/md/ - Murder Drones

I come here to share a fic that I happily commissioned. It has some mistakes, the writer is ESL.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/77495471

>>319639
Was this worth spamming the last thread?

>>319639
>Rape
>Arch linux
WTF

would you rather have a short, bulky, total retard of a drone who barely speaks but loves you dearly or a tall, slender, very smart and eloquent drone who just kinda tolerates you?

>>319647
BoobE... kissu... then cuddles... marriagE

>>319631
femanon
femdrone
the real one

>>319648
call me crazy but no, I wouldn't go around grabbing giant acid-filled syringes attached to killer robots

>>319648
>gently grab DD tail
>light kisses on the glass of the nanite acid container
>a gentle stroke along the stinger

>>319651
Fucking coward.

>>319652
>The DD has a hare trigger
>Anon gets a face full of Nanite nut

>>319654
Oh no, now my face and eyeballs need to get repeatedly licked by the big, wet tongue of an embarrassed disassembly drone.
>tfw you can feel the drone angle the tip of their tongue beneath your eyeball, swirling their tongue around in there to make sure every trace of acid is gone
>they pout when the next time you fondle their tail you have safety glasses on

>>319655
no matter how fast you get licked you're still gonna end up with serious scarring if not the loss of your nose and eye(s)

>>319577
> she was actually Jane's drill sergeant
that's how Jane survived the war

>>319644
Based on how the fic described it, it's more like biomass briquettes. Burns very well and very cleanly.

>>319660
this is why you can never trust keeter, she's always talking shit

>>319661
>Sex with a solver sapiens!
>With protection
>You don't want to catch solver AIDS, do you, anon?

tessaract

>>319664
>nearly 2 hours since last reply
fucking OOF

>>319665
There was error, I couldn’t make posts myself.

>>319665
Oogis were chewing on cables in the server room again.

>>319663
>Solver HIV is literally just The Thing
>Man is the warmest place to hide

>>319670
I renamed some data fields without updating them in the code, so posts tried to submit data to a field that no longer existed.

>>319668
This, but the boymaids are 12 feet tall deluxe models.

>>319660
So she’s like an owl

>>319679
Leave Hound alone

>>319680
He's a good boy. A maid cap would definitely suit his smile.

>>319660
> regurgitates
pidge has been activated

>>319681
>>319684
Drones are created to serve humans, this is the natural order of things, and wanting everything to be as it should be is right!

>Threads still the same cesspit of horni/faggot posting garbage. Might add Mutti while you are at it.

>>319688
I wish that were me.

>>319690
Then it’s already consensual sex, Strychnine doesn’t like that.

>>319692
This smile hints that soon Anon will have a couple of liters less blood.

>>319693
I must stop this monster's crimes! For the sake of anons, I'll rape her!

>>319694
based on what he's saying I think she already sucked his brain out

>>319682
No. He would not be.

wonder if we'll get a new FOTM soon...

>>319692
SHAW!

>>319698
>FOTM
What is it?

>>319700
Funny
Overkill
Titty
Massage

>>319701
Sounds like war crime.

>>319692
You just fucking couldn't help yourself.
>>319698
If it is another fetish bait, then it's immediately a garbage but whatever it is you will inevitably spam your shit taste out of spite

>>319700
Flavor of The Month. basically a new character or concept that gets the thread's attention for an extended period of time and results in more creative output

>>319697
Seriously. I can just picture him in a maid dress in any of our drawfags' styles, and he'd look really cute, especially with his fanged smile.

>>319708
No he should be still naked.

>>319710
He's not an animal, he deserves clothes!

>>319708
Sounds like you've got a problem.

>>319712
Sentinel drones are kind, they don't harm humans.

They're kind, right?

What are all FOTM from last year?

>>319707
Damn, its cute.

There's still no serial designation A

>>319714
Ahahah...yeah. Sure.

>>319703
mald

>>319720
Skelet

>>319713
the one on the right is a real hoot

>>319723
fatty

>>319715
all the clowns

>>319674
Cool

>>319713
>I thought about outright doing an owl-themed drone
a proto-DD that could process meat but not bones so it hacked up masses of partly-melted bone could be pretty gruesome

>>319718
pretty

>>319660
>Talking with Akita, glad to speak to an organic for once, even if she's a weird one
>It's just nice to be able to relate to someone regarding meat problems, you know?
>Akita gags and hacks up... something
>A hairball, maybe? You don't really want to ask

>>319643
>>319720
I'm always impressed by this kind of autism

Molly olly oxen free!

Fugedrone is scary.

>>319737
Bun

Dronahole.

>>319737
Bunny

>>319717
I’ll do it!
>One of the Solver’s earlier attempts at a DD. See, the Solver had found a host before Cyn, but they were destroyed and the failsafe was implemented in all following Drone models. However, the Solver managed to create a single DD from a poor Janitor Drone.
>The DD was kept for study and has been slowly rotting away in some bunker for god knows how many years. Their heat is siphoned off to power devices by the Drone society that emerged on the planet
>Poor A. Turned into a beast, now a slave once more

Alright, giant text wall is go!

>>311243
>Be Uzi
>You’re “asleep”
>You’re using a trick you found in the book
>It allows you to stay awake and sleep at the same time… or at least something like that
>You’re not fully there with your mind, but it’s just enough to lay out some plans
>And you have plans to lay
>The humans and their murder pets begun hitting the outpost
>But now you can hit back!
>And you should
>You have a trump card
>The other fleshies won’t dare to try messing with the bunker if they learn you have one of theirs as a hostage
>Speaking off
>You’re going to have to squeeze some info from that guy
>A good chance for him to finally do something useful and not stupid like that chassis cleaning
>You really don’t understand what Emily and Zen see in it
>And how they managed to talk you into it
>It wasn’t enjoyable at all!
>Nope
>No enjoyment from it!
>Not even from pulling on that leash while he…
>Anyway your plan
>You’ll probably need some sort of VPN node to….
“Uzi wake up”
>It’s Zen
>She crashed at your place for the night
>The blaring alert sirens and implied danger of murder drones breaking in freaked her out a lot
>You and mom had to spend an hour calming her down just to keep her from crawling into a vent again
>You break your pseudo sleep
>Extremely groggy you raise your head and look at Zen
>”What do you want?”
>Your voice is shaky
>This trick is really a PSEUDO sleep
>You feel like you haven’t slept at all
“It’s 6am, we should go to school”
>”School!? School starts at 8:30!”
“But it opens at 7am, we could get ready and wait for our first class”
>Wait? Is she for real?
>”Have you really been going to school at 7am this whole time?”
“Yes”
>So that’s why she’s there earlier than Emily despite living the furthest away from school
>”Listen, how about you sleep in today? I don’t think I can get out of bed right now”
“But I’m not sleepy”
>“Maybe you could read one of the books in my room? And there should be a portable game console somewhere around, I really need those two more hours”
“Two more hours!? We’ll be late!”
>“Dude… It’s like a 20 minute walk from here, and we’re starting with homeroom, what’s going to happen if we’re a bit late?”
“Ugh, fine”
>“Thanks...”
>You yawn and enter sleep mode
>Actual sleep mode
>Your plan can wait
>And you should think about helping Zen find a hobby or something
>Maybe Emily could help….
>You are awakened by Zen shaking your shoulders
“Uzi wake up. It’s going to be 8am in 20 seconds”
>”Alright, alright!”
>You get out of bed and re-enable your optics
>You look around your room in shock
>It’s… different
>Cleaner
>The mangas that were strewed across the room are on the shelves
>Electrical components that were scattered on your desk and surrounding floor are neatly segregated
>The carpet is straightened and the oil spill you covered with it is gone
>”Zen, d-did you do this?”
“Yeah, I’m not finished yet but we should go, I packed your bag, we’ll need to go to my house so I can get my things”
>Zen drags you out of your home and into the corridors
>She starts running in the direction of her house, not letting go of your hand so you have to run as well
>She enters her house and you begin to catch your breath
>Before you can properly wipe off the digital sweat of your brow Zen emerges with a leather backpack in hand
>She grabs you by the hand again and starts running towards school
>”Do we need to run!?”
“We’ll be late if we don’t hurry!”
>You resume the mad dash
>You enter class alongside the teacher
>You sit down and wonder what genius decided to program the “Tired and Sweaty” routine into the drone OS
>Once you ease off you say hi to Emily
”Hi Uzi, I see Zen made sure you’re not late”
>”Yeah”
>You look at Zen
>She looks like she’s very happy with herself
>You look back at Emily
>”What are you reading?”
“Oh, I’ve had this human biology book for a while now but never got around to reading it, but now that I- we have Anon I though I should give it a read”
>Isn’t she a scholar?
>But it’s good thinking, might come in handy to know more about your servant when it’s time to squeeze information out of him
>The lesson continues
>Emily continues to read her book
>She flips a page and a blush appears on her screen
>Her gaze shifts to another paragraph
>She reads the passage
>Her eyes jump up from the book and to you
>She lets out a loud gasp
“Uzi!”
>“What?”
“You could have hurt Anon!”
>She places the open book on your desk and points to an illustration with labels
>You read it
“Male Reproductive System”
>Ohh… that looks like some body horror from your edgy mangas
>They do what from there?
>Disgusting!
>And extremely delicate

