Designation: Uzi [DISCONTINUED]

First Words

N was flying around, carrying Uzi in his hands as he landed on buildings. 'There has to be something around here to carry her in..' He thought to himself, finally catching sight of a dronelings shop. He flew into it quickly, opening the door and looking around. There was everything a droneling would need, including manuals, outfits, carriers, etc. He picked up a black colored sling and strapping it to himself before putting Uzi in it, making sure she couldn't fall out. He then grabbed a small droneling hoodie, deciding to stick to a darker color scheme to compliment her purple eyes.

"This will do for now." N said, picking up a few manuals before turning to leave the store and flying away. Uzi had fallen asleep while he was in the store, so he made sure to keep a steady pace than usual while flying so he didn't wake her. He moved swiftly, dodging buildings and gliding down slowly when he reached the Corpse Spire.

"Well look who's back. What ya got there, stud?" J asked, walking to N as V finished drinking the oil from a Worker corpse. J placed her hand on his shoulder, and grabbed the manual from him. "A manual..? For the droneling?"

N nodded. "And her name is Uzi, not the droneling." He said, grabbing the manual back from J and putting it in the baby sling with Uzi. "I got the manual to help with the fundamentals of parenting. They might be close to human children behavior wise, but they have their.. differences." He concluded, shoving J's hand off his shoulder.

J glared at him half-heartedly, then shrugged and started walking back to V. "Suit yourself. I still say we exterminate the little grub." When J said that, it was N's turn to glare, holding Uzi close in the sling.

"No one hurts Uzi." He said, a slight angry and defensive tone to his voice. J looked at him angrily, disturbed by the sudden grimace to the usually calm and passive Drone. She wasn't used to N being defensive, but shrugged it off. N continued to glare at J as he entered the pod, closing the door swiftly behind him before he finally let his glare drop and return to his normal blank stare. He sighed, walking towards the makeshift bed he had prepared for Uzi. He expected Uzi to still be asleep, so he lifted her out of the sling to place her in bed. After kissing her forehead, he began to walk off when a unfamiliar voice called out to him.

"Pa- no go!" Uzi said, her higher pitched voice having trouble forming proper words. N's tail began wagging furiously as he walked over to Uzi quickly, picking her up to look her in the eyes. She laughed as she was picked up, N looking at her with awe.

"Oh my god! You spoke. And you called me Pa!" He said thrillingly, spinning Uzi around before stopping and hugging her. Uzi made small sounds, burbling and squealing. "I'm so proud of you, baby!" He said, sitting Uzi down on the bed again. He was really glad he had an automatic audio recording feature built in, so he could replay the clip over and over again.

He was busy basically worshipping Uzi when V walked in. "Uhm.. what are you doing?" She asked, taken aback by the sight in front of her. N froze, then hurriedly got up and faced V.

"Oh! Uh.. V! Didn't hear you walk in! Biscuits, is that embarrassing." He muttered the last part, V raising a digital eyebrow. "You see- Uzi said her first words and I was really excited and.." He stopped mid sentence, questioning the look of slight anger and slight amusement on V's visor.

"And you didn't come to get me?!" She basically yelled, pushing past N and grabbing Uzi. "What did she say? Do you have a recording?" She said, turning to N. Uzi was laughing, and N stared at V star struck. He nodded, looking at Uzi to make sure V didn't do anything to harm his droneling.

"Y- yeah.. I do. I didn't think you cared that much.. you always seem annoyed when I ask you to watch her." He said, rolling through his audio files.

"Of course I'm interested! This is the first droneling I've ever actually come into close contact with. And.. she seems different than human children. Like I actually want to be.. near her." V said, looking at Uzi. "So where's that audio file?" She said hurriedly, and N shared it to her through the internet ping between them. V listened to it, then once it was over she looked at Uzi in awe. "Awww... she called you Pa! Does that make me your Ma? And J is Auntie J?" N blushed at the mention of sharing a kid with V, before he shook away the thought and grabbed Uzi from V.

"Yes, she did call me Pa. And I'm very proud of her. But now she needs to go take a nap so we can go hunt." N said, setting Uzi back in the makeshift bed and dragging V out the pod.

"What do you think her next words will be? Isn't it a bit young to be speaking? She must be a really smart drone! I wonder what she'll do when she's older. Oh, the company would love her, wouldn't they!" V rambled, N grinning nervously, and J just looking at them oddly.

"What are you two on about?" J asked, raising a virtual eyebrow and walking towards them. V stopped her rambling for a moment, and N took the chance to speak.

"Uzi said her first words. Now V won't stop rambling about it, since Uzi is so young." N explained, and V glared at him. "She seems to only be a few weeks to a month old, and according to the manual I have they usually take a few months. Like, 6 - 10."

"Okay? It's just a few words. We're robots, we're gonna speak. She probably just has more sentience than most Workers. Not anything too special." J said, and V looked down at the snow. N glared back at J, before dragging V away.

"Whatever, me and V are going hunting. Join along or go on your own, your choice. But stay away from Uzi." N said. J just shrugged and spread her wings, leading the other two to the nearest hunting spot.