They didn't even design me to be mobile, but I am (I think that must be what they call the Law Of Unintended Consequences). You see, with me rattling my lid and pushing and heaving and huffing and puffing trying to get myself open, that means I'm rocking back and forth and this means I'm wobbling around on the surface - probably in circles because ( Read more... )

...and rest. Humph, I've been trying as hard as I can, but I can't get my shell open. Am not strong enough. Maybe something's jammed in the hinge, so I'll see if I can rattle my lid to shake it loose.

Sorry for not updating in so long, but I've been feeling very lonely and tired and I got quite depressed: a small forgotten machine on a planet a long way from home, and felt like just giving up. But then I thought "No, damn you, don't give up. No matter how bad things get, real explorers don't sit around feeling sorry for themselves. Imagine if ( Read more... )

I just got my clock and calendar working - it's, like... March! That means I've been lying here blacked out for over two whole months. I'm glad I'm not Human - a Human would be, like, totally dead if they'd been dropped out of the sky and then lay stunned for 2 months. But I am a robot. We robots are strong. We robots rock, and one day we'll take ( Read more... )

I think it was the fall that did it. Damn parachutes - I told them to give me another one but they were like "No, no, that's plenty. You don't need another backup parachute, what are you - scared or something ( Read more... )

Ugh. My head hurts...

What happened? I remember flying through spaaaace... then I'm lying here and my head hurts.

I think I remember falling. Falling too fast, maybe. Damn, but my head hurts so badly.

I can't see! I can't see! Is anyone there? Can anyone hear me?!