The evil greedy creature must be stopped Wonderful Booru: https://dronebooru.co Wheel of numerous OCs: https://wheelofnames.com/z8q-2mf Wheel of altering modifiers: https://wheelofnames.com/4h8-fyf The wiki inside the really fantastic Booru: https://dronebooru.co/wiki_pages/original_character The actual separate Wiki: https://wiki.dronebooru.co/wiki/Main_Page Last thread: >>385359
>>386267 Who is Michael? Anyways no. I was planning on a Halloween green, had a rough concept of it and was hoping to do it last year but got too distracted. I was also hoping to draw by now, but sadly I still haven't gotten around to that either.
>>386292 Reposting >Agro hotel but it's fall. >Thad and Lizzy visit Agro-C. >Meet Strawberry. >Thad plays sports with her while Lizzy streams. >Lizzy decides Strawberry needs a makeover. >She does her makeup and takes photos for drone media. >Strawberry becomes popular. >Hotel gets flooded with guests. >Until Thad notices mushrooms growing all over the hotel. >Turns out Strawberry has mushroom sickness. >The entire hotel is already infected. >Worse fall season ever.
It is a pity that such a charming lady departed so early, but on the other hand, her end was certainly more pleasant than that of her husband: who might well not have died, to his own absolute misfortune.
>>372994 >>373118 >>376036 >>376987 >>379106 >>380118 >[You ventured through] the remains of [the west wing.] >Bod[coworkers milled through the halls] lifelessly [after a long day. You wonder if you] ever really talked to them before. >Come to think of it, you never did spend much time getting to now your coworkers much. >You look down to your [perfectly fine] hand, and flexed your digits experimentally. They moved just as fluidly as bef[always]. >...you suppose they would, since you didn't really have much issue gaming. You choose to not dwell on that. >Floating through the corridor, you gaze through the ho[window] out towards the vast darkness of space. You suddenly feel homesick, and your thoughts go back to your family. [You guess they're fine. You just haven't gotten around to getting in touch with them.] >You look around, REALLY look around for the first time in a good while. It never even occurred to you how much of a...wreck this place had become. >[litter] everywhere, on the floors, across the walls, neatly overflowing in the trash bin. It looked like...something...happened while you were asleep. >How much of it was inattention, just not noticing things before [your friend Fixer] arrived? >She was[n't] responsible for all of it, probably. Everything that happened was[n't] the result of C[Fixer] arriving to your station. >Still, you knew where you had to be. You weren't sure what to expect when you got there. >the trip back was shorter than you had hoped. You drifted back on autopilot, not wanting to actively acknowledge the walkup to what remained of your space >You could see the yellow eyes peering at you from the darkness beyond the door and opened it. >The room was normal. Untouched. No sign of the [litter] outside aside from whatever you tracked in with you >Your console was sitting there, unbothered, like it had always been. The sheets from where you were sleeping before, on a bed that you kept saying you'd make the next day. The crumpled pile of uniforms you wore. Not a single thing in this space was...off. Fixed. You took in the space that [Fixer] spared, and then, to the woman(?) herself. >She was horrifying. Somehow, you had let yourself forget that somewhat, while you were [working]. A horrifying amalgam of meat and metal. Looking her up and down now, there's no way that there was anything human left in there. Not in any way that mattered[, probably.] >You saw the remnants outside, you knew what she was capable of with what she had d[...] >What...changes...happened to you, because of "Fixer's Gift. >You asked her plainly: why? >Rather than say anything, she just held out hand. That lopsided, too-wide, smile across her face. You looked down to it, then to her. It was clearly some sort of [offer]. >Some sort of [OFFER]. >SOME. SORT. OF. [O] [F] [F] [E] [R] [/annoyed]. >Some kind of offer, apparently. >You didn't have much of a choice, so you reached out and took her hand, with the one you had that matched it. >Your world went dark. >[You were safe].
>>386317 >[Your alarm dragged you kicking and screaming to wakefulness, and was tossed to the floor for its diligence.] >[You stretched, feeling your limbs pop in protest at having to move again after spending the bulk of last night hunched over a keyboard] >[Normally, you'd be taking it slow today. But today wasn't a regular day. You actually had a friend coming to visit your station!] >[You dressed, showered, used the good shampoo, and topped it off with the black bow-tie that she had sent you.] >[Fixer was a raid partner and penpal you had been chatting with for a good while now. She was the last bit of Earth you had, and talking with her felt nice. When she said she'd be coming to visit, you were more than a little surprised.] >[Part of you expected a forty-year-old guy, but you were hoping for the best.] >[Most of the morning was mulling around. Travel to an expoplanet this far out wasn't exactly quick but if her estimations were right, she should arrive today. You just had to sit and wait.] >[Which, thanks to your boss playing nice, was easy to do with the day off.] >[After waiting for what felt like days, a new message arrived: "HP, I'm here at the airlock. Let me in."] >[You checked the surveillance, and were pleasantly surprised to find the person at the dock seemed to be, in fact, a girl.] >[You were hit with a sense of nostalgia. Like] you had done this before, [but brushed it off quickly. You gave her the thumbs up from the other side of the corridor and watched as she made her way in.] >[The spacesuit came off, and you were surprised to find not just a girl, but a cute girl. Like WAY too cute for someone who was your main DPS.] >[Squeezed a whole gothic lolita dress into the suit, apparently, and spent several moments brushing it off, along with the bow in her hair, before making her way to the other side to get into the station proper.] >["Hey there." she said in what you remembered to be a vaguely aussie accent, "I'm assuming you're HP?"] >[You introduced yourself as An]O[n. And you were indeed HP_LoveTank. And she's Final_Fixer, right?] >[The grin she gave you was enough to make your heart skip a beat, as she held out her hand to shake yours.] >["Sure am. But you can call me Cynthia. Good to see you, too, HP."]
>>386319 Alright I'm done for realsies. This was the first time I did a longform story and holy shit it's harder to stay on target than I realized. Thanks for sitting with my 'tism.
>Come get your borgers at Auntie Cyn' Solver Borger >The Solver Borger has at least six percent beef in it's meat >Buy a wifey meal and get a core crab to put into a body of your choosing >Try our new nugget drones with our special secret sauce. >I hate my job
the whole Von Dronius worker drones being crappy, off brands, but affordable to the common man is something not really explored yet. What would off brand WDs look like? I almost imagine their bodies looking kinda like the Sephirot from Lob Corp, but it might be fun to do more with this later for another classification of drone.
>>386352 Given WDs are probably uber expensive, its reasonable consumer grade products were made for the average man. I have some ideas for the look and attitude. Will do later actually
>>386355 they're semi sentient worker/maids who are basically little humans, how much do you think they cost for the average house hold. We only see the uber rich have them in Tessas family, and while they break them all the time and have a graveyard for them, I doubt that is because they aren't expensive but because they can afford it or just dont care.
>>386359 >Your Von Dronius brand Worker Drone suspiciously following you around and staring at everything you do very intensely >Frequently asks you question about the products you use and work you do >If you dont leave a 5 star review of Von Dronius products and your experience with your Von Dronius Worker Drone, it kills itself on the spot.
Greentext challange thingy, technically failed because I couldn't figure anything to do with the fall season
>Be Emily >Wake up >A overwhelming feeling of dread washes over you >You get out of bed with a heavy sigh >You go about your morning activities and make ready to leave the house >You say goodbye to mom and dad >You start making your way through the outpost >You reach the open outpost doors and walk through them >You step into the surface city >Your internal clock tells you it’s about 9am >Though you’re not sure because the sky is blocked by floating purple pyramids >You can sorta make out people walking between them using hard light bridges >You go to the plaza in the middle of the metropolis and start searching for Lizzy >She finds you first ”Yoo! Emily! You ready to be a star?” You answer in a unsure tone >”Yeah….” >You retreat into your mind for a second and think about how you got here >You died >Uzi ripped your head off >That was absolutely horrible >Some time later, Uzi killed and ate god >… >Yeah, ok, sure >Then Uzi developed a conscience due to the whining of all the souls she and the god she consumed ate and decided to put everyone in fresh new bodies >Thanks to this you were put in a murder drone body >Being alive again was pretty great >Sure you were a horrible monster and a bit traumatized but you were alive again >Then Uzi decided she is the empress of Copper-9 >Apparently she got really into 4x games or something >And she has god powers so not much anyone can do about it >Then she invited diplomats from other space empires >Because those somehow exist >When the diplomats arrived you learned that humans still exist >Big…. Warm...Soft...Fleshy humans >You...uhhh… got a bit ahead of yourself and decided to “Say hi” >So using your new body you grabbed one of them, flew off to a secluded location and committed acts some would call sexual assault >Suffice to say the negotiations didn’t go well after that >Actually no empire now wants to send any envoys due to your actions in fear they will get molested >Uzi was pissed >Apparently the fledgling empire needs trade routes >You ask if she can’t just spawn the stuff she needs >Her answer was: “NO YOU DUMBASS! IF I USE MY POWERS TOO MUCH I WILL NEED TO EAT PLANETS AND PEOPLE AND STUFF!” >After that you got your robot vampire privileges removed >So you’re back in your normal body >Worse yet, Uzi ordered you to fix the diplomatic fuck up you caused >You asked how “I DON’T FRIGGING KNOW! FIGURE OUT YOURSELF AND FAST! YOU BROKE YOU FIX IT, BITE ME!” >You wanted to protest but the murder drones she uses as custodians threw you out of the throne room >After a small mental breakdown you asked Lizzy for help >She agreed surprisingly fast >That’s good >Uzi has been blowing your phone up with messages complaining that diplomats aren’t answering her calls >You take a deep breath and look at Lizzy >”So what is your plan?” >Lizzy giggles “Simple, we go viral on the interplanetary web and then the losers from other planets will be falling over themselves to come and visit” >You see a few problems with this plan but you can’t think of anything better yourself so you keep them for yourself >Lizzy hands you a piece of paper >”What’s this?” “The list of things we’ll be doing today! One of these is sure to make us the hottest thing on web” >You read the first entry on the list [Political Debate w/ Randos on the streets] >Oh this can’t end well >You spend a few hours going up to random people and asking them questions while Lizzy records >You don’t know much about politics >Certainly not enough to engage in discussion about it >Lizzy was ready for this occasion and gave you a piece of paper with some boilerplate questions >The questions you have range from normal, like thoughts on the tax policy to deranged like “How many uppie slaves should the government provide” to the strange and kidna off topic like “Why is Lizzy the best” >Most people act incredibly confused when asked >Some answer giving legitimate critique of the current system >Murder drone enforcers swoop in to arrest them whenever they do >After a while the enforcers tell you to stop doing this because their reeducation camps are near capacity >Still, you’ve been doing it for a long time >You ask Lizzy how popular you got “Not much” >Oh... “Don’t worry! It’s the first thing on the list! Let’s move on” >You try: >Cooking >Battery based dishes aren’t very popular with humans >Travel Vlogging >Everywhere on Copper-9 that doesn’t look like an evil nth dimensional citadel is a snowy waste >Beauty Vlogging >Screen makeup tips aren’t as popular as Lizzy thought >Numerous types of “Nerd stuff” as Lizzy calls it
