Android Malfunction (Closed)

[Cherrybomb400]

Gardenia continued to rest on him as she processed his words.

Different.

She wasn't sure how different she was from any other Gen3. She never met another one like her before. "I... Don't know... Things have been a bit different since you woke me up."

She placed her hand on his chest, her fingers gently caressing him. "When I touch you... I don't analyze you, not like I would have normally. I would be able to instantly know your heart rate, your body temperature... But now..."

She blushed as she tried to bury herself more in his embrace, "you feel warm. It's the first thing that comes to my mind and I feel... I think I feel happy."

 

[ArcticAvenue]

“I make you feel happy.” He looked up and away from her with a smile. “Nobody says nice things like that to me.”

In fact, everything felt nice. The way she lay against him, her warm body against his. The things she said. Her words were sweet,soft, and sad. Her touch felt innocent and caring.

Yet maybe that wasn’t what she was revealing. She was different, not like the other Gen3s not like she says she used to be. “Well, we can explore your programming in the morning at the hub before we head back to your owner if you want.”

With a long sigh he started to feel the tiredness of the day to get him. Who knows how it affected her. But his seemingly need to worry about her grew. “What do you say we get you to bed, Gardenia.”

He shifted his feet underneath him and started to stand. Not wanting to end the way she cuddled into him, he slid his arms underneath her to lift her up. When he was all the way up he was cradling her in his arms and he noticed how light she was for her size. Then, in a shift to make sure the slick skin didn’t make him lose grip, his hand turned from her waist until he was gripping on of her firm butt cheeks. The way he held her, a thumb started to find it’s way in her crevice until it rested at her sex. it wasn’t just warm there, it was heated, likely still powered by the desire from earlier explorations. In a way he hoped she didn’t notice, but in a way, he hoped he could leave his thumb there forever.

 

[Cherrybomb400]

The pizza was forgotten as Gardenia just nodded her head at Axel's suggest to going to bed. He had called her Gardenia... not Gardenia13. She didn't know why, but this too also brought on that same feeling that made her lips want to curl up in a smile.

As he carried her out of the bathroom, she held onto him. Her forehead rested against his neck. She felt where his hand was touching her. She tried not to squirm, part of her really wanted to, to feel him touch her the same way he did while she was on the exam table.

 

[ArcticAvenue]

He lay her onto the bed, the arm that was encircling her shoulder slipping out from underneath her and reaching across her chest to the blanket. He pulled it so it covered her naked body, yet he couldn’t help to stare at her breasts as the cover came across her.

His other hand still rested under her bottom. His thumb still pressing into her sex. He didn’t dare move it. He didn’t dare want to move it. He knew she probably felt it there, but didn’t know if she thought it was just innocent touching or more … but neither did he.

“Are you … comfortable?” he asked. Partly he was asking if the bed would suffice; but deep down he hoped it was the okay to at the very least leave his thumb where it was at. Hopefully permission of more.

 

[Cherrybomb400]

He asked her if she was comfortable and she nodded. He hadn't moved his hand. When she did tap into her mechanical brain, she could analize him with ease. From what she could gather, he was getting off the same human pheromones which indicated arousal. Or was that possibly her own? She did have a human body after all.

"Axel?" She blushed as she could feel it was hard to get the next set of words out. "Do you... want to further inspect my... functionality?" Her faced blushed harder, but there was no way she could stop the heat from between her legs. Her hips rocked, making his thumb rub against her sex more. She let out a soft moan from the contact.

She hoped he understood what she meant... The ache between her legs was almost mind numbing, and she was honest to see if human copulation was the same or different. She had a feeling it would be very different with Axel than with Trevor.

 

[ArcticAvenue]

He got an answer to his question, and in a way it was the answer he hoped for, but in a way it was way more than he hoped for … and the prospect surprised him. His face was the model of surprise, his wide dark eyes staring into the hauntingly purple ones of hers.

His instinct told him she just meant letting him keep his thumb where it’s at. Yet the way she kept moving her hips to get more intimate contact registered otherwise. During her movements, his thumb slipped into her opening, finding the heat there more intense and further challenging his instincts.

“Y-you mean, functionality,” he stuttered. “As in … you’d let me …” His smile went wide, the look more than happy with the possibility, and the idea being nothing short of exciting for him. Then in the way that is the best Axel could be romantic he said, “Gardenia, you want to … do it?”

 

[Cherrybomb400]

“Gardenia, you want to … do it?”

She closed her eyes and nodded as she blushed. When she opened her eyes she gently grasped his arm and then pulled him closer until he was over her. Normally Gardenia13 didn't have the freedom to initiate sex... she didn't have the free will to. Right now, she knew that she wanted it and she could tell that Axel did too.

Gently her hand cupped his face and she pushed herself up and pressed her lips against his. She couldn't recall ever wanting to be kissed before. Trevor had kissed her, but it was different. Trevor's kisses were hard and rough, forcing his tongue within her mouth as he would pull on her hair... This was different. She wanted to kiss Axel softly and slowly.

As she pulled back, she smiled up at him. "Do you want to Axel?... Do you want me?"

 

[ArcticAvenue]

The answer to his question came when she pulled his face to hers and pressed her lips into him. He’s been kissed before, a few times, but not like this. It was soft, tender, innocent, yet wanting. He did the best he could to return the kiss, did the best he could to welcome it, and did the best he could to not force it like he is just trying to appease her.

