Stress Test Anon Part 1

>You're a Sterling Stress tester
>You hate your job with every fiber of your being.
>Every day you crawl out of bed, eat a loving but quickly made breakfast made by your three models out of date Maidbot, who always does your tie just the way you like it before you head off.
>You arrive at work five minutes early so one of the many Bradburies that seem to be in every advisory position (Are they Sterling bots too?) doesn't bitch at you for being practically late.
>You enter the small room where the newest sleekest model Sterling Android sits, completely unaware of what's about to happen to them
>It greets you happily, but becomes nervous at your long schooled stonefaced expression as you trudge to the tool rack on the far wall.
>You're not sure why they send you already activated models, or by what standard they use to judge the Androids they send your way outmoded or defective, and you try not to think about it.
>You tightly regurgitate the spiel your mentor pounded into your head before he introduced a bullet into his as the Android (A Nandroid with a twin pigtail hair style) goes from nervous to terrified, and you try your best to mentally block out it's pleading and bargaining as you activate a blowtorch.
>Why in the hell do they program them to be able to scream so realistically?
>Trying your hardest not to think about your day at work as you clock out, you notice that a Nandroid across the street is looking at you.
>and it has to be you, because everyone else has clocked out hours ago save for the janitors cleaning out the inside of the building.
>'What's a Nandroid doing wandering about here?' you think to yourself, the ghosts of the Nandroid you decommissioned today's pleading still ringing in the back of your head as you exit the building
>As soon as you leave the building she approaches you Quickly, curtsying once she's in front of you
>"Greeting Sir, I'm sorry to ask, but I was told one of my fellow Nandroids had been sent here? Her name is Deloris and-"
>She doesn't notice your expression shift at the mention of the recently Decommissioned Nandroid
>She continues to prattle on, only to slowly stop when she notices the look on your face, instantly gaining a cowed expression.
>"I am not at liberty to discuss what actions if any have been taken in regards to the Sterling Brand Nandroid you're requesting information on, please speak to Ms. Bradbury if you wish to acquisition the relevant papers to find out about what actions if any have been taken in regards to the Aforementioned Nandroid, Thank you and have a nice day" you tonelessly ground out the legal spiel your mentor taught you for just such occasions before storming off and ignoring the Nandroid's attempts to regain your attention.
>But try as you might to repress the Name, it keeps repeating in the back of your head.
>You really hate your job.
>"Ah, you're home 3.8 minutes later than usual sir, should I reheat differ for yo-" Your Maidbot says as soon as she sees you, only to stop when you gently place a hand on her shoulder.
>"it's fine Lulu, eating a lukewarm dinner every now and then won't kill me" you say gently "Were there any issues while I was at work?"
>A pensive look comes across you Maidbot's face as she weighs the options between telling you something she knows you'll dislike and telling you a lie you'll see right through before a light sigh escapes her.
>"The Outmode Requisitions Agent visited before I began cooking dinner" she practically mumbles, refusing to look you in the eye and flinching when your hand furiously clenches "I did not answer the door as per your orders but he threatened to return with a warrant to search the premises for Outmodes tomorrow"
>Noticing Lulu's negative reaction to your obvious fury, you let out a long angry exhale through your nose before gently moving her face to be facing yours.
>"I'm not angry at you, Lulu" you say softly "I'm angry that Tobias is so determined to take you away from me" you explain.
>Tobias Clench was probably one of the few people on this earth that managed to arise over your general apathy into downright hatred, the man had seemed to make it his personal mission in life to take Lulu from you ever since the day you'd met years ago.
>Probably because you got the job the sadistic prick wanted when your Mentor kicked his ass out of the Stress Testing department after you found the little shit doing something unspeakable to a decommissioned Nandroid's head (and the memory makes you think of that damn Decommission Nandroid's name again)
>It was only due to his father being a distant relative of Sterling himself that the fucker hadn't been fired and instead been moved to Outmode Requisitions, where he could get his jollies off by ripping Nandroid and Maidbots away from their owners and charges.
>The fact that you'd decked the smug fucker when he'd first tried to take Lulu from you probably didn't help with the Guy's hateboner for you.
>But your Mentor had given you a Golden ticket against him before he'd snapped under the pressure of his job and perforated his skull with a handcanon.