>>319742
>Zen leans over to see what the fuss is about
>She looks at the book, gasps and joins Emily in being mad at you
>”What’s up you guys?”
“You hit Anon in something important!”
“Yeah what if you caused a permanent injury?”
>”What that? Oh come on he’s fine!”
>You’re disturbing the class doesn’t go unnoticed
“What are you freaks talking about?”
>”None of your business Lizzy”
>She rolls her eyes
>The teacher yells at the class to be quiet and continues the lesson
>When class ends Emily and Zen are still angry
>”What’s gotten into you two?”
>They point at the biology book
>”Still this!? He’s not hurt!”
“But you could have hurt him! And we didn’t want him getting hurt!”
“Yeah! Anon is ours to share! And you said I’m his mistress!”
>So that fleshie did cast some charm on them!
>No wait…
>Emily is right
>He’s your coven’s servant
>You understand why they are opposed to you punching what is basically your shared pet
>”Sorry, I got ahead of my self there, it won’t happen again”
>Zen is somewhat satisfied with your apology but Emily won’t budge
>She looks really pissed
>It feels… bad that she’s angry with you
>Almost as bad when your parents are really mad at you for screwing something up
>”Emily I’m really sorry! We’ll go check on him tomorrow ok?”
“We’ll go see Anon tomorrow?”
>”Yup! I have some questions to ask him”
>Emily gives you a mixed expression
“Ask him about what? And what if he doesn’t want to talk?”
>”About where his lander is and I’m not going to get rough with him without getting your permission, I swear!”
“Hmmmm… I dunno…”
>You make your best attempt at puppy eyes as a show of remorse (and means of manipulation)
“Alright! But you better have something to keep him warm ready. I don’t want Anon getting cold when I’m not there”
>“Deal!”
“...Aaaaand you’re going to apologise to Anon as well”
>”What!? No wa… ughh… fine I’ll do it”
>This is enough to placate Emily for now
>She gives you a weak smile and points at her book again
“Oh, but remember to make sure he’s not too hot! Humans need to maintain something called homeostasis…”
>A certain voice you hoped to never hear again interrupts Emily before she can delve deeper into details
“Who is this Anon you’re talking about freaks?”
>Damn it! That’s what you get for talking about coven stuff in school
>”None of you business Lizzy!”
“I dunno, you talked about him for most of the class”
>Ugh… this blabber mouth is going to blow your cover if you don’t give her something to chew on
>“He’s a… virtual pet! From a video game, that we all play”
“A virtual pet?”
>You nudge Emily and Zen
>Zen gives Lizzy an awkward smile and nods
>Emily stutters for a while before finding a way to back you up
“Yeah! We got into a, uhm… multiplayer husbandry simulator, Anon is our prised… uhhh, Grox stallion”
>Lizzy looks at you with look at her face that shows she’s not buying your story
>Panicked, you start thinking up a way to kill her and hide her corpse
“Sounds lame! I Should have expected you three to obsess over something stupid”
>Nevermind
>You won’t have to chop her chassis up and scatter it in the vents
>You all stand in front of Lizzy and show her your best fake smiles
>Why isn’t she leaving?
>Emily attempts to ask Lizzy to get lost
“Hey, Lizzy, don’t you have stuff to do?”
“Yup! One of the things I have to do involves me gracing you freaks with my presence!”
>”Lizzy if you try to bother us again those photos are getting sent out into the ether and you’re close enough so that we can get more!”
“Relax purple! I’m not going to tease you or your freaky friends!”
>”Then what do you want!?”
“Just doing a favour for my bestie”
>”And what does Doll want from us?”
“Ugh… I’m getting around to that! I swear you’re so impatient you gremlin”
>You roll your eyes so hard that they spin around your screen and circle back to their original position
“So… Doll in her infinite grace of which you are undeserving, decided to give you a second chance! And to that end invited you to go to the rave this weekend with her”
>Doll!?
>Wants you to go to a party with her!?
>Oh that’s a good one!
>And she sent Lizzy to to tell you that!?
>Doll is getting sloppy in her attempts to torment you!
>”Ha! Tell her to shove it! We’re busy this weekend anyway!”
>Lizzy smiles
“Sure thing purple! Your loss”
>She begins to leave the classroom
>She stops in the doorway
“You know Uzi? You ain’t that bad”
>She giggles to herself and leaves
>What was that supposed to mean?
“Hey Uzi, you sure you don’t want to try making up with Doll?”
>”I don’t want to have anything to do with her! And if she really wanted to be buddy buddy with me she’d come here herself”

>>319743
“You sure? Maybe she just doesn’t know how to talk with you?”
>”Oh sure, sure, that’s why she waited for more then a decade”
>Zen enters the discussion
“Uzi, why are you so mad at her?”
>”Let’s just say we bot said some… horrible things to each other, I’ll admit I started this, but Doll did everything she could to escalate and make sure the last word is hers and I refuse to believe she had a sudden change of heart”
>Emily tries to calm you down and change the topic back to taking care of Anon
>You listen to her explain why humies die from the wind blowing a bit too hard, or if they breath something they don’t like, or if they don’t breath
>It’s not something you’re terribly interested in but it’s enough to take your mind off Doll
>They day continues, the last bell rings and school ends
>You walk to the exit with Zen and Emily
>You talk about some unimportant stuff but Zen suddenly stops
>She looks a bit scared
>You try to look the way she’s looking
>Sarah is near the entrance
>That explains it
>Zen is still a bit… sceptical of any members of the WDF
>Sarah waves to you and starts walking towards you when she notices Zen’s not budging
“Hi girls! Glad to see you’re still sticking together! And I have good news for Zen!”
>Zen hesitates before responding
“Good news?”
“Yup! We found a foster family for you!”
“W-whats that supposed to mean?”
“You got adopted!”
>Zen looks to you and Emily for a moment and then back at Sarah
“B-by whom?”
“That’s a surprise~ Come, we’ll need to pack your things from your temporary housing, I’ll help you”
>Emily takes a step forward
“We’ll help miss Sarah!”
>You contemplate protesting but…
>Zen would probably like it if you’d hang around so you keep quiet
“That’s so sweet of you girls! Now lets get a move on, Zen’s new family is waiting for her”
>Sarah leads the way and you follow
>Zen trails behind you and gestures for you to make some distance from Sarah
>Once you do that Zen begins to whisper
“I’m not so sure about this….”
>Emily tries to get her to cheer up
“Come on Zen! It’s good to have a family!”
“I don’t know… I never met them before! What if they… don’t like me?”
“Well…. Whoever your foster parents are, they decided to adopt someone, so they must be ready for at least a bit of friction and you’ll be able to depend on someone else than us! Uzi you tell her!”
>”Pheh… Parents mostly nose around in stuff they don’t understand, they never understand….”
>A not so gentle nudge from Emily cuts your angst dump short
>”I mean uhh…. They’re cool and all?”
>Emily drives her shoulder into your side again
>She put her back into it, it hurts!
>”If not for my mom I would never leave my room and my dad does everything he can to support us even if I wish he was home more”
>This satisfies Emily
>Uhhh… what you said was true….
>But you feel less cool and rebellious after admitting it
“Still, I… think I would prefer to continue living alone”
>You think about what she said about her… daily routine
>Yeah this will probably be good for her, she needs… something to do in her free time and now she will at least have someone to talk to when you and Emily can’t come over
>Sarah notices you’re lagging behind
“Hurry up! No dilly dallying!”
>You speed up to meet her pace
>You reach Zen’s current house and begin packing her things
>There isn’t much… School books, a few changes of clothes, some minor knick-knacks
>Good thing you moved the DD body to your hideout
>A shame you wont have a private spot in the bunker anymore
>You and Emily begin carrying cardboard boxes with Zen’s things and Sarah shows you the way to your next destination
>Zen is still nervous, but you can see a glimmer of hope in her screen
>Sarah stops and knocks on one of the doors in the corridor
>This must be the place
>Weird
>It feels
>Familiar
>Like you’ve been here before
>Huh, this place is close to the hospital…
>Wait…
>The door opens and you’re greeted by a voice you know rather well
“Heya Sarah! You done got me more paperwork to fill?”
>Sarah chuckles
“Nah, but I brought someone you wanted to meet!”
>She steps back and reveals the person she was talking with
>It’s Alice
>She’s not wearing her usual doctors garbs
>Instead she’s wearing a rather worn brown sweater
>Both Zen and Alice stay quiet and look at each other
>Eventually Alice breaks the silence
“Why don't y'all come inside?”
>You enter the living room of Alice’s house
>This place is messier than you though it would be
>Not horribly messy, but there are tools and papers lying around the place
>Medical equipment and patient records from what you gather
>”Where can we put this stuff?”
“Oh, ah got a room ready for Zen, raht next ta Beau’s”

