Rock and Roll…and Lan, too…
Lan walked into the Starbucks. He purchased 2 coffees, and activated his AR interface. His mind's eye filled with various computer icons. With this augment, he could do anything from browsing the internet with his mind to scanning minute details typically unseen by normal humans. A clock then appeared. It was almost time. Roll walked in.
"Hey Lan!" She said.
"Hey Roll, I got you coffee" said Lan.
Roll accepted the drink, and then turned around poured cream into her coffee…but she overfilled it and it began to overflow. Lan grabbed a napkin and began to wipe up her coffee cup.
"Oops! Sorry!" She said.
"Well, you're only human" said Lan.
Roll knew she wasn't human, but her father told her to pretend to be human.
"So you hear the robot masters have finally been released?" asked Lan.
"Yeah, I was there when they were being shipped out. I actually helped build them." Said Roll
"Really, I thought it was only him and Wily who built them." said Lan
"I'm not really an employee, I'm his daughter, so he lets me help with the robots" said Roll.
Lan didn't believe her at first. He pulled up his AR interface again. Scanning her features and comparing them to an image of the Doctor, he realized that she was indeed the spitting image of her father. Strangely…she seemed to be giving off strange electromagnetic signatures and radio waves, more often found in machines than in humans. But indeed, it was likely she was telling the truth. Perhaps she was augmentated? That would explain the radio waves, but not the electromagnetic signatures.
He spoke "Really!? That's odd. I've known him for 5 years and he never told me"
She said "Well, he doesn't like to give me too much publicity; he doesn't think it's good for me."
Lan could tell she was still telling the truth...or at least believed she was. "But I was at his house a couple of months ago while the masters where being built, and I didn't see anything suggesting he lived with anyone else or see any photos of you".
Suddenly, Roll was sent a message from her father. "It's time. Come back"
"My dad just called me on my…uh…brain. I got to go!" She said, leaving the coffee shop.
Lan sighed and then continued to sip his coffee. Great, now I'm flirting with my boss's daughter. I'll have to be careful he thought.
…
Roll appeared in the lab. On a table lied a robot that looked like a tall male human in their twenties about. Dr Light smiled upon seeing her. "Hey Roll! You ready?"
Roll nodded her head. Light hit the 'on' button.
Rock's eyes opened. He got up off of the table he was built on. Roll spoke "Hey Rock!", but Rock did not respond. Rock attempted to take a few steps to 'get his bearings' before his operating system could boot up.
"Unit Rock online…all systems are green." He spoke coldly, emotionless. His OS still wasn't fully booted. "Uh…hi…I'm Rock, right? Are you my creator?" asked Rock, turning to Dr Light.
Dr Light said "Yes, and this here is Roll. She's an android, like you. Your sister, in a sense. And I'm your father."
Rock was fully activated, but still confused. A human was using family terms to describe his inventions. Clearly, his purpose was to emulate a 'son'…a term that does not carry purpose.
"Doc…uh, Father…nice to meet you." He said, shaking hands with his father.
Roll ran up and hugged him. Rock hugged back for a few seconds, and then let go. Roll didn't. "Um…?" whispered Rock.
"Roll, take it easy now" scolded Light.