The answer to her question came in his determination to comply. His hand left her warm folds to pull the sheets from off of her nude body. He raised up and crawled over until he kneeled between her legs. His shirt was pulled off quickly, and he started to fumble with his pants to release his member. But even in that fight, the tent that formed inside was clear. He wanted to, he really wanted to.

“I-I don’t get to do this that often,” he pathetically apologized. “I’ll try … I mean, I just hope I can make it good for you.” By that, he meant he hoped to actually get it in her before he exploded.

Finally, his hardness sprung out from the waistband of his pants. It stood tall, strong and eager. He shuffled forward until he was close to her hips. Bringing the head close to her opening, he toyed with it at her lips, letting her moisture cover him.

He could have just pushed in from here, gripped her hips and started to rutt. Yet he paused, looked down at her body. It seemed pure, smooth, and beautiful. Her eyes locked on his seemed excited, yet worried. It wasn’t enough in his head to mount her and push through to climax, he wanted to have her experience more - the way a girl should experience this.

He bent down, put a kiss to the top of each of her breasts, then worked his lips upward to her chest. As he did, he kept his weight off of her, while continuing to toy with her small entrance. Once his lips reached her neck, they nuzzled and nipped at it, teasing her. Until he found her lips, he hadn’t tried to push himself into her … but now he was there, he was ready.

 

[Cherrybomb400]

Gardenia couldn't help but smile to see how eager he was to be with her. It had just further made her believe that was she was feeling was the human equivalent to happy. She assisted him to removing his pants. He was so nervous, which seemed so strange to Gardenia. Didn't all humans practice in some form of carnal lust? There was nothing to be nervous about.

“I-I don’t get to do this that often,” he pathetically apologized. “I’ll try … I mean, I just hope I can make it good for you.”

That was something Trevor never worried about. He would happily leave her in a frustrated state, however before she didn't really complain about it. She wondered now how different thing might be if Trevor took her back home. The thought of going back home and leaving Axel worried her for a moment. That part of her programming hadn't changed. She was Trevor's and while she was functioning or until he removed himself as her primary user, it wouldn't change. The need to be with her user was there, but now she could defy the need if she choose to.

Still, Gardenia wanted to be selfish in this moment. She wanted to be with Axel.

"Take it slowly, and don't think about it. When things get too intense just stop and take a couple of deep breaths. Okay?"

He started to gently tease her body, making her moan at the feeling of him rubbing her pussy and making his cock wet. Just when she thought he would just push in, he surprised her. She felt his lips on her skin, caressing and teasing her flesh, but in a way made her crave more. Her legs spread wider for him as he kept kissing and nuzzling her. This was very different from what she was use to.

Gardenia pulled him closer to her and gently pushed his chin up so their lips would meet. Gardenia cooed happily into the kiss as her hips motioned forward, rubbing against the head of his cock at her enterance.

 

[ArcticAvenue]

Losing himself in the kiss, Axel finally let his body take over.

With a shift of his hips, his hardness breached her sex. Immediately, he felt like he was held by a velvet vice, gripping him with moist heat. He shifted back and forth, gradually pressing himself deeper into her. Soon, the feel of her thighs pressing into his, and he felt her body surround his manhood completely.

Yet it was that kiss that pulled him in, that made him feel like this was more than just a girl letting him be intimate. It felt like she wanted this, wanted him. The way her hands touched his chin, pulling his lips to hers, it made his heart jump faster.

 

[Cherrybomb400]

There was always discomfort when Trevor would engage with her. This time it was just a slight uncomfortable pressure, just for a moment, as Axel pushed into her. She moaned into the kiss as he pushed all the way into her. Axel was adequately well sized, he felt full inside of her.

She pulled him closer against her, wrapping her arms tightly around him. Her young chest molded against his. She could smell his scent and it was intoxicating. Her hips naturally bucked up against his, she wanted to feel him move within her.

 

[ArcticAvenue]

Never in his mind did Axel begin to think about with whom, or more exactly what, he was having sex with. The whole of the feeling of it all was too intense, too encompassing, to satisfying. The way her arms draped over his shoulders and pulled him in tighter. The way her thighs rubbed against his sides. The way her breasts firmly pressed into his chest. The way her lips sucked him into hers.

He began to shift his hips more intently. It wasn’t any longer about trying to get inside, it was the carnal instinct to mate now. Even with the tight hold her body hand on his member, the succulent wetness allowed him to comfortably stroke his hardness with a growing quickness. She was burning hot around him, but no hotter than the heat from his own body, and from the blood that pounded through each vein and artery.

Just as quickly, now that battle was on to last. It felt so good. SHE felt so good. His body wanted nothing more than to keep pushing into her faster and faster; but he was trying so hard to last as long as he could just for her.

He broke the kiss, pressed his head into the crook of her neck, and let the heat of his breath run across her skin. It was something, something to keep this going, but it was all he could to stay in control. To try to say that, he breathed:

“It’s … soon.”

 

[Cherrybomb400]

This was so different from before. Before her program would run numbers: The other person's heart rate, how hard they were going... Now all Gardenia could really concentrate on was the feeling. She wasn't concerned about pleasing the user, she only wanted to push back harder to increase the pleasure she was feeling- they both were!