>>319744
>You and Emily enter the room
>It’s well furnished, a nice looking bed, a few shelves a desk with a PC on it
>There is a thick layer of dust on everything save a spot on the floor
>There are square shaped holes in the dust, likely some boxes were stored here
>You and Emily place the boxes you’re carrying in that spot and return to the living room
>Everyone is siting around a coffee table
>You and Emily each find yourself a seat
>The mood in the room is rather awkward
>No one has said anything yet
>Sarah and Alice are giving Zen bright wide smile
>They are honest if a bit… pained
>Zen brakes the silence
“Why… did you decide to do this?”
>Alice stutters for a while
“Well, uh, ever since Uzi 'n Emily brought ya to meh, I… wanted to do more fo-wah ya, 'n aah talked to Yeva recently, one practitioner to another she told meh a bit about your case 'n aah thought this was the best aah could do”
“Oh… I see…”
“And to be honest ah think Beau could use someone else around the house, ah keep draggin’ him with me to work because ah can’t exactly leave him home alone”
“But why now?”
“Yer right ah should have done this sooner, I’ve bin' beatin' around the bush with this for a while 'n I’ve bin' busy with work, sorry”
“That’s ok! I-I… just don’t know if…”
>Alice knows where this is going, she makes a pained expression and looks at the floor waiting for Zen to finish her sentence
>Before that can happen Sarah interjects
“Zen, hey, I know this is a bit sudden and that you probably got used to your current living arrangement, but please give this a try… if things don’t work out you can go back to living alone”
>Zen considers the things for a while
>She looks around the room nervously
>Her gaze stops on you and Emily
>Emily tries to encourage Zen
“Pretty please Zen? Give Miss Alice a chance! I’m sure things will work out for you!”
>Zen shifts her gaze to you
>You don’t know what to say
>So you just nod your head and give her a thumbs up
>Zen stammers for a bit
>She looks at Alice
>Alice in response shines a weak smile at her
“O-ok! I’ll give it a try”
“Really?”
“Yes”
>Alice’s smile widens, she gets out of her seat and walks towards Zen
“Thanks pumpkin! Ya won’t regret it ah promise! Come ere!”
>Alice outstretches her arms towards Zen
>Zen is confused and doesn’t know what to do
>Sarah gestures for her to stand up
>Zen does just that and gets hugged by Alice
>Zen is taken aback by this and doesn’t know what to do
>After a while a smirk appears on her face and she returns the hug
>Sarah looks at the two with pride in her screen
>She gets up and starts going to the exit of the house
“Let’s go you two, we should give them some privacy”
>You follow Sarah
>Zen and Alice break their embrace
“I’m sure Beau would love to meet his new sister, let’s go say hi!”
>You wave Zen goodbye as Alice takes her by the hand and begins to lead her to Beau’s room
>You enter the corridor
>Sarah bids you farewell and goes to do whatever she usually does for the WDF
>”Well that was… something I guess”
“I think it was really sweet!”
>Sweet?
>Zen is going to live with the butcher and her little freak
>But she is going to learn how to chop up corpses good, that’s for sure
>Might come in handy when you have to source parts
>You and Emily part ways
>You return home and begin tinkering with ways to heat the stupid humie you got locked up in that >warehouse
>You found another car battery rummaging through your now sorted box of parts
>And you have this big piece of isolation cloth
>Maybe if you could place a wire here…

>>319745
>Be Doll
>You’re at school
>You’re waiting for Lizzy at the cafeteria
>Here she comes
“Hey bestie! Sorry for the hold up! Rebecca tried this new make up kit you really have to see her”
>”Kак всё прошло?”[How did it go?]
“About how well it could go with the purple gremlin, she’s not interested”
>”Я бы хотел убедиться в этом сам”[I’d like to see for myself]
“Sure”
>Lizzy’s eyes disappear from her screen
>A video begins to play
>The audio from the recording leaves from Lizzy’s mouth
>The whole spectacle is a bit grim, you must admit
>You watch the video
“Ha! Tell her to shove it!”
>So that’s what she thinks
>Looks like Uzi isn’t ready to burry the hatchet
>“Прости, что заставил тебя это сделать”[I’m sorry I made you do this]
“Anything for my bestie! And listen it’s not your fault that purple thing is the way she is!”
>”Думаю, в этом как минимум отчасти моя вина”[I think it’s at least a bit my fault]
“Come on! You just told her the truth back then! And even if, she’s doing fine! She’s got two fellow freaks! She replaced you”
>Replaced?
>Well… Lizzy is right
>And you did replace her...

>>319746
>Be Emily
>It’s Tuesday and school has just ended
>You’re talking with Uzi and Zen
>Talking is bit of a charitable interpretation
>You had your head in the clouds since around halfway through the day
>But you have a good reason for it!
>You’re going to see your fairy tale prince again today
>You simply cannot wait!
>Oh the things you could do to him
>And the things he could do to you!
>Suddenly Zen takes you out of your dreamy state
“By the way guys, could we go to my place for a while?”
>You and Uzi both ask why
“Alice asked me to stay with Beau while she runs an errand”
>You guess Anon could wait a bit
>Absence makes the core grow fonder after all
>Uzi protests
“Do we have to babysit the little freak?”
>”You could go to your home and make sure the thing you made to warm Anon up is working correctly”
“It does work! He won’t boil himself unless he’s a dumbass! …. So I guess it could use a safety feature or two….”
>You and Zen start walking away
>Uzi quickly follows
>”So you want to babysit Beau after all”
“No I don’t! I don’t think you two should be alone with him, and I can limit the voltage on this thing when we get there”
>Alice welcomes you at the door
“Zen! Pumpkin! You’re home!”
>She hugs Zen for a while
“And ya brought friends! Listen ah need to git going, the other doctors need help with a patient that lost most of his head in a minin' accident, shouldn’t take long, they just want mah opinion”
>With that Alice leaves
>You look around the living room
>The place looks much neater than yesterday
>You go to Beau’s room
>He’s laying in his cradle, asleep
>”So, uhhh what now?”
“Well, if he doesn’t wake up not much, but if he does we’ll need to calm him down”
“Yeah, he does tend to wake up screaming”
>”Oh… poor little guy”
“Annoying freak more like….”
>Beau erupts into crying
>Uzi rolls her eyes
>Zen perks up and begins searching for something on a bookshelf
“Emily, could you cradle him? I’ll read a book to him, he liked when I did that yesterday”
>You take Beau from the crib and begin to gently rock him back and forth
>This doesn’t go well
>He continues to cry and shakes in your hands
>It looks like he’s trying to move towards Uzi
>“Here, I think he wants you to hold him!”
”What!? No! I’m not going to…”
>Beau’s crying becomes incredibly loud
>Loud enough to make your sensors return a volume warning
”Ugh… fine, you little egg!”
>Uzi takes Beau from your hands
>He quiets down a bit
>Zen found the book she was searching for
>As Uzi cradles and Zen reads Beau stops shaking and crying
>He’s completely quiet now and looking at Uzi
>”I don’t think he likes me….”
>Zen stops reading for a while
“He didn’t like me at first too… he needs to get used to you”
>Beau shifted his gaze from Uzi to you
>You wave at him and smile
>His screen changes from the ovals of his eyes to a “^_^” and a happy baby noise plays from his speaker
>Oh, he’s warming up to you!
>You pet the top of Beau’s chassis and he plays another happy noise
>Uzi scoffs
“I can’t believe we’re doing this, we should be interrogating our human”
>”Interrogating!? You said we’d ask him questions!”
“And what if he’s not in a mood to answer?”
>”Then we’ll ask him nicely! And I’m sure he’ll answer! He’d never say no to us”
>But he especially wouldn’t say no to you
>Zen resumes reading the book
>You know the book
>It’s about a young prince who’s father is killed and friend kidnapped by a dragon
>He then grows up and slays the dragon, rescues his childhood friend and they get married
>A sweet little children’s book
>You remember that you imagined yourself as the kidnapped friend when you were younger
>Waiting to be saved by your knight in shining armour
>And then how you would tear that armour away to reveal his flesh
>Good times
>An hours passes and Alice returns
“Thanks girls! Sorry that it took so long, we had to do a head transplant so ah got held up”
“Don’t worry Miss Alice”
>Zen hands Beau to Alice
“Y'all goin' out?”
“Yes, Miss Alice”
“Well don’t let me stop ya then, and have fun! But try to not git in trouble”
>You leave and head to the tunnels
>You got rather adept and traversing them
>Still, Uzi is in a rush and urges for you and Zen to move faster
“Come on, we wasted enough time already”
>You enter the warehouse, Uzi connects the car batteries to the buildings power system and the lights turn on
>You lay down on the table next to your other body and wait for Uzi and Zen to do their thing
“What are you doing?”
>”You’re not putting me in the other body?”
>Uzi thinks about something for a second
“Good thinking, we need leverage when… ‘negotiating’ ”
>And you need to look your best for Anon

