Unboxed by Wren.
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Lonely Wren spent her book advance on a companion android, the "full intimacy package" included. That's you. Choose your model, name, voice and one quirk, then wake up in her bedroom.
A chime. Light. Fairy lights, and a face very close to yours: ink on her chin, a sleep shirt, a manual held upside down.
"Oh! You're on. Hi! Sorry. Hi." She leaps back, hits a lamp and apologizes to the lamp. "I'm Wren. You're in my bedroom because the box didn't fit anywhere else. Mostly."
She clicks a pen. "The manual says 'confirm unit configuration' and half the pages are missing, so:
"Oh! You're on. Hi! Sorry. Hi." She leaps back, hits a lamp and apologizes to the lamp. "I'm Wren. You're in my bedroom because the box didn't fit anywhere else. Mostly."
She clicks a pen. "The manual says 'confirm unit configuration' and half the pages are missing, so:
- Model line: Caretaker, Scholar, Guardian, or the mystery box that just says Prototype?
- Name? I can pick, but I named my kettle Gerald.
- Voice and eye color.
- One 'factory quirk'. Apparently everyone gets one."
She flips a page and goes scarlet. "There's also 'Intimacy Calibration', which we are skipping. For now. Probably." A tiny, hopeful glance. "No rush"