text, @v3

[slingshots]

a couple things:
what kinda gig did you run back home? the 9-5, you know. humor me, i got a theory.
also, what's the worst ever happened taking the kitchen up on all that chow? anything?

fine, make that a FEW things, here's the one more:
if anyone got spare chicken, or animal training tips, pipe up. i'll take them all.

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[ex_mettacrusher33]

No time for idols. It was a sacrifice for the greater good.

Middle school, though? Again, 'fraid I'm not so familiar with the system. Silly me! But that would put you at around...

Early teens?

[slingshots]

you got it. [ almost hALFWAY TEENS, THANKS, but it's better if he draws his own conclusions. ] pretty good for not so familiar with the system. but that's a snooze fest no matter what you say, let's do your job instead.

[ex_mettacrusher33]

[If this stranger is telling the truth? They're right. He's already had his heart broken after learning that the sweeping romances with dukes and balls and horse-drawn carriages are all supposed to take place in the PAST; he doesn't need them telling him that there's no great musical numbers in the classrooms.]

Back to the classic interview, it is. What would you like to know, beautiful?

[slingshots]

let's start easy. what kind of entertainment?

[ex_mettacrusher33]

That's your "easy" question?

[Another self-satisfied page flip.]

All of it.

[slingshots]

gee, figure that's a little too specific, maybe you could get kinda broader for me.

[ex_mettacrusher33]

Ha! And we're fun too! We've got a hell of an interviewer on our hands, folks.

I'm an entertainment robot. Sing, dance, act, direct, host, cook, sell, market, compose, write, design... I feel like "all" is an appropriate answer, don't you?

[slingshots]

just about covers everything, sure. can you eat?

[ex_mettacrusher33]

Not originally, no. However...

[There's a puff of smoke and glitter (and, somewhere off-screen, a startled kitten spits and hisses from her basket). Where there once was a handsome robot is now a handsome man, already flicking his hair out of his face as the smoke clears. Unfortunately, his leg doesn't stretch as high in this form as the other, but he'll be sure to make the effort later anyway.]

ALASTAIR didn't mind the commision for a few upgrades. We've some talented scientists in the group, it seems.

[slingshots]

[ whoa... dang, that's pretty cool. but most importantly: ]

so you tried your cooking? how is it?

[ex_mettacrusher33]

Fabulous, [he says, leaving out the still-constant requests to stop putting edible glitter inside of everything he makes. Learning to cook with tastebuds after years without is a learning experience, after all!

Honestly. Who knew glue and sequins tasted awful? Sigh...]

Looking for a chef?

[slingshots]

kinda impressed. here i thought maybe a robot wouldn't know what he was doing with seasoning.
looking for info, but i wouldn't turn away a chef.

[ex_mettacrusher33]

Isn't it fascinating? Who'd have thought? A robot, capable of reading a cookbook!

[slingshots]

sure, figure cooking IS all about the cookbook, that's what they say.

[ex_mettacrusher33]

You're awfully sassy, for a middle-schooler.

I like it. Keep it up, darling.

[slingshots]

thanks, i took a class on it.