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Irileth knew that her life had rules.
To live in a world such as Tamriel, there was a undercurrent understanding that life was not going to be easy when there were beings like the Aedra and the Daedra, the primal forces which influenced in the lives of the mortal races. It was through them that Tamriel was made after all, the Aedra sacrificing much of their legendary power to give life, to shape the mountains, to ensure that there was. The Daedra were the opposite, giv...
2024-02-13 01:01:28 +0000 UTC
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"Jesus, look at that," the pilot said, awed.
Below them, it was the veritable scene of the apocalypse. A shrine to industrial capitalism laid low. Sedans, SUVs. Big cars, small cars. The roads of Kentucky were chockful of them, compressed together as sardines in a can.. Some of their drivers clearly tried to get out, swerving onto the side of the road. A useless attempt as it only got them stuck in the mud. The Cowboy leaned out a little bit, spotting a trailer on its s...
2024-02-08 02:05:07 +0000 UTC
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Do no harm.
The very point of a doctor's being was the Hippocratic Oath, the sacred and sacrosanct promise to the Gods to help the sick, to prevent disease, and forever make sure that Death will never claim the lives of men with science as their sword and their medicine as their shield. To preserve life rather than end it. Doctor Blair knew and held that oath sacred, so much so that she would never go out of her way to harm anyone if she could help it.
But for whoev...
2024-02-06 01:43:25 +0000 UTC
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"They're motivated," the Cowboy said, watching the entire exchange unfold. His mask was gone now, him and the Buyer safe inside one of the buildings. Their eyes were bright from watching a few screens whose cameras gave a direct view over the refugees. A part of him rankled that they were essentially having a whole group of people at their whim, it just didn't feel right to do it, but he understood the necessity of constant monitoring over the men and women now inside their camp.&n...
2024-02-01 04:06:22 +0000 UTC
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The Buyer said nothing, noting the looks on the Kentuckians. He cleared his throat, getting their focus on him. "I'll leave you all to talk about it. Once you decide on something, just ask any of my guys." He then turned to the Cowboy and nodded. It seemed to be a signal of sorts as he and the armed men moved off, leaving them all to glance at each other.
"Now what?" Elis asked, looking to the others. To Roy, to Jackie.
"He wants to fight off an entire sta...
2024-01-30 03:56:48 +0000 UTC
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"Who are you?" Jackie asked quickly, her voice finding strength over the din of the news casters speaking in the radio, and the murmurs of her fellow Kentuckians. As eyes turned towards her, Jackie could not help but flush. She asked her question immediately and without thinking of what might happen next. Oh god, was that rude of her to ask?
Her reply was a swift chuckle from the Buyer who shook his head. He answered, his voice reaching gentle levity. "I am a concerned...
2024-01-27 01:29:15 +0000 UTC
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Screams.
Flesh torn apart by teeth, the sinew of victim ripped from them forcefully by sheer cannibalistic rage. The eyes of the predators primal and hungry, focused only in brutality. Jackie screamed as the infected horde drowned her out in a orgy of bites and violence, their screeches and snarls mixing with her her terrified screams.
Then she woke up, shaken violently by a pair of hands. And voices, concerned and terrified. "Jackie! Jackie! Jesus Christ! Jackie!" Joan ...
2024-01-25 04:19:05 +0000 UTC
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Jackie turned away as blinding, piercing light turned towards the bus. It was only for a brief second however as the bus trudged on from rough dirt roads to smooth asphalt. Her ass appreciated that fact. Then, a shadow loomed over her and the bus. That shadow belonged to concrete walls, tall and thick to Jackie's examination. It all looked very new to her, fresh as an apple pie from an oven. Their little convoy consisted now of extra Jeeps, their headlights lighting the ...
2024-01-17 02:13:21 +0000 UTC
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The bus trudged along the road, each distance travelled cutting into terrible roads. Jackie had to admit that the way they were going didn't exactly settle the worry in her stomach but the confidence on Elis's face offered some measure of comfort. The bus had been travelling for awhile now, far too long for her liking. Delays had come from road-blocks, refugees trying to flee, the chaos of panic. So it was that the sun was now threatening to lower in the horizon and plunge the worl...
2024-01-12 06:48:27 +0000 UTC
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"It's a real damned pleasure to see you, Miss Wrynn," Elis said with a smile and he meant every word he said. One moment, the world was alright. And next, folk were dropping around like flies and acting like monsters from some insane fella's imagination.
