To Fix a Broken Thing | Bots vs. Team Pretty + Ike, Day Two
Jun 23, 2019 11:03:21 GMT -5
Post by Sunrise Rainier D2 // [Thundy] on Jun 23, 2019 11:03:21 GMT -5
blunt·blunt·blunt·bluntExecutive (Dys)function ConstructionDestructionSquad
“Beep.
Beep beep?”
…
“Meep.”
“Zeep.”
“Jeep.”
…
“Bbbbbbb Beep.”
…
The house is a thing of ruin, and the four bots are running low on metaphorical steam. There is a flaw in their systems somewhere, an error in the programming or a faulty series of batteries that leaves them sluggish. Their pre-programmed messages have been long destroyed by now, but their urge to clean, to thrive, to fix the world around them?
That will remain until their batteries die, surely. But there is little they can do for the home they ransacked. Sometimes sweeping things under the rug will make a situation look better, but when dying robots are in charge of the same house and the same walls day after day after day, the mess piles up. The window blinds aren’t repaired just because they pull them up and out of the way. The mess doesn’t go away just because it’s piled in the closet with the shadows. The dining room table isn’t fixed just because there’s a pile of books keeping its uneven legs steady.
They have a desperate drive to fix things; the only problem is their energy levels. When they hear a noise, a disturbance in their broken home, they orient themselves toward it, but do not move. Such is the startle response of something that’s reserved its battery power for tomorrow, not today.
“Beep?”
“Meep?”
“Zeep?”
“Jeep?”
They whir in the closest approximation to robot confusion, and their operating systems only detect one thing.
Brokenness.
The figures do not register as people, but as something to fix.
There’s an error here that must be set right. An error in them all, robot and human alike.
With what energy they have, they set to work.
BEEP attacks Claudio, blunt
W4oSiCTzZCblunt
7169 -- Bruised Left Collar Bone -- 2.0 damage
(Club or Blunt Weapon)
MEEP attacks Kassandra, blunt
blunt
7106 -- Block -- 0.0 damage
(Club or Blunt Weapon)
ZEEP attacks Ike, blunt
blunt
7039 -- Broken Left Wrist -- 6.5 damage
(Club or Blunt Weapon)
JEEP attacks Ike, blunt
blunt
7057 -- Crushed Skull -- 40 damage
(Club or Blunt Weapon)