The Emojibots
Far in the future, when human technology has become super advanced and humans are living in small colonies on distant planets, it's no surprise that they have built artificially intelligent robots to do their work for them and keep everyone happy. And how do humans communicate with them? What aspects of human language might have survived over thousands of years? That's right, emoji!
These charming little droids are the user-friendly interface between humans and the Vardy: the flocking robots out of which the entire city of Erehwon is built. But don’t be fooled by their smiley badges and their thumbs-up icon 👍. These Emojibots might seem sweet, serving up delicious blue cubes of jelly and making sure your every need is attended to 🍴. They even give you a hug if you're feeling sad…. Oh, wait.
The Emojibots have been designed by humans to keep the colonists happy – interacting by Emoji badges on the backs of all colonists, so they can keep an eye on everyone's mood. But something has gone wrong. Very wrong. When grief struck Erehwon and the Emojibots were unable to compute the alien emotion, they did the kindest thing they could. They just switched the humans off 😢.
Before a peaceful understanding was reached, the colonists were forced to keep smiling, no matter what, otherwise these cute robot minions would turn them into skulls! 💀 💀 💀
