The Grand Battle [Game Over!]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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Unit VC-001 was complete. Eximo felt a sense of satisfaction, despite the delay to the cleansing. Fortunately, that delay was no longer necessary. Unit VC-001 went to work immediately. Eximo decided to observe its prowess before producing Unit VC-002; if it was satisfactory, then the same procedure could simply be repeated, and subsequent units would be completed in much less time.

As the unit moved through the store, it began kicking up clouds of dust. Eximo viewed the growing dust clouds with displeasure; clearly, this cleansing was long overdue.

VC-001 was even more single-minded in its pursuit of cleanliness than its creator; Eximo had not been designed to program other machines, after all. A few improvements to the original design had been made by disassembling some other, insignificant appliances; but they made little difference to the unit itself. It simply followed its preprogrammed route, vacuuming all the while.

Overall, Eximo was satisfied. Not as satisfied as it would be after this filthy building was cleansed, of course, but satisfied nonetheless. The construction of VC-002 began in earnest. In fact, the process had been greatly refined; Eximo estimated that with effective task management, it could have 50 units operational within 35 minutes.