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20 Questions With Ember ⚙️

[20Q series, part 8] As always, ask your questions below and Ember will answer! Tags: @terror2 > Interviewer E: Ember +++ > Good evening Stardust Crossing, and a good morning, afternoon, evening, whatever the case may be, to all those listening over the internet from elsewhere. I’m Johnny Rocket, your favorite late night host and this is the Midnight Hour. We’ve once again assembled a great show for you tonight starting with our local voices segment. Please, introduce yourself. E: Now? > Yes, go ahead. E: What’s up? I’m Ember Spannagel, and I run the repair and refurb joint down on sixth street. > The one with the big warehouse? E: Can’t miss it. > You run the whole operation by yourself? E: Oh no, I have help from my staff. They’re a little fussy, and they drive up the electric bill, but they’re good help. Most of the time. > Around how many employees do you have? E: Last I checked… about a hundred? > You can afford that many salaries? E: Oh, they don't get paid. They’re robots. > I see. Is that legal? E: Robots don't have rights. > I feel like some of our listeners might object to that. There's a few robot girls around town too, from what I've seen. E: I feel like there's a difference between an android and a robot. Androids have rights, robots don't. Androids are legally people, robots are legally appliances. > What exactly is the difference though? E: That depends on how you define it. Androids can reason, they can make their own choices, they have a certain sense of self that makes them act like humans do. Robots don't. My microwave doesn't care if I'm home late and my roomba doesn't get to vote. > I, uh, feel like we’re getting off track. E: No worries. I don't have any pets, I live upstairs at the shop, I build model kits for fun, my favorite food is cup noodles cause they are always there when I need them, and my top music is denpa and anisongs. I miss anything? > *paper shuffling* Nickname? E: Oh yeah! Runie calls me a gremlin. Its kinda cute. > Since you know my questions already, you must be a regular listener yourself. E: I’m up late anyway, I never miss it. Its not like anything else is on that late. > I can't tell if that's praise or acceptance. E: Just accept the facts for what they are. No need to sugar coat it > If you say so. Did you have a place in town you really like? E: The junkyard. It's practically a treasure hoard. You won’t believe what people toss out. > You have an example? E: I once found a working condition minifridge. Still had soda in it. And yes, I drank it. > Brave, I give you that. E: It was still sealed! I’m careful… enough. > For legal reasons, I have to advise against drinking things you find in the trash. E: Its not trash! Just because someone didnt want it anymore doesn't mean it's worthless! > Easy there, no offense intended. E: ... Sorry. > Its ok. Any notable achievements? E: I once shot a fly out of the air with a nailgun. > Don’t those have safety features to prevent that? E: Out of the box, yes. It's a little dangerous for the walls though, I’ll admit. These days I have a laser turret that snipes them for me. > You sell those? E: I can hook you up, don't sweat it. > We’re going off topic again. Let’s talk friends. E: I appreciate Yulie’s enthusiasm for my gadgets. She’s got crazy vampire powers and all, but she still gets all starry eyed over toys like a grappling hook or a glue bomb. > We might have different definitions of toys. E: They’re simple projects. Baby’s first gadget tier. Nail loves them too, but she uh… can’t be trusted with them. So I have to turn her down a lot and her begging me gets annoying. > We’re gonna have to go quickly. Any particular fears or dreams? E: I don't want life to pass me by. I don't want to wake up one day and wish I had done more. So I push forward. I want to build a real, working super robot. Transformations and special attacks and everything. > Vacation destination? E: Japan. I must make the pilgrimage. > Ideal date? E: I want to find someone who thinks the junkyard is cool too *laughs* > Any spicy fantasies? E: Um… I kinda want to get pampered. The way only someone who knows me the way I know machines can. > That sounds really intimate. E: Uh… y- yeah. I guess so… *mumbles* > Oh, don't overheat on me now. Can someone bring her some water? *muffled sounds* > Better? E: Yeah. I got a little overstimulated. Sorry. > Does that happen often? Need me to call medical? E: I’m okay. I have a very active imagination so when I think about certain things I… uwuw. > Let's not trigger a relapse. Let’s wrap this up before you blow a gasket, yeah? Got anything to confess to the listeners? E: I, might, have spied on people with robots. Once. Or twice. > You didn't bug the office did you? E: You’ll never know if I did. > Scary! Okay, last question. Have you ever wished upon a star and if so, what for? E: I wished for the knowledge to build my dreams into reality.