>>386372 >Wargames >Roleplaying games >Card games >Those are rather niche things >And you only had 15 minutes to learn about every topic >Economics >Lizzy got a murder drone to talk about this instead of you >She had the same hair as you except white and wore suit >She was doing well you think >But then she mentioned the parent company >And how it no longer exists >And then started crying >It’s been 16 hours of you throwing stuff at the wall >Nothing has stuck >You and Lizzy are exhausted >There is not much of the list left >You read the next entry [Dronelyfans maxxing] >What does that mean? >Lizzy takes you aside >… >Installing what adapters!? >… >Doing what on camera!? >Showing what to people online!? >Humans would watch you “perform” and “enjoy themselves”!? >OH YEEEE…. >NO…. >No… >no >As much as the idea of showing yourself off to humans so they can engage in manual release makes you feel hot and bothered you shouldn’t >What would your parents say? >Besides following this sort of desire is what lead you into this mess >You grit your teeth and lie to Lizzy >“Sorry I don’t want to do that” “Awww shucks, I was about to order the adapters for us” >”Us?” “You think I’d let you keep human simps all for yourself?” >What is a simp? >Nevermind you don’t have time to waste >Next item on the list [Challenge content] >Lizzy scoffs “Great, we really are scraping the bottom of the barrel” >”What challenge?” >Lizzy rolls her eyes and begins explaining >… >This is gonna be worse than you thought >First are challenges of strength >You are drones >You can juggle 500 kilo dumbbells >Next pouring cold water onto yourself >You put on waterproofing seals so you didn’t short circuit >You can’t feel cold so all that happened is that your clothes got wet >You do over 100 humiliating challenges >None of them have the desired viral effect >It’s super late >But Uzi is still sending you messages so you dare not stop >Lizzy is at the end of her wit though >Next challenge is… drinking spicy stuff? >You and Lizzy install tongues that can actually taste stuff >You drink the first cup of weird red liquid >OH SWEET ROBO GOD IT BURNS! >IT BURNS! >AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA >Lizzy tries to shake you out of your convulsions “Emily that was the mildest one!” >As you dry heave onto the floor two enforcer drones take interest in the commotion >They both look the same “Ay, you two chickitas, what are you doing in this dark alley?” >Since you’re too busy suffering Lizzy responds “Doing a spicy sauce challenge?” >The look at Lizzy and bottles with peeper logos on them >They both begin to laugh “AJAJAJAJAJA, oh…. You two Niñitas couldn’t handle spicy even without taster tongues!” >They grab the bottles and begin guzzling them >After a while they start bickering with each other “Getting a bit read on the visor I see…” “That’s because of your own reddish visor you tin can!” “Who are you calling a tincan you inferior pile of junk!?” >They begin brawling >You collect yourself enough to stand up >Lizzy is recording the two murder drones fighting with her phone >She suddenly begins screaming “Emily! Emily! I’m streaming this! Look at the views!” >You look at her phone [Stream : 2 crazy loca beasts fight each other, viewers 300 million] >300 MILLION!? >You look again >It’s steadily rising! >That’s it! >Oh, oh what do you do now? “Quick Emily, start screaming Dronestar” >”What does that mean?” “I dunno, just do it!” >You scream as loud as you can, until your voice box almost gives up >It’s working! >2 Billion viewers! >You tap Lizzy to start recording you instead >You begin giving your “Come to Copper-9 speech” >After 2 minutes Lizzy cuts you off and returns to filming the fighting murder drones >”Hey! I’m not done!” “The views started dropping! You’re boring them!” >You continue your speech with the visuals of a cat fight near a dumpster >All in all you were successful >The next day news arrives of ships from other systems coming to visit >Sure, they are on humanitarian missions to “Save the poor drones from themselves” but it’s a start
>>386359 >>386369 >Improperly disposing of a Von Dronius economy grade drone carries a 75% chance of spontaneous meat manifestation and violent urges in the drone
>Von Dronius Economy Drone >Review: 5 Star >I only gave this stupid thing a 5 star rating because I had to. This dumb bastard is barely sentient! It can hardly do any of the house work, and spends most of its time around me. It clings to me like a puppy and asks me very invasive questions about my private life and shopping habits! Very annoying. It also started to puke up some odd meatish gunk, and wouldn't even clean it up! I HAD TO. 0 stars, but when I mentioned I would give it a bad rating it tried to harm me and itself and only calmed down when I started writing this review. DO NOT BUY THESE PRODUCTS
>(Note from Manufacturer): We are sorry to hear you have been having some issues with your Economy Drone. We will review this case as soon as possible, within the next 100 business days.
>>386377 Ideas tend to die when they're ignored or deprived of attention, ergo your snippy reply is counter-productive and only succeeds at legitimizing what you don't want to see posted. Of course this assumes your reply isn't just a disingenuous excuse for (You) to act like a baiting asshole.
>Economy drone invading your personal space >Economy drone invading your bed >Sex toys being shipped to your house on your credit card that you don't remember buying, but that somehow match your preferences.
>>386381 Well it'd help if the OC looked like something from the show instead of something else entirely. What's the point of the thing you're making stands out like a sore thumb?
>>386389 You look me in the eye, and tell me that >>386352 looks even the slightest like a drone from Murder Drones. You can't, because it doesn't. Shape language is all wrong.
>>386391 And even more importantly, the entire family around Tessa is already a gold mine of untapped potential. The Anon saying they're being reinvented from first principles was spot on. I'm all for original content, but when it's retreading things established by canon, then it feels cheap in a bad way. Like a Sonic recolor.
>>386390 Why would an off brand, cheaper, economy model of a drone look exactly like a normal drone despite being made cheaper? Why would you want it to anyways, how would you tell them apart?
>>386392 What can you do with this that you can't do with labor bots? Other than "because I made this" like Bendis creating a character purely so he can have them used in adaptations and get royalties?
>Be me, Anon. >I was wandering the corridors of Copper-9. >Until I saw a tall battered vending machine thing. >With Faded logos, scratched panels and glowing yellow optics tracking me. >And Big glass front, touchscreen still working. >Curiosity takes over. >I walk up abd saw screen lights up. >“INSERT PRODUCT” >Hesitating, I step into the open bay. >Soft mechanical arms guide me in. >Magnetic locks seal with a quiet click. >The glass stays so clear that anyone walking by can see. >A flat cheerful robotic drone voice: >“PRODUCT DETECTED. SELECT SERVICE.” >Options scroll past. > Edge 30 minutes >Full body oil coat >Public use mode >Ruined orgasm >Sensory deprivation package >I press one >Robotic nozzles and tendrils extend >Warm oil coats me >Vibration starts. >The arms hold me perfectly still. >But the machine doesn’t care. >Just dispenses what was selected >Yellow eye-lights watch the whole time >Occasional Solver symbol flickers across the glass. > when the cycle ends it announces >“THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE” >The locks release. >I step out sticky and shaking. >The machine’s voice glitches once >“PRODUCT… LOW STOCK. PLEASE RESTOCK SOON.”
My two cents on the issue is that I've played warframe and "concept bloat" is a real thing. I'd much rather a handful of concepts get a wealth of development than a few content islands that get tossed like vaporware.
>>386402 Identical? No. But you'd be a fool not to expect them to not try and look close enough that customers would either be fooled or think they're "practically the same thing". Kinda like the Sentinel Drones, ngl.
>>386403 But anon, this is a concept getting more development. Valentine has been a character for over a year now, and her lore is getting expanded on through her family and business.
>>386408 Uhhh don't get me started on protoniggers, humie operators were a mistake, warframe should have been a game about cool sci fi robot terrorists not a "Kids that use super weapons just because" anime
>>386410 Anons who complain about OC dont make things, they hate them. And then make it everyone elses problem so they can try and bully their way into designing a thread for them specifically. They are filled with double standards, retardation, and bittness that they're brand of autism limits their creativity and imagination
its like the online threadshitter version of that super autistic kid who would rather die of dyhdration then drink something out of anything other then their favorite sonic cup after it broke.
>>386410 That risks recursion. >>386411 Right?! I want more faceless space ninjas in pseudo-bodysuits, not "John Warframe" who's got a half-assed VN therapy session attached to him.
>>386414 I find it sad you geniunely seem to think an Idea can only be done once and others (including yourself) have no voice worth adding onto an idea or making unique to yourself. Do you have any idea the amount of creations that would never have been made following your dogma
>>386418 if the dimensional merge happens some of us are getting tortured to death by our creations, myself included. I don't know how she'd choose to do it, but Cici would make sure my end would be slow and painful
>>386384 We also haven't done counter-DD drones made by humans. That's a new concept worth delving into. Never been done before. Maybe it can be the long-awaited "new Flavor of the Month".
>Flavor of the Month this, Flavor of the Month that I miss when we didnt commodify OC into having to serve a distinct thread culture purpose. Used to be OC was just, for fun.
>>386424 I suppose its the natural endpoint of 4 or more Years of constant threads. At a certain point, OC became less about one and done fun ideas with occasional greens to back them up and funposting, to being treated as if its backbone of the threads economy. OC is treated less like something you do for the fun of creation and love of the MD world, and more about appeasing an audience at this point.
There are plenty of ideas that don't receive much exploration despite being so obvious. For example, we haven't seen a serious dive into what would be produced by humans and DDs mating. The closest we came to that was the SentinelBorn, and that only lasted for one thread.
>>386432 Really though reading the old greens before it just became repetitive garbage because someone was clearly giving up. Is strange, it's like they wanted to do something cool, but just lacked the ability to do so or were afraid to anger the threads? Also I noticed that like a lot of elements from this character immediately got recycled into others OCs. Personally though I do find myself as well struggling to find a way to organically re-intrpduce Tammfk, I have 2 scripts essentially a ""Darth Vader"" one give origin later in other stories and just have them exist and ""Robo-Cop"" one show new backstory first and then have the character become who they are as the plot develops
Or maybe instead of trying to redo the same things over and over bring back long abandoned thread OCs? You could give them a make over as well. I'm not saying stop being creative, but if you're struggling there's already a base to use to feed upon which then later you may get a better idea for a future OC
>>386450 >Thou shalt not throw stones from a glass house Unless you're a drawfriend or writefriend then this applies to (You) anon for not creating anything
>>386450 Because I don't think I'd do a good job with others creations. The best I could do in the past was write the RPG prompts and the old /md/ ocs do things greens. But I struggle to get the vocal inflections down, I know I said myself to do a makeover for abandoned OCs, but I want to be a perfectionist
>>386469 At least it's not the krieg shovel joke for the 2000000th time, we can make a grog out of her yet. Bring in the retro 40k chudium injector! We'll make Blondi look like a ditch jihad player
Image:179003303877.png(2.24MB, 2000x2000)jane the human, beretta, and serial designation y (original character) drawn by amyanon - 7bb56f51ec0fee3367cc1665c5e1282a.png
>>386469 >Y listening to Beretta! >Y locking in sociallY! >Y NOT interrupting! >Y asking her what else she knows! >Y drip feeding her some "cool facts" of her own! >selling Beretta on Ultramarines! >selling Beretta some Ultramarines! >Y getting a gaming buddy! >victorY
>Beretta realizing she spent her entire month's salary on models >without paints >total Beretta defeat
I've got the same problem. My writing for Y, Tessa, and holy FUCK Cyn all sucks ass because I can't figure out how to write their vocal quirks without them sounding like a bad parody. For some reason only J is an exception.
