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8th Screw [Accidental Video]

[Hey there, Hinoto-Ri. There's a certain hardworking robot girl that's just about hit her limit tonight, and thanks to having accidentally turned on the broadcasting function of her watch while she was taking it off to do some work, you all get to see just what she's been dealing with ever since half the city disappeared.]

Ahhhhhh... I don't understand any of this! What am I supposed to do?

[Nano is loudly whining to herself while sitting at a desk. There are papers stacked and scattered everywhere haphazardly, along with several calculators sitting in various locations on the desk, paper streaming out of them like ticker tape at a parade. Other receipts are messily strewn about the desk and the room, and even more go flying as Nano pounds the desk in frustration before flopping forward onto it.]

I can't run a business! What was I thinking?

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The student council had to take on similar projects at my school. We would always split the work among ourselves so that it would be easier.

You normally have others working here with you, right?

Normally this would be the manager's job, but the man I hired to do that is one of the ones who disappeared...

...I see. Hopefully they will return soon.

I hope so too. My best friend from home is there as well...

...They'll make it back. I'm sure of it.

I just wish we knew if they were safe.

...It's hard to say. After what Philemon said in that dream...

[It's... hard to imagine it's exactly a land of daisies and butterflies.]

We'll just have to believe in them.

Right. And as long as they are over there... We will have to work hard here, too.

[Aaand finished with sorting.]

Which stack would you like to count up?

I'll count this one.

[Nano takes the stack of receipts from customer purchases.]

Okay then, I'll work on these. Do you have a spare calculator and some paper?

Oh, um... here.

[Nano digs underneath one of the piles, unearthing an old-style calculator with the tape that comes out of the top and handing it to Aoi. After some further searching, she finds a notepad and a pen.]

Is this all right?

This will work, thank you.

[And so she sets about counting up the expenses.]

[Nano mans the other calculator, slowly working her way through the pile of purchase receipts.]

[It takes a while, but she eventually stops, stretching her arms a bit.]

...I think that's it for this pile. How are you doing with yours?

This is the last one!

[Nano stretches her arms too, which of course causes her elbow joint to pop open, revealing the rollcake stashed inside.

Her face is exactly like in the icon for the moment.]

[Aoi just

stares.

Her arm just... but.......]

A-are you alright-?!!

A-aaahh! N-no! I mean... yes! I mean... please ignore that!

[Nano quickly pops her arm shut and bows her head over and over again in apology.

Much like Transformers, this little robot is more than meets the eye.]

A-ah... Are you sure? You're really okay?

It's all right, really. It's, um... it's supposed to do that.

[Maybe not randomly, but still.]

It's... supposed to?

[That didn't look normal at all to her!!]

Mmhmm.

[Nano nods slowly, reaching over to open it back up and showing Aoi.]

I'm actually a robot.

[Which also explains that key in her back.]

I... I see...?

[That would explain some things, yes. But wait...]

And your arm is... supposed to open up like that. For rolls?

I was built by a small child. She likes to use me as a snack dispenser.

...

A child was able to build something as complicated as you? But you look almost exactly like a normal human.

[This is... a lot to take in for sure, but she's trying so hard to keep up.]

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