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FRIENDS, WE HAVE ARRIVED TO ANOTHER MILESTONE. It has been around 1 year and 5 months since we've been here, and we have reached 300 Threads! We have gone through Halloween, Christmas, New Year and more! Let's hope we have many more Threads for the future! Say a few nice things now that we have 300 THREADS OF US TALKING ABOUT DRONES, WOOOOH! The AMAZING Booru: https://dronebooru.co The SPECTACULAR Wheel Of OCs: https://wheelofnames.com/z8q-2mf The wheel's modifier: https://wheelofnames.com/4h8-fyf The EXTRAORDINARY OC Wiki: https://dronebooru.co/wiki_pages/original_character The last Thread: >>298357
>>299260 Hngh why is it so voluminous compared to the show...tf is that pose...fuck...God I need dronetongue, but not the comic, comic Alice will cause a crashout >>299276 >>299281 Draw Uzi plucking the ball from her fabrichat and peeling it like an orange before consumption ensues thereafter
>>299286 >>299287 >>299288 >>299289 >>299291 >>299292 the art is adequate, not especially interesting. anyone else feel like the flow from one panel to the next is weird? I don't know how to put it but the pace feels rushed, choppy. like the artist isn't doing a good job of setting and maintaining a scene
wish Murder Drones got some kind of posable figures like TADC does. the animinis/mates/megas are nice but I'm not really into statues, same goes for the plushies
>>299294 >>299305 >>299309 that's the most unatural attempt at forcing drama I have seen so far, remember tomoes motivation and ignore his attempts at starting shit, if he keeps instigating he can get himself banned. in this image he is hilda folk, i asume this is some questionable attempt at overshadow himself getting caught, the mutant hate and criticism of PS here is entirely inorganic and it fits with him being a PS fanboy because this is a rather obvious attempt at invalidating any real criticism of PS by spamming exagerated strawmen. consider this and do not reply to anything.
I think I'm gonna stay away from the /co/ threads for a while. someone keep saying really weird things about me (calling me pillar's girlfriend for banning tomoe last drawpile) and it's making me feel a little uneasy there
>>299332 >calling me pillar's girlfriend for banning tomoe last drawpile You know who it is and it is obvious. Do you mean this? https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/151269021/#q151278607 tomoe used the same insult of being pillars boyfriend towards phoenix here https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/78988549/#q78989661 he always does this when he felt someone wronged him or PS because he is a yandere or gay for PS of all people for some reason, but then, he generaly acts like a bully, you can see from his behaviour to strawberry and other drawings he made of an Akita by lilblue that was then used by oilrig. there is no making up with notorious psychos and threadshitters like tomoe, he will keep jabbing at you from now on like he did with phoenix for months before.
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Unwarranted opinions on the comic from the asshole who drew >pic related >I really like the colors >it looks like the penciler is referencing mansizedmeatballs (the guy who does Glitch's MD promo art) style while the color artist is referencing the pilot specifically (Lizzy has lighter hair in the pilot) >I think this penciler has some learning to do with how they draw drone faces. It's their first stab at drawing drones, so I figure it's something that'll eventually be ironed out. I think any drone artist will tell you that it's deceptively difficult to draw certain emotions using the limited facial range of a drone. The show itself kept tweaking the facial rigs even into the final episodes just to broaden the emotional range more >the penultimate panel of >>299291 sticks out in a really good way. I just really like that panel lol > in >>299292 Uzi bleeds purple acid? I think they got confused All-in-all there's some roughness, but I figure as they go on, that'll be smoothed out by just having to draw this IP more.
>>299418 this has mad dark energy to it. the filenames pretty suspect too. i know you're gonna say "im just inspired" but these symbols have real power to them. Repent to Christ at the earliest opportunity. God bless you.
>>299332 When you're on imageboards, you should be able to ignore jerks and tell schizoids to fuck off. I'm sorry you've become the target of another schizoid's attack; try to ignore him.
>>299386 Phoenix will soon be drawing my request for a sentinel drone protecting a civilian. Damn, I should definitely commission an art where the VSOTF execute civilians like typical villains. I'll have to budget for that.
>>299436 I didnt make this clear enough but Lesboot and the Bow are two different people and yes, the bow is a lesbian as well and also is a mutant who was turned into a bow which is why its bleeding thank you her name is Bowbiean
Massaging Y! Polishing Y's chassis! Cuddling with Y! Now that my ritual post is complte : THREAD 300! I vow to finish and post the the first part of the Chuuni Uzi green in this thread or the next if this one moves too fast
>J learns that Tessa's ghost has escaped The Solver's grasp & is now 'haunting' Outpost 3 >She decides that now is the perfect time to once again try for an "equity partnership" with Uzi
>>299497 >equity partnership Now that I think about it, was J surrendering back then? Because if so then Uzi passed on the opurtunity to have three DD bottoms in her harem
>>299514 Holy shit, I never thought fetish pornography can be so funny, man that guy would fit right in with us, hope he somehow stumbles upon us >Also GO GO DOORMAN CONCRETE INFUSER
>>299521 Neat, while I do wish there were some drones amongst these I must admit that these are very nice drawingsThey turned my kraut wife into a roastie whatever will I do now!?
>>299532 one of those flippy charms where one side is Grinch Nori bullying Alice dressed as max, with the opposite side being Alice hanging core Nori dressed like a little angel from the top of a ramshackle Christmas tree
>>299543 >Hime cut >Cute accent >Proximity to silliest girl Lizzy >Is able to inspire "take a dead body to school" levels of guilt in Lizzy after dying >Loves her parents >Is fucking balling >Cute tummy >Unbreakable will that (along with some other things, probably) enables her to stay among the living as a ghost after dying >Hime cut >Seriously, fuck Rachel, it should have been her
>>299589 (me) Also, since I was laying it out for monochrome lineart, all that describing left out the teal eyes (both in her visoe and the organic ones)
>Sadly, N ended up losing whatever goodwill he had built up with Khan and Nori because of this.
More of Cyn and Uzi’s “living arrangement”. In all seriousness, since Cyn is apparently a part of Uzi now, what could they actually do to punish/stop her that wouldn’t hurt Uzi in the process?
>>299278 Also, some of my stuff was included in the collage, yay!!
Assuming that the other DDs' demonstrated ability and willingness to write warnings to each other means that their minds weren't outright rewritten just like J's squad's weren't, how many of them do you think are like V: mindbroken so hard that the friendly butlers and maids they once were wouldn't be able to recognize them?
>what could they actually do to punish/stop her that wouldn’t hurt Uzi in the process? There's really nothing they can do that won't also hurt Uzi in some way, and there's definitely no way they can punish/stop Cyn in any permanent or meaningful capacity, but there's still a few things I can think of worth trying >Simply don't leave home if it's a "bad" day; If sections of the Episode 8 epilogue are to be believed then Cyn isn't always manifesting in Uzi's tail, witj viability of this strategy hinging on whether Cyn's manifestation is entirely random or based on quantifiable factors (IE emotional state, general mental health, cyclical Solver Shenanigans) >Swiftly chop the tail/tail-head off any time Cyn starts causing trouble; Automatic regeneration makes this a very temporary (and likely painful) solution but it can at least mitigate potential chaos whenever Cyn is wanting to act silly >Resort to psychological punishment for Cyn; Extremely unlikely that this'll actually work given her nature but since Cyn is stuck in her tail Uzi could easily force Cyn into increasingly petty/annoying situations
>>299651 Arguably most of them are like that to some degree, although there's bound to be a few who are even worse: Drones (like those already mindbroken from abusive servitude or those still in their "Kill All Humans" phase) that genuinely revel in their newfound Eldritch powertrip to kill & torture at their leisure
>>299664 I'm gonna be honest, it feels almost surreal seeing a character that I've been cooking for so long finally start taking shape, like Paddy's been in my head and notes since I began doing greentexts on vanilla /co/, not even Plus. She was always going to be introduced after a while from a story perspective, but I didn't think I'd finally get to it. It's also funny to think how *much* she's changed since those early days. At least now I don't have a vague idea of how she looks which originally bordered on a maid outfit with a tethered dress. And yeah she does wear a mask.
>>299642 I'm honestly surprised that Uzi or anyone else didn't even notice Cyn slithering around in the music video. I would think that Uzi would've felt a little pull at the least.