The bed was rocking along with them, not hitting into the wall, but still rocking. She could feel Axel picking up the pace and she gasped as she held on tighter to him. She was right on the edge, it was driving her crazy!

“It’s … soon.”

"Huh?" She asked, hazed with pleasure. It took a moment before she fully comprehended what he was trying to tell her. She moved her mouth over to his ear. "I'm gonna cum, Axel... You're... going to ..." she took in a breath, "make me cum!" and then she held him tighter as her pussy spasmed around his cock, making her body shake with intense pleasure. She had never cum like this before... her body had reached climax before, but she never truly felt it that way she was feeling it now.

No wonder humans enjoyed doing it so often. It felt incredible.

 

[ArcticAvenue]

All the fight Axel had left in him, disappeared that moment when she mouthed into his ear her impending climax. He let the dam break, and let the himself run over that cliff. Months of pent of frustration fired out of his cock as his spend shot up deep insider her body. The sensation was heightened by the incredible sensations her sex imposed on his. She spasmed and griped his hardness, the sensations trigger a harder and more sustained climax he had ever felt. In no time, her channel that always felt slick and warm was now loaded with their combined release in a heavenly bath of life.

Sweating, breathing heavy, he slowed his hips until he rested, his pelvis pressed into hers, her chest strong against his. With her mouth so close to his ear, his was close to hers. His arms encircled hers, holding her body so close that it felt like they were embraced fully from head to toe. He didn’t want this to end, but he began to realize he couldn’t hold his weight from laying on top of her for much longer. He rolled in the bed, trying his best to not lose any part of how they mated, from where they were hugged together to where his softening member still held inside her. Until he reached his back, where now she lay on him, and he could look up at her own afterglow.

In his sedated state, he was able to put together the most cohesive response to her he had ever had.

“Thank you Gardenia. You felt incredible, you are incredible. I feel so lucky to have been the one that you found. Thank you!"

 

[Cherrybomb400]

"I am glad you found me too," she smiled and gently pressed her lips against his. She didn't want to move from his body. He was still inside of her for the time being. They would both need to take a shower eventually. The thought of getting up was not high on her priority.

Gardenia closed her eyes and rested her head on Axel's chest. Her body was exhausted. This must have been what it felt like when human were so tired, they feel asleep. Before her program would alert her that her body needed to rest. Gardenia had also never slept in a bed before. She was lucky if she had a chair. Normally she was in the corner of a room as soon as Trevor was done with her.

Trevor... Gardenia hugged Axel. His home was small and didn't have much, but she didn't want to be anywhere but there, with Axel.

Gardenia let her body relax, and soon she was asleep.

 

[ArcticAvenue]

Sleep for Axel, however, did not come soon.

How could he sleep at a time like this. He lay in his own bed with a beautiful girl, naked, warm, and alive not only resting on top of him but with his Axel Jr still kinda inside of her. He just had the best sex of his life; which granted wouldn’t have taken much to claim the title, but it still was fantastic. Not only that, she seemed to have enjoyed it too, and while he is no expert by his best guess she enjoyed it a lot.

Axel generally kept his hands across her back to keep her steady over top of him. Yet as she slept and minutes passed, his bravery increased. His fingers crept down to smooth slowly over the roll of her bottom. He traced the lines of her ribs along her back. He brushed along the sides of her breasts. He studied the geography of all of her curves and analyzed each turn, each bend, each shape. Even though he never pushed himself to touch her in those more intimate places, this was as much exploration on a woman he ever had. In his head, there wasn’t anything wrong with this - they were, in fact, lovers now, so what his hands were doing were nothing compared to what they already did.

Noticing the steady rise of gooseflesh on her body, Axel reached for a blanket and pulled it over top of himself and Gardenia. She mewed a little in her sleep as he did, but seemed to quickly return to gentle breathing and resting. It made Axel smile, one of those warm smiles that makes you feel good all over. In the few hours since they met, she had found a way to warm his life up like a long forgotten light.

Then again, she is just an android.

Axel considered that this could just be her programming. Whatever glitch that caused her security systems to breakdown maybe transferring actions typically slated to the owner-user to the technician-on-record. The necessity to allow human-esque connections linked to whomever defines her command logic. Which if true, would allow her to detach from him emotionally as soon as she is returned to the owner-user. This Trevor.

Instantly, Axel felt a black cloud covering him. To return her, to let her go back to whatever Trevor was.

To lose her.

Axel sighed heavily, causing just a little more restlessness from the girl.

He wondered if it was true … if robots dream of electric sheep. The thought made him smile.

Ultimately, Axel just wanted this feeling to continue. This satisfied happiness.

Maybe he could just see if she wants to stick around a little while longer.

Maybe she will let him do things to her he always wanted to try with a girl.

Maybe in the morning.

Somewhere in those thoughts, he started yawning, started feeling his eyes sag. Somewhere there, he met Gardenia with sleep.

 

[Cherrybomb400]

There was no dreaming program created by Blackwood for androids. They wouldn't have served a purpose and the machines would have just deleted the data from the night before. There would have been no benefit.

However, Gardenia was no longer running on the standard Blackwood operating system. For the first time ever, she was asleep and there were vivid pictures and things didn't quite make sense but at the same time it did. It was definitely an experience. When her body woke up, the dreaming ended and she felt a little disoriented. Waking up she realized where she really was. Still with Axel, their naked bodies still intwined together.

