Wednesday Afternoon

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

The Silverodeon had walked out and was patiently waiting to go to church. Agatha had a wall to fix. So here she was, mixign concrete, with many little dingbots running around helping. A pair of parallel sheets of plywood were already in place to hold the concrete, and Agatha had descided that she was installign an air vent. It wasn't that she had no way to plug up an opening in the wall, nope. It was an air vent.

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[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

Stanley was walking around, trying to find a good place to eat, and whistling a jaunty tune.

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

Agatha heard the jaunty tune and looked up from her concrete. "Hey there. New in town?" Cause he did nto look familiar.

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"Yes. Just the other week," he smiled.

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

"Ah. Well, welcome to Fandom." Agatha removed a work glove and pushed the goggles up onto the top of her head. Extending a hand in greeting she smiled. "Agatha Clay."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

He shook her hand heartily. "Stanley Keyworth, Board Certified Studmuffin." He waved his hand at the project. "What's all this?"

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

"I had to get the Silverodeon" She nodded in it's direction. "Out of the workshop. Didn't think it through when i built it. So i blew up the wall. Now i am replacing it." She grinned a bit maniacally.

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"And what, exactly, is a Silverodeon," he asked, glancing from hole to rubble to shiny thing back to Agatha.

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

"Oh let me show you." Agatha threw the gloves down and wiped her hands on her skirt. She pulled some levers and pressed a few buttons and started playing. It sounded like a full philharmonic orchestra playing Beethoven.

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

Stanley was amazed. "That sounds incredible!"

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

Agatha blushed. Cause hey, he was cute. Not as cute as Gil, but still. "Thank you. Want to try it?"

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"It's been a few years since my last lesson," he says dryly, despite taking a step towards it without touching it.

"How did you make it work?"

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

Agatha stood up, letting the little stool in front of it remain vacant. "You pull this lever to start he clockwork, and press these buttons to switch it from full philharmonic to string quartet to single instruments. I prefer the full version. Then it has keys here and here." She pointed as she talked. "But... you do not need to know that. All you need is musical talent and it takes care of the rest."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"So it almost plays itself," he joked wryly. "Can't be as simple as that."

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

"Almost, but not quite. More like ti works with talent and draws it out."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"Talent amplifier? Interesting concept. Must be a project to program and troubleshoot."

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

"Not really, took a few days to build... It's not as alive as the others, but it does walk." Agatha said proudly. "The best clockwork since Van Rijn!"

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"Not alive? But... it's an organ. A piano."

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

"Right, you are new." Agatha produced a dingbot out of her cleavage ass pocket. It waved.

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

Stanley stared at her ass cleavage dingbot.

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

the dingbot, used to showing off, did a little jog and waved again. "I make them"

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"Interesting. I've seen the Asimov before, but this looks remarkably homemade."

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

"What is an Asimov? And it is homemade. By me, in my home."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"Asimov's a robot. Sony, I believe. They've got it programmed to walk, pick up things, synchronized Tai Chi." He stared at Agatha's ass cleavage dingbot.

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

"Oh. this one is not programmed. It just does what i tell it to, and when i don't say what it wants." the dingbot jumped off Agatha's hand and started climbing Stanley's leg.

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

Stanley. Tried. Not. To. Flinch. "That's one heck of a toy."