Test Log Twenty Three | ...Maybe I'll stop feeling so bad

[getsciencedone]

[Action for household: GLaDOS sits alone in her house. Alone. ....again. The drone who pretended to be her lunatic was no company so GLaDOS had thrown her out of the house.

She listened. And walked off.

No stubbornness at all.  Nothing like her.

Caroline was saying that she missed her. Caroline could shut up any time thank  you. It didn't matter. She

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[hardhat_truckie]

(Engie had seen the whole scene. He hadn't intruded, partly because he knew it was none of his business, and partly because he didn't want to get on his new "wife"'s bad side. But now that the whole thing is over, and it looks like she's calmed down, Engie thought now was a good time to try his luck. He's brought a cup of hot chocolate along with him; he's not sure whether she'd appreciate it, but he had to try.)

...want some hot chocolate? I put marshmellows inside.

NP!

[getsciencedone]

[GLaDOS is sitting on the couch, staring at the floor. When she glances over....]

....Fine.

[Takes the drink. Sulking AI is sulking.]

[hardhat_truckie]

(Do you want to know how bad Engie is with women? On a scale of 1 to 10, he ranks himself a -5.

That being said, GLaDOS was an AI. And that was something Engie could be comfortable with. Engie's going to take a seat next to her.)

...you wanna talk about it? Or do ya wanna go blow some targets up? I've got some targets I made the other day.

[getsciencedone]

It doesn't matter.

What type of targets?

[hardhat_truckie]

Well, they're just simple pop-up targets. They've each got a timer on them that make's em pop up at random for a set amount of time, before they reset.

[getsciencedone]

I should get the turrets to use those.

[hardhat_truckie]

Well, I'll go set'em up in the garage. It won't take me long, just five minutes so ya can come by then.

[getsciencedone]

Alright.

[hardhat_truckie]

(5 minutes later, Engie's got all the targets set up. They seem to be your standard bulls-eye targets, and fairly simple to shoot at. Engie's also got one of his sentries up and running inside.)

[getsciencedone]

[GLaDOS walks in, oh....those things. She remembers stealing parts from one and being killed latter by one. Wonderful.]

[hardhat_truckie]

Ah good, you're here! I just finished settin' up them targets, so feel free to use'em in any way ya want. I've still got plenty of scrap metal around, so I can just build more later.

[getsciencedone]

Interesting machines.

....and what did you use them for back home?

[hardhat_truckie]

The targets, or the sentry? The targets were used ta test new weapons out. And well...

(Engie rubs the back of his neck, looking all uncomfortable. But he supposed honesty is the best policy, so he should come clean with her.)

...back home, I worked for this company called RED. Essentially, my job was to defend the base against the opposite team, BLU. I did that with my sentries; they're basically guns that automatically shoot down any target that's dressed conpletely in blue. Since I'm here now though, I've taken off the colour sensors from it, and installed voice ones instead. As of the moment, it'll only shoot when and where I tell it. It's a mighty hassle, but I'm workin' on it.

[getsciencedone]

What were you defending the base for? Was there something valuable inside?

[hardhat_truckie]

Ta be honest, I have no idea. I joined up with RED because the job paid well, and it gave me the chance ta develop my machines. Couldn't really say no to a sweet deal like that.

(He's not going to mention that he did it to get out of jail. Nope.)

[getsciencedone]

You have no idea?

[Just raised eyebrow. Really? Apparently humans were alike everywhere. It's like the homeless people they roped into testing for sixty dollars.]