This was the first time she woke up next to someone. Normally she was alone tucked in a room somewhere.

Slowly she picked herself up. Axel was still sleeping. As she moved her stomach growled. She was hungry and that probably meant Axel would be too. So she slipped out of the bed and tried to quietly move into the kitchen area. He mentioned before that there was a lack of food. He was right. The most she found was really old leftovers and ice in the freezer. She was just about to give up when a projection of a girl popped up and started calling out.

"Axel! Rise and shine beautiful," the girl teased. She looked to be the same age as Axel. Instead of a door bell, visitors would simply use the call button. It provided the resident an advantage to see who was outside of the door (the visitor could not see in though).

Gardenia didn't want Axel to wake just yet, she was also curious about who this person was. She pushed the reply button which only allowed this woman to hear her voice.

"Hello, Axel is sleeping right now."

The girls face went from smiling to surprise, and then her eyes narrowed as she looked into the camera. Even though she could not see Gardenia, she was trying to stare this stranger down.

"Who the hell is this?"

"I'm Gardenia13."

Now the girl was confused. "Gardenia13? What the fuck?... Whatever, what are you doing in my friend's apartment?"

"He brought me here." She answered simply.

"Ugh," she rolled her eyes at the obvious answer. "Well... At least he finally got some."

"Got some what?"

"Um... Don't worry about it. Can you let me in please?"

Gardenia said of course and then hit the button to allow the door to open. The tall dark haired girl entered in, carting a bag of bagels. "He needs to get up or we'll be- OH MY GOD WHY ARE YOU NAKED?!" The girl nearly dropped the bag as she just started at the petite blond's naked form.

 

[ArcticAvenue]

OH MY GOD WHY ARE YOU NAKED?!

It was the shouting that got Axel up, and he jumped in a flurry of sheets and pillows. Across the small studio apartment, there stood Gardenia, in all of her exposed splendor … and Kota, in all of her shock. Still naked himself under the sheets, he quickly wrapped himself in one of them, and scurred to get the attention away from the droid.

“Blasted hell, Kota!!” He yelled as he tried to stand in front of Gardenia in a small attempt to cover her. “What are you doing here.”

“We’re playing Zombie Hunt 3 down at the Paladin’s Wormhole, remember?” She tried to step around him, to get a better look at the girl. “Who’s she and why is she naked?”

“I’ll catch-up with you later. I have work that I got to do,” he quickly replied.

“Work stuff my ass,” she scoffed angerly, her voice raising a higher level every like it normally does when she gets pissed. “Or her ass, I bet. Who the hell is she?” In some ways, this was typical Kota being Kota. She doesn’t walk into a situation being a bitch, she starts with a quiet little summer storm then builds into an unstoppable hurricane.

“Later, Kota!” Axel tried to stand taller, stronger, but that was always a problem with Kota. For some reason, that girl latched onto Axel as a friend while they were in school, and hasn’t unlatched. Kota was about the same height as Axel but loved to wear shoes that made her loom over him. Her thin, frame and slight curves made her as convincing as a woman as most the nerd boys were convincing as men. The only girlish thing she allowed herself to do (outside one or two cosplays she would pull off just to shock the boys) was to let her long black hair be pulled into occasional ponytails - today, thought, it was down and long, making her just that much stronger looking.

“No later, why’s she there naked? Why does her eyes look like that? And why does she have a number in her name? What kind of girl does that?”

Axel was groaning in embarrassment. “Kota! She is standing right here.” He quickly turned to Gardenia, touching her shoulder. “See if you can find a shirt to wear, let me talk to my friend here.”

Reaching a Catagory 2, Hurricane Kota interrupted. “You better start telling me what the hell is going on here, Axel. Start spilling it right now.”

“None of your fucking buisness, alright?” Axel finally spit back.

“Bullshit. Who is she and why are you fucking her?”

Axel, for all the dumb stuff he has done in his life, never had a nack for telling lies. He sucked at them. Mostly he embraced that fact, because it was just easier being hated for telling the truth than to lose trust from making something up. Telling the truth wouldn’t stop this day from ending though. “She’s … “ he stopped himself, trying to find the right lie that was close enough to the truth to let this go; while not saying something that Gardenia will take the wrong way. “She’s a … customer … from work.”

“Bullshit, what girl like that owns a cyborg. Not slumming down this part of town she’s …” Kota stopped and her eyes grew wide. “Did you buy a fuck-bot?”

“What? No!” Axel coughed.

“That makes sense. She’s got a number in her name, you are lonely and desperate enough. She’s a fuck-bot.”

“She’s not a fuck-bot, and they don’t exist, not like her. And I am not … I am not that desperate.”

“But she is a robot. And you did fuck her.” Kota was acting more smug now, as if she read Axel enough to know something was true in what she was saying.

Axel knew that he was somewhat caught, and didn’t know what to do. He looked to Gardenia, her sweet purple eyes watching them. He let himself get caught in her for a moment, hoping once more he can be the one that helps her, hoping he won’t say something that would make her leave.