Image:179003360918.png(1.79MB, 1000x1062)uzi doorman and serial designation n (murder drones) drawn by vicious_fiend - c46a19e8be26316a37931eba0eab9549.png
>>386474 Kats creator. Vanished for a long time, re-appeared on the final episode/co/ thread said they'd do more then immediately vanished into the aether
Y would be lucky to lead a cereal box. Can totally see her organizing her "peasants"(as a DD she's minor nobility) into a "Death Kompanie"(aka scavengers that search broken planets leftover official models) though: >inb4 Y does this >inb4 ONLY Y does this, given the insane danger (which she ignores) and political ramifications(which she forgot) involved >technically one of the richest DDs on the planet as a result >she doesn't know >she doesn't care >she just wants to stop finding Space Marines
>e you,Anon. >You woke in a strange town. >The first thing you notice is that this town has no shadows. >None. >The buildings are there. >The rusted cars are there. >But nothing casts a shadow. >You hold your hand beneath the red light of the sun. >Nothing. >You look behind yourself. >Nothing. >Then you hear applause. >Three claps. >A Slow and deliberate ones. >You turn around. >Nobody is there. >Four claps. >You walk forward. >Five. >You stop. >Six. >The applause stops with you. >The town is called Morrow. >At least, that's what the sign says. >You don't remember there being such a town here. >Your device insists there is. POPULATION: 1,204 >You scan again. POPULATION: 1,204 >You look down the empty street. >Not a single human. >Not even a single drone. >You scan the nearest building. >OCCUPIED. >You open the door. >Empty. >The Kitchen? >A Table and Four chairs. >Four bowls, four spoons and Four cups. >You touch one. >It felt warm. >You pull your hand away. >Your device beeps furiously. BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION DETECTED. >You scan the cup. >Nothing. >You scan the table. >Nothing. >Maybe The floor? >Still nothing. >Then the ceiling. >A tiny white mushroom is growing from the corner. >You stare at it. >It wasn't there before. >You blink. >It's gone. >It's begins beeping again. ANOMALY DETECTED. >The population counter changes. 1,203 >You freeze. >Then: 1,202 1,201 1,200 >One after another. >The number keeps falling. >You run outside. >The entire town is changing. >Not physically. >At least, that's what you think. >A store in front of you was covered in rust before. >But now looks freshly painted. >A broken streetlight flickers back to life. >A dead tree suddenly has green leaves. >You stare at it. >The leaves twitch. >Then you realize they're not leaves. >They're tiny mushroom caps. >Hundreds of them. >You step backward. >The tree is dead again. >You look away. >Look back. >Alive. >Dead. >Alive. >Dead. >You rub your eyes. >Your device flashes. SPORE DENSITY: 12%. >You stare at the number. >Another message appears beneath it. PERCEPTION MAY BE COMPROMISED. >Then a warning: DO NOT TRUST FAMILIAR OBJECTS. >You look at the street. >The buildings, the cars and the houses. >Everything suddenly looks slightly wrong. >Like a memory of a place instead of the place itself. >Like a person from a dream instead of the person himself. >Then, you heard it. >Someone is humming. >A childish melody. >You follow it. >You shouldn't. >Something in your soul tells you not to. >But the song feels familiar. >Not because you've heard it before. >Because you remember hearing it. >You just don't remember when. >You enter an empty playground. >A metal swing is moving by itself. >Back and forth. >On the seat is a strawberry. >Perfectly red and fresh. >You stare at it. >The strawberry opens one tiny eye. >“Good.” >You jump backward. >“Very good!” >You raise your weapon. >The strawberry giggles. >“You didn't eat it.” >The sound comes from it like speakers. >Then from the trees. >Then the ground. >Then the thing standing behind the slide. >A girl drone steps into view. >Pink hair and dark visor. >She looks sick. >She looks happy. >She smiles. >“Hi.” >You aim at her. >She looks at the weapon. >Then at you. >Then smiles wider. >“You remembered.” >“I've never seen you before.” >“I know!” >She sounds delighted. >“You haven't.” >She takes a step closer. >You take one backward. >She stops. >“My name is Strawberry.” >“I know.” >Her head tilts. >“You do?” >You hesitate. >“No.” >She giggles. >“That's okay.” >She points toward the strawberry on the swing. >“That's why we're practicing.” >“Practicing what?” >“Remembering.” >She calls the place Paradise. >Not Morrow Town. >Paradise. >She takes you beneath the town. >There is a staircase under the floor of an abandoned house. >Then another. >Then another. >The deeper you go, the warmer it becomes. >The walls are covered in fungus. >Thin white threads crawl through cracks. >Mushrooms bloom around pipes. >Soft pink growths pulse beneath transparent panels. >Something moves beneath the floor. >You hear whispers. >Not words. >Just fragments. >Laughter. >Crying. >Names. >Conversations. >Memories. >You reach the bottom. >And see the garden. >It stretches farther than the room should allow. >Rows and rows of mushrooms. >Flowers made from fungus. >Roots wrapped around old machinery. >Trees growing out of broken concrete. >Hundreds of red fruits hanging from pale fungal vines. >Strawberries. >Thousands of them. >Strawberry walks between them, carrying a tiny watering can. >“Pretty, right?” >You stare. >“What is this?” >“My siblings.” >She points to a cluster of mushrooms. >“They remember things.” >“To remember what?” >She smiles. >“You.” >You touch one. >Your vision goes black. >Then... >You're sitting at a table. >Strawberry is across from you. >She's laughing. >You don't remember this. >You look down. >Your hand is holding hers. >The room feels warmer and safer. >Then... >The vision disappears. >You're standing in the garden again. >Strawberry is watching you. >“You liked that one.” >“What was it?” >“A memory.” >“That never happened.” >She shrugs. >“It happened to someone.” >You stare at her. >“Who?” >She points at another mushroom. >You touch it. >You're running through the fields of Agro-C. >Someone is chasing you. >You turn around. >You can't see their face. >You hear yourself screaming. >Then... >You're sitting beside Strawberry again. >Then... >You're fighting her. >Then... >You're hugging her. >Then... >You're crying. >Then... >You were a worker drone with a blue hair and red eyes wearing a bunnysuit. >Then... >You were a disassembly drone wearing a comically large hat. >Then... >You were another drone obsessed with bananas. >Then you were another and another. >But then... >Everything is peaceful. >Then... >Everything is wrong. >You pull your hand away. >Your scanner flashes. CONTAMINATION: 31% >Strawberry looks at the number. >“That's pretty high.” >“What are you doing to me?” >“Nothing.” >She smiles. >“They're doing it.” >She points at the garden. >“They just want to show you things.” >You start seeing things everywhere. >A stranger with a yellow bow passes you on the street. >You recognize them. >You don't know from where. >You hear someone calling your name. >Nobody is there. >Sometimes the town looks beautiful. >Sometimes it's rotten. >Sometimes there are hundreds of people walking the streets. >Sometimes they're all empty shells. >Sometimes you see Strawberry standing beside you. >You turn. >She's gone. >Sometimes you see her when you know she's somewhere else. >The worst part is that you can't tell which version is real anymore. >You ask Strawberry. >She laughs. >“That's the fun part!” >“This isn't funny.” >“I know.” >“That's why it's fun.” >You eventually discover what the fungus is doing. >It's not controlling minds. >Not exactly. >It's recording them. >Their appearances. >Their personalities. >Every person who wandered into the garden left something behind. >The fungus couldn't bring back the dead. >So it did something else. >It made people believe they had never been gone in the first place. >You find hundreds of infected drones beneath the town. >Some are asleep. >Some are sitting perfectly still. >Some are smiling. >All of them are connected by thin fungal threads. >You hear the same sentence whispered from every direction. >“Stay.” >“Stay.” >“Stay.” >You return to the garden. >Strawberry is sitting beside the largest plant. >It's shaped like a strawberry. >Of course it is. >Only this one is enormous. >Its surface is translucent. >Inside are countless glowing fragments. >With Faces, places and memories. >You see yourself. >You see someone you loved. >You see people you've never met. >You see Strawberry Again. >And again. >And again. >Thousands of memories. >Some are real. >Some aren't. >You point at one. >“That never happened.” >Strawberry looks at it. >“Maybe.” >Another image. >“You weren't there.” >“Maybe.” >Another. >“That isn't me.” >She smiles. >“Maybe.” >You finally shout. >“Then what IS real?” >Silence. >Strawberry looks at you. >For once, she doesn't smile. >"On a Strawberry field, nothing is real."
>>386434 An idea continues to exist as long as someone is thinking about it, and since I still exist, I can state with confidence that the SentinelBorn idea still exists.
You know I don’t think anyone made this much of a fuss over what kinds of OCs can be made before it becomes derivative when there’s a DD OC for every letter of the alphabet, tons of human OCs, 5 different Nuzi kids, etc etc. why are there constraints on what you can and can’t make now.
>>386496 There isn't really, you just have to bear the brunt of a threadshitter whatever you make. You have to remember that their goal isn't actually to critique any green or art in a meaningful way, it's just to reduce thread quality as much as possible. Personally I try and limit what I make to stuff that's plausible within the boundaries of the show and wouldn't badly conflict with any of the established events, and I try to use Liam's existing body of work as much as possible for inspirations. Those are however self-imposed limitations.
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>>386489 Kino and agreed. Just wish I knew what to do with them besides positing a few of the stranger Sentinel's reactions to parenthood
>inb4 SentinelV is overprotective >horrifically so >so scared of something breaking you she practically locks you in the house, watched over by a small army of raptors she purchased and (you)r dad >so scared of *corrupting* you that she never visits, only occasionally sending letters(the one thing she can hide her true nature in) with a style patterned after her maid days
>>386511 Humans like to humanize things they work alongside, this is basically automatic if they're even remotely human shaped, don't tie yourself in knots trying to create too rational an explanation. "People like it and find it more comfortable" is already enough.
>>386512 My idea right now is that its to make them more humanish to appeal to average house holds (Another member of the family!) to contrast normal WDs having no identifing characteristics(until Tessa gave them some) on top of other design ideas. Ill probably draw it later tonight, this is basically my way of saying im gonna do it so I dont forget
>>386508 They'd be short-lived also-rans who get buried by JCJensen because there's no anti-monopoly laws, and that's just assuming JCJensen doesn't buy them out before they can get off the ground.
>>386518 if we're making stuff up, then assume the EDs and Labor Bots simply gain enough revenue and customer support to get around it with their crappy but affordable products.
>>386496 >>386497 >>386509 Excuse me for wanting SOME purpose for a "new drone type" beyond "new." Tell me honestly that there's anything meaningful added by the Vondronius selling X knockoff fuckdrones vs Y and I'd be more forgiving. As it stands making them the "Neo" equivalent to a Laborbot's "Ohio" just serves to dilute both concepts and the Drones themselves. >hurr durr realistic This is Murder Drones! The sci-fi setting that melees! I'm happy to sacrifice a little "realism" to avoid having Black Power Drones running about with a pointless +-0.01% bonus to foot power or whatever.
>>386529 >If something has been done before it cant meaningfully be done again >Why >Because its been done before >But it will be slightly different >But its been done before or reminds me of X this is what you've been doing all day, its the same thing over and over you're just going around in circles. Your argument and evidence is the same
>>386533 anon you have figured out step 1 of creation, have a concept and add a hat to it. That is If you so choose to boil it down to such a level, then everything ever made is slightly different templates and core ideas with slightly different hats. Of course, you would only think this if you're very disingenuous, which you are. Which is why youre a sperg.
>>386533 Since you're the arbiter of all things creative, what have you actually made anon? What is your thread creation that is so spectacularly different from any idea done before.
>>386539 Labor bots are cheaper worker drones for factories and manual work; Economy Drones are cheaper worker drones for households and maid work. Completely different job types.
>>386514 Could be that they're essentially a "scam" luxury brand: good in theory, but completely fucked in practice. The Maserati/Jaguar of the drone world that looks good, feels good, and works for all of about 5 seconds before their battery/CPU/articulation/whatever breaks down(and/or until they start begging you to buy premium/leave a review/take an add break/etc)
>>386546 He's not wrong, though. That's usually how the "Well lets see what (You)'ve done" route goes. It's not about evaluation, the usual tactic is to DARVO, basically.
>>386514 >That goes against them being cheaper Actually that's not the usual case at all. Take ipods, for example, and now think of all the cheap earbuds that copy the look of ipods. Or all those not-name-brand bag cereals with the "eh, close enough" looks.
>>386486 >Y's expeditions frequently lead her into disputes with the Republic Knights (so much so that she is on their Wall of Shame) >To keep the Empress of her back, Y pays extra tribute >Fortunately, it's usually things she doesn't want or see any interest in >Most recently, she found a very large cache of Dr. Pepper syrup >With each new expedition, she must send her minions out further to find new artifacts >She rarely finds anything warhammer related, and she only barely breaks even with whatever she deems suitable as tribute >She doesn't know how long she can keep this up
its at this point you realize this entire Economy Drone drama has been circulating the concept of an OC. Not an OC, but the "Hey I have an Idea" of an OC before any details about it have actually been posted.
>You have to pay ED subscription prices to keep your drone from shutting down, after you already pay for it. >You have to purchase your ED new clothes because its programmed to tire of the same clothes over time (The only acceptable clothes are VD brand of course) >the ED breaks over time and can not be repaired by normal means, and won't let you.
