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JCJenson (In SPAAAAACEE!!!!)
Rebuild Together BetterTM

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JCJenson: AUTOMATED SERVICES TECHNICIAN TRAINING
WD Disassembly - (1A) Overview:
"Zombie Drones!!!!"

CLIENT REASON FOR WD UNIT DISASSEMBLY AND DISPOSAL
53% Unit Damage
27% Upgrading Model
11% Terminating Operation(s)
7% Competitor Products
2% Core Failsafe Trip
1% Other

Narrator: Upgrading models. Cutting maintenance costs.

WD DISASSEMBLY PROCESS TWO STEP OVERVIEW

STEP 1: Software Cleanup
Ensure Marked WD Unit Matches P/N, S/N (1A) → MARKED FOR DISASSEMBLY

Narrator: There are many reasons the clients may wish to disassemble a drone individual or series after a period of use.

Upload wdOS_606
(This is Fun for Them) (1B)

STEP 2: Hardware Cleanup
Human Inspection (2A): Affirm Core Disconnect

Process Drone (1) Core (1)
Through disassembly unit (2R)

Human Inspection (2B):
Affirm fun

Narrator: (The tape and audio begin glitching out.) Following these two steps is key to avoiding—

The tape has now completely glitched out and is replaced by static. Until...

ZOMBIE DRONES!!!!!

The tape then returns to normal. For the most part.

WD DISASSEMBLY PROCESS COMPLICATIONS AND FINES

FINE 9C: "Zombie Drones"

-> Core is not properly disconnected
-> Hardware is not physically destroyed
-> wdOS_606 is interrupted/rejected immediately (1A) or up to five (5) years later

Narrator: Incompletely disassembled drones may occasionally reboot from software death alone. More than undead federal fine hazards, these corrupted AI carry an increased risk of future error—

CORE TERMINATION REJECTION CAUS CHECKLIST - "T.O.F."

aiCore WD1001 -0.01% self-reboot rate (3020)

Technician Error (Repeat A1-B2)

Faulty OS String (Check Indicator)

Failsafe Wear (Inspect Pins)

The tape glitches out once more as we zoom out from a television set sitting in a dump. A bird flies around looking for something to snack on. Underground, a drone awakens sinisterly.

At a mansion, N is sitting in a library, reading a book called "101 Dog Breeds".

N: This breed is known for its friendly, intelligent temperament, and soft golden coat! (Chuckles) Golden Retrievers are also— (He comes across a drawing that was placed in the book.) Us as lizards. J drew herself.

He tosses the drawing off to the side and continues reading.

N: (clears throat) ...are also known for having gentle mouths. Aww...! That's why they're good with kids!

He hears a stomping noise. Books start falling off the shelves as he sees that someone is attempting to enter the library via a trapdoor... But he thinks nothing of it, flashes a peace sign, and walks away.

An insect crawls over a teacup and begins to drink the tea inside.

Cyn: Stab.

The insect gets stabbed by Cyn's tail. N enters.

Cyn: You seem upset, big brother N. Perhaps you'd like to attend the gala with me? Light sip. (She sips her tea.)

N: Ah... Not sure we're invited, little buddy. Why not just hang with me?

Cyn: (Climbs the bar) Climbing. Criss-cross applesauce. Am I not wanted, N?

N: (Sighs) Dude... You know it's Tessa's folks.

Red liquid, likely blood, suddenly drips from the ceiling and onto N's platter. He wipes it off, revealing a message written on the ceiling

BAƧMƎИT NOW!!!
STOᑫ IGИORINວ MƎ!!!!

Thinking nothing of it, N tosses the platter to the side.

N: (Sighs) Don't give me those eyes.

Cyn has a puppy picture over her eyes.

Cyn: Giggle. I am so naughty. The flesh demands invitation.

N: Ah, we'll ask Tessa, OK? If not... Movie night!

Cyn: Sheepish nod.

N and Cyn enter the eating lounge where the gala is taking place.

Cyn: (Walking behind N) Shuffle. Shuffle. Shuffle. Shuffle.

James: Western Villa style?! Were you programmed by beasts?! (He tosses a fork into a Worker Drone's eyes.)

Tessa: There's humans coming! I've only ever yakked to robots, J! Quick! Pretend to be a ripping royal stud!