 

[Cherrybomb400]

Gardenia wasn't sure what to do until Axel told her to go put on a shirt. The clothing he gave her the night before was still in the bathroom so that's where she went. Finding the Blackwood shirt she slipped it on and the shorts. They were a little big but they were fine for now. Walking back out, Axel and Kota were still having their heated conversation.

For some reason this girl was very adamant about finding out who Gardenia was. As Axel tried to explain, not very accurately, who she was Kota picked up on who/what she was.

"I'm not a fuck-bot." Gardenia spoke up softly. "I'm a Gen3 android."

Kota just stared at the little android in disbelief. "A... A Gen3?..." Her attention then went right back to Axel, her eyes narrowing as anger started to boil within her. He might have been a Blackwood technician, but there was no way he could afford a brand spanking new android.

"You bought a fucking Gen3?! Where the hell did you get that kind of money? Do you realize that the amount of one of those is enough to buy a small house?! You could have gotten yourself out of this dump!"

Kota didn't wait to hear Axel's reply, instead she went around him and started to closely inspect Gardenia13, which the adroid showed no resistance. Kota was amazed at how human she looked and her mannerism. "I never thought I would ever see one in person! This is so cool. You can do all sorts of stuff right? You're like a walking and breathing computer."

"In a manner of speaking, yes." Gardenia13 answered. Her long white hair was caped behind her and her violet eyes stayed on Kota.

For the next twenty minutes Kota was basically asking Gardenia questions and asking for demonstrations of what all she could do. Gardenia smiled as they continued to talk and she would do things only an android could do, however since she was mostly organic she couldn't lift heavy things like some of the older models too.

"Gen3's are more made to be companions than tools for heavy work." Quietly she looked over to Axel. He had his fair share of questions for her when they first met, but Kota just jumped to one thing and then another.

"... So a fuck-bot." Kota said once again. Gardenia tried to hide her displeasure at being referred to that but given that she never had to hide emotions before, she failed.

"Please don't call me that." She said quietly. "What my.... user does with me is private and that isn't my primary function."

"Shit." Kota was astonished at the reaction the droid gave her. "It's like she's really upset." She turned to Axel, "are they supposed to be programmed like that? I mean if it wasn't for her name and eyes, she could fucking pass as a human."

Kota went into the kitchen area and started to toast the bagels and lay out the cream cheese. She knew Axel wasn't good about keeping food in his place, which is why she brought over the bagels. "I think you should return her. Even if you are leasing or whatever, I really don't know how you could afford her otherwise. That's a lot of money for a fancy appliance." She used the term loosely. Gardenia still didn't like being an appliance, but it was better than 'fuck-bot'.

Looking back at Gardenia, Kota heard the little bot's stomach growling. She asked Gardenia is Gen3's eat and she confirmed. "Good thing I brought extra." So Kota toasted up another and put cream cheese on it and handed a plate to the droid. "Never made breakfast for a robot before," she mused.

Kota eyed the shirt that Gardenia was donning. Her eyes narrowed. The one time she stayed over, Axel gave it to her to sleep in and it wasn't until the next morning that she realized what it said. "Is that all you have for her to wear? She didn't come with a standard dress or something?"

 

[ArcticAvenue]

It was amazing how quickly Kota lost focus on whatever depravity she suspected of Axel when the thought of a living breathing android sat down in front of her. In the early minutes of her questioning, Axel was able to sneak over to his pile of clothes and slip on a pair of cargo shorts and t-shirt for his favorite local band (“Jethro Q. Walrustitty”) so he didn’t have to stand around wearing nothing but a bedsheet. When he came back, he was fascinated at all that Gardenia13 was able to do; and slowly became upset with himself.

In the half hour that Kota had been around Gardenia13, she had explored her cognitive functions, her manual servicing features, her calculation potential, her task management skills, and even attempted some labor activities.

In the 12 hours that Axel had been around Gardenia13, all he did was finger bang her and regular bang her.

Sitting off by himself, chewing on a bagel, Axel moped. Kota’s questions to him were going unanswered for the most part. He hated himself for being so selfish. Sure, Gardenia13 wasn’t a fuck-bot, but he sure did treat her like one.

Finally, Axel decided to fill in Kota with the rest of it.

“She’s not mine. I don’t own her … or lease her for that matter,” he replied softly.

He stood up and walked over to Gardenia, the little droid with a bagel in her mouth.

“She came to the hub on her own. Dirty. He clothes were more rags than covering, didn’t even have shoes on. Before I even noticed she was there, she was offline. She had suffered some sort of malfunction, something we hadn’t figured out yet. I couldn’t leave her in the Hub, not like that. So we came back here, got her cleaned up.” He shrugged, not exactly looking to fill in the rest. His eyes locked onto Gardenia’s, watching her reactions for something beyond whatever programming they made of her.

“You keep calling it she,” Kota shot back. “Gardenia13 is a droid, not a person.”

Axel could only smile a little and shrug again.

“Well if you don’t own it, who does?”

“Oh, we have that,” Axel responded a little more briskly now in the element of being a tech. “It was in the registrations software, and Gardenia still has memories of him too, so …”

“You called her Gardenia, not Gardenia13” Kota interrupted. Looking to the droid she stated, “Are you okay with that?” Kota hrumphed and crossed her arms. “Will you at least let me find her some girl clothes?”

Axel smirked, “like you have any girl clothes, Kota.”

