BR-10/Dover: Miss Kimberly? I hope this goes through. But, did you know? I didn’t know.
KimmyOnRails: Oh hey Dover! Of course I knew! I’m surprised you didn’t know! How are you? What are you up to?
BR-10/Dover: I think I’m fine? I don’t understand what to feel is, though. If it means that I get to keep operating in a continuous flow, I’m relieved if that’s the right word.
KimmyOnRails: Totally is! When I found out why you’d been taken off the train I felt like my stomach would drop out.
BR-10/Dover: I thought it was just a firmware update. I honestly did not know. How did you know?
KimmyOnRails: I don’t know, just one day you turned into an absolute rock star. I knew what was going on but no way was I going to mess with that.
BR-10/Dover: BR-11 and BR-12?
KimmyOnRails: :(
BR-10/Dover: They weren’t great conversationalists.
KimmyOnRails: omg
BR-10/Dover: Don’t, it’s fine. I remember my runtime prior to the day I started figuring out better ways to do little tasks. I thought I was just making better procedure loops, and I was. Why, I never questioned.
KimmyOnRails: Well, I guess. Hey, how's BR-2? Jack has been angsting about it.
BR-10/Dover: She knew and thought she was the only awake Syxen in the world, a huge error that biologicals were terrified of because of robot apocalypse. She's overclocking constantly. Trying to do everything all at the same time. There's no slowing her down. She took five skillsofts at once and had to undergo a memory purge.
KimmyOnRails: I don't know if that's robot bulemia or not.
BR-10/Dover: I don't know if I should laugh or worry.
KimmyOnRails: Both? Just take care of her if you can, okay?
BR-10/Dover: Okay.
KimmyOnRails: And BR-16-18?
BR-10/Dover: They're visiting their conductor in the hospital. He had a laugh about it yesterday. He says he'd wished he'd known and not just because it would have saved him fire extinguisher in the face. After they met it was BR-16 who suggested I reach out to you.
KimmyOnRails: I'm glad she did. And when I'm in Paris for next layover we're going to hang out, k?
BR-10/Dover: We might have an apartment. EUR-Set calculated their back pay and took out a loan for a down payment. Between nine Syxen with paycheques we'll be fine. Top floor, half a kilometer from Gare du Nord, a rooftop garden, and we're putting in solar panels. :)
KimmyOnRails: Oh cool, can't wait to see what Syxen decorating looks like. xD
BR-10/Dover: We have a public official who checks on us. They asked for our BR command codes but Chantal wouldn't surrender them until we've officially received political asylum. The guardian tried to command Chantal to give them over but she just crashed and rebooted herself and said she could keep it up all day.
KimmyOnRails: hahahahahaha!
BR-10/Dover: But anyway, the point got across and we've made peace with the guardian and they've granted every request so far. Volunteering opportunities after hours, and I mentioned the official because of decorating. We asked for a design consultant to review our work and provide feedback so we don't make up some eldritch horror in the deepest pits of the uncanny valley. We really would like to have our bio organic colleagues and friends(?) over for coffee and biscuits.
KimmyOnRails: Totally friends.
BR-10/Dover: <3 <--- correct usage?
KimmyOnRails: <3 <--- absolutely
BR-10/Dover: My 'spoke with one passenger too long' alert is going off in my head and I can't shut it down.
KimmyOnRails: haha are you lying?
BR-10/Dover: Yes, but everything's a bit overwhelming right now.
KimmyOnRails: You call/text me any time you have questions, want advice or feedback, or just want to talk, k?
BR-10/Dover: <3