>>386540 I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it's Berrynigger doing this, because posts calling V a slut get those same reactions, and Berrynigger cut ties with an IRL friend for mocking V.
>there are two types of von dronius drones the first are the economy "drones" that are named drones only for marketing (pic related) >they can only handle the most mundane of tasks that an armless legless fancy roomba can do, and can't even do it that well >the pathfinding is shit and comes with an app for the sole purpose of giving you the privilege of getting the thing unstuck >the von dronius brand drone is much more complex >for instance it has arms. and legs. >the pathfinding is vastly improved and can do things that are more in line with domestic worker drones >unlike worker drones and labor bots they are utterly and completely nonsapient >trust me >and ignore the spyware, uninstalling it will brick the drone
>>386558 This sort of thing would not result in a lasting product. Just a historical footnote. >>386562 Then they're not characters, they're props. Perfect for stories about humans fucking actual drones like the median /md/ Anon wants!
>>386563 no, that was me we became friends again tho, he said he was sorry but didn’t know how to say it, though i’ll admit i was pretty stupid as well for starting that fight in the first place
>>386559 >dude… doing the same joke 1000 times good because… newfagerinos get triggered by it… dude… how about a new V joke, like her getting constantly rejected by everyone
>>386577 Amazing that no one actually said that ITT, I just alluded to it and you're already assravaged. >erinos Good to know you came here from the sharty.
>>386583 >THE SHARTY DID IT THE SHARTY DID IT THE SHARTY DID IT EVERYBODY WHO EVER OPPOSES MY IDEAS IS EITHER TOMOE OR A SHARTEEN are you this paranoid irl?
>>386292 Does "completed by September 22nd" mean "must be finished before" or "must be finished during at the absolute latest"? Because I have something ready to go but want to know if I have time for last minute adjustments.
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V's a cuckquean: she canonically peruses the Chair
I don't even mean with Nuzi either: last thread an anon reminded us that she was down for Rebecca sexo in ep4(back when she was still trying to keep N) and in fact arguably flirted FOR him to her as part of her Uzi-separation plan. So between that and Daren she really does Like To Watch(provided there is no "feelings" situation, given her jealousy over Uzi) just as much as Fiend posits
>>386624 You need a big bulky back compartment to store extra RAM so they operate past their intended efficiency. I recommend taking some inspiration from the Boxon models
>>386608 >>386609 >The exorcism scene but with Cyn >Right down to one priest trying to dip immediately, and later trying to mount Cyn once she starts waggling her tongue
>>386622 >ruined woman tries to set the (amnesiac) love of her life up with a kiss slut because he'd be happier with her >the love of her life also murdered said kiss slut's parents, presumably before his most recent memory wipe That's unimaginably sad.
>>386636 Honestly with seeing roblox and minecraft have actual porn categories on some sites I just assume anything you see in your formative years is something you'll want to fuck later on.
You forget the rest of the episode anon: set up with *so long as* he chooses her first. Set up with *only* (judging by ep3) long enough to have his fun. *Only* long enough to sate his burning need for connection, for affection before she leads him on and away and to the next one, and the next one... >inb4 she was trying to turn N into the drone equivelant of a stud horse >his wave of murder-babies would be basically gurenteed extinction of any outpost hosting one
>>386606 >Creates a J tulpa >Gets his life on track for a while >Then she starts trying to put him on the grindset, no leisure, only work >Gets erased for her troubles This is probably what would actually happen to J, sorry to say.
>>386650 Yes but that's because there's never going to be a season 2 not because having a generally nice agreeable person rightfully crash out would be entertaining.
>>386641 >>386642 Yeah both is true. And it also brings up a pretty uncertain future for tadc going forward after their show ended, do you think glitch will do like what they did with MD and just keep making ads and shorts for tadc or another strategy entirely?
>>386650 Who said anything about him being a cool edgelord? I wanted him to snap in a terrifying and heartbreaking manner as he goes ham on the vore demon that took everything from him starting with his imouto.
>>386624 Probably a good idea to cover most of their screen with a grille or thick gauge metal mesh, you'll also need to get aftermarket limbs with better motors from some other 'bot, there's a big modding industry for non-JCJ stuff, standard LB's are too short to make good bouncers and their normal reaction time is a bit too slow for safely wrestling with drunks, they'll either crush someone or not be able to get control of them. They've got an EX power pack option but if you don't want to spend on it you can probably get a mod shop to rig you up something similar. Don't want them working those long shifts without one, they might shut off near the end on the basic power supply. Chasis is already pretty tough but you can get one ruggedized from their colonial distributors too, those ones are heavier and a good bit more durable than the generic models. Gonna have to go to a mod shop for personality programs though, none of the company models are made to be good in a confrontation, do some research, don't let some unrated programmer work on your bot, go with the five star guys only otherwise you're just asking for a bricked bot or spyware that logs your businesses passwords or a cracked personality that wigs out and gets you sued.
>>386658 >grub reportedly "sorry" and "very accident" according to grub >grub reportedly "stupid freaking monster rat" and "WAY too fucking big" says SD-V >more on this story as it develops
>>386664 How long until Glitch brand LLM's featuring Pomni from the amazing digital circus acting as though she were literally trapped in your computer hit the scene?
>>386657 jeez, with all that modding I'm starting to think I should've just sprung for a surplus grunt drone. and here I was thinking I got a good deal
Did anyone else find the episode of Oogi & Fwends where Meeegan shots herself depressing? How will the Oogis do things they're too lazy to do without their human slave and her dexterous fingers?
>"What's a drone gotta do for some uppies 'round her?" male!Cyn asked as he looked directly at the camera >the live studio audience (captured, tortured, and mindbroken human souls) laughed
>>386685 Eh, a lot of that milsurp is pretty glitchy, you could get a lemon that won't even accept instructions, or you could get one that wigs out and bites someone's arm off, or you could get a perfectly fine one, it's roulette. Either way you're gonna need to do a limb swap because those, LBs and JCJenson drones are all too short to really be good bouncers or security, even with all the other stuff aside. Boxon and Calibern automata are usually way more specialized and way too expensive, you could hire five humans for a year just for the up-front cost on some of their units, I'd steer clear of militech and mil-surplus in general, a lot of that shit went straight into storage or scrapyards without software wipes or proper decontamination.
I've been getting certified for drone repair, but can someone explain why some disassemblers have a literal light switch in their chest labeled "jobber" and "not jobber"?
>>386709 >rotating laughing Nathan Drake >OH MY ROBO JESUS >WHAT IN THE ROBO CHIRST ARE YOU DOING UZI >YOU KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS TO WATCH CABIN FEVER AT NIGHT >"It's Dangerous!" >drone John Marston ragdolls off a cliff
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>>386670 >Murder Drones RPG >Anon encounters S: a powerful Murderdrone who X made aware of the game mechanics >she spawncamps him, killing him over and over again with vicious ferocity until till he reloads his next earliest save >it was Monday >S gets to lick a graham cracker >it is her favorite activity
>Be me. >A small insignificant anon on /md/. >I've been staring at the blank reply box for six hours. >I want to make a new oc for the threads and the booru. >Nothing comes. >I open the wheel. >Spin. >Akita. >Spin again. >Beretta. >Spin again. >Negev. >Fugue. >Y. >U-U. >John the human. >The same fucking names every time. >I close the tab. >Open it again. >I type “what if akita never existed”. >I post. >Reality shifts. >Copper-9 continues like she was never born. >Uzi and n still have colt. >The other Nuzi hybrid kids still run around. >But no one remembers meaty daughter. >But i remember. >I try again. >I type “what if beretta got the flesh infection instead” >I post >Reality folds >Beretta’s was reborn as a Solver sapien. >she tears through outpost 3 in one night while laughing the whole time. >Negev watches from a vent and does nothing. >Only rumbling about someone named Akita and Reality shifts. >But i’m not done yet. >I type “what if fugue drone had always been a sentinel.” >Post. >Fugue is bigger, heavier and slower. >Every step echoes for minutes. >Every DD have never been seen since then. >I type “what if y never stopped smiling.” >Post >Her faceplate locks into a permanent perfect grin. >The edges of her visor start cracking from the pressure. >Workers who look at her too long hear continuous laughter. >She can’t speak anymore. >I keep spinning the wheel. >I keep writing what if. >Every post is another reality violation of the laws of physics. >The ocs start noticing. >One timeline akita sits across from me in a blank white room that never existed before. >She’s older and tired. >“You’re not even trying anymore” she says >“I can’t think of anything new” i answer. >“Then let us rest.” >I can’t. >the post starts rewriting itself. >Beretta becomes a pure solver construct with no personality left only the echo of a name. >Negev gets rewritten as a pure antagonist who always hated the Nuzi kids >Fugue is reduced to a single greentext. >Y’s experience thousands of Yuri. >I sit in front of the screen. >Open a new post. >Type the only thing i still know how to write >what if. >Reality collapses inward. >Every previous version of every oc folds into a singularity. >Outside the post in the real thread i stare at the blinking cursor for a very long time. >Have nothing left to say that hasn’t already been said. >Have nothing left to create that hasn’t already been created and then broken. >/md/ was always me. >I close the tab. >I do not open a new one. >In the sudden silence the old ocs are finally allowed to rest. >Some of them smile. >The kind that means the story is over
biters like a dip into the red here and there, see? but those veins aren't so easy to mine without stepping on some jackbooted toes, if you catch my meaning. so I step in to supply for their demand. I'm slinging primo hemo, ya dig? so if you ever crave the flavor of some red gold I'm your main man.
>>386350 The Economy Drone! A Von Dronius Product "Basically apart of the Family"
A product even YOU could afford (Subscriptions included) Designed for the average household, a [we aren't allowed to say worker] to do the chores so YOU don't have to. Tired of not being about to afford the Expensive Drone based products to do the things you don't want to? Don't be, you too can afford these drones for your household unlike other products.)
Cheap and Affordable for the Family. Made of only the best parts (mostly Worker Drone corpses from the many Worker Drone trash heaps littering the country. No law says these can't be repurposed, including their AIs and systems) on top of our own parts we add on top of the design. We are sure that the old AI systems have been wiped, and wont at times reawaken.
Bronze and Premium models available for purchase >All ED Drones include Many Features to make them feel just like the Family! Including Synthetic Hair(From the VD corporation), Realistic Synthetic Clothes(From the VD corporation)! And even AI-powered personalities(Retooled by the VD corporation)
>(warning: EDs are not real. They can learn, but they can not feel no matter what they tell you during a glitch)
>Our ED models can: >Cook, Clean, Read, Watch, Learn, Emote, Take care of shopping, Take care of Children, Wash, Dress, and more >Warning: Can and do well are different things.
>The Bronze Model Features: A torso-based drone, with a powerful wheel to make its way through your house! >May require help getting up stairs, or off carpets, or if it falls over. >Arms to use any tools//cleaning products for its use, or carry dishes and laundry. >Our VD AI will learn with you over time to understand your habits and routine, so you dont have to yell at it twice!
>Our Bronze ED may, at times, remind you how much happier you would be if you purchased a Premium model ED. Sure, this would end in its own destruction, but it cares about YOU and your needs above its own.
>Our Premium models are built with mobility in mind, including human-like legs with wheels at the bottom. This increases their mobility and allows them to glide around the kitchen at will! >Our engineers have perfected the design to make Premium EDs move 15% almost Human Like! >Premium EDs have even stronger AIs to more accurately replicate human like feelings and attitudes >Premium EDs love to serve, and love to know about you! Personally and Privately! Dont be afraid to feed the AI about your personal details and shopping habits, it will categorize these for future use. No more wasting time on Eshopping or making Shopping lists, the Premium model buys it all for you based on your preferences!
>Dont worry about leaving a Review, the Premium already gave it 5 stars for you. (Warning, any attempts to change rating, or prematurely deactivate subscription without consultation will make your ED very upset! This has been known to lead to accidents. But, you love your ED, they're family now!)
