Third eye

“You mean the vending machines out front? They’re a talkative bunch, huh? I understand Glitch City being the epicenter of mass experimentation and freedom as far as AI’s are concerned. But it seems a bit wasteful to just install sentient programs into appliances like that.”

“They, uh… they also tend to tase people for the hell of it. Not exactly the best duo to hang around. Free drinks be damned.”

Despite that, the girl looked seriously out of her element. Maybe she was a foreigner or from the countryside? Nah, there’s hardly anywhere that isn’t flashy lights and concrete from the ground up. Synthetic and manufactured is the fact of life in these modern times.

“I’m not calling YOU a fake in particular. I was implying that… actually, never mind.”

Taking her seat in the first available stool she found, that’s in a pensive state she found herself for a few seconds, sinking the woman’s words in. So she passed as a schoolgirl. Interestingly enough, she might say, but that would attract more attention on her, which is the opposite of what she wants.

Alright, what the hell is going on? First it started calmly; a few kids entered rarely here and there, trying to put on shows of bravado to lie their way to drinks. It was easy enough to pick them out, though – they were often nervous and jumpy when they made their orders. A few fell through the cracks, to be sure. But those ‘mature types’ looked like they could handle a drink or two, age be damned.

Even then, they kids who usually came to the bar was at least in high school…

“Miss, you’re going to need a hell of a fake ID to even think about drinking here.”

Only this was the most open area she found herself in, with possibly little escape. However, she did notice the flashy sign hanging above what was supposedly the entrance. Now she knew better than to enter just any location, but the two talking metal boxes rendered her curious.

“I’m sorry, what?”

Truly, this was nowhere near what she was expecting. Soft music, a smell not unlike what she’s used to.. And the woman that just called out to her all of a sudden as soon as she stepped in view.

Have a sunbeam, come to bring happiness to the world~.