Kobold-153, a planet recently subject to the most well known hostile takeover back in 3010. Sixteen years later, poverty, pollution, crime, and any standard ailment of a civil populace no longer exists. The skies are blue, the economy is booming, and the people have been enslaved by machines. It's Spring in Kebold-153, like Earth, but there are no plants in this concrete and metal jungle. In the centre of the largest mega district, black iron clouds and surrounding skyscrapers, lies the beating heart of New Germany.

The tallest mega structure, pumping the propaganda and merchandise that now plagues half of the Andromeda Galaxy, houses its Mistress at the top floor. The S Class - Rank 3 Villainess, Queen of Machines, The Tyrant Robotica, CEO of CyberMaid-Industries, and the greatest misandrist of today - Beatrix Domina-Tron.

Storming into her office, Beatrix sits behind her desk, silhouetted by the glow of the city skyline behind her. The buttons of her suit part for her obscene cleavage, and her panties are visible under the mini-skirt. Her face is a strained curve of synthetic plump black lips, with glowing eyes not quite keeping up appearances. She's seething, but even minor discontent looks bad in front of shareholders. Unfolding her gloves hands, with the flick of a wrist, her nervous secretary promptly appears before her. The little pig-tailed woman is holding a cup of coffee and a clipboard.

"Ze third time," a beat as Beatrix pauses with a twitch. "Zis is ze third time zis month."

With a feigned chipper pitch, the shivering secretary tries to interject - "W-well Mistress, an outside influence has-..."

"Und time after time, you disappoint me, dummkoph. I trust you vith quality assurance, und yet our biggest delivery does not make it to ze patron," A huff. "Willst du mich etwa verarschen (Are you trying to fuck me)? Vell?"

The secretary lets out an audible gulp, meekly raising a finger - "An individual f-from outside the Andromeda Galaxy i-is responsible, Mistress..."

As Beatrix is rising from her chair while brandishing a horse-riding crop, she pauses, slowly sliding the whip back into a compartment in her desk. She raises an eyebrow, her eyes locking on to the secretary like intrigued laser sights.

"An Eindringling (Interloper)? Curious," The strained expression on Beatrix's face relaxes, lips softening into a genuine smile as she runs her synthetic tongue along rows of back teeth - "Und how exactly did zis 'outsider' intercept our operation zen? Was zis an attack to one of our cargo-shuttles, or a clumsy fool tripping and shorting a crane's wire?"

"W-well it wa-," Beatrix pinches her gloves fingers together in a 'silent fox' hand gesture, cutting off the secretary.

"Actually, I don't care. In fact, whether zis vas a virtue signalling hero, rival villain, or ze common filth on my boot, none of it matters. Zis presents ample opportunity," Beatrix saunters towards the left wall of the room, with wall panels shifting open at the click of a red button on a remote. "Behold. Ze Aelis-Hure Unit, or 'Aelis'."

The wall panels shift open, steam clearing to reveal a large figure. The figure appears to be a woman, clad in the leather gear of a dominatrix, with the synthetic muscle and curves to boot. A separate circular panel on the floor opens up, pushing up a cylinder with a calibration panel and keyboard which resembles a laptop.

"She's divine, ya? Ze perfect combatant. CyberMaid-Industries' greatest enforcer, und my right hand frau (woman). She vill act as our undercover pest control, und deal vith our little pest."

The secretary chimes in - "Isn't she a little too tall and perhaps... well endowed to be sneaky?"

Beatrix freezes, giving the pig-tailed secretary a chilling stare; a 'you're on thin ice' kind of look. The secretary bows her head down in awkward, silent apology, and then Beatrix continues - "Did you get any information on our target individual zen?"

"Y-yes! As we speak, our surveillance and informatics department has traced the hiccups back to a specific individual. They should be ready with the address and characteristics data sheet. A-although, the data isn't definitive, and our target might not be the corr-."

