Thursday 23 May 2013
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Kokoro
She was a
robot made by a scientist
*****
On
September 9, the day she was made. She was a success, a robot that
almost looked human. Her creator said she was the result of a
miracle. She did not understand him.
“Though
it was to be expected,” he said, she was just a robot after all.
She only looked human, she was not human. She lacked the thing all
humans have, a heart. The scientist thought for a moment before going
to his computer.
“What
are you doing, Master?” the little robot tugged on the hem of her
master's shirt. The young boy looked into the girl's soulless eyes
for a moment before replying, “A heart for you, my sweet little
Kokoro.” He placed his right hand on the girl's chest and his left
hand on his own. He sighed before facing the computer again. It
amused him how he called the robot Kokoro even though it did not have
one.
Kokoro
left him alone for a moment but still glanced back at him with
thousands of questions in her head. Why did he make her in the first
place, why was he so insistent on making a heart for her? Was it not
just another program? She walked next to the door and stared at the
scene in front of her. It was beautiful, yet she felt no emotion.Audrey
looked away from the computer screen for a moment to find Kokoro. He
felt a pang at his heart, guilt swallowed him from abandoning his
miracle project.
“Come,
let me take you outside for a moment,” Audrey said as he took the
girl's hand in his and walked outside, dragging the girl with him.
Kokoro looked up at him and questions filled her head again. Was this
just a trick? Did he do this just because he was guilty for leaving
her alone? Kokoro did not mind being alone, it did not affect her as
he thought it would.
“I
want to teach and share with you the happiness and sadness of
mankind,” Audrey sang. He told Kokoro to do the same. She did, but
she sang with a monochrome tone. No emotion was put into it, and that
angered Audrey. Though, he put it aside and showed her the wonders of
the world. He silently wishes that one day, Kokoro would understand
to ups and downs of life.
A
few weeks have passed and Audrey was still working on the program.
Kokoro noticed that his distress was shown more as time quickly
passes by. Audrey looked at the robot and placed his hand on the left
side of his chest and glanced at Kokoro.
Audrey's mum picked him up and spun him around. He smiled and laughed, all the cares in the world were being forgotten.“Audrey, we're going out for a while, okay?” his mum asked him while smiling. The little boy nodded his head and ran towards his mother. They started walking across the street. Audrey did not notice the green man was blinking and he walked across the road. His mother saw him and a car was speeding towards him. She quickly ran to him and stood in front of him.
A loud scream cut through the silence of the night. Little Audrey stood beside his mother's corpse and bent down to touch it. He lightly shook it, “Mum? Wake up.” Tears fell rapidly and when he finally had the courage realised his mother was dead, he screamed. A pained sound echoed though-out the night as Audrey ran home and cried himself to sleep.
Remembering the accident made him grip his shirt, another set of tears flowed down his face. He felt his robot grab the middle of his lab coat and he turned around. He looked into the soulless grey eyes again and could feel the bitter liquid run down his face faster.
“I can see myself there in your eyes.” How he wished he could say that to her. Instead, he said, “What does this existence mean to you?” The robot said nothing and just stood there, not even attempting to comfort her creator.
He released her from the hug and stared at the little girl. Time was not infinite to him, unlike his creation. However, she does not understand that. She does not understand many things yet.Slowly, days turned to months. Years has passed since the creation of Kokoro and Audrey was still working on the program.
*****
He stared at the girl of a last time before telling her, “Kokoro,
please use the program when you think you can handle it. I'm just
going to rest over by the tree there.” He pointed at the large
cherry blossom tree that they had both planted. Kokoro nodded without saying anything while Audrey
walked slowly over to the tree where he would spend his last moments
at. When he reached it, he laid under the shade and breathed deeply.
He was almost finished with the heart and all he needed was to
stabilise it. Though, it was all too late now. Luckily, he had given
her the warning first.
As he took his last few breath, he thought back to the
miracles that had happened since Kokoro was born.
The first was that
she was created.
The second was the time they had spent together.
The third, had not happened yet. Though, it is still far
away in the future.He hoped once day, she would active the program. It was
his last wish before he perished underneath all the falling cherry
blossoms.
*****
“I wonder why my master cry sometimes?” Kokoro asked
herself. After a few years, Kokoro still did not understand why her
master had not come back yet. But it was just a thought that she held
in.
*****
Several hundred years had passed with Kokoro still being
alone. She looked at the scene before her again. It was spring and
the cherry blossoms fell slowly, with the wind dancing with them.She finally walked out in a few years and stood in front
of the tree. She had decided to make a wish for a few years now, but
all she did was wait for her master to come back and he never did.
The pale pink flowers flew all around her. It was a beautiful sight
to see as the pale robot stood so close to them. Her dark hair flew
with the wind, making her look like a mystery.
