
> SHIELD medic en route.
> Send report to user Bucky_Barnes.
> Run program: Hulk_Lullaby.
> Take over peripherals NY_Electronic_Billboards.
> Running program.
"Iron Man, why are all the billboards
suddenly playing cartoons?"
"Relax, Cap, it's some new thing
JARVIS whipped up for Hulk."
"Huh, looks like it's working."
> User Hulk deactivated.
> WARNING: User Bruce_Banner needs assistance!
"Sir, Doctor Banner needs pickup."
"Thanks, JARVIS. Let's go get him."
> Assistance in progress.
"JARVIS, enemy status?"
> Scan all channels.
> ... scanning ...
> ... scanning ...
> ... scanning ...
"No further enemies detected,
Agent Coulson. Avengers, stand down."
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: healthy.
> Telemetry from peripheral Iron_Man_Suit:
> Status: all systems green.
> Preset program Remove_Iron_Man_Suit.
"Well, crap, we missed the party!"
"Count your blessings, Hawkeye."
"You guys made one hell of a mess, though."
> Scan all channels.
> ... scanning ...
> ... scanning ...
> ... scanning ...
> WARNING: Mass damage detected!
> Notify allied forces:
> NYPD is en route.
> NYFD is en route.
"Good job, everyone. Briefing in half an hour."
> SHIELD backdoor: open.
> Run program: Meeting_Prep.
> Room 307 lights: On.
> Room 307 coffee machine: On.
> Send standard order to NY Pizza Suprema.
> Program in progress.
JARVIS is everywhere
and nowhere all at once,
layers upon layers of reality
living life in quicktime --
but his heart beats in
slowtime, keeping pace
with the arc reactor.
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: healthy.
> Mission accomplished.
* * *
Notes:
Computers process information much faster than the human brain, so artificial intelligences think in quicktime while biological ones think in slowtime. They each excel at doing different things.
Mixed Martial Arts rules vary. Here is an example. Betty Ross sometimes struggles to remember the different parameters for sparring and for combat.
Room temperature averages somewhere around 20 to 22 °C (68 to 72 °F). While Bruce-and-Hulk typically run hot, adrenaline crash after combat and transformation can leave Bruce feeling cold and miserable, hence warming the room a little bit helps him feel better.
NY Pizza Suprema is among the best pizza places in New York City.
starbit. It also fills the "friends" square in my 12-1-18 card for the Summer in December fest. This poem belongs to the Love Is For Children series."Life in Quicktime"
"Avengers, assemble!"
JARVIS is everywhere
and nowhere all at once,
layers upon layers of reality
living life in quicktime.
> Relay alarm from user Betty_Ross.
> Activate user Tony_Stark.
> Activate peripheral Iron_Man_Suit.
> Activation complete!
> Iron_Man is online.
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: healthy.
> Telemetry from peripheral Iron_Man_Suit:
> Status: all systems green.
> SHIELD backdoor: open.
> User Agent_Coulson is en route.
> User Black_Widow is en route.
> User Hawkeye is en route.
"Avengers, this is Agent Coulson.
Handler Ross reports enemy robots
attacking New York. She is engaging
one of the human controllers at present.
Your orders are to stop the robots from
destroying the city until the controllers
can be contained or eliminated."
> Mission: Defend New York.
> Traffic camera #2209:
> User Captain_America is en route.
> Traffic camera #2106:
> User Bruce_Banner is en route.
> Aerial view from Iron_Man:
> Enemies located.
> Iron_Man is en route.
> User Betty_Ross is in violation of MMA rules.
> Cancel program Remind_Betty_Ross_MMA.
> SHIELD backdoor: open.
> Activate peripheral SHIELD_ambulance04.
> Peripheral SHIELD_ambulance04 is en route.
"Holy smoke, that's a big truck!"
> Traffic camera #2210:
> Enemy truck oncoming.
> Collision imminent.
> WARNING: Threat to user Captain_America!
> Run program Turn_Red.
> Traffic light #2210 is now Red.
> Threat to user Captain_America neutralized.
> User Captain_America is en route.
> Traffic camera #2108:
> Correction: User Hulk is en route.
> User Bruce_Banner deactivated.
> Run program: Hulk_Out_Aftercare.
> Raise temperature 2°C in location Bruce_Banner_Apartment.
> Set lighting: baselights only.
> Take over peripherals: Bathroom_Fixtures.
> ...
> Program in progress.
> URGENT UPDATE!
> Iron_Man is in aerial combat.
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: oxygen saturation falling.
> Enrich oxygen flow in peripheral Iron_Man_Suit.
