Post by Risa on Apr 11, 2020 21:25:20 GMT
"What's wrong pal? You're lookin' pretty bad right now."
"What's wrong with me? I can't feel--"
"Anything? Yeah, tends to happen when ya breath this stuff in. As I'm sure ya already know you've got a lot of enemies Mr. Whateva ya name is. I've been sent here by one of those enemies. It's kinda funny ain't it? You can see and talk, but ya can't move. I'm supposed to offline you tonight, ya know?"
"Oh, Primus no."
"The Afterpiece tonic lasts a good long time, ya know? That leaves us almost an entire solar cycle to play! Whatcha say bud? Wanna play?"
"No! Please no!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. That's what they all say."
"It was cruel. Insanely cruel Gearhead. Ya should've seen it." Risa chuckled to herself as she told her story to the barkeep. He didn't believe her, not by a long shot, he simply nodded along barely listening as he wiped down the counter. "All he could do was scream, Gearhead, just scream until he couldn't anymore, blew his voicebox out I think. Ain't that crazy?"
"Sure is Jess."
She paused for a moment. That's right she hadn't given him her real name. She never gave anyone her real name to anyone. She frowned at the barkeep as he left to serve another customer. She glanced around the bar and took notice of how depressingly empty it was and sighed. Welp, at least the job was fun while it lasted.
That was true. It wasn't the killing part that was fun, but all the parts before and after. Before, she got to play with her food for as long as she wanted. And after? Well, that's when the news got a hold of what she had done. It was almost like preforming in the circus all over again, bots gawking at the things she did, being the center of attention once more. The best part? No one could catch her. No one knew it was her, no one had any leads. She was free to do as she wished.
"To all the lonesome bots," She said to herself as she lifted her glass of high grade and downed it in one large gulp. As the burning sensation left her throat she became acutely aware of a new presence, watching her.