I have gone BROKE in polychromes to get S Billy and his W engine. Got super lucky with an early pulls on S Billy. But oh lord his W engine did not want to come home.
Hope whatever gacha games yall pull on is successful ladies and gentlemen. Crazy work on how Ramiel needs a strap to contain her….'presence'. I'm having loads of Fun with S Billy too, idk what team I'll make with him though. Alright I'm done yapping, enjoy the chapter!
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In a flower shop in Lumina square called Dew Garden our next robot master is hard at work.
"Thank you for the flowers, these are perfect for my sister graduation!" The customer thanked Bubble man who waved him off behind the counter. "It's not problem just doing my job, have a good day."
The customer took the vase of flowers carefully with steady hands and promptly left the store after paying. Bubble man watched him go and sighed in relief.
'Finally that guy left, it's hard to work and game at the same time….ive made to Arena 10 though! Holy moly that took forever'
Having modified himself to be able to connect to wifi allowed bubble man to game and do tasks or activities at the same time. It cost a bit of Dennys for such a installment but it very much is worth every Denny when he can log onto his various accounts to play either Hollow clash or log onto his Stem account to open up Bankai stellar rail to do idle farming for stellar gems.
Bubble man has found himself in a new world when he first awoken on the ocean floor around four months ago, he couldn't recall how he ended up there. Swimming to the surface to see building nearby and boats of unfamiliar design to any human city he seen. To a new place most unfamiliar brought great confusion and distress.
However one thing led to another where he met a flower shop owner during his confused wandering late at night in what he now knows as Lumina square.
His new master or well, boss being the kind women she is gave him a job as a worker at her flower shop called Dew garden. In his honest opinion the work is easy and boring, not in the boring sense that there isn't a lot of work to be done. The opposite can be true that the shop has a frequent amount of customers.
The work is just boring to him, however! The pay is generous and he's not exactly interested in looking for other means of employment. Boring is okay, he has internet to keep half of his processing power occupied running several windows at once for entertainment.
His boss also a nice women and very patient with him when he doesn't understand something, that is also a neat bonus in why he stays working here. A somewhat big reason cause of the Dennys she pay him, he likes buying a lot of goodies each pay check.
"Heh….cant wait to see my next paycheck….i wanna buy a cat painting for my wall. Hope it still there at the market I saw" bubble man said excitedly to himself while then sighing longly.
"Speaking of pay check~ here is your pay check my dear~"
Said a voice that came from behind Bubble man which made him let out a undignified yelp. He whirled around to tabs at attention when he saw it was only Orchidea. "Miss Orchidea! Your back from a delivery? H-How did it go?"
"The walk to deliver the Marigolds was something i certainly needed to stretch my dear. Please drop the miss part when you talk with me, you're making me feel old~"
While her request came out polite and not aggressive, bubble man from what he knew about women apparently don't like being reminded of their age. He has no clue why but he knows a dangerous area when he sees or hear it.
"A-ah yes of course my apologies mi- Orchidea I'm still trying to get used to that. Oh also thanks for the pay boss!"
Bubble man rubbed his hands excitedly when he saw the envelop in Orchidea hands. She smiled at seeing his excitement and hands him the envelop. "Your excitement reminds me of flower 149, orange blooms, such lovely flowers that are said to represent excitement you know"
"How can I not be excited? Being able to buy stuff I can own is fucccccccc- freaking amazing! Cough"
Orchidea let's out a small laugh at bubble man near slip of the tongue when he almost swore, bubble man is not one to swear infront of others and for no reason. Sometimes though a swear will sneak out, and after a polite request by Orchidea to not swear while on the job and around her caused bubble man to do his best to follow the reasonable request.
She understood well he's trying his best and that means alot to her more than him not trying at all. That she very much appreciated from his efforts. "I can certainly understand your excitement. I remember my first time buying something I truly owned, ah the flower shop."
Orchidea said fondly at the memory with a smile. Her arms infront of her holding her own hands getting briefly lost in the memory. "I was so young back then, I was only 23 and I bought this flower shop from the previous owner. I spent so much time setting up the flowers and readying the shop for customers, then the first sale I made….i still have my first Denny from that purchase. Ah sorry I gotten lost in my memory."
Bubble man just waved her apology off, it was a first for him to hear something about Orchidea past. She didn't give no secretive vibes or acted distant with bubble man. It simply wthe fact that bubble man didn't exactly try to learn more of Orchidea, such a thing never occurred to him on learning more about his boss.
Bubble man goals and thoughts consisted of few main goals.
Goal 1. Make money
Goal 2. Spend money on stuff that catches his interest
Goal 3. Live how he wants
Goal 4. Clean up trash from the ocean as much he can
Goal 5. Take care his cat and treat her like the queen she is
The cat and ocean took great priority of course. Anything for his chicken looking Sphynx cat!
"It's fine Mi- Orchidea, it's interesting to hear a story about your past."
"Your too kind, ah I just remembered why I'm also here. I've come to tell you that I need to close up shop early today. Worry not I shall compensate you for the loss of pay next paycheck."
Bubble man blinked in surprise at the news. More on the shop closing early, they never closed early from when he started working for her. "If it's okay to ask….how come we are closing early? Is it a special occasion?"
