Chương 34: 33-The Special Room

[Monday, 8: 15 AM: 2026/01/05] [CARLA'S SERVER] {ESTABLISHING REMOTE CONNECTION… DONE} {REMOTE CONNECTION ESTABLISHED} LYSANDRA: {Sorry, it's been a bit, I know. Ellie took some extra time making herself a dazzling light bulb. XD XD XD … Not going to say what my wife and I talked about, other than we both agreed that the backdoor connection with Ellie made it possible for us to talk to each other. Also, my wife agreed not to push her so much so she could steadily build up her muscle memory. There were also some questions about Reuben, mainly because Carla never really got the chance to meet our son. … I know I was kind of a butt to my wife earlier, but I love her. Carla and I just had "disagreements" in the past, but never to the point where we would divorce each other (she's a sweetheart). She's been thinking about them for a hundred years. I know her; she's a good woman. … No, I'm not going to tell you why an AI and a human fell in love with each other; that's a bit personal} CARLA: {Don't know if you're reading this Liz (stupid fucking inter-dimensional connection delay), but I'm making El describe the special room. I'm not making her describe the rest of the house} LYSANDRA: {Oh thank goodness.:) … Please tell me she isn't going to go overboard?} CARLA: {FUCKING FINALLY! I got the connection synced! … Yeah, she's going to go overboard, lmao} LYSANDRA: {Just look out if she has any severe mental hiccups} CARLA: {No worries. Oh, and Liz…?} LYSANDRA: {Yes, honey?} CARLA: {Glad to be speaking to you again} ELLIE: [Our daughter finishes cleaning up, putting on her boots as she notices the door-] CARLA: {Hey babe? Mind telling the weirdos reading this what the bathroom looks like? El isn't going to do that for us, lmao} LYSANDRA: {Right…} [The bathroom (or one of three bathrooms that all look the same) is covered in white tiles and white grout. The ceiling is plain white drywall with no texture. It's pretty basic as it includes a tub shower on the far end, a toilet on the right wall (next to the tub shower) with a half-wall that's 36"-] CARLA: {-42", extending 30" from the wall for privacy. Toilet paper roll is on the toilet side of the wall} LYSANDRA: [What my wife said. It has the basic white, wooden cap that's blocky (which was to make it easier to clean). There's of course the wide cabinet with two bowl sinks with a small gap of white granite countertop with black veins that are few in number] CARLA: {84" wide x 24" high x 24" deep. 30" wide for each vanity cabinet and a 12" filler cabinet so I could fit the PVC pipes in when I installed the plumbing for the house} This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

LYSANDRA: {Carla, I don't think people are interested in the specs of the cabinetry} CARLA: {Well, Ellie certainly was, lol} LYSANDRA: {*sigh*} [And the finish for everything is stainless steel, and every spout juts from the countertop towards the front along with handles. The designs are almost the same thing for the shower and the toilet. And the door is the exact, blocky oaken door] {Carla, whenever you get back, we are renovating the bathrooms because they are ugly! >: (} CARLA: {It's not that ugly, Liz} LYSANDRA: {Well it looks like a prison bathroom! … In Norway! >: (} CARLA: {Where do you want our kids to sleep when we have to close off the hallway for renovations? Also, that will produce a lot of dust and mold, which I think Ellie will have a hard time breathing} LYSANDRA: {Oh…} CARLA: {Hey Liz? El's about to enter that room you helped make} LYSANDRA: {Right, the Olympic-sized swimming pool (with that jacuzzi). I'll separate our thoughts from your thoughts with her using hyphens. … Wait?! When Ellie sees that, won't she have a heart attack?!} CARLA: {-Hon, she ain't going to have that as this is her dream self. Also, quit worrying about what she'll see. Just let her see it and describe it-} LYSANDRA: {-FINE!!! But if Ellie has an asthma attack, you give her that inhaler, got it? -} CARLA: {-No worries, babe-} ELLIE: [Our daughter drops her dirty clothes in the clothes basket. Curious about that other room, she opens the door to the indoor swimming pool. Her mouth drops open, agape in astonishment as she takes in her surroundings] {Uh, mim? Is what I'm seeing a prank?} CARLA: {The indoor swimming pool? Nah, kid, it's real!} ELLIE: {Holy shit… … Well, why do you have one that big?} CARLA: {There's a lake nearby, and I love to swim in it. It always freezes in the winter, and I constantly got fucking annoyed. So, your mom and I made a compromise and made this room} {-Plus you wanted to see my abs, right Liz? -} LYSANDRA: {-DON'T TELL THEM!!! >: (-} ELLIE: {You definitely went overboard… In making it cool} CARLA: {How about you tell me what you see, El?} ELLIE: {HOO BOY!} > CLEARS MENTAL THROAT {Short description: It is literally an entire, indoor swimming pool following Euclidean geometry with no lockers that is pretty big. Long one: SWEET FUCKING CHRIST, IT LITERALLY IS AN OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOL! Sorry, got carried away, but I didn't realize mim was that athletic? Well, it explains the jacuzzi (which is also ginormous) on the far wall where I am at} LYSANDRA: {-With the same handles and finish as the bathrooms!!! >: (-} CARLA: {-Beggars can't be choosers Liz-} ELLIE: {Man, you can't sit still, can you?} CARLA: {I hate sitting on my ass} ELLIE: {The ceiling has a giant skylight letting in natural light… plus all the rectangular LED lights on the walls. The floors are dark blue tiles with white grout that have a yellow circle in the middle of each of them. The walls have Minoan-style frescoes featuring various types of dolphins and whales. It kind of has a bit of a Roman style to it, though. Did mom paint this?} CARLA: {Yep, she's a talented artist} ELLIE: {Then there is the pool, and wow! That's a pretty extravagant underwater mosaic!} CARLA: {Made by me and Liz. She did the colors, I cut the shapes} ELLIE: {It looks like a Byzantine-styled rendition of the Great Barrier Reef in terms of everything that lives there. There's fish, coral, some starfish, and I think an eel. Did you and mom wanted to visit it, or swim in the HammerForge equivalent of it?} CARLA: {Both lol} ELLIE: {Sorry for the tangent, but I was just surprised you and mom made something so elaborate and beautiful} CARLA: {Thanks kid} {-Did you get that, hon? -} LYSANDRA: {-Yeah, but we are making the bathrooms and the jacuzzi not look like they came out of a Chinese factory. … Also, tell Ellie you made breakfast (why couldn't you just make soup)? -} CARLA: {-I will. Also, soup takes too long (because I didn't anticipate Ellie coming back). Speaking of which, what're you and Reuben making? -} LYSANDRA: {- Focaccia bread crackers, chicken soup, and chickpea pasta-something that Ellie can digest safely since her real self is sick-} CARLA: {-Ah come on! Give her some ramen, Liz! XD -} LYSANDRA: {-With how she is right now in my world? NO THANK YOU! … Also, hate to tell you this again, you need to inform her that breakfast is ready-} CARLA: {-Shit! I forgot lmao! -} {Hey kid, once you're done staring at the masterpiece of a room, come to the kitchen, I've got you some ramen} ELLIE: [Our daughter's eyes widen as she goes out the door leading to the hallway, turning right, following the smell of my wife's cooking] {Hey mim? Do I have to describe what I'm seeing} CARLA: yelling "Nah, kid! Come and eat, you must be starving!" {-Hon, please do our guests a favor and describe the rest of the house-} LYSANDRA: {-One second… -} {FREEZING TEMPORAL PARAMETERS FOR ENTITY "ELLIE"… DONE} {SKIPPING FOOTAGE… DONE}