Howdy, howdy, people. I hope your new year is going well so far. This was a request from a reader. It features the characters Jenny XJ9 from the cartoon "My Life As A Teenage Robot" and Coco Nebulon from the videogame "Awesomenauts". I hope you all enjoy!
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"Here you go." The vendor attendant said, extending a cup across the counter. "One large mango smoothie. Enjoy."
"Thanks, man." Coco said, taking smoothie and returning to where Jenny was waiting a few yards away.
"Ready to go?" Jenny asked as she approached.
"You know it." Coco replied. "I just, like, couldn't pass up a smoothie opportunity. Know what I mean?"
"Um...not really." Jenny admitted.
They walked away from the smoothie stand and back through the park, sticking to the cooler, shadier spots beneath the trees.
"Well, like, smoothies are totally the best." Coco carried on, sipping on her drink. "It's, like, the perfect combination. You got fruit, and ice, and milk. I mean, what more do you need?"
"Can I try some?" Jenny asked.
"Sure, but, like, can you even eat stuff?" Coco questioned. "Not to be insensitive, dude, but you're a robot."
"Yeah, I don't eat anything, but I can taste things." Jenny said, sticking out her synthetic tongue to show Coco.
"Whoa, you mean that thing works like mine?" Coco asked, examining her light blue tongue.
"Well, not quite." Jenny explained. "It's covered in microsensors that analyze the molecular structure of whatever touches it, and then transmits the data to my central computer as an approximation of taste. That's actually how all my senses work. Touch, sight, smell, taste, and sound. They're all technically just electrical input going into my CPU that gives a simulation of sensations."
"Radical." Coco handed her cup to Jenny.
Jenny took a small sip, her digital pupils spinning and dilating as the fruity drink hit her tongue.
"Wow, that is good!" she agreed, handing it back.
"So, like, why do you even have a mouth?" Coco asked, accepting the cup. "I mean, if you don't need to eat stuff then why bother?"
"Well, I wasn't originally designed as a combat robot." Jenny said. "I was meant to be for a different purpose?"
"Really?" Coco raised an eyebrow. "Like what?"
"I don't know. My creator never told me."
"Well, maybe she'll let ya know one day, ya know?"
They walked around the park for another hour, enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. As they turned down the next path into a secluded, wooded section, a sudden beeping noise stopped them both in their tracks. Jenny looked down and cursed.
"What's that mean?" Coco asked, pointing to the red light blinking in a corresponding pattern to the sound on Jenny's arm.
"Dang it!" Jenny sighed. "It means I'm out of coolant."
"Coolant?"
"Yeah, my body runs very hot, so to prevent my components from overheating, I have an internal radiator and inter-coolers." Jenny explained.
She reached up to her side and undid a clip, popping off her blue chest plate and revealing her tiny, A-cup breasts to Coco.
"Whoa!" Coco exclaimed, staring at Jenny's chest. "You have boobs?!"
"Well, of course." Jenny stated. "These are my coolant reservoirs. They're running on empty right now. Isn't that what yours are for?"
She pointed at Coco's substantially larger D-cup bust, her expression completely serious.
"Uh...yeah. Totally." Coco lied, not wanting to explain what tits were really for. "I just, like, didn't expect you to have them. Can I, like, touch them?"
"I guess." Jenny permitted, not entirely sure why Coco was so fascinated with her chest. "They're the same ballistic material as my face."
Coco poked Jenny's small boob with one finger, shocked at how life like it felt. She ran her thumb over the soft, synthetic skin and pinched Jenny's nipple, making her yip and swat Coco's hand away.
"Careful!" she whined. "I told you I can feel stuff just like you can!"
"Sorry, dude." Coco apologized, her eyes still locked on Jenny's front. "So, like, what do you do now? Can you just, like, drink some water or something?"
"Technically any fluid can be used temporarily," Jenny admitted. "But I don't want to use anything but standard coolant if I don't need to. Let's just see if we can make it back."
"Sounds good, bro."
Jenny replaced her chest plate as Coco walked behind her and wrapped her arms around Jenny's neck.