Private Finished Which Road To Pick

Geo had been keeping herself busy for the most part, though for a few different reasons. The first was that she now had a new job and the second one was that it was at the same place that her daughter, that in itself is a complicated situation, also works at. It was creating a little bit of friction as Geo was still not sure how to handle the situation, which then also meant that she had to keep busy to not devote an over abundance of processing power to over analyzing the situation and causing even more problems. So she started to do little things all over the place like cleaning messes she had spotted, organize files and papers, replacing burnt out light bulbs, and the like.

She was currently in between tasks and was stalking down a hallway looking for something to do when some sound from an opened room caught her attention. Curious Geo went into the room and what the android saw perplexed her. One of her coworkers, Brunhild if she was not mistaken, was sitting in front of a television with a colourful piece of plastic, there was also a box of some sort that seemed to be hooked up to the television as well. She stood there silently watching for a few moments as the other went through various small cartoonish characters and various types of automobiles. Unable to keep her curiosity in check any more Geo finally spoke.

“What is this that you are so focused on?” She tilted her head to the side as she spoke, eyes focusing in further on the images on the screen as she pointed to it.

The last thing the android wanted to do was spook someone, she hadn't even bothered to try and hide her presence but had missed the headphones. She often missed smaller details like this that lead to various social problems. She made not of it for the future. Geo also noticed that her co worker had made room for her on the couch and clued in that it was an offer for her to join and so she took the offered seat, watching the screen intently as the other played the game. She watched unblinkingly as the other completed the course and then nodded to herself.

“I see, so it is a racing simulator, a very basic one though.” She leaned in closer inspecting the screen, watching as the victor of the race celebrated on the screen. “I have only tried virtual combat simulations in the past.”

Geo straightened up a bit and looked over at her co worker, tilting her head to the side. This, to her, was the perfect time to attempt to socialize with someone else. Who would be better then someone in the same line of work that seemed to have a similar disposition, it would be taking what others referred to 'baby steps' but practice none the less.

“May I join you in a match?”

Geo took the controller from her co worker and nodded, going over all the buttons on it. She was not sure what all of them did but would figure it out in time. She listened to Brun and nodded.

“I have not done anything like this myself,” she said making a cursor move around to pick different cartoons that would apparently drive her vehicle. “It is, as people on this planet say, anyone's game at the moment?”

After picking a racer, someone in a pink dress with blonde hair and a crown of some sort, Geo went on to pick the car that she would be using and other such things. She waited while Brunhild did the same, some strange giant turtle dragon with spikes on it, and the two of them were placed onto a track and some thing in a cloud lowered a traffic light. It counted down and then the moment the light went green the race started. Geo hit a button and the car started to go backwards, causing her to frown before trying another one. The vehicle went forward this time causing the frown to relax as she started to concentrate. She watched the race intently, trying each button to figure out what did what.

The first lap was completed and she was not doing so well, but as the screen was indicating there were at least two more to go. In the second lap she did much better, climbing up from last place and getting right behind the leader, she was learning the map as she went though, looking for any place that could be considered a short cut or would give her any edge in the final lap.

By the time the final lap started Geo was more confident and was totally concentrating on the game now. As she did this her tongue poked out of the front of her mouth a bit though she was not conscious of doing so, it was perhaps an ingrained habit of some of the feline species DNA used in her creation. Whatever the cause anyone who knew the serious mercenary android would probably think that it was the most adorable thing that Geo had ever done, or probably will ever do. The final lap was now completed and Geo had secured Victory. Leaning back onto the couch, she did not even know when she had started to lean forward during the same, she looked over at her co worker and nodded.

“That was enjoyable.” She said matter of factly. “Do you wish to play again?”

Geo nodded at the last comment, she sometimes forgot who knew what she was and who didn't.

“My reflexes are above average, and I can be a quick learner at times.” she stated while she picked a new character, this time it was a woman in a glowing gown with stars around her who was clearly from space but also had a crown of some sort. Geo had no idea what attracted her to these characters but pick them she did none the less, almost out of instinct.

Once again after character and vehicle selection was done they once again lined up at the starting line, this time in some sort of desert based race track. Just like the other race the cloud creature came down and the count down started, this time Geo was ready and hit the button to go forward. Unsure how though apparently she hit it at the right time as the car she was in shot out sparks and she flew forward ahead of the pack. As this happened she could not help but let out a little gasp before leaning forward as she had before to concentrate.

Even with this boost for the first lap she stayed around 2nd or 3rd but started to memorize the map and pick out all the little short cuts again. At the start of the next lap she was so focused that her tongue once again started to slightly poke out from between her lips as she pulled into 1st place. This time when the final lap hit the android was so far ahead of everyone that none of them could be seen behind her in her part of the screen. When she crossed the finish line she smiled ever so slightly and sat back, this time having to wait and watch while the next five or six racers crossed before the game automatically finished the race for them.

Geo did not bother to say anything to the request of another race but just nodded quickly and went back into character selection. This time the woman she picked had brown hair, a yellow dress, and you guessed it another crown! Some people would say that somewhere along the line Geo had somehow come into contact with the idea and literature regarding princesses and was subconsciously picking them because she really liked them or wanted to be one. Those people would have gotten hurt even if it may have unknowingly been true.

This time it the race was on some sort of jungle track that had some large creatures on it, something the humans had called dinosaurs. She got ready, leaned forward, tongue poked out, and waited for the cloud creature, and started the race. Once again on the first lap she managed to keep around second, though this time on the second lap the android made a critical error, potentially two.

The first one was that when she tried a short cut one of the computer players followed her as well and when she was in the air they knocked her off course causing her to miss the other side of the ramp. She had to be rescued by another cloud thing but this one had taken coins from her as well. This caused Geo to frown and inch closer to the edge of the couch.

Next when on another part of the map she took a jump that she should have cleared but the moment before she was about to land the large dinosaur there moved it's head and once again knocked her off course. When this happened Geo actually let out an irritated little squeak followed by a soft growl.

She would have to fight her way back to the front but this time it looked like she would be lucky to get fourth, possibly third, for this race.