Episode 1: Vacuum
[another cloudy day. only a few more clouds could completely cover the sky.
◯ and ⬤ are both downstairs, one on the couch on their phone, the other vacuuming.
⬤ gets to the room ◯'s in, still vacuuming.]
◯ > took you long enough.
⬤ > you're the one being super helpful.
◯ > didn't you vacuum like, what, two days ago?
⬤ > i did. that still doesn't mean i shouldn't do it now. the dust and the dead skin are still in air.
◯ > okay. does that mean we're shedding too quickly, or that someone maybe didn't do the job right?
⬤ > nope. that just means someone has never held a vacuum in their life.
[silence.]
◯ > what does it have to do with me? you literally said you vacuumed two days ago.
⬤ > well, if you think it's my fault, it'd be better if you vacuumed the house yourself, woudn't it?
◯ > i never said i could do it better, or at all.
⬤ > did you seriously just say that.
◯ > i mean, i don't even know what the buttons do. like, what does that switch-y thing do?
⬤ > toggles turbo mode.
◯ > how does that differ from the default?
⬤ > it just sucks a bit harder-
◯ > lol. anyway, professor, does that help you vacuum better?
⬤ > not always. i just use it for when i'm vacuuming a rug.
◯ > like now?
[they were, indeed, vacuuming ◯'s rug.]
◯ > why is it not on, then?
⬤ > this one isn't as tough, and i'd also save electricity.
◯ > oh. that actually tracks.
⬤ > maybe i do have common sense after all.
[silence.]
[⬤ turns the vacuum off and hands it to ◯.]
⬤ > you're doing the rest of the first floor.
◯ > i guess i deserved it.
[in the next 15 minutes, ◯ proceeded to lazily vacuum the rest of the floor.
⬤ watched them do it. they thought ◯ did a good job for their first time being somewhat
productive in a household sense. ◯ didn't use turbo mode once.]
◯ ~ (i still don't get the need for so many buttons on a vacuum. vacuums are supposed to suck,
no more settings needed. there are, like, three more unlabeled ones...
i hope i won't break anything on accident.)