“I am fine,” I answered Chas quickly and went to greet my friend and co-worker Mia Bot 141. Mia works in City Hall as President Aron’s assistant. “I heard about the mort who tried to steal from your account. President Aron was irate over the idea of that happening.” “Yes,…
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From the moment I visited Frida in jail, things changed drastically for me. Everything appeared in a new light. My once colorful existence was now tainted in the bleak shades of injustice and oppression. My eyes were now opened to the terrible plight of the humans here…
The human stood in the corner of the cell; her feet bare on the cold stone floor. Her back shook; rising and falling to the rhythm of silent sobs. Suddenly her back tensed when she heard me coming. I am sure she suspected that I was one of…
Regret. Worry. Those were the two responses that flowed through my circuits as I made my way to my office. Regret…because I had tried to help this human, and now she was suffering due to my actions. Worry…because I was afraid someone would find out that I had…
I stepped out of the elevator of city hall onto the President and Vice President’s exclusive floor. I arrived promptly at 9 am, just as President Aron would want… …but stopped at the door when I heard raised voices. President Aron and his bot mate Priscilla were in…
My sleep pod was set to open once my system was fully recharged. My eyes snapped open as soon as my pod had fully opened. My system felt reset, recharged and as good as new. Monica had done a great job of fixing me. The only thing left…
Chas seemed to be in a very contemplative computation process when we returned home. He sat at his chess board completely still, as if he had been turned off, for hours. I was sure that he was still a little perturbed about the boldness that the humans showed today. …
Please allow me to backtrack a bit…back to when I first realized that there was a problem. Chas and I decided to visit the local scrap metal yard to refill our scrap metal supply. Visiting the scrap metal yard is like visiting a buffet in your world. Inside the…
Our world was the result of an experiment. The Earth was being destroyed at an alarming rate due to global warming, changes in weather, war and other catastrophic events… Scientists discovered that although most of the moon has very little gravity, making life here impossible…there was one small area where…
Unknown to us here on Earth, a secret project was started a few years back on the moon. A group of humanoid simbots were sent to an area of the moon called Lunar Lakes, where they were programed to build up a new society and test whether Lunar Lakes was…