Upgrade Day by Eliza | World Anvil

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Thu 2nd Sep 2021 09:12

Upgrade Day

by Eliza Etsuko Haruki

So after the payout we got from Professor Ashford I decided it was time to look at me buying my own body. I know Ilyara says I can carry on using the Awoobot body (I have no idea where that term came from so please, don’t ask)
 
I had a scout around online for robot body retailers as it’s not the sort of thing any of the others really know anything about. After a few hours poking around it was fairly clear that the best company to start with was Matherick – they had the best reviews and were also fairly local. The office in the city wasn’t open yet so we’d need to go to the outpost but it wouldn’t take too long. I pinged them a message, just to check we didn’t need an appointment and they replied within minutes saying they’d be happy to see us so I took Ilyara with me and we headed out.
 
We were greeted by what appeared to be two identical robots and a gentleman in a white suit with three red fingernails. Interesting, it was a choice. He also had blue and red glints in his eyes. There was obviously something mechanical there as well. He introduced himself as Deitrich. The three of them then lead us through to a large hangar style space. We discussed what it was that I was looking for in general terms to start narrowing things down, it took some time as I needed it to be able to I a few different things. I also needed something that could stand up to being in the line of fire, but I also wanted something that could pass as Human so that I didn’t stand out as much as a robot.
 
The more questions I answered, the more specific the questions were getting. As we were talking the two robots were stood entering data into tablets. After about 10 minutes of questioning a door at the far and of the room opened and out walked the exact robot body I’d been describing.
 
We discussed the different features, which also included plasma claws and plasma whips in both hands. (I totally tried to play it cool while getting very excited internally) Then he had me transfer myself into the body to try it out. It took a minute to adjust as this body was much more responsive than the awoobot body had been. Once he was satisfied I had adjusted we finalised the agreement the last thing he did was to transfer my tattoo from the awoobot to the new body.
 
On the way back, unsurprisingly, Ilyara took me shopping. The new body was shaped a little differently to the bots so I needed some clothes that would fit the new body.