MyStreet episodes 6
-at rob's house-
The next day the sun arose shining through Rob's window as he turned over finding himself alone in his room for once his coffee sitting on the nightstand with a heart drawn in it
“Aww. Alright let's see what today brings.” Rob said, getting up , getting dressed and taking a sip and heading downstairs as the sound of his tv grew louder
“I created you, why won't you love me Shelby!” Terrence asked
“because i love Jake, he was there for me when you abandoned me” shelby said now having been given a voice
“I didn't abandon you, I made sure you were safe by sending you to my brother” Terrence said
"Good ol daytime television." Rob said turning the corner where Maren was chilling on the couch
"How's it going?" Maren said with a deeper more male-ish voice
“Ooooookay.. that's not normal are you alright?” Rob asked.
“Why of course sir, you think a little low battery symbol is going to stop the pride of okami kinetic solutions hahaha” Maren laughed in a very low pitched manor
"Yup, alright you definitely need maintenance." Rob said
“The fuck I do..” Maren said stumbling over the coffee table
“Ur jus jealous tht I do all the work aroud here, shit ass” maren said stuttering her words
“A little, what're you doing anyhow?” Rob asked.
“I am enjoying zeh picture show, my maintenance isn't scheduled for another 3 months” Maren said sitting back down on the couch
“At least charge your battery while you do.” Rob said.
“No!” Maren said giving him the finger as confetti exploded out of it
“At least charge soon alright?” Rob said
“Il charge when I damn well please” Maren said giving him the other finger which only made a confetti sound effect while she waved them around
“Alright alright. I'm gonna go out then, I'll be back later.” Rob said
“..there's room for two if you wanna watch” Maren said
“Sure why not.” Rob said sitting down and looking at the TV which seemed to depict a character almost resembling him, and a character almost resembling chris,
“Just come home shelby” terrence said to shelby as she turned him away
“You know, I'm starting to realize that this is literally just the same plot each episode with a different backdrop” maren said
“Huh.” Rob said
“I have a question..” Maren said
“Yeah?” Rob asked watching the Tv as Marens cassette player turned over
“🎶Do you believe in magic? in a young girl's heart? How the music can free her whenever it starts🎶” John sebastian sang through her cassette player as she leaned her head against his shoulder
“Weird question considering I've witnessed magic numerous times.” Rob said realizing maren had died evident by the dead battery symbol on her screen
“Alright let's get you charging.” Rob said picking up marens lifeless body as she dangled
“That's creepy as hell” Rob said, sitting her down in the corner, lighting up the back of her hair and sticking the appropriate charger in the back of jer head. And turning back to the tv as he watched a familiar black haired werewolf in a red jacket come up on stage holding a suitcase with his phone clipped to his waist followed by ember as he sat down on the couch.
"Are you fuckin kidding me?" Rob said in disbelief.
"On tonight's show we have a talk with the lead engineer for okami kinetic solutions. Chris madison'' the guy said.
"Thanks for having me." He said shaking the guys hand while Ember placed a very fancy heavy-duty suitcase on the table
"So who is this little thing?" the guy asked.
“this is ember, unit number 77, she serves as my boss's personal assistant. She's like a strict babysitter" Chris said, eyeing the camera.
"Huh." Rob said. Sitting down on the couch
"That I owe a lot of money right now" Chris added
"So I hear you're here to demonstrate a new product." the guy said.
"How does it work? What's the improvement over the other?" The guy asked.
"I too am intrigued." Rob said out loud
"Well There's two ways to go about it. Number 1. is regular you know you put it over your nub. But number 1 is unfortunately limited to what it can and cannot do. Due to the fact it relies on how bad your injury is" Chris said.
“Makes sense” Rob said
"Improvements however where the old one had to be taken apart to swap the hands. I solved it by having the hands magnetically swappable." He said pulling the hand off and replacing it with a claw.
"Each hand is built to connect right onto the arm and immediately be ready to go." Chris added. while Ember wrote on her clipboard which was stuffed to the brim with papers.
"She seems awfully busy." Rob said.
"Option number 2.. is where it gets interesting. Now I must say that it is in the early stages of development. Before you buy, just know it's in alpha stages and is prone to possible failure." Chris said.
"Ah, using customers as product testers." Rob said.
"It's an experimental surgery where the top doctors, surgeons, and nurses in the world put a chip in your head. And this chip is connected to your brain. Think of it like bluetooth, your brain sends a signal to this chip. I don't know, let's say you wanna wave to someone. The chip reads that and sends a signal to this prosthetic and allows you to do this" Chris said as the prosthetic began waving in motion with his actual hand
"huh, medical research, well that's actually surprisingly caring." Rob said.
