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Part 86-89: A Curious Nasaball..., Parental Problems, Be Grateful..., Crushed...

Part 86: A Curious Nasaball vs A Homesick SarBot

— dawn breaks, and hustun is still hard at work —
NB004: (sipping on some coffee as she takes her morning scout around the building)
— many nasaballs are at work, and as she progresses further into the building, she finds herself at hustuns workshop, where ominous sounds are being emitted —
NB004: aye boss man! You in here? Wacky noises are coming out from here!
AB: (no response)
NB004: (walks deeper into the work shop) hey boss man youve been working in here all night?
AB: (yet again, not responding)
NB004: heloooooooo hustun are you here?????? (Walks all the way to the back of the room)
AB: (he's asleep with his eyes open next to half built robots resembling SAR)
NB004: (waving her hand in front of his face) hellooooo...
AB: (fast asleep)
NB004: (slaps him) AYE! WAKE UP
AB: (he jolts awake) WHUH- Did- Where-
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE???
NB004: uhhhhh (sips coffee) i dunno
AB: get out get out get OUT.
NB004: geeez! What's wrong
AB: YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN HERE!
(he starts getting up, knocking over an unfinished robot)
GET. OUT.
NB004: (totally ignore his response) woah! Whats that thing!
AB: (he grumbles) It's something I'm working on, it's none of your business.
NB004: (admiring the details) woahh... this thing, this machine is incredible!
AB: Yes, yes. Now LEAVE
NB004: alright im leaving... (she backs away slowly, fixated on the machine)
AB: (he grumbles, then falls asleep again)
NB004: (quietly seeks back over, grabs the machine, and takes it back to her room)
(swiftly smuggles the robot into her room, placing it gently on her only pillow) now... how do you work...
(She begins to scrutinize every inch of the machine, searching for a power button)
(she eventually gets feed up with the machine and slaps it) you cursed machine!
SA: (it activates, two holographic eyes blinking and looking around)
NB004: Woah.... hello there...
SA: (it blinks once)
Hello, NASA-patterned Earthling. Where am I right now?
NB004: uhhhh your in my room...
SA: (it looks suspiciously at 004)
And where is this room, exactly?
NB004: the rotsar building....
SA: (it perks up) I am a SAR unit!
(it looks around)
Where are the rest?
NB004: the rest of what?
SA: My brethren! Surely, the must be here... Are you not my creator?
NB004: (shakes her head) nuh aw, i aint your creator, and i dont know where your brothers are
SA: (its eyes grow in shock, as they turn an olive green)
You- you are not my creator?
What am I doing here? Why do you have me? I am not complete, and I must be finished!
NB004: i-i-im sorry! I can take you back to your creator if you want, ooooorrrrrr you could hang out with me
SA: Take me back! *Take me back at once!*
NB004: (she picks up the bot and bolts back to where she got it)
SA: Turn me off so I can forget this wretched encounter!
NB004: a-ouch... (she powers the machine down)
SA: (The holographic eyes flicker and die out, and it remains silent)
NB004: man even robots dont like me.. (she makes here way into the room and drops the robot in there)
AB: (he pushes his way out of a pile of robots, staring at 004)
Didn't I tell you to leave??!
NB004: i did but i came back.
AB: (he notices the sar bot on the floor)
YOU TOOK ONE OF MY ROBOTS??
NB004: (she runs away before he can get another word out)
NB001: Gah! Watch where you're-
Oh. Hello, 004.
NB004: (catching her breath) hey... 001.. have you seen what hustun is making?? Its nuts!!
NB001: Nnno.. I don't believe so. What is wrong with it?
NB004: issa robot.... its like it alive too....
NB001: 004, robots aren't alive. It's called *sentience.*
NB004: but but but... it acted it acted like it was!
NB001: That's the point of sentience. What do you not understand?
NB004: i dont understand why he made it!
NB001: Must be a coping mechanism. When he gets out of this... behavior, we can use them for space exploration once he forgets he made them. That's what we did for the last one, after all.
NB004: (shaking her head) that man is insane
NB001: It's a good kind of insane, at least.
NB004: i guess, he is being creeper then normal though
NB001: Be glad he's not doing anything to harm anyone.
NB004: yet....
NB001: Don't think like that. He's practically harmless in this state.
NB004: isnt he... always... pretty harmless?
NB001: Well... there was this one time he contracted rabies..
NB004: yeah but that's because rabies does that to you
NB001: Plus the various occasions where he tried to get Astrodude killed...
NB004: ...
How has he not been arrested...?
NB001: (shrug)
NB004: soooo wanna get some coffee? I forgot mine somewhere....
NB001: Might as well. It's quite... dull around here.
NB004: awesome (she walks down to the cafeteria with 001 by her side)
NB001: Hrm. It's quite crowded in here.
NB004: yeah it always is, but more than usual... i think we're producing more than enough nasaballs lately
NB001: I'll have a talk with the faculty currently working with the Mother Grub. Shall we find somewhere else to sit?
NB004: why do you call the mother grub and sure we can find somewhere else to sit
NB001: It's a nickname I'm fond of. May you lead the way?
NB004: uhhhhh were do you wanna sit, I usually sit in here
NB001: Perhaps we could head to the balconies? It's quite peaceful up there.
NB004: sure i guess (the two walk out to a balcony, watching the sun rise above the ocean, sipping coffee)
— after a while, 001 abruptly gets up —
NB001: Apologies, but I must leave. (he leaves without saying another word)
NB004: (watches him walk away) bye...
(stares of into the distance) do i stay with him, or do i leave...
I dont know yet...
-~meanwhile at astrodude's house~-