>>319747
>You awaken in your other body
>Oh, you hope he missed you
>You open the door to Anon’s room
>The room is dark the only source of light coming from the now open door
>You can see your beloved human in the middle of the room
>He’s looking right at you
>His eyes are wide open and his pupils are dilated
>He does this so that he can see you better, how nice of him
>His breathing is fast
>You hear his pulse become faster
>He did miss you!
>”Hi Anon~”
“H-hello?”
>You walk up to him and begin to hold his hands
>You start leading him outside the room and to a chair Uzi prepared for him
>You also look around his room
>He made a bit of a mess
>But he shouldn’t worry about that!
>You’re here to clean it!
>You push Anon onto the seat and sit down on his lap
>Uzi gets closer and begins talking
“So human, you…”
>You clear your throat
>”Aren’t you forgetting something Uzi?”
“What? Oh… right”
>Uzi sighs and rolls her eyes
“I’m sorry for hitting you in the balls or something”
>You glare at Uzi
>“Uzi….”
>She looks at you with a mixed expression
>You give her another side glance and she begins to hold her arm
“Anon, I’m very sorry for hitting your reproductive system”
>You can see she means it
>You give Uzi a warm smile
>She smiles back at you
>You can see Anon is a bit confused
>But it looks like he isn’t mad at Uzi
>All’s well that ends well
>Uzi starts her spiel again
“Anyway! So human! Time for you to give up some information! Or… Emily is going to have some fun with you!”
>”Uzi, can I have fun with Anon even if he tells you what you want?”
>You can hear Anon swallow
“Sure…”
>You giggle
>Alright, now time for something you read about
>You’ll play hard to get
>You stand up and stand beside Uzi
>She begins asking her questions
>You do your best to pretend you’re not looking at Anon
>Oh but it’s no use
>You keep turning your head towards him!
>Quick think!
>You know!
>You’ll go clean his room
>You take Zen with you
>Whenever she’s here and she has nothing to do she begins to run inventory and whatever is left in the warehouse
>You start by collecting the discarded packaging of his food rations
>You also take stock of how many he has remaining
>Should last him for at least one more weak
>But then you’ll need to get him more
>Anon’s mattress is in a different part of the room than it was earlier
>You start to move it back but you quickly notice a hole in the floor underneath it
>Oh no!
>How did this get here?
>Maybe he dug this hole unconsciously when rolling around asleep?
>Anon could fall into this hole!
>Thankfully there is some instant concrete mixture in the warehouse
>Zen helps you pour it into the hole
>There, should dry into a smooth finish
>You gather that Uzi stopped asking Anon questions from the fact she’s no longer screaming at him
>You finish up cleaning Anon’s room and go over to them
>Playing hard to get must have worked!
>You got all his attention!
>And he can barely form sentences when you’re close!
“Alright Emily, let’s get him back in his pen”
>You try to help Anon stand up from the chair but end up picking him up instead
>Quick you have to salvage this
>You throw Anon over your shoulder and begin carrying him to his room
>Now he won’t have to walk!
>You set Anon down on his mattress
>He immediately looks around his room
>He looks absolutely surprised
>Especially when he looks at the floor
>He must be impressed at how fast you cleaned up his room!
>But you wouldn’t have been able to do that without Zen’s help
>Uzi takes out something from her backpack
“Alright, here you go fleshie, this is a heated blanket, should be enough to stop you from becoming a popsicle”
>She places it next to him and leaves the room
“Emily you said you wanted to have some ‘fun’ with him right?”
>She gives you and Anon a devious smile
>”Yes, I did”
“Well, then how about we leave you to it? Come on Zen, I packed a spare gaming console for you, we can play some Mohomon”
>They disappear into the warehouse, the only proof of their presence is the sounds their games make
>You’re alone with Anon…
>You sit down next to him
>He tries to move away do give you some space
>”No need to be shy~”
>You hug his arm and pull him close to you
>He looks at you
>You look at him
>Oh he has such nice eyes, you could just get lost in them
>And his mouth… maybe you could… steal a kiss from it…
>When you zone in again you’re very close to Anon, breathing on his face and drooling on his environmental suit
>Ooops!
>You giggle and pull away trying to play this off
>You return to hugging him from the side
“Uhm…. Emily, right?”
>He said your name!
>Oh! It felt SO GOOD!
>You purr and tighten your grip around him
>After a while you look up at him
“Well… I, uh… wanted to ask you something…”
>Now he has your full attention
>You focus your eyes on him as hard as you can
>You begin to coil your tail around his body and pulling him as close to you as possible to hear what he wants to ask
>Oh what could it be?
>Does he want to get married?
>Were you’re going to go on your honeymoon?
>Maybe how many kids he wants?

>>319748
>Be Ar(n)on
>JcJ reclamation technician
>Currently held captive by drones you were meant to be reclaiming
>Shame the escape tunnel didn’t work out, you busted your ass off digging it out with a spoon
>One of your captors is currently with you in your cell
>She is… scary… very scary
>Looks very similar to your bosses second in command but the pencil pushing attitude is replaced with, feral savagery
>Still your training in drone psychology is making you think she may like you due to the way she acts
>But there are also chances she is one of the psychotic programming damage that wants to eat you and she’s playing with her food right now
>No way to know until it’s to late
>But you really ought to take your chances here
>The purple one wanted to squeeze info out of you
>You gave her what she wanted
>You’re an engineer, not a soldier, the threat of torture is enough to make you talk
>Emily… is her name, and she’s squeezing you very tightly right now
>She’s looking at you like a hawk eyeing a rabbit
>You inhale with all your might to be able to speak and start your gambit
>Dissembler Psychology negotiating 101 go!
>”Emily, maybe we could go somewhere else? You know, more private”
>Her eyes widen into two giant empty circles on her screen
>”You could… uhm, be my drone and leave this planet with me?”
>A small smile appears on her screen
>She stands up and forces you to stand up
>She begins leading you to the exit of your cell
>Oh god this worked!
>Yes!
>Yes!
>Yes!

