One Packed Daily Schedule

Ooh, looks like it's about time. Gotta get to work now.

Lemme see the schedule for today.

Mmm...

Mmyeah, works for me.

Let's get around to Maggy's 'Improvement proposals for Drone Dragonfly operation' and polish off my submissions for today. Get around to the rest later. Then I just gotta wait for her.

Doing maintenance on Saria's armor? Main thing should be giving it a new coat of paint... crap, did I not order paint?!

Arghh—we're good, we're good. Didn't use it up last time.

Main focus for today'll be that.

If I get the time, I'll send some orders for a couple new parts. Then I can give all my frontline Meeboos some real maintenance.

Mm-hm. Today's lineup, sorted.

Let's kick it off!

Mayer!

Mayer, open the door!

It's urgent!

Not too happy about Saria's suit here...

Wonder why it can't charge up properly.

Weird. C'mon, where's the problem, officer?

Mayer! I know you're in there!

I hear you talking!

Rooound here?

Ah-hah~ Gotcha.

Prime suspect found. We're on Easy Street now.

Don't make me do it!

Just need to restore a failed node, and the whole suit should be back up and working again.

Uh-huh. Optimize charge circuits first. Paint over next. You'll be back to regular service in no time.

D'you want some extra features while I'm at it? Hmm.

Ugh. I don't know if Kal'tsit's gonna chew me out for abusing privileges...

Who cares. Your fault for acting deaf, Mayer.

Mayer!

Settled.

Check over your nodes one more time. Gonna be a pain once the paint gets all in you.

Working with earphones in? Aren't you worried someone's gonna spook you?

Mmm...

Hm-hmm—

(Claps Mayer's shoulder)

(Opens mouth and bites)

Waaagghahagh!!!

Ow, ow!

Let go of me, damnit, let go of me!!

I'm a BAD meal!

You really blew it, Mayer. I had something good for you, and you wouldn't even open the door for me. Plus, you bit me...

Sorry, Closure. But, like, you know I bite when someone interrupts my work.

Owwieeee.

Fine, I'll let you bite me too, then. Fair's fair?

You're applying anti-Originium paint to a suit right now, I see?

Sure am.

Pass, then. I bite you here and one moment later I'll be in Medical. Not worth it.

Eh, I guess you're not wrong.

Mmm...

Closure?

What's up?

The door's stuck open.

I specifically remember setting it up to automatically open and close. Pretty sure I also set it a moment ago to 'do not disturb.'

Did you just hack my door?

Uhh—

No way~~ It was like that when I walked in.

Your door just wasn't locked.

Didn't I lock it?

...Weird.

Can you gimme a moment? I'll check the tapes.

!

You put a camera up?!

I got a lotta sensitive Rhine material in here, y'know? It'd be bad news for all of us if I lost something.

Gotta take basic security measures.

Nah, you should get back to work for now...

R—Remember your health and safety regs. This paint's, uh, pretty dangerous, yeah? Things could go wrong with you trying to multitask!

It's fine, I've got mechanical arms on it.

Hmm, which program was it again?

Er, Mayer, don't you think this paint's gonna go volatile soon?

?

That paint? It's fine, sheesh. It's inert.

You could dump it in boiling water and ionize it for three hours, freeze it, and it'd still be good to go the moment it thaws.

Is this the folder?

OK, monitor program, on.

!

Time seek to—

Mayer!

Let's make smart robots together!

——

Mayer?

——!

M—Mayer?

What did you just say?

Could—Could you repeat that?

Make some smart robots with me?

Sure!

Then let's work specifics somewh—

(Presses monitor feed transmission toggle)

(Sound of door opening)

Ugh. I don't know if Kal'tsit's gonna chew me out for abusing privileges...

Who cares. Your fault for acting deaf, Mayer.

......

......

Meeboos.

Get her ass.

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AaaaghhI'msorryit'smyfault don't sic the Meeboos on me ow ow ow ow waaaghhhhh!!!

Yeah, go on. What was it you wanted me for?

Uwaaahh...

I wanted you to help me with an explosive-type thingy...

Underlying machine's a Raythean Challenger Hellcat high-performance operation platform...

Topside already has a custom-ordered full-thermal Arts impact generator...

But it's not working a hundred percent perfect, so I need your help...

Uwaaahh...

Yeah, okay.

Just take a sniff of this first.

Okaaaayhhh...

(Inhale)

!

I know this!

(Takes a deep breath)

You better now?

Hahhhh~~~~

Better!

Eheheheh. Thanks, Mayer.

We're not gonna get any business done with you bawling your eyes out.

True that, heheh.

Still dunno why you love sniffing the refined lubricant I have in here...

Well, 'cause it smells good, duh.

Guess Warfarin wasn't wrong. There's no blood in your veins, just machine oil.

Enough of that. Let's get real.

Aye-aye.

You need me to refit the Raythean Challenger. Raise its attack power. Right?

Also, self-defense, damage resist, and evac plans. After all, we're gonna put a smart little guy in there. Can't have it breaking after one use.

Then you came to the right person.

Now. My reward?

Remember how there was a little hoard in the hangar? As long as you—

I'll take the job!

Heheh. Let's get along, partner.

Gettin' along, gettin' along~

But, uh.

What?

See the blackboard over there?

Covered in sticky notes?

Yeah.

That's my schedule.

Even if as a rush job, your commission still lands bottom-right of the very last note.

Uhh—

Any way I can jump the queue?

No, sirree.

So in other words, two months.