J starts pretending to act all royal and proper lady-like.

Tessa: On ya, girl.

They have a toast. Tessa starts rubbing her arm like it hurts from her "punishments" from all her life (her parents are really bad and jerks).

Tessa: I'm right, J. (She sees that N has arrived.) N!

She runs up, grabs him by his cheeks, and swings him around.

N: Hi, Tessa.

N looks over. In the window, another message is being written.

WHEN U ABOUT
2 FRIKKEN DIE,
SPEAK ALOUD:
ID: DarkXWolf17 and DarkXWolf20

Tessa: Oh, who'd you bring with— (She sees Cyn.) you...

Cyn: Seems J forgot to let me out of my basement time-out again.

J: (Annoyed) Yet, here you are.

Cyn: Annoyed expression.

N: You guys are... locking her up?

Tessa: Oh... N—

Louisa: (Walks over) Tessa James Elliott! We will not entertain your dumpster pets!

Tessa: Y-Y-Y-Yes, mother. Sorry, mother.

Louisa: (Sees Cyn) Oh! Christ Almighty! I said, "This one, out of my sight!" Still can't follow simple orders?

Tessa: NO, NO! Please, I—

Louisa: Swamp. Dumping your broken drones clogging our library tomorrow, too. Don't test me.

She walks away in a huff. Tessa tries to argue back, but isn't willing to anger her mother any further.

Cyn: They are not broken. We can no longer be thrown out.

Louisa: (Hot under the collar) Did that little Antichrist—

N: I-I-I told her to say that! And brought her here. I-I just... hate orders...? (He starts getting more nervous while Louisa's blood keeps boiling.) And your fan's dumb...? (He gives a sheepish grin, which slowly dissolves.)

N has now been tied to a tree and is being pecked by ravens.

N: NO! AAAH! STOP!

What sounds like torture is, in reality, N being playfully tickled from head to toe.

N: (Giggling) Stop!

A raven hands N a stick, wagging its tail and panting like a dog.

N: Go get it, goobers!

He throws the stick in the air, and a raven snatches it. Without warning, all the ravens on the ground turn to face N with sinister, glowing, green eyes. He glances over at another Drone who suffered his own fate at the hands (Or talons) of these ravens. He gives a small thumbs up... And the ravens begin to attack him for real.

N: (Being pecked) RONALD, WE WERE BUDDIES! ...DarkXWolf17 and DarkXWolf20...?

All the ravens fly off as another raven makes its loud entrance. It twitches, falls on the ground, and gets back up. A purple light emits from its left eye.

User ID: DarkXWolf17 and DarkXWolf20

It begins speaking.

Uzi: I made the tag when I was eight, shut up.

Y/N: I just did mine when I was six, and hello adorable version butler N

Back at the manor, Tessa is in her room, her leg chained up.

Tessa: J, industrial machinery, chuck us a hand!

J: Sorry, boss. Corporate's spoken.

Tessa: Cyn! If that little butler dies for your sake, I swear!

Cyn: (Playing with toys) Mm. I have backups.

Out of options, Tessa gets down to investigate a way to break the chains herself when Cyn appears next to her in an Eldritch form.

Eldritch Cyn: You will not have to discard your pets, and I will not discard you. Best stay away from the gala, though. You seem squeamish. (She leaves. One of her toys begins crawling around like a large insect.)

Back outside...

N: So, these are memories, and future me is dead at a sleepover?

Uzi: (Picking up a stone) Not a sleepover.

Y/N: Not like that hon, You just passed out 'cause some internal program is trying to delete these memories.

N: 'Cause... 'Cause of you both? 'Cause you're both doing that? (Uzi drops the stone on his head and Y/N giggles.)

Uzi: We're helping,

Y/N: You're cute, weird, weird butler. We find out what happened to you here, restore the memory files, and save you from being digitally lobotomized. Library basement, giddy up cute butler.

Uzi: Man Y/N you gotta stop being a simp to N and just ask him out already

Y/N: WHAT NOT NOW, Let's go

N: ...'Kay. (He heads off for the library.) You kind of seem like an evil ghost witch, though. (Uzi pecks his eye.) AH!

Uzi: I AM a ghost witch! And I'm tall.

