...is getting desperate. She doesn't have time to make up a good bluff so the last card she has to play is the honesty card... Hope it works...
"Think for a moment Serena. The world's technology has advanced since your time. So long as we have a sample of your DNA, we can clone you a new, living, human body. My name is Ruse and I am a mercenary hired by the Government. My assignment is to gather information on Food Inc.'s food source and determine weather to make any move to shut down the company. Thanks to your involvement with your husband's company, you would be an invaluable ally against Food Inc. With my help, you should get your old body back in return for your help to take down Food Inc." Ruse's pleasant sounding A.I voice doesn't exactly betray Ruse's confidence right now.
Ruse's confidence faltered a little when she heard Serena laugh out loud. "Silly little girl. Do yo have any idea what the permanence matrix is? Think of it as the kitchen helper's hard drive, just more complicated and more memory space then a super computer. Once the machine's storage space is fully warmed up, I can download your mind into the kitchen helper's permanence matrix. Once your mind is digitized, it will be a piece of cake to copy your memories and transfer it to myself. After all, my mind is already digital. And once I have your memories, I should be able to roam the outside world freely without worrying about a lack of information."
Serena leaned forward, her face mere inches from Ruse's camera lens. "And even if what you say is true, I still don't need to bring you with me." Serena paused for a moment... "I'll let you on a little secret honey... Even though I have a human body again, it doesn't feel right. I have dreamed for many years of being in my old body but I long since gave up on that dream because I never considered cloning." Ruse felt hope bloom in her heart..."But..." Then that hope drained away. "...I still don't need you. As you said, my knowledge of Food.Inc has the potential of getting it shut down... So wouldn't it make more sense for me to report back to the government instead of you? Oh sure, having you with me might make it easier for your employees to arrange to clone a new body. But if what you say is true, cloning has gotten more advance and common place. I could just hire someone who knows a thing about cloning on my own time. Even if I can't get my old body back, I could just get used to your body. At least it's female... Basically honey, I REALLY don't need you. Be happy I'm nice enough to leave you in my old mechanical body. I COULD leave you as BIG,USELESS, SANDWICH."
'PERMANENCE MATRIX AT 50%'
Serena couldn't help gloating. "Sorry kiddo, but I'm gonna have to lock the door behind me. Wouldn't want someone like you to wander in here."
Ruse was starting to panic. Serena's argument is very solid and Ruse has no idea how to counter it. Obviously, Serena is just guessing when she says cloning is common place, but she doesn't know how right she is. A cloning center can be found in every other grocery store. Once Serena finds out cloning can be bought at a dollar store, she will have no reason to take Ruse with her. Who knows how long Ruse might be stuck in here. Possibly forever. Ruse may not be a pessimist, but given the situation, she got the sinking suspicion that the worse case scenario will be her fate. The worse scenario is that she will be left here as a giant sandwich. The second worst case is that she will be left here as the machine. Either way will leave her with little mobility. If she is going to be stuck here, she rather be in a body she likes.
"Excuse me." Ruse asked.
Serena rolled her eyes in annoyance. "What is it Honey?"
"You asked to make me a sandwich, but I only gave the sandwich type. I didn't understand the question. If I did, I would have told you the type of sandwich I really wanted." Ruse explained.
Serena rolled her eyes a second time. "Uh huh. That's nice honey. What's your point?"
'PERMANENCE MATRIX AT 80%'
"Well, isn't it the kitchen helper's job to follow the user's order to the tee. That's also includes giving the customer the chance to alter his or her order if the order wasn't carried out properly the first time." Ruse urged.
Serena wanted to see were this was going. "Alright, stop beating around the bush, what are you getting at?"
"I kinda like having a body made of food. But instead of being made into a sandwich, can I be made into a body I like? Something with arms and legs. If I'm going to be staying here, I rather be in a body I like." Ruse pleaded.
Serena began catching on..."Alright, so you want me to make you a custom body before I leave? Is that what your asking?"
If Ruse can nod, she would.
Serena simply shrugged. "I suppose I can stay for another hour. Security won't get tight till the morning. Until then, I can leave any time. Keep in mind though, even though you will have a humanoid body, leaving this storage room would be suicide. In a body made of food, you will eventually rot in the outside world without a freezer or refrigerator. This room was designed to preserve food for an eternity. I doubt anyone besides form you would come in here. So basically... you will be living here."
To Ruse, the idea was better then being stuck as a giant sandwich. "I'm a mercenary Serena. I have no love ones to go back to."
Serena let out a sigh. "Looks like I bought into your trickery after all. Oh well. So as long as I leave this place in a human body, I have no complaints."
'PERMANENCE MATRIX PAUSED AT 90%'
The metal chamber from before closed around Ruse again.
'INITIATING FUSION AND TRANSFERRAL PROCESS'.
Ruse felt layers of bread fall off of her as she regained her human body again.
As the metal chamber opened up, Ruse saw that Serena was once again in her manikin-like sandwich bot body.
"In order to give you a humanoid body made of food, I need your old body as a basis. In other words, we're going back to square one. Enjoy your body while it lasts. I'm going to change your body bit by bit until I have your body again. But lets make things interesting."
Mechanical arms grabbed hold of Ruse again, forcing her in a standing position. Another robotic arm swooped in carrying a needle full of some green liquid.
It seems Serena kept Ruse's voice. "I made this substance myself. Think of it as a mix between a truth serum and a aphrodisiac. But instead of spouting out the truth, you will be spouting out your sexual fantasies like a whore."
The mechanical arm struck the needle in to her arm and pressed it down. Already, Ruse could feel the substance flowing through her veins.
"No hard feelings, right? Think of this as extra reassurance that you won't try to break out of here with your human body. Within a few seconds, you should be fully intoxicated by the substance. So here is how we're going to play this game. I will ask a series of questions and you will respond. When you request a specific body part, I will give it to you. If you're a good girl when all this is done, I may consider taking you with me when I leave. So remain in your best behavior. No attempts to get out of this, okay?"
Ruse nodded dreamily, the serum already taking affect.
"Alright, fist question! When someone refers to your boobies as some kind of food, what do they say?"
In a sultry voice, Ruse answered, "Hmmm, well the jealous ones always say I got big melons."
Two robotic arms carrying two halves of a 200 pound melon came forward. They pressed the heavy melon halves against Ruse's breasts.
'INITIATING FUSION AND TRANSFERRAL PROCESS'.
Ruse felt the heavy weight of the melons as she saw Serena receive her old breasts. Ruse let out a slutty moan as she felt sexual fluids dribble down her leg.
Serena let out a giggle. "Well that was funner then I thought it was going to be. Alright, next question..."