 

[Cherrybomb400]

"Hey! I have some interests you don't know about," which was true, there was a lot of things that Kota didn't talk about with Axel.

Kota took a moment and took in all the information that Axel gave her on the little droid. Looking over, she watched as Gardenia not only chewed her food... But she seemed so surprised by the taste and texture. Even though she wasn't saying anything, it felt like she was watching a child eat cake for the first time. Did Gen3's really have such advanced programming where they responded to such little things like food? She was surprised that taste was a function... Then again cooking and baking was mentioned as one of the things she could do so maybe being able to taste was functional to taste test food.

"You know what it sounds like... How you found her I mean?" Kota looked at Axel but could see from her peripheral vision that she got Gardenia13's attention too. Even though she was a machine, it was hard to remember that she doesn't have feeling... Even though she simulated them well. "It sounds like to me she got trashed... But who would throw out a brand new model? She seems to work fine."

Gardenia swallowed the piece of toasted bread with cream cheese. It was a lot different to eat real food and not the nutritional supplement drinks. She didn't like how this woman was talking about her. Yes she was a droid but she.... She.... Gardenia didn't know how to complete that thought. She was a droid. Flesh on the outside, machine on the inside -mostly. Still. She couldn't explain it, but ever since she met Axel, she felt so much different.

"You know what they say, another mans's trash is another man's treasure. Just whipe her memory and make yourself her new user." Kota answered in a matter of fact sort of way.

Gardenia did not like that plan. If he did that, she wouldn't remember when they met. She wouldn't remember last night! For a moment she worried that Axel would really consider doing that... She hoped he wouldn't, and the fear in her eyes were clear.

"If you're keeping her she's going to need clothes. My stuff is going to be way too big for her." She pondered for a bit and then turned back to Axel with a smile, "I'll take her shopping!" She grinned and held her hand out. "Give me money."

Kota laughed "I'm not going to take her to the Avenu or anything. There is a thrift store around the corner. I'll get her some things and while we are gone you should do more recon on Gen3's. I want to see how other users reviewed theirs. Might be good to learn more about her upkeep."

 

[ArcticAvenue]

“What? Why would I … I am not going to wipe her memory, Kota. She’s not mine, she has an owner. Even if he wanted me to do it, I am not going to wipe it. There’s something different about her.” It was nearly a full protest to her suggestion. He turned to look at Gardenia, and saw that fear in her eyes. He walked over to the droid and took her hand. “I won’t do that, I promise.” He gave her a bit of a smile, trying to cheer her up, trying to give her a little more faith. Like as if he was trying to make a promise to a girlfriend.

Then Kota was by his side asking for money. He rolled his eyes and pulled his credit card out. Giving her palm a quick scan, he transferred a bunch of credits to his friend.

As Kota suggest he do more recon, he turned back to Gardenia and kept looking at her reassuringly. All the while, he responded to Kota, “Alright, I am going to head down to the Hub. Between the forums and whatever I can hack into from the Blackwood technical drives, there should be something out there to help us out. Let me do something quick first.”

He reached up and brushed a stray hair off of the droid’s face. “Access Alpha Xylophone Echo Lima Three One Six - Gardenia13, add new safehouse. One One Six Skyland Circle Apartment Six D. Access Code Ninner Ninner. Status level brown. Confirm.”

“What’s all that then,” Kota asked.

“Adding this as a new safehouse for her,” he smiled to the droid while addressing his friend. “When her system malfunctions, she goes to the nearest repair site. But if it's not something mechanical, say like if she gets lost or frightened, now her system can locate my apartment and take her here.”

“I’ve been asking for your access code for years, and you spill it to her in a night. Ninner Ninner… nice.” Kota smirked, walking over and taking Gardenia13’s hand. “Come on heart breaker, let’s get you something pretty to wear.”

 

[Cherrybomb400]

Kota didn't understand why Axel was making such a fuss over a machine. "He threw her away! As far as I am concerned it's finders keepers... but then again..." Kota watched the exchanged between the two, the human and the droid. It sounded like one of those cheesy scifi romance novels.

Axel, the local technician was connecting with one of the very same machines that he serviced... She remembered when he would talk to her about some of the customers that really did act as if their androids were part of the family... alive even. Here he was, looking at this robot girl like she was his long lost love.

Kota felt a pang a jealousy right before she felt ashamed for being jealous over a machine.

Kota wasn't sure if keeping Gardenia13 was a good idea. He seemed oddly attached... it had been a while since he been with a girl and Kota doubted that he had been with many. Maybe she could take Gardenia13. Then Axel would be tempted to come over to her place more often... But that might not go as she planned either.



Gardenia smiled at Axel, relieved that he wouldn't wipe her memory. When he took her hand, she gently squeezed his. She wanted to launch herself into his arms and hug him but Kota was beside him asking for money to go shopping. It would be nice to wear something else besides the shirt and over sized shorts.

Before she knew it, Kota had taken her hand and was leading her out of the apartment as soon as he finished giving her his access code. Her eyes didn't leave Axel's until his front door closed and then her attention turned back to Kota who was leading her towards the elevator.

"I wasn't really in the mood for Zombie Hunt 3 anyway. You play one video game, you've played them all... Can droids play games?" Kota asked curiously.

