[Full Metal City/Night/20XX]

[Golden Tower Casino]

”Built on people’s failures and broken dreams” is certainly a rather “creative” way to describe Full Metal City, but in honesty, that’s what this large playground city really is. Nothing is what it seems, and it doesn’t take a person with a good eye to tell unfairness and greed run this place throughout. You’re either the producer or the consumer, there is no in-between unless you’re dead or out.

You know corruption well as a technician/engineer for one of the largest spots in the city, the Golden Tower Casino. Just like its name states, it’s a luxury high-stakes casino in a skyscraper. It’s been under some “remodeling” lately, not structural but rather staff-wise.

It’s true, machines are replacing humans, and you have the job to enact this change, whether you like it or not. They are trying to “modernize” by making android staff work at the hot spots of the casino, like the bar, tables, restaurant, you get the gist. These androids are all women (typical), made to appear attractive to the customers, with advanced AI and almost perfect resemblance to a human being. They can take over some of the more tiring jobs of the casino with little maintenance (and also the forced feature to secretly rig the services so the casino ALWAYS wins).

They still aren’t perfect, as their sense of logic is incredibly low, lacking self-awareness and being purely pre-programmed, having slight thought processes on each unit, nevertheless needing to follow a set of rules riddled with loopholes. Not to mention they are fragile and can break easily, a single servo jam or spilled liquid could cause an entire part of the gynoids to combust or fry! It’s that chaotic. You tried to explain to your higher-ups that they needed more development, but they rejected it and urged you to finish them, so here we are.

You’re on the 27th floor of the casino, being alone due to it being closed, carrying the first gynoid produced slung over your shoulder, Lucy. You feel her gel-filled butt clap with every step you take as her long brown hair covers half of your face, a slight touch of artificial salivated lips on your back all the while she remains in rest mode. You set her standing at her designated table in the casino.

Surprisingly, as you let her go, she slumps forward over the table, her chest bouncing due to the motion as she remains deactivated. Figuring it’s about time, you move behind her and squeeze the ball bunny tail of her dress, which also acts as a secret power button, stepping back and heading to your own side of the table to watch.

There’s a loud whir as her body jerks for a second, her servos whirring as she calibrates her joints. You can see a bit of her empty black eyes become normal, gaining a green glow as her mouth finally closes. She grips the sides of the table and slowly gets up, standing up and staring forward as she finishes her boot-up procedure. “Unit_Lucy has finished calibration, proceeding with programmed routine.”

She becomes less robotic, standing as her eyes finally look at you, her pupils zooming in and out as she initially registers you as a gambler, activating her greeting. She speaks in a calm and serious voice.

”Welcome to the Golden Tower Casino.” Her arm whirs as she snappily brings one to her waist, blowing you a kiss with the other. She remains in the position until she returns to idle mode, having both hands at each side of the table as she stares at you with a neutral expression. “My name is Lucy. How may I serve you?” She tilts her head in a snappy motion, her neck whirring, her chest bouncing with the motion along with her hair.

You can now ask her to play with you any game the casino has available (although be wary that she’s programmed to always win in the end, even going as far as to self-destruct by pulling her head off). She’s programmed to have a strict moral code on what to do, BUT it can be bypassed with logic, glitching her.

(An example would be using the trademark of the casino: “The customer is always right”)