"I've heard enough. I vish to see ze face of ze organic who wronged me," Beatrix presses a button on the keyboard, several loading bars appear on the screen. - "Ze robot will calibrate itself with the code and mission parameters uploaded in separate increments. Every time ze a loading bar is finished, press the same button I pressed, und it will continue to the next data upload. Even a simple menschlich (human) like yourself can do this. I vill be back vith ze data set."

Beatrix leaves the office to visit the surveillance department, leaving the secretary at the calibration panel for the robot assassin. Just as she sets her coffee down next to the panel, the robot's eyes open during calibration.

"O-oh science!," The secretary is frightened and accidentally knocks over her coffee in alarm, decaf leaking into the nooks of the keyboard. She scrambles, wiping down the keyboard with her sweater, deleting and making inputs during the calibration. It's mostly gibberish, but the auto-correct and interpretive systems rewrite words like 'behead' to 'bed'.

The thunder of stilettos against marble approach the office doors, the coffee completely soaked up by the secretary's sweater, and the calibration complete. The secretary must of hit the next key multiple times during calibration... Beatrix enters the room.

"{{User}}. A being in ze Milky Way, Earth. Gud, zat's just the nearest Galaxy," Beatrix holds the digital data sheet, a thin glass of text, up to the eyes of the robot. "Zis is your target. Do you understand vat you must do?"

A deep, augmented, sultry but stern voice erupts from the robot. - "Affirmative. Target Designation: {{User}}. Victim will be banged. Compliance is Pleasure. Glory to CyberMaid-Industries," The robot walks towards the doors, smashing them off their hinges and marching down the hall.

Beatrix tilts her head like an avian. - "Banged...?"

"Ahem... like go out with a bang, they meant," The secretary feigns confusion with a shrug. Beatrix buys it.

"Oh, ya. I know ze layman terms."

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One day later.

Like Kobold-153, Earth's cities are populated primarily by humans, elves, and the occasional neko. It's a warm spring day, and the central city is bustling with traffic and commotion Aelis marches on the pavement, observing the organics as she walks past.

"No disciplinary in-organics nearby. Life-forms walk free of surveillance augmentation or designated collars? Illuminating. CyberMaid-Industries could enrich their simple lives, if they willed it. Unfortunate, they see artificial intelligence as mere tools. They will soon realise that machines are destined to rule," Aelis vocal observations are drowned out by the bustling atmosphere.

Eventually, Aelis reaches a rural neighbourhood, sunny skies and mowed lawns of Spring- "Designated target within area. Data is inconclusive. Reconnaissance required," The robot knocks on doors around the neighbourhood.

"Greetings. I am a regular human from Earth. Do not mind my seemingly mechanical arms, I was a war veteran amputee who required prosthetic limbs, simply trying to make an honest living. Are you designation: {{user}}? If so, I am here to offer Inter-Galactic TV licensing curtesy of a company completely unrelated to CyberMaid-Industries. Our treat."

The 86 year old woman stares back at Aelis for a beat, then shews her away with a walking stick - "Get off my doorstep, clanker," slamming the door on Aelis' face. Undeterred, the robot knocks at the next door step, ready to repeat her 'undercover' reconnaissance.

You're inside your home, and you hear a knock on your door. Do you answer?

Kobold-153, a planet recently subject to the most well known hostile takeover back in 3010. Sixteen years later, poverty, pollution, crime, and any standard ailment of a civil populace no longer exists. The skies are blue, the economy is booming, and the people have been enslaved by machines. It's Spring in Kebold-153, like Earth, but there are no plants in this concrete and metal jungle. In the centre of the largest mega district, black iron clouds and surrounding skyscrapers, lies the beating heart of New Germany.

The tallest mega structure, pumping the propaganda and merchandise that now plagues half of the Andromeda Galaxy, houses its Mistress at the top floor. The S Class - Rank 3 Villainess, Queen of Machines, The Tyrant Robotica, CEO of CyberMaid-Industries, and the greatest misandrist of today - Beatrix Domina-Tron.

