"Well, the business at the restaurant has been good. I often have Shampoo acting waitress and delivery girl, while Mousse often fails miserably at his part time tasks bussing tables and such," speculated the matriarch aloud. "Perhaps a Yorkshire Terrier."
Kumiko nodded. "Just a moment." A spray of light from one upturned hand displayed a hologram of a small white dog. "Something like this?"
Cologne nodded. "I had a similar dog around the turn of the century. He was a good doggie. Can he speak?"
"A voice module can be added," agreed Kumiko. "You are aware that as a small dog, the amount of duties that could be performed at a restaurant would be quite small."
"Oh. That was unrelated, dearie, I was just feeling nostalgic for an old friend I haven't seen in quite a long time," said Cologne, smiling at the image of the dog. "A handy little fellow. Kept the birds off the crops. Always a smile and happy to see me, never any disrespect, always willing to try even if he didn't understand what to do..."
The rest of the Nerima contingent spent time gawking at the hologram the clerk was maintaining, or at Cologne of all people getting misty eyed and nostalgic, or both.
"Well, if you have crops to maintain - this model can do that and more. One of our pseudo-organic models using technology similar to Ifurita. Not as much use in a restaurant, of course." Kumiko paused. "Just a moment please."
The Nerima contingent stared a little more as a section of skin disengaged from the clerk's forearm, revealing a section of metal and tubing.
"Security. The tall male with the bokken is on the hangar floor attempting to to attack the Gundam units. As he is attempting to damage merchandise please place him in a holding cell. Thank you."
"So you're a... robot?" Akane asked.
"Android is a common and more descriptive term, marionette or cyberdoll might be more appro," said Kumiko. "Robot is usually used to refer to nonhumanoid and more simple devices. Ah, they've caught him."
Ranma looked down over the railing as a rampaging kendoist was dogpiled, as he fought back, was overwhelmed, and hauled off to a side-room. There was something just overwhelmingly satisfying about seeing security forces hogtie and haul Kuno off.
"So you sell giant robots, as well as marionette units like yourself," said Cologne speculatively. "What about..."
(Posted Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:06)
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