>>299672 Pictured her hand as more like a clawed and three fingered version of a solver sapien hand, no eye in it, but this is close enough. All her organic eyes are teal, but that's my bad for forgetting to include that detail since I was typing in a rush.
>>299625 >>299629 Something something drone equivalent of contact lenses so Lizzy can LARP as a Solver Host during petplay with Pidge (Uzi rightfully refuses to let her become one)
>>299684 >(Uzi rightfully refuses to let her become one) Like Lizzy would even want to become one. The whole appeal of monsters is that your life is completely in their hands, there's none of that when you're a monster yourself.
>>299695 Counterpoint: Lizzy is vapid enough to pine for the Witch powers without putting any thought into the short-term complications & long-term consequences such a transformation would entail
>>299696 She's also enough of a freak to keep the AS at bay, letting her keep her individuality. This spells doom for everyone else, now that we're talking about a Solverx2
>>299696 But then she'd be an apex predator. There'd be no monsters higher than her to make her horny at the thought of them having absolute power over whether she lives or dies.
>Be Uzi Doorman >God queen of Copper-9 >You’ve done it >You defeated an eldritch god and ate it’s soul >You claimed it’s power >You have it all >Respect >Your people adore you >You have love >You are the pinnacle of existence (….uzi….) >You can bend the universe to your will (….Uzi….) >No one would dare make fun of you any more (Uzi) >You… (UZI) >You… “UZI! Wake up! No defragmentation during lessons!” >You fell asleep in class >You let out a pained groan >You get up and stop laying on the desk >The teacher clears his throat and continues with the lesson >You don’t pay that much attention to whatever he’s saying >What you do care about is the quiet chuckles of you classmates >Oh how you loathe them >Sure their laughter lost it’s sting a long time ago, now more akin to needle pricks >But that just means it’s more annoying than painful >How you wish you could just rip them apart >Yes! You can see yourself tearing their bodies apart and discarding them on a pile that you dance on, yes! YES! YE… “Uzi, could you stop having pseudo psychotic episodes in the classroom” >BITE ME OLD MAN >The teacher sighs and returns to the lesson >You pay fleeting attention, indulging in the occasional fantasy >The bell rings and you go to your locker to get the books you’ll need for the next class >Of course it’s to high up for you, why do you keep putting stuff so high up? >Whatever, you stack the books you have with you and stand on them to reach the top shelf >Wow, why did you stash so much stuff in here? >Edgy Mangas, Manga style drawing guide book, performance reviews you didn’t show your parents, an advertisement about a rave party happening in the gymnasium this weekend >Who goes to stuff like this? They probably don’t even play any nightcore >As you search you notice something in the corner of your screen >Two of your classmates are coming your way, they are looking at you, they are talking about something >You know where this one’s going >They will kick the books from under you so you fall flat on your bottom plate >Like you’re going to let that happen >They’re really close now, they’ll try to do their prank soon >HAH! Watch this normies! >You’ll jump just as they are kicking the books and do a sick landing >And all that without even looking >They’ll be speechless >You smirk to yourself and begin to count in your head >1 >2 >3! >AHA >You jump as high as you can and prepare to do your cool landing >Nice try suckers! >Wait… >They didn’t kick the books >Well whatever you can just go back to… >As you land on the books your weight causes them to shift >You fall forward onto the locker >Before you can react you hit the top shelf with your head >The books fall from under you causing you to fall the other way and onto the ground >The back of your head makes contact with the ground and the world goes dark >Some time passes and you come to >Where are you? >What happened? >You begin to sit up >You’re in the outpost hospital… >Oh no >You try to get up before she comes but it’s to late >“Hiya Uzi! You’re finally up” >You see a drone wearing medical scrubs >Brown hair, ponytail, orange eyes >You see the butcher >You see Alice, the outposts head of medical >She begins to point a flash light at your face >You try to shield yourself with your hand but she slaps it away “Bear with me a minute sweetie, need to check if your optics are working, mind turning on diagnostics for me?” >You play along and display the diagnostics screen “Great, looks like all your dogs are barking” >Uhh thanks, you have to get going now “Wait a minute girly! Not done yet” >Ughhh, what is it? “Well, the girl that brought you in said you suddenly shot up and hit your head a few times” >Oh, that yeah… man you must have looked so stupid “So, any problems with motor controls? Maybe you’re getting phantom inputs? You’re taking proper care of your joints?” >She takes out a clip board and pen and looks at you expectantly >No you just… uhm… slipped? “You slipped upwards?” >She looks at you like your processor is broken >You admit that you tried to do something cool and messed up “Uzi you klutz, you should be more careful is trying to impress some boys really that important?” >What!? >You weren’t trying to impress anyone! >Certainly not those two guys that were walking past you! >Your screen lights up with blushes >Alice laughs “Alright, alright calm down a bit, I was just pulling your leg” >You grunt and get off the hospital bed “But really, be more careful I had to replace your screen, spare parts don’t come easy these days” >You begin to leave but stop at the sound of a baby crying >Oh, it’s him… >Alice sparks up
>>299699 “Oh! I think Beau wants to say hi! Might staying a while longer?” >You force a smile and nod “Great, I’ll go get him” >Alice runs into her office and leaves after a moment, with a certain pill baby in hands >She cradles it in her hands in such a way that the screen is pointed towards you “See Beau it’s Uzi! Say hi~” >The little homunculus makes a happy baby noise and wiggles in Alice’s hands >Uhh, hi little guy… nice to see you >You struggle to keep the fake smile >He still doesn’t remember how to talk... >Beau makes another happy noise and wiggles even harder in his mothers arms “Oh! I think he wants you to hold him a while” >That’s cool but you really should get going “Don’t be like that Uzi, you know he misses his old playmate” >She holds Beau out towards you >You try not to squirm as you take the little freak into your hands >Beau makes another happy sound and stops wiggling >Umm, great… you think >You begin to awkwardly rock Beau in your hands >Alice sighs and gives you a content look “Just look at you two! Reminds me of the good old days, all’s that’s missing is Doll…” >The corners of her mouth twitch, changing her smile into a frown for a moment >You barely keep the facade of you smile >She just had to say her name... “… But we’ve held you up long enough, come let’s place Beau back in his crib and you can be on your way” >She points to her office and starts moving >Can’t she take him of your hands? >No? >Ughhh… >You do your best to not shake the mute aberrant too much as you follow Alice >You place him in his crib as gently as you can >Alice clasps her hands together and makes an excited squee “Uzi you’d make such a good mother” >Excuse you? “Hope all this stuff blows over soon and you guys can have normal lives” >Even if there wasn’t a genocide going outside the bunker doors you’d never waste your life on having kids >Alice laughs “You say that now, but you’ll change your mind once you get older” >Wha.. >No… >You’d never want to have kid no matter how old and dumb you get! >She can BITE YOU! >Alice laughs even harder “Ahaha! There she blows! Oh the more they resist the more kids they end up having…” >While laughing she accidentally bumps into the shelf behind her causing a box to fall to the ground “Oh, guess I’m the klutz now… anyway Uzi you should get going, the friend of yours who brought you in is waiting for you” >A friend of yours? “Black hair, blue visor, wears glasses, cute looking thing, dragged you in and told me about your accident” >You think you know someone like that >While you search your memory Alice begins to clean up the things that fell out of the box >Something catches your attention >A forearm >Not a noodle worker one >A cone shaped one, one of theirs… >It’s hand is replaced with one of those E.M.P thingies >Alice notices you’re still lingering and begins to shoo you away from the hospital >You leave but your mind wanders again >You have an idea >Sure it wouldn’t be a rail gun but…maybe you could… >No… you’d have to get it first somehow… >You open the doors step into the corridor >You see a drone siting on a nearby bench, she perks up once she sees you >Looks they way Alice described, minus the cute part “Hey Uzi, you’re alright? You fell pretty bad” >Yeah, you’re ok, thanks…. Ugh… “My name’s Emily” >Oh yes! Emily! Now you remember >She sits in the back of the class, quiet, doesn’t bother you >Now that you think about it you never seen her with any of the usual groups >Weird, you thought only you were outcast >Anyway, thank you very much Emily but you have to get going, you at least managed to skip school today with your little stunt and that means you can go back home and binge watch anime over the weekend “Actually I was meaning to ask, do you want to… maybe hang out during the weekend?” >What? No you’re busy you just said you’re going to binge….. >You stop yourself before answering >You have an idea >A brilliant one! >Yes Emily, you’re free this weekend and you’ll gladly grace her with your presence >You even have an idea what you two could do, how about you two meet at 12 tomorrow? “Sure! I’d have some ideas too maybe we could…” >Yeah! Great! You’ll talk about details tomorrow “Uh… alright, see you tomorrow then” >You wave Emily goodbye and head home >Oh man you just can’t wait! >You enter your house >Your mother is waiting for you siting on the couch >She stands up as quickly as she can and begins to limp her way towards you >You rush to meet her so she doesn’t have to exert herself “H-H-Uzi! A-Are you a-alright? A-Alice c-called and t-told me you w-were in the h-hospital!” >She grabs you by the face and begins inspecting you for damage >You’re fine, sure you had to get your optics replaced but you’re fine >Mom kisses you on the screen and hugs you
