Alone

[theschweetgal]

"Eek!" Savannah rushed to try to keep the cabinet up. The cabinet almost stopped completely, but she was folding slowly under its weight. "C'mooonnn..." She said quietly, her voice cracking a bit under the weight of the piece of furniture. She shoved with all her might, pushing the cabinet a bit.

[MilkChocolateCandy]

A.M. shuffled out from under it before scrambling to her feet. She leaned all her weight against the cabinet, eventually managing to pushn it back to upright position. This seemed surprising until you notice just how thick my bones are.

"S-ssssso, guess my w-w-weight did c-come in handy fo-once."

[theschweetgal]

"Heh... Yeah..." She was slightly out of breath, but she grinned nevertheless. She looked over to the core, who was still staring at the two, his optic smaller than usual.

[MilkChocolateCandy]

A.M. opened up her hand, which held a grappling hook and a length of rope. "T-t-there's more up there. You're lighter s-so you should try 'cause I'd tip-py again."

[theschweetgal]

Savannah nodded. She climbed up, half her torso on the top of the cabinet.
"Let's see..." She said, pulling herself up. "Ooh, these can be useful! Here, I'll pass them down." She began to hand several survival tools down to A.M., including an empty bag. She hopped down, holding a switchblade knife.
"You'll never know what you'll find down there..." She said quietly as slipped it into her back pocket.

[MilkChocolateCandy]

"M-m-mantis men..." A.M. sounded somber. "T-t-they usually keep t'themselves b-but get startled easily."

"MANTIS MEN?" the core screamed.

[theschweetgal]

Savannah jumped at the sound of the core screaming.
"Calm down!" She faced the terrified construct. "We're not going to run into any..." She reassured him. "Pretty sure."

[MilkChocolateCandy]

"T-they're easy to run away from any-way. Slow as 'lasses."

[theschweetgal]

The core seemed to relax. "Oh..." He looked away quickly.
Savannah looked over at A.M. "Ready to go?"

[MilkChocolateCandy]

A.M. nodded ... "First to the robot-arm-place to put robot-arms and legs on ..... w-what's your name?"

[theschweetgal]

The core was silent. "I uh..." His shutters closed slightly. "I don't remember..."
"It's okay, little core." Savannah smiled at him.

[MilkChocolateCandy]

With the help of the portal gun they soon made their way through the back manufacturing areas to a place called the "Robotic Associate Construction Annex." (click that)

"I ... d-don't know how to i-install you though, to be honest. B-b-but ... well, w-when I came here, I was too injured to test. S-so the man in charge had me d-do odd jobs in here. That's why I knew how to repaaaaair you."

[theschweetgal]

The core looked over to A.M. from his perch in Savannah's hands.
"Oh... That makes sense." He said.
Savannah lowered the core and grinned as a distant memory came back. "I know a thing or two about computers."

[MilkChocolateCandy]

"T-t-there's probably instructions somewhere ..." A.M. got up to look around for a manual or something.

[theschweetgal]

Savannah placed the core on a table before aiding in the search.