"When I started this project a year ago I wanted to give life back to Those who cannot wear prosthetics because their nerves are too damaged to respond to their movements. And that's why I've been working towards a more affordable alternative to basic prosthetics because I know people that can benefit from this. And I think that when this technology is ready I think we can truly start working towards a better tomorrow today. Okami kinetic solutions the future starts with you." Chris finished.
"Catchy." Rob said changing the TV over to his Xbox as he picked up his red controller.
-At the girls house-
Aphamu stared at her laptop displaying pictures from her time at falcon claw, before it suddenly woke up as a red haired hatsune miku reject walked across her screen in a black dress
“Wtf? Do I have wallpaper engine activated” she asked staring at the girl who seemed to react to her as she turned
‘no. Apologies I must have gotten lost’ a text box said above her head
“..you can hear me?’ Aphamu asked
‘Uhh… yeah? Your sitting right there’ the textbox said
“Who are you?” Aphmau asked
‘my name is error~chan I'm an operating system or ai, designed to control the trash robots' EC explained through a text box
“What trashbots?” Aphamu asked
‘really, I could have sworn we sent a letter to everyone on the block' EC said through the text box
“.. Katelyn did we receive anything about trash robots?” Aphmau asked
“Uhh yeah something about a set of robots that will be collecting the trash every wednesday and friday” Katelyns voice said from down the hall
“Huh..” Aphamu said, turning her attention back to the laptop and EC who was now gone. Hearing a knock on the down stairs door she got up
“Razzafrazza Son of a…” Aphmau said getting up and answering the door.
“good evening, my name is ember I am a representative of okami kinetic solutions. Here to tell you all about our fancy state of the art oksmaa units” ember said
“Oh! Hi, I think my boyfriend already has one and I don't really need one.” Aphmau said.
“Not here to sell one, I'm here to answer any questions you may have about us, we are going to be running this street here soon” ember said.
“Oh! I'm assuming you mean the trash bots then, I've got no questions really.” Aphmau said
“Are you sure? No questions at all?” Ember asked
“Nope, nothing I can think of, wait, what if one breaks down on my lawn?” Aphmau asked.
“As long as there's no damage a unit will be dispatched to collect it within 1 business day of not having responded, and the unit will travel to its last known location. However they are programmed to stay off lawns and stick to sidewalks. In the incident that damage to your property has occurred a sum of money will be mailed to you,” ember said
“Nice. Alright then. Nothing else comes to mind then.” Aphmau said.
“thank you, and remember okami kinetic solutions, we can live in a world that we design” ember said with a salute before walking down the path towards the charger parked by the side of the road
“Is that… Oh my Irene that thing’s still on the road.” Aphmau said watching ember get in the driver's side and start it up as it roared to life and took off
“Yup, that's terrifying knowledge.” Aphmau said, closing the door.
-At the guys house-
Travis sat down on the couch and sighed with slight concern, Owen had been staying round theirs for two days now since what happened and hadn’t left the room once outside bathroom breaks.
“Still nothing?” Garroth asked as he exited the kitchen.
“Nothing, they refused to eat again.” Travis said.
“Again?! have they… not eaten once since arriving?” Garroth asked, surprised.
“Not once, it really does concern me that… well… they’re ok with it due to already having gone through it.” Travis answered.
“True… Kai has mentioned somewhat about how his family treated them.” Garroth said.
“Well I’m not gonna stand by it.” Travis said as he stood up. “I’m gonna go and talk to them.” He added.
“I’m unsure on how effective it’ll be but… go ahead.” Garroth said.
Travis walked upstairs and knocked lightly on the door to Owen’s room before slowly opening it.
“Hey… are you alright bud?” Travis asked.
“I’m fine… you can go now…” Owen mumbled dejectedly.
“That’s the thing… I can’t ‘go now’… you ain’t eaten or spoke to us in two days, it’s worried me a ton… think you can at least have this so I can assure it.” Travis said as he handed Owen some hot chocolate.
“Oh… I’m sorry.” Owen said, taking the cup of hot chocolate and having a small sip.
“Nah, it’s okay.” Travis replied reassuringly.
But… as for me now… there’s no-one important in my life… I have no family… no friends… not anymore…” Owen said sadly.
“That’s not true Terra!” Travis exclaimed.
“H-Huh?” Owen said, surprised at the use of their new name.
“There are people who still feel you are important to them, take me and the other lads for example, and I’m certain Kai’s reaction is just a misunderstanding.” Travis said.
“I-I…” Owen stuttered.
