Kindling the Flames of Mystery

Lunchtime Planning

*Ame POV*

"Ah, good morning Amelia. I've got your clothes ready, I've fed your dog, and I've started preparing your breakfast," I hear Roboco tell me as I get up.

"What? Hey, you didn't need to do that, I can get myself up just fine," I tell her.

"It is a servant's job to wake up their mistress, is it not?" Roboco asks.

"Again, what did I say about calling me that?" I ask her, rubbing my eyes.

"Apologies, it seems it's baked into my subconscious to call you that. I am trying my best not to," Roboco admits.

"I don't know, I think it's kinda cute," Kiara butts in, having just finished getting dressed herself.

"Don't encourage her, Kiara," I say, rolling my eyes.

"I appreciate the encouragement, Kiara,"
Roboco jokes.

"I can't with you two..." I say, heading into the shower. After taking my shower, I get dressed, and head back into the bedroom.

"Alright, I'm all set. Come on Roboco," I say, grabbing my school supplies.

"Of course, after you Amelia," Roboco says, following behind me.

"I have a free first period, so I have a bit more time, I'll see you two later," Kiara waves us goodbye.

"See you later Kiara," I say, heading to class with Roboco at my side.

For my first two classes, nothing interesting happened. Other than getting a few awkward stares, and having to explain it to my teachers, they went without a hitch. Well, other than realizing I completely forgot to eat the breakfast Roboco had prepared for me, so I was starving. Good thing I had lunch right after second period.

Walking to lunch, I only now realized that Roboco is carrying a bag with her.

"Hey, Roboco, what's with the bag?" I ask her, and she bluntly replies with, "oh, this? It's to carry my stuff around. I have a lunch pre made to your specifications, a first aid kit in case you get injured, some oil in case I get thirsty, and a gun."

"Roboco! You can't just say you have that last thing out loud, what if someone heard you?" I whisper in her ear to reprimand her, but she just looks confused.

"But Amelia, you have one too, do you not?" Roboco asks, once again out loud. I shush her again, and put my finger to her lips.

"SHH! Yes, I have permission to carry, but it still might worry some people if they heard that. So please keep it quiet, alright?" I plead with her, and it looks like she gets it.

"Alright Amelia, I have made a mental note to not speak of it out loud, my apologies," Roboco responds, and I ease up a bit.

"No need to apologize Roboco, just be more careful, alright? Also, you said you packed me lunch? I would say you're starting to sound like my mom if she ever actually payed attention to me," I joke, but don't get a reaction out of the robot. Guess I should've expected no reaction from the robo girl, I guess.

"We are at the cafeteria, where shall we sit?" Roboco asks as we enter, and I just pick an empty corner table to sit at. I need to focus on my case right now. There's not much I can do until the agency decodes the recording, but I can't just sit around and do nothing.

I begin to organize all the information I have so far about the situation, with Roboco making me also eat the lunch she packed, she wasn't happy with me skipping her breakfast. As I do both, Roboco proceeds to begin helping me. But after working a bit, we proceed to be interrupted by a voice.