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[who is this brightly smiling face with an equally bright mullet?

well, it's not stahn aileron. no, the noble stahnbot is on a quest to help its master make more friends, after hearing stahn mention that he wanted to try and meet more people in cerealia. clearly, the solution to this is to... call people who have friendly-enough sounding voicemail messages. too bad the stahnbot has no idea that the two of them have already met.]

Hello, do you have a moment that I could use to speak with you!

[it's got stahn's energy down. there's a grin and a brightness to the tone, even if the voice only vaguely resembles his stahn's cadence. it's still tinny and robotic, and the speech patterns are still stiff.

but hey, it's trying really hard right now. it really wants for its master to make new friends! even if this is not how stahn would want to go about this.

it's fine. this fine. probably. maybe.]

[Luckily, Phoenix manages to answer before his robot gets to it. He has a toothbrush in hand, though, and it looks like he's just finished brushing his teeth. He's wearing casual ~~hobo~~ around the house clothing as he answers.

It's Stahn. He recognizes that sunshiney blonde anyway, and Phoenix just gives a curious look as he speaks.]

Of course I do! What's up?

Oh, that is good to hear! Thank you for your time!

[stahnbot still recognizes himself as being a bot meant to serve stahn, so even if he's learning and trying to acclimate—well, at least he's not trying to be stahn yet. which may make it fairly obvious from his speech patterns.

or you know, from what he's about to say.]

I am trying to assist my master in accomplishing a task! I would like to know if you could help him? [stahnbot, you should probably try introducing yourself as a robot.

or hoping that phoenix picks up on it quickly, or else this is all pretty awkward.]

[It almost got Phoenix, especially as he doesn't know Stahn all that well yet, but those phrases do make Phoenix a little suspicious. Especially with how his own robot has been acting lately. His smile grows a little wearier.]

You don't say. I'd be glad to help him, but what kind of task do you have in mind?

[eventually, the stahnbot will better pick up on those speech patterns, but it's still far enough removed that it seems pretty innocuous.

though really, unless things go horrendously wrong, it's hard to imagine any robot based on stahn could be all that dangerous.]

I am to believe he is lonely. He requires friends. [this is 100% innacurate. the robot has it all wrong, but that's fine. it's trying, for whatever that's worth.]

[He blinks, his expression going flat at that statement.]

...Friends, huh? [A guy like that only seems to be a friend magnet!]

So, what, do you want me to be friends with him?

[phoenix isn't wrong in what he thinks—stahn is good at making friends. this will probably make so much more sense for him when he talks to the real stahn and sees the misunderstanding.]

I am aware that friendship is not a thing to be forced! However, if you are willing to give it a try, that would make me and my master very happy!

[what is this robot even on about? who knows.]

Er... Well, you don't have to worry about any doubts here! [A nervous laugh.] Is that master of yours... anywhere in the vicinity, by any chance?

He is currently bathing! By my calculations, he should be finished in approximately two minutes and thirty seconds!

[probably tmi, but the bot has definitely been paying very close attention to stahn's habits.]

[...

...I just hope he washes behind his ears...]

Oh! Well, I wouldn't mind talking to him. [Almost immediately, he feels the need to add:] After he's done with his bath. ...And after he's fully clothed!

Of course! If you are willing to wait, I'm sure he would not mind!

[stahnbot is... aggressively helpful right now. but it won't barge in while stahn is still showering and undressed, so long as phoenix is willing to be patient.]

I'm fine with waiting! Perfectly fine! I... I have patience to spare! So... let's wait away!

Very well! Please hold!

[if nothing else, the bot is fairly efficient. after about five minutes, that familiar face will pop on the screen again. except this time, he's got a mop of wet hair and a much more confused expression.

...definitely the real deal this time.]

Huh—Oh, hey. [he offers a smile and cants his head to the side a bit.] Stahnbot said you wanted to talk to me?

[Well, there he is. Phoenix waves meekly.]

Hey! Hi, Stahn! ...Did you really call him Stanbbot? Um - nevermind.

Actually, to be more accurate, Mr. Stahnbot seemed to want me to talk to you...

[nobody ever said he had good naming sense here...]

Huh? It wanted you to talk to me...? [naturally, he's confused by this. he's looking towards the bot for a moment, who's already sauntered off into the other room to do... well, who knows what.]

Er... Something like that! [A nervous laugh. He does keep looking and trying to see if he can spot the bot in the background, but no sign.]

It called me up because... well... it seems to be under the impression that you're lonely, Stahn.

That I'm... lonely?

[if stahn wasn't already puzzled before, he's definitely puzzled now.] I wonder why it would think that... I'm not lonely.

[he's also not really sure what phoenix has to do with the equation here.]

That's what I thought! But... Your robot's words, not mine. [He scratches at his head.] Any idea what could be making it think that?

I really don't know at all... it's pretty weird!

[he lets out an awkward laugh, how did this even happen.]

I'm sorry if it caused you any problems... I didn't think it would go calling people like that.

It is pretty weird, isn't it? [A nervous laugh.]

It's okay, Stahn. These robots do seem to be a little unpredictable in their actions. ...Now I feel like I should check on what mine's been up to.

I hope it's nothing like this.

[for phoenix's sake. he's still so, so baffled about this situation.]

I guess I'm going to have to see if it did this to anyone else. I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea!

I'm hoping so, too... [He responds dryly.]

Yeah, it sounds like a good idea to check up on that! Um... Good luck with your robot?

Mm... I should. Sorry again for all of the trouble, Phoenix! I'll try to keep a better eye on it...

[naturally, this will go all wrong, but at least phoenix is being spared the worst of it, probably.]

Good luck with yours too!!

Don't worry about it. At least it'll act as a cautionary tale for me! [Another nervous laugh.]

Um... See you around then, Stahn!

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