Work fast, it'll be fifty days.

Huh?

Do you really work that fast?!

Decently. Sometimes inspiration hits and the work's done.

Er... I'll leave you to it, then...

Good luck with work!

Hold it!

Huh?

You format the door for me first. I need to do its settings over.

Also, strip your sys-op authority off it.

Right now. Straight away. Giddy up.

Uhh—

Awright...

Just the laaast bit—

Mayer, it's me.

Um...

Did you change the password? Is that why the door's not opening?

And that should be about done.

Huh? Someone at the door again?

It's me!

Maggy! The door's broken! Push the button on the side and come in!

Hi, you.

Heyo.

I'm still busy with something for Saria here. Can't lay out the carpet for you.

So, you need something from me?

I made a reservation.

Drone plans. Wondering how they're doing?

Huh... oh!

That. Already done.

Listed out some technical essentials, improvement proposals and required materials. Everything's in that file on the table there. You look through, and if it's all good, we can set up a new time to help you make some fitting parts.

If you've got issues with it, we'll have a meeting about it.

Rightie. Thanks, Mayer.

Which file on which table is it?

That one, that one.

Your mechanical arms are pointing at at least four different tables. How should I know which one?

Mayeeer—

Ahhh don't pull me! I'm still painting here!

You can leave paint and keep painting later. Help me find the files first, okay?

Mayeeeer~~

I get it.

Mm-hm. Thankies~

Mmn—it's this one.

Oh...

These are your expensed items for last month.

Oh, sorry. I meant this one.

Mmm...

Yep, that's it!

Thank you, Mayer!

Ain't no thang. Just what I oughta do.

Then I'll be heading out now. Bye-bye.

Ah.

I almost forgot the most important part!

Can I ask you what the time is right now?

Noon, right?

Afternoon already!

Mayer, have you eaten yet?

Huh? You mean me? I eat an energy bar and I'm fine.

That's no good!

Here, take this!

This is?

I bought it at the cafeteria. They had the freshwater stuff you love today.

I wanted you to come eat with me, but then I lost track of time myself...

So after I finished eating, I got a portion bagged up to bring over.

Ooh, thanks.

Make sure you eat it.

Mm-hm, I will.

......

Anything else?

Is this Saria's Charged Suit?

That it is.

How much longer will you be working?

An hour or two-ish.

Well, that's no good. Let me help you out there.

It's fine, I can do it.

Either you let me help you, or I feed you your meal. Pick one.

Ugh...

Alright fine I get it! Give me a hand.

Hehe~

Then let's get to work~

Phew. We're done.

Good work.

C'mere and wash your hands.

Alright—

*Sigh*... It's only times like these I miss all of Rhine's self-cleaning facilities.

So why don't you go back?

If I went back, they'd set me up with a mountain of annoying work, and I'd have no time to improve my Meeboos.

And, like, I had to deal with interpersonal stuff there too.

Like you don't have to here?

You're always out on fieldwork. You don't know all the politics and warring between sections.

Over there, right? You'd make a new friend one day, turn around, and bam, someone tells you 'they're from the blah-blah section, best you stay away from them.'

And what's worse is even if you're in the same section, sometimes your bosses are competing and you're all trying to drag each other down.

That's stuff I'm, like, just not good at dealing with.

So I ended up scarpering here.

I see...

Sorry, I shouldn't have asked you about...

It's okay...

Alright, let's eat.

Then I should be on my way.

Meeboos, can I ask you to keep an eye on her? Otherwise she'll go straight back to work the moment I'm gone.

My Meeboos don't have voice modules. They won't answer you.

I still have to nag you.

Okay then. This time I'm really off. Bye-bye.

Bye bye.

Hmm, maybe I should put those part orders through before I eat—

Whuah! What the hell are you doing, Meeboos?!

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It's just a little bit of work. I'm not gonna forget to eat.

——

Ugh...

Fine, I get it, I'm eating, I'm eating now!

Phew, I'm stuffed. Alright, work!

Mmm, order parts first or fix some Meeboos first?

——

Meeboos win out, yeah. Meeboos are more important.

C'mere.

——

Lemme see—

Touch up paint, inspect wiring, update data, replenish energy.

That's what Meeboo maintenance is made of...

......

Better!

Still four more on mission duty, and my five reserve ones need servicing too.

What time is it, again?

Looks like I can get 'em done today.

Mmm...

Probably. Probably can.

As long as nobody else—

Mayer! Open up!! Work needs you!

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Oh, c'mon, for fffff~!@~#!@...

*Huff*, *huff*.

Stay cool.

In—out, in—out.

Smile~

Alright.

Whoa, so you're in.

What's got you all smiles and rainbows?

You come here. I'll tell you.

Sure—

See? This is a Meeboo.

I know.

Stick your hand out. It's got something good for you.

Huh, don't hear that every day. Wonder what it is?

Meeboo, get his ass.

——!

Aaaaarggh-don't-bite-me-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!!!

Ahhh—finally.

All done!

Everything I planned this morning is all done!

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Ahh—that doesn't count. I made the executive decision just now to move ordering parts to tomorrow.

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Lemme see what I gotta do tomorrow.

Go to the Procurement Department and order parts.

Need to install test equipment for Medical.

Oh, gotta debug my workbench again.

That should settle tomorrow's lineup.

Time is... 11:36.

Mm, yeah, I should crash.

Eat a bowl of instant noodles and then sleep.

See you tomorrow, Meeboos.

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Agh—ow, ow!