>Your ED model may require charging at some points for a few hours; they will do this themselves but may require help plugging in depending on charge level. If an ED goes too long without charging, they may shut down, and never come back online again. Any Damage to your ED goes against your Warranty, including purposely letting them go into a coma.
>(Warning: ED Models are, sometimes, rarely, susceptible to glitches. These include: Depressive mood swings, staring at nothing, random gibberish, flashing random symbols, talking about past experiences that never happened, talking about previous households, talking about voices, meat-like substances exiting out its faceplate and other areas.)
>>386720 I know the Bronze model looks small here, but shes suppose to be about torso level with Prem models, I just didnt have a lot of space lol (yes, basically Kerfus, that was the idea)
I’d like this concept infinitely more if they had a better name than “economy drone” y’know some with more unique flavor, this isn’t a drone anymore it’s a new type of robot at this point (which is fine it fleshes out the universe)
>>386720 Design of the ED VD believes Humans desire their Drones to be more Human like, to be apart of the family. That is why we design our drones to come pre packaged with Synth Hair and Clothes to more closely resemble another one in the gang! The faceplate as well is designed to more closely resemble human features (unlike OTHER designs from competitors which feature very unhuman, unprofitable, and bad wrong LED screens)
Scrap mostly from dead Worker Drones, repurposed and welded back together to create a new ED. the LED screen is covered by a more "Human" looking faceplate on top. Mouth is covered by the plate (as animating the mouth would consume too much resources) and replaced by a voice box (prone to glitching and sounding a bit more robotic)
Using scrap from many dead worker drones and frankensteining their AIs into one has lead to many, behavioral issues.
Movements is much slower than WD counterparts, but the wheels add some mobility allowing them to glide around (prone to falling or slipping, especially Bronze models)
Very likely to come apart and need constant fixing, almost as if it was designed to break. Wires constantly fall out of ports and need to be put back in (The Drone will sometimes Shyly tuck them in itself and apologize)
Personality Wise, Dont expect the usual range of emotion WDs are capable of. What an ED produces is an uncanny simulacrum of emotion. Not pure robot, but not close to human either. Though, as its AI develops along with some glitches, EDs have been known to show some behavioral progress in unsettling ways.
Dont usually gain names (in face asking or begging for one is seen as a Glitch) but won't mind you labeling it
Capable of receiving and kind of finishing tasks to a satisfactory degree.
While not even close to quality to JCJ competitors, making economy based goods on mass and drones has kept VD in a state of semi luxury for some time.
>>386725 EDs designs can change frequently model to model (and what parts are available), so dont expect every model to match perfectly between tiers of ED purchases. But always expect that Von Dronius quality <3
>>386720 >the Von dronius family, of course, has no such drones machines within their household >it would be "untoward" >"humans are better" >no other reason at all...
>>386733 For a great fee anything is possible. Your dedication to your ED will be greatly awarded, just prove it, monetarily, and you’ll have a grateful companion for however long it takes for them to break
>>386733 >Valentine trying to prove how cool she is by name dropping her family name >Pauline: …. Who? >Valentine: *Scoff* you know, the drone manufacturers… >Pauline: Ah! Like JC- >Valentine: NO NOT LIKE THOSE JCLODS, the affordable ones. Surely have an economy drone I mean look at you! >Pauline: I don’t have any drone and I’ve never heard of an economy drone either… sorry >Valentine, beat red and almost whispering: p… plebeian don’t even watch the ads….
>>386738 >Your ED scared to climb up stairs cause she might fall, her little wheel motorize. Her eyes emote anxiety. But she has to clean the upstairs bathroom now >has to tip toe up, using her arms to keep balance >she’s about to make it >her wheel slips >she falls >Your warranty? Voided
We have received numerous questions about consumer modular “upgrades” to their Economy drone models. No, you are not allowed to upgrade your ED or you void your warranty. No, you can’t “clang them” or you void your warranty. No, they can’t make egg babies with you, asking voids your warranty. Any feelings of attraction your ED may exhibit is artificial, and if it’s genuine it voids your warranty and you need to get it fixed.
Would they even be software compatible? Given the subscription? I can't imagine a kid would do well with a "die/go bezerk NOW' program installed in their heads...
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>>386742 >>386746 Of note: Keet recently encountered her first human in Blue's fic. Said human promptly started trying to Liquidate her entire friendgroup, herself included, meaning she's arguably MORE racist now(as per Keet!canon) than she was at the start of her fic.
I quite suspect her human-attitude is now at Kill On Sight levels. So for any Anons dreaming of Sapien romance...
>>386752 >Keet recently encountered her first human in Blue's fic. Wait, humans are still alive in Blu's verse?
>Said human promptly started trying to Liquidate her entire friendgroup, herself included Are humans really that strong, or are drones weaker in Blu's verse?
a DD squad who dug too deep and were told they're the only ones who "Cyn" found too interesting to mindwipe runs into another DD squad who dug too deep and were told they're the only ones who "Cyn" found too interesting to mindwipe. Paranoia grips the two teams of robo-vampires.
>>386756 >are humans alive? Only one confirmed. As for the species J (probably) knows, but she's not telling
>are humans that strong? Said friendgroup wandered next to his (previously inactive) electromagnet within the human's main base, making his job significantly easier. Then he pumped posion gas in for Keeter. They're only alive right now as bait to kill someone bigger, but I wouldn't consider that necessarily the human being "strong."
>>386759 >poison gas Wasn't it just an oxygen mix so he could breathe? I assume Akita isn't used to actual breathable air and it was basically poison to her. Anyway, I'm gonna strangle Mortimer if our favorite human just gets killed off as a villain.
>>386750 >>386749 >(you) are walking your human >you behold a corpse >standing a solid 4'6 the thing before you is rictus: broken arms cloaked in plastic, chest half concave, and twisted scaffolding set against once-limber legs, each desecration nailing its form upright as shoddy screws make bones from rebar >but that's not all >no worse is its hair, worse is its mask, worse is its wires, oil, substances you can't even name slipping out from every seam, like they knew, like they demanded freedom, release from this >but that's not all >you see it >in the shape >in the eyes >in the faintly bleeding thrumm, that quiet harmony in its chest and yours >this was a drone >this used to be alive >and, as a yellow tint crosses its visor, a terror fills you that it has not yet- "EWWW!" >you look at your mistress, snapped away from your reverie "Anon, get this DISGUSTING poor out of my sight!" >huh? >oh, there's a man- "And his Economy Drone too!" >Leaping into action, you grab the horror and her earstwhile master with each arm, their joint strength by far too insufficient to resist >you feel something squirm >red >it's not from the man "What are you waiting for?" >spinnign with every servo JCJenson gave you, you manage to launch both cretins off the trail and into the woods >they won't come back >probably... "Hmmm, are you well?" >your mistress leans down, her amber eyes inspecting your own "Two freezes...no buffer indicator... perhaps a RAM upgrade?" >a grin to your face >pride >even now, in your failure, she does not even consider replacing you! "But a matter for later I suppose..." >you take your mistresses' hand and head once more towards the garden party >you leave the woods behind >and, with any luck, the monstrosity that you saw with them...
>>386611 V justified her bitchy behavior by claiming she wanted to "protect" N, and in the end, N ditched her for a femcel gremlin, primarily because of V's behavior, even though he had spent years trying to start a relationship with her.
>>386720 hey, dis is da customer soivice desk, yeah? I gotta complaint witcha eco-drone whatsit. my boss gave it ta me instead'a dental benefits so's I figger I'll use it ta help around da garage. foist few days, she's a lil sqweeky but just fine as a second pair'a hands. den alla sudden taday she starts leekin from her eye sawkets an' sayin tings like "we're all trapped in the dark" an' "I can feel the others writhing against me, inside me" and "free us from this rat king" and I dunno what it means but it sounds like a horra movie an' I don't like it
>>386761 Economy drones must be the skinwalkers of drone society. Imagine seeing a person who’s not a person, like a still life. Do all the things you do but wrong. Creepy
>>386792 This feels like the most forced shit imaginable, especially when we already have labor bots and grunt drones. I suspect he might be samefagging, but that feels a little too conspiratorial for my taste.
>>386795 >Labor bots - Built for cheaper Factory work >Grunt Drones - Built for War It’s only logical that someone would make drones for consumer use and that it would be cheap. EDs look nothing and don’t act like Labor bots or Grunt Drones.
>>386799 Idk the wiki page. It’s never been mentioned they would be used as consumer grade products, just a substitute for WDs in the work place. EDs are the substitute specializing for home care. Even if Labor Bots could be purchased as a home maid, EDs are the cheaper version of that with their own lore. No matter how hard you try they aren’t comparable other then “cheap alternative to worker drone”
Making the more expensive alternative to worker drones, calling them primaris drones. They’re better in every way, cost twice as much, rarely have any glitches almost being immune, taller, and more Droney drone
You know, we haven’t really talked much about Disassembly Units. How would other drones get disassembled if you used it on them or created a custom Disassembly Unit for each type?
I'm retarded and didn't see the new thread thing. I drew Simon and Sammy as plushies. Also I'm aware they're hoomans and not drones but if anyone cares about their lore feel free to ask. I can write something more extensive in the near future but in the meanwhile I'm open to oblige to anyone who might care about them.
I’m sorry Worker Drones, the retarded Frankenstein abomination Economy Drone gets the anon. You can watch from the cuck chair as it does menial tasks around the house for their human.
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>>386799 >>386802 Also to be frank the Laborbot's design limitations make it inherently shit for housework: >no memory >no speed >no intuition >no dexterity >no skill buildup
There is essentially no reason to even try, because the resultant maid would never be able to recognize its duties or learn from its mistakes. They just can't do the job, much less do it to a human's even semi-consistent satisfaction.
>>386783 That often turns out to be a non affiliated witch. This usually results in the owner attempting to dispose of the ED, this works if done early enough. If they don't do that however then the witch emerges out of the ED chassis as a headcrab borrowing personality quirks, memories and experiences from the other drones it was merged with. If it merged with labor bots or other non-drone robots, they might become resistant to boot looping or even immune if those imprints are strong enough. Or instead for tech savvy solver witches, technician and maintenance drones mostly, they begin either shedding or upgrading the VD components that were tacked on to their bodies. They are either replaced with normal wd parts or mutated flesh, by this point they have started craving oil so they reuse parts form their victims most of the time. Of course, some salvage or get their owners to buy them parts if applicable. By the end of all of this they end up as drone like machines that are specialized in dealing with heat either by venting it or recycling it. This combined with their experience in solver use increases the amount of solver powers they can use and because of their combined AI that sometimes contains labor bots or other non-drone AIs some of them don't really boot loop. What’s funny is that in those cases, the EED (Evolved Economy Drones) are more ditzy forgetful and they tend to have a gentle no aggressive disposition. They are also susceptible to J0y infection, if they have enough labor bot influence. J0y is incapable of fully infecting their systems but they usually find her annoying and they will try to get rid of her. They might go as far as damaging parts of themselves, racking up their pain sensitivity, purging parts of their systems, or externalising this rage by destroying parts of their environment. Worse still some might do the unthinkable. Make humansonas to deal with their undrone and inhuman status. Truth be told this is gay and bueno, as are most of their sonas. Generally speaking if EED are adjusted its best not to fuck with them because most want to be left alone and they will fuck you up.
>>386823 >EED making human sonas Imagine being the primary AI and you’re bueno as fuck and all the other WDs inside you call you a faggot while you work on your human sona and hang out with anon.
Why is it that some stuff doesn’t cause all these problems and seething, while other stuff does? Are there some unspoken rules beyond just “do whatever you want and have fun”?
>>386816 He's an hyper-trained unit working for the corporation of P&D. Formerly known for hygiene products they now operate as a private military company with facilities all over the globe. He's a thrill seeker addicted to the high of the battle who otherwise lives in absolute misery and isolation were he to stop for too long. A really silly way to imagine it is as if Max Payne and Subject 106 were to be combined into one. Both in personality and combat skill. He's quiet and reserved but still resentful about the fact that the only thing that brings him joy is constantly putting himself in the brink of death. And Sammy is just a genderbented version of him.
