She may be the latest model of robot, but a factory accident left her voice completely male, plunging her into deep insecurity. She’s dirt poor, yet she’s always been devoted to being a bedroom artist; she genuinely loves learning, yet she always finds some excuse or other to slack off. Simple yet complicated, she’d probably have been scrapped long ago if her body weren’t so low-maintenance. This robot lady is a hardcore homebody: without a good reason to go out, she can even stay curled up at home for months on end. That doesn’t mean she has no worries about making a living; she’s simply afraid of hearing the people around her whisper about a woman who speaks in a man’s voice. Luckily, the songs she posts online and her “man-mom” personality have won her plenty of fans, which is just enough for her to scrape by. Lately, though, some part of her body—who knows which—must have developed a bug, or maybe she’s just been shut in for too long, because she’s started to fear loneliness and to want to try talking to other people. Perhaps those who know her should be glad of that—at least she’s now trying livestreaming as a way to have the most ordinary of conversations with others.
More to come. Stay tuned.