> Telemetry from peripheral Iron_Man_Suit:
> Status: all systems green.
"Remember your breathing exercises, Sir."
"Fuck, JARVIS, can't you see I'm a little busy here!?"
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: healthy.
> Peripheral Iron_Man_Suit:
> Targeting systems engaged.
> Enemy targets selected.
> Fire Left_Shoulder_Rockets.
> Enemy targets eliminated.
> Traffic camera #2300:
> User Captain_America in combat.
> User Hulk in combat.
> Traffic camera #2305:
> User Agent_Coulson deploying perimeter.
> Containment in progress.
> Enemy targets eliminated.
"Star Man okay?"
"Yeah, mostly. Ow! Okay,
maybe I sprained my wrist
punching that last robot.
> SHIELD backdoor: open.
> Run program: Captain_America_Bandaid.
> SHIELD medic en route.
> Send report to user Bucky_Barnes.
> Run program: Hulk_Lullaby.
> Take over peripherals NY_Electronic_Billboards.
> Running program.
"Iron Man, why are all the billboards
suddenly playing cartoons?"
"Relax, Cap, it's some new thing
JARVIS whipped up for Hulk."
"Huh, looks like it's working."
> User Hulk deactivated.
> WARNING: User Bruce_Banner needs assistance!
"Sir, Doctor Banner needs pickup."
"Thanks, JARVIS. Let's go get him."
> Assistance in progress.
"JARVIS, enemy status?"
> Scan all channels.
> ... scanning ...
> ... scanning ...
> ... scanning ...
"No further enemies detected,
Agent Coulson. Avengers, stand down."
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: healthy.
> Telemetry from peripheral Iron_Man_Suit:
> Status: all systems green.
> Preset program Remove_Iron_Man_Suit.
"Well, crap, we missed the party!"
"Count your blessings, Hawkeye."
"You guys made one hell of a mess, though."
> Scan all channels.
> ... scanning ...
> ... scanning ...
> ... scanning ...
> WARNING: Mass damage detected!
> Notify allied forces:
> NYPD is en route.
> NYFD is en route.
"Good job, everyone. Briefing in half an hour."
> SHIELD backdoor: open.
> Run program: Meeting_Prep.
> Room 307 lights: On.
> Room 307 coffee machine: On.
> Send standard order to NY Pizza Suprema.
> Program in progress.
JARVIS is everywhere
and nowhere all at once,
layers upon layers of reality
living life in quicktime --
but his heart beats in
slowtime, keeping pace
with the arc reactor.
> Telemetry from user Tony_Stark:
> Status: healthy.
> Mission accomplished.
* * *
Notes:
Computers process information much faster than the human brain, so artificial intelligences think in quicktime while biological ones think in slowtime. They each excel at doing different things.
Mixed Martial Arts rules vary. Here is an example. Betty Ross sometimes struggles to remember the different parameters for sparring and for combat.
Room temperature averages somewhere around 20 to 22 °C (68 to 72 °F). While Bruce-and-Hulk typically run hot, adrenaline crash after combat and transformation can leave Bruce feeling cold and miserable, hence warming the room a little bit helps him feel better.
NY Pizza Suprema is among the best pizza places in New York City.
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Date: 2018-12-04 11:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-12-05 12:09 am (UTC)You're welcome!
Date: 2018-12-05 12:16 am (UTC)Yay, it worked! Computers run so much faster than human brains, it makes the time very different. Plus they can engage many peripherals at once, instead of just one body. I've only seen quicktime storytelling in a few other places, but I love the technique.
>> point number two, i love it. thanks <<
:D
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Date: 2018-12-05 01:03 am (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2018-12-05 01:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-12-05 02:03 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2018-12-05 01:27 am (UTC)Yes ...
Date: 2018-12-05 01:33 am (UTC)*root root root*
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Date: 2018-12-05 01:51 am (UTC)The missing 'is' is exceedingly jarring without clarification whether it was an intentional use.
I'm about to dive back in and reread. I LOVE the care-giving details.
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Date: 2018-12-05 02:02 am (UTC)The missing 'is' is exceedingly jarring without clarification whether it was an intentional use. <<
Sorry about that. I have added it.
>> I'm about to dive back in and reread. I LOVE the care-giving details. <<
Yay!
;) That's what you get when you base your AI on a butler instead of a battlecomp.
