Aug 26, 2008 15:07
What's this coming down the stairs from the rooms above? A murmuring pile of dirty bedding that's floating about a meter and a half off the ground? Milliways is strange but this?
The pile gets about half way down before it stops, shudders and then falls into a cascade which tumbles down the stairs revealing a little robot who is looking worse for wear.
H.E.R.B.I.E. notes his surroundings and the optic sensors that pass for his eyes turn briefly red. He has been turned around. Again. He has an internal compass and more navigational software than NASA and he is not where he should be.
The shear illogic of it is too much for H.E.R.B.I.E. to face right now so he sighs and then collects the pile of bedding again. He floats over to a secluded table, dumps the pile of bedding down and then settles onto a chair. After the week he has had, if he were human he would collapse into fits.
If you do not have orange skin or smell of Silk Cut cigarettes, I am sure he would appreciate your company.
john constantine