"I've done it," the man said. "I, Thomas Light, have created the first humanoid robot."
The girl sat up and put her feet on the floor. She took two steps before falling flat on her face. Dr. Light ran over and pulled the back of the shirt up to reveal a panel. Opening the panel, the doctor looked inside the robot.
"I see, a faulty gyroscope. I'll have to get a better one installed in her later. For now, I'll have to come up with a physical counterbalance."
Switching off the girl, Dr. Light made an adjustment. Now the girl had two long ponytails streaming from her head from two balls of hair.
Switching the robot back on, Dr. Light commented, "She looks a bit like a rabbit with those ponytails. I think I'll call her Usagi."
As Usagi opened her eyes again, she started walking around. She was still a bit clumsy at walking, but was able to stay upright. She turned and faced her creator.
Dr Light said, "Greeting, Usagi. You are a robot that I created. I chose the form of a young girl to put people's minds at ease when dealing with robots."
"I am a robot," Usagi said in a monotone. "What is my purpose?"
"You are a prototype. I'll be using you to test out new ideas and inventions, before I install them in later robots."
The robot nodded and laid back down on the table. Watching his creation, Dr. Light seemed troubled by something.
"I wonder where Dr. Wily is. I haven't seen him for a couple days. Ah well, it matters not. I still have much to do." ------------------- A few days after Usagi was first activated, Dr. Light led her to another room. In the room were eight girls dressed like Usagi was, except they had different colored bloomers on.
"Usagi, I would like you to meet your sisters. I built them to help mankind out."
Usagi walked towards them. Before she could make it, she tripped and fell.
"I really have to get to work on your gyroscope," Dr. Light muttered.
After Usagi got back to her feet, Dr. Light put her hand on the shoulder of a girl with blue hair and wearing light blue bloomers.
"This is Ami. She was built to keep things cold. I still recall the time when a bloodmobile lost its entire shipment because the cooling unit went down."
Dr. Light walked next to a girl with dark purple hair and wearing red bloomers.
"Rei here is a welder bot. She can generate intense heat to melt steel and weld it into place."
Dr. Light swept his hand towards the rest of the robots. "All of them have different abilities that can be used for mankind's benefit."
Usagi asked in a monotone, "Will I be joining them?"
Shaking his head, Dr. Light replied, "No. I need you here. There are ideas and devices that I want to test out in you first, before adding them to later robots."
The robot girl nodded.
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