50 [Video] - Test Run

[seyfertsalvage]

[An audible “pirrrrr” can be heard the camera turns on to reveal a pair of glowing yellow eyes. A somewhat alien looking head tilting into view. The camera suddenly pulls back to reveal a grinning metal robot cat. More specifically one of the “Cheshire” units that the Major was using for security during the mind-control crisis last fall. The

Comments

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[thekimikoeffect]

Did you build that or just reprogram it?

[video]

[seyfertsalvage]

I reprogrammed it and did a little bit of body work. It wasn't originally this... user friendly.

[video]

[thekimikoeffect]

Huh.

[Kimiko's interest faded there. If only a little.]

Who did build it? What was it for?

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[seyfertsalvage]

Eh I do a little building from scratch but... mostly I salvage.

Some jerk-faced Nazi called the Major used a bunch of these for security when he was trying to take over the city. I sort rescued this one from the scrap heap after he got taken down.

[shockheadedpete]

An' somewhere out there, a flesh an' blood cat just lost a job...

[seyfertsalvage]

Hey this isn't a pet.

It has lots of practical uses.

[shockheadedpete]

So does a livin' cat.

[seyfertsalvage]

I'm not taking anything away from living cats.

But I don't think you can train one to guard my room from anything other than mice.

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[tooksteps]

Isn't 'Rover' a common name for a canine?

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[seyfertsalvage]

Yeah but... there's no rule you can't call a cat that.

[voice]

[tooksteps]

I see.

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[insourarmor]

[[Fakir, looking beleaguered and maybe even a little depressed, scowls up at the comm he's held over his head while reclining in bed.]] Now is an extraordinarily bad time, but I suppose I have a few minutes. What do you want?