company had
discovered flaws in the automatons that are operational in your
company. It may not come as a surprise, gentlemen, that your
company is not the only one who has suffered horrible accidents
like the ones you have faced. We know of at least three other
businesses that..."
The immaculately dressed man shook his head.
"Let me spare you the gruesome details, dear sirs. Two of the three
enterprises I am referring to have by now eliminated the faulty
automatons and replaced them by the models that my company has
presented to them. I do value your wisdom to allow me a
presentation of our best model. We call it our Autonomous
Mechanical Man mark 3, AMM3 in short."
Sir Baldwin looked to the side, where two men
stood, next to a large black metal man. "AMM3, approach." The black
automaton emitted a few clicking sounds, stood straight and walked
over to the person who had summoned him. The heavy footsteps made
the floor shudder.
Sir Baldwin, with the huge automaton looming
over him, turned to the group of men in front of him. "Feel free,
gentlemen, to step forward and examine our AMM3. And if you decide
to purchase this model, I am inclined to offer you a nice price.
Out of respect of the people who lost their lives..."
-=-=-
A rather thin man, wearing a black suit, opened
his big leather bag. The constable who had called for him was
talking to the ladies who had made the shocking discovery in the
park. The thin man opened the jacket of the man who had been pulled
from the lake. "This has to stop someday," he muttered as he put
his goggles on and examined the large gaping wound in the dead
man's chest. "Clean through. As was to be expected..."
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About the author:
I am an IT consultant who loves reading and
writing.
I've been an amateur-author since years,
writing SciFi, Fantasy and lately also Steampunk. My home is in the
Netherlands.
I hope you liked my short steampunk story
"Aeroparts Factory".
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