CHAPTER ONE

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(ENJOY!)

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(DR.SOUTH'S DREAM)-

"OH, I STRONGELY BELIEVE, THAT SOUTH'S RESEARCH IN ROBOTICS CLASS MUST STOP IT!!..."-DR.M.J.A.C.E.S.NORTH REPLIED, FROWNED, CHUCKLES, COUGHS, GROWLS, FROWNED, SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED, SMILED, FROWNED.

"UGH! NORTH, WE CAN'T BUILD THE FUTURES ON YOUR EMPTY OPTIMISUMS!..."-DR.D.J.A.C.E.S.J.SOUTH REPLIED, FROWNED, SIGHS SADLY, GROWLS, COUGHS, FROWNED.

"SAY WHAT YOU WILL IN IT FOR IT, WE CANNOT AGREE TO ANY OF THIS-! PLEASE, LISTEN TO US, SOUTH-!"-DR.NORTH REPLIED, FROWNED, SMILED, FROWNED, SMILED.

"NOPE! YOU LISTEN TO THIS, AT EVERY TURNS YOU'VE IGNORANTLY BLOCKED MY RESEARCHES FOR IT IN IT, TOO! AND, I'VE HAD IT WITH IT, AND, I-!..."-DR.SOUTH REPLIED, FROWNED, SMILED, FROWNED.

"MRS.SOUTH, PLEASE, CONTROL YOURSELF-! WE SEE THAT THE COMMITTEE IS IN AGREEMENT, AND, SO, THE DEPARTMENT-COUNCIL CHOOSES DR.NORTH'S RESEARCH INTO ROBOTS AND ANDROIDS WITH INDEPENDENT THOUGHTS! THANK YOU, EVERYONE!..."-DR.CAINE REPLIED, FROWNED, GROWLS, COUGHS, SMILED, FROWNED, SMILED.

"UGH! WHY ARE YOU FOOLS SO BLIND!?!... ONE DAY, NORTH-!..."-DR.SOUTH REPLIED, FROWNED, SMILED, FROWNED. "ONE DAY, THE WORLDS WILL KNOW THAT I WAS RIGHT ABOUT IT FOR IT, ALL ALONG!!..."

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"UNGH! BAD MEMORIES ALWAYS MAKE THE WORST OF NIGHTMARES AND MY DREAMS!... WAIT A MINUTE-!..."-DR.SOUTH FROWNED, SMILED, FROWNED, GRINS, COUGHS, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED, FROWNED. "THAT RESEARCHING FROM MY BAD YOUTHS-CHILDHOOD-DAYS-!... YES-!... NOW, I'LL SHOW YOU OFF, DR.SOUTH!..."

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(ONCE UPON A TIME, ON A LOVELY EVENINGS, THIS IS THE YEARS 30XX!... AT THE LABORATORIES-SCIENCE LABS OF DR.M.J.A.C.E.S.NORTH, THE MOM AND PRESIDENT-COUNCILER OF THE MODERN ROBOTS SOCIETY-COUNCIL-LABS MEETINGS, MANY HARD-WORKING ROBOTS AND ANDROIDS AND DROIDS HAVE ARRIVED FOR THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CHECK-UPS IN IT FOR IT, TOO.)

"HMMM! ALL SYSTEMS ARE OK AND, FINALLY, BACK TO NORMAL!... YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPES BLOCK-MEN AND BLOCK-WOMEN!..."-DR.CAINE REPLIED, FROWNED, SMILED, SIGHS SADLY FROWNED.

"ALL THANKS TO YOU, DOC! YOU'VE BUILT US BACK UP TO ROCK SOLID! HEH HEH!..."-BLOCK-MEN AND BLOCK-WOMEN REPLIED WITH GLEE, "WELL, WE CAN HEAR THE CONSTRUCTION YARDS CALLING US!... TIME TO BLOCK IT BACK IN AND OUT!..."

"HEH HEH! GOOD LUCK OUT THERE, YOU GUYS!..."-DR.CAINE REPLIED, FROWNED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED, FROWNED. "MS.MARIAH AND AUTO-MATIC-WOMAN, HOW MANY CHECK-UPS ARE LEFT?!..."

"LET'S SEE HERE! AH-HA, WE'VE JUST FINISHED UP WITH BLOCK-MEN AND BLOCK-WOMEN!... THAT JUST LEAVES TORCH-MEN AND TORCH-WOMEN, AND ACID-MAN AND ACID-WOMEN AND IMPACT-MEN AND IMPACT-WOMEN, BOUNCE-MEN AND BOUNCE-WOMEN AND TUNDRA-MEN AND TUNDRA-WOMEN, AND, BLAST-MEN AND BLAST-WOMEN, ONLY SEVEN TO TEN MORE TO GO! THAT'S RIGHT! WE ROCK IT!... HEH HEH!..."-MS.MARIAH NORTH AND AUTO-MATIC-WOMAN REPLIED, HIGH0FIVING EACH OTHER, BEFORE HEADING BACK UP TO WORK, AND, PUTTING SOME THINGS BACK AND AWAY AT HOME, SMILED, FROWNED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.

"OH, BROTHER! THERE'S NO END TO THEM! DOC, HOW ABOUT GIVING YOUR FAVORITE ASSISTANTS A BREAK?!..."-AUTO-MATIC-MAN WONDERED, REPLIED, FROWNED, SMILED, FROWNED.

"WE DON'T NEED A BREAK, AUTO!... Y'KNOW, FOR A ROBOT, YOU SURE DO COMPLAIN FOR IT A LOT!... NOW, COME ON, LET'S CRANK IT BACK UP A GEAR!..."-MS.MARIAH NORTH REPLIED

"MARIAH, I AIN'T A MACHINE LIKE THAT! I AM, BUT, STILL, I-! HUH?!..."-AUTO-MATIC-MAN REPLIED, FROWNED, SMILED, FROWNED.

"MR.TORCH-MEN! PLEASE, PROCEED BACK TO THE MAIN SCIENCE ROOMS-! IT'S YOUR TURN, NOW-!... OH, NO! WHAT WAS THAT?! OH, NO! IS IT AN EARTH-QUAKE!?!..."-MS.MARIAH WONDERED, REPLIED, FROWNED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, COUGHS, GASPS, FROWNED.

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