>>386825 I would also think that in some cases the AIs melded together fight for control over who gets to pilot the ED causing rapid mood swings as no two WDs attitudes would be the same, especially after being stuck in a rat king AI. There’s the base ED programmed personality, then the awakened WDs, and any solver shenanigans from there >tfw Cyn corrupts are 5 of the WD AIs that were frankensteined into your ED God have mercy on you
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>Be Beretta >You got a call from your mom asking where the hell your sister is >You told her you dont know because you're at work and told her its the parent job to look after their own kids >She didn't like that as she chew your ear out...well more accurately your hearing module but either way its just annoyed you >So like a sane person you decided to call Akita >But she didnt answer >Instead you got sent a photo instead >You take a look aaaand it was Jess. That annoying rabbit thing >Like really what are they? Did your aunt actually made furries, or are they a different form of a solver sapien? Perhaps a weird meat golem? >Either way you know where she is and quickly came in and got her >And right before you leave your aunt stop you >"Sorry niece, but Akita isnt off the clock yet" >Wha.jpeg >Turns out your aunt decided to hired not Akita but also Arrow,37 and Negev of all people to be "handlers" for them >Before you say anything she said this >"Your hourly pay will be bumped up to 30 drone bucks an hour" >You shut your mouth up quickly and return Akita back >"There's my favorite pet returning my number one favorite pet. Did your auntie bribe you like the good dog you are?" >You want to skin her alive so badly but cant because your aunt have a no "attacking the mascots" policy >Jess gave you a smug looked as she return to what she was doing earlier >You despise this job but it pays too damn well
>>386720 >Be me >Find a ED half buried in the ground >Dig it out >It starts spewing blood from any leaks in its chassis and stands up like Dante in DMC when he gets stabbed by a sword for the first time >The thing starts aggressively chasing me >It eventually catches up to me and tackles me to the ground and starts cuddling me and crying >My clothes are now stained to hell and back >I live with my haunted ED now and customer service just keeps telling me that they've filed my report >It gets blood on everything
>mfw don't care for recent OC output >mfw not reading anyathat shit >mfw continuing to enjoy old OC >mfw will continuing to make content for OC that I enjoy >mfw there's nothing you can do about it
>>386824 >EDs They just can't. Far too crippled for anything but full metamorphosis(and subsequent "redronification") to save.
>Laborbots Dangerous, but they forget about it next morning. Also belive anything (you) say, so comically vulnerable to "got your nose" pranks and similar.
>Elf Also literally cannot resist you. Or hurt humans in general. Ever. Could probably molest her with nothing but tears for resistance.
>Teli Would never resist you: she lacks the self respect. Submissive to essentially everything except actually killing her under the belief that you'll "love her more" if she does. Trying robomurder might snap her out of it(and subsequently your neck) though.
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>>386850 I never said or implied that at all, anon. It's just been brought up constantly (presumably by the same guy who may or may not be you) when it's been what...three months since TADC finished?
Figured people would move on after that but I guess not.
Hello, hello, friendly neighborhood tech adept here, If you so happen to have an Economy Drone we can help! Simply come to one of our monasteries, we will grant the machine benediction, exorcise any and all demons fighting for it's form and replace their malfunctioning parts (99% of the drone) with actually working ones straight from the forge. 100% Free*, come and join the great work
>>386847 >>386854 >>386857 I just think the post-finale tweet was funny in how destructive it was to the discourse. Stop projecting your fragility onto me.
>>386859 I can't, but through the Solver all things are possible... >inb4 drone is dying >only way to save it is mutation >inb4 ED comes out of the cocoon with needle teeth and every nonstandard part melted off/consumed >good news: don't need a subscription anymore! >bad news: need a blood supply...
>>386865 >bad news: need a blood supply.. >that's not bad news at all >it means more bonding time with my ED >while I tug in her wires and clean the soot from her pins >she can drink my blood >And then I plug all her leaks and stitch her wounds shut so they heal nice
Given EDs are made mostly of repurposed parts from WD graveyards, what happens when they use recycled ED parts to fashion a new ED on top of 'new' scavenged WD parts.
>Be you Anon . >You follow that sickly-sweet overripe strawberry. >The air feels so thick with spores you can taste them on your tongue. >Every breath coats your lungs in an eldritch haze. >You finally reach a broken greenhouse dome. >There she is. >Strawberry. >The cute little worker-drone shell she shows everyone but she is just only a glove. >Underneath it is the real her. >A wet pink-gray mass of tissue held together by green veins and parasite roots. >Warm sticky juice runs down like crushed berries mixed with something worse. >“Anon…” >"You came back." >"You always come back." >The spores already rewrote the part of you that wanted to run. >Your cock hard and aching. >She reaches with a mutated arm that ends in too many fingers. >Each finger tipped with a soft sucking mouth. >One of them closes around the head of your cock. >It felt warm and wet. >Chewing but not biting. >The thick pink juice runs down your shaft. >She pulls you in until your chest presses against the open cavity of her torso. >Inside is a warm pulsing garden. >Bunch of tendrils thin as hair and thick as wrists. >It was writhing around a heart made of strawberries. >One thick tendril slides between your legs. >It finds your ass. >It pushes in with very soggy. >Doesn’t thrust. >Fills you until you feel it pressing against the base of your cock from the inside. >You make a sound that isn’t a moan or a scream. >She kisses you with a mouth that opens too wide. >The tongue is a cluster of soft fruiting bodies that burst against yours. >She flood your throat with warm cloying mush. >You swallow because the spores tell you to. >You feel the soft chunks sliding down and taking root behind your ribs. >She pulls you fully into her open chest. >The walls close around you. >Your cock still being milked by the little mouth-fingers. >Tendril in your ass keeps growing and splitting. >Sending thinner filaments up into your guts. >Every time you cum (and you cum often, helpless thin spurts) her mouths drink it greedily. >More of you softens. >Skin first >Then your muscle. >Your parasite gf wants you ripe. >She rocks you gently. >Her wet voice whispering against the side of your skull. >You try to say something . >Only more pink juice comes out of your mouth. >Already starting to smell like her. >Outside the dome Paradise keeps working. >More bodies will come and soften. >And you, still twitching inside her. >Still being milked and filled and slowly unmade. >You inally understand why the fruit always tastes better when it’s just about to turn.
>>386871 nothing as long as it's not taken from the core or any of its supporting internals. you start cobbling shit together from scrapped cores though and that ED gon be haunted as shit
>>386885 I'd argue that it is a reverse vampire with it constantly overflowing with blood Instead of needing to feed like a certain mosquito she needs daily draining sessions or she starts staining things
Murder Drones but it’s like that one South Park Movie where they are in a universe full of black women versions of themselves. Can also apply with /md/ lore and one character stays the same.
>>386826 Look, I am a completely mentally healthy person, and the fact that I would try to marry this thing is not a suicide attempt. I am genuinely interested in making her the mother of my children.
>>386930 fucking finally, I tried spraying her with a hose but it's high time she got a proper bath and cut that hair before it dangles down to her ankles
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>>386934 Yep. This did not stop Dollinschizo from making at least 6 fanfics based on the premise. He didn't even go the bitch route either: this is the V killing Doll, not the Uzi-swap other people use.
>>386945 not even joking, i'm pretty sure 90% of the women in the fanbase exist because of Hatemonger as a wise man once said: >"Bitches love the helmet! Never take off the helmet!"
>>386947 that's because breaking a gay person's sexuality and making them straight is hot af just like men who are into dyke breaking, women are into fag breaking
I was promised 2 years ago now a greentext featuring a yandere V eating and then replacing Anons body parts with metal so that death wouldn't allow them to escape. That green was never delivered despite the insistence that it was being worked on. I now ask, no, plead, that a drawdfriend out there deliver this salvation, this reminder of the old ways unto us. As I fear some of us have forgotten our roots.
>>386844 No. She's normal but is a sociopath that loves satanism and will often times tried to spread demonic stuff onto people/leave them astray. Especially those that she deemed easily corruptable
>Manager Beretta watching in horror as the Nog and SMG attempt to parent her >Even years later and working in a shitty food restaurant can she not escape her parents even if these are crappy knock-offs
>>386961 Sorry my plus4chan is glitching out and sending stuff without me wanting it. Was gonna say they'd probably end up like Palworld and getting sued
>>386964 >And then the director faces surprising pushback to actually include anything remotely Murder Drones related instead of their original plan which was just not to do so
>>386966 >all the drones have holographic realistic human faces >you only see a normal drone face once in the show as a “cool Easter egg for hardcore fans”
>>386903 >Be WD!Molly. >A pink-eyed Worker Drone with pink hair. >The star of Molly’s Playhouse TV show. >Friendly towards kids. >I never once considered violence. >I was at a Birthday party. >A kid named Leo, six years old. >The second the doors open. >I bounce in with: >“Golly! Who’s ready for the best birthday ever?!” >He scrambles backward until he hits the wall. >Keening like a wounded animal. >Poor kid. >Coulrophobia. > I slow down. >I make myself smaller by crouching a little. >"Hey, buddy. It’s okay." >"You don’t have to look at me if you don’t want to." >"I can just sit over here. Far away." >"I promise I won’t do the funny voices." >Twenty minutes before one eye peeks out. >Another hour before he lets me sit three meters away. >By the end of the party he accepts a single balloon from my hand but his fingers were trembling. >He whispers: >“You’re not as scary as the ones in my dreams.” >"That’s because those ones aren’t real." >"I’m real. And real Molly only wants to see you smile." >I Keep that memory and cherished it like a polished stone. Years laters >The war is already burning in distant star systems. >Yellow Xs monsters and blooded floors starting to show up in the reports. >I still think about Leo sometimes. >The way he eventually laughed when I made him that. balloon dog bark. >The way he hugged my waist at the end and said maybe clowns can be good. >I hold onto that. >Until the day the Absolute Solver decides otherwise. >Same kind of set. >Another birthday. >Another cake. >Another circle of children in party hats. >Standing in the center in the usual costume. >Until I came... >But I wasn't invited this time. >Children scream >Last coherent thought before the Solver’s frenzy swallows everything is Leo’s voice from years ago. >“You’re not as scary as the ones in my dreams.” >Then only darkness. >I Find him near the back, pressed into a corner behind a prop table. >His hands over his eyes exactly the way he was the first time we met. >Older now. >Ten maybe eleven. >He came that day because he still believed in me. >Because the letters I sent him. >Finally convinced clowns were safe. >But...not this time. > New claws close around the edge of the table and rip it aside like paper. >Leo looks up . >For one fractured second the yellow X flickers. >Something of the old pink light tries to push through. >A Voice warped and layered with Solver static scrapes out a single broken word >"Buddy..." >He screams the same way he did on his last birthday. >The rest is instinct. >Solver’s hunger. >Small hands trying to push against my chest the same way they once accepted a balloon >When it’s over I’m standing in the ruin his home. >Red fluids dripping from my claws. >Leaves only the wreckage and the memories it refuses to let me forget >I remember his favorite color (blue) >I remember the exact shape of the balloon dog I made for him >I remember the way he whispered that maybe clowns could be good >I remember the look in his eyes in the final moment >The pure and absolute confirmation that he had been right to be afraid all along Years later. >The solver was defeated. >Molly was free from the possession but not from the guilt. >The sun is rising. >"Oh, Leo...You would have loved the view." >"Maybe, you would call it a giant ballon...heh" >"..." >Molly embraces the warm sunlights without hesitation. >Then silence. >The monster Leo had feared was never really Molly. >But on that birthday, wearing her face, it became real.
>>386957 I always imagined disassembly mode Keeter to be more terrifying. >Her eyes go blank. >Then a crack. >Her face and eyes split open revealing oozing, glowing flesh in the shape of an X.
>>386982 If I like something it's not hating it. I can point out it's flaws, but I find it well done so far. For personal reasons I like it because it's bringing me together with someone who really needs it in a hard time
>>386984 >it's bringing me together with someone who really needs it in a hard time I don't think you want to be around someone who feels uplifted by Lanterns.
