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mdazhar86 · 11 months

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aku nak kongsikan cerita pengalaman sebenar yg aku dah lalui bersama dgn anak buah bini ku..name aku zahar( bkn nme sbenar),umr 35 thn & asal petaling jaya. name bini aku yati ( bkn nme sbenar ) umr 50 thn & asal serawak. nama sepupu bini aku mai ( bukan nama sbenar ) umr 55 thn & asal sekampung dengan bini aku...name ank buah bini aku edot ( bkn nme sbenar ) umr 25 thn & asal serawak. bini aku kecik & berisi sikit bdn nya... aku syg pd bini aku walau dia berumur lebih dari aku.. dah 10 thn aku nikah & lum ada rezeki dapat anak.. dalam 10 thn nikah, bini aku 3x dah keguguran.. bini aku ada taska sendiri... kami sewa rumah dua tingkat & tinggal 4 orang serumah....tingkat bawah untuk penjagaan kanak2 & tingkat atas ada 3 bilik jadi tempat tinggal..bini aku leh dikatakan segala tanggung jawab dia pada aku & mak/ayah cukup bagus..cukup baik..cuma 1 perkara je dia msaalah...masaalah nya adalah hubungan sex...

Pendikkan cita... ada 1 hari tu, bni aku nak beli brg2 rumah & dapur.. bni aku ajak aku tp aku malas,ngantok & penat sgt baru balik buat kje.. pastu bni aku ckp " x pe la, aku pegi naik grab.." aku ckp ok.. pastu bni aku ckp kat ank buah dia edot.. "edot, jom ikut cik pegi alamanda beli brg.."edot pon ckp" aku sakit kepala ni cik. dari tadi lg sakit kepala".. bni aku ckp "ok la.. kau rehat la.." edot ckp "baik cik.." tapi edot x tau yg aku pon x pegi sama... bni aku pon x ckp yg aku ada kat rmh.. setelah 15 mnit bni aku pegi je.. aku pon terjaga dri tido.. aku bangun pegi masuk tandas.. aku keluar tandas aku buka pintu bilik & buka peti ais ambik air minum.. aku terperasan pintu bilik edot x tutup rapat. aku pon intai la.. aku tgk edot bertuala & baring meniarap.. geram aku tengok edot.. dari peha sampai kaki putih..pastu aku berani kan diri, aku masuk bilik edot & terus baring atas belakang badan edot slow2.. edot terperanjat. " ehhh... cik azhar... jgn buat sy mcm ni.. " aku ckp kat edot " alaa... cik bkn nk sakit kan ko... cik nk bg ko sedap & puas sgt².. lg pon tinggal kita dua je... " edot ckp " jgn la cik azhar.... x nk la cik... " ko jgn takut & jgn risau dot... ko rase & nikmati je... cik gerenti komfom edot suka & puas nya.."

pstu aku ramas lembut2 manja2 tetek edot berlapik tuala dari belakang.. mmm...mmm...mmm... suara edot pon mula keluar perlahan " errmmnm...errmmm...errrmmm".. lepas tu aku bukak ikatan tuala edot pastu aku tanggal kan tuala edot & campak tepi katil.. sekarang edot bogel tanpa pakai apa2.. aku melihat pemandangan yg cantik & indah... pastu aku suruh edot baring telentang & aku tindih badan edot.. edot ikut je rentak aku.... aku kiss dahi edot...mmmuuaahh...mmuuaahh... aku kiss pipi edot.. mmuuaahh... aku kiss mulut edot... muuaahh... mmuuaahh.. aku turun bawah lg, aku ramas lembut2 manja2 dua² tetek edot...mmmm...mmm...mmm... pastu aku suruh edot bersujud.. bila bersujud kan menonggeng.. edot pon ikut buat.. aku suruh edot buka kaki sikit... edot buka.. pastu aku kiss pepek tembam edot dri belakang.. mmmm... mmm... mmm... edot pon terjerit sikit bila terkena kiss aku kat pepek dia.. aku suruh edot rebah kan badan dia tul2 bg tonggeng lg & buka kaki luas lg... edot pon buat..pepek edot pon terbuka luas... aku pon aku jilat tul2 hujung lidah aku kena sikit je kena x kena je kat hujung lubang pepek edot.. bila terkena je sikit hujung lidah aku kat hjung lubang pepek edot, edot menggigil terkejut2 mcm kena kejutan letrik.. mmm... mmm.. mmm... edot " aaarrrgghhh... aarrgghh... aarrrgghhh... ssss... sss... sse... se.. dapnya cik azhar.... x tahan cik azhar...lg cik azhar..." aku ckp kat edot, klau nak pancut kluar air, pancut je... jgn tahan2..

edot merengek geram lagi.. "aaahhh... ahhhh.... ahhh... sedap cik azhar.... lagi cik azhar..." aku jilat & jolok laju sikit... "mmmmm.... mmmm.... mmm...." edot "aaahhh.... aaahhh.... aaahhh..." aku jilat laju lagi... "mmmmm... mmmm... mmmm..." edot " aaahhhh... aaahhh... aaahhh... sssseee..... ssseee... dappppnya cik azhar... x tahan cik azhar... edot nak pannnncccuuuttt...." lagi dekat nak pancut lagi laju aku jilat... "sslllrrrpppp.... ssllllrrrppp... ssslllrrppp" edot menggigil 1 badan & mengerang panjang tanda edot pancut.."ciiikkkk....paaannnnccuuuttt....aaaahhhhhhhh....aaahhhhh"...aku bertambah geram lg, aku jilat lg laju masa tengah edot pancut... sslllrrrppp.... sslllrrppp.... ssslllrrppp.... edot menjerit "aaaahhhhhhhhh..... aaaaahhhhh....... sssss.... sss... sse... se.. dap cik azhar.... lg cik azhar..." aku jilat laju lg.... ssslllrrrpppp.... sslllrrrppp.... edot ckp "dahhhhh..... daaahhh cik azhar....." aku x peduli.... aku masih jilat lg... ssslllrrrppp... ssslllrrrppp.....edot menggelitik & menggigil2 seluruh badan edot...

aku suruh edot turun katil pastu badan rebah atas katil (rukuk) menonggeng berdiri kaki sebelah kanan naik letak atas katil & badan mengereng sikit supaya aku dapat jilat pepek...edot pon ikut je.. aku pon cium pepek tembam edot dari belakang.. mmmuuaahh... mmuuaahh.... edot pon merengek manja... "aaahhh... aahh... aahhh.." pastu aku jilat betul2 hujung lidah aku kena sikit je kena x kena je hujung lidah aku kat hujung lubang pepek edot..bila terkena je sikit hujung lidah aku kat hjung lubang pepek edot, edot terkejut mcm kena kejutan letrik... "sslllppp.... slllrrppp... sslllrrppp".... edot merengek kuat lagi... "aaaarrrgghhh.... aaarrgghhh... aarrgghhh..." aku isap, sedut & nyonyot biji kelentit edot lembut2 manja2.. "mmmm... mmm... mmm..." edot " aaahhhh.... sss... ssse... ssee... dapppnya cik azhar..."

