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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[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.