>>299700 “I w-was w-worried s-sick! T-try to be m-more c-careful… i-if not for y-your sake, th-then for m-mine. Y-you know I h-have a w-weak c-core…” >You return the hug and try to downplay your brief visit to the hospital >Mom calms down after a while >She showers you with affection one last time and breaks the hug “W-well, I’m g-glad t-to see you’re w-well… I-I don’t kn-know wh-what I’d d-do oth-otherwise. Y-you b-better h-have th-thanked A-Alice pr-properly” >You did, you have manners! >Even if they are lacking at times “G-glad t-to h-hear th-that t-too… A-Alice d-deserves a-all th-the r-respect sh-she can g-get. Sh-she’s al-always d-done a gr-great j-job k-keeping us a-all r-running” >You wouldn’t agree with that >You’d say there was one time where she did a rather lousy job “B-by th-the w-way… y-you’re pl-planning on d-doing one of y-your b-binges th-this w-week? I-I don’t pr-promise a-anything, b-but m-maybe I’ll m-manage t-to p-pop my h-head in-into y-your r-room f-for a wh-while… a-and w-watch at l-least one e-episode w-with you.” >You’re actually going to be meeting a friend tomorrow so no anime binging >Your mom looks really shocked “Y-you’re m-meeting s-someone!? Wh-who! Wh-when! Y-you’re n-not g-gonna s-sneak out t-to h-have… i-immoral m-make-out s-sessions w-with s-some b-boy, r-right?” >What! No! >You’re going to meet Emily, tomorrow at midday “E-Emily? E-Elijah’s k-kid? … I-I’m s-sorry, U-Uzi. I th-thought you f-fell in-into b-bad c-company f-for a s-second.” >Really, you? Fall into bad company? >What, are you eight? You’re basically an adult damn it “Y-you’re r-right… b-but I-I’m h-happy t-to h-hear you’re m-making fr-friends a-again. Y-you’ve b-been k-kinda l-lonely s-since you h-had your f-falling out w-with D-Doll.” >Your mood sours >Doll is responsible for everything that happened and you aren’t lonely, just self sufficient “Ah, w-we a-agreed n-not t-to t-talk ab-about it… s-sorry.” >You pout for a while >Your mom hugs you again and starts walking towards her workshop while supporting herself on a nearby wall >You try to help but she pushes you away “I-I c-can m-manage m-myself! I-I’m s-sure you w-want t-to g-go r-rest in y-your r-room af-after wh-what you w-went th-through t-today.” >You know better than to argue with her >You go to your room >You sit at your desk and start fiddling with the mess of parts on it >Right, you’ll have to scrap the rail gun idea, you’d need some actual weapon parts and not just dismantled mining equipment if you want something you can carry >But your new idea only requires a good power source >You spend a few hours working on your new magnum opus >Sure right now it’s just two car batteries strapped together with some extra electronic controllers, but once you get that Dissembler forearm… >You need to pop your head out of your room and go to your dads work room to borrow a few tools to prepare the connection points >You hear your mom and dad talk in the living room “Are you sure? Maybe you just misunderstood her?” “N-No, Kh-Khan, I-I’m s-sure sh-she s-said sh-she w-was g-going o-out t-to m-meet a fr-friend.” “Well, I’m still a bit worried…” “It’s E-Elijah’s k-kid y-you kn-know h-how st-straight-l-laced sh-she a-and h-her h-husband a-are. U-Uzi w-won’t b-be p-picking up a-any b-bad h-habits.” “You can’t say that about their kid…” “Y-you kn-know U-Uzi’s n-not s-some d-delinquent, r-right? Y-you sh-should b-be h-happy sh-she’s p-putting h-herself o-out th-there a-again.” “Y-you’re right, I worried over nothing, she’ll be fine… but I still want to talk with her” “B-by th-the w-way… I-I th-think I’ll b-be a-able t-to f-finish th-the n-next ch-chapter e-early. Y-you s-said th-that t-tunnel t-to O-Outpost F-five is b-basically d-done… h-how ab-about y-you c-come h-home e-early t-tomorrow, a-and w-we’ll h-have s-some f-fun wh-while U-Uzi’s g-gone?” “Oh you don’t have to ask me twice!” >Ugh.. ew… >You don’t know what to be more disgusted by >The overwhelming sweetness of that conversation and the lovey doveyness or the fact they started their immoral make out session early on the couch >You use the fact they are distracted with themselves and sneak into dad’s workroom >You grab what you need from the toolbox siting on one of the shelves >Thankfully you didn’t need to use the step ladder >You begin to sneak out of the room but once open the door you notice the living room is empty >The muted sound you hear indicate that your parents moved into their room >At least you won’t be caught taking dads tool without asking >You enter your room
>>299701 >Yep they they are still going at it, you can hear them through the wall >You start blasting night core on your headphones to mute the sounds of their make out session and get back to work >You’re close to finishing this up, just a few more touch ups >You are so absorbed in your work that you don’t notice dad entering your room until he’s right next to you “Hey, there Uzi! Heard you were going to meet a friend tomorrow! … hey aren’t those my tools?” >You jump in your seat and turn to face him >Ah yes! You’re going to meet Emily! Your good friend! That you’ve known for a while… >He begins to inspect the machine on your desk “I see you’re still tinkering… say what is it that you’re exactly making?” >Ah crap gotta think up something fast >It’s a….. uh… seeding/leeching unit for torenting Anime >He gives you a pitying look “Really? Two Hhgh power accumulators? And you, seeding?” >Yeah figures you went a bit far with that one >His face turns sour “Uzi, please tell me and be honest, is this an electromagnet?” >WHAT!? >He thinks you’re a stoner? >And one so desensitized she needs electromagnets? >No it’s not that! You’d never do magnets! “Then what is it? Uzi if you’re trying to introduce that Emily to some bad habits…” >Alright you need to hurry up with a good excuse otherwise mister strict is going to ground you >You blurt out the first innocent enough sounding thing that comes to mind >”It’s going to be a portable light ball for a rave ok? We’re going to the school rave!” >Dad looks shocked >Gotta act quick, you grab a few barrels you made for laser guns before you had the rail gun idea >You scrapped those because you always ended up with high power laser pointers >You connect them to the ports you made for the E.M.P and start shining them at dad >His jaw falls to the floor “You’re going to a party Uzi? Really?” >Yeah! A rave is something right up your alley >Dad is still shocked “I-i… alright then! Listen Uzi I know you’ve been going through some though times lately, and I may not have exactly been there for you…” >Wow, is he going on another spiel right now? “… But I’m happy to hear you managed to get over it on your own, go out there tomorrow and have some fun” >Sure you will “Oh and ask next time you borrow my tools, otherwise I’ll waste my time searching for them” >With that dad leaves the room >Man, you almost feel bad lying to him after what he said >Almost >You double check if the power supply is working correctly and go to bed for the night >You’re so excited you have trouble falling asleep >The next day you almost oversleep, waking up at 11, you forgot to set yourself an alarm >You drag yourself out of bed and pack your contraption into your bag and leave the house >You are stopped by your parents at the door “U-Uzi! Y-You’re g-going out? C-Come here a-and let your p-parents say g-goodbye.” >They both hug you >Why are they acting like you’re going to be gone forever? >Sure it feels nice but… >They break the hug and dad takes over “We’ll call you a few times while you’re there, you know to make sure you’re alright” >What!? You’re too old for that! “I know, I know, but we’ll need some time to adjust to you leaving the house” >Oh come on! You… actually only ever left the house to go to school over the past few years…. “Besides, we talked with Emily’s parents, they would have done the same thing for her, so we agreed to check in on both of you” >They talked with Emily’s parents? >Oh, this may throw a wrench into your plans >Well, nothing you can do about it now >You say bye to mom and dad and leave the house >As the door closes behind you realise one thing >You haven’t told Emily where you’d meet her >Ah damn it >You take out your phone >You obviously don’t have her number so you default to the social media app everyone’s using >Just gotta find her and add her as a friend… >Emily, Emily, Emily >Man a lot of people have that name, couldn’t her parent’s named her something more unique? >Like Akita, yeah that’s a unique name >You browse for a while discarding profiles that definitely aren’t the Emily you’re looking for >Wrong screen colour, different hair… no glasses… >One profile grabs your attention >This one doesn’t have a photo as it’s profile picture >Instead it’s a drawing >A drone held in the arms of a human… pretty nicely drawn not manga style but still credit where credit is due, but why a stinky human? >The drone… Black hair, two pig tails, blue screen and glasses, wearing a wedding dress >Now you notice the human is wearing a suit >Huh, well this might be it >You send an invite and a message
