Susumu tilted her head as though she heard something, but brushed it off. Medical, meanwhile, came over to her, squeaking for a sandwich of her own. “Alright, little lady, here’s one for you too,” Susumu said, handing Medical a sandwich.

As the girls put the rest of the food on the table, Medical plopped down next to Cat Slime and started eating. “Well, the thing is…” Quartz began. “Bowyetta and I don’t exactly have jobs.”

“Bonkakira used to work in retail, but she doesn’t anymore,” Bonkakira replied.

Beep, however, seemed more than proud to talk about her work. “Well, I’m an Engineer, and that means I solve problems. Not problems like- Er… Never mind that.” Her pixel eyes darted around in embarrassment. “Now, Susumu… I don’t know what she does up there all day. Aside from going to school and writing, I mean.”

“What about you, Marie?” Susumu asked. “Do you have a job too?”

“Oh?” Marie flinched when Beep suddenly stopped her spiel. “Y-you might have to teach me a thing or two, then!”

She caught her brother’s eye.

“…Well, outside my main mentor, of course…” she chuckled, patting his back.

The Repairman shook his head in what he hoped was a good-natured manner.

“Oh! I do have a job! My creators told me to help Repairman out, and…that’s about it, really.”

She shrugged, taking a bite out of a sandwich.

“…Yeah, that’s pretty much all they said, so I guess that’s my job…”

“They didn’t tell you either?” the Repairman asked, incredulously. At least her creators were nice enough to leave a note!

Marie could only gawk. She thought for sure her older brother would know better than she did why they were doing all this…