Private Prague, U.N.P.K

Chapter 17

Inconvenience Store

Private Prague stood on his metal pedestal, connected to the wall via a thick wire that plugged into the base of his neck.

"Lin, I'm back- Can someone help me out?" Elma's voice and struggles were heard as various crunches and crumblings were heard.

"I'm coming!" Lin ran out with a wireless hair iron, "Oh!" she gasped when she saw Elma stumbled with a load of groceries in her left arm and her child in her right one. In her surprise, he had placed the hair iron in Prague's extended hand and ran to her aid.

"Thank you." Elma sighed in relief as he gain full grip on her baby, "Phew-" she stopped to sniff the air, "Lin, do you smell something burning?" she asked.

"I wasn't cooking anything." Lin responded as she sat the packages down on the table, "Why do you ask?"

"It just smells like something roasting..." Elma looked around.

"Skin damage has occurred." Private Prague reported as he looked at his hand, which was being burned by the hair iron.

"Private!" Elma gasped and ran to remove the hair iron, "Who put this on- Lin." she turned to the gril.

"Oops, must have put it on him when I helped you." Lin chuckled weakly and retrieved it, "Why didn't you say anything earlier?" she asked Prague.

"It didn't hurt, so I had no reason to notify you." Prague responded as he looked at his burned hand, then saw the skin regenerate rapidly, "See, all better now." he responded.

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"Oh, hello, Lao!" Elma greeted the man as she rocked her child in the barracks living room, "What brings you here?"

"I came to see if Lin had cooked something up for me." Lao responded as he wiped the sweat off his brow, then looked at a completely blank Prague, "What's up with him?" he asked.

"He's trying to update his information of all of NLA." Elma answered, "It's a colossal amount of information so he's trying to compress it in a more manageable form."

"If completed, I would know where the stores are located, and even who they employ or fire- instantly." Prague blurted, then went back into silence.

"Speaking of the store..." Elma muttered as she shuffled through her goods, "I seem to have forgotten a few things." she sighed, "But I can't leave the baby alone."

"He won't be alone, he has Lin and Prague." Lao said.

"I said... I can't leave the baby alone..." Elma repeated her words with greater emphasis.

"Oh! I understand now." Lao chuckled, "I definitely understand... Well, I'll go get whatever you need if you don't mind." he offered.

"Would you?" Elma asked, "Oh, thanks!" she smiled, "All I need is a bit of chili powder... or I should say, Lin needs it."

"Chili powder... I see." Lao muttered, "I'll be on the way." he nodded and started to walk.

"Wait!" Prague yelled as he unhooked from the wall, "Can I go?" he asked, "I finished compressing all the data, and I finished all my duties for today."

"Sure." Lao shrugged is shoulders, "Maybe your database will come in handy." he laughed and the two walked off.

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"This is it." Prague said as he and Lao stopped in front of a convenience store, "Granny Jen's." he read the large sign on the top of the doors.

"So all we need to do is get some chili powder and walk out." Lao informed, "Seems simple enough, doesn't it?" he asked.

"As simple as it gets in menial human tasks." Prague responded, and the two walked through the automatic doors, getting struck by a crisp air-conditioned wind.

The store was simple, yet somewhat futuristic looking, but was still just a regular grocery mart that was dotted in parallel aisles filled with all sorts of goods.

"Scanning, Scanning." Prague looked around in a horizontal axis, "Thirty four life signals detected. Positions of signs indicate the highest odds for the location of chili powder would be in aisle 4." he pointed a few degrees to the left.

"Good." Lao nodded and the two started to walk towards the aforementioned area, "So, how's it like being an android?" he tried to bring up a conversation.

"Exactly like it is being a human." Prague responded, "I am supposed to emulate the human being to the optimal-" he stopped when Lao stopped.

"Hmm... These noodles." Lao looked at some noodle cups, "They are so cheap... maybe we could buy a bunch and have food for days." he suggested.

"They look like they're loaded with sodium." Prague crossed his arms, "A one time eat would be harmless, but consecutively? You'll shrivel up like a raisin." he joked.

"I'm getting some." Lao said, "They're like... 2 credits for 20!" he exclaimed and grabbed a whole box.

"As I was saying." Prague digressed, "Being an android is-" he stopped yet again when he noticed two nearby women were looking at him.

"What's wrong now?" Lao asked the android as he started to slowly drift away into the other aisle.

"These women, they are glancing at me." Prague responded, keeping his sight on the females, "What do you-" he saw Lao was no longer with him, "Lao? Where-"

"Say, you're the UN guy, aren't you?" one of the women, black haired, asked him.

"Yes..." Prague answered, "But that is easily figured out by my helme-"

"You're really famous, ya know?" another woman, this one brunette, added, "Everyone in BLADE knows you!"

"Would you like to come to the Pathfinder's party with us later today?" the black haired woman asked him, "We would love for you to join us!"

"Yeah, what do you say... hot stuff?" the brunette winked at him.

"Eh..." Prague muttered weakly, "I'm afraid I can't... The circumstances do not allow me to enjoy such festivities..." he started to regain his composure.

"Oh, come on." the black haired woman pouted, "We'll make it fun for you."

"I'm afraid 'fun' is a relative term..." Prague muttered.

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"Prague?" Lao looked around, seeing he had drifted too far from his comrade, "Where are you-" he looked at the empty aisle, "Where could he have gone? Prague!" he yelled and moved from aisle to aisle, carrying a box of cup noodles, three large bags of cheesy puff chips, and a large soda.

"Lao!" Prague groaned, causing the man to run to the sound of the complaint.

"Where are you?" Lao walked from aisle to aisle, then found Prague cornered by the two women.

"Lao, can you please tell these two members of the female species to leave me alone?" Prague asked, "I got the powder..." he held up the small bag.

"I think they like you, Prague." Lao chuckled as he looked at the enamored women, "Why don't you listen to what they have to say."

"Because I'm afraid what they are proposing hold euphemisms." Prague muttered, "And I as an android cannot fulfill those duties!"

"Very well." Lao rolled his eyes, "Hey, leave the guy alone, can't you see he's not interested?" he told the women.

"Aww... but he's the hottest guy in BLADE..." the black haired BLADE groaned, "But what did you say before? He's a what?"

"Android." Prague responded, "A robot made to look like a human." he said and then took off his robotic arm, causing the chili powder to drop from that disconnected hand.

"AH!" the two women shrieked and ran out in fright.

"Well... that got them." Lao chuckled, "Now let's get this out." he said and the two started to walk to the cashier.

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"Weren't you going to make beef today?" Doug asked Lin as she cooked, "I don't smell any beef at all."

"Well... if it wasn't for Lao forgetting the chili powder at the store I would have." Lin sighed, "Oh... but don't worry, he got just the thing." she set out a cup, "Prepare to have instant noodles for the rest of the week." she said and looked at the steamy soup inside...

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