one bite

[seeksherownsalvation]

[ video ]

[ CRINKLE ]

Hey, so, that machine lady--

[ CRUNCH. ]

Y'know, the one that starts nagging us right when we get here.

[ A lurching blur, another CRINKLE. ]

She's not so bright, is she, huh?

[ And the blurry, disjointed image on the communicator's screen finally resolves into something coherent: a teenage girl eating chips and staring at the device with a fiercely unimpressed expression. ]

If she's not gonna listen when I tell her I ain't no hero, she kinda sucks at this importing thing!

[ CRINKLE CRINKLE CRUNCH ]

Seriously.

[ She balls up the now-empty bag of chips and flings it away off-screen. ]

Someone better tell me how I get outta here soon or I'll just hafta mess up the place. That'd prove I'm no hero, right? But it's a waste of time if there's an easier way, so you should probably just let me know now.

Comments

[soulbonder]

It's a machine.

[seeksherownsalvation]

You sure? Maybe that's just what it wants us to think.

I bet she's really some kinda monster. Some--eh! Never mind! You wouldn't understand, I bet. I'll take care of it anyway.

[soulbonder]

I can't understand what you're talking about if you do not explain.

[seeksherownsalvation]

You can't understand it if I do explain either, so what's the point, huh?

So let's keep it simple! You say she's a machine. If you know any weaknesses this machine-lady's got, you better 'fess up right now.

[soulbonder]

No; I don't know of any weaknesses that she possesses.

[seeksherownsalvation]

Huh? So what are you good for, then?

[soulbonder]

Warning you not to be an idiot.

[seeksherownsalvation]

Warnings are only good if I need them.

Looks like I'm not getting any help after all. It's not like that's a problem since I don't need help any more than I need warnings.

[soulbonder]

Oh my. You enjoy using your thick-skull for going headfirst into things, don't you?

I wonder... How many other similar characteristics to him you will display?