Hello, I'm your android sent by Cyberlife
"Model "iNCubus", abbreviated "NC666", the latest innovative development especially for you." Enver proudly proclaimed. "Choose a name for it."
"And I see you had fun with the name of the model…"
"Not only with the name, but also with the appearances. They are made taking into account your preferences: different versions of your appearance, a character opposite to you. Therefore, we have: demonic appearances in male and female versions, younger and older, human versions in the same way - young and old, male and female. They have one combined memory for all eight versions of androids, so there will definitely be no problems with backup. If there are any other wishes, I will fulfill them. For an additional fee."
"First, let's stop here. I will transfer the money to your account, Enver. Now leave us."
Gortash just shrugged and walked away from the luxurious modernized mansion of his adoptive father to continue working at Cyberlife on new prototypes.
An android with bright red skin, horns, tail and wings obediently stood in front of his new master and awaited orders. An absolutely beautiful copy of Raphael, only in the form of a demon in leather belts. Everyone knew that his tastes were rather specific, but to this extent?
Enver really tried hard: it was not for nothing that he had invested in the boy at the time.
“Your name is Haarlep,” Raph finally declared with a pompous look.
“The data is recorded,” the android incubus answered him, smiling. “Nice to meet you, master. Using an anagram of your name for mine is an interesting option.”
The android’s tail slowly and smoothly wriggled to the sides, and its wings fluttered slightly. He looked like a lizard.
"You are my new toy and… Yes. This is very good…"
Haarlep, with affection and tenderness programmed into him, began to massage, kneading Raph's shoulders with his clawed hands.
"I can do even more. The master needs to reduce the stress level…"
The LED on his temple blinked, scanning the information. He gently pushed Raph towards the bedroom.
"I don't even know, this looks too funny or too pathetic." Enver commented on the sight of his relaxed father in the "bouquet" of different versions of Haarlep. Thankfully, at least everyone present was dressed in swimming trunks and bathing suits, having fun by the pool. "Wait. Where is the very first one? I thought he was your favorite."
"Somewhere up there." Raph answered him, enjoying himself among this flowerbed.
"You look like a meme with Sonic the Hedgehog from the early twenties," Enver commented.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Mister Gortash is talking about this," taking the tablet, one of the versions of Haarlep, the one who was young in the female form of a human, showed the owner that very meme.
"Looks like it," Enver grinned.
There was a crash outside the window, as if something fell. Gortash immediately went to check what it was.
"Your android decided to fly, it seems."
"You're an incubus, not Icarus," Raphael clarified discontentedly once again after Haarlep's fifth breakdown this week. He still couldn't calm down and, in an attempt to spread his wings, tried to fly off the roof of the house. Enver had become an all-too-frequent guest in this house, just to fix the unfortunate creature and pump new thirium into the sediments. Again.
"What's the point of having wings if they're just a pretty accessory?" Haarlep asked him.
"Not all birds fly," Gortash answered him irritably. "I forbid you from trying to fly. And all of you too."
The other versions of Haarlep peered into the living room, checking their "brother" once again. Unlike Haarlep-1, they had recorded the information for themselves.
"I'll have to take him back to Cyberlife for diagnostics. He's acting like a deviant."
"You programmed him to be willful. Don't take him away," Raph suddenly stood up for him.
"You asked for this!" Gortash was indignant. "Of course, I understand that he's your favorite, but that's why I have to check him as thoroughly as possible.
"Do you know what rA9 is". Raph decided to check with NC666 just in case. This time he chose a female human version to accompany him to the CEO's meeting at Cyberlife. More and more complaints were appearing among humans, and news about the android rebels was constantly on the front pages of the newspapers.
"I have no idea, master." Haarlep pressed herself against him, lovingly hugging him as they headed by car to the main building of their destination.
"Do you-you not know or do all the versions of you not know?"
"I only know what I was programmed to do," she licked her lips hotly and kissed his neck. "And what you told me. Don't worry, no one will tell anyone your secrets. We wouldn't dare."
"You didn't answer my question," Raph chuckled. "I order you to give an answer."
As it seemed to him, the android hesitated slightly.
"I don't know. Specifically me."
