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'Oh! Sorry!"
'I'm new here!"
'My name's Poppy!'
Bot Pov:
Everyone's frozen by this new object.
'You said something about a... game?' The corn-shaped object says
' Can uhm..' ' Can I play?' The crowd is completely silent.
Test Tube blocks my view.
'Not Cobs! AHHHHH-' Paper screams
Suddenly, everyone is running around screaming. OJ commands everyone to go behind Clover, Test tube, to get the Blu-Ray and the safety squad to do their thing. I'm just trying to get out of this mess. The safety team is trying their best to get a hold of this 'Poppy'.
Honestly, I don't understand this 'Cobs' thing about this new object. Well as i try to get a hold of the whole thing that's going on, I spot a white object charge towards me.
Poppy Pov:
I'm surrounded by a bunch of painking objects, screming like it the end of the world. I just wanted to play that game tbe fan was talking about!
I hear screaming , yelling and i don't even know what i did! Did i do something wrong? Do they dont wanted new people? I just got here, and they're treating me like im sort of monster!
Eh...
I cant even try to explain myself! Or ask who this "cobs" man is.
Suddenly i see a white object trying to lunge at me. They barely miss me, but another one was down...
Their face is half-busted! revealing a robotic skeleton in them. I feel this feeling in me to experiment on it, find it"s purpose and make it better. Idk why i feel like this but...
i NEED to help it. I run towards it.
I grab the surrronding debris i can manage to get a hold off, I pluck of one pf my leaves. Ig stings and i feel corn juice running down my head. I'll worry about that later. Then carefully, i take the brpken pieces and use my leaf to wrap it onto the creation's head like a bandage. I step back as i see it's eye slowly open.
Test tube Pov:
I dash to the vending machine and smash the buttons. The machine opens and sucks me in. I screen the perimeter for the Blu-ray. Nothing. It's only all of Fan's tech and the Cob Corn machine. Im still surpsied its not our go to option for food. Nvm that thought. I open the drawers
"No"
"Nope"
'Nah'
I run to the shelf.
'Ah! There it is!'
I crawl up the vending machine and run abck to the stage. I spot sveryone bunching up. What happened? Did someone get hurt? Did the object to do something? To who? Fan?!? Or...
Bot...?
I stood there in shock as i see that thing is touching Bot, hurting Bot... i cant let that happen.
'NO!!! DON'T TOUCH THEM!!!!!' I scream
I run towards the corn and push her alway. I look at Bot.
Bot Pov:
Rebooting...
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Complete!
I open my eye. Ow! OW! My head is pounding rn, my vision is blurry. It seems to be something, no... someone infront of me, but i cant seem to make it out. It looks to be a yellow silhouette with a green head? Leaves? Honestly i cant even tell. I bilnk my eye, trying to fix my vison. I spot Test tube psih someone, must be that yellow silhouette i saw eailier. She galnces back at me with a worried look.she's looking at my face. I touch my head. I feel a smooth texture... huh? Must be a some kind of bandage. Test tube turned to the object she putted.
'Oh, you shouldn't take that off yet. Not unless you have a soldering iron on you.' the corn said, she look at the Blu-ray 'Actually, is that what you're holding? Did you build that? What do you call it?'
My soul breaks into a million pieces as she says it.
'Them! Who are you? Where did you come from?' Test tube yells back at the questioning corn
"I told you! They call me Poppy! Well, no one's actually called me anything but I thought Poppy would be a good name for me 'cause there I was, in total darkness until I went *POP*, right out of the ground! Not too far from here! I could show you if you-"
Suddenly Paintbrush jumps onto Poppy and zipties her hands together behind her back. Box just behind them. Everyone begins to cheer in enjoyment. Expect from Cabby and... me.
My mind is swirling with questions. Im so confused... Was she hurting me? Or did she save me? Was that makeshift bandage from her? Why did she save me? And why did she call me a it? Does she think im a real object... Am i a real object? real...
my thoguhts are cut of by Cabby. 'Everyone, PLEASE! Let us not succumb to this mob mentality!'
"Mob? You mean COBS? The Meeple monster?!" Cammy shouts back at cabby, causing everyone else to start yelling .
Tea Kettle breaks the yelling by saying "But this isn't Cobs!!!"
Ballon adds on "Hmm, yeah! We did all just watch them help Bot!"
"And how'd she know how to do THAT, huh?!" Lifering disagrees
Poppy answers the question in frankly the worst way possible "I don't know. Tinkering with machines seems really interesting to me-"
Before Poppy could finish her sentence Lifering shouts "SEE! SUS!"
Poppy looks at Lifering with the most confused face ever to face object kind. "What's sus?"
"THIS! THIS is sus!" lifering replys.
"Yes, this is us. But you know what isn't us? Judging people before getting to know them." cabby adds, which is very cabby-like to say. And she complete missed what Lifering said. He said sus not us.
Paintbursh and Box roll their eyes as they remove the ziptie from Poppy's hands. Poppy seems to be relieved at this chaos is finally too, and honsetly so am i.
Sudden Fan trys to lighten the mood "Yeah! She should at least get a chance to compete in this new game!" Everyone turns towards Fan
Marshmallow starts complaining and so do the others, soon Fan and Marsh go off to the Mansion. Im still thinking about Poppy, and how she saves me... well not really but helped me. I barely know her and i feel this werid feeling. I can't descirble it but it's confusion and happiness? Idk at this point.
Later...
Fan comes back and everyone is deciding if they want to join this new game hosted by Fan. Don't get me wrong! I love Fan, heck! I even see him as a father figure but playing the game without MePhone as the host feels wrong. Then Fan comes up to me.
"Psst, Bot, just checking, did you have any interest in participating?"
I look back at Fan. How can i say this in a kind way? ... I know! "Honestly, I just wouldn't feel right doing it without MePhone. But I'd be happy to help out if you want!"
"Only if you want, eh- you're free to make your own choices." Fan starts to sweat, werid...
Fan starts to panick. "Uh- NOT that you'd need me to tell you that of course! Eh- (concerned mumbling) am I a good person?"
"What???" I question. What did Marsh say to you? I seriously need to talk to her after this.
"UH- I said achoo! I must have caught it from Tissues earlier!" Fan quietly replys. I can hear Tissues offended a few meters away. Then Fan quickly runs for it.
"Alright! looks like we're all set! Follow me to the first challenge of Inanimate Insanity IV!" Fan cheerly exclaims. But that"s short lived as Test tube comes and comments.
"Ooh, we're doing a plant theme?"
Fan pauses and turn to Test Tube "Uh, I was just going for roman numerals."
Salt then cuts of Fan "Oh, I thought it was a hospital thing."
Baseball looks concrend and goes up to Salt "Wait, who's running the hospital right now?"
Salt face drops... "Oops! Okay everyone, try your best not to be injured for the next ten mi-" suddenly she trips
"UAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"