Upon Vestia: Chapter Twenty-Four

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Dawn chuckled and shook her head a little "I don't need a party." She said softly, chuckling.

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Skye looked to the door then came over to open it "Mourn? What's up?"

Bess and Tobias looked at each other uncertainly. "We've had a lot of odd jobs, we can learn whatever's needed," Bess said. "Daycare, electrical repairs, secretary work, chauffeuring, interior design..."

"I don't know interior design," Tobias added, "But one of my owners had me assist teachers at her elementary school a few times."

Starr smiled at him again, taking the lift to that floor so they could wander around it and see what there was to see.

"We no have kids now, they all far away." Mourn pondered. "Janitor no can walk, you want help bots clean? Ship show you where mops. Ooor... could help with fixing ship. She good ship, no need fixing too much, but still good check. Big ship, lots to check." He nodded. "No know how fix projector do you?" He enquired just on the off chance.

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Armin looked around the floor Vestia had directed them too.

"We can definitely clean, we're good at that," Tobias said. "And we can do repairs, well, some repairs. And we can learn to do more." He smiled his fake looking smile. He liked the idea of having a job.

"We don't know how to fix projectors. We could try to learn though," Bess added helpfully.

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The floor Vestia had suggested had a wide hallway that went all the way around it, with big windows facing outward. There were also benches spaced along the hall, so sightseers could sit down comfortably if they were humanoid.

Mourn nodded. "yes yes, learn useful things. You fit in fine. Lots here not good at anything but they learn, make selves useful." He nodded. "You meet hologram? Learn to make drinks so can be helpful. "

The androids were reassured to know that some people here weren't useful by nature, and that that was okay. The fear of being proclaimed unneeded was always strong in an android's heart. "So we'll be able to ask Vestia for jobs, and that's all right?" Tobias asked.

"We haven't met a hologram yet, as far as I know," Bess said. "How does a hologram make drinks?"

Starr walked slowly, looking out over the planet they were on. She had nowhere to be and all the time to get there.

Mourn nodded "Yes yes, Ship give jobs. Ship good at finding jobs. Make teeny stupid crew useful." He cackled, stood and reached out to pat one of the walls. "Except those not. One eye man was never useful, just stupid and fox just made problem. " He made a face "but they gone now so better." It didnt' occur to him that this probably wasn't helpful.
"Hologram have uh.. force field. Very useful. Let move small thing. No like robots though, very simple AI." He hopped from foot to foot. "you want meet? We can find."

Armin walked beside Starr in comfortable silence, she didn't seem to want to talk and he wasn't about to make her.

"One eye man? Fox?" Bess said, confused. Mourn's names for people made no sense to her yet. "Yes, we'd like to meet the hologram, I suppose."

Tobias nodded hesitantly.

Starr looked to Armin after a while. "Was there something you wanted to talk about?" She asked softly.

Mourn shrugged. "you no worry about them, they gone now, no more problem. " he waved a hand and gestured they follow. "come come, we find hologram. "

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Armin shook his head. "I am here to keep you company Miss Starr" He bowed his head. "Would you like to talk?"

Tobias and Bess followed Mourn. They really had no idea what sort of a hologram they were about to meet, and the brief mentions of One Eye Man and Fox had weirded them out. But for better or worse they were Mourn's androids, and they lived on Vestia. So they should spend time around him and meet his friends.

Mourn went to go wake Amity up, which involved simply walking into that particularly rec room.

The drone powered up as it detected movement and lifted into the air, the flickering holographic projection coming on.

"Good morning sir, how may I assist you today?" Amity asked, then noticed the androids and smiled. "Good morning, are you guests?"

Mourn laughed. "these robots, going to help around ship."

"Hello, I'm Tobias and this is Bess," Tobias said, watching the hologram. "We're not really guests, we're androids. We work."

"Do you have a name?" Bess asked. This plant guy hologram couldn't just be called Hologram, she assumed.