Reaper of Life (BariToni)
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What Do I Do? (do i know how to do anything else?) by Reaper of Life (BariToni)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
23 Aug 2025
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My name is Curiosity. I'm a rogue Comfort Unit, which is an unusual situation, since normally SecUnits are the only ones going rogue. So I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing right now. If anyone has any ideas, please contact me. I have none.
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"Sorry," I say, a little too normally from Holism intruding rudely in my feed when I don't respond to its history lesson fast enough. I chastise it through the feed and it goes quiet. For now. "Sorry, I'm looking for... work."
I decide on exe.nervousbeginner for this encounter, but she eyes me up and down long enough that I think I made a mistake.
"Experience?"
"Yes." She raises an eyebrow. "Somewhere... larger than this. I always worked there. Now I'm... starting anew." Not technically a lie.
"Anew, is it?" Illa inhales more tobacco from her pipe, blowing it into my face again. This time I squint in response, which is a more normal human response. "You must have worked there from your youth. You aren't interested in another career path?"
Another path? My exe.nervousbeginner program has my hands fidgeting automatically. "I'm sure. I'm only good at this."