First Sisters, then Cousins
Jenny's "mom" has a friend in Honduras who's made a robot similar to Jenny; a cousin! But the "cousin" is rude, antisocial, jaded, unemotional... not Jenny's ticket to popularity, for sure! Can Jenny get to the bottom of the cousin's hatred of all humanity? Let's see!
Jenny was upstairs reading a family magazine, especially interested in a study on genetics between family members. She found it amazing how similar then mannerisms of neices and nephews could be to their respective aunts and uncles, even if they had never met eachother! She gasped in amazement, cooing to herself and stroking her ponytail-engines. "Humans are amazing!"
"BONITA! BONITA, I DON'T BELIEVE IT!"
"What the-? MOM, ARE YOU OKAY!?" Jenny listened intently to her mother's reply.
"OH, JENNY! JENNY, COME DOWN HERE AND MEET YOUR AUNTIE BONITA!"
"Coming!" Jenny sighed. "Another one of Mom's ridiculous students, I'll bet. Parents, ugh."
***
"Bonita! It's so nice to see you again!" Mrs. Wakeman shook her friend's shoulders lovingly, elated after so many years to see "Bonita" again.
Bonita was a middle-sized woman, heightwise and sizewise, of Hispanic descent. She kept her long, long black hair tied back in a loose bun. Her business suit was a musty gray, stiff with starch and smelling of roses. Her thick, cokebottle glasses (ones near identical to Mrs. Wakeman's!) small crookedly on her broad nose. Although she was actually shorter than Wakeman, her high heels made her look even taller. Bonita smiled, her sparkling white teeth shining in the fluroescent lighting.
"Oh, Agnes, I'm so glad I could find you!" laughed Bonita in her heavily accented voice. "I almost thought I'd lost you after the last electronics convention!"
"Who's here, Mom?" Jenny hovered down the stairs, surprised to see someone her mother's age instead of a younger student. "Who's this?"
"Oh, XJ9! Come here and meet your Auntie Bonita!" Agnes pushed Bonita towards Jenny, dwarving the auntie by putting her next to her 6 foot neice.
Jenny raised an eyebrow. "Auntie Bonita?"
"Yes!" Bonita hugged Jenny gently. "Me and Agnes brainstormed ideas for humanoid robots back at Techvention 2000! I helped create you dear!"
"Then... wouldn't you be my other mom, or something?" Jenny's eyebrow went even farther up her forehead.
Bonita stared in confusion for a second, then burst into gales of laughter. "Oh, that's something I'd expect from URM17!"
"Who's URM17?" Jenny asked.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you!" Bonita giggled and clapped her hands twice. "URM17!"
A previously unnoticed figure rose from the sofa, so quiet and silent and no one even realized she was in the room. She stood as tall as Jenny; her body was the same shape and configuration as well, expect she was a light shade of purple. Her round head sheltered two completely black eyes, making her look almost demonic. Her "hair" was not done in ponytails; it lay down around her shoulders, arranged in dreadlock-ish clumps, polishing into fine spines at the tips. Her legs curved into a human shape complete with a distinguishable "calf", ending rounded hooves instead of feet. URM17 squinted evilly, her animal eyes of obsidian focusing solely on Jenny.
"This is URM17!" Bonita smiled.
Jenny smiled widely, and promptly entrapped her "cousin" in a bear hug. "Hello, URM17! What's your name!? How was your trip?"
URM17's eys started to glow with a deep black light. Jenny recoiled just a bit.
"Dado."
"What?"
URM17 swallowed and spoke in English. "You do not want to know the literal translation. And call me Azura."
"Um..." Jenny pulled out of the hug and retreated to the other side of the room. "Okay."
Bonita wrapped a loving arm around Azura's waist, hugging her sweetly. "Azura and I are going to be staying at your house for a few days, Jenny. Do you mind if Azura comes to school with you?"
Jenny's face brightened wonderously. "OF COURSE NOT!"
***
"You'll love American High School, Azura!" Jenny giggled, walking beside her purple cousin. Azura concentrated her focus on the ground before her, not visibly paying attention, but she was listening.
"I do not typically get along with the human species," Azura monotoned.
"Aw, that's what most people say whenever they're new and shy," Jenny dismissed the callous remark, waving it away like she would a fly. "But wait 'til you meet Brad and Tuck, they're the best!"
"I especially despise males of the human species," Azura's eyes narrowed.
"JENNY!"
"It's Brad!" Jenny yelped. "HI, BRAD! COME MEET COUSIN AZURA!"
How will Azura react to Brad and the human population in general? I don't even know yet, stayed tuned to find out!
