Tosca walked to her workstation pushing the sphere droid on the hand truck. She smiled at the thought of a possible breakthrough. The idea of an immobile but important droid was intriguing. She only needed to find its function.
The possibilities were far from limited. There were only a few things that immobile devices could do. Many plans of various stimuli passed through her head. The most difficult thing to do was pick which one to try first.
On her way to her workstation, she passed by many other interns working on projects. They had little time to do more than glance at her as she passed. They were far too entranced with their respective projects.
Gold and silver were promised to teams that found something marketable in their devices. The more marketable the device, the more gold they would earn. If they found a way to produce a weapon, they’d have a wondrous wealthy career ahead of them.
Tosca was still working with the same droid. She had gotten no progress or money from it. As they glanced at her, some of them had eyes wondering why she was still working with that same droid. She had a brilliant mind but was making no money at all.
She sat the heavy droid at her station. It was slightly easier to move than she remembered. ‘I do feel a little stronger.’ No time for those thoughts. She had theories to test. Theories were fun to make but to test them; she had to put in some work.
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Above the Lost Jungle over city of Sanity:
After only a few hours of travel, ‘Stealth Phrygian’ had reached the canopy above Sanity. The great city was in a secluded part of the world. The founders of this city wanted to stay as far as they could from the faction wars and politics that plagued the rest of the world. Only a relative few people knew how to get to the city. Those people got really strong by training in Sanity.
The pilots signaled the final approach to the Tirzah. In her office, she was still speaking with AD7 and Keyanna. Eighty-Seven was still a prisoner in Rubin’s Trail. They needed to free her. Also, it may help AD7 get her life back.
“You know your helper more than anyone,” Tirzah reasoned, “What do you think she’ll do now that she’s awake?”
AD7 pondered a bit before speaking. Her memory was still returning but she knew her helper for certain, “I think… I think she may try to follow my old orders again.”
During the conversation, Keyanna was brought up on AD7’s history. AD7 left simple instructions for her helper. She was to defend the wall from attackers and make defensive adjustments if necessary. Those simple instructions started the crazy war. Those instructions are what she would try to do again. “But to do that, she’d have to escape,” Keyanna reasoned.
“The war started after you were…,” Tirzah paused looking for the most delicate wording.
“Blown up,” AD7 finished the thought with a shiver. Understandably, she never wanted to go through that again.
“Yeah,” Tirzah said reluctantly before starting agian, “and since then, she led a gruesome war against a powerful army. They were losing until they asked for Champions to help.”
There was another loud beep on Tirzah’s handheld signaling their landing. “The planning will have to wait,” she said standing up, “We have to get you ready to help bust your friend out.”