"And you too, Elis," Jackie nodded, relief flooding her in seeing someone she was familiar with. The Ingelman's were a known and beloved feature of Riverside, being perhaps the hickiest of hicks in their side of the co...
2024-01-10 04:17:19 +0000 UTC
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"Roy," the bus driver said.
"What?" Jackie looked up, confused. Roy nodded at her ...
2024-01-08 04:47:54 +0000 UTC
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A2 shared a look at the man seated across her. Being watched for too long was a uncomfortable sensation for the Attacker model. Being watched meant she was in someone's sights and that didn't mean anything pretty for her considering her past. If she was in someone's sights, she was about to get attacked or worse, sniped. Being gawked at was something new to her, especially if it came from a human being of all people.
"What?" she spoke up, her voice sounding harsher than she me...
2023-12-18 03:16:36 +0000 UTC
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"Woah," 12H whispered, awe dripping from her mouth.
Woah was the right word, 2B agreed.
She, 9S, and 12H looked before a massive open air chamber, some leftover mist hung in the air. It was cold to the point of biting though 2B did not know if her shivering came from the room or from the sheer unease that was creeping up her false gut. After thousands of years, the hidden masters of the Machine Network had arose and they were now here. Looking up, she was ...
2023-12-13 01:38:54 +0000 UTC
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"Thanks, A2. You're a champ," the human praised her.
Despite herself, A2 couldn't fight the growing feeling of pleasure deep inside her core. "It....It's nothing," the stubborn android said, doing her best to glance away towards the plain gray wall next to them. The other man, his uniform denoting him to be logistics, raised an eyebrow at her reaction but nevertheless shrugged and carried on his duties, in opening the boxes A2 had volunteered to carry. Guest she might ...
2023-12-11 04:21:53 +0000 UTC
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Too long.
Camille had fought for the preservation and the glory of Mankind for far too long. Despite her attempts, she could always remember the day when they first arrived. The alien invaders who unleashed their hordes upon the world. She was young then, one of the few newly built androids meant to be a caretaker for what was left. And then they came and nearly drowned the world in a tide of iron.
She made friends, lost them as well. She had lovers, she l...
2023-12-08 02:58:43 +0000 UTC
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The spacecraft lurched gently as it came into view of the station. As it drew closer, Damian saw androids by the brightly windows, or others in space suits undergoing a walk outside the station, all paused to look at their silver bird. He could only imagine what they might all be feeling, after so long of not seeing even a single human.
"We are now docking. Stand-by," the pilot announced.
Well. That was that then.
They were in the hangar bay, ...
2023-12-06 02:41:25 +0000 UTC
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The Machine Network paused.
Data poured into the network as an avalanche would engulf those in its path but the Network was made of pure computing power it dealt with it as easily as one would clean up after a particularly large sneeze. The losses in the Tokyo theater was shocking but not particularly catastrophic. The Network lost units as easily as it replaced them. The Engels Goliaths were the real bruises considering it took much time and resources to manufacture t...
2023-11-30 02:21:47 +0000 UTC
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Each generation had its own dreams. Some dreamed to expand beyond what they saw. Others desired to cross the oceans, or to be like the birds and fly freely in the skies. And in his generation, they wanted to touch the stars. And now, a thousand years late, Smith was doing that. He and his men were seated quickly, some force field keeping them in place. While it did keep him and his men seated, a part of him felt it was inadequate for some reason. Perhaps a seatbelt would be fine? N...
2023-11-27 02:55:49 +0000 UTC
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2B opened her eyes.
The light settled quickly, her android body not needing any time to 'wake up' as a human did. She could spring to action should the situation call for it but she found little need to. She would do anything, give anything to make the moment in her arms last a little bit longer. Lying on her side, a tuft of white hair dominated her vision, his chest rose and fell softly.
The moment they shared played in her mind. Over and over again, how h...
2023-11-22 02:34:57 +0000 UTC
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Space was the final frontier where humanity had not yet conquered. If the stars were ever in mankind's reach, it would be run dry as the rivers and the forests were. Smith had a fascination of the heavens as some had during the twilight of America's attempts at breaching the skies. Indeed, he had wanted to be an astronaut when he grew up but circumstances landed him in the Army instead of the Air Force. But now, he and Damian's little band were going to be carrying the dreams of hu...
2023-11-20 03:28:15 +0000 UTC
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"You want me to what?" Smith blinked, leaning forward to see if he was hearing it correctly.
