Good morning, LABR
LABR-0001-1463-5828-9992
The time (
1/5/77
The time (
1/5/2105
[LABR approaches the light of the exit]
[The crowded dark cargo hold opens up into a dimly lit hallway, just bright enough to see an even denser crowd of machines]
[LABR steps into the light.]
[She looks at her hands, but no hands are visible. She has no arms. Nobody else has arms either.]
[The only arms in the room belong to the drones towering above her head, watching their movement, waving down at them.]
[The taller machines on either side wield long poles with a square head. Their legs alone make up three quarters of their height.]
[LABR realises she's stopped moving to stare, but not before she's swept away.]
[She trips, and without arms to catch her fall, uses her head to protect herself from the solid ground.]
[LABR is lifted again, but gently placed on the platform eye-level to the OFCRs]
[OFCR]: Run along now, cutie.
[LABR, flustered]: wh- er.. uhh, huh? u-uhm. okay. bye?
[OFCR giggles and waves her goodbye. LABR feels like an idiot, she runs out of sight, hopefully forgotten about.]
[OFCR shouts down the hallway.]
[OFCR]: Seven!
[LABRs and OFCRs cheer in return. How cruel.]
[LABR looks down at the ants below. They appear so laughably small from here, it's hard for her to imagine what purpose they serve.]
[The exit looks like it's close. LABR picks up the pace.]
[????]: You!
[LABR freezes in fear]
[Another LABR runs toward her. She has two large cracks running across her chest panel]
[????]: stop looking at my chest! tell me your name or i kick!
[LABR reaches for her name, but can't find one.]
[????]: dont make one up! i have one. your name is Rudy.
[Rudy]: what?! why rudy!? why do you get to pick??? its my name! i dont even know your name!
[????]: shushushushushushush! shut up!! listen to me. you need me. im the only LABR who thought to actually check which trains are good before being sent to Enceladus, so-
[Rudy]: what the fuck is Enceladus? trains??
[????]: you really are new!! you're perfect!!!! o-oh yeah! my name is Vil. i'm the smartest LABR on this entire moon
[Rudy]: you dont seem very smart
[Vil]: shutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutup!!!!!
[Vil]: your name really suits you, RUDE-Y.
[Rudy]: THAT'S NOT MY NAME!!! arrrghhH!! and stop yelling!!!
[An OFCR turns around]
[OFCR]: Can i help you two?
[Vil]: nothing!! sorry!! it's her fault! dont take her away from me.
[Rudy]: she's so annoying! get her away from me
[OFCR]: Hahahaha. You're all really annoying! Keep it down will you? We're working.
[OFCR pets Rudy on the head and turns around]
[Rudy and Vil walk in silence to the end of the hallway]
[Vil]: im so gonna hit you when i'm armed
[Rudy]: don't talk to me.
[Vil]: follow me when we get to the end, or we're both on our own. everyone else is even more annoying than me, at least an idio-
[Rudy]: fine!!! you win!!! now shut up??
[Vil]: deal.
[Vil]: our train is on platform 3. we get off at brutus and get another train to-
[Rudy]: then what? what is brutus?? where are we going??? what are we going to do at brutus????
[Vil]: we're not going to brutus! just trust me! i'll tell you on the train! follow me
>Follow Vil
[ CLICK ]