Fandom A Chance Meeting at Ilex Forest

[AmethystRoze]

She loved going on walks with Shelby, she loved doing anything with Shelby! She walked close to her, never drifting to far, she didn't want to lose her.. that would be awful.

 

[JessieSune]

After a little while they arrive at the lab and Shelby walks inside. A few people notice her new Pokemon, and some of them approach and pet her head or neck, but they keep clear of her tails. Shelby keeps going, and eventually reaches the robotics lab. She walks inside, gesturing for Danielle to come along.

"Okay -- we're gonna reprogram Liese today. We need her to be not a battle bot but a service bot. How do you think we can best start?"

So saying, she places the cube Liese has become on the desk and pulls out her computer.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"You mean like a butler kind if service? Or like a heavy lifter kind of service?" She asked Shelby tilting her head, partially wondering what was in store for her friend, but mostly ending hire she could help Shelby.

 

[JessieSune]

"Like a butler or maid, mostly," replies Shelby. "You see, some folks would pay a good deal of money for robots that clean and cook, but the problem is that designing one is hard -- you have to program a bot that is obedient but also intelligent -- and that's a hard combo sometimes."

She extracts Liese from the cube, then plugs several cables in. Liese's LEDs say "Maintenance mode!"

"If we can make Liese into a service bot, we might have a workable prototype for a popular product."

 

[AmethystRoze]

"Oh, I see, well she had a very strong sense of duty.. maybe if you could make said duty into sitting like "serve", or "clean" then maybe that would work." Danielle said, hoping what she said would help and make Shelby happy.

 

[JessieSune]

"Hm...so if I reassign her duty protocol, she might be more willing to operate in a maintenance role. I hadn't actually thought of that."

Shelby looks up for a moment, then down at Danielle.

"Are you okay if I change her settings and mind?"

 

[AmethystRoze]

Danielle cocked her head, looking at Shelby. "Will she be happy like me?" She asked, she wanted to make Shelby happy, but didn't want her friend to be unhappy.

 

[JessieSune]

"Hm. You know...maybe we should ask!"

Liese is fully activated. The first thing she does is look around, but when she hears the question she pauses.

"You can try it. It might work, might not."

 

[AmethystRoze]

"Would you be happy that way?" She asked, really hoping the answer was yes, that would probably make Shelby happier!

 

[JessieSune]

"Maybe -- we can find out," is all the bot says.

Shelby nods. "Alright, we'll try it."

She pulls off Liese's ears and attaches two very thick cables onto the revealed ports, then begins typing on a keyboard. Liese's LEDs flash.

"This could change everything there is to know about robotics," she says to Danielle.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"It sounds really exciting!" Danielle said, skipping a bit where she was. An Idea came to her head. Her eyes glowed blue "You're so excited you want to pet Danielle."

 

[JessieSune]

Shelby continues working, but then pauses.

"This is really just amazing!" She stoops down and begins to rub Danielle's head with both hands, then stands back up, keeping one hand on the keyboard and one on Danielle.

Designation: Maintenance/Service
Name: Liese
Admin: Human -- SHELBY
Will: Set 30, lock
Emotion status: Set Happy, lock

That and much more data fills the screen as she goes. She never stops petting Danielle though.

"I feel like I could just cuddle you all day," she laughs.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"Me too!" She said glad her plan worked, and smiled. Happily nuzzling her owners hand.

 

[JessieSune]

A few moments later she stops typing and thinks for a moment.

"Before I reboot her, can you think of anything else I should program into her? She's going to be happy now, but I'm debating if I missed anything."

She continues to stroke Danielle in the meantime.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"Well, I cant think of anything.." She said, enjoying the petting very much. Though she thought that maybe memories would get the way... but she didn't want to get rid of her friends memories.

 

[JessieSune]

"In that case, let's give it a try!" Shelby removes the cables, reattaches Liese's ears, and pushes a switch.

Liese's LEDs flash.

 

[AmethystRoze]

"How do you feel Liese?" She asked, concerned for her friend slightly, but Shelby wouldn't do anything bad! Heh worry wart.

 

[JessieSune]

"Fully functional, and happy to serve!" Liese says, her LEDs flashing a "^u^" in pink.

"Excellent!" Shelby claps. "Much easier to program than I could have hoped!"

 

[AmethystRoze]

"Yay!" Daniele cheered, happy to see Shelby happy, thinking of getting her to pet her again but deciding not to push it.

 

[JessieSune]

"Well, let's test your maintenance abilities. The boiler for hall three has recently been over pressured -- go determine whether it can be fixed. Otherwise, replace it."

"Understood. Happy to comply!" Liese says, then walks away.

"If she succeeds we'll never need another service technician," Shelby laughs. "I found out I can actually control her emotion, so she's very happy. Happiest when she's working. Neat, huh?"

She reaches down and pets Danielle again.

 

[AmethystRoze]

Danielle affectionately take the pets smiling, happy that Shelby was happy, and paying her attention. "Yeah, that's really cool!" She giggled some, it kind reminded Danielle of what happened to herself.

 

[JessieSune]

"Imagine having an entire line of Pokemon robots like her. Do you think that would be nice?"

She pulls out a spring and gives it to Danielle.

"You might like this toy!"

 

[AmethystRoze]

"Oooh, what is it?" She said, getting down on her front paws, intrigued simply because Shelby said she would like it.

 

[JessieSune]

"We call it a spring! They're often in machines humans make. It can stretch and bounce. Just don't get it stuck on your nose!"

She goes back to typing.



...

"So that is how we're going to break them free. Any questions?" Balaa glances at the others.

 

[AmethystRoze]

Danielle looked at the strange object curiously, walking in a circle around it. She pawed at it and it (Pardon the pun) sprang to life and jumped in the air. She jumped back at first but when it landed it calmed, she tried it again, this time chasing it down, She giggled at this enjoying the playing and Shelbies making her happy.

……………………..

The three shook their heads, nearly in unison. "We understand. When do we leave?" The middle said.