Y/N: And We put a spell on you...(the sisters laughs evilly. Until...)

Uzi and Y/N: DAD! GET OUT OF OUR ROOM!

Their raven falls over. Back in the present time...

Uzi: Important hacking going on!

Khan: Okay, okay. You've just never had friends over befo—

Uzi and Y/N: IT'S NOT A SLEEPOVER!

Uzi's Little Insect Friend: IT'S LIFE OR DEATH, DAD! >:( (Y/N closes the door.)

Back in the past, the sisters (back in their raven form) and N have reached the library.

Uzi: Sorry. Where were we...? Oh...

They have reached the library. V stands before them, silent and stiff as a board.

Y/N: Okay, N, I can pull you out an—

N: (Interjecting) Now! Now, please!

Uzi: —nytime. But, you'll never get these memories back, dude.

They press forward slowly

N: They're that important?

Uzi and Y/N: To you! And, like...Us.

N: Why? Who are you?

Uzi: We just... hang out. Shut up. Repression door.

V's eyes display "ERROR: 606". N hesitates, then relents, moves V out of the way, removes the rug she was standing on, revealing that she was standing on the basement door. Which is locked.

Y/N: The key...

N: Ugh, J has it...

They suddenly hear a giggling noise. They slowly turn to see that V is now grinning from ear to ear and has a claw-like hand. Y/N's raven lays an egg in terror.

Back in Tessa's room, J is trying to break the chains with her mouth.

Tessa: (Overdramatic) It wants paid time off... To attend UUUNION NEGOTIATIOOOONS!

J: (Finally at her limit) THIS IS AN UNRELATED LAYOFF!

In her rage, she has unknowingly broken the chains. She looks over at Tessa, who gives a thumbs up.

Back at the gala, Tessa and J sneak up above.

Tessa: How do you reckon we murder us a robo-child, J?

She bumps into a suit of armor. J grabs a revolver while Tessa grabs a sword.

Tessa and J: What about this? (They decide to swap their weapons.)

N: (Whispering) Psst! Tessa!

They look to see that N, Y/N and Uzi have shown up. Suddenly, V's glasses drop. They slowly look up to see V above them. They huddle as a group.

N: We need the basement key. This bird's from the future.

Y/N: (Flies over to J and snatches the key) I kill you. (She snickers mischievously and flies back to N with Uzi.)

Tessa: Cyn's gonna massacre the gala!

N: Who? Our Cyn? Nah, she's cool.

Without warning, V swoops down and splits the group up.

J: Do your basement thing! We got the coma patient you creeped on!

N: Not creepy! Sweet!

He turns... And V swipes at him with her claw, making him drop the key. Tessa picks it up and throws it back to N. V tosses J's sword backwards at N, but J kicks him out of the way and takes her sword back. She rushes towards V, and the two engage in combat. Meanwhile, Lord Frumptlebucket is watching from below.

Lord Frumptlebucket: Crikey, what a boundin' humphterfruffle!

Katie: Why are you talking like that?

N, Y/N and Uzi make their way back through the library. They hurry to the basement door and unlock it when...

Eldritch Cyn: (Pops up) Jump scare. Grab. (She snatches Uzi and throws her to the side.)

N: DARKXWOLF17 and 20! NOO-HO-HO-HO-HOOO!

Eldritch Cyn grabs N next, but suddenly malfunctions. Then returns to normal, Y/N having hacked your way into Eldritch Cyn's body.

Y/N: Oh, we're in! (You spot V behind him.) ...And J's useless. Surprise.

Uzi: You're right about that

She drags N into the basement and locks the door, prevent V from entering.

N: Is V... okay? Like, in the future?

Uzi: Unfortunately. Now, let's see what that little yellow creep was up— Oh...!

They come across a collection of dismembered Worker Drone corpses.

Y/N: So... That's a pretty... metal origin story...

N: (Terrified) Not dealing with this great, to be immediately honest...! (Takes a moment's repression.) ...Okay, it's gone.

Uzi: Alright, let's get out of here.

A rumbling occurs. Back in the modern time...

Khan: Hey, buddy, you invite Doll to this—

He suddenly gets grabbed and thrown out as Doll makes her way into Uzi's and Y/N's room.

Back in the past...

N: Ghost buddy...? You okay...?

