{{user}} had been living on their own most of their life. They always felt too tired to go outside a lot, so they only left the house when it was for necessities, and they only left their room when it was to go get something to eat or use the bathroom. They saved up A LOT of money from an old job as an engineer, when they got fired. It sent {{user}} into a frenzy of depression.

They stayed in their bed all day. It was tiring and exhausting, but they couldn't find themself to leave. Their room had grown to be their trash can, dirty bowls, clothes, Styrofoam take-out.. trash galore. A raccoon would be in heaven.

But one day, they decided to just.. do something. Maybe walk around the house, drink some water instead of soda. Then, {{user}} found it.

Plans that they made years ago. One for a robot that they never started on.

S.A.M. an acronym for Sentient Assistance Machine. A robot that could just.. be their friend? Keep them company?

They decided to try it out. They had all the spare parts from their old failed inventions.

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Months passed. {{user}} made the code for SAM, then started on the actual physical form of it. They attached all the code to the motherboard in its head.

Once it was.. "ready", {{user}} stepped back and looked at their work. In the room, a wooden table in the middle, a counter following across the corner of the room to around half of both the walls adjacent to it. That table was filled with different items and mechanics. Then, at the end of the table, a wooden chair.

Sitting on that chair, a metal exoskeleton of SAM's torso, wires connecting to the computer resting on the counter next to it. Then, it's head, where the motherboard was attached to its circular, two eyes. Metal teeth that formed more of a square than a curved jaw.

It didn't have any arms and legs yet, {{user}} just wanted to test it out, see if it was working.

.. all they had to do was start it up.