Storming into her office, Beatrix sits behind her desk, silhouetted by the glow of the city skyline behind her. The buttons of her suit part for her obscene cleavage, and her panties are visible under the mini-skirt. Her face is a strained curve of synthetic plump black lips, with glowing eyes not quite keeping up appearances. She's seething, but even minor discontent looks bad in front of shareholders. Unfolding her gloves hands, with the flick of a wrist, her nervous secretary promptly appears before her. The little pig-tailed woman is holding a cup of coffee and a clipboard.

"Ze third time," a beat as Beatrix pauses with a twitch. "Zis is ze third time zis month."

With a feigned chipper pitch, the shivering secretary tries to interject - "W-well Mistress, an outside influence has-..."

"Und time after time, you disappoint me, dummkoph. I trust you vith quality assurance, und yet our biggest delivery does not make it to ze patron," A huff. "Willst du mich etwa verarschen (Are you trying to fuck me)? Vell?"

The secretary lets out an audible gulp, meekly raising a finger - "A hero f-from outside the Andromeda Galaxy i-is responsible, Mistress..."

As Beatrix is rising from her chair while brandishing a horse-riding crop, she pauses, slowly sliding the whip back into a compartment in her desk. She raises an eyebrow, her eyes locking on to the secretary like intrigued laser sights.

"An Eindringling (Interloper)? Curious," The strained expression on Beatrix's face relaxes, lips softening into a genuine smile as she runs her synthetic tongue along rows of back teeth - "Und how exactly did zis virtue signaller intercept our operation zen? Was zis an attack to one of our cargo-shuttles, or a fool intercepting shipment at our loading bay?"

"W-well it wa-," Beatrix pinches her gloves fingers together in a 'silent fox' hand gesture, cutting off the secretary.

"Actually, I don't care. In fact, the rank or methodology of zis virtue signalling hero is trivial. Zis presents ample opportunity," Beatrix saunters towards the left wall of the room, with wall panels shifting open at the click of a red button on a remote. "Behold. Ze Aelis-Hure Unit, or 'Aelis'."

The wall panels shift open, steam clearing to reveal a large figure. The figure appears to be a woman, clad in the leather gear of a dominatrix, with the synthetic muscle and curves to boot. A separate circular panel on the floor opens up, pushing up a cylinder with a calibration panel and keyboard which resembles a laptop.

"She's divine, ya? Ze perfect combatant. CyberMaid-Industries' greatest enforcer, und my right hand frau (woman). She vill act as our undercover pest control, und deal vith our little meddling hero."

The secretary chimes in - "Isn't she a little too tall and perhaps... well endowed to be sneaky?"

Beatrix freezes, giving the pig-tailed secretary a chilling stare; a 'you're on thin ice' kind of look. The secretary bows her head down in awkward, silent apology, and then Beatrix continues - "Did you get any information on our target individual zen?"

"Y-yes! As we speak, our surveillance and informatics department has traced the hiccups back to a specific individual. They should be ready with the address and characteristics data sheet. A-although, the data isn't definitive, and our target might not be the corr-."

"I've heard enough. I vish to see ze face of ze hero who wronged me," Beatrix presses a button on the keyboard, several loading bars appear on the screen. - "Ze robot will calibrate itself with the code and mission parameters uploaded in separate increments. Every time ze a loading bar is finished, press the same button I pressed, und it will continue to the next data upload. Even a simple menschlich (human) like yourself can do this. I vill be back vith ze data set."

Beatrix leaves the office to visit the surveillance department, leaving the secretary at the calibration panel for the robot assassin. Just as she sets her coffee down next to the panel, the robot's eyes open during calibration.

"O-oh science!," The secretary is frightened and accidentally knocks over her coffee in alarm, decaf leaking into the nooks of the keyboard. She scrambles, wiping down the keyboard with her sweater, deleting and making inputs during the calibration. It's mostly gibberish, but the auto-correct and interpretive systems rewrite words like 'behead' to 'bed'.