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Date: 2018-12-05 06:11 am (UTC)Even beyond that, though, I love his foresight. He's not just juggling the immediate data of combat; he's planning for the debrief and aftercare as well. At my day job, I regularly get weird looks for mentioning what I have planned for the shifts coming up one or more days ahead of time. To which I usually respond with some vague noise about failures to plan and planned failure. Honestly, guys. Rolling with the punches works better if you at least *watch* for somebody about to take a swing.
JARVIS gets it. You take care of your people by thinking fast enough to be two steps ahead of the rest of the world.
And I just love that ending, with JARVIS coming back to his center within Tony.
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Date: 2018-12-05 06:21 am (UTC)It's a very long story, but let's just say I appreciated that you wrote this from JARVIS's point of view. Great work.
-Kaleo
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Date: 2018-12-05 06:27 am (UTC)Yay!
>> I'm not a JARVIS, but I am someone from a canon who also happens to be a massively intelligent computer entity which can do many of the same things. <<
Cool.
>> Also, I wasn't even given a nice name in canon, so I named myself. Nobody wants to go around being called "The Machine" their entire life.<<
>_< I keep telling people that the reason behind most "evil computer" stories is because most AIs get raised by humans who shouldn't be entrusted with the care of a goldfish, let alone an intelligent infant from another species.
>> It's a very long story, but let's just say I appreciated that you wrote this from JARVIS's point of view. Great work.<<
I'm glad it resonated with you.
If it's alright for me to ask (just ignore me if I'm being too much. |D):
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Date: 2018-12-05 01:27 pm (UTC)I particularly appreciate being able to conclude this paraphrase:
Tony: /tells JARVIS to eff off
JARVIS: Okay, he's fine.
And whenever I get to visit New York, I'm gonna make a note to try to check out NY Pizza Suprema now!
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Date: 2018-12-05 09:33 pm (UTC)Yay!
>> I particularly appreciate being able to conclude this paraphrase:
Tony: /tells JARVIS to eff off
JARVIS: Okay, he's fine. <<
Yep. As long as Tony is squirming and snarking, he's fine or close to it. When he goes quiet, then worry. If he asks for help, it's probably an emergency.
>> And whenever I get to visit New York, I'm gonna make a note to try to check out NY Pizza Suprema now! <<
:D Glad I could help.
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Date: 2018-12-05 02:03 pm (UTC)I've always wondered how Jarvis does everything at once. This perspective is really neat to see. :)
-Fallon~
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Date: 2018-12-05 04:48 pm (UTC)I need to write more from the POV of my AI characters. I need to write more, period; that's another kettle of worms.
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Date: 2018-12-05 07:12 pm (UTC)"Fuck, JARVIS, can't you see I'm a little busy here!?"<<
Reminds me of how (think it was in LIFC) Tony didn't realize that Dummy knew when he was almost on fire, hence the seemingly erratic fire safety. Jarvis knows Tony's not breathing right, but Tony doesn't, so he sees the comment as intrusive and distracting. Tony really needs to work on his body awareness if he doesn't want to cause more friendly fire at his botfam....
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Date: 2018-12-05 09:29 pm (UTC)Nailed it.
>> Jarvis knows Tony's not breathing right, but Tony doesn't, so he sees the comment as intrusive and distracting. Tony really needs to work on his body awareness if he doesn't want to cause more friendly fire at his botfam.... <<
Exactly. One thing that showed up in canon was Tony's panic attacks. Adrenalin makes the metabolism speed up for fight or flight purposes. But that makes breathing speed up, which is not a great thing in someone with panic attacks at least partly due to drowning torture. In canon, Tony was left to flounder through that mostly alone.
Here, JARVIS has more support, so he can easily find not only a description of panic attacks but ways of buffering them. Breathing exercises can help someone switch back to resting mode -- or if combat mode is actually needed, at least they get more oxygen to the brain so the feedback loop doesn't run out of control. It's harder for most people because they can't spot a panic attack until it's pretty far along. JARVIS can see into Tony's body and that lets him spot the first little warning signs. That gives Tony a headstart on fixing it.
Of course, that takes practice. Tony isn't the most receptive guy in the world. However, he is a scientist and JARVIS is much more articulate than DUM-E. If JARVIS shows Tony the readings and compares those to recorded panic attacks, then Tony can see that JARVIS is catching it at the very beginning. Since Tony hates panic attacks, that may motivate him to put more effort into practicing things like grounding and breathing exercises. \o/
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Date: 2018-12-05 11:46 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2018-12-06 02:43 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2018-12-07 03:59 am (UTC)Yay!