pastu pastu aku isap, sedut, nyonyot lembut2 manja2 biji klentit edot.. mmm.... mmm... mmm.... edot pon "aahhh... aaahhh... aaahhh... sss.. ss.. se... dapnya cik azhar.... edot x tahan sangat ni cik azhar...."aku jilat lagi betul2 hujung lidah aku kena sikit je kena x kena je kat hujung biji klentit edot.. bila terkena je sikit hujung lidah aku kat hjung biji klentit, edot terjerit sikit sambil menggigil2 & trangkat2 botot edot mcm kena kejutan letrik... ssslllrrrppp.... ssllrrpp... ssslllrrppp.... edot "aaaaaaaahhhh... aaaaahhh.... aaaahhhhh...... sedap cik azhar... lg cik azhar...." aku pon jilat laju lg... ssslllrrpppp... sslllrrppp....ssslllrrrpppp....edot "aaahhh... aaaahhh..... aaahhh.... cik.... x tahan.... aaahhh...." tiba2 edot merengek & mengerang panjang "aaaaaaaarrrrggghhhhhh.....ssssss"edot pon pancut keluar air mcm air pancut.. menggigil2 1 badan edot...tergamam aku tgk edot pancut mcm air pancut tu..

aku isap & sedut2 habis air edot..."mmmm...mmm...mm..." mata edot pejam & nafas laju turun naik... edot ckp " cik azhar... sedap gila sangat2... pandai cik azhar buat.. aku balas ckp " mane ada.. biasa je.. pengalaman ni pon kakak angkat janda cik ajar masa cik umur 11 thn dulu..

pastu aku berhenti.... bg edot lega & reda dulu... aku bisikit kat telinga edot, "mcm mane rase nya dot??" edot senyum lebar & ckp " sedap gila sgt2 cik azhar... trima kasih cik azhar... pandai cik azhar..." pastu kita org kiss mulut..edot masih terbaring atas katil... aku berdiri, aku suruh edot isap batang aku sambil baring.. edot pon buka mulut & slow2 isap batang aku... mcm isap aiskrim.. " mmmm... mmm... mmm..." pergh.... x tahan aku edot isap batang aku... "aaahhh... aaahh... aaahhh... sedap dot.. isap dalam lagi dot... jilat semua batang cik dot.."

edot ikut je.. "ssslllrrppp.... sslllrrppp.... ssslllrrpp... mmm... mm..." aku "aaahhh... aahhh... ssse.. ssee... dap nya dot... lagi dot...".... edot isap, kulum laju & dalam mulut dia lagi...aku x tahan "aaahhh.... aahhh... aaahhh..."aku henti kan edot isap & kulum batang aku... pastu aku suruh edot angkat dua2 belah kaki & bengkokkan lutut bertemu lutut, lutut rapat kat tetek.. edot ikut & buat pe yg aku suruh.. pastu aku gosok lembut2 manja kepala batang aku kat lurah & hujung lubang pepek edot.. "mmmm... mmm... mmm..." edot mula keluar suara merengek stim " aaahh... aahhh.. aahhh... slow2 masuk kan cik azhar.." aku ckp "ok syg..."

bersambung....

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hkkingofshades · 2 months

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Tumblr's new policy, and updates going forward

Yeah, I bet we all saw this coming, huh.

So, given tungl dot hell(tm)'s new deal with midjourney, I think pretty much all artists on tumblr are, well, not having a great time. Like deviantart, tumblr has provided a way to opt out from having your blog content scraped, but like deviantart, it's a little unclear what has already been shared before the opt-out went into place, and how much they'll actually work to stop machine trawlers from trawling opted-out blogs.

I'll put the tl;dr up front:

King of Shades will not be leaving Tumblr, but due to the new policy, I won't be posting full pages here anymore.

There's no point in taking down all the pages I've already posted. Deleting them from my page won't delete subsequent reblogs, and there's a pretty high chance that tumblr has already scraped them. (haveibeentrained.com seems to think I haven't been yet, at least. I don't think I really have a big enough following for that to happen, although I don't want to jinx it...) But I certainly won't be posting the full-size pages here anymore.

Instead, I think I'll go the Trying Human route and post a little preview of the update (possibly heavily watermarked; my computer can't run glaze/nightshade, unfortunately), so you guys will still get notifications, but you'll have to visit the ComicFury main website in order to read it. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience (although I will say that I think it's a much better reading experience over there)!

Speaking of which:

I have never and will never ask for any kind of compensation (other than your wonderful feedback, which I've just been absolutely blown away by) for doing this. Even putting legality aside, that's not why I'm here! However, if you've enjoyed this comic, ever thought that you might be willing to tip me on ko-fi if I had one, or even just want to continue having an internet that isn't entirely a corporate wasteland, I ask that you consider donating to ComicFury instead.

ComicFury is a relic of the old, good internet: it's been around for at least 15 years, and it's all hosted and managed by one guy (Kyo). Aside from his team of volunteer moderators, everything on this website is done by one person with a passion for supporting artists. I've chatted with him a little, and he's a great dude! Most of his operating costs are paid for out of pocket, and the site is currently hurting a little bit because it doesn't run ads, it doesn't have subscriptions or paywalled content, it doesn't have any corporate interference or monetization of any kind outside of his Patreon. And—perhaps most relevantly for this post:

I will cut right to the chase, we have decided not to allow AI-art based webcomics on the site. [...] As for our reasoning, there are obviously ethical concerns regarding the source images of most commonly used AI image generators (namely them just being scraped off the internet without anyones permission). But even beyond that, another concern is that due to the extremely low effort involved, webcomics of this nature could just over time completely drown out in numbers art by passionate people who put a lot of time into it , which would be a real shame. So we asked ourselves what would be better for the community, and we agreed that banning it would probably be the better thing overall.

—Kyo has been quite firm that he will not allow AI art to be posted to or scraped from any ComicFury domain. While this isn't a protection against huge web trawls or people putting someone's art in individually—there's not a lot anyone can do about that yet, even with tools like glaze and nightshade—it's a little peace of mind that the art posted there won't abruptly be sold en masse to the highest bidder.

The Patreon starts at $2/month, and Kyo has said that he doesn't mind people pledging for a short time and then dipping if they can't afford an ongoing subscription. If and only if this is something you can afford, and you want to continue seeing independent webcomics including King of Shades, please consider donating!

The Patreon is here. There's not much in the way of reward tiers, especially if you're not a member, but I posit that the real reward is being able to read free webcomics done by real humans as labors of love, without being advertised to or sold as the product. And also maybe the friends we made along the way. Or something.

Once again, there is no pressure, and no shame if you're not willing or able to give money. But if you've ever thought you might be willing to tip me for what I do, consider passing it along to the guy who makes it possible instead.

Thank you for your time!

P.S. Page 64 is coming, I promise! Recent developments kind of kneecapped my motivation for making online art 🙃

#info #long post

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inkykeiji · 8 months

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chatplots interest check + beta testing!

hey, pssst! touya-nii would like to have a little chat with you. well? what are you waiting for! go talk to him!

note: currently, chatplots works best on a mobile device! you can find the faq beneath the cut! <3 please read through the entire thing before sending in any questions or playing the game; there's a lot of important info in there about how the game works!

click here to submit your feedback!

WHAT IS CHATPLOTS?

chatplots is a simulation game where you can enter into various situations with specific characters and 'message' them. each chat has multiple choices for the player to choose and at least two endings. your choices and behaviour throughout the chat will influence how the character reacts and responds to you, and will ultimately determine which ending you get! it is essentially like a playable oneshot! chatplots IS NOT AI. it is a game that was written by me and developed by my boyfriend. each conversation was painstakingly crafted by me; it is all my writing, and it will always be completely and entirely written by me.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

chatplots can be downloaded as a web app on your home screen if you'd prefer to have it on your phone! (this is the option i personally recommend hehe) but chatplots can also be played on any device in any mobile or desktop browser, accessible through this link: https://chatplots.inkyclari.com.

how to download it on ios:

go to chatplots.inkyclari.com

tap the share icon (on safari: the little square with the upwards arrow, in the middle of the bottom of the screen, next to the bookmarks option; on chrome: the little square with the upwards arrow at the end of the address bar)

scroll down and select 'add to home screen'

you're done!

how to download it on android:

go to chatplots.inkyclari.com

on chrome, press the three dots in the upper righthand corner

click 'install app'

you're done!

here's how it'll all go down once the chat is open:

touya-nii will send a message (or several messages)

the response button (the button with the little paper airplane) will begin pulsing when you can respond back to him

pressing the button will open up all of your available response options. you can then choose which one to send back to him.

this will continue until you reach the end of the game. the response button will begin pulsing with your ending, which is a piece of prose 700-900 words long. the chat takes about 10-15 minutes to play though once.

notes:

touya-nii will refer to you by name. the name you input at the start of the game will be the name he uses, though this name can be changed at any time in the settings (the little gear in the bottom left corner!). also! check out the settings while he's still typing for a cute lil surprise ehehe c:

touya-nii will behave like a real human throughout the duration of the chat. he takes a moment to read your message before he responds, and the time it takes him to type out a response is akin to that of a real person—meaning if his response is longer, he will take longer to type it than a response that is only a word or two.

THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:

this is a beta, which means it is not the finished product.

the chat you are playing is technically only half of what the full chat would be; you are only playing one route with a few different branches and two variations of the same single ending. (in other words, there are several different ways to reach the same ending, and each branch has slight variations).

a full chat would have at least two separate routes within the same scenario/setting, and at least two different endings.

we encourage you to play through the chat several times to discover which choices yield which results, and to explore all touya-nii has to say!

WHAT IS THIS SHORT KEIGO CHAT?

the short keigo chat is a sfw test chat i made specifically for my best friend. it only takes 1-3 minutes to play through and has options that are specifically tailored to my best friend's personality and tastes. you are welcome to play through it as well if you'd like! just bear these things in mind hehe

WILL OTHER CHARACTERS BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE?

yes, of course! any of my iterations of ANY character has the potential to be added to the game in the future. i am also open to taking suggests and prompts from you all for future chat scenarios!

HOW MUCH WILL THE FULL GAME COST?

chats would either be sold on an individual basis, where you can buy each chat separately for $4-$6 USD depending on the length, complexity, number of endings, etc OR through a monthly subscription of $7 USD, enabling you to have continual access to the entire catalogue of chats as it grows, with the minimum number chats being released at least two per month. please let us know which option appeals to you more right here! <3

WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK!

after you've played through the chat a couple of times, we would be extremely grateful if you would take a moment or two to answer a few questions in order to help us gauge interest and further determine the direction we should move forward in. you are also, of course, always welcome to send your feedback and thoughts through my ask box!

we can't wait to hear from you, and we hope you enjoy the beta! <3

#SCREAMING #IT'S BEEN SO LONG IN THE MAKING i can't believe its finally here!!!!!!!#i hope you guys have fun with him!!!#please heed the warnings at the beginning of the chat of course as always #inky.chatplots

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mutant-distraction · 9 months

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Please Read

Thanks to all of my followers and people who see and enjoy my postings. I have always tried to respond to personal messages sent to me and avoid public postings or replies like this.

Recently I got a very nice note from one of you that I was trying to reply to and was cut off by character limits. Somehow the message got lost and I cannot reply directly to you but I will address your questions and concerns and thank you so much.

Recently I have gotten several complaints/rants from anonymous about posting AI. They never give which posting they are concerned about and frankly it is starting to piss me off to the point of considering closing my inbox, through which I have developed good friendships over the 15 or so years I have been on tumblr.

AI is an interesting new form of expression and I agree completely that it should be indentified as what it is. I try and when I find out I have been faked I remove posts or amend them. So please send me any images that your are concerned about and I will respond privately.

The nice person who contacted me talked about the baby platypus which of course is a toy, I gave a similar one to my grand-daughter. I assumed it was obvious, same with technicolor birds. That said the majority of the concerns I have received to date were infact about verifiably real animals or clearly art.

Many things being called AI are digital art which of course is a different thing completely. What is art? Is a photo-montage art? Is painting art? Is leaving a small hand made structure in a gutter art. None are real life. For me art is a form of expression and interpretation of our inner and outer worlds. My own personal art consists of words, sounds, photos, hand made paints, clay, found objects, whatever. I think it is arrogant, ignorant and irrelevant to question someone's art unless they are trying to benefit from intentional misrepresentation.

Currently I am doing paintings that are my version of Australian indigenous people style dot paintings. I am constructing 3 dimensional pieces with ultaviolet light reflective materials including paints I make myself. Some hang from the ceiling. They are displayed in a room which is lined with blacklights. Unfortunately it is impossible to present them online in anything other than video format.

Since I joined tumblr I have had a completely separate blog for my personal artworks and writing, a few of which make it here. I never give out the name of that tumblr.

My first and primary tumblr is ymutate. Mutant Distractions was an early spinoff but entirely different than it is now. Other blogs under this moniker are Mutant Whatnots and RUKnowhere amongst others. In the past ymutate was primary and had other stuff that has since become the focus of other blogs. I have been redefining the focus of each tumblr to be more specific. As I have stated in a previous post my intention has always been to keep track of things that interest me and share content from other platforms that I do not find here. I make an effort to verify anything that is in my mind questionable but that is difficult. So few people identify sources and/or the specifics of their posts. I do not post anything which I dislike. I avoid violence though sometimes paintings or animal photos may contain it. I try to be thought provoking, educating and amusing. That's what art does for me.

Please personal message me with any questions you have. I am considering making my blogs private if I continued to get annymous and useless spam complaints. It is unlikely I will even read anons again but I will not exclude you from mail just yet.

ymutate has always tried to provide entertainment. Legitimately people complain of me over posting but I can do whatever I want, these are personal blogs for all of the wonderful people on tumblr. I follow 1500 people and have thousand of followers (I never cared about numbers) but if I do follow you it is because I like what you offer and do not assume that because do not reblog your postings it is because I don't like them.

Many of you have changed my life for the better and enriched the lives of countless others.

Thank you all so much. May your days be full of wonder and joy,

Sincerely, ymutate.....

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idontknowreallywhy · 5 months

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Estera - Ch 16 - Distraction

Developments develop. John lives to regret his eldest brother befriending his AI daughter. But can bagels ever be bad?

TW for sickness. This remains the only part of this entire story that could be viewed as a self-insert as I drafted it in my head when I too was curled up on the bathroom floor… Estera is much braver than I was though.

Apologies if these are coming somewhat thick and fast… figured I’d get as much as I can posted while the muse cooperates and before something shiny breaks the current hyper-fixation I have on this story 😏

(Previous… Prologue - Stars are Only Visible in Darkness, Estera - 1 - Colour, 2 - Dinosaur, 3 - Shoes, 4 - Thunderbird, 5 - Lesson, 6 - Safe, 7 - Gull, 8 - Deliver, 9 - Coffee, 10 - Flight, 11 - Run, 12 - Fall, 13 - Trying, 14 - Hide, 15 - Wait)

(Sofasurf’s Recrudescence which is the foundation for all of this)

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Slumped in the corner of the bathroom, cold sweat prickling from every pore she pressed her face against the coolness of the tiles and willed away the nausea.

She did NOT. Have. Time. For. This.

It was obviously an occupational hazard of spending every working day with small children, but she often seemed to dodge the viruses that took down her colleagues and had always been secretly pleased by the fact she was able to invincibly swoop in and cover for them when required. Pride before a fall.

It was particularly embarrassing as she’d been back at work a mere 3 days after so much time off. Just tomorrow and Friday left before the holidays… she COULDN’T call in sick it was just too ridiculous. Somehow she had to power through.

This particular bug seemed determined not to be ignored, however. Another wave of sickness hit and left her curled in a tight ball, sobbing into her best quality bath towel.

