Shop Drones

A new team

A woman sat on a chair behind a curved table. The room resembled a Victorian mansion with its decorations, a small chandelier in the middle of the room, some bookshelf's on the corners and a large window behind the woman.

The woman was young, around her 20's, wearing black pants with a blazer and shoes of the same color, contrasting with her white skin. She had blue eyes and had a bow tie on her long black hair. With her phone in hand, she scrolled through social media without really paying attention to any of it.

Her eyes drifted from the screen and looked at where she heard a knock. She got up and walked to her door, opening it to find a tall man with jeans, a blue shirt and a baseball cap. Three deactivated drones were behind him.

"These drones are for..." The man read a little paper "Tessa James Elliot?"

"Exactly, thank you very much" She said with a smile in her face "The payment was already done, so it's all okay, right?"

"Yup" The man confirmed while he took a photo of the paper "Have a good day" He tipped his hat.

"You too" Tessa replied. She dragged the three machines inside her room and closed the door.

She placed the three drones in front of her desk. She sat on her chair and grabbed their controls, being similar to a car key. She didn't know which belonged to each drone, so she decided to go on random.

She picked one of the controls and turned it on. A female drone, that had thinner limbs and a more voluptuous body, flinched from the energy it received. She had silver hair tied into a pigtail, but wore nothing on her body. Her visor displayed a yellow loading icon, before turning into two ovals.

The drone looked around, analyzing her surroundings, confused on where she was. Her eyes gazed around before stopping at the human in front of her. She immediately recognized said human as the one who had bought her, showing a salute to said owner.

"Oh. My name is Serial Designation J Miss. It's a pleasure to be working with you from now on" The drone said with professionalism.

The reaction caught Tessa off guard "Wow, I wasn't expecting... This out of a drone" She said as she stared at the female's body.

"Is there something wrong Miss?" J asked, before following her gaze to her own self. The moment she noticed she was naked, she quickly covered her crotch and chest, despite having nothing to hide, with a huge blush on her face "Oh! I'm sorry Miss! I didn't know I was naked in front of you!" She apologized with embarrassment, trying to hide her face.

Tessa snickered, finding funny how alive these drones were "Don't worry J. It's my fault for not knowing. I did think it was strange that you were the only one to come naked" She pointed to the other two.

J looked at the other two for some time, making disgusted expressions "Ew. What are they even wearing?! This is just trash" She said as she continued to look at them.

"Here" Tessa said, coming back to the room with J, who hadn't even noticed her absence "You can wear it" She threw a black dress with a slit on the left leg to the drone, who took it with bright eyes.

"A-Are you giving this to me?" The pigtailed drone asked with happiness in her voice.

"Yup, I don't use that anyway" The human reaffirmed the clothing as a present.

J quickly wore the dress, going to her ankles. She spun around, feeling the fabric of the dress on her metallic skin "Nice choice of dress and cloth. It's soft and malleable, also easy to wash" She said with a smile on her face "And pretty"

"Oh, so you know a lot about clothes?" Tessa said.

"I'm a Shop Drone for clothing stores, so I was designed to have a keen eye and feel for these types of things" J praised herself with confidence.

"Good, that will be useful for us. Now onto the next one" The woman said as she picked another control.

J walked to the side of her table, crossing her arms with a bored expression "Who's it going to be now?" She asked.

"I don't know" Tessa answered.

Pressing the button, the other female drone flinched with the energy. This drone had a white bob cut and she wore a leather jacket with a white shirt underneath, alongside short jeans and a flannel cloth around her neck. She stumbled around, dizzy from the sudden wake up. It took some time for the cowboy styled drone to get a barring of herself and stand straight.

She looked around, first seeing the male drone on her side. Turning her head, she spotted another female drone on the side of a desk with a human sitting on it. The female's vision was still adjusting, so she didn't react at first, only staring at the two active beings in the room.

"Hello, my name is Tessa and I'm your new manager" The human woman said with a happy tone.

"Uh, my name is Serial Designation V, legal gun seller Shop Drone" She said with a weak salute.

"Wait, they sent me a gun dealer?" Tessa whispered to herself.

"What's the problem boss?" J asked, not hearing her, but aware she was surprised.

"Oh nothing" The woman re-assured the pigtailed drone.

"Oh c'mon! Shorts?! Really?! Put me in some Goddamn pants!" V yelled the moment she noticed what she was wearing.

Tessa snickered "Well, we can solve that later. Let me just activate the last member of our new team" She said as he picked the last control.

V walked to J's side, looking at the last male drone "He looks a bit dumb" She pointed.

"Wouldn't say dumb, just immature" J said.

"Oh, c'mon, let's give him a chance" Tessa responded as she activated him.

The male drone flinched from the sudden energy in his system. He had messy white hair, wearing a white shirt, stained by some paint, with light blue shorts, also stained. His head moved around, defeated, for some time, before he shook it off and focused on the room around him. He was impressed by the place he was, until he spotted the two female drones by a human's side.

"Hello" He said with a big smile and a wave "My name is Serial Designation N and my specialty is to take care of kids" He finished his presentation.

"That's a happy one" Tessa said to herself, incapable of holding the smile on her cheeks.

"This is going to be annoying" J pinched her visor.

"It shouldn't be that bad" V commented.

"It is" J didn't waste any time in responding, before glaring at the male's face, who was unfazed by her comments and action.

"Hello N. My name is Tessa and I'm your new manager. Glad you're part of our team" The woman said with a smile on her face.

"The pleasure is mine. No one really accepted me, because of my personality" He said with a small laughter of embarrassment.

"They're smart" J quickly commented.

"Are you calling me dumb?" Tessa jokely asked.

"Oh, no no no boss. You're not dumb. I'm sure you have your reasons to buy such a disposable loser like him" J immediately responded with hollowed eyes.

Tessa chuckled "Relax, I was just joking, but be nicer to your teammates, okay?" She warned.

"Yes boss" J gave a strong salute.

"Suck up" V whispered with a laugh.

"Shut up" J responded.

"This is going to be difficult" Tessa whispered to herself "Anyway" She got up from her chair, getting everyone's attention "Since you're all activated, we're going to have a tour around the place. You three will start tomorrow, so get used to your new workplace, okay?" She said as she walked around the table and went to the door.

"Yes boss" All three disassemblers said in unison.

"That's what I like to hear. Like a team. Follow me" She said with a confident smile, opening the door.