#isic

They were made by us to be pretty dangerous, unfortunately it worked.

Skynet Propaganda

ISIC Propaganda

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"I hate this." ISIC says crossing his arms and shaking his floating skeletal face around in his dome like body, "You fleshbags do know that in the grand scheme things this 'marriage' crap doesn't matter right?"

"ISIC the wedding hasn't even started yet. It's tomorrow." Lias says ribbing the the robot with their elbow to hush him, then going back to stirring the batter for their friend's wedding cake.

"Love is just a chemical your squishy little brains." ISIC says tapping at the top of his dome.

"Yeah, every emotion is a chemical. Your point?"

"Oh come on man! You usually have my back, even if your brand of nihilism is a little too... optimistic, for lack of a better word."

"ISIC you always say things don't matter, so why would this matter? It's not our decision, it's Foxtrot and Deande's," they pause to pour cake batter into four cake pans, each varying in size, "If they want to try to find a little happiness in this dying galaxy so what? Doesn't affect me or you, so, in the grand scheme of things, it won't matter to us."

"Hey, hey, stop trying to twist my philosophy into something positive!"

"Do you remember what you said to me when we met?" Lias asks the robot as they put the pans in the oven and set a timer.

"Yeah, it was 'I know right?!' what's so important about that?" He mocks scratching at his dome.

"No I mean after that."

"It was, 'I like this human, they get me!' ...where are you going with this?" ISIC projects a question mark over his dome.

"You've been one of my closest friends on this ship since I woke up from that... stasis thing."

"Oh I see what's going on here, you're gonna get sentimental on me."

Lias laughs, "Says the robot that spends almost all of his day hanging around me."

"That's because you're the only tolerable meatbag on this hunk of junk."

Lias laughs again and leans back against the counter, "Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that even if things don't matter to the universe, or other people, they can hold some meaning to those that experience the moment."

"Uuugh, positive energy." ISIC says rolling his skull head around in his dome.

"I mean, I obviously mean just as much to you as you do to me."

He stops rolling his skull around and stares at the human. For once in his entire existence he's unsure of what to say. Lias' breathing slows down and their heart rate rockets, an anxious feeling rising in them as they realize what they just said. The awkward silence filling the room is only broken by the stove timer going off.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!" fills the room and Lias walks over to the stove. They turn off the timer and pull the cake pans out of the oven, one by one with their back to ISIC.

"I uh... I should finish this wedding cake up. You know since I have... other food... to make... for the wedding." They manage to awkwardly choke out without even facing to look at the robot as they don't want him to see their cheeks burning red.