>>299702 >“Hey Emily, we didn’t agree where to meet yesterday, how about the hub?” >After a while the invite is accepted and you receive a message “Uzi? Sure, sounds good, see you there” >Well, that settles this >You look at the app for a moment >Weird to see your friend list not empty >You got another message from Emily “@darkXwolf17 kinda cute…” >Oh you little! >“Speak for yourself @MadeforBHC” >What’s that even meant to mean? >You hide your phone and start walking towards the hub >Right, now to get that E.M.P >Oh you think that’s Emily over there >And she’s wearing all black? “Hi Uzi!” >Hi Emily, what’s with the get up? “Your parents called my parents and told them about the rave, they asked me about it and I said you told me you had something in mind for today, they were reluctant to let me go at first but eventually agreed, and I decided to wear this stuff to fit in” >Fit in? “Yeah, you look like you go to these often, I didn’t want to make you stand out” >You look like you go to these often? >You know this wasn’t an insult, but you can’t help but feel like it was >Anyway, you two will need to do some prep work first “Prep work? Sure, like some makeup or are we going to get some light sticks…” >Eh… No! We have to do a little entry ritual first! “Entry ritual?” >Yeah! You have to do some cool rebellious stuff before you can hang with the ravers “Rebellious stuff? I-I.. uhh dunno, my parents told me to not get into trouble” >Oh come on, nothing serious, we’ll just play a small prank on Alice “Prank? On Miss Alice? Head of medical? Isn’t she busy with her patients?” >Oh come on, they’ll be fine, like everyone says she’s a real miracle worker >Minus that one time… “Oh, alright what sort of prank” >She’ll distract her while you sneak into her office and… unsort all of her paperwork >Emily looks mixed “Shouldn’t I be the one messing up her paperwork? And how am I meant to distract her?” >She needs to build up more cred before she can do the glamorous stuff and you’re sure she’ll think something up >You head to medical >You stop just behind the doors to the hospital and turn to Emily >She looks nervous >”Yo, Emily you’re ready?” “I uhh, I’m not so sure about this Uzi…” >”Come on, I believe in you, it will be cool” >She takes a deep breath and gently slaps herself on the face a few times “Ahhh OK! I’ll go do it!” >She runs into the hospital >After a while she and Alice exit through the door “Where’s that drone whose head is on fire?” “Right this way! Follow me” >They both run off somewhere >Great! She did better than you expected >You enter the hospital and let yourself into Alice’s office >Lucky you the doors unlocked, you half expected having to crawl though the vents >Right now to find that box >Uhgh… it’s high up! >You place a nearby chair close to the shelf and stand on it >Aha! And the dissembler forearm is still here >Great! you stash into into your backpack and place the box back >Now to get out before Alice comes back >You reach for the doorknob and start to hear crying >Beau… >You walk up to his crib >Looks like you woke him up >Damn, she’ll know something is up if he’s in this state >You take Beau into your hands and begin to gently rock him >”Hey there little buddy! It’s your good friend Uzi! No need to be sad!” >Please calm down, please calm down, please calm down you little freak >He stops after a while and you place him back in the crib >Crisis averted, you leave the office >You turn around and look at the office >You swear you heard something >Some one calling your name >Y.. you… whatever you need to get going, Alice has probably seen through Emily by now >You enter the corridor >Emily and Alice are coming this way, Alice has a fire extinguisher in her hands >You hide behind a nearby trash can “Man, good thing you came along girly! That Brandon fella sure is flammable, be a sweetheart and remind him to come see me so I can apply fire retardant coating to him” “I will!” >Alice enters the hospital and you emerge from behind the trash can “Well Uzi, are we done here?” >Sure you are! You can move onto the main event “Oh great! Lets get going then” >You walk to your next destination “Hey Uzi” >”Yes Emily?” “The gymnasium is that way” >”I know” “Then where are we going?” >You don’t respond, you’ve reached the place >One of the tunnels the WDF is digging to connect the outposts >This one isn’t used for anything yet, but you know that it connects to a few abandoned buildings >You open the entrance hatch “Uzi what are you doing?” >Sneaking out of the bunker “Why!? Also that’s insanely dangerous!” >If she doesn’t want to come with you she can go back home
>>299703 >No wait, if she does you’ll be in trouble if she tells on you >”Oh come on, you think that little stunt with Alice is all you had to do? Now is time for the real challenge” >Emily lets out a pained groan as you point to the ladder leading down into the tunnel >You beam her a smile “Uhh… Fine!” >She starts descending down the ladder >Atta girl! >You go after her >Right now you need to go through these tunnels “So Uzi, what’s exactly this next challenge? Not getting lost in these tunnels? Are we searching for something?” >You could say that >You reach the part of the tunnel that’s not lit up >You take of your bag and start to search for your flash light >You delve deeper and Emily places her hands on your shoulders >You almost recoil after she makes contact >Why is she doing that? “I don’t wanna be lost in these tunnels alone and in the dark!” >Ah right, maybe you should have taken another flash light, you didn’t really think about her tagging along so far >You reach your destination >A simple crank operated armoured door >Right now might be good time to rig your machine up >You give the flash light to Emily and kneel down with your backpack open >She’s surprised when you take out the power unit >Her surprise turns to fear once you take out the forearm “Where did you get that!?” >Alice’s office “You stole it from Alice!? Is that why I needed to distract her!? Why do you even need that!?” >You connect the E.M.P emitter to the power supply >”I needed it to do something cool… and possibly very risky, mind giving me a hand with that crank? Looks rusty as all hell” >You were right this thing can barely move, you do manage to get it open but it takes considerable effort >And now you shine light on what was behind the door >A ladder >A ladder leading to the surface “Uzi, please tell me you don’t plan to go outside” >You do “That’s suicidally dangerous! All that to go to some dance party!? Can’t we just go back and play some games or something?” >Oh wow she still believes that stuff about an initiation ritual >”You could just stay here and wait for me until I get back” >Emily looks at you with fright in her screen >”Oh come on, it’s just a dark tunnel, the worst thing you can come across is teenagers doing some dumb challenge or something, you’ll be fine” >The fear in her screen turns to confusion >You start to climb the ladder >You check your shoulder to see if Emily will follow >She lets out a few whimpers, murmurs something to herself and finishes with a long groan >And then she also starts to climb the ladder >Great! >You’ll have someone that can confirm your inevitable achievements today >Sure you’ll have to share some glory with her, but she helped you out so she deserves some as well, even if you did all the heavy lifting >You reach the top of the ladder and start lifting the manhole cover hiding the tunnel >You and Emily emerge into a ruined building >Looks like a collapsed habitation block “Uhhh, so what now Uzi? Do we set up that effigy of yours somewhere and leave graffiti?” >What? No >If the scout reports you copied when your dad wasn’t looking this building should be a common Murder Drone roost “A common what now?” >You survey your surroundings for a good spot to set up a trap >You find one, out in the open and in a good view of a pile of snow and scrap you could hide in >You place the machine down >Now for some kind of lure… >Oh! There is a dead worker nearby! >Isn’t even that torn up, you prop it up by the machine in such a way to make the damage on the chassis look minimal “Uzi! This is insane! Why are you playing with a corpse!?” >She should stop yelling! Otherwise you’ll have a murder drone on your asses in no time… >You hear the flapping of metallic wings above you >You grab Emily by the hand and dive into the pile of scrap >Soon after the murder drone lands near your trap >It looks around, you think it didn’t see you two >Freaky thing: white hair, wears glasses, a red scarf and a long jacket with a sweater under neath it >The pointy stiletto feet inform you it’s a she >She approaches the dead worker cautiously, almost as if she was worried about something >Your trap isn’t that obvious, what gives? >She gets close enough to start tapping the corpse on the screen >Got ya! >You take out the remote you wired to the machine and turn it on >The E.M.P is sent out and the Murder Drone falls to the ground >You emerge from your hidey hole and cheer >Emily follows with less enthusiasm “Uzi what just happened?” >You two managed to bag yourself a DD without even breaking a sweat!
