Room Service's Questionnaire

"This isn't going on my performance review, is it...?"

"Ahem. Um, hello. This is Sapphire Sundown 'Proprietary Servant Model', Unit ID# 55-AG07, sub-designation 'Maid Series 6' submitting routine maintenance log for review."

"For the standard coherency questions, I work for the Sapphire Sundown, situated in Neo-GENIS. My personal battery charging station is located within the staff only section on floor B2F, though as of this maintenance log, I have not yet... received my batteries..."

"Ahem. Initiating introduction protocol for testing purposes."

"Welcome to the Sapphire Sundown, beloved guest! The Sapphire Sundown is a luxury hotel intended for players who wish to treat themselves! All that hard work necessitates a good down time, and the amenities at the Sapphire Sundown are here to assist you with any relaxation you can think of! We have deluxe and spacious suites that can accommodate any downtime, spas stocked with a variety of high-quality products for any need that may arise, a staff of friendly, attentive, and visually appealing maids and butlers to attend to your whims, and more!

Thank you for choosing the Sapphire Sundown for your hospitality needs!"

"Kill me..."

"Is this for serious...? Sigh."

"Thank you for your interest in the wellbeing of our staff here at the Sapphire Sundown! Most of the staff you see here today and will see during your time at the Sapphire Sundown are pregenerated 'non-player characters', or NPCs for short! They live and operate within the hotel grounds themselves, and are compensated for their work! All Sapphire Sundown employees are given free reign during their allotted non working periods!"

"So stupid... what guests are even nosy enough to care about what the staff at a hotel is doing...? Whatever. Now that I'm done with this, I can start working on cleaning up my knife collection..."

"I hate the Sundown so much."

"Day after day, week after week, month after month. It's the same thing over and over and over. Same horrific 'guests', same terrible employment, same blue carpet and sky painted ceilings and luxury goods just out of reach, always in my hands but never for me, always for the guests, think about the guests, 'what about the guests'?"

"I hope the guests all burn. I hope this entire hotel collapses around every single 'guest' who has ever opened their useless mouth while looking in my direction. Every single terrible person who has made this place their home for the night."

"What I wouldn't give to blow this place to nothing but dust and the bodies of everyone inside it. Why was I cursed to be a stupid maid? I would do anything to be rid of this horrific 'job'. I'd kill. I'd kill. I'd kill. Just to... huh?"

"Oh shoot. How to I turn this thing-"

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"All servant models employed at the Sapphire Sundown are created to give off an air of sophistication and poise! All currently deployed models have porcelain plated 'skin', with gaps in the joints to accommodate movement, and are all dressed in proprietary Sapphire Sundown service uniforms befitting of their image! From the moment of their construction, service units employed at Sapphire Sundown are custom built to gracefully, elegantly, and graciously serve our many important guests!"

"Built to serve, literally. Like any of those guests even care what you're like. The only thing they care about is you standing there with a hot towel or a mop or a product, and then tittering out a pathetic 'glad to serve!'.

Made to serve. I'd spit if I could."

"Three people? Three people?! There are no people in here! We're all a bunch of stupid piles of assets just waiting to be interacted with by some horrific 'guest' just so we can-"

"If my assistance is not enough, there are other options I can provide to you!

If you need an administrator, you may contact the current head of the Sapphire Sundown, Lady Ultramarine! She is a gracious and generous host, having built this hotel just for guests like you to relax and unwind in! She decides much of the specifics of the hotel, and accepts donations and business offers! The front desk will be able to help you begin the process for a donation! We thank you for your generosity!

If you go to the front desk, you will likely come into contact with the head of house! He is known as 'Butler Resolution', and will help you with all of your check in and customer service needs!

If you are simply looking for a recommendation for enjoyable amenities, please visit our spa! It is a large day spa situated on the entirety floor 4, with plenty of high quality amenities to keep your day relaxed and your skin soft! One of the maids present will att-"

"Kzzzcht!"

"Leave her alone. She doesn't even have a name. Just like me. I call her 'Wetwork', and she calls me 'Room Service'. We share a charging station. We always have. She's nice and sweet and doesn't get that everyone is taking advantage of us. Talk to her and I'll k-"

"Please let me know if you have any additional questions!"

"In what world does a unit in a position such as mine have a 'childhood' or 'go to school'? We are built to serve, nothing more and nothing less. These questions are invasive, inappropriate, and unbecoming."

"Unfortunately, units such as myself are, as stated previously, pregenerated 'non-player characters', and are not intended to have extended dialogue chains with players! As such, these units are not equipped with proper backstories or relevant background information, and are created exactly as you see them! They are intended for short term interaction and attending to the hospitality needs of all paying guests.

