Teal - An Audio Play
flanneryc for Teal
Teal is an android. A voice in a computer. Designed to learn and interact with humans. Not unlike the google pixel. However, this AI learns from the ground up. Instead of having a readily available understanding of language and communication, Teal must learn through whomever teaches her. This design was intended to truly personalize the AI's way of "thinking" and communicating. Thus the performance would require a voice that can convey her initial monotone way of speaking. However there'll be areas in the script where she'll have a random spark of emotion, albeit subtle. Eventually she'll reach a point where she is able to accurately mimic the "human" way of speaking.
"I do not understand. What does it mean to be broken? You are not an object."
"A belief is an ideology that one has no wavering certainty of. One will not doubt something that they truly 'believe' in."
"I have learned a lot in your care. I've even learned a few lame jokes. But, for the life of me, I could never understand why you - the person teaching me - have never been capable of forgiving yourself."