“I want to know what that person worked on until the
end of his life. Just to make for me, the 'heart' program,” she
placed her hands on her chest as she closed her eyes to wish.The computer inside the lab flashed and words spelling
'heart' came on. She walked back to it and, hesitantly, put her hands
on the screen.
It was then she felt a pounding inside her chest. Her
grey eyes widened and they began to shine. The heart moved at an
accelerating speed. She found tears on her face, the bitter liquid
fell non-stop.
Her hands, and soon her whole body, began to tremble.
She shook with fear and excitement at the new program inside her. She
wonder and questioned herself, “Is this the heart I was looking
for? The heart that my master had been working so hard for?”
She ran outside and smiled. The scene left her
awestruck. It was beautiful, she admired the picture before her. Her
legs bought her to the little flower field that was filled with
poppies and roses. She picked some up and put them in her hair while
smiling all the while. She remembered her master doing this to her
and her smile grew bigger. After a few poppies were picked up, she saw a skeleton
of a hand. The poppies fell out of her hand while she covered her
mouth with her hands.Shock was an understatement of what she felt.
Tears streamed down her face again her eyes trailed the bones to the
body.
She picked up the skull and hugged it, not even caring
that it was hundreds of years old. Tears streamed down her rapidly as
she realised what had happened. Her old master had died under the
tree and she had never noticed. All she thought was that he had taken
a break and ran away from her after that. Her master was a nice man
and she thought badly of him for so many years.
The tears fell like bullets and hit the ground. Her
heart started to beat faster and faster. She whole body trembled
again as she picked up the bones of her master's fingers. She crushed
them in her tiny hands and held them close to her chest, where her
heart was located. She had never knew it was this painful to be
human.She gently laid the skull and bones down and kissed
them. She slowly began to realise the reason she was born. Surely it
is lonely to be by oneself, she thought in despair. She gazed towards
the sky and said, “Thank you. For the life you bought me.”
“Thank you, for the days we have spent together
playing,” she whispered.
“Thank you, for everything you have given me,” she
stood up and bowed towards the tree.
“I will sing for an eternity for you,” she fell
after the last word came out with her ethereal voice. Kokoro could
feel her heart start moving slower and slower until it came to a
stop. Her fingers did not shake any more, nor did her tears fall.
The heart had stopped, she realised too late. Her eyes
closed gently as she laid next to her creator, and at that moment.
The moment she was dead, she looked like an angel with her dark hair
that surrounds her. Her pale lips that were partly open.
In
the end, Audrey gave
her the inheritance of solitude.
And,
he entrusted her the key to the miracle. They got a happy ending with
each other, meeting in heaven and starting a new life once they were
reborn.
Kokoro
She was a
robot made by a scientist
Kokoro
She was a robot made by a scientist
*****
On September 9, the day she was made. She was a success, a robot that almost looked human. Her creator said she was the result of a miracle. She did not understand him.
“Though it was to be expected,” he said, she was just a robot after all. She only looked human, she was not human. She lacked the thing all humans have, a heart. The scientist thought for a moment before going to his computer.
“What are you doing, Master?” the little robot tugged on the hem of her master's shirt. The young boy looked into the girl's soulless eyes for a moment before replying, “A heart for you, my sweet little Kokoro.” He placed his right hand on the girl's chest and his left hand on his own. He sighed before facing the computer again. It amused him how he called the robot Kokoro even though it did not have one.
Kokoro left him alone for a moment but still glanced back at him with thousands of questions in her head. Why did he make her in the first place, why was he so insistent on making a heart for her? Was it not just another program? She walked next to the door and stared at the scene in front of her. It was beautiful, yet she felt no emotion.Audrey looked away from the computer screen for a moment to find Kokoro. He felt a pang at his heart, guilt swallowed him from abandoning his miracle project.
“Come, let me take you outside for a moment,” Audrey said as he took the girl's hand in his and walked outside, dragging the girl with him. Kokoro looked up at him and questions filled her head again. Was this just a trick? Did he do this just because he was guilty for leaving her alone? Kokoro did not mind being alone, it did not affect her as he thought it would.
“I want to teach and share with you the happiness and sadness of mankind,” Audrey sang. He told Kokoro to do the same. She did, but she sang with a monochrome tone. No emotion was put into it, and that angered Audrey. Though, he put it aside and showed her the wonders of the world. He silently wishes that one day, Kokoro would understand to ups and downs of life.
A few weeks have passed and Audrey was still working on the program. Kokoro noticed that his distress was shown more as time quickly passes by. Audrey looked at the robot and placed his hand on the left side of his chest and glanced at Kokoro.
Audrey's mum picked him up and spun him around. He smiled and laughed, all the cares in the world were being forgotten.“Audrey, we're going out for a while, okay?” his mum asked him while smiling. The little boy nodded his head and ran towards his mother. They started walking across the street. Audrey did not notice the green man was blinking and he walked across the road. His mother saw him and a car was speeding towards him. She quickly ran to him and stood in front of him.
