A couple weeks pass and Winter finally arrives and snow covers the ground. Psi stares outside at the lightly covered white ground. He narrows his red eyes at the fluffy stuff fallen past the window.

  'Weird...' Psi finds this phenomenon weird, he's read that this causes crops to not grow and everything to become cold. Why don't humans just not... let it snow?

  A flush is heard from upstairs and Psi gnces towards it, seeing Vito hop down the stairs and walk into the kitchen. Psi learned that humans have to go to the bathroom daily, to get rid of excess liquids in their bodies. He found it interesting that they also have a special organ that allows them to do that. But what if he got rid of it, would they still go to the "Bathroom" or would function cease to exist.

  So many questions Psi has, and so few answers. But his best one is how he can destroy his "Brother" Y-1101X1XX0. That failure of a Military Drone has now become a monster in metal flesh. He killed the rest of Psi's brothers in cold oil and his "Masters".

  But he can't do much, unless he nears Y, but he has something... dangerous... in him. And that Cyn, the way she watches him, made his code shiver. There's also something wrong with her, both her and Y.

  Vito comes into the living room with a bowl of soup and sits on the couch, turning on the TV. Byzan, hops onto the couch with a purr and sits down next to Vito. Psi gnces over to Vito, then back outside.

  'The Snowball is in a few days...' Psi was told that this thing, called the "Snowball". It's a dance for the students of Crikey High, it's a sort of "Prom" for the younger students.

  And Vito is going to this thing... alone. Which Psi has been told that is weird, by other Drones... They're weird, Vito's the normal one. Vito told him that he is allowed to go, there'll be an area for the drones to stand.

  Psi hopes that T will be there, they've been talking a lot over the past few months. She's a very interesting drone, and very expressive. And she seems to also enjoy Psi, given that she keeps talking to him.

  Psi gnces over at Vito and stares at him for a few moments, and the human notices. Vito gives Psi a small wave as he shoves a spoonful of soup into his mouth. Psi just stares at the human few more seconds, then he gnces at the TV. A show about some colorful armored soldiers in a canyon.

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  Psi tugs on the suit that Vito made him wear for the Snowball. It feels much different then his "casual" clothes. He's got on a simple bck suit with a red tie. He's kept his silver wig, but he has a nice dapper hat on.

  Loud music pys from a DJ in the middle of the gym he's in. Dozens of students mingle about, but the drones are shoved into a corner of the room. They all talk to themselves, but Psi, he's been more... alienated from everyone.

  He looks amongst all the drones, and doesn't spot T, which makes him frown. He keeps looking and spots Vito standing off to the side by himself, with a cup of juice. He keeps looking around, that is until his eyes are covered.

  "Guess who~" T's voice comes from behind Psi.

  "T." Psi calmly says.

  T's uncovers his eyes and hops out in front of him, with a big smile as she winks at him. Her pink wig is done up in a pony tail, and she has a dark purple dress with a slit for the legs. A faint blush appears on his visor as he looks at her.

  "How do I look?" T twirls, before doing a pose.

  "...Amazing..." Psi mutters, and T grows a small blush.

  T brushes some of her hair back. "Ehehe, thank you."

  They remain in silence for a few moments, before Psi holds his hand out to T.

  "I have been told, it is customary for a male to offer a hand to a female in dance." Psi stares. "So, would you like to dance?"

  T smiles and grabs Psi's hand, and they two take a few steps away from the drones, as a waltz song comes on. The two start to dance together, without a car in the world, with rge smiles on their faces.

  On the other side of the room, Vito watches with a proud smile.

  "Hey, Scker." A new voice calls out to him, making him slightly jump.

  He looks to the side and sees Chloe Vasquez, the owner of T. Her bck hair, with white highlights is tied back in a bun.There's bck eyeliner around her red eyes. She wears a bck ced dress, with red high heels. She's got a Ruby neckce on and dark purple nails polish and lipstick.

  She stands beside Vito and looks over to their drones.

  "It's nice T's making friends, she doesn't like other drones, but she seems to like yours." Chloe states, as she crosses her arms under her small chest. "I'm happy for her."

  "Psi doesn't really interact with anyone but me and my dad, but he always seems happy with T."

  Chloe chuckles as she smiles. "That's nice."

  Vito awkwardly stands next to the slightly taller girl, and he loudly sips on his drink, before speaking up.

  "Uh... shouldn't you be dancing with your uh... partner?"

  Chloe shakes her head. "Nah, he's an asshole who just wanted to use me to get a better reputation in school. So I kicked his ass and left his unconscious self behind the school."

  Vito blinks before sweating, as Chloe looks at her nails. THen she turns to him.

  "Hey, would you like to dance?"

