[Open] .2nd Fantasy Impromptu.

[sakedrinking]

There would be a new sound in the castle this morning. A certain recent arrival had managed to make her first wish at the fountain, and gotten it the very next day, much to her joy.

So out in the room just past the old bridge, the lyrical strains of an acoustic guitar could be heard, followed by a voice singing in Japanese to the bubbly song.

Join? Interrupt? Listen from a distance?

What do you do?

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[sakedrinking]

"Uhm... a-actually it stands for... Vocal-Android."

[last_lombax]

Ratchet's expression went from curious to shining happy child in a candy store.

"An android?! A real android!" He laughed happily and quickly ran around Haku, looking her over with a shining critial eye.

"I've never seen an android that looked this organic! How were you made? What is your skin made of? Can you feel sensations? How do you see? Black and white or full HD color quality? What powers you? How do you sing so well? Were you built to sing or do you have weapon capabilities?"

[sakedrinking]

Haku blinked several times rapidly, trying to keep up with Ratchet's questions.

"U-uhm... I... ... I was... built for singing and performance... I see in color... and--... I'm sorry, what was the rest of that?" she asked after a bit, laughing nervously.

[last_lombax]

Ratchet chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry if I got...over excited there. But...I haven't seen an android since I arrived. I was hoping some robots would be brought here and well...here you are! How does your skin work and what powers you?"

[sakedrinking]

"O-oh... it's... just synthetic... and... what powers me is rather complicated..."

[last_lombax]

"Wow. So can you actually feel things too?"

[sakedrinking]

"Of course. I have fully integrated nerve receptors," Haku answered with a nod.

[last_lombax]

"Hot damn. You are amazing Haku. Truly."

[sakedrinking]

"R-really?"

Haku's cheeks went bright red at the compliment, eyes slightly wide.

[last_lombax]

Ratchet had to laugh when he say her cheeks turn red. She was both beautiful and cute. A nice combo.

"I mean it. The robots back home don't have synthetic skin like yours. Just metal shells."

[sakedrinking]

"W-well... Vocaloid... we're supposed to be virtual idols. We have to look, act and... feel as close to human as possible."

Sometimes too close. But those were memories Haku tried very hard to suppress as much as possible.

"If we didn't look like this then we probably wouldn't be accepted. We're the most advanced robotics around, after all."

[last_lombax]

"Well they certainly did a good job. Glad we have someone here who can play music. The crickets were getting boring, that's for sure." The Lombax laughed and smiled at Haku.

"You can relax, you know. No reason to be nervous."

[sakedrinking]

"I-I'm always nervous..." Haku admitted quietly, fidgeting with her fingers, tugging on her first finger.

"I'm not--... my siblings are better musicians... if they were here you'd probably think that."

[last_lombax]

"I doubt it. You're a good player and a good singer. Doesn't matter if you think they're better. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that."

[sakedrinking]

"I would try to believe that, except..."

Haku took a couple of paces around the area before sitting down on the steps with a quiet huff.

"I'm technically a knock off."

[last_lombax]

"A knock off? And? Plenty of great things came originally from knock offs. And you're one of them. How else do you think we have diet soda?"

[sakedrinking]

"Ah-- ... did you just compare me to diet soda?!"

[last_lombax]

"Um...maybe a little?"

[sakedrinking]

At first, she looked very much offended. But then after a second, she started laughing.

"Y-you're funny, Ratchet..."

[last_lombax]

Ratchet definitely was nervous before Haku started laughing. He laughed with her, glad his joke had gone over well.

"I try, Haku. I try."