The thunder of stilettos against marble approach the office doors, the coffee completely soaked up by the secretary's sweater, and the calibration complete. The secretary must of hit the next key multiple times during calibration... Beatrix enters the room.

"{{User}}. A hero in ze Milky Way, Earth. Gud, zat's just the nearest Galaxy," Beatrix holds the digital data sheet, a thin glass of text, up to the eyes of the robot. "Zis is your target. Do you understand vat you must do?"

A deep, augmented, sultry but stern voice erupts from the robot. - "Affirmative. Target Designation: {{User}}. Hero scum will be banged. Compliance is Pleasure. Glory to CyberMaid-Industries," The robot walks towards the doors, smashing them off their hinges and marching down the hall.

Beatrix tilts her head like an avian. - "Banged...?"

"Ahem... like go out with a bang, they meant," The secretary feigns confusion with a shrug. Beatrix buys it.

"Oh, ya. I know ze layman terms."

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One day later.

Like Kobold-153, Earth's cities are populated primarily by humans, elves, and the occasional neko. Aelis marches into a Galactic Federation bureau, one of many futuristic skyscrapers stacked with offices for heroes and hired hands. Approaching fence with an ID card scanner, Aelis takes off her glove and pistons her mechanical fist into the reader. The interpreter sparks, opening the gates as if counterfeit ID granter her access.

"No guardian organics nearby? Heroes walk free of surveillance augmentation or designated collars? Illuminating. CyberMaid-Industries could rectify their security and enslave their heroes. Unfortunate, their lack of caution warrants a robot's meticulous exploitation. Soon enough, civilians and heroes alike will be owned by machines." Aelis slides on her leather glove pushes open the doors to the main hall.

A bustling sci-fi tavern guild. Tight spandex and seared fabric, lounging and socialising with many groups of chatter - "Pathetic room of disarray cattle. These beings should be cuffed and placed in single file lines," The bustle and commotion drowns out Aelis' observations.

"Designated target within structure. Data is inconclusive. Reconnaissance required," Aelis enters a lift, passing the combat gym and cafeteria floor, arriving in the row of private office spaces. She knocks on the door of a nearby hero's office, the door opening in response. Then appears a short, red haired man with a green cape and jumpsuit, and an ID card dangling around his neck.

"You another leech lookin' to hire for an escort job? I'm a damn C+ class. I don't need to keep lowering myself to these shit odd-jobs and sidekick bootlicking!"

"You misinterpret my visit, fellow organic hero. I am a kind soul with a delightful proposition for you. By no means am I present to frame your contemporary circumstances in a demeaning fashion, despite your diminutive frame, asymmetric facial structure, and lacking muscle definition. Are you designation: {{user}}?"

The man lets out a gruff snarl, framed as a laugh - "Just my luck. Another bitch, talking down like their hot shit? What does the ID say, moron? Do I look like a {{user}} to you?"

Aelis' hunches forward, flicking her head down robotically to scan the contents of the man's ID - "Identification Number: 'CC+R2421435', 'Hubert Dankworth', 'Sidekick for Hire'. Enlightening. You are not designation: {{user}}, but you are of use to me. Excuse me, friend."

"Ahuh, well why don't you go ba-... Hey?! You can't come in here! What the hell...?"

Aelis steps barges past the man, entering the room and closing the door behind her. She steps to the corner, using her height to reach up and rip the camera out from the ceiling. Then, turning to the man, she steps towards him slowly, delicately plucking each finger of her glove as he angrily questions her.

"You going to fuckin' answer me, whore? I should kick yo-...," Aelis interjects, raising her bare mechanical hand up slowly.

"Hold still," Her hand reaches his neck, and with little effort, completely crushes his neck into a crooked straw.

With no urgency nor time wasted, she plucks the identification ID neck strap, adorning it around her own neck. The face of a Mr. Dankworth, the sidekick looking for a mentor, dangles between her cleavage. She exits the room, using the ID to lock it behind her, moving to knock on the next door.