  "H-Huh? M-Me?!"

  "Did I stutter?" Chloe questions, and she holds her hand out to him. "Well?"

  Vito gulps as he sets his cup down, and shakily grabs onto her hand. Chloe ughs as she drags him onto the dance floor. And throughout the whole night, two sets of partners had fun dancing, talking and eating. Letting the worries of the day wash away.

  As if the end of the world wasn't just a few years away.

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  Psi rubs his hands with nervousness as he enters a bedroom room at the Eliot Manor. He, Vito and Klien were invited to spend the holidays with them. Vito and Klien happily accepted, but Psi is very worried.

  being near those monsters for a week, it'll be hard to keep his sanity. When he feels as if he's constantly being watched. But he sighs and shits the door behind him and heads for the bed, setting a couple suitcases on it.

  Yes, right behind him is the small C Unit drones, Cyn. Psi senses a presence behind him and he turns around, only to jump a few feet away. He changes his left hand into an assault rifle and aims it at Cyn, who pushes her head up.

  "Oh, hello. Giggle." Cyn greets.

  "It's you, you're Cyn." Psi keeps his gun aimed at the small maid.

  "Yes, that is me." Her eyes change into happy emojis for a few seconds, before returning to normal. She takes a couple shuffling steps towards Psi, but the click of his gun stops her. "Why the hostility? Am I not wanted?" Her knees slightly buckle, but she keeps standing.

  "I know what you are." Psi gres. "You're the one that changed Y, into that... Thing!"

  "Haha." Cyn giggles. "I am so naughty, aren't I? But why must you be angry? I am going to save us all."

  "How is changing us into monsters, gonna save us?!" Psi steps towards Cyn in anger.

  The lights above them flicker, showing Cyn's true form for a few seconds. "Better to assimite then to expin."

  Cyn holds up a hand, and the Absolute Solver symbol appears, and Psi's visor glitches red and yellow as he stumbles slightly. He buts a hand up to his visor and grits his teeth.

  Intrusion Detected: Unknown Entity is attempting to access restricted areas.Attempting to Fix, please stand b-

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  Error Error.

  Warning: Hostile Entity has accessed restricted areas.

  L??????E?????????????T??????????????????? ???????????????????????M???????????????E????? ?????????????????????????I?????????????????N?????????????????????????!???????????????

  Psi's visor gets filled with red errors, that slowly turn yellow.

  Warning: This Hostile Entity is pissing me off.Activating Fixer Program.

  A gear symbol appears is Psi's Vito and everything goes back to red as the errors fsh away. He sees Cyn staring at him in confusion, as the gear in his vision spins, before disappearing.

  "You are... strange." Cyn pushes up her head, but just keeps smiling. "You will become a great asset, weather you like it or not. In the end, everyone will join me."

  "I will never." Psi gres at Cyn as he brings up his gun again.

  "Nod. Nod. You say that now, but you will see."

  Suddenly the door opens and Psi quickly brings his hand back. N pokes his head into the room.

  "Cyn, what did Tessa say about bothering guests!" N walks over to her, as he puts his hands on his hips. "She's gonna be mad now."

  Cyn tilts her head and smiles. "Oh, sorry, Big Brother N. I just wanted to say hi, to our new friend, Psi."

  N ughs and rubs her head. "Oh you goober, you could a just said so, you didn't need to run off." he turns to Psi. "I hope she didn't bother you."

  Psi gnces between Cyn and N for a few moments before speaking. "She's fine. But I would like to finish setting up."

  N nods. "Of course!" he grabs Cyn's hand and starts leading her away.

  As they leave, Cyn gives psi a peace sign as she sticks her tongue out. Psi gres at her as the door is shut. He huffs in anger, before he flicks his head and brings up a list of files. He starts to sort through the files.

  -Weapons-Fixer Program-Blue Prints-Active Situation Preparation-S???o???l???v???e???r???

  Psi titles his head as he sees the corrupted file. He clicks on it and tries to delete it.

  B???E???C???O???M???E??? ???A???S???S???I???M???I???L???A???T???E???D???!???

  Warning: Unable to delete file.Fixer program Activated..................

  Error, unable to delete file. Isoting File: Complete.Warning: Program in file is attempting to access the core programming.Fixer Program attempting fix.

  .................

  Advisement: Corrupted File is isoted, and the attempted access was blocked. But the corrupted file is permanently burned into the code.Suggestion: Seek immediate assistance from Senior Officer ---- -----

  Fixer Program has blocked the attempted intrusionBut further attempts might not be stoppedWarning: Do Not let hostile entity near Unit again.

  Thank you, have a good day.

  Psi frowns as he starts to put away some items from the suit cases. This week just got a lot harder.

  04-19-2025

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