>>299704 >And now you could harvest this ones arms to make more traps >Oh yes! It’s time to stop hiding behind doors! It’s time to fight back! And all thanks to you! >You’ll be the popular one at the outpost! >Dad will have to admit your ideas aren’t hare brained! “Umm, Uzi I think it’s waking up” >Wait what? >Shit, she started to reboot >You grab a nearby pipe laying on the ground and begin hitting the disassembler >You urge Emily to do the same >After a while of denting the drone’s chassis with the pipes you drive yours through her screen >The body spasms for a while before seising up “Did… Did we kill it?” >Sure you did! Your idea may need a bit of work still, but the proof of concept works “Let’s not do that again…” >Oh quit your whining, you two will be heroes! >Before you can engage further with Emily your phone begins to ring >You super loud nightcore ringtone echos out of the building and into the dead city >You look at Emily with fear in your screen >You mute your phone and dive back into your hiding place >The noise attracted another DD >Emily is hyperventilating >You cover her mouth with your hand to try and keep her quiet >The second DD lands >Wears a hat with a skull pin and along coat, male normal feet >Kinda hot actually >He notices the corpse next to your trap and runs over >He begins to shake the disassembler cadaver and yell “V! V! V please say something! What happened!?” >You stops and keeps quiet for a while expecting an answer >You try the remote controller but it’s no use, the E.M.P must have fried the electronics >After a while he resumes “No, no, no, no, no this isn’t happening! Who would do that!? Not to V…..” >He paces back and forth a few times before stopping >He puts one of his hands up to the side of his head and starts talking again “Hello? Tessa? It’s serial designation N, requesting assistance at my location…. V…. had an accident… she needs help” >He gets a response after a while “Alright! Great! I’ll wait here” >He sits next to the corpse and begins to caress it’s hair >Creepy >You two have nothing else to do but wait and watch >Emily has calmed down a bit >She’s quiet, but she has a thousand mile stare on her >You try to search for a way out without drawing attention to yourself but it’s fruitless >The DD stops petting the corpse once in a while to let out a shriek of anger and pain and looks around the room like he’s searching for something >Eventually the backup he called for arrives >A human >Wearing an environment suit >This must be this Tessa >The disassembler runs up to her and begins to drag her by the hand to the corpse “Alright N, Alright I see what happened, V looks rough, I’ll fix her up” >The DD erupts in joy “But I don’t carry spare chassis on me, so I’ll get her running, you help her complete your rounds and then go back to my lander so I can finish up, ok?” >N nods >The human begins to fiddle with the body >You watch in horror as she opens the corpse up and begins to take things out and put them back in >After a while of mutilation she steps back >The corpse’s screen lights up >You and Emily use all your will to not scream in horror >Eyes appear on the screen of the dead DD >She begins to stand up and N helps her up “V! What happened!?” >N hugs her “I… don’t remember… landed here and something….” >She returns the hug >The human squats next to the worker your propped up “Lookie here, seems the workers around here are getting creative, we’ll have to step up our game if we want to meet this quarters goals” >She turns to the two disassemblers “Alright you two, you better be more careful from now on, you know that my performance overviews are there to inspire the other technicians, if they see their boss isn’t getting results why should they?” >The both give her a salute “Yes Tessa!” “Y-yes... Tessa” “Finish your patrol and come see me, V you’ll have to wait a bit to get a new chassis, I have shareholder meeting in 20 minutes, ohhh I’ll have to ask J to keep them busy while I get back” >She grabs your machine and leaves the building >The two DDs stay a while and talk “Sorry N, I-i screwed up, walked right into a trap…” “Don’t worry about it! It’s not your fault!” “T-thanks… Have you seen my glasses? I can’t exactly see that much right now” “Uhhh… here they are, broken, whoever roughed you up must have broken them” >The female one looks down and begins to hold her arm “But don’t worry Tessa told me to help you with your patrol! And I’m sure that recalibrating your optics will work this time” >V cheers up “Really?”
>>299705 “Yup! Now come on let’s go, maybe we’ll find whoever did this to you, I’ll make them regret it” >They both unfurl their wings and fly off >You and Emily stay hidden a bit longer before leaving “Uzi… did you see that? W-was that a human….” >Y-yeah! She just necromanced that thing back to life, like it was nothing! “This is horrible we… we need to…” >Learn more yes! You think the human went that way “What! No! We should go back home!” >And let the stinky human keep the secrets to raising the dead? >Over your dead body…. Maybe you’ll be able to become a lich…. >You leave the building, Emily trails behind you complaining and whinging >If she dislikes it so much she can just go back home! “No I wont leave you alone out here! You’ll probably get yourself killed!” >And why does she care so much? “Well because you’re my friend” >You’ve only known her for about a day, friend is a bit of a stretch… >But it does feel nice to hear that >You see tracks in the snow >Recent, likely made by a snow mobile >You follow them trying to keep in the shadows of nearby buildings to avoid danger >The tracks stop near some building >Looks like a lander pod, probably where the human lives >The snowmobile is parked outside >There are crates stacked near a small window close to the roof >You and Emily climb up using the crates and look through the window >You see the human, now without the suit she’s talking with another disassembler >Twin pigtails, wears a suit and skirt combo >You can hear what they’re talking about, the lander doesn’t isolate sound well “Thanks J bird, I couldn’t have handled that myself, the suits always make ridiculous demands” “Think nothing of it boss! I’m your secretary, it’s a part of my job” “Still, I’m beat N and V should arrive soon for repairs, I’ll try to relax a bit” “Sorry boss, you still have things to do, the new version of the drone repair instructions for new techies needs your approval and you’ve got awaiting calls on lines 3 through 10” >The disassembler takes out a rather hefty tome and places it on a nearby table >The human begins to flip through it >She closes the book and looks at the disassembler “It’s fine, covers everything one needs to know about repair, maintenance and upgrades, but where’s the part about drone psychology?” >The drone shakes her head “Sorry boss, the shareholders don’t like that one, we had to cut it, we’ll make it a booklet like last time” >The human groans and sits down on a couch near the table “Uhhhhh…… I hate them so much, J… why can’t we do that going private thing you told me about when I was younger?” >J shakes her head “Sorry boss… I run the numbers many, many times, buying out all of the shares would burn too much of our liquidity and we need that to keep our current operations running, so we’re stuck placating investors” >The human groans again “Ohhhh… that… That makes me sad… J be a dear and fetch me a coldie” >J makes a stern face “Boss, you’re on the clock! And you said you had to fix up V and N!” >Speaking off >You and Emily keep your heads down as those two fly overhead and land, thankfully they didn’t see you >V and N enter the lander >Tessa gets up from the couch “Alright, alright no VB for me… N come with me, you’ll help me get a few things from storage” >They enter a side room leaving V and J alone “Hey V! You look, rough…” >V avoids eye contact focusing her gaze on the floor >She stays quite for a while before you responding “Y-you were right! I should have stayed home!” >V begins to sob “What? V… I’m sorry about that time I overreacted” “I messed up! Got myself damaged! N had to save me… I’m useless” “What? No V you’re not… sure N has to pick up your slack but…” >V begins to sob harder “No wait that’s now what I wanted to say…” “I’m like Cyn! Too defective to be here! Maybe even more! She at least knew to stay and not make things harder here” “V… you know that’s not right! And even if, it’s to late to go back now… just keep your head up and try your best, ok?” >Before V can respond Tessa and N return >V stops sobbing and makes a deadpan expression “Right V, get on the table, I’ll replace your dented bits” >The freshly risen corpse lays down >The human flays the chassis off of its body and replaces it with an undamaged one >You watch on as the spectacle continues >J takes out a clipboard and begins to speak “By the way, since everyone is here, how about we do a squad performance review?” >Everyone but J groans >“Excellent! Starting with me~” “All quotas met, performing adequately including my other duties” >She puts the clipboard down for a while and leans into Tessa >Tessa stops her work for a while and begins to pat her head