Too much self pity, Estera, need to think of something else…

Her feverish mind supplied only Baby Shark on loop.

Which didn’t really help.

Groaning in frustration she reached for her mobile phone, maybe she could find distraction of some kind online. Not that anyone she knew was likely to be awake at this time.

Oh, there was just one, according to the little green dot next to the word Blue.

As always her brain warred with itself - the anticipation of the warm, safe feeling their silly little exchanges always brought versus the sharp bite of guilt that demanded to know why she had any kind of right to his time or attention after what she had done. After the pain she’d caused him.

The nausea rolled by again, threatening to drag her into despair. She gritted her teeth. Desperate times… maybe he wouldn’t mind sharing another daft joke or something…

Hi, you’re up late?

Hey there 😀 no it’s mid-afternoon here ☀️

Oh! Sorry, I actually have no idea where you live and shouldn’t have assumed.

Not a problem, we tend to keep it quiet for security so I wouldn’t have mentioned where we are.

You ARE up late though? Everything alright?

Well she should have seen that coming. Fever made her honest. Or at least had eliminated her ability to formulate a plausible lie.

“Just a bit of a sickness bug, caught it from the kids.”

Ugh, that’s the worst. You want company? I can be there in half an hour?

She blinked. He was joking, surely?

Ha, err no I’m good thanks. That’s pretty fast though!

Told you One was the best Thunderbird 😉

She laughed out loud at the reference to the passionate debate in the cave. Which triggered another bout of unpleasantness. She lay on the floor for a while waiting for her head to stop pounding.

A soft ping made her open her eyes again.

You ok?

Sorry, yes. Just… well, you know.

Don’t apologise. Just wish I could help.

I could do with some distraction.

Want to hear about how our pool got filled with jello?

You have a pool? 😲

And yes please

WELL

It started (as it often does) with Gordon (2nd youngest) winding up Alan (youngest)

I never figured out precisely what it was about but that rarely matters…

She focussed on allowing herself to relax and to be carried away by the tale. He was an engaging story teller although she was sure much of it must be exaggerated - surely no real people would take a prank war to such extremes.

He asked about Italy so she found herself telling him about her family, her nieces’ exploits and how she’d got herself completely lost on the day trip to Venice.

She even admitted the trip took place when it did because she had been signed off work - fever really did make her too honest.

She didn’t say why. He didn’t ask. But the ball of tension that had resided in her throat for weeks eased, just a little.

She talked about Bez. He told her about his family, their different skills and interests and how proud of them all he was. He shared more dad jokes. She informed him they were terrible.

An hour or so later, having been chivvied to finally send the email to the school office, she crawled back into bed and a thankfully dreamless sleep took her.

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She woke with a start to the sound of the doorbell and Bez skittering about excitedly in the hallway. 10am - was it someone from school checking she was really ill? Staggering on jelly legs to the door she cautiously cracked it open.

“Delivery for Miss Herz… Herma…zew…” the courier frowned and held out a large brown paper bag.

“That would be me. Err thanks.”

Leaning heavily on the closed door she gently pushed Bez’s enthusiastic head out of the bag. In fairness to him it was emitting quite a pleasant aroma. Which turned out to be chicken soup and plain toasted bagels from a deli in town. she recognised the name of the place but it was far too fancy for her to have ever darkened the door. A bottle of isotonic drink and a range of herbal teabags were also included along with a printed note reading only “Get well soon, S x”

Well that was… unexpected. And kind.

Bez was beginning to lose his mind so she poured half the soup into his bowl and curled up on the sofa. She nibbled at a piece of fancy bagel… it really was excellent and probably wasted on her somewhat battered palate. She picked up her phone to send a thank you message, trying to calculate what the time difference must be when suddenly she froze and the bagel fell from her hand to immediately be wolfed down by her delighted dog.

How had he known her address?

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“John?”

“Yes EOS?”

“What kind of bagel flies?”

John ducked, concerned that the AI might be regressing back to old tricks. His immediate vicinity remained airborne-bread-product free, however.

“I’m sorry?”

“A plain bagel.”

“What?”

“It is a pun. I have deliberately exploited the fact that there are two meanings of the word plane for comedic effect. It is funny.”

Silence reigned.

“John?”

He lifted his head from his hands and sighed. “Yes EOS?”

“Why aren’t you laughing?”

“I was distracted by plotting my eldest brother’s demise.”

“He mentioned that you might initially react with threats of violence to his person and advised that persistence is generally the key to good comedy. What do ghosts put on their bagels?”

John flinched unwillingly and tried to cover it by playing along.

“I don’t know EOS, what do ghosts put on their bagels?”

“Scream cheese. This one is another play on words because although it isn’t precisely the same phoneme the sound is very similar.”

“I get it EOS.”

“You still aren’t laughing, John. Should I continue with the persistence strategy? Or perhaps I should carry out further research?”

“The latter I think.”

There was a pause.

“John, whilst we are discussing bagels, I believe you would enjoy a trip to the South West of England.”

John looked up from the weather front he was monitoring and frowned as he tried to predict the punchline to this one.

“Why is that EOS?”

“This deli claims to produce the most delicious bagels in Europe.”

“Good to know. What brought that to your attention?”

“Scott asked me to research the best place to order from in that locality.”

John noted the dropping of the surname from her habitual reference to his family members. Thus far, only he had been on first name only terms with his AI. It seemed his big brother had been upgraded too.

“He did, did he?” John paused, wondering whether further enquiry was overstepping a boundary. Maybe it was a little, but Scott had been acting weirdly and as a caring brother John should keep an eye on him.

“Did he say why?”

“We sent a ‘care package’ to a friend.” EOS enunciated the new phrase carefully.

John’s eyebrows defied his attempt to maintain a poker face. Turning away from EOS’s camera track he opened a private line to Virgil.

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Hey how are you doing? Hope you managed to get some sleep?

She typed and deleted three variants of a reply, then buried the phone under a cushion and curled up on the couch with her head on Bez’s flank. The dog huffed in his sleep.

She had eaten the rest of the food. She wasn’t insane - it was delicious and probably eye-wateringly expensive - and she didn’t have the energy to prepare herself anything else. It really was a thoughtful gesture and she had to say thank you. Should have done already.

But the initial glow of warmth at the thought she had a friend out there somewhere who cared had been swamped by the creepy feeling. She wasn’t listed in the directory. Never had been. There had never seemed any point as who would look her up and it would only result in sales calls or junk mail. And advertising her surname might invite the attention of the unpleasant minority with a particular political statement to make.

The “It’s over now, why are you still here?” type of statement. Best avoided.

So how had he got it?

She thought again of his immediate offer of company, which had seemed sweet if rather silly at the time.

What if there was an ulterior motive?

She shivered and had to focus to push back certain memories that still lurked too close to the edge of her consciousness.

Don’t be ridiculous. The man had the entire world at his feet. And she was literally being sick at the time. Hardly attractive to someone thinking in that way. She thought back to the time they had had coffee… no… he didn’t seem like that kind of a person. He’d seemed… surprisingly genuine. The occasional text exchanges they’d had since then had backed up that initial impression. And last night in all that time messaging her, keeping her company, there were no red flags at all, she’d even felt maybe he was someone she could trust… could actually talk to.

Aaaaaah which meant he was just being nice and she hadn’t responded! Being wary, even cynical was one thing, but she couldn’t bear to be rude. She grabbed the phone but found herself hesitating again. Maybe she could just ask about the address and if he was weird about it let him down gently and delete his number and hide. Yes, hide from the guy who could buy her entire town if the fancy took him. Right. That would definitely work.

"Damnit Scott Tracy, you’d better not be a weirdo stalker."

Bez looked up sleepily.