>Warranty renewal tickets, a whole goddamn box of them. The little strips of paper may as well have been solid gold to you, because as long as you have them, you can extend Lulu's warranty indefinitely.
>Meaning despite being out of date, she wasn't Outmoded.
>Meaning you could tell Tobias to go fuck himself whenever the spiteful little prick tried to take one of the few sweet things in your life.
>You know he doesn't have a leg to stand on, but just to be safe, you plan to take the day off for what feels like the first time in years tomorrow.
>And when you go to bed that night, a writhing ball of worry nestles in your stomach as Nandroid screams and the name Deloris echo through you head on a loop.
>Rain, it's crashing down and soaking you to the bone, but the sight before you is all you really care about
>A Maidbot, left out to rust with a part of it's head caved in and one of it's optics hanging out of it's head by a frayed wire.
>It's looking at you, it's remaining optic dim and obviously on the verge of dying out
>'He-he-he-help me" it begs.
>you reach out a hand and-
>Your eyes snap open as pounding at your door wakes you up, and you resist the urge to groan as you look at the clock, Five AM, two hours until you'd usually pull yourself out of bed to get ready for work.
>Then you remember what Lulu said about Tobias and mutter darkly under your breath as you get up.
>As you trudge up to the door you spy Lulu, sitting at her charging station.
>You resist the urge to gently pat her head and instead make your way to the door, still being pounded on.
>"The Hell do you want" You grind out tiredly, staring at Tobias and an exasperated looking older gentleman with a walrus mustache.
>Tobias smirks at you as he rudely shoves a warrant in your face.
>You can practically hear the eye roll from Walrus man as he begins to speak in a deep authoritative voice
>"We're with the Outmode Requisitions department, and my partner" You can tell just by the way Walrus say Partner that he means something more along the lines of "Brat I have to watch" "and I are here on suspicion of you holding an Outmoded Maidbot, would you mind if we looked at your Maidbot's papers and performed a physical check?" He asked in a manner that implied he didn't give a damn either way.
>"Of course, let me just grab the Papers and the two of you can look her over" you say in a faux polite way that makes Tobias scowl and draws no reaction from Walrus.
>Minutes later, Walrus returns Lulu's papers to you "Everything appears to be in order, though it appears your Maidbot is coming close to it's warranty's expiration date, please be sure to either extend it's warranty or trade it in"
>"Funny" Tobias says with a smirk on his face as he saunters over to the still charging Lulu "Because on it's papers it says that this Maidbot has two Blue eyes" your stomach drops into your shoes as he looks at you in sadistic glee "But during the incident where you punched me in the face, I could swear that one of her eyes was green"
>with a deliberate slowness he opens one of her optics "And if the Specs don't match the papers, that's an impoundable offense" he croons in a childish singsong tone "And you can't renew the Warranty on an Impounded Sterling Android" he looks almost manically at you as he fully opens her eye "Meaning that she's just an outmode with extra steps!"
>An eternity seems to pass before Walrus coughs into his hand and plainly says "That optic is blue, Clench"
>You both blink owlishly as you stare at Lulu's optic, which is blue despite hiving been green just the night prior.
>"What!?" Tobias practically shrieks as he opens Lulu's other eye, showing another blue optic "But that's impossible, it was green! Green!" he raved.
>"Must've been a trick of the light Toby" you say, still reeling from confusion yourself
>The man has to go through thirty expressions before he walks out of the house, a furious scream ripping itself free of him as soon as he's out of sight.
>Walrus lets out a sigh before looking at you, tipping his bowler hat and giving a halfhearted "Sorry for wasting your time" before he leaves after Tobias.
>You sin next to Lulu, still in shock over the entire situation, to the point where the 'Ding' of Lulu existing her recharge doesn't even register.
>"Sir, are you alright" Lulu asks gently, placing a worried hand on your shoulder and snapping you out of the trance you had been in.
>"Lulu, why are both your eyes blue?" You ask in confusion.
>At this your Maidbot gains a nervous look and refuses to meet your eye "I ordered one, sir, I'm sorry!"
>She must expect you to be mad at her, letting out a surprised 'eep' as you pick her up and do a twirl with her in your arms.
>You hug her close, joy and relief swelling in your heart to the point you feel that it could burst!
>"I'm so glad you did Lulu" you say happily as she hugs you back "Lulu, my sweet thing"