01 - The Jelly Incident

[marvelous_murderbot]

[The camera comes on to Guri who looks...completely normal, sitting there. But mildly off-put.]

It appears that the first unusual incident has already happened - fortunately enough, I was never a child or adolescent, so I have been spared that, however there are certain aggravating effects nonetheless.

So since I will retain this form, if anybody is in need of an adult to help watch over the children, I can certainly...

[Her hair seems to move.]

Oh, bother

[And a mass of golden hair suddenly appears, erupting outwards like a Christmas tree being cut from its wrapping, covering her face and dropping all the way to her waist. There is a moment of pause, tapping her hand on her knee before parting the hair.]

My hair does grow, so it keeps coming back. All of it.

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[soldier_blade]

[Cue a really..not entirely confused, but more inquisitive teenager.] How were you never a kid or teenager...[If the woman doesn't feel the need to be shy, she doesn't feel bad in asking about it.] Are you a robot or something...or some alien that grew up in a plant pod?

[And...Sonya might've just outted herself as a science fiction geek

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[marvelous_murderbot]

Oh, I can assure you I am not born from a plant pod, though of course such is always a consideration when cloning is a possibility.

[Well, she's run into someone for who all of that is just plain fact.]

I am, however, to some extent robotic - I am a Human Replica Droid. I think the simplest explanation would be "blurring the lines", if that makes sense.

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[soldier_blade]

They have cloning where you're from? [She's really trying to not sound like a nerd. But after the morning she's had, it's getting rough not to, especially when she mentions droids.]

Woah!...You're actually a droid? I didn't know they could come out looking that human! Or..well, I guess that's the whole point of a 'human replica droid.

[Great job Blade...completely managing your cool there.]

[marvelous_murderbot]

Oh, yes. Not what it once was - but my own skin is, technically speaking, cloned. Or at least properly grown for me. They used to clone in the millions, but that was in a different time.

And I am considerably more human than a standard droid - though not as far along as I'd wish.

[soldier_blade]

[She frowned, trying to make sense, but all she got was a bunch of gory images from movies.] Wait...so..you're wearing a human suit? Gross.

How more human? You mean with blood and other organs?

[marvelous_murderbot]

[That produced a change in her look and a hint, just a hint, of being a bit hurt, though she hides it quickly.]

I am not wearing a human suit. It does not come off, it is my skin. To say nothing of my organs, my blood and indeed my muscles, synthetic though they may be.

[soldier_blade]

[Sonya did realize at the last moment how rude her response was, but it was out before she could stop herself.] So...what sort of work did you do before being sucked over here? Espionage?

[marvelous_murderbot]

Enforcement. Intimidation. Assassination.

[She sighs.]

I am not proud of what I was. I was programmed to be the chief lieutenant to the most powerful crime lord in my galaxy.