"Yes, if our user wanted us too, but we can plug directly into the system and don't need the virtual sleep pod." The VSP wasn't a real pod, it was more of a helmet that users would put on and scanned their brains. There was a lot of controversy against them as some people preferred their virtual life verses their real life and some cases for the user the lines were blurred.

"That's cool. At least that saves on gear! Hey since we will have you, we could just play together at Axel's or mine... Of course there is more space at my place."

Gardenia was quiet as Kota continued to talk about games and such. Trevor never played video games with her. Trevor didn't do much with her expect one thing...

Kota gave her a gentle tug on her hand and she obediently followed. Once outside, she was shivering against from the cold. Kota hadn't realized that Gardenia13 could be cold until she felt her shivering. She slipped off her jacket and draped it over the droid's shoulders. She gave her a smile and told her that they were not too far away.

Just as she promised, they went around the corner and there was a the thrift shop. It was mid day and the store was some what busy with the locals trying to save a buck. Kota hoped that they would at least be able to find something.

"Ok little flower, go look around and pick stuff to try on. I'll look around too and I'll meet you at the back near the dressing room in 15 minutes, kay?"

Gardenia nodded, showing she understood. There was a lot of stuff in such a small shop. The two girls meandered around selecting a few things. Gardenia never shopped for herself so she wasn't sure what to do... she was literally picking things up at random.

Just as she was about to pick up what looked like a pair of overalls, she heard Kota give out a joyous scream.

"OH MY GOD, IS THIS REAL?!" Kota was quickly being shushed by the shop owner, a tiny older Asian woman with black and pink hair. She glared at the girl over her moon shaped glasses. Kota's cries of joy was soon replaced with whimpers of despair as she looked at the size.

Gardenia had followed the cries, seeing Kota hugging a dark blue dress, muttering something over and over again, obviously looking upset and dejected. "Kota?" Gardenia asked.

"Do you have ANY idea what this is?" Kota asked Gardenia13.

For a moment Gardenia didn't say anything as she had mentally taken an image of the garment that the girl was tightly holding. Her wifi tapped into the internet and she searched to find out what exactly it was that Kota was holding.

"That is a rare dress from the early 2000's, designed by Alice and the Pirates, they also own Baby the Stars Shine Bright."

"THIS IS-" Kota stopped as she realized that Gardenia13 actually did know what it was. She cleared her throat and composed herself. "Yes... AND... it doesn't fit me! Then again, "Kota leaned in to Gardenia13 and whispered so the shop owner didn't hear her, "I'm surprised this in here and not in a museum." Kota sighed softly. It would make no sense for her to buy this dress since it wouldn't fit her... but the price was so good, it was a shame.

Kota held up the dress and then looked at the droid. The dress would be longer on her petite body, but the fit looked big enough for her. Kota smiled, "You should try this on, I bet you would look adorable."

Gardenia took the dress. It was very pretty, much more fancy than anything else she had ever worn before. She took some other pieces from Kota too which included more frilly pieces and more casual items. While Gardenia went into the dressing room to try on the clothes, Kota went to look for shoes for the small girl and look for some stuff for herself.

The dress did fit perfectly and when Kota came back with shoes, Gardenia slipped them on and then Kota was grinning from ear to ear. "I'm going to have to borrow you when I go to the tea house with the other girls. One of Kota's interests was Lolita fashion, and she was already planning out Gardenia13's wardrobe with as much frilly items as she could find.

Kota took a picture of Gardenia13 in the dress and sent it to Axel with the text "She's adorable! If you don't keep her I will " It was just a simple pic of the droid in the dressing room, her head was turned down as she was looking at the dress she was wearing, but you could still see her face. Kota sent the picture and the girls moved on to the next outfit.

~*~*~*~

Meanwhile, the forums were buzzing. Gen3's were the newest thing and everyone was quick to post pictures and videos of their droids... some were rather adult themed... But despite the amount of videos you could find online and how advanced Gen3's were... they all seemed to be lacking something underneath their human looking faces.

They could walk and talk, smile, just as a person would but there was a touch of realness missing. There was no humanity, no consciousness.

 

[ArcticAvenue]

Axel squeezed the large soda bottle, pushing more of it’s red liquid down his gullet than most humans should; but at this point he was too buzzed to care what his body was capable of.

“This doesn’t make sense, though, Choad,” he stated into the microphone headset as green numbers & schematics flew in front of his eyes. “According to this, there isn’t anything beyond standard cognizant behaviors. Standard greetings, standard command & receive, standard well wishing … there is nothing here about intelligent learning.”

“Holy shit, wait to you see this,” the voice on the other end called back.

Immediately, Axel’s screen was washed by a photo of a pale skinned girl held up by her armpits & legs pulled back to her chest in a bus with her skirt raised up high and the whole of her sex splayed open to see.

Axel yelled back, “What the hell, Choad, I am on a Blackwood computer.”

“Sorry dude,” the response back. “I’ll wipe the path for you.”

“No, just … just a little NSFW warning first. What is that?”

“Gen 3. Source says they saw a guy walking one in Japan, and asked for a peak, the guy just lifted her up and showed the goods.”

