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Okay, it should be on, so --

[The video starts with a close-up of the lower part of a face. But then, Elle leans back, and the rest of her face comes into view. She grins.]

Awesome! Man, this is cool. Er -- Hi! I just got here today. Name's Elle, Elle Days, I recently signed on as a guide, so I've got training starting pretty soon, but I wanted to try this thing out. [She holds up a hand and wiggles her fingers in a wave, her smile widening.] So, uh. Hi.

I guess I could say a few things about myself? Sure, alright. Um... Back home, I do work as a courier. Which, really, means I do a little bit of everything, not just delivering mail or whatever. Running, gunning, exploring, throwing rocks at deathclaws... Getting into trouble. That sort of thing. Uh... I live in a casino-slash-skyscraper thing with my friends. Anddd... My favorite drink is Nuka-Cola. Um.

[There's a beeping noise. Elle glances to her left, and her grin is back.] Right! And I didn't come alone. I brought a friend along for the ride. [She adjusts her communicator so that a robot comes into view.] This is ED-E. ["Eddie."] He's what we call an eyebot. He's like a floating radio with lasers. And, a few other nifty tricks. Say hi, buddy.

[The robot bounces in the air and makes more beeping noises, cheerful this time.]

Oh! [The feed refocuses on Elle again. She leans in closer.] And, uh. Boone? Are you watching this, too? This is where you ran off to, right? [She smiles sheepishly.] Sorry to crash the party. But, they offered, and, I mean, d'you really think I would've said no? [Cue nervous laughter.]

Anyway, uh. I look forward to meeting all of you! Thanks. Um. Now to stop the...

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Nice to meet you, Jade.

An eyebot! They were originally made to spread news and propaganda, so mainly they served as radios. This little guy's special, though. [She pats ED-E's side fondly.] He was made to be especially tough. And, well, like I said, he's got lasers, too. I don't know if that's standard for other eyebots, I've only really seen him and ones focused on repairs and medical support.

[Spread propaganda? Jade's definitely wary of that.]

Was it a government-created bot? It's pretty advanced, even without all of those upgrades.

Nope, actually. They were made by the same company that made a lot of our tech, RobCo. But after the Great War, what was left of the government took them and used them to spread propaganda, and made a whole bunch more of them, so...

No surprise there. But it sounds like they were really useful before the government controlled them.

I assume so. [Elle shrugs.] But I wouldn't know for sure. That was, oh, two hundred some-odd years ago, 'n' all, and we don't really hear eyebots talked about like we hear about Mr. Handies.

[Off-screen, ED-E emits a series of buzzes and beeps. It sounds a little scolding.]

Oh! [Elle grins sheepishly.] I'm sorry, of course. There was this one radio show, RALPHIE. I think it got pretty popular.

What are Mr. Handles? [And what's with the terrible name?]

Radio shows? I've heard they were really popular hundreds of years ago. They still make those where you're from?

[Elle giggles.] A Mr. Handy's just, like... a household helper. Well, they can be. Pre-War advertisements say that they could walk dogs and take the trash out and defend the home from intruders and the like. But there's another version of them called Mr. Gutsy, they're the ones made for the army. They look like big floating balls of metal with long spindly arms.

Eh... I wouldn't be surprised if someone does, somewhere. Like a lot of things, RALPHIE was made Pre-War, too.

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