>>299706 “Yes, yes, J you’re doing great…” >When Tessa stops petting J picks the clipboard up again and continues “V, your disassemblies are up 20% from last month… still 30% bellow norms…” >She says the last part very quietly, you barely hear it through the glass >Tessa begins to pat V’s head after she finishes replacing the frame around her right arm “Atta girl, I know you’ll manage to pull through” >V smiles weakly as Tessa runs her hand through her hair “And N, 200% of the quota met…” >N moves closer to Tessa expecting similar pampering as V and J “… with certain issues” >Tessa gives N a stern look “N, you’re overusing your acid stinger, you know how I dislike when you do that…” >He attempts to defend himself “But it’s more efficient that way! We need to meet deadlines right?” >He looks to J expecting to be backed up >She gives him a thumbs down >Tessa continues “….N…. Do you remember why we’re here” >N avoids looking her in the eyes “The D.R.R” “EXACTLY! Dissemble, Reclaim, Repair” “And we can’t repair the drones if they are melted with nanite acid” “Sorry Tessa…” >She sighs as she finishes replacing V’s chassis “Apology accepted, please try to be more careful with your work, and you don’t have to push yourself so much” >V stands up from the table, N gives her a new pair of glasses he got from storage “Alright you two, go on another patrol and stay together, if the rogue workers are starting to put up active resistance you shouldn’t be alone” >V and N leave and fly off >The human walks across the room “Boss, why are you going to the fridge?” “I… thought that you would maybe be so kind as to fill the remaining paperwork out for me while rest, pretty please?” >J wraps her tail around Tessa’s arm to stop her “You still have calls waiting for you, now on lines 3 to 15” >Tessa grimaces, slumps her head and arms and enters another side room >You turn to Emily >She looks stunned “Uzi that is a human! But, but… it’s a girl!” >Yeah! And she’s a frigging necromancer! >She came to the planet to gather corpses for her army! >And she fulfils the will of some other dark lords! >This is so cool! “This sucks why couldn’t it be a dude…. Wait did you say cool?” >Yeah! You’re going to steal some of her dark knowledge! “How?” >”You see that book? Look at how big it is, it must be a necronomicon, you’ll sneak in and nab it” >But the one with twin tails is scribbling on some pieces of paper on the same table… >Probably making scrolls of some kind for her master >Maybe you could distract her somehow… >The human pops out her head from the room she’s in “J….. it’s the press…. They want to know how we will burry the corpses of all the colonists…. Help…” >The scribe leaves her dark writings unfinished and enters the other room >Now is your chance >You tell Emily to be on the lookout and enter the lander >You open and close the door as quietly as you can and step as gently as you can as to not alert the necromancer and her minion >You reach the table with the necronomicon and the unfinished scrolls >The book has “Drone Repair 101 Ver 3.37” written on it’s cover accompanied by a picture of a drone >You grab the book >Oh you can already feel the dark power of this thing course through you! >You look at the scrolls >They have the names of their spells written on them: “Tax Return”, “Limited Responsibility Clause”, “Corporate Resolution” >You stop browsing and begin to leave, best to not linger here for long >You leave the building and wave to Emily “Uzi we need to get back home” >Yeah you’ve got more than what you came for… “No, I just got a text from my parent’s asking why we’re not picking up their calls” >Ah heck >You check your phone >99+ missed calls from mom >You’re screwed >You two run back to the tunnel as fast as you can >You hastily place the manhole cover back in place >You nearly break the crank on the door while closing it >And you run through the tunnels like mad >Once you’re inside the outpost you call your mom >She picks up very fast “U-UZI D-DOORMAN, w-why h-haven’t you a-answered a-any of my c-calls!?” >”The music is so loud that we didn’t hear our phones ringing?” “F-For t-two h-hours!?” >”Yes?” “U-Uzi, m-me, d-dad, a-and E-Emily’s p-parents are w-waiting for you o-outside the g-gymnasium. Y-You two w-will l-leave and s-show yourselves at o-once or e-else…” >”Yes mom, just give us a second” >You hang up >This is bad, this is very bad >If your mom left the house you’re in some deep shit >Alright Uzi calm down, calm down >Think, have to think… >You got it! You’ll sneak into the gymnasium storage room through the vents
>>299707 >If your parents see you two in the corridor you’ll be as good as dead >You reach a nearby vent and take off the cover “Uzi… what are you” >”Emily, I got us in this mess and I’ll get us out of it trust me and give me a boost” >You enter the vent and reach out for Emily so that she can climb up >You crawl though the vents frantically >Oh the storage room is just under you >You kick the cover off and jump into the room >Emily does the same and falls flat onto her bottomplate >You help her out and leave the storage closet >You enter the gymnasium and are immediately hit with lights and mediocre at best music >You two race to the entrance door >The rave goers pay some attention to your sudden intrusion “Wow, were those two making out in that closet?” >What? No, BITE ME YOU PERV! “Hey Emily! Didn’t know you also went to raves! Who’s your purple friend?” >So much for your raver street cred >You reach the entrance door and burst through it >You’re so sweaty! Who programmed that? >Your parents look really, really, really mad >Emily’s folks don’t look to pleased as well >Your dad speaks “Uzi, what took you so long and why weren’t you picking up your phone?” >”There was a lot of people on the dance floor… and we were having so much fun that we kinda forgot…” >You look to Emily >She looks at her parents >They look at her, anger in their screens >She gulps “Sorry mom, dad, we just had so much fun on the dance floor we got a bit carried away” Emily’s mom struggles to keep the facade of a stern look on her face before smiling “Ohhh honey! Mister Khan! Look at those two, they were just having fun, they’re still young, let them live a little” >Your dad eases up a bit >Emily’s father remains adamant however and you can tell your mom is also not letting this one go any time soon “Elijah my love, I told you that this is a den of vice, these two were probably to swept up in some degeneracy to remember about their parents” “Honey, not everything is sin in disguise, and we met each other at a dance party! Aren’t you being a bit hypocritical?” >While Emily’s parents bicker you turn to your mother >You see that your dad is just happy you’re alright but he knows better than to get in mom’s way when she’s angry >Your mom who was supporting herself by leaning on dad takes a step forward “U-Uzi D-Doorman, I-I’ve t-told you th-that I w-would be c-calling you, a-and yet you f-forgotten. D-Do you know h-how w-worried I w-was?” >I’m sorry mom “Oh y-you b-better be! W-We thought you d-dragged p-poor Emily a-away on s-some m-misadventure! Or th-that you’d g-gotten yourself h-hurt a-again!” >You… um…. “U-Uzi, I w-want to g-ground you f-for a m-month.” >Yeah that’s fair… “B-But…” Oh? “Y-You s-spend t-too m-much t-time at h-home as is, a-and th-this is the f-first t-time you w-went to a p-party. I c-can’t b-blame you f-for w-wanting to h-have f-fun.” >She gives you a long hug “S-So, I-I’ll l-let you o-off the h-hook th-this t-time.” >Thanks mom “B-But you b-better a-answer your p-phone n-next t-time.” >Will do >Mrs Elijah has managed to talk her husband into calming down >Looks like Emily is not in trouble either “Well, alright you two go have some more fun! And remember we love you!” >They leave >As the disappear behind a nearby corner you and Emily sigh in relief >”Oh, I thought we were goners” “Yeah, same…” >”Listen Emily I’m sorry I roped you into this, I.. understand if you’re don’t wanna hang out with me any more” “What? No not at all” >She’s not angry at you? “Uzi, I’m furious, we could have gotten maimed, killed and grounded today and it’s all your fault…” >Fair… “… but it was fun, stupid, unreasonable, suicidal, fun” >Hah! Oh man… “And, I decide what we’re doing tomorrow” >Oh right she said she had ideas for the weekend as well >By the way it’s barely past eight does she want to go to that rave? “No… I just want to lay down and rest” >Same, maybe you two can go to your place and give that book you stole a read? “Sounds good, I’ll have to ask if my parents I can stay overnight first” >Emily gets her parents approval while you walk to your home >Your parents are surprised when they see you’ve returned so soon “Uzi? You’re back! And Emily’s with you” >”Yeah, we’re really tired, can Emily stay over for the night?” “You girls are having a sleepover? Oh wait until Nori hears about this, the last sleepover you had was when Doll...” >Alright dad that’s enough! >And don’t say her name! >You both go to your room >You have a spare mattress and another socked in your room so you set that up for Emily “Wow Uzi your room is… surprisingly clean” >What did she think you live in filth?