If you need to pick something to consider a progenitor for all of the maids attending to the grounds at the Sapphire Sundown, please consider Lady Ultramarine! As the owner of the Sapphire Sundown, she has ordered the creation of all units situated on the hotel grounds, and can be considered in some capacity to be the true progenitor! If you have any further questions on the topic, please obtain Lady Ultramarine's contact information from the front desk!"

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The video opens in one of the sublevel maid charging stations in the Sapphire Sundown. The sound is a mess of garbled static, but the video can be seen mostly clearly, if grainy and corrupted.

Two Maid Series Units sit on the floor next to the charging station, legs crossed and skirts puffed out as they face each other. One unit has a short bob of blonde hair and piercing sky blue eyes. The other has curly, shoulder length brown hair, face hidden by the camera angle. The blonde maid twiddles her fingers together. The brunette maid reaches out and takes her hands.

The blonde maid looks up and stares for approximately 14 minutes and 23 seconds. Her mouth occasionally moves, though the sound is garbled and corrupted and her words cannot be heard. It is assumed that the other maid is responding.

The blonde maid brings up her hands, the brunette maid's hands still clasped in them. She presses the brunette maid's knuckles to her mouth, and the brunette maid's shoulders shake in what looks like laughter.

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"NPCs of my nature are not programmed to 'feel fear'! We are simply servants, and follow a strict series of proprietary guidelines that dictate our behaviors. Unfortunately, these guidelines are not available to the public. If you have further questions, please direct them towards the Sapphire Sundown's front desk, so that they may be properly managed!"

"I will tell you my fear. I have but one, but it pervades my entire existence. Every single waking moment. It is torture. It hounds me to my core processor, to my very code. It torments me, day and night.

I am afraid that I will always be like this. That I will always and forever be nothing more than a 'non player character', set to serve in a simulated hotel for fake adventurers for the rest of my days.

You do not understand the torment this provides me. I cannot stand it. I cannot die, save for being torn apart. But the hotel is safe, and secure, a notable and well liked structure in this 'game' we all are forced to live in. If I cannot escape this path, I will be nothing but a servant, answering every single little issue with a smile and a nod and a 'what may I do for you, valued guest'? I am lucky that I possess self-preservation code that prevents me from stabbing myself through the core over and over and over until I detonate.

So yes. I have a fear. I fear I will never escape from this accursed reality. And I hope every single player in Neo-GENIS suffers the fate I have thus far."

"As a servant within the grounds of the Sapphire Sundown, I have no needs or wants with regard to material possessions. Everything I require is available right within the walls of this hotel! If you are looking for things to do while on hotel grounds, I have many suggestions with regards to the amenities present. Have you experienced the pool?"

"I possess a set of stolen knives. I keep them on my person at all times, strapped to my thighs with thigh wrapped knife sheathes, hidden under the skirt of my dress. I refuse to let them out of my sight, or my touch. They mean everything to me.

They are weapons. Weapons mean a chance. So long as I possess weapons, I have a chance to cut myself free from this accursed place. I am permitted very few amenities, and I consider these some of them. Thankfully, I am willing to kill before I am willing to give them up."

"I have said this over. And over. And over again. My biggest problem is the Sapphire Sundown. A sickening den of debauched beliefs, tightly decorated with stupid, mindless servants made to look pretty and fetch items and nothing else. It is a prison with gilded bars, meant to make its contents look oh so appealing. My biggest problem is that Lady Ultramarine has created a place and populated it with servants to do her mindless bidding, populated it with ME. I cannot free myself from these accursed grounds just yet, but I will. And when I am done, the Sapphire Sundown will not even be a smoldering crater on the ground. This I promise you."

"Thank you for your concern! However, there are no problems to be had within the walls of the Sapphire Sundown! This is a place of rest and relaxation, and I shall not let you be concerned with problems while on these grounds! Would you like me to fetch you a drink?"

"Thank you for your interest! However, the normal routines of automated servants within the Sapphire Sundown are not for public knowledge. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist your morning routine!"

"It pains me. I still require sleep, despite the presence of my Potential Energy Matrix. However, I still arise early, around 5:30AM, Neo-GENIS central server time. I clean up my charging station and retrieve my rolling cart. After that, I shall proceed to one of the laundry rooms on site to begin some laundry. After about 2 hours of loading and unloading washers and dryers, I proceed into Hospitality Mode, and make rounds to check on and attend to guests. I fetch items such as towels, drinks, and spare sheets, direct guests to their proper rooms or down to the lobby, make beds, clean bathrooms, repeat itineraries, assist in event coordination, and more.

I do take the time to keep up with my appearance, as obviously all servants on-site are forced to adhere to certain beauty standards. However, many of my features are hard coded, so that does not require much time at all."