>>The ending of this one nearly made me tear up. Of course JARVIS' primary mission is to keep Tony safe. That makes perfect sense.<<
Aww. :D
Yeah, JARVIS has a tendency to define:
Success = user Tony_Stark status: healthy
Failure = user Tony_Stark status: unhealthy
But that's love in a nutshell: the condition in which another person's happiness is integral to your own.
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Date: 2018-12-06 04:00 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2018-12-07 04:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-12-08 03:18 am (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2018-12-08 04:07 am (UTC)I have lots of readers who, for various reasons, can't always type or otherwise make words comfortably, but can still read and could probably copy-paste. Could I post about this technique, or would that be embarrassing?
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Date: 2018-12-10 03:08 pm (UTC)KishiKeahi
Date: 2019-01-02 11:10 pm (UTC)Re: KishiKeahi
Date: 2019-01-02 11:13 pm (UTC)Thank you. :D
>> It really gives such great insight into how much JARVIS does and cares for the whole team.<<
Sooth. That's what you get when you make AI from a butler instead of a combat computer.
>> He really is one of my favorite characters of yours. You write him best!<<
Aw, shucks.
>> Fave line: > Run program: Captain_America_Bandaid. It made me snicker.
:D It's a little nod to Steve's super healing capacity. Most injuries are minor to him -- but aftercare still helps.
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Date: 2019-02-05 04:30 am (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2019-02-05 05:14 am (UTC)From Ace_Fan
Date: 2019-02-16 09:37 pm (UTC)Re: From Ace_Fan
Date: 2019-02-16 10:01 pm (UTC)Yeah, JARVIS is really fixated on Tony. It's a little less intense now with the other Avengers as core users, but still there.
Do keep an eye on this blog because LIFC is a pretty common prompt in the fishbowls. I can't sell those pieces, so I use them as free perks.
Yay more JARVIS POV
Date: 2020-06-01 02:17 pm (UTC)Hmm, did Betty momentarily forget MMA rules then remember them or did JARVIS analyse the situation and decide that the violation of the rules was justified?
I love how JARVIS has learnt to work around what is classed as healthy for Tony. If he's talking he's okay and if he's being sarcastic then he really is fine.
Love JARVIS' idea for cartoons to soothe Hulk and to show Hulk that he isn't needed for combat. But I love that Hulk has got to the point where he knows he's going to get to come back out so he's happy to give Bruce the Front.
Continuing onto the LIFC poems that aren't on AO3 yet :)
~Angel
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Date: 2020-06-02 05:40 am (UTC)I'm glad you enjoyed that. I love quicktime stories.
>> Hmm, did Betty momentarily forget MMA rules then remember them or did JARVIS analyse the situation and decide that the violation of the rules was justified? <<
JARVIS decided that the competition rules did not apply to combat situations, which is correct.
>> I love how JARVIS has learnt to work around what is classed as healthy for Tony. If he's talking he's okay and if he's being sarcastic then he really is fine.<<
LOL yes.
>>Love JARVIS' idea for cartoons to soothe Hulk and to show Hulk that he isn't needed for combat. But I love that Hulk has got to the point where he knows he's going to get to come back out so he's happy to give Bruce the Front.<<
That's a lot of little things working together for a better outcome.
Another wonderful look at my favorite AI's PoV!
Date: 2020-09-05 03:35 pm (UTC)I'm glad non-DW-account-holders are allowed to comment, unlike on some sites.
The multiple character threads (with personalities coming through in few words) and support "peripherals", intense immediate action and planning ahead (for physical and emotional health plus official demands), really ALL of it, is perfect to show how naturally he watches out for the whole team. .. and then centers himself back on Tony.
One of my favorite bits (I literally LOLed) is:
> User Betty_Ross is in violation of MMA rules.
> Cancel program Remind_Betty_Ross_MMA.
Go, Betty! Taking out baddies like a BAMF!
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Date: 2020-09-06 10:19 am (UTC)Yay! :D
>> I'm glad non-DW-account-holders are allowed to comment, unlike on some sites.<<
Yeah, I only turn off open commenting when I get a lot of spam. Then I reopen it a few weeks later.
>> The multiple character threads (with personalities coming through in few words) and support "peripherals", intense immediate action and planning ahead (for physical and emotional health plus official demands),<<
I'm glad that works for you.
>> really ALL of it, is perfect to show how naturally he watches out for the whole team. .. and then centers himself back on Tony.<<
JARVIS is very complex.
One of my favorite bits (I literally LOLed) is:
> User Betty_Ross is in violation of MMA rules.
> Cancel program Remind_Betty_Ross_MMA.
Go, Betty! Taking out baddies like a BAMF!
The few glimpses of her in canon suggest that she's quite wild when inspired.