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Moment of Reflection
Sunday, December 25, 2005

A drabble, Spoilers through events of Serenity. Be warned. A scene from the movie as perceived by Mr. Universe's bot. My first fic, so be gentle. Feedback appreciated.


CATEGORY: FICTION    TIMES READ: 1627    RATING: 9    SERIES: FIREFLY

Lovebot sat still, in her standard pose on the sofa across from the complex array of screens. In front of her, Mr. Universe (she called him Jacob) leaned eagerly forward in his chair, speaking to Mal Reynolds, Captain of a Firefly called Serenity. Sounded like they were in big trouble. In over their heads.

Jacob wanted to help, of course, but in his snakelike way, he could be bought.

Just like her.

And right now, he was reaping the price of acquiescence. The slim-dark-deadly-strange assassin was handing over thirty pieces of silver, in the form of an unsheathed blade through the chest. A strange light came over the handler’s eyes as the blade went deep.

Qualms? Moment of reflection?

Who could tell? Not this simple lovebot, made for false emotion and memory, scarce able to talk...but as Jacob crawled across the floor towards her, her circuits sparked fully on, truthsome, listening, almost alive...

RECORDING mode clicked on, one first and final chance to redeem an empty life before her source left her for good. One chance to relay the signal.

Light fades away as she waits to relay her encapsulated memory. Lovebots don’t learn much speech, so she can’t say it in Chinese...

*The rest is silence.* “Guy killed me, Mal...He killed me with a sword. How weird is that...”

COMMENTS

Sunday, December 25, 2005 1:17 PM

AMDOBELL


Absolutely fabulous! I loved the notion that the lovebot wanted some kind of redemption, some meaning for an otherwise empty life. Fulfillment gained through one final act. Very neat writing this from such a unique perspective and it works. Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me


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