Windrose, where the wind blows

[tothefly]

Who: Windrose crew and you, distinguished visitors!
Broadcast: Naaah.
Action: Windrose, various points in the near vicinity
When: Until we get off this frozen rock

[On New Year's Day, the crew on board the Windrose and those nearby may notice the chill as the doors to the cargo bay are left open, and their captain making quite a bit of noise as she inspects their newly expanded home away from home. This is likely to go on for a while. Feel free to come investigate, chat among yourselves, complain about the cold, etc!]

Comments

[thebestseller]

I think I would believe it, honestly. Tools made it easier for humans to do work... and now we've made the logical progression to where we want them to do the work for us.

Well... the one with the spiderweb-looking crack is Leopardon, and the gray one is Robocop. Not sure about the rest yet, though.

[tothefly]

[Robocop, she echoes silently, arching eyebrows at him again.]

Guess I should just consider myself lucky you haven't named one Skynet. How many of them are there at this point?

[thebestseller]

That would be tempting fate a bit too much for my tastes- especially because Atroma seems to have access to Earth movies for inspiration.

There are 6 of them.

[tothefly]

Good. I'm glad you understand.

Too bad they don't really handle the pest problem, but that's what Officer Snuggles is supposed to be for, Wrath tells me.

[thebestseller]

And if Officer Snuggles is hunting rats, the robots can clean up any unfortunate messes. Everyone wins.

[tothefly]

That's the general plan. Make this place livable for however long we're stuck here.

Did the ship expansion change anything over in your maintenance closet?

[thebestseller]

Which could be a while.

No, just aesthetically to match the rest of the decor. My bots got the same treatment, but it's purely cosmetic.

[tothefly]

Could be. No way of telling, and it's not like Atroma credits translate into anything meaningful, far as we know.

I guess I'll just keep an eye out for any retractable lasers or signs of self-replicating, then. Just in case.

[thebestseller]

Yeah... it's like they're their own self-contained economy or something.

[Castle grinned.]

Probably a good idea. I try to treat them well for that reason.

[tothefly]

Company scrip for us little ones slaving away in the publicity mines.

[She snorts.]

Any idea why they decided to make you their king in the first place?

[Or, you know, why Atroma gave the author a janitorial gig?]

[thebestseller]

How generous they are.

[He laughed.]

Due to the augment, I suspect. Though why I was made the almight janitor in the first place is a mystery to me.

[tothefly]

Maybe Atroma's watched one too many episodes of Scrubs. Didn't you say you were an author, back home?

[thebestseller]

Yeah, I am. Guess there wasn't much of a use for my skills as an author here, so they wanted to give me something practical to do.

[tothefly]

At least you're getting a hell of a book out of this, afterward.

[thebestseller]

No doubt about it. But that's assuming I remember everything when I go back, huh?

[tothefly]

Assuming so. I'd really prefer to think we keep at least a little of this. Be a waste of a year if I didn't.

[thebestseller]

Yeah, memories can be hard to fully eradicate from the mind. Of course, given how adept they've proven at modifying our brains to begin with... who knows?