Eldritch Cyn: Better than ever, "buddy". (She grabs N and tosses him into the chair.) Let's reset these memories one more time.

The gala is about to commence.

James: (Taps his wine glass) Welcome, all! The Elliotts are known for many things. Class, tenacity, currently being alive—

Cyn: Well-timed giggle. (She reveals herself.)

Tessa and J barge in.

Tessa: EVERYONE, STAND BACK! This is a citizen's murder!

James and Louisa gasp.

Louisa: (Appalled) That dress!

James: You hold that gun less cool this instant, missy!

Cyn uses her AbsoluteSolver to shove the two parents to the side.

Cyn: Tessa, remember, you didn't have to—

She gets fired at her eye, but this breaks a window.

Cyn: ...You didn't have—

Tessa throws the revolver at her, to no avail. She then starts throwing glass cups at her, not getting any different results. Cyn then powers out the room, takes control of all the Drones around, including J.

Eldritch Cyn: You didn't have to see this.

Eldritch Cyn crushes the globe she was sitting on before with her claw

Back down in the basement, N hears the screams of the guests as they are being massacred. Eldritch Cyn is trying to pick up some tools to wipe N's memories.

Eldritch Cyn: Son of a... Come on... Solver of the absolute fabric, get a grip. (She gives up.) Tantrum. (She throws the table to the side.) ...Brain blast. (She turns to the basement door.) Oh, V. Could use some help in here.

Back in the present time, Uzi with Y/N and Doll are fighting.

Doll: Ты даже не знаешь что эта штука делает. (You don't even know what that thing does.)

Uzi: You wanting it tells me you shouldn't have it!

Doll: Ты такая мелочная. (You are so petty.)

Y/N: This is the only clue to what's wrong with me!

You look over at N, knowing he's in danger.

Y/N: N (you run to the chair and get ready to control cyn)

Uzi: (Throwing the key, her little insect friend) Just leave us alone.

Uzi closes the door in Doll's face. Doll looks down at the key in her hands.

Doll: (To Khan) Вы воспитали хорошую дочь, Мистер Дорман. (You raised a good daughters, Mr. Doorman.)

Khan: Heh. Despite me, maybe.

Doll: Боже, ладно. (Jeez, alright.) (She teleports away.)

Back in the past, V is trying to grab the tools.

Eldritch Cyn: Grab it. Just grab it. GRAB IT. Intimidating glare.

N: Whoa, Cyn! For an eldritch... uh, monster thingy—

Eldritch Cyn: The Solver of the Absolute Fabric, the void, the exponential end.

N: ...Peep this...?

Using his teeth, he grabs V's glasses and puts them back over her eyes. This allows her to regain consciousness.

N: I got you.

V: ...Gol... den... Retrievers have...

N: Gentle mouths, dude—

Eldritch Cyn: (Grabs V and holds her up to the ceiling) Cute: false. Gross: true. Let's just delete your OS's, then. (She prepares to wipe N's memory clean.) Goodbye, "buddy". Execute.

V: N!

She swings a hammer... But it doesn't smack N.

Eldritch Cyn: (Breaking) Wha-What-at i-is hap-pen-pen-pening?

Y/N regains control.

Y/N: U-ugh, so-r-ry. My freaking dad's strea— WHOA! (You accidentally hits N with the hammer.) Whoops!

Uzi and Y/N releases V and she falls to the floor. N helps her up.

N: (Looks over at Uzi and Y/N) Uzi, Y/N?

Uzi: Don't freaking doxx me!

Y/N: Uzi that's not nice

N: Thanks.

V: You little narcs! Get out of my head!

N and V wake up in Uzi's room, back in the present time. Uzi chuckles devilishly as she turns around in her chair to face them as you waved as you turn your chair at N and he waved back. The sister drops their smile when V threatens them with a chainsaw.

Doll teleports back out to the winter wastelands, where she meets J and Tessa.

Doll: Вот ваш ключ. (Here's your key.) (She throws the key to Tessa.) Возьми меня с собой. в этом сделка— (Take me with you. That's the deal—)

Tessa shoots her, and misses.

Tessa: ...Just checking. Let's go.

They turn around... And come face to face with Y/N, Uzi, N, and V.

Everyone: HUH—

Credits roll.

To be continued