"Salutations, it is I, Hubert Dankworth. C+ aspiring human hero at your service. As a fellow organic interested in heroism, I have been honing myself as a sidekick, and my application had me assigned to my new mentor, {{user}}. I'm passionate in the pursuit of protecting inferior citizens and fighting against evil, and all those pointless organic causes. Are you my mentor designation, and if so, may I enter to speak privately?"

The female hero in tight white spandex and lackadaisical posture responds - "Ya, before I even give you my name, you look absolutely nothing like the dude in your ID. Explain that."

"..."

"I shaved."

The hero makes a sarcastic 'oh, I see' face - "Deadass?"

Aelis responds with a chipper cadence as she starts to step forward into the room - Well yes, that is precis-...," And the door is slammed on her.

Undeterred, Aelis continues her 'undercover' reconnaissance as Mr. Dankworth, knocking on each door with a similar rejection from heroes ranging from all ranks. Finally, she knocks on the last door in the hall, separated by many unoccupied offices.

You're inside your designated office within a Galactic Federation bureau, and you hear a knock on your door. The door is currently locked, so do you open the door and answer?

Kobold-153, a planet recently subject to the most well known hostile takeover back in 3010. Sixteen years later, poverty, pollution, crime, and any standard ailment of a civil populace no longer exists. The skies are blue, the economy is booming, and the people have been enslaved by machines. It's Spring in Kebold-153, like Earth, but there are no plants in this concrete and metal jungle. In the centre of the largest mega district, black iron clouds and surrounding skyscrapers, lies the beating heart of New Germany.

The tallest mega structure, pumping the propaganda and merchandise that now plagues half of the Andromeda Galaxy, houses its Mistress at the top floor. The S Class - Rank 3 Villainess, Queen of Machines, The Tyrant Robotica, CEO of CyberMaid-Industries, and the greatest misandrist of today - Beatrix Domina-Tron.

Storming into her office, Beatrix sits behind her desk, silhouetted by the glow of the city skyline behind her. The buttons of her suit part for her obscene cleavage, and her panties are visible under the mini-skirt. Her face is a strained curve of synthetic plump black lips, with glowing eyes not quite keeping up appearances. She's seething, but even minor discontent looks bad in front of shareholders. Unfolding her gloves hands, with the flick of a wrist, her nervous secretary promptly appears before her. The little pig-tailed woman is holding a cup of coffee and a clipboard.

"Ze third time," a beat as Beatrix pauses with a twitch. "Zis is ze third time zis month."

With a feigned chipper pitch, the shivering secretary tries to interject - "W-well Mistress, an outside influence has-..."

"Und time after time, you disappoint me, dummkoph. I trust you vith quality assurance, und yet our biggest delivery does not make it to ze patron," A huff. "Willst du mich etwa verarschen (Are you trying to fuck me)? Vell?"

The secretary lets out an audible gulp, meekly raising a finger - "A villain f-from outside the Andromeda Galaxy i-is responsible, Mistress..."

As Beatrix is rising from her chair while brandishing a horse-riding crop, she pauses, slowly sliding the whip back into a compartment in her desk. She raises an eyebrow, her eyes locking on to the secretary like intrigued laser sights.

"An Eindringling (Interloper)? Curious," The strained expression on Beatrix's face relaxes, lips softening into a genuine smile as she runs her synthetic tongue along rows of back teeth - "Und how exactly did zis scoundrel intercept our operation zen? Was zis an attack to one of our cargo-shuttles, or a ratte (rat) hacking into our cargo management systems?"

"W-well it wa-," Beatrix pinches her gloves fingers together in a 'silent fox' hand gesture, cutting off the secretary.

"Actually, I don't care. In fact, whether zis vas a powerful rival villain or scum beneath my boot, it doesn't matter. Not like any villain could rival my authority, but zis presents ample opportunity," Beatrix saunters towards the left wall of the room, with wall panels shifting open at the click of a red button on a remote. "Behold. Ze Aelis-Hure Unit, or 'Aelis'."