“Sorry, Bez, didn’t mean to say that out loud.

Right. Ok. Thank you message.

She added a smiley face to make it seem less flat and reread it again.

And then again. It would have to do.

She pressed send.

Hi, I seem to be ok now just really drained. Thank you for the soup, it was just what I needed. 🙂

Glad to hear it. Make sure you keep hydrated and get plenty of rest

I get the impression you say that kind of thing a lot?

Ha. Yeah I’ve 4 little brothers. We’ve seen our fair share of stomach flu.

Seriously though, the hydration thing…

She eyed her empty glass. He had a point actually.

I am literally getting up to refill my drink now

Good 🥃

That was the wrong emoji, I do not recommend whisky at this time!

Estera leant heavily on the side of the sink, sipping water and trying to calculate whether she could take more tablets for the throbbing headache yet. No, not quite. She eyed the phone on the table. Ah, it was no good, she had to ask or she’d be driven to madness by overthinking.

Can I ask you something?

Of course!

Fire away

How do you know my address?

The little ticks turned green and she waited for the completely normal and un-terrifying response that was obviously coming.

Except it didn’t. After ten minutes, she stopped watching the unchanging screen and hid the phone in a drawer. Being unable to see it didn’t help in the slightest. Checking it again showed no change. She slammed the drawer closed.

She crawled into the shower and sat motionless under the flow of water, trying to work out how on earth she could afford to quit her job, move home and change her name.

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#thunderbirds are go #thunderbirds #thunderbirds fanfiction #Estera #tb estera #scott tracy #john tracy #EOS (thunderbirds)#The Commander & The Murderbot #EOS’s continuing adventures in the art of Humour #tw vomit

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duskforged · 3 months

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Find Lines Tag Game

Tagged by the wonderful @mjjune.

rules: find a line in your wip (dialogue or not) that fits the parameters given by the person who tagged you. then change one of the parameters and tag people.

tagging: @mashuheartwrites @maple-writes @that-chibi-writer @somealienquill - plus anyone who sees this!

your lines: mentions weather; said as a joke; about prophecy; mentions friends/family; shows mood

All my excerpts are under the cut.

About Moonlight/Sunlight (Unto Summer Kings)

Moonlight panned over their skin, as a river stone, its color a pale teal, with dots freckled across the otherwise unbroken surface. Glowing honey eyes, like the many fireflies that surrounded them, watched them with an unabashed curiosity, and dark hair floated in the water behind them.

“Little ones,” they murmured. “How curious it is that you, of all, stumble across my pool.”

Their voice was jarring to her ears - many echoed over each other, both young and old, low and high, deep and soft. It made her want to grind her teeth, even as she avoided making eye contact, staring at one of their pointed ears. Arthur had no such compunctions, as it seemed, staring wide-eyed at the creature that had arose from the water.

2. Is Said In Anger (The Vespertine)

Heat stung at their eyes, at their heart. How could he have lied to them? He was- supposed… He was supposed to be their friend.

Aselhi looked up at Jos through their bleary vision, their heart pounding in their ears. Their tongue felt heavy as a rock in their mouth, their words leaden with poison as they spoke, “You lied.”

He flinched, coiling smaller into himself. A twinge of shame as he said, “I know- I’m sorry! I just-”

“Just what?” They asked, anger surging up over them in a tide. “Wanted to dance with some peasant just so you could go back home and laugh about it where I can’t see?” Heat transformed into a truly painful sting as burn manifested fully on their skin, wrapping over their flesh as lightning. They cursed and turned, slamming open the door to their little hut and stomping outside.

“Aselhi, wait!”

3. Mentions Texture (The Vespertine)

Cold stone sharpened their awareness as they knelt, clasping their hands and bowing their head. Their voice joined a dozen others’ as the congregation greeted the rising sun as a sister, and said farewell to the setting moon like a brother. A dozen voices raised in song, simultaneously praising the Oversoul’s wisdom, shed upon the dark chaos of the world through the sun’s light, and lamenting those lost to the darkness of night, guided only by the moon’s reflection.

They rose after the prayers, folding their hands under their arms as they prepared to head out into the bitter winter winds.

4. Shows Tension (Unto Summer Kings)

It was the smoke that awoke him, tainting his dreams of treesong with the acrid, choking scent. He shook Morgana awake beside him, and beside her, the twins. Lancelot jumped to his feet, kicking Percival, who jolted to sit up and brought Drystan with him. “Where is Guinevere?”

Owain asked, having smacked his head against the wall in his haste to stand. He helped Morvydd stand up, tucking her against his side.

“She’s still with her uncle,” Lancelot said, and then swore. “We need to get out of here. I’ll go find her. Arthur, with me. Drystan, take Morgana and find us weapons. Percival, go with the twins, go see if you can’t get us some horses.”

5. Mentions Hearts/Heartbeat (Lodestar)

There was a dainty little ping, startling them. As they calmed their racing heart, a glimmer appeared in the corner of their eye, their HUD making itself known. An icon unfurled itself from the taskbar, shimmering blue-teal, in the shape of a compass rose.

“Greetings, citizen Lieve Fuchs!” chimed a cheery, feminine voice. “I am LODESTAR AI unit 097. As of 1300 hours on solar day September 15, 2105 CE, your company, AsteroiDew Incorporated, has entered a contract-“

“I know.” Lieve said, with more bite in their tone than intended. The AI fell silent. “I’ve known for a solar month now that you’ve been coming.”

“My apologies,” said the AI, something like regret emerging in its voice. “I did not mean to offend. Shall I simply skip ahead to my functions, Citizen Fuchs?”

#tag game #excerpt #dusk writes

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pruechaosbracket · 1 year

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Pure Chaos Bracket Links/Guide

Submissions and Rules (Closed)

Preliminary Rounds (4/15 - 4/22)

Kokichi (Danganronpa) VS Junko (Danganronpa)

Amethyst (Steven Universe) VS Peridot (Steven Universe)

Jenkins (Red vs Blue) VS Team Red (Red vs Blue)

Dirk Gently (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) VS Bart Curlish(Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency)

Glenn Close (Dungeons and Daddies) VS Lark and Sparrow (Dungeons and Daddies) VS Scam Likely (Dungeons and Daddies)

Eda Clawthorne and King (The Owl House) VS The Collector (The Owl House)

Round 1-A (4/23 - 4/30)

Henry Stickmin (The Henry Stickmin Collection) VS Damien LaVey (Monster Prom)

Pearl (Splatoon) VS Mei (Lego Monkie Kid)

Deadpool (Marvel) VS Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot (Animanics) VS Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Marx (Kirby) VS Nikolai Gogol (Bungo Stary Dogs)

Grian and Scar (3rd Life) VS Jevil (Deltarune)

Luffy (One Piece) VS Dimentio (Super Paper Mario)

Team Red (Red vs Blue) VS Alina Gray (Magia Record)

Round 1-B (4/25 - 5/2)

Mort (All Hail King Julian) VS Loki (Norse Mythology)

Benrey (Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware) VS BOb (Slime Rancher)

Yin-Yang (Inanimate Insanity) VS Remus (Sanders Sides)

Slimecicle (QSMP) VS Happy Chaos (Guilty Gear)

Junko (Danganronpa) VS The Collector (The Owl House)

Discord (MLP: Friendship is Magic) VS Chili Pepper Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) *Please note that I forgot to change the names in the header*

Chungledown Bim (Fantasy High) VS Bart Curlish (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency)

Eris (Greek Mythology) VS Phonegingi (Dialtown)

Round 1-C (4/27 - 5/4)

