Lunatic
Fancy penguin
The Ayasaka estate had the enviable location of being up on a hill, overtowering the grassy plains that surrounds it. The main house where the family lived, placed in the center of the lot to fully represent just who matters around here, faced east with a windowed front. This meant that every morning the sun would gradually fill the enormous space that is the greeting hallway. Connor, who was most nights stationed there as a security measure and to greet any family members who arrived home late, had learned to trace the light of the sun's climb up the wall in front of him in order to estimate the time. When the beam hits the bottom of the first painting it was 4:30, at which point the chef should arrive in ten minutes to prepare the masters morning coffee and bagel to go for his early visit to the office. He started the countdown in his head, if the chef doesn’t arrive in time he’ll have to go wake him. Or worse, make coffee. But he doesn’t have to worry as the chef arrives two minutes early with sleepy eyes and a lazy walk. fifteen minutes later, when the beam hits the painted hand of the elderly king, the master leaves the kitchen with hurried steps heading for the automatic car. Connor bows and wishes him a good day.
The third point to look out for is when the beam hits the nose of an old lady dressed in an all black, victorian style dress. Then you know that it’s 6:30 and the full team should arrive to prepare for the rest of the family's awakening. Today though was slightly different as the wife had gone on a trip with the children and wasn’t expected to return until midday tea. It was very unusual for them to travel anywhere without Connor’s protection so he had been very perplexed by it, but the Lady had insisted while mumbling something about being out of her husband's sight for a second. Though he had felt uneasy about the whole thing, he was programmed to protect them and now he couldn’t, it had still left him the perfect opportunity to call a staff meeting to introduce the new member as well as showing her around before she would be expected to work. Humans do require a bit of a windup time after all, it’s a shame the Lady insisted on one taking care of the kids.
So instead of the normal hustle of one or two sleep deprived humans and a couple of stoic androids trying to prepare the days start in a rush, it was a comparatively quiet morning, Androids quietly appeared and then disappeared into the large kitchen for the scheduled meeting, then the few human staff members entered with loud huffs and displeased guffs, shooting looks at Connor that he could only interpret as angry, presumably because they had seen an opportunity to catch up on their sleep. For this reason most people don’t allow androids in a management position over humans, very few humans accept being ordered around by a machine and it tends to lead to power struggles. But Mr. Mark Ayasaka had insisted on Connor managing the household, and the master finds it hard to reject him.
Instead of following his subordinates inside he checked his smartwatch (which he did indeed carry at all times, watching the sun and counting the minutes is just a way to make the time pass), which showed 6:50. The new arrival was supposed to arrive any minute so for the first time of the day Connor left his position as the watcher of the hall and headed outside to the gravelled circle that served as a metropolis of the estate: with similarly gravelled paths leading to all corners and buildings that belonged to it. There he waited, with hands tied behind his back and a slight but friendly smile on his lips that didn’t quite reach his eyes, as the newbie arrived.
“Hello” He greeted her unenthusiastically and quickly continued without waiting for an answer, “My staff is waiting for us so we better get going. There will be time for questions later.” He flashed another polite but slight smile, before curtly continuing, “Follow me, please.”
Upon those words he smoothly turned around and assuming she would follow continued to walk with determined steps towards the kitchen, never glancing back to double check. He led through the grand hall that mixed modern architecture with ancient decorations and into the industrial kitchen, which could easily fit workstations for ten people though they only had one chef and two android helpers to run it.
“Everyone, this is the new nanny that will be joining us. You should leave any childcare related tasks to her and once again focus solely on your own duties.” He then threw an expectant glance at the girl, urging her to introduce herself.
The third point to look out for is when the beam hits the nose of an old lady dressed in an all black, victorian style dress. Then you know that it’s 6:30 and the full team should arrive to prepare for the rest of the family's awakening. Today though was slightly different as the wife had gone on a trip with the children and wasn’t expected to return until midday tea. It was very unusual for them to travel anywhere without Connor’s protection so he had been very perplexed by it, but the Lady had insisted while mumbling something about being out of her husband's sight for a second. Though he had felt uneasy about the whole thing, he was programmed to protect them and now he couldn’t, it had still left him the perfect opportunity to call a staff meeting to introduce the new member as well as showing her around before she would be expected to work. Humans do require a bit of a windup time after all, it’s a shame the Lady insisted on one taking care of the kids.
So instead of the normal hustle of one or two sleep deprived humans and a couple of stoic androids trying to prepare the days start in a rush, it was a comparatively quiet morning, Androids quietly appeared and then disappeared into the large kitchen for the scheduled meeting, then the few human staff members entered with loud huffs and displeased guffs, shooting looks at Connor that he could only interpret as angry, presumably because they had seen an opportunity to catch up on their sleep. For this reason most people don’t allow androids in a management position over humans, very few humans accept being ordered around by a machine and it tends to lead to power struggles. But Mr. Mark Ayasaka had insisted on Connor managing the household, and the master finds it hard to reject him.
Instead of following his subordinates inside he checked his smartwatch (which he did indeed carry at all times, watching the sun and counting the minutes is just a way to make the time pass), which showed 6:50. The new arrival was supposed to arrive any minute so for the first time of the day Connor left his position as the watcher of the hall and headed outside to the gravelled circle that served as a metropolis of the estate: with similarly gravelled paths leading to all corners and buildings that belonged to it. There he waited, with hands tied behind his back and a slight but friendly smile on his lips that didn’t quite reach his eyes, as the newbie arrived.
“Hello” He greeted her unenthusiastically and quickly continued without waiting for an answer, “My staff is waiting for us so we better get going. There will be time for questions later.” He flashed another polite but slight smile, before curtly continuing, “Follow me, please.”
Upon those words he smoothly turned around and assuming she would follow continued to walk with determined steps towards the kitchen, never glancing back to double check. He led through the grand hall that mixed modern architecture with ancient decorations and into the industrial kitchen, which could easily fit workstations for ten people though they only had one chef and two android helpers to run it.
“Everyone, this is the new nanny that will be joining us. You should leave any childcare related tasks to her and once again focus solely on your own duties.” He then threw an expectant glance at the girl, urging her to introduce herself.