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[weaponsparked]

[In the driveway of 5718 Cunningham Lane, there is a giant alien robot, half in, half out of the garage. He appears to be trying to get into the wall, or pull some wiring out of it

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[buildstherobots]

Looks like you could use some help, hm?

[weaponsparked]

[With a grunt, he pulls his torso out of the garage, scowling.]

I just want a phone-line connection. Is that so much to ask?

[buildstherobots]

Are you looking to wire your body in directly, or a phone big enough to dial with giant fingers?

[He actually sounds fully serious; he can probably pull off either.]

[weaponsparked]

I am not wiring primitive human technology into this framework. That would be a crime.

[He sounds positively scandalized.]

I just want to access the phone network somehow.

[a_gentle_boy]

.............

[Lucas has decided that nothing he ever sees will surprise him ever again.]

. . . Mr. Sideswipe? ... Are you stuck?

[weaponsparked]

[And, from inside the garage...!]

No! Not in the slightest. I'm trying to get a phone connection.

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . Would you like me to bring it out for you?

[weaponsparked]

And how exactly am I going to use it?

[skyruns]

[Staaaaaaaaring.]

Uh... is everything alright? [The first thing you ask a giant robot, clearly.]

[weaponsparked]

[He wiggles backward until he can get his head out to stare at the newcomer.]

Yes. Why?

[skyruns]

...well, you kind of looked like you were having trouble getting free.

[weaponsparked]

No. I was just trying to access the phone lines.

[hontobakabaka]

[She stands outside of the garage looking at the robot]

"...Do you need help?"

[weaponsparked]

[He doesn't back up, or pull his head out, just keeps on working.]

Not if you can't break into Mayfield's phone system, human.

[hontobakabaka]

"Is that all? Do you have a transceiver/receiver unit? Something primitive like a radio will work. With a screw driver and soldering iron I can probably do it in 5 minutes. Why?"

[weaponsparked]

Do I look like I'm willing to uplink to anything primitive? Ugh. I'd probably get a virus.

[square_cubelaw]

[Stops, staring at the robot tearing apart his own wall.]

If you're trying to remodel, you're doing it wrong.

[weaponsparked]

Psh. Hardly. I'd make one of you do that, if that's what I was up to.

[square_cubelaw]

One of who now?

And if you aren't remodeling, what are you doing? Other than making a mess.

[weaponsparked]

Humans.

Trying to get back into the phone system.