"Excuse me miss, can i sit here please?" i barely hear as i open my eye's to look at who asked, replying groggily "Of course you can love." Watching her walk into the train cabin and taking the seat opposite me as she lay's her bag next to her. Leaning back into the seat i sign turning to face the wall, pondering what the outside would look like, because of course, window's affect society's ability to function properly. They hinder the machine. They hin.. "May i ask your name miss?" the lady opposite me ask's rather politely, looking back and making eye contact i respond "Rose, Rose Orion. And you love?" Looking at her fishing something out her bag as she grab's a snack and slowly start's unwrapping it. "My name is Nina, Nina Wragg. Lovely to meet you." Smiling at each other i notice a book in her bag thinking i recognise it i can only ask about it "Excuse me Nina, is that the Efficiency Paradox you are reading?" looking back at her as she finishes her snack, waiting for a reply i take a proper look at her. Long wavy brown hair, deep honey brown eye's, perky checks and overall just pretty. "Yes it is, i have nearly finished it, i find it very interesting as it help's with my job" Nina reply's taking distracting me momentarily. "That's lovely" i respond, however in no way is it interesting to me, it only highlight's the issue's. Keeping up a smile i ask "What do you do if you don't mind me asking?" "I am an assistant of one of the government official's, she sent me of to BleakStone to find someone." I do wonder who she was trying to find, there is no point in asking, it would risk security and then bring a whole load of issue's. "What do you do Rose?, Sorry i should of asked to use your first name?" Smiling at her as reassurance "It is fine, i do not mind if you do or don't, and me. I am an artist." Trying not to hid my look of annoyance i can only sigh internally, how crazy must the world be to think using first name's for stranger's may distract society and decrease productivity. How daft. "I will use call you Miss Orion, my boss reprimanded me harshly when i used someone's first name when meeting them. That sound's great, what type of artwork do you focus on, mathematical like fractal's, scientific like a 3d persulfurated coronene or could it be geographical like those interactive constellation's in Robotic's Central...." Slightly giggling watching Nina get lost in her own word's i reply "I do a mix, i prefer to not keep in one sector, i like the opportunity of learning new thing's and representing it through my artwork." I sit back watching Nina take it all in as i close my eye's resting as i wait for my reply, yet the reply isn't one i expected, it was an announcement "We will be arriving at the station in Logic Prime in 2 minute's, please gather your belonging's and wait by the exit door's." Opening my eye's i note a tone of something within Nina's eye's as she get's all her belonging's together, but i cannot think of what it is. "I hope that we meet again" She state's walking out of the cabin and closing the door. Deciding to lock the door i lay down on the seat and doze till i reach my station.
"We will be arriving at the station in Robotics Central in 2 minute's, please gather all your belonging's and wait by the exit door's." Being woken up to such a monotonous i sit up yawning. Standing up and stretching with a few crack's here and there i grab my belonging's, unlock the cabin door and head to the exit door's. A short walk through the train and i reach the opening where the door's are seeing a little crowd already i keep back. There is one thing i must admit i find astounding, the mere fact that our train's have become so well developed in the past few year's due to that dammed Dr. Jake Wilson that no one can feel the acceleration, deceleration or the stopping. It feel's motionless yet we are moving at speed's thought incomprehensible just decade's ago. It does show that this society is evolving, only in the wrong way. Taken out my thought's as my attention is now on exiting the train as i join the crowd to get off. Reaching the door and stepping onto the platform i take in my new surrounding. Security everywhere, robot's everywhere. Robot's carrying luggage, cleaning, serving and maintenance. Automation everywhere i look, yet everything is so bleak and dull. It is purely functional and optimised for maximum efficiency, no aesthetic, just practical use's. Feeling isolated and cramped i immediately rush toward's the exit as i pass through multiple layer's of security, the exit in sigh i rush toward's it and at the back of my mind i hope i can push the door's open, make me feel useful, yet they fly open automatically. Moving out of the way i head down one of the street's observing everywhere i go and oh god i thought the station was horrible for me. My hearing taken by the hum of circuit's and machinery, my smell taken by the scent of oil, my sight taken by gargantuan building's devoid of all shape seemingly lathered by machinery and robot's and this could only solidify my thought of Robotic Central being a fortress of technology and a constant reminder of society's reliance on technology, robot's and automation. However there is one thing i am here for and i shall sustain myself till then, at Bleakstone i overheard the person in charge of the auction talking about a protest happening somewhere within Robotic Central. I wish to be there yet i do not know when and where it is, and i need to know if the people in the protest are like me. Shaking my head to get me thinking properly i look around to try find a map yet i cannot see any, anywhere. So i do the next best thing, striding toward a humanoid robot i state out loud "Excuse me, where is the closest hotel complex?" Watching the robot turn around seemingly registering my request it reply's "Take the next left and it is 127 pace's down the road called Data Dorm, would you like me to say the price's?" Unironically it has a rather robotic voice, "I will be fine, thank you" i reply walking in the direction. Finally reaching the hotel i walk up to the door as it opens, again, automatically. At this point i should just get used to it. Moving to reception i request a suite with a window as i get given the key i make my way to the room. Walking to the elevator i press the button as the door open's, entering i lean again the flat wall as i press my floor button, once again not feeling any movement, thank's to that damn Dr. Jake Wilson, oh what i would give too... Noticing the door's open to my floor i get off and make my way down the hall's and instead of thinking about anything negative i look at the robot's doing room service, maintenance and to be honest just everything i can think of. Reaching my door i enter and take by bag off and walk to the window. This window cost me 500 extra, absolutely outrageous i mutter. Deciding to lay down for a bit i head to bed as i set an alarm for the afternoon as i doze off into a peaceful slumber.