I'm a Cyborg's Pet

Chapter 46 him/I'm forced to play with him

"You should have a picture of a fire extinguisher over there too. Just in case you can never be too sure about fire safety. MARRRRSTTERR" I said.

"Aren't you going to ask me what that is?" said Rockwood pointing at the box. 

"Will it hurt if I do?" I asked.

"No" said Rohckwood.

"Ok then tell me kind master what is that?" I said. While I did the chairs formed either the side of the low table and #6502 pulled out a thick chessboard put it on the table and opened the box to show chess pieces.

"I would say it's yours, but as a slave you can't own anything. As Bertrand Russell said 'Its is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.'"

"Bet he doesn't have a collar round his neck" I said.

"How about Joseph B. Wirthlin. 'Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness'." said Rockwood sitting down.

"So by taking everything from are the robots are making us happier?" I said.

"Now you're beginning to see the New Mechanical Order's true philanthropic endeavour" said Rockwood."So It's not yours. So let's say it's going to be in the same room as you and you can use it when you have no duties to perform. I thought about getting a collar game for you, but this is more instructive".

#6502 had been setting up the chess pieces on the board. They looked like weird sculptures made of clockwork. Wow a chess board.

"If this a cheap attempt at buying my affection" I started 'it's working' I thought. Something to do while he was away would be good. I knew he was just doing this to break me down. As soon as I admitted I liked him let alone the L word then his game would be over and pet/internship would be shut down like Christmas lights in January.

"No a cheap attempt at winning your affection would be flowers, a puppy or pointing a gun at you. This is simply a low budget way of saying thanks" said Rockwood.

"We both know I shouldn't win against you" I said quoting the salve -best practice guide at him. Playing against human masters who have access to your remote control which could simulate your face being slapped for hours with a dead haddock wasn't the smartest of moves. We were taught to loose convincingly but always loose.

"Its that you or the Oblivion talking?" said Master Rockwood.

"Both, you can't expect that I have any chance playing with someone who's supposed multi digit IQ is greater than the gross product of China" I said

"I have an incentive" said Master as we sat opposite each other on the oak chairs either side of the chess board. #6502 brought our drinks over and placed them on a small table she produced.

"Does this incentive involve my collar recreating me being Benjamin Franklin flying a kite in a thunder storm when the experiment goes wrong?" I said.

"No. I thought I would give you something beyond measure. Something which is in so short supply it's value dwarfs gold. You're going to play five games and for each one you win you get to ask a question to me and I will answer the question truthfully if I can. Plus you get to play on this" Rockwood said.

#6502 had been setting up the chess pieces on the board. They looked like weird sculptures made of clockwork.

"This is called a free chess board." said Rockwood moving a piece "when you move a piece the squares change to tell you about the move. For example if I move here"