“Come on,” Axel moaned, “its not like they are sex toys.” Axel didn’t exactly close the photo right away either. He caught himself looking at the face. It didn’t seem like Gardenia13, definately a different likeness. The look on her face was something far different though. Distant. As if she was unaware of what the guy was doing. Yet her body was still amazing from what was exposed. Soft, firm curves. Flawless skin. And her pink, moist opening wide and ready for anything. Just looking at it made Axel think of Gardenia13’s own sex and how good it felt to touch it, and feel it around him.

“They may not be sex toys, but there are an awful lot of pictures from that guy in Japan who seems to use his as one.” Choad replied.

“Focus dude,” Axel responded, as much for himself as it was for his friend. “Have you seen anything out there with regards to human emotional intelligence. Like when they tried to implant that into a Mark 3 and the Chicago incident.”

“Ummmm, not in a standard log.”

Axel spun down a few more lines of code on his end, hooking onto something. “Is there anything about easter eggs past encryption.”

“Ahh, nope.” Axel could hear banging away on a keyboard on the other end. Choad is one of those guys you never meet in person because you can never get him away from computers. In fact, Axel doesn’t even know where Choad lives. Possibly on the north side. Possibly in international waters. “Oh … here’s something. If you recite your security code and ask ‘what is your function’ supposedly they respond ‘I’m a little teapot short and stout’.”

“Dude!” Axel groaned. Then quietly thought to try that out later. He hadn’t told Choad about Gardenia13, and wasn’t going to. Yet together, they dug through most of the outside forums to get intel; and Choad had better access to the Blackwood secret files than Axel did as an employee. “How about variants?”

“Ummm,” Choad thought out loud as he searched. “Four. No five.” There was further banging around until a file shot over to Axel’s screen again. “It seems that because the Gen3 is mostly from a human origin, the clones have to be derived by a local DNA chain. So, the Rio plant has their chains - one male and one female - and the Wisconsin plant has their chains. I guess the cheeseheads call theirs Dick and Jane.” After a slight pause he laughed. “Get it? Dick!! and Jane. I bet the first two off the line were used to put Dick in Jane.”

“Come on, Choad, focus.” Axel spat. “You said there was five, I don’t see the fifth.”

“There was a prototype strain and that plant up the road from you. Never intended to go to full production, but they still sold a few units from there. They called it the Gardenia line. You see it? It’s down on page 10.”

Axel then saw it. There was barely any more details given than what Choad described, but in a flash of recognition from the moment he saw the name. “So the prototypes, there isn’t anything about that says what makes them different.”

“Well, you can bet the DNA is different, of the human part of course. The rest of it is all a guess for my part.”

“Can you look into it?”

Choad laughed, “You mean can I break into the prototype files and see what I find?”

Axel smirked, “did I say that?” Just as he responded, his phone buzzed. “Hey, I got to go, get back to me Choad.”

After hanging up, he flipped his phone open to see the photo Kota sent. There in front of him was the picture of the droid. She was in a dress that made the already doll like quality of her to stand out even more. She was liked absolutely adorable in the outfit. More to the point, Gardenia13 looked happy to be wearing it. From her smile to her demeanor - she was a far cry from that crudely poised android in the picture Choad sent him. It was like they couldn’t really be called the same model of units.

Axel tapped out on the phone, “If either of us gets to keep her, I get to keep her. She looks too cute! She seems to like it too.”

Then after a moment he sent: “I have some more information, not a lot but more. She’s a prototype, so even if her owner doesn’t want her, someone will be interested to get her back whether we like it or not.”

 

[Cherrybomb400]

The girl and the droid had managed to find a good deal of clothes from the shop. Kota hope that his small place at least had closet space. After they finished, there was still the matter of underwear... That would require a trip somewhere else.

Gardenia was wearing her outfit out. Kota had found more accessories. The girl joked that she had a better coordinate Lolita outfit than she did. Gardenia kept looking at the print on the skirt. It had oval pictures that showed scenes from the story 'The Little Mermaid'. Since Gen3s were often as used as nannies, it was no surprise that within her data base there were children's stories...

Kota was taking note of Gardenia13's behavior the entire time. She was beginning to think Axel was right. Gardenia13 was extremely different from other robots. When they took public transportation, her mind didn't seem to rest. She didn't wait for commands. She was playing/looking at her skirt, at the pictures. No one else around them was questioning the driod either. She seemed to fit in, white hair and fully outfit and all.

She was no different from anyone.

Kota's phone gave off a notification. Axel had replied. The first message had her snort as he commented how he was going to keep her, the second response was a bit more serious.

Kota glanced at Gardenia before quietly sending her reply, "So if someone comes for her, they are probably going to delete and refurbish her system anyway... Right?" She continued. "You were right when you said she was different. When we are done I think I should take her over to the hub and look more closely at her operating system. Was there any strange program you came across when you first serviced her?"

A couple more hours passed and the girls had finished shopping and were on their way back from getting the last of the needed essentials. First they went to Axels place to drop off what they bought before going to the hub.

The doors opened as Kota and Gardenia walked inside, Gardenia was holding onto Kota's hand like a child not wanting to be separated from her parent. Over the dress, she now had on a winter coat that keep the chilly air from hitting her pale skin.

"Axel!" The little driod said happily as she trotted over to him and hugged him tightly. Kota looked on at the two and leaned against the examination table.

"Sooo... Find out anything else?" Kota was curious. "Like the creators of the prototype? Is there a link with the owner?"

Gardenia's head popped up, "Prototype?"