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Two kids are playing outside the well kept lawn of their home. This block is filled with happy families. One kicked a ball to the other. The one who kicked is the older brother, who helps protect the other sibling from danger. That sibling is his younger sister, who likes to get into trouble. Their Father pokes his head and calls them in for an important announcement. He had some special news that he was hiding all week. The siblings give each other a worried look, what has happened? They follow, going inside their home.
"So kids, I got some good news and some bad news."
Their Father exclaimed, with a serious look.
"What's the bad news?"
The son said, to make his sister not worry, made himself look tough.
"It's nothing drastic, but your mother still has to work late."
The father sadly said.
"I hate that!"
The girl huffed and pouted.
"The good news is that Sterling Robotics has sent us a Nandroid to help around the house. You two are big kids, but even you guys can't do everything around here."
The Father assured them. Seeing their faces light up at the news made him smile.
"What time are they coming here?"
The son questioned.
"In a few minutes"
The father said, while looking at his watch. A watch made by Mr. Sterling's father's watch company.
"They'll place the Nandroid outside the garage. Let's go outside to meet them."
The father said.
And like clockwork, a moving truck parks in front of the house. The driver, a middle aged man wearing a red cap of the truck, gets out and greets the family.
"Good afternoon Mr. Ymous, lovely day isn't it?"
"A lovely day for us but not for the Mrs.!"
The father jokes.
It gave the man a hearty chuckle.
"Well, I'll grab the Nandroid in the back now."
He said, while opening the backdoors. At the same time, another man gets out of the truck and greets the father. He looks disheveled with his gray hoodie.
"Finally came out of your computer to interact with people?"
The father jokes.
"HA! Very funny Eliot, but yeah, I wanted to greet you guys."
Grayman said, scratching his scruffy beard.
"You usually stay in the computer room to authorize the next update for Nandroids, why the special occasion?"
"Well this is the first Nandroid for you and your family Eliot, so I wanted to see. And I got a program running to find any errors and exploits for the latest firmware, so I can take a break."
"Well that's good."
The truck driver brings the box with the Nandroid to Eliot. The box was nicely decorated, like a doll's box. You can even see the Nandroid inside. It's the standard of quality that Sterling strives for.
"Here she is Mr. Ymous!"
"Oh yeah it also came with this note."
Grayman hands Eliot the note, it's nicely decorated just like the box. Sterling is very consistent.
'This Nandroid is thanks to you and your wife's contribution to Sterling Robotics. I am deeply sorry that your wife, Alexa, has gotten a huge workload. But the quest for robotics is neverending, so I hope this Nandroid will help alleviate the workload at home.
From Mr. Sterling'
The father read out loud.
"It's from the big man himself"
Grayman said
"He never writes something personal like that… Or maybe it's automated I'm not too sure."
He scratches his unkempt hair.
Eliot turned to his kids.
"Ready to say hello to our new member of the family?
The 2 nodded. He opens the box.
"If I remember correctly, she's activated with the touch of your hand. Pretty neat huh?"
"Uh Eliot, you work on building them, so you should already know."
Grayman snarked, stealing Eliot's thunder. Eliot turns on the robot. The robot's eyes light up and she performs a curtsy.
"Hello, you must be the Ymous family, it's a pleasure to meet you! My name is Emmy. You must be Mr.Ymous, right?"
"Yes I am. It's a pleasure to meet you Emmy."
"And this must be your children, you must be Anon!"
"H-hello there ma'am."
"Your parents taught you perfect manners. And you must be Amelia!"
"Hello there Emmy! You look like the ones in the advertisements."
"You have a good memory! I was made to help out kids like you! Oh before I forget, where is Mrs. Ymous?"
She said, looking for Alexa
"She is working right now."
Eliot replied, ``She'll be here in a few hours."
"Oh, I better get to work then!"
"Oh no it's fine Emmy, get to know the kids a bit"
"Well, if it's fine with you."
"Emmy! Emmy! Come play with dolls with me! My brother isn't really into that!"
"Alright! But Anon, why don't you join us? We'll play with something you enjoy after!"
"Fine"
He said begrudgingly.
Emmy grabbed the children's hand and was ready to go play with them. Grayman starts to study her right arm.
Emmy yelps and turns her head to Grayman.
"Oh hello sir. Are you interested in playing with us?"
"Oh no I was just checking for any last minute errors. I um work in making your operating system better. My work is flawless, but you can never be too cautious."
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"Yeah you're fine, thanks for letting me do a last minute check up."
"Well I'm grateful that you were here to see if I had any issues, thank you."
She said while smiling at him.
"Well it's time us to go Mr. Gray"
The truck driver said "It was nice talking to you again Eliot, when I'm not busy with work, I'll drop by to say hello."
"I'm holding you to that."
"Goodbye kids, take extra good care of that Nandroid."
"We will!"
The kids nodded.
"Emmy, do you still want to play with me and my dolls?"
"Oh course Amelia! Anon, you're still joining us right?"
"Oh course!"
"Off we go then."
They all go inside the Ymous home to play with dolls.
As both men drove off, the father looked at the new member of his family and said something to himself.
"Well Eliot, looks like you and your family are entering a new point in life!"