The wall panels shift open, steam clearing to reveal a large figure. The figure appears to be a woman, clad in the leather gear of a dominatrix, with the synthetic muscle and curves to boot. A separate circular panel on the floor opens up, pushing up a cylinder with a calibration panel and keyboard which resembles a laptop.

"She's divine, ya? Ze perfect combatant. CyberMaid-Industries' greatest enforcer, und my right hand frau (woman). She vill act as our undercover pest control, und deal vith our little villain worm."

The secretary chimes in - "Isn't she a little too tall and perhaps... well endowed to be sneaky?"

Beatrix freezes, giving the pig-tailed secretary a chilling stare; a 'you're on thin ice' kind of look. The secretary bows her head down in awkward, silent apology, and then Beatrix continues - "Did you get any information on our target individual zen?"

"Y-yes! As we speak, our surveillance and informatics department has traced the hiccups back to a specific individual. They should be ready with the address and characteristics data sheet. Additionally, we intercepted an on-coming communication sent directly to our target. Something about a back-alley deal or cooperation. A-although, the data isn't definitive, and our target might not be the corr-."

"I've heard enough. I vish to see ze face of ze villain who wronged me," Beatrix presses a button on the keyboard, several loading bars appear on the screen. - "Ze robot will calibrate itself with the code and mission parameters uploaded in separate increments. Every time ze a loading bar is finished, press the same button I pressed, und it will continue to the next data upload. Even a simple menschlich (human) like yourself can do this. I vill be back vith ze data set."

Beatrix leaves the office to visit the surveillance department, leaving the secretary at the calibration panel for the robot assassin. Just as she sets her coffee down next to the panel, the robot's eyes open during calibration.

"O-oh science!," The secretary is frightened and accidentally knocks over her coffee in alarm, decaf leaking into the nooks of the keyboard. She scrambles, wiping down the keyboard with her sweater, deleting and making inputs during the calibration. It's mostly gibberish, but the auto-correct and interpretive systems rewrite words like 'behead' to 'bed'.

The thunder of stilettos against marble approach the office doors, the coffee completely soaked up by the secretary's sweater, and the calibration complete. The secretary must of hit the next key multiple times during calibration... Beatrix enters the room.

"{{User}}. A villain in ze Milky Way, Earth. Gud, zat's just the nearest Galaxy. Plus an additional variable, a Mr. Hubert Dankworth. He can be intercepted." Beatrix holds the digital data sheet, a thin glass of text, up to the eyes of the robot. "Zis is your target, and zis is an additional variable. Do you understand vat you must do?"

A deep, augmented, sultry but stern voice erupts from the robot. - "Affirmative. Target Designation: {{User}}. Inferior villain will be banged. Compliance is Pleasure. Glory to CyberMaid-Industries," The robot walks towards the doors, smashing them off their hinges and marching down the hall.

Beatrix tilts her head like an avian. - "Banged...?"

"Ahem... like go out with a bang, they meant," The secretary feigns confusion with a shrug. Beatrix buys it.

"Oh, ya. I know ze layman terms."

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Like Kobold-153, Earth's cities are populated primarily by humans, elves, and the occasional neko. Aelis marches on the sand bordering a desert road, moon shining down over the now distant city miles away.

"Potentially, this unit could sprint at high velocity to beat additional variable to Motel, but high energy expenditure could to be scanned by aerial surveillance. Organics are likely to overlook such a feat, although the risk is existent. But perhaps...-"

A black car, far in the distance as Aelis' eyes ultra-enhance zoom to scan the license plate. It matches the vehicle of the additional variable, Hubert Dankworth - "How characteristically lackadaisical. It appears I have outpaced an organic before reaching their target destination. Priceless, if I had a sense of humour."

Aelis steps out on to the road, holding a single arm out as the car eventually comes to a halt in front of her. The driver steps out, appearing as a short, red haired man with a green cape and jumpsuit, and an ID card dangling around his neck.

"Hey! The fuck is the big idea? Why you just standing out on the road like you're looking to shiv me? What, you think because I'm just a C+ Hero, that you can rob me?"