"Oh yes it quite is the special occasion, my family are coming to visit me and I require time to prepare for their arrival." Orchidea had a fond smile on her face when mentioning her family to bubble man. One that he noticed easily.
A cold feeling grew in his chest where his core resides. A dull ache grew at the mention of family, he tried to ignore it. But the ache just wouldn't cease and always came rushing back with pain.
He tried to ignore how alone he felt. How alone he truly is, no other robot master of his line existed here. The other machines are nothing like him and his unique creation, none that he could call brother. In truth he hated these constructs. These IMITATIONS.
Ironic he knows to hate another machine when he is one. He assumed these feelings of anger, spite and resentment is due to how alone he felt without his brothers. Without his family and these inferior machines won't fill that hole in his core.
Orchidea notice the way bubble man eyes gain a said and sombor look to them. The way the air around him becoming defeated like he accepted a outcome that isn't preferable.
"What's wrong dear? You seem like a flower that's not getting enough sun"
She tried to lighten his mood, which somewhat worked as he did laugh softly.
"I…..am separated from my family. My uh…parents are no longer around. But my brothers? I don't know where they are these days or what they are up too. I tried to keep in contact but so far no luck" he lied in a few of things he said, not fully trusting Orchidea his history. Metal man certainly would've threatened him if he blabbered, if Metal man was here. he didn't even realize how soft his voice sounded.
A small frown found its way onto Orchidea face. She did not like to see who she can consider a friend being very glum.
An idea then came to mind causing her to smile.
Gently she reached out to him slowly just incase he did not wished to be touched. She placed her hand on his shoulder at the lack of any form of objection besides him briefly stiffening then relaxing.
He turned his head to look at Orchidea blinking away the tears that threatened to spill out from his eyes. The tears are artificial and the tear ducts built into his head for whatever reason by Dr wily.
He then realized how much closer Orchidea is to him. She had to lean down slightly due to him being shorter. Her hand on his shoulder with her leaning close but not too close. He didn't even need his advanced eyes to notice Orchidea is wearing some kind of chapstick making her lips look quite…..soft
Such new thoughts and feelings confused bubble man.
'Why do I feel so weird? Must be a bug in my system. Been awhile since I last had a maintenance check'
The way her eyes had a look of fond kindness directed at him made it feel like bubble man systems are heating up.
"....Ay?"
"Huh?"
"I asked if you are okay dear, you've been staring for a minute now" Orchidea smile slightly faltered becoming a bit worried. She didn't know why Bubble man became silent and stared simply at her.
Bubble man on the other hand blinked in surprise as he felt his cpu heat up greatly. "Oh- s-sorry I just was um…thinking! He's thinking. But….i don't know, I um really need to make sure my cat has food you know?"
"Well I could always drive you to your place then drive to my place once your done. However it is up to you if you wish to come over and help me."
Bubble man briefly became silent once more. But it ended as soon it began with the choice already made. He had no plans today so why not? "I don't mind coming over to help, I'm ready to go whenever you are Orchidea."
"Wonderful! Simply allow me to take one of my flowers then we can go. They would do nicely to liven up when my parents arrive"
While Orchidea spoke she moved across her flower store. With how long her dress is it made her look like she is gliding effortlessly across the room in bubble man optics.
'Did she always look so….otherworldly? What is happening to me?'
He has no idea what exactly is happening to himself. A maintenance check being on one of his top priorities tomorrow when he free.
He hoped that this strange feeling either fades being nothing or just a simple bug fix. He hoped even more that this would not have him ruin Orchidea parents visit.
He could only hope, for now.
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"I have no clue how to turn this thing on boss!" Billy poked at the turned off machine repeatedly in what he assumed to be its eye.
Nicole smacked his hand with a hiss as she looked at him displeased. "Stop messing with our new source of Dennys! And Billy you better figure out a way to turn it on or the loss of Dennys from bailing on our loot search is coming out of your pay!"
"Wh- I'll figure out a way to turn it out just give me more time boss! Promise! Please I need the money for the new collectible star knight light!"
Billy immediately is on his knees hugging Nicole leg and looking up at her begging for mercy while Nicole shoved her hands against Billy face/visor to get him away. "Billy! Stop being stupid and get of-"
WHAM!
Both Nicole and Billy froze at the sound of a loud metallic bang against metal. Slowly they both turned their heads to see...
Anby with a frying pan that now have a noticeable dent buried in it. She looked at the robot that hit on the back of the head with the frying pan and frowned from it still remaining to be off. "It did not work like the movies…..maybe I should try again?"
"ANBY DEMARA WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!"
"…..I've turned into an ethereal raaaaaaahhhhhhhhh..."
"Very convincing Anby" Billy remarked with a dull tone. Anby slowly looked at Billy who looked back. A finale idea popped in her mind and immediately acted on it. Mutual destruction.
"...Billy also used your shampoo for his fake hair….."
"Anby you can't just snitch so we both go down together!"
Billy cried out as Nicole had a vein grow on her head that threatened to burst and raised her clenched fist ready to give a bonk to both of them.
Until a sudden jolt by the machine caused all three to free and turn to look at it. Its lights in the eyes seem to flicker repeatedly as if struggling to power on.
"That worked?!"
"Horay it worked."
"Of course it worked! Great work Anby!" Nicole shouted with glee and hugged Anby tightly. "Here comes the Dennys!"
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Don't got much to say, hope you guys like the story :D