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As they entered the room, Zelda headed over to the juke box, "i wonder what its music selection is like?" she wondered. "wow. chocolate jesus!!!! a little early taster is called for i think." And with that jukebox developed the voice of drunken gravel, as LazyScot glared at Zelda who replied, "trust me, it's not a cat in the bag, so how could i let it out?"
LazyScot leaned against one of the chairs as the song started, and the chair promptly started wobbling. "I suppose you're going to try and convince me that they wobbly chairs are also the by product of POOP?"
"Well, some are. Try and put something under the short leg, " suggested the BatAI. LazyScot tried this, cursed, stood back, frowned and then put more under another leg, muttered again, tried a bit more, scratched his head and started get both confused and angry. "Actually, you'll never succeed. One of the parts of the research here is the design of smart matter chair and table legs that imperceptibly adjust their length so that the chair or table is never stable. Really drives people mad…."
"I am seriously worried that this place is starting to make sense. Or at least that reality is being manipulated to keep certain professions busy." With that he wandered over to the Jukebox that was just finishing the song.
"it's got a very impressive collection," observed Zelda.
"But it is going to be a real problem to get out of here," commented LazyScot looking at the size of it.
"Oh, that's easy," said the BatAI, "select a different song, say Come on Eileen, by Dixie's Midnight Runners. That always gets people up and going."
"What?" said LazyScot, finding the song and selecting it.
"I'd step back a little…" warned the BatAI.
And with that, the JukeBox started playing the song. It then stood up, produced a microphone from nowhere, began a cross between karoke and guitar hero (a benefit of four arms) and started dancing on two exceptionally shapely legs, causing the floor to vibrate, as it jumped around the room and tried to encourage Zelda, Nekokami and LazyScot to join in.
"I think my eyes need checking," LazyScot found himself saying.
"Exactly," said the BatAI.
"I wonder how Taylor will react," asked a quizzical Nekokami looking critically at the dancing Jukebox.
"Hi. I'm a Genuine Party JukeBox. I'm told you have a party to take me to?" said the jukebox, in a definitely female voice. "I'll just follow you, if that's okay."
"Errr. Yes fine," replied LazyScot. "I don't suppose you would know where the Pet Department is?"
"Yes, sure, " replied the excited Jukebox, "follow me; it's next to the financial journalists' training department." And with that it danced off down the corridor to a medley of disco songs.
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