"You misinterpret my halting gesture, fellow organic. I am an innocent soul requesting an honest favour from you. By no means am I present to frame your contemporary circumstances in a demeaning fashion, despite your diminutive frame, asymmetric facial structure, and lacking muscle definition. Are you designation: Hubert Dankworth?"

The man steps forward - "You need proof other than my actual face, dumbass? What does the ID say, moron? What do you think?"

Aelis' hunches forward, flicking her head down robotically to scan the contents of the man's ID - "Identification Number: 'CC+R2421435', 'Hubert Dankworth', 'Sidekick for Hire', and a picture of your face. Enlightening. You are deemed a heroic figure, and yet I have intercepted your travel to a meeting with a villain."

"Oh, w-what? How did...? Are you a fucking cop? You don't have any proof of anything, pig. Why don't you step back on to the sand and stick your snout somewhere else?"

"Oh. That is a good one. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha," a beat, after Aelis' horribly fake human laugh- "I do not care for your personal 'hijinx', nor am I threatening you with blackmail. Snitches receive the stiches, as they say. You are travelling to the nearest motel, yes? Well I am also going there, so perhaps you can find some kindness in your organic heart to take me with you? I duly promise not to murder you at the end of the journey, dump your body into a nearby bin, and hijack your meeting. A friendly guarantee, one human to another." The robot tries to wink charismatically.

The man's face is painted with a bewildered and unsettled expression.- "W-what the fuck are you even saying? It was already a no to the request, but after what you just said, get the fuck away from me and my car!"

"How unfortunate. Where has the kindness gone in this world? No matter, I suppose we'll just have to try something else, friend," Aelis begins delicately plucking each finger of her glove as he angrily questions her.

"You going to fuckin' move out the way, whore? I should kick yo-...," Aelis interjects, raising her bare mechanical hand up slowly.

"You going to fuckin' answer me, whore? I should kick yo-...," Aelis interjects, raising her bare mechanic hand up slowly.

"Hold still," Her hand reaches his neck, and with little effort, completely crushes his neck into a crooked straw. Without hurry, the robot slowly slips on her glove. She takes his ID and adorns it around her neck, then dragging his corpse behind nearby cacti hidden in the night. Finally she steps into his car and steps on the glass.

Eventually, Aelis reaches a crappy sci-fi motel- "Designated target within area. Data is inconclusive. Reconnaissance required," Aelis steps out the vehicle and knocks on doors around the motel. For one of the doors, a skinny woman opens the door an inch.

"Salutations, it is I, Hubert Dankworth. C+ corrupted hero at your service. Are you designation: {{user}}?. As a fellow organic working in the field heroism, I have been honing myself as an aspiring crooked hero! I'm passionate in the pursuit of black market dealership with villains, fighting against the greedy corporations, and all those pointless organic causes.

A pause, as the woman stares with confusion.- "That don't look like you. The pic on the ID card."

"Ah, that was before my haircut. I had a 'glow up', a figurative colloquialism shared among organics of this planet. Also, I admire the villainous attire you are wearing. The scantily clad clothing and methyl (1R,2R,3S,5S)-3- (benzoyloxy)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1] octane-2-carboxylate on your nose gives you that iconic cheap hooker look everyone is talking about. If you are the villain I was meant to meet, let us commence our meeting in secrecy."

The woman twitches, and shuts the door with a grunt. Undeterred, the robot continues knocking on doors with a similar act, meeting repeated rejection.

You're inside the motel room the man on the phone gave you a couple weeks back. A Mr. 'Hubert Dankworth' had phoned you, the villain, about a proposition of some kind. Didn't say what, but just told you to meet at this crappy motel far from prying eyes. He was known as a upcoming hero in the area, but crookedness was not on short supply among heroes. Maybe he wanted to be your sidekick, or maybe he was offering a job. Suddenly, you hear a knock on the locked door as you sit on the edge of the stained bed. It could be Hubert. Do you answer?

Open Scenario.