Objective: Clean. Objective: Learn. Objective: Complete. Lab status: Sanitized. Moving to next facility.
If you’re a fan of "Blue Collar Sci-Fi" (think Alien or Planetes ) mixed with a heavy dose of psychological mystery, this is a must-read. It challenges the reader to look past the shiny chrome of the future and see the dirt that’s been swept under the rug.
To understand the "Lab Sweeper" persona, it helps to look at Dorothy's established character in Goddess of Victory: Nikke :
: The records primarily document Dorothy's investigation into whether "ancient technology" is truly reliable or safe to reactivate.
She doesn’t miss. That’s the first thing you notice about the new lab sweeper, designated Unit D0-R0-TH-Y (Dorothy). She glides through the biowaste corridors of Sector 7 like a ghost on a magnet rail. Silent. Methodical. The engineers say she’s running a legacy scrubber OS—primitive, safe. “Just a janitor,” they told us. “She can’t even hold a scalpel.”