"The leaders of the Army of Humanity request that you head in atmosphere to inspect the station and see if it is up to standards," explained Commander White, her arms crossed as she glanced up at Smith's holographic image. Contemplation broke out all over the Colonel's face, considering White's request. As he did so, White continued to speak.
"You will be met by so...
2023-11-15 01:10:08 +0000 UTC
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Commander White's expression was iron as Anemone and Smith tuned off to settle matters that concerned them. As much as she was delighted at this stunning victory at the ruined city, a victory that would be propagated and propped up as a shining example of cooperation between the androids and their returned gods, she was also aware that its benefits could only be counted with one hand. The appearance of those special machine units was something to be concerned about. What were their...
2023-11-13 02:58:44 +0000 UTC
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"Can you drink?"
A2 looked up and saw Dr Naoka looming over her, a mug with something steaming in her hand. Her nose took a sniff of the air and she smelt the strong beverage that was in the mug. It smelt bitter, with a whiff of something light and sweet in it.
"I...no thank you," A2 admitted. Naoka shrugged her shoulders and took a sip from the mug before sighing.
"I hope that in time, we'll get to planting coffee beans again. This stuff is a...
2023-11-10 01:49:09 +0000 UTC
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The thruster died slowly, the life it had ebbing away from a furious roar to a slow and calm whine.
A hiss escaped his cockpit as the mecha suit opened up. He glanced up and saw a hand reaching down to him. He gripped it and was pulled out of the suit. The other man wore a uniform denoting him to be a mechanic and his expression was one of barely hidden fury. "I've heard about what you boys did out there," the man drawled, his accent a thick New York drawl that made Da...
2023-11-09 01:29:26 +0000 UTC
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Anemone strode through the camp, her assault rifle slung over her shoulder. The distinct murmur of camp-life filtered in. Tables were overturned, plasma marks and battle damage decorating the walls and such. In the distance, dust still loomed over the skyline with the shadow of fallen Engel units lying flatly or against skyscrapers. Her boots crunched over the ground, her weight crushing pebbles underfoot into fine dust. Taking a breath, the olive-skinned android allowed herself to...
2023-11-07 02:04:04 +0000 UTC
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"2B! Evade!"
2B grit her teeth as valleys upon valleys of red orbs were thrust at her. Her vision darkened as light emitted in front of her. A sense of urgency gripped her as the light became more vivid. "Cancellers are ineffective, evading!" 2B yelled as her Ho.229 avoided the beam of light. Just in time as a lance of laser was fired on her original flightpath. Her mind imagined the unpleasant outcome if she had stayed there.
"I-Incoming fighters!" 12H al...
2023-11-06 05:21:33 +0000 UTC
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It was a scene taken straight from Hell.
Giants strode upon the land, their step mighty and their height kissing the sky in their metallic embrace. Engels-class machine units born from the fire of the factory and the gloom of the sea marched on old Tokyo. Moss and fauna covered ruins fell before them and their bulwark. Strong enough to stand the test of time but not so strong as to resist the machine invader. Their frames, boxy and industrial, great plumes of smoke bil...
2023-11-03 03:55:27 +0000 UTC
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The air rippled as the song from the machine struck out from unseen vocal cords. From under its dress, hard-light golden blades showed themselves. It barrelled around as a dancer flows through the floor, all the while, singing. The songstress machine was fast, like a meteor burning through the skies. It cut through anything any everything with its blades, crushing underfoot the rubble and ruin that decorated all around. 11B and 4B were flattened underneath the songstress's weight, c...
2023-10-31 02:46:41 +0000 UTC
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Hello guys.
I am sorry for the silence this week. Too much happened IRL. As I said in QQ, I will crosspost here.
[QUOTE="Slynch, post: 7521054, member: 120870"]A note to author, do post on AO3 and SB. You neglected those over there.[/QUOTE]
"Shiettttt.
I will have to when I come back. Currently taking a vacation with my family to unwind and relax a bit. Shit happened in IRL that's fucked me over. To reiterate, my dad nearly got into an accident, my uncle...
2023-10-28 01:45:16 +0000 UTC
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My dad almost got into an accident today in his car. The shock absorbers in his car exploded while he was driving in the road. Thankfully, he was able to get his car under control but the car was still damaged. With your support, we can get that taken care of. To all of my patrons, thank you, thank you, thank you so so so so so much.
Hugs and kisses to all of you.
2023-10-24 04:40:54 +0000 UTC
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