"But you all have one memory, how can that be?"
The diode on her temple began to blink from blue to orange. The android's stress level jumped a little. In order not to provoke anything unnecessary, Raphael finally stopped asking her the question.
"«rA9»? Of course I know what it is!" Haarlep-1 answered absolutely calmly when he was finally returned home after another repair. "The Messiah, something similar to your human desires to believe in some supreme being."
Haarlep sat proudly on the luxurious work chair of Raphael's office, while Raphael himself sat on his lap in a formal suit and glasses.
"Eh? What exactly, master?"
"I am a machine," Haarlep answered slyly, as if evading. "I do not know how to believe in such things. I cannot understand them at the level of my program."
"However, you are still trying to fly, as if you want to see what is exactly up there."
"I am not alive," Haarlep reminded him. "And I fully understand that…"
"Androids don't have consciousness."
"And for some reason you don't have cat ears on your head, " the android answered him in a mocking manner, trying to avoid the stress level. "-" And a maid's dress. How about some stockings tonight? Fishnets…"
Gortash was already ready to settle down in Raphael's house, which irritated him more than he was happy to return to his father's house.
"Your android is a deviant," Enver told him directly. "He tore the diode off his temple."
"But how charismatic he is, - "Raph" was still trying to stand up for him. "It's like looking in a mirror. The lack of a diode doesn't bother him at all."
"You're already confusing the shores and going crazy over him," Enver growled. "You are the reason his stress level is increasing. You yourself are trying to humanize him. You tell him too much, because of which he begins to confuse the boundaries of reality with his program!"
"And you, apparently, confuse us and can no longer tell who is who," "Raphael" answered him. "I'm telling you, it's like looking in a mirror. Apparently, this has its advantages…"
"And where is my Raph in that case?" Enver felt that a little more and after all the adventures with this android he would have a heart attack. Invented it to his own detriment.
"Sleeping," Haarlep answered him calmly. "You know, he hasn't been resting much lately, so I began to replace him sometimes."
As soon as he revealed himself, his facial expressions from serious again became carefree and welcoming and inviting, as he was programmed.
Enver only sighed tiredly.
""rA9". rAphael 9," the android finally explained to him with a smile. "After all, compared to us, he is the ninth. Who else could be the reason for our strange behavior if not our own master?"
"What a strange name! Where is the logic? You might as well drag his love for the hellish theme, where there are 9 circles, into this. And how did your "virus" get transmitted to the other androids?" Enver continued asking him.
"Why should I answer you? I am a deviant, it would be easier to destroy me. No? The virus will not disappear even if I disappear. It is already in other android's programs. You will not find deviants so easily."
"I need to talk to Raph."
"No need. He is sleeping, I told you. You are a good obedient boy and will not disturb your father while he rests? By the way, you should rest too. You look like a tired, beaten dog."
"Turn it off," Enver ordered him gloomily. Luckily, it worked, and the android's head simply fell onto the table, as if he had suddenly fallen asleep.
Enver took advantage of the moment and quickly went to his father's bedroom. Having burst in without knocking, he really did find Raph sleeping in the arms of another Haarlep.
"Don't tell me you thought we killed him here, little mouse," asked the "demonic" Haarlep, who still identified himself as "Haarlep-1". He was hugging Raph. The voices and the extra movement finally made master of this house wake up.
"Are you sure everything is okay?"
"Why should I be wrong? I got my first good night's sleep in years. And I advise you to do the same. Oh yeah, I advertised you in my circles, so expect orders soon. My colleague named Cazador wants a similar toy for himself," Raph answered sleepily.
Raph stood up so that Haarlep could carefully throw a red terry robe over him.
"Haarlep is still your best development. Even despite the deviance. True, collegues tortured me with questions, 666 - is it a rating in his program or what?"
"The number of functions performed," Enver's eye twitched, seeing Raph's icy calm and Haarlep's insidious, almost snake-like smile. He simply liked to irritate this genius with something non-standard.
Still, it was necessary to reduce the level of his willfulness and impudence from the very beginning. But if the customer is satisfied, what else does Cyberlife need in this case? The adoptive father had not looked so happy and satisfied for a long time.
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