“You should keep your head held high and proud of who you are, Terra, and if others think of you less, then just think back to the ones that think the most of you, that’s what I do and I’ve turned out… Well, I’ve turned out well enough to be happy with myself.” Travis said.
“There are people who count on you… and for at least one person out there, you are the reason their world turns, and the reason they keep going… they count on you like how you count on others too… so keep strong and keep being you.” He added.
“I will…” Owen replied, managing a light smile.
“There we are, at least I got you smiling again, now please, at least try eat something, you’re slim enough already without fasting yourself.” Travis said.
Owen put their hand on their empty stomach.
“You’re right… I should…” Owen said as they stood up.
“Holy shit you did it.” Garroth said as he saw Owen exit with Travis.
“Did you seriously have no faith in me?” Travis asked.
“Well… not really, to be honest” Garroth admitted.
“Jeez… thanks for the honesty man.” Travis said sarcastically.
Owen headed downstairs and to the fridge, taking a piece of cake left in there and was about to eat it.
“WAIT NO!” Garroth shouted.
“What’s wrong?” Owen asked.
“It has walnuts in it!” Garroth exclaimed.
“O-Oh! th-that was a close call.” Owen said with a nervous sigh of relief.
“That does it, I’ve been looking for an excuse to chuck that thing out.” Travis said as he took the plate from Owen.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Garroth asked.
“It means you’re a shit chef Garroth.” Travis answered bluntly.
There was a slow knock at the door
“I’ll get it.” Owen said as he opened the door.
revealing thing 1 covered in waste, dirt and grime, slathered in mud, with a trashcan lid on her head covering her flashing yellow and orange lights, and a face mask on, she smelled absolutely terrible and had flies circling the trash can on her back with a raccoon peeking out "hello----己工尺." Thing 1 said as its head fell to the side "I am here to Inform you that I have COLLected your garbage" she said moving her foot to the side "thank you for recycling ma'am, you make Ⱦħīꞩ ⱦēɍɍīƀłē ēӿȼᵾꞩē ӻꝋɍ ⱥ ⱦꝋⱳꞥ. a better place when you recycle" she said, throwing the bag over her shoulder and stumbling away.
“Um… You’re welcome.” Owen said, confused before remembering about the slice of cake Travis was going to throw out.
“Actually, before you go, I have one last thing for you to take if it’s not too much of a bother.” They said.
The trashbot turned around as it blew a bulb in its lights.
“No problem at all human!” She said, opening her chest. Which was also filled with trash.
“It’s this slice of cake, they want to throw it out as a safety precaution due to me being fatally allergic to it.” Owen explained as they placed the plate with the cake into the chest cavity.
The trashbot dumped the cake off the plate and then handed it back.
“At okami kinetic solutions safety is our number one priority!” The trashbot said.
“Um… I like your hat.” Owen said, fishing their mind to quickly think of a compliment and finish things on a high note.
“Have a good day human, reduce, reuse, recycle” the trashbot said disappearing down the block.
Owen turned back to the other two boys.
“I think they liked me.” Owen said cheerfully.
“It was an automated response but good on you buddy.” Garroth replied.
Travis merely shook his head and sighed.
“Hey, um… can I ask one more thing… one more big thing?” Owen asked nervously.
“Sure, what is it buddy?” Travis asked.
Owen whispered it to Travis.
“Wow… big ask there bud but… I’ll do it.” Travis said.
“Thank you Travis…” Owen said, hugging Travis.
“Oh! well… this isn’t what I expected but… you’re welcome, oh! we should probably have you make amends with your bro.” Travis said.
“We can… but let's get food first, I’ll be able to think of what I’ll say better on a full stomach.” Owen said.
“Alright, we’ll go get food and go see Kai on the way back.” Travis replied.
“There’s no need…I came to do so myself” Kai’s voice suddenly spoke out with a kind smile towards his sibling
“Though if you want me to come back later, I can.” he added, laughing slightly from having caught Travis and Owen holding hands.
“I-It’s not what you think!” Owen said embarrassed.
“Yeah, sure it’s not.” Kai responded with a teasing smile.
“Now, on to the second reason I’m here…I’ve done it, Owen, I’ve booked it in.” Kai announced this to his sibling.
“You have?! but… how did you get the money to do it?” Owen asked, shocked.
“I’d rather have your happiness over that motorbike I’m after.” Kai answered.
“Dang, that is a sacrifice, I’d love a chopper of my own.” Travis said.
“Also I…spoke to our mother and…well, we’re on slightly better terms now.” Kai added.
“It’s a start at least.” Owen said as they hugged their brother.
