queenofheartsrp | Issue #2 [Video/Action?]

[The Vine flickers on just in time to catch one of the robots stumbling back into view, metal arms pinwheeling. Rico launches herself in a moment later, swinging out with that cyborg arm of hers to strike the machine in the chest with a teeth-rattling blow. If it had teeth.]

Ay, cabron!

[There's a large gash obvious on her face, curling from just below her nose and all the way across the right side of her face, up to slice her ear nearly in two. She's got more cuts on her arms, and red blooms across her wifebeater. But if it's slowing her down, she's not showing it. Instead she punches the robot again, this time with her flesh hand. Blood smears on dented steel from where the skin breaks on her knuckles.

Then she throws up her metal hand in an uppercut, and the robot's head snaps back and breaks, small gears spinning through the air in all directions as they're wrenched free. It collapses back to the ground, and Rico just stands there, panting heavily. There's murder in her good eye, and her teeth are peeled back in a sneer, blood smeared over them.

Before your eyes, though, you can probably see some of those cuts knitting together and shrinking, even though the blood remains. She licks around her teeth, then spits down on the robot. It comes out pink, naturally.]

Fucking stay down. Y chinga a tu madre. Asshole.

[Then she glances over at the mirror, scowling.]

Wanted a fucking peepshow, huh? Well you can choke on it.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I don't judge you for your actions. As you say, your response was understandable. I merely wish to explain that these robots can be reasoned with. They can be taught more positive behavior. Fighting them only increases their aggression and the danger to others.

Where I'm from, many robots can speak as humans do. I myself am a robot.

[At first, Rico looks ready to argue, ready to get right in the blonde's face, but then she says that fighting makes them aggressive. Dangerous. And for all her attitude, Rico doesn't want to see innocents hurt. So instead she sighs.]

Tch. Diplomacy was never my strong-suit.

And you look pretty damn human to me.

[She nods.] If you show them how to perform simple tasks, they will do so, though it takes time and effort. They simply don't understand our language or the world of the Gardens. Once they're calm, they teach each other, and they stop their destructive behavior.

I was designed to look as humanlike as possible, superficially.

Simple tasks? You got any suggestions? Not that I've ever been much of a teacher. You should probably leave that up to someone with more patience.

They did a pretty good job, whoever it was. Never would've guessed.

For example, you can teach them to clean up some of the mess they've made. They can fetch and carry. Or if they're attacking something, show them the correct way to treat it. Fortunately, if you teach only one of them, it will start to teach the others.

Thank you. My father was a gifted scientist, though robots who appear human aren't so unusual where I'm from.

Huh. I guess I can give it a shot, but I'll probably just try to stay out of their way. Less trouble for everyone that way. Don't want 'em picking up any of my bad habits.

I'll say, if he made you. I've seen a couple, but not so...human. Usually a lot more chrome 'n shit.