It had started out with a newsfeed advert - "Tall, quiet Y-chrom seeks X-chrom for fun and maybe more!" Dana was on the rebound and decided this was just the sort of stimulation she needed. The flurry of datagrams consisting of "2100 hrs...tonight...Chewie's diner...wear a RFID tag", "Ack", "Ack-Ack" (standard three-way handshake protocol) quickly decided her schedule for the evening.
"Now this is more like it!", she thought. "This calls for something special."
Taking a seat in The Pod she began designing her ensemble for the evening.
"Oh I love this new Clothier program".
Technology may come and go, but fashion is forever. Having downloaded the latest designs just last week she was quickly able to envision, plan, purchase materials, and output the design to her house-bot for manufacturing. The bot hummed briefly before beeping a success code. Dana put the evening dress on and stroked the velvety material. She looked good and knew it. Y-chroms look out!
She got to Chewies' a bit early to eat a little something before her date arrived. Comfortable that this was going to be a wonderful evening Dana enjoyed the food and busy conversation of the people around her. This was a blue-collar bar and most of the folks were data-miners who were in between shifts.
A light touch on her shoulder jolted her out of her reverie. " *are you dana* ?", asked a monotone voice.
"Oh no", she thought.
Turning around she took in the several thousand pounds and thirteen feet of metaloid in front of her.
"Um, no... I'm not Dana", she said.
" *you are wearing the correct RFID tag* "
"Really? I just got here and this tag was here at the table. Listen do you want this table? I was just leaving."
She marched out of Chewies' and breathed a heavy sigh as she slumped against the wall. A Metaloid? The advert said Y-chrom?
A gentle monotone voice next to her said, " *my apologies for the ruse* ".
"Oh, don't worry about it", she said.
" *would you like to start over?* *you can call me....rob* "
"Listen, I'm sure you are a great, uh, date, but I'm looking for a carbon-based relationship."
And with that she left. Rob stood there for long moments before going back into Chewies'.
2 comments:
Now this is what I'm talking about! Damn, these were fun. This one was good, not just because of the subject (amusing!) but had a nice flow to it too - it didn't feel forced or cutesy or anything. Bravo!
It was fun. I didn't even do an outline it popped out so fast.
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