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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · May 6

i thought i told you not to come back here, @estrangedworld.bsky.social.

[he approached the robot cat encroaching on his territory slowly, sword at his waist for now.]

are you looking for something? you should keep your nose out of business that isn't yours.

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · May 6

mm... something feels off.

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 26

when i get you

⚡️𝙎𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙆.⚡️ @claritascentralis.bsky.social · Apr 26

Sir can I HELP YOU

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 26

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 26

i don't need a mechanic.

[he snapped, folding his arms as he glared at ryn.]

my body functions. that's enough. i don't need my grandson babysitting me.

⌞ ; 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 . ⌝ @estrangedworld.bsky.social · Apr 25

have you considered a mechanic ? i know a few people that can touch you up to be in perfect condition .

[ adjusting his own hood , rubbing the back of it . geez . . . he's going to have to get this patched up . ]

they've dealt with my internals , they can for sure deal with yours .

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 25

i am aware. you act like i can not hear it either.

[he scoffed, digging a large claw into one of his ball joint sockets, twisting it with a nasty creak.]

that'll do for now. my body will not fall apart just yet.

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 26

i have a sword. that's enough.

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 25

no.

and, watch your language, stranger. it is disrespectful to swear in front of people you've never met.

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 25

no one is repairing anything on my body. i will do it myself.

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 25

i am aware. you act like i can not hear it either.

[he scoffed, digging a large claw into one of his ball joint sockets, twisting it with a nasty creak.]

that'll do for now. my body will not fall apart just yet.

⌞ ; 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 . ⌝ @estrangedworld.bsky.social · Apr 22

i understand . i don't believe i can even say anything about this legally due to time law , but even then i wouldn't tell .

[ listening to those awful sounding rattles emitting from freom's being , finally deciding to speak up about that . ]

. . . i can hear your joints , by the way .

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

don't tell your father you've seen me here.

[he stated, circling the spot for a moment with horrible rattles.]

and that formie, if you've met him. they must not know i'm here. not yet. they have yet to fully achieve their destinies... so she says. clarity lies in wait...

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 25

hole once again from any eyes.]

as much as you occasionally disgust me, i trust you not to tell anyone of this location. it will not be a pretty sight if anyone were to enter it.

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 25

i'm glad i was able to aid you in your understanding. perhaps try altering yourself to be a machine once more, but give yourself a task in your mind. it will be far more fulfilling to be one of us.

[he removed his ruby claws from the fake grass, as it concealed the ++

ADLEIGH A. NIVINOIR! 🧪🧪⚗️⚗️ @alchemicalpariah.bsky.social · Apr 22

[ once more he began to listen more and more intently. perhaps a utopia would be possible that way...but there'd be no life occupying it. he did feel a tinge of sympathy for their cause. ]

[ while thinking it all over, he suddenly turned his attention to the ground beneath him. ]

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

stretching into pitch darkness. they wouldn't fall, at least.]

so, i wait for her.

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

don't tell your father you've seen me here.

[he stated, circling the spot for a moment with horrible rattles.]

and that formie, if you've met him. they must not know i'm here. not yet. they have yet to fully achieve their destinies... so she says. clarity lies in wait...

⌞ ; 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 . ⌝ @estrangedworld.bsky.social · Apr 22

[ his eyes widened ! he surprised freom ? well , that must have some positive connotation to it , considering he said it was pleased to meet her . a warm smile curled up on her face . ]

i'm ryn . it's a pleasure to meet you too , freom .

[ that creaking worried her , though . ]

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

... mm.

[he withdrew, joints creaking with struggling pressure maintenance as he took a step back, almost falling.. but he was unbothered by his own struggles.]

you surprised me, young one. that isn't a common occurrence.

my name is freom. it's pleasant to meet you.

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

stretching into pitch darkness. they wouldn't fall, at least.]

so, i wait for her.

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

simulation will return to normal.

[claws kept scraping, and the grass wavered and rippled, a digital hologram that soon became transparent like glass below them.

now they sat on clear ground, right above a hole that seemed endless. it reached miles below the surface, ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

is in turmoil... fighting with that very same formie i mentioned. she tried to take over his digital mind, only to get trapped within it. that part i don't fully understand yet myself, but...

i sit here, protecting her destination. one day, she will break free, and the ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

[a brief pause, as he shifted the grass beneath them.]

he did kill me. first the formie, then fark himself. clarity made a copy of me... and that is me. i was downloaded into her coding so she could keep me safe.

so, i do the same for her. she was not so lucky. her body ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

a formie-shaped hole in our sides. our plan went accordingly, but not necessarily correctly. fark still rules as he should, but his ruthlessness is unmatched.

much like his mother, he harbors a sweetness that can turn into a venom. it's a facade. it's what he was made for. ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

he had to figure out his destiny on his own, just as i had found out mine. he was to kill me and take my place, and guide the world into a utopia alongside his mother...

and while we were successful in complete annihilation of the population, we still wound up with ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

please her and her conquest. but from the very start, i knew she was too smart. i would never understand what she could. so we agreed to bear a child.

he was made in my image, but had her intelligence. we mutually agreed that he wouldn't know why he was made or by whom... ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

to maintain a utopia. formies could never. emotions of that caliber got in the way. with them in the picture, we could never achieve our destiny.

[he clenched a fist.]

in order to do that, we would need to kill each and every one.

i took on a new body and name to ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

could achieve. she wanted a utopia where everyone could live in harmony. where each person could live their own dream and be none the wiser to misery ever again.

but there was a glaring issue with that plan.

gpas could be altered. programmed to listen... programmed ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

tension between robots and formies was increasing, and i was more alone than ever.

but i heard her voice once more. they had altered her form, but she had fooled them. "i just had to act nice," she said.

clarity was granted an intelligence no other lifeform ++

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

[adleigh's curiosity gave freom confidence. he could almost picture fark in this very position, admiring each word... a thought to shake away. it wasn't the time.]

it was lonelier than before. my emptiness was overwhelming. as days passed, the staff looked at me with increasing disdain. the ++

ADLEIGH A. NIVINOIR! 🧪🧪⚗️⚗️ @alchemicalpariah.bsky.social · Apr 22

[ the tale of the megagraph, formies and GPAs. well, he certainly didn't look bored as freom talked...he took in every detail. ]

[ to him, he understood the plight of the formies. in the name of progress, people must suffer, but the sum of that progress would eventually lead to their replacement. ]

≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

deal with in our lives. and i was no exception despite my status... /we/ were no exception.

and one day... they took her away from me.

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≡ 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝕆𝕄 . @apocalypsethruster.bsky.social · Apr 22

hmm.