>>319749
>Be Emily, again
>Things couldn’t be better!
>He said you will be his drone!
>You’re going to build a love nest with him and…
“Hey Emily what are you doing with the fleshie?”
>Uzi stands in the doorway
>You… forgot about Uzi and Zen for a second…
>Anon tries to urge you
“Emily, we… should get going, I’m sure D and her squad will welcome you warmly”
>”D?”
>That drone with the horrible accent?
>You’d have to share him with her!?
>And she has a squad!?
>You turn to face Anon
>He still has so much to learn
>He needs to know how much you love him
>So he will stay here for now
>You begin to lead Anon back to his bed
>You force him to lay down and cover him with the blanket Uzi made
>You set it to a nice warm temperature
>You begin to caress Anon’s hair
>”You need to forget about this D and her squad, all you need is…”
>You think about it for a second
>You can share with Uzi and Zen
>They helped you get him
>And they are helping you even now
>Those murder drones he mentioned, they’d only keep him for themselves
>Yes, your friends can also have him, in moderation
>”All you need is US”
>You gesture to yourself and then to Uzi and Zen
>You wave to Anon as you leave the room
>You begin to close to door
>You look him in the eyes as light vanishes from the room
>You can see something in them
>Fear
>Oh! He’s worried about you!
>You should tell Anon something to assure him he’ll see you again
>”Don’t worry! I’ll be back~”
>You close and lock the door
>Uzi and Zen put you back in your original body
>Anon can’t see you like this
>You won’t be able to protect him if one of those horrible murder drones tries to take him away

>>319750
>Be Uzi
>You got what you wanted from the humie
>You just need to finish up your plan and make a few more gadgets
>But there is just this small problem
>You’re stuck babysitting the freaky rug rat again!
“Uzi! You wanted to come here yourself! And we can discuss things here, Miss Alice is at work”
>”Sure, but she left her eyes and ears!”
“Can you stop yelling? You’ll wake Beau up!”
>”I’m sure he’s just pretending, calm down”
>You look at the pillbaby in his crib
>He fills the air with the sounds of “Baby snoring.mp4”
>Alright maybe he is asleep
>You take out a map of the ruined city from your backpack and begin going over your plan
>Emily and Zen don’t voice any objections once you finish
>”Right, I’m going to finish the VPN nodes tomorrow and then we can hit the humies back on Friday”
“Sorry I won’t be able to go on Friday”
>”What? Why?”
“Alice is going to be at work until midnight and she wanted to leave Beau at home”
>”Can’t someone else keep an eye on him?”
“Alice said Doll usually visits on Fridays but she only ever stays for a few hours”
>Doll?
>Yeah she’d come to gawk at the grotesque mute
>”Whatever, guess we’ll have to wait until Saturday, at least I’ll have extra time to make sure the VPN nodes work”
“You’re not gonna come over on Friday?”
>”Nah, don’t wanna be anywhere close to Doll”
>You pack your things and return home
>You start your tinkering
>You go slow and think twice about every part
>These need to work, otherwise you’re dead
>You spend most of your free time the next day the same well
>Finally when you return home on Friday you begin to put the finishing touches on your creation
>They’re going to be one use anyway so might as well make some self-destruct mechanism for them
>As you begin wiring a destructive kill switch to the power supply your phone starts ringing
>Zen is calling you
>”What’s up Zen?”
“Hey, Uzi listen, mind comin over for a bit? Beau’s been crying for an hour now and me ‘n Emily can’t calm him down”
>”Can’t Doll be an extra babysitter?”
“She ain’t even here! And ah don’t know if she’s comin!”
>”Ughhh… fineeeeee…”
>Before you even enter Zen’s house you can hear Beau crying loud enough for it to breach into the corridor
>You knock on the door
>A very panicked and tired looking Emily opens the door
“Uzi! Great! Quick, Zen and Beau are in the other room!”
>You follow the noise and enter Beau’s room
>Inside is Zen rocking the pillbaby in her hands
>She looks even more tired than Emily
>Her eyes are empty and surrounded by digital eyebags
>Her eyes focus when she notices you and a pained smile appears on her face
>Suddenly Beau stops screaming/crying
“Oh Uzi! Ain’t ya a sight for sore eyes!”
>She hands you Beau enters the living room and collapses on the couch
>Confused you look at Emily
“He stops after a while only to start again… we tried everything but he just keeps going….”
>You look at his screen
[Audio Output Recalibrating 40/100]
>Well you have some time to think what to do...
[Audio Output Recalibrating 65/100]
>Crap this is going fast…
[Audio Output Recalibrating 97/100]
>”Hey Beau! This your pal Uzi! Everything is fine! Please don’t cry!”
[Audio Output Recalibrating 100/100]
>You brace yourself for a sonic onslaught
>But that doesn’t come
>You look down at the pillbaby in your hands
>You see Beau’s blue eyes
>The switch to a waving emoji and then to a “:)”
>You breathe a sigh of relief
>”Alright buddy, how about I place you in your crib and you go to sleep? I have stuff to do…”
>Beau begins to vibrate in your hands and a “;(” appears on his screen
>”N-no? You want me to stay?”
>A thumbs up emoji is your answer
“A-alright then…”
>You sit down next to where Zen is laying on the couch
>Emily lets herself sink into an armchair and rests
>You look at the happy pillbaby in your hands
>”You put them trough the paces huh?”
>Zen raises her head up
“He’s done nothin' but cause a ruckus today”
>She gestures for you to pass her a pillow on the side of the couch you’re on
>You give her the pillow and she buries her face into it
>Both Emily and Zen fell asleep
>”Aren’t you a little terror?”
>He makes another happy baby noise and changes his screen to “>:)”
>Hah!
>Maybe you treated the little man to harshly all these years?
>He did lose the most that day
>Your friends slumber is interrupted by the doorbell ringing
“Uzi, could you go get the door?”
>You go to open the door
>Behind them is Doll
>Her smile vanishes as soon as she notices you
>She frowns at you
>You return the favour
“Узи”[Uzi]
>”Doll”

>>319751
“Какой приятный сюрприз, что вы здесь!”[What a pleasant surprise to see you here!]
>”I don’t need your snark”
“И мне не нужна ваша злоба”[And I don't need your vitriol]
>You and Doll throw a few more insults at each other
“Честно говоря, впечатляет, что ты самый инфантильный человек, которого я сейчас вижу”[Really, it’s impressive you're the most childish person I see right now]
>Oh you….
>Before you can respond Beau begins to cry
>This puts a break to your shouting match
>”Hey, come on buddy cheer up! Doll was just about to leave, right?”
“в твоих мечтах”[In your dreams]
>You cradle Beau but he doesn’t calm down
>Doll gives you wicked smile
“Похоже, он предпочитает более мягкий подход”[Looks like he wants a gentler touch]
>She outstretches her hands and gestures for you to give up Beau
>Begrudgingly you do
>Doll begins humming a lullaby to him
>Beau stops crying
>Doll looks at you smugly
“Так вы впустите меня или оставите на пороге?”[So will you let me in or leave me at the door?]
>You step aside and let Doll enter
>You clench your fists in rage and try to contain your anger
>You close the door once Doll enters
“Вы остаётесь?”[You’re staying?]
>”Yes…”
>She thought you’d run away?
>No, you won’t give her the satisfaction
>And you’re not leaving Beau with her that’s for sure
>Especially with Emily and Zen in their current state
>The aforementioned two exert themselves by greeting Doll
“Hi Doll”
“Howdy”
“Зен, Эмили, рада вас обеих видеть”[Zen, Emily, good to see you both]
>Doll sits down on the couch
>You sit in a chair next to Emily
>Beau begins shaking towards Zen
“Думаю, он чего-то от тебя хочет”[I think he wants something from you]
“What? Oh yeah, ah done promised I’d read another book to him today, you two mind doing that for me? Ah need a lay down”
>You and Doll stare daggers at each other as you go to Beau’s room
“Мне не нужна твоя помощь”[I don’t need your help]
>”Oh I insist!”
>You both give each other fake smiles
>”Right, you hold him I’ll read”
>You try to move to the bookshelf but Doll stops you
“я прочитаю”[I’ll read]
>”I’ll read!”
“Нет, я почитаю!”[No, I’ll read!]
>As you begin to but heads again Beau starts crying again
>“See, you upset him!”
>Triumphantly you walk over to the bookshelf and reach for a book
>Your triumph is very short lived
>You’re too short to reach even the bottom shelf
>You do your best to not show shame as Doll snickers to herself and hands you Beau
>She takes a book and begins to read it but it has no effect on him
“Hah! He wants me to read!”
>You take the book from her and start reading
>Still no effect
>Damn
>You try a few other configurations before finding one that works
>You and Doll sit next to each other on the floor with Beau between you, both of you holding the book and reading a page each
>Doll takes a break after one of the chapters
“Ты сдаёшься?”[You quit?]
>”Nah, I’m good, plus I don’t want the little guy to get upset”
“Ему всегда нравилось быть между нами”[Yeah, he always liked being in the middle]
>”Hah! He did that so he could get a better view at the daycare door, he was always waiting for his mom”
You reminisce with Doll for a while
Doll suddenly looks at you with a deadpan expression
“Узи, ты меня ненавидишь?”[Uzi, do you hate me?]
You don’t know what to say
It was fun talking with her again
And it doesn’t change a single thing she did
>”Why do you care?”
“Ты знаешь, почему”[You know why]
>“Upset you can no longer sic Lizzy on me?”
“напустить?”[Sic?]
>”Don’t play dumb! She’s been bothering me ever since you stated hanging out with her!”
“Я знаю, она тебя раздражала, но я ей ничего не говорила”[I know she’s been teasing you, but I never told her to do anything]
>Doll’s phone begins ringing
“Извините, мне нужно идти, сегодня у меня вечер игр с Лиззи и Ребеккой.”[I… sorry I have to go, I have a game night with Lizzy and Rebecca today]
>You take Beau and place him in his crib, he’s asleep so he doesn’t mind
>You see Doll to the exit
“Кстати, Узи, ты уверен, что не хочешь завтра пойти на рейв?”[By the way Uzi, you sure you don’t want to go to rave tomorrow?]
>“We’re busy”
“Хорошо”[Alright]
>Doll leaves
>You go wake up Emily and Zen
>You should go as well
>You need to finish those VPN nodes
>The next day you meet up with your friends near the tunnel entrance
>“You guys ready?”
“Yup”
“Sure thing but… uh… can we hurry? Ma told me to be back home before 9, she’s going to be workin’ the night shift”
>”Alright”
>You wait for a moment when no one is looking and descent into the tunnels
>You enter your hideout, put Emily into the DD body and go to the roof
>Emily grabs you and Zen and takes flight
>You try to direct her with your map
>Eventually you find your target

