Post by ChronoCatfish on May 5, 2005 20:21:03 GMT -5
Mr Smelt, RoboCo executive, stared at the figure across from him.
"So, Mr..." he paused, his composure never wavering.
The figure across from him took no notice. "You guys know stuff, right?" he asked.
"Your questions will be answered," Smelt said smoothly, "As soon as you start explaining what you're doing in my office."
"Oh. That." The person Smelt was talking to looked to be a boy no older than fifteen who had somehow managed to drape himself over a stack of two chairs. He was attired in a garishly colored bodysuit, and unkempt black hair covered one eye. The other eye focused on Mr Smelt.
"You guys make androids, right?"
"I'm afraid your sources are mistaken, Mr-"
"Because I think I'm probably an android."
Smelt blinked. "You think you're an android." he repeated, returning to his monotone.
"Well yeah. See, I don't actually remember my origin."
"Fascinating. The Robot Corporation fully supports voyages of self-discovery outside-"
"The first thing I remember is waking up in a lab."
"And then what happened?" asked Smelt, resigned.
"I left. But word on the streets is that you guys make androids. Some guy on the street told me. With his words."
"Again, you seem to be under a misapprehension, Mr..."
"Neon. Neon Rain."
"Mr Rain, you seem to be unaware that androids are an urban myth. RoboCo does not have a database of android creations, because there are no androids. If the database existed, you would not be in it. If there were any androids, RoboCo would not be affiliated with any part of their creation, storage, programming, or deploying."
"So... no androids, then?" Neon asked plaintively.
"There are no androids, Mr Rain. You are not an android, Mr Rain."
"Fine." Neon did a sort of backwards fall off of his chair, rolled when he hit the ground, and then jumped to his feet and walked out of the office.
[Exit Thread: Neon]
Mr Smelt stuck his head out the door.
"Android Unit Darius-01, you may come in now."
"So, Mr..." he paused, his composure never wavering.
The figure across from him took no notice. "You guys know stuff, right?" he asked.
"Your questions will be answered," Smelt said smoothly, "As soon as you start explaining what you're doing in my office."
"Oh. That." The person Smelt was talking to looked to be a boy no older than fifteen who had somehow managed to drape himself over a stack of two chairs. He was attired in a garishly colored bodysuit, and unkempt black hair covered one eye. The other eye focused on Mr Smelt.
"You guys make androids, right?"
"I'm afraid your sources are mistaken, Mr-"
"Because I think I'm probably an android."
Smelt blinked. "You think you're an android." he repeated, returning to his monotone.
"Well yeah. See, I don't actually remember my origin."
"Fascinating. The Robot Corporation fully supports voyages of self-discovery outside-"
"The first thing I remember is waking up in a lab."
"And then what happened?" asked Smelt, resigned.
"I left. But word on the streets is that you guys make androids. Some guy on the street told me. With his words."
"Again, you seem to be under a misapprehension, Mr..."
"Neon. Neon Rain."
"Mr Rain, you seem to be unaware that androids are an urban myth. RoboCo does not have a database of android creations, because there are no androids. If the database existed, you would not be in it. If there were any androids, RoboCo would not be affiliated with any part of their creation, storage, programming, or deploying."
"So... no androids, then?" Neon asked plaintively.
"There are no androids, Mr Rain. You are not an android, Mr Rain."
"Fine." Neon did a sort of backwards fall off of his chair, rolled when he hit the ground, and then jumped to his feet and walked out of the office.
[Exit Thread: Neon]
Mr Smelt stuck his head out the door.
"Android Unit Darius-01, you may come in now."