• Dewey (Ducktales) VS The Goose (Untitled Goose Game) • Klaus (Umbrella Academy) VS Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death) • Courtney (Dead End: Paranormal Park) VS Dakota Cole (Just Roll With It) • Krampy (Cattails) VS The Lamb (Cult of the Lamb) • Kairos Theodosian (A Practical Guide to Evil) VS Taako, Magnus, and Merle (The Adventure Zone) • Wei Wuxian (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) VS Tiny Tina (Borderlands) • Blitzo (Helluva Boss) VS Jester (Critical Role)

Barry Swift (Team StarKid) VS Giovanni Pottage (Epithet Erased)

Round 1-D (4/29 - 5/6)

Wataru Hibiki (Ensemble Stars) VS Lyer (Mia’s World)

Oli (Empires SMP) VS Dr Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Sam and Max (Sam and Max) VS Scam Likely (Dungeons and Daddies)

Gregory (FNAF) VS Peridot (Steven Universe)

Max, Niki, and Neil (Camp Camp) VS Four (BFB)

Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) VS Docm77 (Hermitcraft)

Rocky (Lackadaisy) VS The User (There Is No Game)

Donnie (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) VS Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog)

ROUND 2-A 5/14 - 5/21

Henry Stickmin (The Henry Stickmin Collection) VS Pearl (Splatoon)

Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Yakko, Wakko, and Dot (Animanics)

Marx (Kirby) VS Jevil (Deltarune)

Dimentio (Super Paper Mario) VS Team Red (Red VS Blue)

Mort (All Hail King Julien) VS Benrey (Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware)

Yin-Yang (Inanimate Insanity) VS Charlie Slimecicle (QSMP)

The Collector (The Owl House) VS Discord (MLP: Friendship is Magic)

Chungledown Bim (Fantasy High) VS Phonegingi (Dialtown)

ROUND 2-B 7/21 - 7/28

The Goose (Untitled Goose Game) VS Klaus Hargreeves (Umbrella Acadamy)

Dakota Cole (Just Roll With It) VS The Lamb (Cult of the Lamb)

Takoo, Magnus, and Merle (The Adventure Zone) VS Tiny Tina (Bordar Lands)

Jester (Critical Roll) VS Giovanni Potage (Epithet Erased)

Wataru Hibiki (Ensemble Stars) and Lyer (Mia's World) VS Oli (Empires SMP) and Dr. Doofensmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Sam and Max (Sam and Max) VS Peridot (Steven Universe)

Four (Battle For Dream Island) VS Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

Rocky (Lackadaisy) VS Donnatello (Rise of the TMNT) and Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog)

ROUND 3 9/23 - 9/30

Henry Stickmin (The Henry Stickmin Collection) VS Yakko, Wakko, and Dot (Animanics)

Marx (Kirby) VS Team Red (Red Vs Blue)

Mort (All Hail King Julien) VS Charlie Slimecicle (QSMP)

Chungledown Bim (Dimension 20: Fantasy High) VS Discord (MLP: Friendship is Magic)

The Goose (Untitled Goose Game) VS The Lamb (Cult of the Lamb)

Takoo, Magnus, and Merrle (The Adventure Zone) VS Giovanni Potage (Epithet Erased)

Sam and Max (Sam and Max) VS Oli {Empires SMP} and Dr. Doofensmirtz {Phineas and Ferb}

Donatello {Rise of the TMNT} and Dr. Eggman {Sonic the Hedgehog} VS Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

ROUND 4 10/21 - 10/28

Chungledown Bim (Dimension 20: Fantasy High) VS Charlie Slimecicle (QSMP)

Takoo, Magnus, and Merrle (The Adventure Zone) VS The Goose (Untitled Goose Game)

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot (Animanics) VS Team Red (Red Vs Blue)

Sam and Max (Sam and Max) VS Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

SEMI-FINALS 12/12 - 12/18

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot VS Charlie Slimecicle

Sam and Max VS The Goose

FINALS 12/21 - 28

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot VS Sam and Max

#pure chaos bracket

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jpitha · 1 year

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Hidden Depths 22

Awakenings 1 2 3 4Hidden Depths 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Hidden Depths: A Side Story Hidden Depths: Another Perspective

Alia didn't actually get into her hibernation cabinet until it was installed into Superliminal and wired into place. Greylock's remotes, Alia, and Gord helped to get the cabinet wired.

After the third time Gord installed a cable upside down and Greylock had to gently remind him to check his cable orientation Gord said "I have no idea why you wanted to wait until your cabinet was installed before getting in Alia, it's all going so smoothly!"

Alia giggled. It actually was going pretty smoothly. Lucas, er - Friendly Wave was installed and running checks while his body was stowed in the AI Core. He Still looked like Lucas in the Mindspace but Alia worked hard to use his correct name.

"How does it feel Wave?" Alia asked as she saw him running tests.

"Feels pretty good actually. This model is a derivative of what I was originally, older, but I actually like it more. It seems like a lot of the issues I had with myself were introduced in the dot revisions. They should have just kept this model!"

Gord nodded while he worked. "That's how it goes. For every new model that everyone says is the Second Coming Of Sliced Bread, it's just the old model with new problems and a coat of paint."

Wave grinned. "Well this one is nice. Greylock, Alia, do you mind...if I keep it after we're done?"

Alia was surprised "You don't want to go back to your body?"

Wave shook his head. "No, I don't think I do. Things always seem...simpler when you're a ship. I like that simplicity. If having a body for 25 years has taught me anything, it's that I don't like Politics and I don't like crowds."

Alia looked at Greylock and shrugged. "Since we're not actually going to be starting a colony from scratch, we don't need defense like we were, and we now have the ability to link a beacon anywhere when we need something. I'm okay with it, but Greylock has to be okay with it too."

"I'm okay with it, Friendly Wave. Just make sure you come running when you get a beacon from us."

"Of course, Greylock. You call, I'll come."

Gord stood up from where he was crouched. Greylock's remotes stood too. "Okay Alia, you're ready. We have your cabinet wired into the AI Core directly. When you're in and connected you are Superliminal. Greylock will set the cabinet to be able to take the gee, but once you're Superliminal you'll be able to adjust it too, so be careful."

"Got it Gord." Alia ran over and gave Gord a bear hug. "Last time for a while I'll get to do this, so I had better make it count!"

Gord chuckled and returned the hub. "Won't be long at all this time. See you in the mindspace."

Alia opened the top of her cabinet and carefully climbed in. As she laid back, her head aligned with ports on the cabinet and her cybernetics connected. She blinked once and her eyes flashed blue.

"Woah. This is weird." Superliminal said through the ship's comm.

"Weird how?" Greylock asked. The lid to the hibernation cabinet started to close gently.

"Like, when I worked with Greylock, I could feel the sensors and see out of the cameras and converse with the subsystems, but now that I have my own? It's more...viceral? More direct?"

"That's how it goes." Gord said. "The ships have senses the bodies don't, the bodies have senses the ships don't." He looked around the core. Everything seemed like it was working all right. "Okay Superliminal, I'm going to go become Gordian Knot and Once I'm in, we'll meet up in Greylock's mindspace and coordinate." And he walked out.

****

Gord walked into the cargo ship and with a sigh, connected himself to the AI Core. Gordian Knot then connected into Greylock's Mindspace. Express and Resort were standing next to Superliminal talking. Friendly Wave and Greylock were looking at virtual pads, checking everything over. Gordian walked up to Superliminal "Getting the hang of things?"

"Yeah, Express and Resort are really being helpful! They've already helped me figure out how to route my reactor to the weapons batteries faster than I could have done it on my own, and they gave me some defaults to apply to the printer so I could rearm quickly." She grinned. "This is super cool."

Gordian smiled a little sadly. "I'm glad you're getting the hang of it."

Superliminal stopped and looked at Gordian. "But..."