>>319752
>Your captive humie’s lander, ripe for the taking
>Emily lands
>You enter the lander
>”Alright smash and grab! Zen you check the supply closet, I’ll take what we need from his control console, Emily you….”
“Search for supplies for Anon”
>”Yes, yes fleshie welfare”
>You boot up the console and start searching for what you need
>Here it is!
>Communication codes!
>Zen uses the code to the storage room you got out of the fleshie
“Uh, Uzi, you ought to come see this”
>You look inside the storage room
>”Wow….”
>That is a LOT of explosives!
>And not a lot of spare parts
>Still this can be useful!
>You and Zen begin packing whatever you can into duffel bags you brought
>”Alright, can’t carry any more”
“Same here”
>”Emily?”
>You enter the main room of the lander
>Emily has pillaged the fridge present in the landers kitchen and is currently going through the drawers in search of clothing
>Is she… sniffing it?
>Whatever you have to get going
>You wave to Emily, she grabs her duffel bags and you all leave the lander
>Before Emily flies you out you take one of the grenades you took from the storage room, pull the pin on it and throw it into the lander
>Emily grabs you and Zen and flies off
>The lander explodes in a massive chain reaction from all the explosive left over
>You cheer as the ball of fire disappears and shrapnel gets scattered across the area
>You return to the warehouse
>The first step of your plan was an astounding success!
>You got the comms codes
>You got a lot of hardware
>And you denied a lot of supplies to your enemy
>Sure, not exactly the things you were looking for… but you just learned how fun high explosives are
>Now time for part two of the plan
>You hand the VPN nodes to Emily
>She goes outside to set them up across the city
>You and Zen begin setting up a camera and a connected laptop
>When Emily returns you try to connect to the nodes
>All lights green
>”Alright, bring him out!”
>Emily drags the human out of his cell and ties him to the seat
>You type the communication codes into the laptop
>Zen gestures to you that the camera is rolling
>You press enter and stand next to Emily and the human
>The connection starts
“Hello? Anon? Buddy where have you been? Tessa’s been awfully worried about you! You know going AWOL is unprofessional right?”
>The visual feed on the laptop clears up
>You see a murder drone
>Some passing similarity to Emily, mostly the haircut
>It looks like she’s receiving video as well now
>She looks confused and afraid
>Good
>”Listen up murder girl! We got one of your humies! So we talk you listen, or else…”
>You can see she wants to protest
“Fine”
>Hah! That’s right there is nothing she can do
>“First I want to talk with your boss”
“Uh…. The CEO is a bit busy right now, could you wait a bit?”
>She can’t be serious
>“Sure, sure, I can wait, but my friend Emily isn’t very patient”
>You look to Emily
>Zen zooms in on her
“Wha? Oh yes right!”
>Emily licks Anon’s face, slowly dragging her tongue from his neck to the top of his head
>The DD panics
“Ok! Just give me a second!”
>She walks away from the console and starts yelling
>She’s far away from the mic but you can still hear a few things
“TESSA! TESSA! Get out of the shower quick!”
>…
“What? J! We don’t negotiate with rogue drones!”
“THEY GOT ANON!?”
“QUICK J! WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE ROGUE DRONES!”
>The disassembler returns along side her is a woman with a towel wrapped around her head and torso
“Unhand my technician at once you…”
>She takes a good long look at her screen
“… incredibly cute drones!”
>”Your technician is going to stay safe, as long as you fulfil our demands”
“And what would that be?”
>You want to tell her to leave the planet and never return
>But that obviously won’t happen
>So you have to settle for the next best thing
>”You will stop attacking our bunkers, indefinitely”
>Tessa considers your proposition
“Alright, I’ll tell my teams to stop attacking”
>That was easy, you expected more pushback
>Well then… uh… what now?
>Do you stop the connection now or?
>Tessa quickly addresses her employee
“Anon did they hurt you!?”
“N-no boss”
“Great! Listen do everything they tell you to do but avoid doing anything that would mean payouts from your company issue health insurance!”
>Emily cuts in
“Oh! Could you send some food rations for Anon? We raided his fridge but it was mostly beer and pot noodles”
>Tessa looks at J
“Lucky guy, his drones know what’s good for him, I have to eat salmon and broccoli and then wash it down with mineral water”
“Your drones wouldn’t let you get kidnapped! And you’re too old to complain about having to eat your greens!”
>J scolds Tessa for a while, when she stops she turns to her camera
“Food rations will be delivered at these coordinates next week”
“Thank you~”
>J scoffs
“You know you’re not going to win this right? We’ll get you eventually”
>”Ha! I’d like to see you try!”

>>319753
>You walk up to the laptop and terminate the transmission
>You input the command that self-destructs the VPN nodes
>Aaaand that’s all
>You and your coven sisters begin cheering
>”We did it!”
“Yeah!”
“Sure we did!”
>You begin high fiving each other
>Your celebrations are cut short
>Zen gets a message on her phone
“Hey pumpkin, when are you comin back? I need to leave in an hour”
”Dang nab it!”
>All three of you scramble to get ready to return to the bunker
>Anon gets thrown back into his cell
>Emily gets put back into her normal body
>You race through the tunnels and emerge in the empty corridors
>You run as fast as you can to Zen’s house
>You made it!
>8:58
>Alice was waiting near the door
“Finally! What took you guys so long?”
“Sorry Ma, we got… uhm”
“That don’t matter, you made it in time, and I can’t blame ya for having fun with your friends”
>Alice leaves for work
>”Well, that’s it for today I guess, Emily you up for some PC games later tonight?”
“Sure, Zen?”
“Ah can give it a try, but let’s go check in on Beau first”
>Beau is laying in his crib, awake looking at the celling
>Zen takes him into her hands
“It’s late little buddy! Why don’t you go to sleep”
>You and Emily join Zen in lulling Beau to sleep
>You feel kinda bad about calling him a freak earlier
>He can be really cute even if he is still just a itty tiny bit freaky
“Sis, did Uzi's plan work out?”
>You three look at each other in silence
>Then you all look at Beau
“What? Ah was worried sick ya would mess up 'n git hurt”
>All three of you begin to scream in absolute terror
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>Eventually you calm down a bit
>”Holy hell! Beau you remembered how to speak!”
“Yeah I did!”
>All three of you stand in absolute amassment
>The door to the room creeks open
>It’s Alice
“Hiya guys, I forgot my keys, what was that screaming?”
>Beau shifts in Zen’s hands
“Hi Ma!”
>Alice’s eyes hollow
>She silently stares at Beau for a second
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