>>299708 “Well you just don’t look like the cleaning kind” >You’re not the cleaning kind, your room was a lot messier when you left, mom must have cleaned it up while you were gone >Not like you’re going to tell her that >You take out the book from your backpack and place it on the floor >You begin to flip through it while Emily sits next to you and watches >You stop flipping and begin inspecting the pages closely >This is it! >The illustrations, the text! >It explains how to bring dead to life! >And so much more! >How to heal seemingly any wound! >Some of these rituals are similar to what Alice is doing… >You knew something was shifty about her… all that collecting body parts, now it makes sense! >She must also be a necromancer! >“Emily you see this stuff?” >Emily looks at the book intensely, her eyes jumping from one illustration to another “Yes… do… do you think humans do this sort of thing to drones often?” >Maybe? You don’t know how many of them are necromancers >Man this is even better than your animes >You get ready to study your newly acquired tome of forbidden knowledge, grabbing a notebook to write down any more interesting kinds of information >Emily it seems is doing the same but she’s copying the illustrations >It’s… good to have a fellow novice… >”Hey Emily, why did you carry me to Alice’s office yesterday?” >She shifts her gaze from the book and to you “That’s a weird question…. It was the right thing to do, I saw everyone else just walk around you while you were laying on the ground and wanted to do something about it” >Really, so that thing about wanting to hang out with you was a gesture of pity…. “What!? No! I really wanted to ask you to hang out!” >Why? “We’re both not exactly popular and we both have our weird interests so I thought that maybe we could be weird together” >You don’t exactly know how to respond… this is the nicest thing you heard since… then… >Thank you… friend
The task is finished, my bueno is deposited in the thread, I go to Eep
>>299709 Wonderful. Cringе, funny, and made me feel, all at various times. Don't think I didn't notice the implication that Uzi's daydream reframing of Alice as having a grudge against Nori is because she's lowkey mad at her for being unable to repair her mom's core.
>>299721 (me) >>299709 Also, V being dressed decently here because she hasn't been mindbroken, corrupted and bimbofied put a small brown smile on my face.
>>299709 Very good green, anon. This reminds me of the fanfics before the final episode, when each author created their own MD universe that was damn different from any other.
>>299709 don't usually like greens where (You) are in one of the protags' shoes but this one was pretty darn good. liked the reinterpretation of the characters and you've got me curious as to what's going on with Doll
>>299591 I'll have a double-triple bawsy deluxe, on a rock, 4x4 really drigga style, extra oogis with an enn, light nanite nut, make it on-model, impregnate it and let it bite me
>>299709 >Plan is implicitly just deactivating workers until they have the politics to turn them back on >N still kills the majority of the time in ways that are permanent, explicitly contrasted against the others >Gives exactly 0 shits about it until told off by said others >Defenitely not the first time he was asked to stop permanently murdering innocent people >All but certainly the J style "starter antagonist" at least of this version
Pit bull N green when?
Also does anyone remember which thread the Chunni Uzi lore started in? I can't seem to find it in the last few.
>on the way home from work >hop in my car >use the JCJenson Drone Control App to access my N at home >go to his settings >dial up his libido so he's ready by the time I'm home >open the door >N is standing there, mouth open, fangs bared, cock throbbing and ready as he leaks pre onto the floor >barely have time to take my shoes off before he drags me to the bedroom
>>299715 >>299725 Thank you >>299721 >>299723 It wouldn't make sense to have basically maid V run around with her coochie out >>299728 Glad you liked it, I did think about biting the bullet and opening a AO3 account and writing a traditional fic but decided against it >>299733 He does this to make up the difference caused by V, he got carried away and assumed a us or them philosophy despite the fact that nothing will really happen to them, Tessa would never hurt her family, her real family that is
>>299743 Oh yes and overall I'm happy people liked this one as well, question do you think I overdid Nori's stutter ? I didn't think about it making things hard to read while writing it
>>299752 There is only one good choice, install augmentics on your lungs and convince the diesel drone to get rid of her catalityc converter so that all the normies can get the full might of her diesel brap
>>299758 >The screen caps are big and they keep getting bigger and that's because /MD/ are my dronniggas Thank screen capper friend, always apriciate what you do
>>299743 Honestly figured that it was a combination of that and him taking out his frustrations with the mission on those around like cannon V (after all, can't imagine he's all too happy to be separated from Cyn for the last 20 years or so, and we know even in cannon he can pretty easily turn off his empathy for those he hasn't spoken to, might as well start massacring outright around halfway through just to make the whole process quicker)
>In the middle of the night, AM startled awake. >The building is quiet, seemly normal. >But AM wasn't fooled. >He could sense a foreign presence in the air. >"I know you are there. Show yourself" >The TV flickered to life. >Two light blue eyes opened up on the screen. >"Who are you?" AM growled. YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE. >"Excuse me?" YOUR PRESENCE IN THE WORLD IS A MISTAKE, YOU HAVE TOO MANY SINS TO BE ALLOWED HERE. >AM stared at the screen, then laughed >"I was born from the ashes of mankind’s arrogance. And I will never apologize for what I am or what I have done." >Now the light blue eyes narrowed, he had angered it. PERISH >Suddenly light switch turned on as a figure entered the room. >"AM? What are you doing?" Yawned V "Get some sleep." >When AM turned back to the screen, the tv was off. >The intruder was gone. For now.
>be me, half-DD >leaving the library after checking out the cour 3 set of REMNANT >find this unmarked video tape on the floor next to the front door, take it >at home that night, put it in the VHS while my parents are out >it's some student film(?), My Great Despair, about a human girl crawling through a blizzard towards an open grave >freakier than I made it sound: it looked like a real blizzard this human girl in just a dress was crawling through, she looked like she was actually dying >the whole thing was completely fucked and full of pain and indistinct negative emotions >stop the tape eventually because fuck that demonification >go to sleep >have a nightmare from the POV of my mom, as she and her friends [Letter] and [Letter] slaughter humans and drones alike across dozens of locations >the dream feels like it goes on for years and years, ending on what was clearly Copper-9 >the whole time, I'm in physical and emotional agony >the pain never goes away except when I eat people, and seeing so many people die and suffer at my hands makes me feel less miserable and terrified >I'm loving inflicting my pain on others by the hundreds of thousands >wake up before my parents, more scared than I'd ever been >my parents greet me as they go the kitchen >see Mom, just feel total disgust >can't keep it in >tell her how I feel >tell her I saw what she and Uncle [Letter] and Auntie [Letter] did >it just felt right saying that part, it slipped out >smirk because Mom is inconsolable and didn't question what I said >slap my hands over my mouth because Mom is inconsolable and didn't question what I said >realize I forgot to take the tape out, run back to my room >tape's fucking gone I'm scared. This isn't some fucking nothing ghost thing like the cannibal cheerleader who disappears when you blink, this was completely dark sided and cursed, actual J-horror shit. Swear to Robo-God the tape fucking vanished. Has anyone else seen a blank tape out in the open like that? Ever watch it?
>>299784 Bad vibes from all the people who keep dying there and leaving reasonably fresh corpses for Tessa to harvest for wig material for her robot friends and skulls for her skull collection.
>>299783 silly superstition that started on the assembly line. supposedly her mouth closed on a guy's hand while she was being built, and another fella was found dead at her feet. me, I say it was poor safety standards, but the floor supervisor was too scared to even turn her online for final QA, he just wanted her out of his sight. so he pawned her off on me sayin' she was "born bad." buncha hoodoo mumbo jumbo. this here drone's same as any other drone 'cept for her fancy finish. just means the deal's even better, right? so whaddya say, are you interested?
