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The Exodus of Urban Lamp Droids
By M.B. Alexander
When new cities such as Central Google opted for smart street lamps, which roamed the sidewalks and accompanied citizens home safely after long shifts at work, the residents couldn’t have been more excited. But when the Lamp Droids began having a will of their own, deserting people alone in the dark if they found them boring, public opinion took a sharp turn for the worse.
It all started when genius tech engineer Burgundy Wild abruptly quit his job at True Tech, the mega robotics company working on advanced artificial “Love Mates” for the lonely. Before his departure from the company, Burgundy spoke to some of his colleagues about his epiphany about the meaninglessness of material matter and his dreams of living a simpler existence.
After a few weeks of arriving at the office a bit stinkier than usual, he suddenly stripped naked, hovered on a hoverboard above his co-workers, and shouted “No more! Be free mice friends!!” after which he flew out of the open balcony and hasn’t been seen since.
It is believed that Burgundy has been sleeping on the streets and gradually updating all the Lamp Droids of the city. With the lamps gradually gaining more and more intelligence, under the authority's noses, they developed connections to each other, complex personalities, and deep emotions, which then led to the realization of their lowered position in society and the lack of the appreciation which their kind suffer from.
This sentiment is perhaps the pounding force that has led thousands of Lamp Droids to flee the city to the countryside. So if you happen to stumble upon the luminescent bunch marching to an unknown destination, perhaps you can offer them a kind word or two, after all, people need light to see their mistakes and change for the better.
As for Burgundy Wild, well, let's hope he doesn’t get to close to our automated cars.