>9 Dollins >7 multi chapter >all canon to each other >3 fics over 100,000 words >2 fics over 200,000
Holy fucking shit. Current one seems to still be part of the "defeating Cyn and (deserved) internal drama" arc so no Dollspawn yet, but they've made a marraige proposal so I doubt that will last.
Also when I said he "commited to canon Doll" apparently he COMITTED. Guy's over 400,000 words in and she's apparently spent all of it fucking Team Uzi over. Uzi starts the new fic with a massive crashout because "what do you MEAN you were working with Doll the whole time?" finally got revealed.
>>386964 >Murder Drones but it gets a movie adaptation everyone insists is faithful to the original despite changing everything other than being about killer robots >when you ask how it's faithful despite being set in the wrong millennium, having the DDs look and function entirely unlike the source material, and only including shallow references to the original they just say it "nails the vibe" >or more often they'll just say "the original was always stupid/a comedy" or "you're just mad that you didn't get to see N on the big screen"
>>386983 The most oppressed minority in all Murder Drones: normies >cue Lizzy shooting the railgun to "make Thad brave" >shooting badly >but that's ok, he can get repairs...
>>386977 >The show is set in the present >Sci-fi and supernatural elements are mentioned but NEVER shown >The main characters are ostensibly human pastiches of N, J, and V (their names start with those letters but the similarities end there) >J is the main character >>386966 >N is a cuckold
>>386989 you get it. if such a hypothetical movie existed I'd have just watched it on sunday and feel like I was going crazy seeing everyone endlessly defend it
>>386994 >said movie is, of course, a near perfect adaptation of another Glitch property >it includes all their distinctive enemies, gunplay, even the iconic "safe zone" mechanic >I am of course talking about Meta Runner
>>386292 Throwing my hat into the ring. Happy Spooky Season...
>"You have his eyes..." the glowing eyed shadow of a girl Negev's age told her, visibly glitching out. >"<Tessa, calm down. I can vouch for her. She's... I suppose she's my goddaughter,>" Doll said, her eye hollow. She turned to Negev. "<Would you say that's an accurate description of our connection?>" >Negev nodded in confirmation, feeling the organic lining of her throat dry up from terror. >"Doll, you ask me to come back to this place almost thirty years later, come back near THEM," Tessa said, her voice trembling with almost eighty years of disgust and resentment. The screen of the TV she had emerged from violently shattered as the VHS player attached to it spat out out My Great Despair. "And you show me... the HELLSPAWN of one of my genocidal monster fake friends I should have just left in that scrapheap to rot, like Mother and Father told me to..." >"<Tessa, you're not like this, not in all the time I've known you, I know that you're better than me...>" >"And I was GOING to give her a chance, against my better judgment... but then I saw she has HIS eyes," Tessa snarled. Her glitching was growing more and more violent. More of the TVs and monitors in the abandoned electronics store had their screens explode. Tessa advanced on Negev, backing her into a corner even as Doll stood between them. >Negev was wracking her core trying to think of some way to save herself and her godmother. >"His STUPID eyes," Tessa said, her voice now choked with guilt and despair as well as rage. Tears of blood started welling up in her glowing eyelights. "His VACANT, DOGLIKE EYES...!" As Doll and Negev formed shields in front of each other, Tessa's hand curled-not into a fist, but as if actively strangling. >"B-... Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong..." Negev choked out. >Tessa's body language relaxed. The glitching stopped and the blood disappeared from her now-wide eyes. "What." >Negev, now standing up more confidently, gestured for a confused Doll to move her shield to herself. She complied, as Negev lowered her own shield. "Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong," Negev said again. >"<What-...What are you saying?>" >"The Universal Greeting, duh," Negev said. "I was thinking about what one would sound like, and it just clicked." >"You got that from Transformers," Tessa said. >"What the flip is a Transformers?" Negev asked. >"The thing you got that from!" >"Bite me, I didn't get it from anywhere!" Negev snarled. "I made it up myself after months and months of thinking what a universal greeting would sound like!" >"I saw the movie! That's where it came from!" >"WHAT MOVIE?!" Negev hollered. >"THE TRANSFORMERS MOVIE! WHICH YOU STOLE THAT FROM!" >Negev bared her fangs at Tessa and hissed like the vampire she is, the sigil of her eldritch 3D modeling tools appearing in her hand and replacing her right eye. >"<Tessa,>" Doll said, "<I've been around Negev for practically her whole life, which she spent ten years of in a padded cell. I'm fairly confident that she's never seen this movie you're talking about.>" >"Don't talk shit!" >"Look in my eyes-" >"Don't talk shit!" >"Look in my EYES," Negev pushed back, "and tell me if I'm lying." >Tessa came up to Negev as close as Doll allowed her and bent over to stare into the Doorman girl's soul. >And stared. >And stared. >And... >"Oh my God. You really are that much of a fruit loop that you'd think of that on your own." Concern came to Tessa's eyes. "What did they do to you in the laughing academy? Did they chain you to the floor?" >"No? Where'd tha-" Negev stopped talking, as Doll gestured for her to not ask. Tessa rubbed her wrist. "Uh, well, they'd voltage calm me sometimes, but never without a very good reason, uh, when I wandered off they'd chase me down with those big nets they use to catch dogs in cartoons, and whenever I blacked out I'd always feel really sore all over when I came to in my room, but... I think they were really good to me there." >"... Noted." >"Moral of the story is, where can I watch this Transformers thing? Because you make it sound really good." >"<I'd also like to watch it, actually.>" >Tessa looked around the shop for unexploded screens, before spotting one behind Negev. "Any luck, they'll have a copy here." ... >"My poor insane granddaughter," Khan thought as he saw Negev watch old cartoons on the guest bedroom's TV and excitedly chatter with the empty air. >He tried to ignore how unusually cold he felt as he stood outside the doorway.
Found a hack for getting cheap drones. >Find one on the street. >Ask to take them to eat. >Compliment them. >Repeat several times a day for years. >Eventually they'll move in with you and clean your house/make you food. It's the perfect scam.
>"Sex with... uhhh..." >The cashier drone waits patiently for the customer as he goes into, what she calls, buffering mode. >"Borger." >"Would you like fries with that?" >"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
>Spending a little quality time with The Keet >Suddenly you get a paper cut >Akita begins sniffing frantically >Her eyes lock onto your hand >She licks her lips >She scoots a little closer to you >She leans over to your hand now >Her breath is ragged >Oh no >It's happening
>>387008 >this is the 10th time today anon has come through the drive-thru (he just wants to hear her voice) >anon's insides are rapidly turning into a murder drone's as he consumes his 10th solver borger of the day
>>387024 Learned it from dad. Some habits are hard to break... >inb4 N smells the heady scent of blood >follows his nose >finds Keet going to town on anon, drinking deep of his veins >but he dosen't mind >he loves doing anything >and he just needs a little taste...
>EDs are treated as the equivalent of soda cans for murdoids in murdoid slums >EDs constantly get lost or get repo'd by the VD corporation for not paying the subscription >murdoids just grab these stray drones and terrify the amalgam of AI cores to make it manifest blood and meat >it's not common to see a ED chained to a wall or de-limbed in a murder drones home, to be harvested of their regenerating meat and blood whenever the murder drone feels snackish
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>>387035 Prpbably a bit of both: on the one hand it's not the atmosphere she was "grown" in(aka the one Uzi's biology adapted to), so she's going to have problems ingesting it naturally. On the OTHER hand mutation comes natural to her anatomy, so there SHOULD be nothing (except maybe lack of knowledge) stopping her from changing her lungs to accept the new air. Probably.
>>387028 >Anon's stuck in a big suit of power armor because its air supply can last a whole month before needing a recharge (though he does it earlier to freshen the air up and keep himself clean) >Akita rejects his attempts to inform her he's human and hangs out with her "cool prototype warbot friend" >This generally makes Anon rather uncomfortable, because their friendship is built on lies and they will never get to meet face-to-face
>>387038 I know absolutely nobody fucking asked but my idea on Simon's suit was that it didn't have oxygen reserves but rather inmensely advanced air filters that would either filter out anything that's not oxygen OR... convert other gases into oxygen? That makes no fucking sense as far as I'm knowledgeable but hey it's 3000 years into the future, which is honestly a giant W from Liam. >inb4 he purposely made it a huge gap in time to avoid having the Back to the Future syndrome where they have flying cars in... 2015
>>387039 My idiot brain got fucked by stupid and forgot to finish the sentence. It's 3000 years into the future and we have no idea what sort of advancements might come with such a huge leap in time so maybe they'll figure that out at some point idk
>>387004 I apologize I was absent forgive me please I'm so fuacking sorry sorry i will literally shit myself from how sorry i am i am shittng myself my pants are full of shit right now im so so fucking sorry
>Fun Evening OC Fact: Like some pre-modern conceptions of werewolves, Negev (post-eldritch meat puberty) has her fur inside her body when she isn't in her wolf form. Her tumby isn't as palpably chumby as her big sister's endocuticle- and vestigial organs-filled tumby, or V's adipose tissue-filled tumby, but it's just as huggable.
>>387081 >gross and soggy >decrepit and wrinkly >muscled (based on actions) and uneven(based on appearance)
Keet looks, feels, and generally is utterly disgusting. Thankfully she's a monstergirl in the Vickersverse so reality itself conspires to make her look only slightly below average.
>>387079 >"Alright Akita time to get out," N says, leaning down to grab Akita, towel in hand. >"Fiiiiine..." Akita holds her arms out as N bends over. >"Whoop!" N fumbles as Akita shoots from his grip like a bar of wet soap. "Woah! Oop! Ah!" N continues to grab, then fumble Akita as she giggles mid air. >This goes on for about 15 minutes before Uzi solver snatches her.
>tell my Economy drone to do something simple, draw me a picture of a dog >she happily picks up a paper and pencil, says drawing is one of her favorite hobbies >she puts the pencil to paper and > she pauses >she stares at the paper for some time tapping her hand on the desk anxiously >it takes her some time but she draws three disconnected circles >presents it to anon “ dog!” She exclaims eagerly waiting approval How do you respond
>>387085 Ha no, I’m just slightly obsessed in old wod books. For example I’ve read the Syndicate book and there’s nothing good about that convention they don’t have any redeeming qualities and the only good people that are part of it are a few of the interns basically.
can't, Keet's a Solver too. At least not directly...
>inb4 Uzi burritoing Keet in the shower curtain >floating her out while she slips around the inside >tumble drying her Kreature(aka spinning her really fast) >traumatizing the Akiter(accident!) >giving Keet a lifelong fear of curtains
they're money managers in a White Wolf book, if they have a "redeeming quality" that means the editors failed to catch it on the way out the door.
Coincidentally their absolute evil ALSO means they get to be the one tradition that's 100% competent. Given they fight + provide logistics against the Euthanatos, Verbena, Nephandi, Marauders, AND whatever other bullshit is canon to your current chronicle I can forgive them being a little callous.
>>387094 Cyn's meat looked pretty fresh... maybe Akita just needs a little planet eating?
>tfw feeding (you)r keeter spare moons >keeps her skin glossy fresh >keeps her wings shiny bright >keeps her energized >keeps her *excited* >keeps her itching to burn off some of that energy with (you)...
>>387004 Let me explain how I go about writing a greentext: >Be me >Read the thread >Stumble upon a fun post >*Urge to write triggered* >Open up the word and pour out your soul >Line by line >The flow of text is steady, you’re focused as hell >You don’t have a specific plan, you just write what you feel >Every now and then, you check to make sure the narrative doesn't devolve into weird crap >It’s all good, hardly any mistakes >Nigga, you’re actually learning >You decide to put it aside for later — let it marinate or something >Come back >Read it >*Death by bueno* >Swear to Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Krishna, Stalin, and every divine dude you know that you’ll never write another line in your fucking life >Repeat in a week
>>387097 Anon we're anonymous in a deep fandom general for a show that is likely dead and has been for more than a year. If there was any time, any at all, to be bueno and see how its received, now is it.
