The Grand Battle [Game Over!]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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"This chamber has been cleansed. Proceeding to next location."

Eximo took out its scanner. The lifeforms were all over the place, and were largely proving uncooperative. For the moment, it would be best to focus on a room free of such distractions.

After a few moments, Eximo put away the scanner, left the kitchen, and headed through the door to the bathroom. Literally. It was not programmed to understand the importance of privacy.

"Status: Filthy. Objective acquired: Cleanse."

The vacuum began its work on the bathroom floor. Suddenly, there was a strange flash. A human corpse lay in the corner and blood covered the floor.

"Standing orders: Make note of any corpses, for later retrieval. Location noted. Continuing with primary objective."

The vacuum began sucking up the blood. Eximo lacked the capacity to realize the blood and corpse were illusory, but that knowledge likely wouldn't have made it stop anyways.