A loud scream cut through the silence of the night. Little Audrey stood beside his mother's corpse and bent down to touch it. He lightly shook it, “Mum? Wake up.” Tears fell rapidly and when he finally had the courage realised his mother was dead, he screamed. A pained sound echoed though-out the night as Audrey ran home and cried himself to sleep.
Remembering the accident made him grip his shirt, another set of tears flowed down his face. He felt his robot grab the middle of his lab coat and he turned around. He looked into the soulless grey eyes again and could feel the bitter liquid run down his face faster.
“I can see myself there in your eyes.” How he wished he could say that to her. Instead, he said, “What does this existence mean to you?” The robot said nothing and just stood there, not even attempting to comfort her creator.
He released her from the hug and stared at the little girl. Time was not infinite to him, unlike his creation. However, she does not understand that. She does not understand many things yet.Slowly, days turned to months. Years has passed since the creation of Kokoro and Audrey was still working on the program.
*****
He stared at the girl of a last time before telling her, “Kokoro, please use the program when you think you can handle it. I'm just going to rest over by the tree there.” He pointed at the large cherry blossom tree that they had both planted. Kokoro nodded without saying anything while Audrey walked slowly over to the tree where he would spend his last moments at. When he reached it, he laid under the shade and breathed deeply.
He was almost finished with the heart and all he needed was to stabilise it. Though, it was all too late now. Luckily, he had given her the warning first.
As he took his last few breath, he thought back to the miracles that had happened since Kokoro was born.
The first was that she was created.
The second was the time they had spent together.
The third, had not happened yet. Though, it is still far away in the future.He hoped once day, she would active the program. It was his last wish before he perished underneath all the falling cherry blossoms.
*****
“I wonder why my master cry sometimes?” Kokoro asked herself. After a few years, Kokoro still did not understand why her master had not come back yet. But it was just a thought that she held in.
*****
Several hundred years had passed with Kokoro still being alone. She looked at the scene before her again. It was spring and the cherry blossoms fell slowly, with the wind dancing with them.She finally walked out in a few years and stood in front of the tree. She had decided to make a wish for a few years now, but all she did was wait for her master to come back and he never did.
The pale pink flowers flew all around her. It was a beautiful sight to see as the pale robot stood so close to them. Her dark hair flew with the wind, making her look like a mystery.
“I want to know what that person worked on until the end of his life. Just to make for me, the 'heart' program,” she placed her hands on her chest as she closed her eyes to wish.The computer inside the lab flashed and words spelling 'heart' came on. She walked back to it and, hesitantly, put her hands on the screen.
It was then she felt a pounding inside her chest. Her grey eyes widened and they began to shine. The heart moved at an accelerating speed. She found tears on her face, the bitter liquid fell non-stop.
Her hands, and soon her whole body, began to tremble. She shook with fear and excitement at the new program inside her. She wonder and questioned herself, “Is this the heart I was looking for? The heart that my master had been working so hard for?”
She ran outside and smiled. The scene left her awestruck. It was beautiful, she admired the picture before her. Her legs bought her to the little flower field that was filled with poppies and roses. She picked some up and put them in her hair while smiling all the while. She remembered her master doing this to her and her smile grew bigger. After a few poppies were picked up, she saw a skeleton of a hand. The poppies fell out of her hand while she covered her mouth with her hands.Shock was an understatement of what she felt. Tears streamed down her face again her eyes trailed the bones to the body.
She picked up the skull and hugged it, not even caring that it was hundreds of years old. Tears streamed down her rapidly as she realised what had happened. Her old master had died under the tree and she had never noticed. All she thought was that he had taken a break and ran away from her after that. Her master was a nice man and she thought badly of him for so many years.
The tears fell like bullets and hit the ground. Her heart started to beat faster and faster. She whole body trembled again as she picked up the bones of her master's fingers. She crushed them in her tiny hands and held them close to her chest, where her heart was located. She had never knew it was this painful to be human.She gently laid the skull and bones down and kissed them. She slowly began to realise the reason she was born. Surely it is lonely to be by oneself, she thought in despair. She gazed towards the sky and said, “Thank you. For the life you bought me.”
“Thank you, for the days we have spent together playing,” she whispered.
“Thank you, for everything you have given me,” she stood up and bowed towards the tree.
“I will sing for an eternity for you,” she fell after the last word came out with her ethereal voice. Kokoro could feel her heart start moving slower and slower until it came to a stop. Her fingers did not shake any more, nor did her tears fall.
The heart had stopped, she realised too late. Her eyes closed gently as she laid next to her creator, and at that moment. The moment she was dead, she looked like an angel with her dark hair that surrounds her. Her pale lips that were partly open.
In the end, Audrey gave her the inheritance of solitude. And, he entrusted her the key to the miracle. They got a happy ending with each other, meeting in heaven and starting a new life once they were reborn.
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