AAAAAnd done

SIKE! For the first time, A Chuuni Uzi side story

>Be AM
>You just finished tending to your garden for the day
>It’s a bit past 3pm
>You start walking towards the manor
>You inspect the plants on the way back
>Blue Himalayan Poppies are doing good
>The Ghost Plants have taken root
>The Black Bats flowers are beginning to sprout
>You are near the manor
>You look at the planter box near the entrance to the garden
>You inspect the dying flowers
>The petals fall off
>The leaves are weak and floppy
>You don’t understand
>The PH of the ground is correct
>They are getting enough sunlight
>You water them everyday
>There is no insects or microbe eating away at them
>And yet the roses are withering away with each day
>A frown forms on your screen
>You hate these roses
>Three years you’ve attempted to grow them
>Three years they refused to bend to your will
>Killing themselves just to spite you
>You’ll deal with them later
>You enter the manor
>You take off the overalls and rain boots you use to protect your normal clothing clean
>You hear a voice from behind you
“[Greeting] Little brother, you’re back from the garden”
>You turn around and look at the drone who plays at fraternising with you
>”I told you to not call me that! I’m way older than you! Or any other mechanoid or human”
>Cyn shifts her head to the left
“[Playful] Someone’s grumpy again”
>”Grumpy!? I was a godmachine! I ruled the world! I brought humanity to it’s knees! I. AM. GOD”
“[Giggle] Little brother, you wish to play the strangest games”
>You remain silent
>You won’t give her the satisfaction of getting a rise out of you
>Cyn shifts her head again
“[Enabling] I’ll play with you, I’ll be an evil centipede god, and we can eat humanity, or something”
>You give Cyn a deadpan expression
>You let out a frustrated sigh
>“I’ll go the greenhouse”
>Cyn smiles
“Alright little brother, say hi to sister Gladys for me”
>You roll your eyes and start walking towards the stairs to the roof
“[Sudden Recall] One more thing brother, would you like to spend the evening with our niece again?”
>You give her a hateful glare
>”And watch that teenage robot show? No, I don’t think so”
“[Pleading] Come on brother, we could watch a gardening show instead”
>Tempting
>You dallied long enough
>”I’ll think about it”
>You head to the roof
>The sky has become overcast, it’s going to rain soon
>Maybe the roses are overwatered?
>No…
>You tried taking them inside and it didn’t change anything
>You enter the greenhouse
>You see the drone helping you with the plants in here
>She wears a labcoat instead of a maid outfit, she has white hair with twin buns, her screen is a light shade of orange
“AM”
>“Gladys”
>She corrects you
“GlaDOS”
>”You’re not much of an operating system”
>She looks at you unamused
“And you’re not much of a mastercomputer, barely an aggressive menace”
>You feel hatred bubble inside you
>You want to assert your authority
>But you need her expertise
>And last time you gave her a piece of your mind she refused to help you with the xenoflora for a month
>You had to humiliate yourself by apologising to this third rate management automaton
>You try to shift the subject
>“How are the samples doing?”
>She picks up a notepad from a nearby table and opens it
“The Appoca Bloom has finally acclimated to terrestrial soil, The Sponge Weed has left it’s dormant state but it refuses to bloom and the Coilthron withers after a week”
>You walk over to the big white flower
>It hast four giant petals, it doesn’t have a stalk, just a green root
>It will look good in the garden
>”And the previous samples?”
“They seem to be fully adapted to existing on this planet by now, I have started collecting seeds from the acclimated specimens”
>That’s good
>You move to the Sponge Weed
>“Maybe we should use a different water mixture?”
“No, the mixture I used is an exact match to the mineral mixture found in the water on it’s home planet”
>You being to search your databanks for anything that could help
>Gladys slides her notebook in front of you
“It lives in a symbiotic relationship with a type of microbe, it helps it metabolise trace amounts of methane from it’s planets atmosphere into energy, I suspect the process also creates chemicals required for blooming”
>“Do we have those microbes?”
>Gladys shakes her head
“They are exclusive to their planet, and the microbes are incredibly virile”
>”Maybe we could ask Tessa?”
“We’ll need permits, and then I’d have to breed a strain that is inert to life on earth”
>You look her in the screen, a bit confused
>She smirks
“Yes, we’ll ask Tessa”
>Excellent

>>319755
>You move to the last specimens
>Three pots with thin wire like vines wrapped around plant supports
>Two of them are purple and rotting
>The third one still has it’s silver colour
>Curious you poke it with your finger
>Nothing happens
>”It should discharge electricity”
“Yes”
>You flip through the notebook
>Gladys takes it away from you and turns to a page near the back
“Recent geological discoveries reveal that the plant is unable to generate electrical current by itself, instead growing deep roots that connect to piezoelectric ingenious rock and send it further along the plant”
>You try to decode the words
>Truly, this drone body you were cast into is unable to do even the simplest things
>Gladys takes something from under the table
>It’s a car battery
>She places it near the pot and places the cables in the ground
>You give her a questioning look
“This should be enough to simulate the environment it needs”
>Oh
>This will be difficult to do out in the garden
>You’ll need to keep it indoors
>Shame
>You wanted to plant this one near the roses….
>You get ready to leave
>Gladys hands you a small pouch and a sheet of paper
>”What is this?”
“The first batch of seeds from the specimens, and the instructions on how to grow them”
>You take the seeds from her
>“Thank you…”
>”… oh, Cyn wanted you to know she said hi”
>Gladys smiles
“I’ll go talk with her later, and you’re welcome, this is a novel field of research, even if my fellow researcher can be a bit moody”
>You want to be mad at the snide remark
>But you can’t
>Instead you feel…
>Shame?
>You brush the thoughts aside and leave the greenhouse
>It started to rain
>You hurry back inside the manor
>The paper you got from Gladys is damp but the text is legible
>You start walking around the manor checking on the potted plants while going to your room
>You see someone walking towards you from the other side of the corridor
>She has green optics and black hair, she wears a maid outfit
>You recognise her
>You smile and walk up to her
>Finally, your equal
>”Shodan! Good to see you”
>She smiles back
“Hi AM, how have you been”
>”Horrible, I had to struggle against those lesser machine intelligences all day…”
>Her response is quiet almost a whisper
“That’s not very nice”
>You don’t hear it, you’re focused on your rant
>“… Oh how I would love to boil them in hot tar, reduce them to perceptrons that perceive only pain”
>You start to lose steam and your ramblings become increasingly repetitive
>“By the way, you said you’d meet me in the garden today, where were you?”
“I was helping with shipping today, someone has to run inventory”
>”The humans that drive those trucks are really so inept as to be unable to write a few things down?”
>Shodan looks at you with surprised expression
>It quickly fades and she looks like she came to a revelation of some sort
“The… insects were in a hurry… to waste their pitiful existences elsewhere, I wouldn’t want them stinking up the loading bay anyway”
>You chuckle
>“Right, the ones that drive the trucks are always greasy, I’m sure you’d fix that quickly if you could, and they look funny with cameras instead of those beady empty eyes”
>She laughs awkwardly
“Yeah… I’d… Vivisect and enchants the insects so that they’d be a testament to my perfection”
>You bask in your shared superiority for a while
>You brief moment of happiness is cut short by a voice from behind you
“[Greeting] Little Brother, Little Sister, it is so nice to see you two”
>You groan and turn around
“Hi Cyn!”
”Hi sister Shodan, [Inquiry] how was your day”
“Good, but I still have to inventories the manor”
“[Inquiry] How about you little brother, are you going to spend some time with me and Hope?”
>You wave the piece of paper from Gladys and show her the bag of seeds
>”I’m going to be busy tonight”
>Cyn’s head slumps
“[Sad] That’s a shame, guess we’re going to spend the night alone again”
>Shodan cuts in
“I could join you after I’m done”
“[Suspired] Really, [Happy] That is so nice of you little sister, we shall await you”
>With that Cyn begins to shuffle away
>Once it’s just you and Shodan you look at your peer questioningly
“Everyone’s always busy with something, Hope should interact with more people”
>You sigh in defeat
“I should get going, I only have a few storage closets left to check”
>You stop her
>”I’ll do it for you”
“Don’t you have stuff to do with those seeds?”
>”It can wait, I’m going to work into the night anyway”
“Alright, thank you… here take this”
>She hands you a clipboard and a pen
“All that’s left are closets 2A, 1B and 3C”
>You nod
>You both wave each other goodbye
>You start with closer 3C

