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  It's the year 3017. My name is Jane. Welcome to Tuscan city, the city of efficiency. Everything works perfectly here. It's the perfect place to exists. I'm twenty-three years and am what you call a Techy. Since only robots work in the city, someone has to maintain them and that would be people like me. I've worked here for almost seven years. We're recruited at a very young age if we possess the necessary skills to start a career early. I was fortunate enough to show exceptional talent and are now at the head of the department.

  "Morning Graham, what time did you finish up last night?"

  Graham is one of our green recruits, they get all the unwanted tasks. He had to clean up all the oil spills and shards that were left from a robot fight. Yes, robots fight and they fight a lot. These robots are divided into levels and the lower levels don't always agree with the upper levels. That's what's keeping us in business. The perfect city only exists because we keep it perfect.

  "Only at two o'clock, I guess this was a big one"

  "It looks that way. You can take the day off just remember to scan at the door, okay?"

  "Have I ever mention that you're the best boss ever?"

  "A few times, yes!"

  I love my life, my job, and the consistency of my life. Every day is the same for me. I wake up and then Sammy

my robot

has my food ready. Then I step into my closet to dress me and he just always knows exactly what I want to wear every day. After consuming my food, I load my arm with the Torros I need for today. Torros is everything in Tuscan city, without Torros, you can't buy food, drive, use an elevator, and most important….live. If your Torros runs out, you die but we like to say, you go to the next level, the level of eternity. Suddenly she comes walking in with all her attitude following her. Your arch enemy, Macy.

  "You're a bit late today, Jane? Couldn't your downgraded robot get breakfast done in time?"

  It feels as if a volcano wants to erupt inside you with rage. She's been gunning for your job for as long as you remember. She started at the same age as you and she's always just been one step behind you in everything.

  "Macy, you should check your watch…I think that clever robot of yours have played another trick on you? You're ten minutes late again…"

  She quickly looks at the enormous clock against the wall and then back to her watch again. Her face fills with the deepest shade of red you've ever seen on anyone's face.

  "You better have a word with your bot, Macy, or else I'm going to have to take five Torros for you constantly being late"

  She looks at the floor and speed walk to her station. You smile and remember how you and her robot had a little "heart to heart" and you may or may not have changed a few things in his personality file. You walk to your station.

  "Open"

  You talk to the wall that's right in front of you and it opens, presenting you with a chair that turns around for you to sit in. Then a voice speaks to you.

  "Welcome Jane, how are you feeling today?"

  The chair then moves me and takes me to the working screens station, where I can see the entire city. All the robots are marked with blue tags and the people with green tags. The ones with red tags are the robots that's not functioning the way they should and needs assistance from our department.

  "I'm doing well thank you, X"

  X is our department's operation system. Without her, I'll be as good as lost in this city of robots.

  "X, what do you have for me today?"

  "Please allow me to show you"

  The screens start to lit up and the red dots appear all over the city. I quickly dispatch and assign workers to different robots by throwing a few of the popup screen into the right places. This isn't everyone's cup of tea but if you have the skills to learn fast and think fast, this is just another day at the office.

  I carry on like this for a few hours and then it's time for my lunch. We all gather in a large room with different screens where I can scan the bar on my arm to choose and buy my food. Everyone is born with a permanent tattoo on your forearm and this will become your lifeline, without the bar, I can't live or breathe. I walk to the closest screen I can find and suddenly someone slaps me on my shoulder. I turn around and see my besty Mikila.

  "Hope you're buying me lunch today since you're the boss and all. You know you're making more money than my dad right now?"

  Mikila and I have been friends since I can remember. When my parents went to the level eternity, her parents took me in. I got her, her job here at Robots Inc. as one of the green recruits. Her skills aren't as good as mine but her family needs the Torros. Her mother doesn't have any skills and so I charge her bar every few days with mine. I do it gladly, they're as good as my family.

  "You've never been the shy one, now have you?"

  "No, so, are you going to?"

  She gives you her biggest grin and I press my arm against the screen she's facing. You both choose the food that you're going to eat and sit down at the closest table. I start to dig into my food when suddenly I hear a loud bang coming from the front of the building. The lights in the building immediately turn to red lights and X turns on the speakers of the building.

  "Intruder alert….Intruder alert….Intruder alert"

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