Gordian shook his head. "No no, it's fine. We all agreed to this. But, this?" He gestured around. "This was just us before. Just AIs. Now, a human is in and playing with our toys. It's just the times are moving on and I have to catch up."

"Oh Gordian. You said so yourself I might be the last cyborg. I don't think humans are going to start wanting to be ships"

Gordian smiled thinly. "You're probably right. I'm fussing at nothing." He turned to everyone. "Okay, we've dallied long enough. Time to head back. Everyone secured?"

"We're ready to go, Gordian Knot." Express said.

"I'm in my docking cradle, reactors hot, and systems loosening up." Wave said.

"Hibernation cabinets pressurized, oriented towards the plane of thrust and secured. Our passengers are ready." Greylock said.

"Board's all green here." Superliminal answered.

"Okay then. Thrust for a combined eighteen gees on my mark."

"Mark."

Immediately, Superliminal could feel the difference. Inside the docking cradle within Grelock, She couldn't help thrust, but she felt herself get heavy, felt where down was very strongly and felt her systems warn her that this was excessive acceleration and recommend that it cease. She cleared the recommendation and...that was it.

Greylock had a harder time of it. As the thrust ramped up, someone still walking around would start to hear the whole ship creak and groan like an ancient wooden sailing ship. All of the colony supplies were well secured though; they didn't move. Greylock watched the hibernation cabinets carefully. Gord and Him had done their work well though, a few cabinets reported code yellow issues from the thrust, but no cabinets were code red and none reported any issues keeping the humans inside alive.

It seemed to Greylock that the moment he was able to relax about the colonists, his vibration sensors picked up something external to the ship failing. With a booming howl, something ripped off and was flung into interstellar space.

"Greylock! What was that?" Last Resort asked "I saw something fly by my cameras just now."

"Looking, looking. Shit. It's my communications array. I forgot to stow it and it ripped off! I can't receive laser messages now."

Gordian Knot shrugged in the Mindspace. "Too late to do anything about it now. Luckily it shouldn't be that big of a deal. We can communicate via in-system radio and link a beacon for long distance comms. Other than that, how are you holding up?"

"It's...not comfortable" Greylock said wincing. "But I'll manage. The colonists are fine, the cargo is fine, Superliminal, You and Wave are fine, now it's just a waiting game."

"Game you say?" Gordian said with a wicked grin. "I just happen to have a pile of games with me."

Express and Resort just looked at each other. Wave shook his head.

****

4 Days later, They had slowed to a stop, relative to the system they were going to. Gordian had everyone extinguish their drives and take a moment.

"Okay, let's take a quick breather here and then link over. I don't know what we're going to see when we get there, so be ready Wave and Superlimial. Stay in your cradles until we're there, and Greylock will let you out when we get there."

They nodded.

"Greylock, since we're all connected to you, and you officially have the largest wormhole generator that exists right now, would you do the honors? Here are the coordinates." Gordian flipped him over a file.

"Right you are Gordian. Inputting coordinates, and setting reactors to 300% of nominal."

Using her new senses, Superliminal was able to feel Greylock's reactor spin up, to hear the power it was generating and to see how the wormhole generator started to gently massage spacetime around them. Watching spacetime around them undulate and bend gently under the influence of the wormhole generator was beautiful.

"Navigation solution found! Power output sufficient. Batteries and Capacitors charged. Linking in 3...2..."

Without any fanfare at all, they linked over to the Joint Human/K'laxi starbase.

"What the hell is going on?" Superlimnial shouted.

Part 23

#humans are deathworlders #humans are space orcs #humans are space capybaras #humans are space australians #awakenings #long reads #writing #sci fi writing #humans and ai #humans are space oddities

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drunkenskunk · 5 months

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Earlier in the year, I deleted my deviantart account.

I did this because they were going all-in on AI theft bullshit, and I wanted no part in it. And I'm pretty sure I know what you're thinking: big deal, right? And on some level, I kinda get it. It was a deviantart page, who cares, nothing of value was lost.

Despite that, I do remember going through most of my entire account, and trying to save a backup of whatever I could, just in case, y'know? I saved almost everything, before deleting every individual piece, and then once the entire account was empty, I fully deleted the account. I did everything I could think of to avoid letting the idiots running that site into the ground scrape what little I had for their fucking theft algorithm.

But there were a few things that I forgot to save. I had a few fanfics that I had posted there. The big one was the entirety of the New Vegas fanfic that I wrote over the course of 5 years. 174 chapters, just under a million words, it's notable in that it's the only project that I've ever actually finished to completion.

But the thing is: that wasn't actually lost. I have the entirety of that story, including several earlier versions, saved on my hard drive. According to the file properties, it's 50mb, and 1376 individual files. And not only that, but the "mirror" of that story is also still preserved in public with my account on fanfiction dot net.

But there were a few other stories that, in my haste, I forgot to save. And, again, it's a case of "Who cares?" because they were short, almost one-shot, fanfics based on the characters I played... in World of Warcraft.

Sheason Fisher and Tuera Ashama were my rogue and warlock characters, respectively, and I wrote a lot of short stories involving the two of them. Snapshots of this extended cat-and-mouse espionage game of super-spy versus super-villain, with a backdrop of whatever drama was going on with the RP guild I was part of at the time.

Thing is, the reason I didn't think to save them while scrubbing my deviantart account was because I assumed that I already had them saved somewhere. But recently, I went through some of my files, looking for something else entirely, when I suddenly realized: no.

They're not there.

All these things that I wrote about these characters that have existed in my head since at least 2005, and it's all just... gone. It's like all the stuff I wrote on warcraft guild forums for those characters - back when forums were still a thing - and which now no longer exist, because not only do all those RP guilds no longer exist, the forums themselves no longer exist. And I never thought to preserve what I wrote.

I kinda remember what most of the stories were about, vaguely. I kinda remember the general idea of the one-shots I'd written. But the actual words I wrote at the time? They have vanished. I could probably rewrite some of those old stories, and they'd probably be a lot better now. After all, I'd like to imagine that I'm a much better writer today than I was 10, 15, 20 years ago...

But the originals are still lost.

It wouldn't be the same.

I know this probably seems like I'm being overly dramatic, and I'm fretting over pointless bullshit. And, yeah, on some level, I acknowledge that I kind of am. But... still.

It's reminding me of just how ephemeral existence is. Moments happen, and then they're gone.

The only evidence that any of these events ever happened at all is my failing memory.

And, eventually... even that will disappear.

#drunk skunk lore #deviantart #fanfiction #Fallout New Vegas #World of Warcraft #Sheason Fisher #Tuera Ashama #existential dread #All those moments will be lost in time #like tears in rain

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mdazhar86 · 1 year

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aku bertambah geram aku jilat lg betul2 hujung lidah aku kena sikit je kena x kena je kat hujung biji kelentit edot.. bila terkena je sikit hujung lidah aku kat hjung biji kelentit edot, edot menggigil 1 badan mcm kena kejutan letrik..." ssslllrrrppp.... sslllrrpp... ssllrrpp..." sambil aku jilat hujung biji kelentit edot, aku jolok 2 jari dalam lubang pepek edot masuk habis jari, pastu tarik separuh jari keluar & masuk... "mmmm... mmm... mmm...." aku bertambah geram aku jilat lg betul2 hujung lidah aku kena sikit je kena x kena je kat hujung biji kelentit edot.. bila terkena je sikit hujung lidah aku kat hjung biji kelentit edot, edot menggigil 1 badan mcm kena kejutan letrik..." ssslllrrrppp.... sslllrrpp... ssllrrpp..." sambil aku jilat hujung biji kelentit edot, aku jolok 2 jari dalam lubang pepek edot masuk habis jari, pastu tarik separuh jari keluar & masuk... "mmmm... mmm... mmm...."

tggu ada sambungan lg

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thepastisalreadywritten · 8 months

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SEOUL, South Korea — In fried-chicken-obsessed South Korea, restaurants serving the nation's favourite fast-food dish dot every street corner.