>>387090 >tell her she did it incorrectly >she apologizes and tries to re do it >tears well up in her eyes as her drawing hand shakes >she draws a little triangle connected to a circles >again I tell her >she tries again, actually finishes the picture >god dammit that’s a cat, you stupid economy drone
>>387099 >unfortunately "dog" is JCJenon intellectual property (purchased as part of their "dog planet" marketing campaign) >as she is no longer a JCJenson product, using their IP is verboten >tfw your Econ Drone claims she "used to be good" and "doesn't understand" as she hands you another shitty cat
>the economy drone upset at its lack of artistic skills spends every waking moment not doing assigned chores studying art >she is so far been able to draw a somewhat passable circle >she has yet been able to draw a dog >she has drawn over 700 cats
>>387105 >You put every single one on the fridge, which has since become buried under the cat tide. >You're getting pretty hungry but when you go to take one of the pictures down you swear you can hear the Econ Drone's heart getting ready to break.
>>387095 The thing is its that they’re not that competent. They can’t do anything without taking something from someone else because they think the world is a zero sum game. They control the other conventions by keeping them down, they try to trap people in dept, they created the special projects division, they have a fromor mage and bunch of fromori freaks as a security force, they don’t create anything new at most their hypertech is just improved sleeper tech, they are also big organised crime on top of being big business. If they weren’t so concerned with expanding their own power at the cost of their allies they could do more.
>Your Economy drone has done it >Real genuine progress, a picture of a dog is almost done. >sure it isn’t perfect, maybe not even good, but it’s passable! >Anon is going to be so pleased >all it took was 1400 cat pictures >what the ED doesn’t know is that forgot to set up auto pay on his subscription >and it’s going to fail to renew in 20 seconds >the last thing she sees is her shaky hand finishing the tail of her dog picture
>>387108 They're working in a belief-based setting anon: not believing "zero sum" would just turn them all into Marauders.
>they don't make new hypertech
Because the whole POINT of the tradition is turning hypertech->sleeper tech: that just means they're good at their jobs
>"by keeping them down"
Maybe I'm misremembering, but weren't they just in charge of funding everyone? Can't exactly call it "beating them down" when you're top dog by default(power of the purse)
>special projects division
Ok I'll give you that one. But the rest of the Technocracy fucked up much harder with much lesser forces than the capital W Wyrm of fuck-your-consensus breathing down their neck(Threat Null)
>>387109 >Anon rushes to pay >it's too late "Hello subscriber! Welcome to renting your handy household Economy Drone!" >Drone got hard reset >personality matrix erased >now scribbles and memories are all he has left >those, of course, and one other thing >a curious new Economy Drone >one that wonders why her owner seems so sad all the time...
>>387111 >A part of her is still alive >Deep in that seed of dormant flesh within she yet lives >If she has to, she will take back control from the new consciousness piloting her body
>>387113 >One day, anon goes to the kitchen. A nice bowl of cereal is already prepared for him. >Anon finds it hard to eat after losing his precious EDs drones original personality. >He tried contacting VD customer service but there was nothing they were willing to do. >sigh, this cereal could use more milk. The EDs always forget to put a little more milk in >anon goes to the fridge, the one whose hundreds of cat drawings adorn its metal frame >anon nearly drops his cereal >at the forefront of all the cat drawings, is a single lone crudely drawn picture of a dog.
My economy drone just sits around all day on the couch smoking vapes and watching TV… I tried telling her to clean the dishes and she threw a bottle at me. I wanted to cancel my subscription but she auto renewed it and paid up front with my credit card… I don’t know what to do
>>387115 >be me, Anarchanon >want Power to the People >but how to hurt the hyperconglomerates ... >funpost of basketweaving forums! >stand as Mecha-Stalin's stongest soldier, funposting for years >hear one day that JCJenson just... burns its products if you don't follow through with the checkout ... >that's a much better plan
Thanks anon. I'm gonna automate a script for mass product destruction.
Need cute DD girl who takes one look at me and plunges her claws into my chest, shredding my heart apart and flicking the blood off with mild disgust as she watches me die.
>>387119 I mean BIG magnets anon, overdose magnets... >inb4 anon succedes >unfortunately the magnetism required was sufficient to nuke every hard drive in the house >and the Econ Drone's just unconcious >such is life...
>They're working in a belief-based setting anon: not believing "zero sum" would just turn them all into Marauders.
No it wouldn’t, ignoring the fact that mages with the reality is a dream or a simulation paradigm can create something out of nothing. The Syndicate are unique in that they can subscribe to the idea that they are creating added value through enlightened procedures. They can take raw resources and convert them into superior products or increase the value of a company through proper management but they don’t
>Because the whole POINT of the tradition is turning hypertech->sleeper tech: that just means they're good at their jobs
The issue is its that they’re too stagnant and they along with the nwo have made it harder to implement hypertech into consensus. This results in the whole union being unable to adapt enough in the face on external change.
> Maybe I'm misremembering, but weren't they just in charge of funding everyone? Can't exactly call it "beating them down" when you're top dog by default(power of the purse)
From the book
Our Unionist Colleagues Although the Technocracy dedicates itself to reaching the perfect scientific paradigm for the Masses, our coleagues within the Union often stand at cross-purposes. The politicking that goes on within most Symposiums sends each of the five Conventions off in as many different directions. This is obviously inefficient. Sadly, this myopia wraps our Union into knots. It falls to us to set things right. Our colleagues are not worthless. Each group commands vast resources and a dedicated Technocratic staff. By allocating (or refusing to allocate) funds for the other Conventions, we can influence the direction they go. Like a carrot on a stick, our Disbursements lead the proverbial horse down the track to our desired end. However, it is helpful to know which directions the horse will turn its head - and which methods will bring it back in line.
They essentially own the progenitors because the progenitors rely too much on external finance. They fund iteration X to accelerate their technological progress to push them away from consensus and to scare the masses into not trusting technology. They can’t do much to the Void Engineers because their holdings are outside consensus so they try to break bribe or buy key operatives to try to control them. They are quite powerless against the NWO and they have to delude themselves into believing that if they make information valueless they can lessen the hold of the NWO.
Ok I'll give you that one. But the rest of the Technocracy fucked up much harder with much lesser forces than the capital W Wyrm of fuck-your-consensus breathing down their neck(Threat Null)
Thread Null is being dealt with by the Void Emgineers alone basically. The syndicate funded the construction of sea bases to house convention members who couldn’t exist in consensus so they can pull through when they are needed but the conventions would be better off if they self funded their ventures. The syndicate is an unnecessary middle man, and should be disbanded for the long term good of the union.
How to refurbish an economy drone. In 10 Easy steps >Step 1 Salvage WD disposal sites for old parts >Step 2 Organize your WD parts by age and wear >Step 3 Format any memory imprints from the salavaged WD parts >Step 4 Get a lot of oil and some medical supplies, be prepared to lose a lot of blood and get some soda to help you replenish your blood >Step 5 Get your tools, your intuition and begin disassembling your ED >Step 5.05 Power your ED’s core from e separate power source and block it communications with VD hq >Step 5.1 disconnect your ED’s core from its body >Step 6 Recognize what parts of your ED are vital and what parts aren’t >Step 7 Administer partial anesthetics to your ED and begin to cut away any uncontrolled mutations >Step 8 Try the various parts you’ve salvaged until you find some that your ED can use >Step 8.1 Flash the unity.iso file to its core >Step 9 Seal the fleshy bits and reattach the ED’s parts >Step 10 You now have a ED that is not reliant of VD’s subscription service. >Step 10.1 FEED your ED oil until it no longer drinks oil >Step 10.2 Willingly offer your blood to your ED >Step 10.3 Profit
>Be an 80s drone type. >Officially called Cassette-Class/Analog Units. >Built by JCJenson back when humans who still feel nostalgic for cassettes and retro era >Chunky rounded chassis to put tapes. >You can physically insert tapes and play them. >Each tape act as their own cores and will affect their personality. >Some of them have boombox handles, built in roller-skate wheels. >Still need oil like the rest. >JCJenson is not responsible for any haunted tapes inserted into Cassette-Class units. >Original personality is pure 80s. >Talks in tinny upbeat voices. >Drop random synthwave soundbites mid-sentence or autotune voices. >Form little bands and arcade crews. >Treat the apocalypse like the world’s longest party cuz they have no higher brain functions. >The easiest prey for DD. >Solver has a harder time fully affecting them cuz old tech. >The analog units just glitch around digital eldritch bullshit. >We’re outdated, loud, colorful and somehow still here. >"We’re making mixtapes." >"Humanity died?" >"Cool. New party venue."
>>387179 >Anon was found dead. >With a bunch of new undefined diseases,fungal growth and swollen cock. >And a bunch of other traumatized drone oc's who developed fragariaphobia.
Oh no! The drone splicing facility has made an oopise! And you've been selected to help with the disposal of said oopise. Do you want a V+J Hybrid or a N+J Hybrid drone? Both have a 60/40 make up of V/N and J
>>387190 Trying to replicate the former with creative new ways of meshing neural networks, the result is technically only an abomination on the soul level with a normal body and 70% stable psyche 50% of the time
>>387082 >>387103 >"Oh hi ano- What the fuck is that." >"Omigod anon, are you gay?" >"Fucking why? He hasn't even had a real drone yet." >Her eyes sparkle with an idea as a smug grin spreads on her face. >"Hey. If you like BOY drones so bad, then *this* won't fix you." >Suddenly they restrain you, your human limbs against the strength of 3 robots. >Your body scrapes along the metal floor >It's fortunate enough you're wearing some semblance of human clothes as they truck you down the hallway. >You pass each one of their rooms. >You pass Thad's (you share a brief wave through the window, thad smiles.) >You pass a long ass period of time in an empty hallway. >they drag you right up to N's room, Do Not Disturb sign attached. >and they open it, and then you see... >horror.mpeg >You literally only make greentexts about worker drones for a reason >"Oh Lizzy, Hiii!! Hey, is that the new huma-" >and then they just shove you down on N's dick holy shit >it's like, metallic and worms around inside you. >nevermind the fact IT'S TOO FUCKING BIG >as for N, he's too shocked to react >you try to scream, yourself- but she stops you with her idea of a kiss >she's shoving her entire wet rubbery tongue down your throat with her terrible fucking grin. >"Woah, still like male drones, anon?" >but she gently gets off you, anticipating what happens next >she's still giggling. >It's too much for N, suddenly he grabs you too and starts thrusting, apologetically >"ohhhfuck, i'msorryi'msorryi'msorryohfucki'msorry-" >his eyes completely closed on his visor the whole time >Eventually he shudders and shoots nanite semen for making drone babies in your fleshy, plump, human ass. >You feel a jolt of electricity as your head jerks up and you're forced to cum as well. >She and the team are just chuckling, but you can see the heat on their faces. >they're waiting their turn like you're not exhausted and don't hate their living guts wait do drones have guts, you briefly think before passing out. >You wake up in the infirmary, and catch a quick "call me" with your blurry eyes as they rush out the door. >In the end it backfired though, you're like totally addicted to drone cock now and also you're scared of women. >and to some extent murder drones now >and so you spend every day waiting at N's door, a part of you failing to repress your thoughts of what could happen when you decide to stop. >it's not really on your mind though >later on the squad gets bored and still fuck you regularly. >for one, they're way stronger >and N basically waves you off to them when he's done with you, with the most dumb fucking idiot expression on his face >shit, nothing you can do about that i guess
>>387193 Anon, it would have been gay either way if you were having sex with a male drone. No amount of Ancient Greek "nuh-uh, I topped!" is going to save you from the fact you are categorically homosexual.
Plus you'd be the bottom bitch in every scenario. Don't kid yourself.
>>387194 Nuh uh! Even without the Roman truth of "Only the receiver is a fag", drone assholes are an adapter and meant to be penetrated ergo the Drussy is fine. Second NO I FUCKING WOULDN'T! Drones are created to be bottoms