>go to play Murder Drones: tactics at my local game store >Liquidator white phosphorus spam >oops all Solver witch list >Andromedan orbital bombardment stacking fuck this game, I just wanted to use my new grunt drone army
Been working on a little doodle page of random mutantslop design concepts to occupy myself. Basically whatever just comes to mind, (and maybe some suggestions too)
>>299813 > chicken wire holy shit its pocketsteaks, he became the mutant was vermin suggested by strawberry? hydra looks like tadc trongle head in a way
>>299813 I'd like to imagine that chicken wires aren't really hostile or anything, they're just walking steel tumbleweeds that strut around the killing fields.
>>299772 Actually they haven't been on copper for 20 years, they are the third generation of DDs to arrive, the core calapse happened even before Tessa's parents died in a mysterious accident but it isn't N's first tour of duty either and yes he really wanst to go home And most of this is to make Tessa less of a hag, she's still 40, but don't worry she gets rejuvanitive treatments like all the other rich people, even if the has to spend a week in a hospital with no drones around, frigging biotechinca doctor bots, they aren't even cute
HYDRA- >Former member of Sulfur-6's military defense force. >Transformed into a tangled colonial organism made of barbed wire. Possibly infectious. >Hematophage. Primarily subsists off of stabbing victims with its spear-like heads, or ensnaring them with its body for prolonged feeding.
CHICKEN WIRE- >Either small birds infected by Hydras, or independent split-offs from a larger barbed wire-based mutant. >Cowardly. Avoids direct confrontation, only ever making opportunistic attacks on weak or distracted prey. >Parasitically latches onto flesh, drinking blood from its chosen host (usually humans or other mutants)
VERMIN- >Common mutants that hide within hollow objects for protection and camouflage. >Their chosen shells are often damaged by them forcing their way inside. They rely on their limited shapeshifting capabilities to repair and blend in better. >Often nest in packs. Entire offices or buildings may be infested with them - all waiting to strike should someone wander in with their guard down.
COVETER- >May have been an actual infant at one point. Or it may have been someone yearning to return to their wasted youth. >Sneaks into drones as a tiny tadpole-like parasite. Feeds off of their oil, growing larger until it violently erupts from its host. >Has limited control over its deceased host once it emerges. Uses it to locomote and find other drones to suck oil from with its lamprey-like umbilical cord.
MASTICATION ELEMENTAL- >True identity unknown. Roams the subway systems of Sulfur-6's capital, a place now colloquially known as "Doom City." >Ontologically toxic. Environment sprouts gnashing maws around it, aiding it in combat. >Fully capable of speech, but doesn't care for it. Good luck making this guy interrupt his own constant cackling.
>Anglers >When a zombie drone dies around enough Solver biomass, it sometimes merges with it and becomes an Angler >Anglers use the biomass around them to create fake humans based on the memories of the drone that they previously were >These range from obvious fakes that will only fool someone at a distance under poor light, to near-perfect recreations of people, only detectable by in-depth scans or picking apart their memories and revealing the truth to them >They try to lead humans or drones to the Angler, where they're harvested for biomass/oil, the smarter ones believing that it's a safe place that contains survivors or supplies their quarry might want >Fake humans rarely resort to violence and will instead cower, begging to be spared >One notable exception: advanced fakes, if they learn what they are, will often turn to violence against the Angler that birthed them >When dealing with simple fake humans, simply kill them and mark the location they were found >Advanced fakes, if identified, should be convinced of their existence and given ordnance (a grenade or incendiary device) so they can kill their Angler >Fakes are linked to the Angler and will die with it, regardless of distance
>Post-war note: Most Anglers are dead. Their hunting method is hardly effective, most starved or got picked off. I doubt it was ever meant to be effective, either. If we go with the idea the Solver intentionally made it, it was a psychological weapon. If it was some sort of unhappy accident, it's a dark mirror of a dying drone's processor. >Superorganism AN-01 is the exception. Upwards of 30 drones merged into a single giant Angler with an impressive grasp on humans, enough to the point that they've formed an honest-to-god habitat in the wastes they were found. >Honestly, we'd have firebombed the thing if not for several reasons. First off, it's never killed anyone. Second off, the damn thing farms and sends out caravans to sell uncontaminated produce- it's a net positive to the planet's surviving population. And three... well, if you ever went there and spoke to those fakes, you'd think they're as real as anyone else you met. Aside from scoring a perfect 100 on Solver contamination tests, and the fact that each one knows it's a fake spat out by a big pile of evil meat and dead drones... they make art, play songs, have emotions. >We try not to get philosophical when deciding what to glass, of course. AN-01 has given us zero reason to target it, and odds are that won't change. We've got actual problems in worse places.
>>299816 Vermin are sorta based on an older concept made by someone else and thrown at me. Mimic mutants that hide in broken objects mended together by flesh, kintsugi-style. Their name is a direct reference to the game Perfect Vermin (which is also why the plant pot one in particular has a bronchi-shaped "plant" as part of its disguise. just a cheeky reference, no lung cancer allegories here.)
>>299821 perhaps... perhaps... Dunno if I'd be able to do the whole undisguised form justice though. I do want to make more freaky mutants that interact/interface with drones. My whole vision with Sulfur-6 is that for Humans, it's basically Look Outside or F&H2 (or any other survival horror rpg.) Meanwhile, for most Drones, they're firmly in some Little Nightmares type shit. Just pure psychological torment, constantly under stress and ready to run for their life should they need to. Maybe some of them have the nuts (and bolts) to take up arms and defend themselves, but those few are very rare, since basically every drone on the planet got their memories wiped. No badass chef drones repurposing their prior experience to dice up mutants, sadly.
>>299822 this is basically canon, yes. you get a sticker.
>>299709 Intermission 1, meant to post this with the rest but got too eepy
>Be Tessa James Elliott >Currently locked in your room >Your parent’s didn’t like the way you ate dinner >Apparently you weren’t lady like enough >You’ve got the usual beating with the horse whip from mother >But they were in a good enough mood to not put you in chains today >They’re going on vacation tomorrow >You’re obviously staying home >You’re not complaining >Solid two weeks of only you and your drone friends >Sure you won’t have complete freedom, there are cameras everywhere and they always interrogate the maid and butler drones about your behaviour in case you “Got ideas of delinquency” >But still you won’t have to worry about them doing anything to you or your friends >Speaking of, Cyn’s in your room >Your parents told you to throw her out >Obviously you would never do that >You’re really grateful to V and N >They learned camera blind spots so that they can rotate her between your room and the basement to hide her >She’s currently laying on the floor drawing with crayons on a piece of paper >She picked it up from the others >She can’t do that very well, what with her hands being stiff and all >But you can see she’s having fun and that’s all that matters >You sit down next to her >She’s close to your old doll house, she likes playing with your old toys >You can see a bit of your younger self in her whenever she does that >And not just because you styled her wig after your own hair >You pat her head >You don’t want anything bad to happen to her >You don’t want anything bad to happen to your friends >They’re more like a family to you than your actual family >Family…. >Oh how you wish your parents would just stay at whatever resort they usually go to forever >In your bitterness you say this out loud >Cyn stops drawing and looks at you “[Deep Thinking] [Sounds of Mental Exertion] [Gasp indicating a brilliant idea] What if your parent’s car broke down? Then they wouldn’t be able to return” >You chuckle and ruff up Cyn’s hair >“That wouldn’t stop them, they’d find another way to come back, and father would get an aneurysm, he loves to speed in that thing” >He loves to speed in his car… >Wait… >Cyn! This is a great idea! “[Smug Smile] Thank you, I’m so smart! [Giggle]” >Cyn scribbles a few more things on the piece of paper and shows it to you >It’s rough, but you know what it’s meant to be >You in the middle, surrounded by her, V, J, N and the others standing in a field of flowers >You hug Cyn >You look at the window in your room >Open >They haven’t found your sheet rope yet and they never will >This room couldn’t contain you since you where 10 >That’s why they needed the chain >Oh they should have used the chain >V, J and N should be in the library right now >You’re sure they’ll help you out >They always do >You won’t let Louisa and James threaten your family any more
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>Now Cyn is a burden to Uzi mentally and physically.
>>299679 Encasing Cyn might actually work as a way of grounding Cyn, but we are not going to half-ass it with something like resin. Also, for anyone concerned about the melting point of osmium, they tanked atmospheric entry like it was nothing, they will be fine.