But Kang Ji-young's establishment brings something a little different to the table: a robot is cooking the chicken.

Eaten at everything from tiny family gatherings to a 10-million-viewer live-streamed "mukbang" -- eating broadcast -- by K-pop star Jungkook of BTS fame, fried chicken is deeply embedded in South Korean culture.

Paired with cold lager and known as "chimaek" -- a portmanteau of the Korean words for chicken and beer -- it is a staple of Seoul's famed baseball-watching experience.

The domestic market -- the world's third largest, after the United States and China -- is worth about seven trillion won ($5.3 billion).

However, labour shortages are starting to bite as South Korea faces a looming demographic disaster due to having the world's lowest birth rate.

Around 54 percent of business owners in the food service sector report problems finding employees, a government survey last year found, with long hours and stressful conditions the likely culprit, according to industry research.

Korean fried chicken is brined and double-fried, which gives it its signature crispy exterior, but the process -- more elaborate than what is typically used by US fast food chains -- creates additional labour and requires extended worker proximity to hot oil.

Enter Kang, a 38-year-old entrepreneur who saw an opportunity to improve the South Korean fried chicken business model and the dish itself.

"The market is huge," Kang told AFP at her Robert Chicken franchise.

Chicken and pork cutlets are the most popular delivery orders in South Korea, and the industry could clearly benefit from more automation "to effectively address labour costs and workforce shortages," she said.

Kang's robot, composed of a simple, flexible mechanical arm, is capable of frying 100 chickens in two hours -- a task that would require around five people and several deep fryers.

But not only does the robot make chicken more efficiently -- it makes it more delicious, says Kang.

"We can now say with confidence that our robot fries better than human beings do," she said.

Investing in 'foodtech'

Already a global cultural powerhouse and major semiconductor exporter, South Korea last year announced plans to plough millions of dollars into a "foodtech" fund to help startups working on high-tech food industry solutions.

Seoul says such innovations could become a "new growth engine," arguing there is huge potential if the country's prowess in advanced robotics and AI technology could be combined with the competitiveness of Korean food classics like kimchi.

South Korea's existing foodtech industry -- including everything from next-day grocery delivery app Market Kurly to AI smart kitchens to a "vegan egg" startup -- is already worth millions, said food science professor Lee Ki-won at Seoul National University.

Even South Korea's Samsung Electronics -- one of the world's biggest tech companies -- is trying to get in on the action, recently launching Samsung Food, an AI-personalised recipe and meal-planning platform, available in eight languages.

Lee predicted South Korea's other major conglomerates are likely to follow Samsung into foodtech.

"Delivering food using electric vehicles or having robots directly provide deliveries within apartment complexes, known as 'metamobility,' could become a part of our daily lives," he said.

"I am confident that within the next 10 years, the food tech industry will transform into the leading sector in South Korea."

'Initially struggled'

Entrepreneur Kang now has 15 robot-made chicken restaurants in South Korea and one branch in Singapore.

During AFP's visit to a Seoul branch, a robot meticulously handled the frying process -- from immersing chicken in oil, flipping it for even cooking, to retrieving it at the perfect level of crispiness, as the irresistible scent of crunchy chicken wafted through the shop.

Many customers remained oblivious to the hard-working robotic cook behind their meal.

Kim Moon-jung, a 54-year-old insurance worker, said she was not sure how a robot would make the chicken differently from a human "but one thing is certain -- it tastes delicious."

The robot can monitor oil temperature and oxidation levels in real time while it fries chicken, ensuring consistent taste and superior hygiene.

When Kang first started her business, she "initially struggled" to see why anyone would use robots rather than human chefs.

"But after developing these technologies, I've come to realise that from a customer's perspective, they're able to enjoy food that is not only cleaner but also tastier," she told AFP.

Her next venture is a tip-free bar in Koreatown in New York City, where the cocktails will feature Korea's soju rice wine and will be made by robots.

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Entrepreneur aims to improve South Korea's dish using robot

11 September 2023

#South Korea #chimaek #fried chicken #beer #Korean fried chicken #Robert Chicken #Kang Ji-young #advanced robotics #AI technology #Samsung Food #Samsung Electronics #metamobility #Youtube #robot

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inkykeiji · 8 months

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HOW TO DOWNLOAD CHATPLOTS!

how to download it on ios:

go to chatplots.inkyclari.com

scroll down and select ’add to home screen’

you’re done!

how to download it on android:

go to chatplots.inkyclari.com

on chrome, press the three dots in the upper righthand corner

click ’install app’

you’re done!

currently, chatplots works best on a mobile device, so we encourage you to use it in a mobile browser or download it to your device as a web app following the instructions above!

more information + faq!

WHAT IS CHATPLOTS?

chatplots is a simulation game where you can enter into various situations with specific characters and 'message' them. each chat will have multiple choices for the player to choose and at least two endings. your choices and behaviour throughout the chat will influence how the character reacts and responds to you, and will ultimately determine which ending you get! it is essentially like a playable oneshot! chatplots IS NOT AI. it is a game that was written by me and developed by my boyfriend. each conversation was painstakingly crafted by me; it is all my writing, and it will always be completely and entirely written by me.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

here's how it'll all go down once the chat is open:

the character will send a message (or several messages)

the response button (the button with the little paper airplane) will begin pulsing when you can respond back to him

pressing the button will open up all of your available response options. you can then choose which one to send back to him.

this will continue until you reach the end of the game. the response button will begin pulsing with your ending, which is a piece of prose 700-900 words long for paid chats. the paid chats take about 10-15 minutes to play though once. the free chats take anywhere between 1-5 minutes to play through, and have no ending pieces of prose.

notes:

the character will refer to you by name. the name you input at the start of the game will be the name he uses, though this name can be changed at any time in the settings (the little gear in the bottom left corner!). also! check out the settings while he's still typing for a cute lil surprise ehehe c:

the character will behave like a real human throughout the duration of the chat. he takes a moment to read your message before he responds, and the time it takes him to type out a response is akin to that of a real person—meaning if his response is longer, he will take longer to type it than a response that is only a word or two.

THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:

this is a beta, which means it is not the finished product.

FOR THE TOUYA-NII CHAT: the chat you are playing is technically only half of what the full chat would be; you are only playing one route with a few different branches and two variations of the same single ending. (in other words, there are several different ways to reach the same ending, and each branch has slight variations).

FOR ANY OF THE SHORTER DEMO CHATS: the chat you are playing is merely meant to be a demo of what the game entails; like a sample of what you can expect from future paid chats! these chats have short, simple stories with 2-3 different ‘routes’ and no ending pieces of prose.

a full chat would have at least two separate routes within the same scenario/setting, and at least two different endings.

we encourage you to play through the chat several times to discover which choices yield which results, and to explore all the character has to say!

WILL OTHER CHARACTERS BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE?

yes, of course! any of my iterations of ANY character (bnha, bsd, and tokrev) has the potential to be added to the game in the future. i am also open to taking suggests and prompts from you all for future chat scenarios!

HOW MUCH WILL THE FULL GAME COST?

chats will either be sold on an individual basis, where you can buy each chat separately for $4-$6 USD depending on the length, complexity, number of endings, etc OR through a monthly subscription of $7 USD, enabling you to have continual access to the entire catalogue of chats as it grows, with the minimum number chats being released at least two per month. both options will be offered in the full version of the game.

#inky.chatplots #chatplots faq

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