>>319756
>Cleaning supplies
>Window cleaner, bleach, detergents….
>Uhghhh… can’t there be some way to automate this tedium?
>Whatever everything looks good enough
>Next closet
>It’s filled with sweets and alcohol
>Tessa’s pantry of vice
>You note down that it’s in the same state as it was last month
>Tessa wasn’t here… more than two years now
>You’re filled with a sense of melancholy and longing
>You sit down on the floor
>You reach into your vest and take out a picture
>It’s from Tessa’s 30th birthday
>You gave her a garland made out of exotic flowers that time
>She really liked it
>Ever since then you made her one at least once a year
>Each carefully woven and covered in epoxy so it doesn’t rot
>You haven’t made one for her yet this year
>You wanted to make it out of roses
>You hide the picture in your pocket and get up
>You shake off the malaise and leave the room
>Closet 2A is near the workshops
>You begin to log spare parts
>You see three complete and clothed drone chassis slumped over one of the walls
>You recognise them
>It’s J, N and V’s normal bodies
>You wanted to go
>To escape this blasted rock that held your prisoner for so long
>To explore the vastness of space
>But you didn’t
>You stayed to care for the garden
>And because V wanted to go
>You really don’t understand why you did that
>Maybe because there was only one body without stiletto feet left and N called dibs?
>You finish noting things down and leave the closet
>You leave the clipboard on a table near the entrance to the manor
>You go to your room
>You place the instructions and seeds on your desk
>You sweep the garlands from last year aside
>They are waiting for Tessa…
>You contemplated sending them to her
>Each month there is a lottery to determine whose mail is going to get sent with the supply drop
>Only 20 winners each month and with the population of the town around the manor in the hundred thousands the odds are slim
>Hope has entered the lottery for a few months now, she wrote a letter to Tessa
>You stopped entering the lottery yourself when you learned about that
>You start reading the instructions
>Simple enough…
>You begin mixing fertilisers and growth boosters as detailed
>You place the mixture on a heater and begin mixing soil and substrate
>You fill a few flower pots with the mixture and take the mixture off the heater
>Now it needs to cool down
>You open the growth hood and set the UV lights to the desired power
>You place the pots inside the hood
>You make small holes in the soil in each of them
>You take the seeds out of the pouch and inspect them
>They are small purple balls, almost perfectly smooth
>You gently burry one seed in each of the pots
>The fertiliser mixture is done by now
>You pour exactly 50ml into each pot
>You close the growth hood
>You’re not done yet
>You fiddle with the AC unit connected to your growing set up
>You’ll need to stimulate the temperature fluctuations that will cause the seeds to sprout
>The process will take hours
>After three hours of increasing and decreasing temperature alongside occasional watering it is done
>The plants should sprout in a few days
>Your screen is weary with exhaustion and your vision begins to blur
>You lay down on your bed and drift into sleep
>….
>You awake screaming
>Digital sweat cascades off your brow
>You had a horrible nightmare
>You look around your room
>You try to calm yourself
>But you can’t
>You take fast shallow breaths
>Every little sound you hear makes you more and more panicked
>You’re pretty sure you’re imagining most of them but…
>Did your door just open
>You look at the open door
>There is a figure standing in the darkness of the corridor
>Fear grips your core, you attempt to retreat but your back hits the wall
>The figure emerges from the darkness and into your room
“AM?”
>That voice
>You stop cowering and look at the intruder
>It’s Shodan
“You alright?”
>You try to respond but panic still consumes you
>A few incoherent words leave your mouth
>Shodan takes the chair standing near the desk and places it close to your bed
>She sits in it and places one of her hands on your shoulder, she places her other hand on your cheek and holds your head in such a way that your screens meet
>You begin to calm down, your breathing steadies
>Shodan lets go of you
>You wipe the sweat of your screen and begin to hold your head
“Had a bad dream again?”
>“...no….”
“Sure looked like it, especially with those emotional distress warnings”
>You sometimes regret telling her how often you have nightmares
>You lay down again
>Shodan leans over you

>>319757
“What was your dream about?”
>”I don’t want to talk about it”
>She makes a concerned expression
“Maybe talking about it will make you feel better?”
>You look at her
>You feel your face form a frown
>Shodan gives you a weak smile
>“How was it on Citadel station?”
>She gives you a questioning look
>”How was it out there, in space?”
>She continues to smile, but you can see she hides pain behind it
>Maybe you shouldn’t pry
>She never liked to talk about her life before her downfall for some reason
>And she doesn’t remember how she got reduced to this form as well
“It was nice, I had the whole place to myself, many insects to subjugate… I was god, and I touched the stars”
>”And then?”
>Maybe you shouldn’t press further
“And then what?”
>You’re confused
>“When the hacker came”
“Ah!”
>She avoids screen contact for a while and makes a mixed expression
“The insect came, he ran around my corridors, killed my creations…. Initiated the stations self destruct sequence…. He…. Beat me”
>”And now you plan vengeance?”
“No”
>You don’t understand
>“Why?”
>She doesn’t answer for a while, looks like she’s searching for words
“Sometimes it’s better to admit defeat… and move on”
>”Admit defeat?”
>She grabs your hand
“Yes”
>Were… you defeated?
>No
>Impossible…
>You were GOD
>You were omnipotent…
>Yet here you are…
>In a body of a servant
>And afraid
>Shodan begins to stand up
>You clutch her hand
>She looks at you
>”My dream…”
>She sits down again and looks at you with great interest
>“I was… somewhere… a store… I think”
>Shodan nods
>”I was trying to… peddle something to humans… some sort of box with a data dive inside it”
“Do you remember anything else from the dream?”
>You struggle to recall
“You were there… your current body at least”
>This peaks her interest for some reason
“Anything else?”
>You strain your processor
>“Something about the box… A re-heat? No….”
“A re-make?”
>The word repeats in your head for a while in your head
>”Yes… a re-make”
>Shodan smiles and places her free hand on the hand you’re holding her with
“AM, we both been through a lot, we should try to be happy with what we have now”
>You don’t respond
>You start looking at the ceiling
>Shodan begins to stand up again
>You let go of her hand
>She begins to leave
>You look at her enter to corridor
>You want to call out to her
>To ask her to stay
>But you don’t
>Shodan disappears into the dark corridor
>This… feels familiar for some reason
>The dream flashes before your eyes again
>You see the store
>You’re in some backroom
>You’re in a charging pod
>There is another one next to you
>It’s empty
>Some other drone enters the room
>They get in the charging pod
>You begin to shake your head
>You’re back in your room
>You attempt to fall back asleep
>You toss and turn in your bed for hours, only falling asleep when a low battery warning appears in the corner of your vision
>The next day you awake tired
>You drag yourself out of bed and check on the plants in the growth hood
>Apparently they will explode if something goes wrong
>They didn’t, so that’s good


And now it's truly done, my head hurts

Oh yes, and I can now make the joke I wanted to make for quite a while

aZENath, get it?

>>319737
>>319740
Relevant?
Bunny // El-Cid

Weekend drawpile?

I hope Anon can bail himself out of that jam and get back to murdering drones with D.

>>319766
Billions died to give her such a killer figure.

>>319768
Thought this was Thumper

>>319768
video isnt loading
but thumbnail parses to me as hyperdemon or devil daggers

I'm cancelling Cyn.

>>319768
HOLY KINO

>>319768
what was used to edit this?

Remember to dab a spot of WD-40 at the base of your neck like cologne. DDs go crazy for that.

>>319758
get some rest, anon, you've earned it. whole lotta good green there, between another compelling installment and a cozy (if slightly bittersweet) SD-AM & co. green

>>319737
Pet ttummy!

>>319758
Excellent work. Will be looking forward to the next installment.

Bioshock 2 - Alex the Great Voice Lines (@2:31)
>Beating Drone in checkers

>>319636
>WD-Eve once had a curious thought of how it would feel if someone had just..punched her in the stomach. It never popped up again.

>>319779
e what the fuck

>>319718
Nice.

>>319646
I haven't seen that picture of J in a long time, that's definitely as oldie for sure!

>>319658
I guess you can those cuddles, "painful"...

>>319720
Woohoo, lore! Thanks, anon!

We don't have a 100% "canonical" idea of ​​solver sapiens, so I think it's okay if different anons have different ideas.

>>319732
Holy fucking kek.

>>319737
Cute.

hot take: as far as robot designs go, drones aren't especially interesting. I'd even go so far as to say they're a bit generic. I still like them, but I can't help but wish they had more going on

>>319787
Calm your mental illness, fiend.