Jenny's "mom" has a friend in Honduras who's made a robot similar to Jenny; a cousin! But the "cousin" is rude, antisocial, jaded, unemotional... not Jenny's ticket to popularity, for sure! Can Jenny get to the bottom of the cousin's hatred of all humanity? Let's see!
Jenny was upstairs reading a family magazine, especially interested in a study on genetics between family members. She found it amazing how similar then mannerisms of neices and nephews could be to their respective aunts and uncles, even if they had never met eachother! She gasped in amazement, cooing to herself and stroking her ponytail-engines. "Humans are amazing!"
"BONITA! BONITA, I DON'T BELIEVE IT!"
"What the-? MOM, ARE YOU OKAY!?" Jenny listened intently to her mother's reply.
"OH, JENNY! JENNY, COME DOWN HERE AND MEET YOUR AUNTIE BONITA!"
"Coming!" Jenny sighed. "Another one of Mom's ridiculous students, I'll bet. Parents, ugh."
***
"Bonita! It's so nice to see you again!" Mrs. Wakeman shook her friend's shoulders lovingly, elated after so many years to see "Bonita" again.
Bonita was a middle-sized woman, heightwise and sizewise, of Hispanic descent. She kept her long, long black hair tied back in a loose bun. Her business suit was a musty gray, stiff with starch and smelling of roses. Her thick, cokebottle glasses (ones near identical to Mrs. Wakeman's!) small crookedly on her broad nose. Although she was actually shorter than Wakeman, her high heels made her look even taller. Bonita smiled, her sparkling white teeth shining in the fluroescent lighting.
"Oh, Agnes, I'm so glad I could find you!" laughed Bonita in her heavily accented voice. "I almost thought I'd lost you after the last electronics convention!"
"Who's here, Mom?" Jenny hovered down the stairs, surprised to see someone her mother's age instead of a younger student. "Who's this?"
"Oh, XJ9! Come here and meet your Auntie Bonita!" Agnes pushed Bonita towards Jenny, dwarving the auntie by putting her next to her 6 foot neice.
Jenny raised an eyebrow. "Auntie Bonita?"
"Yes!" Bonita hugged Jenny gently. "Me and Agnes brainstormed ideas for humanoid robots back at Techvention 2000! I helped create you dear!"
"Then... wouldn't you be my other mom, or something?" Jenny's eyebrow went even farther up her forehead.
Bonita stared in confusion for a second, then burst into gales of laughter. "Oh, that's something I'd expect from URM17!"
"Who's URM17?" Jenny asked.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you!" Bonita giggled and clapped her hands twice. "URM17!"
A previously unnoticed figure rose from the sofa, so quiet and silent and no one even realized she was in the room. She stood as tall as Jenny; her body was the same shape and configuration as well, expect she was a light shade of purple. Her round head sheltered two completely black eyes, making her look almost demonic. Her "hair" was not done in ponytails; it lay down around her shoulders, arranged in dreadlock-ish clumps, polishing into fine spines at the tips. Her legs curved into a human shape complete with a distinguishable "calf", ending rounded hooves instead of feet. URM17 squinted evilly, her animal eyes of obsidian focusing solely on Jenny.
"This is URM17!" Bonita smiled.
Jenny smiled widely, and promptly entrapped her "cousin" in a bear hug. "Hello, URM17! What's your name!? How was your trip?"
URM17's eys started to glow with a deep black light. Jenny recoiled just a bit.
"Dado."
"What?"
URM17 swallowed and spoke in English. "You do not want to know the literal translation. And call me Azura."
"Um..." Jenny pulled out of the hug and retreated to the other side of the room. "Okay."
Bonita wrapped a loving arm around Azura's waist, hugging her sweetly. "Azura and I are going to be staying at your house for a few days, Jenny. Do you mind if Azura comes to school with you?"
Jenny's face brightened wonderously. "OF COURSE NOT!"
***
"You'll love American High School, Azura!" Jenny giggled, walking beside her purple cousin. Azura concentrated her focus on the ground before her, not visibly paying attention, but she was listening.
"I do not typically get along with the human species," Azura monotoned.
"Aw, that's what most people say whenever they're new and shy," Jenny dismissed the callous remark, waving it away like she would a fly. "But wait 'til you meet Brad and Tuck, they're the best!"
"I especially despise males of the human species," Azura's eyes narrowed.
"JENNY!"
"It's Brad!" Jenny yelped. "HI, BRAD! COME MEET COUSIN AZURA!"
How will Azura react to Brad and the human population in general? I don't even know yet, stayed tuned to find out!