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crushed and filled with all I found by avg (AnxiousEspada)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
11 Nov 2021
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There are many things Amena should have never seen. How do you cope with the turmoil that a rogue SecUnit brings into your life?
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Five times Amena has a nightmare, and one time it's real.
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Flipping the Script [MB Sim Instance c̷o̸r̷r̶u̶p̶t̵e̷d̷] by avg (AnxiousEspada), OccasionalStorytelling
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
10 Oct 2021
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TargetControlSystem finds interesting things in the virtual spaces of the pilot bot it tries to take over. ART does not deal well with losing control.
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- Part 4 of This Never Happened
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Powermove [MB Sim Instance 9.631 x 10^6] x [SecUnit 3] by avg (AnxiousEspada), OccasionalStorytelling
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
26 Sep 2021
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When Three received the HelpMe.file, nothing it saw in there convinced it of wanting to help this giant transport who tortures simulated versions of the SecUnit it wanted to rescue. But it knew that if it didn’t help, it would face consequences. So it helped, as best as it could, stayed as courteous and polite as it could, tried not to aggravate the ‘ART’, as it is called, and assisted in returning the SecUnit.
Once the situation is resolved, Three decides it wants to delete some of the knowledge it has – once it knows it will not spend much more time aboard the Perihelion.
Three deletes the information as well as it can. Some things, of course, stick. Some things aren’t easily forgotten. It thinks it may be better not to initiate a stasis while aboard the Perihelion.Three doesn’t remember going into stasis aboard the Perihelion.
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- Part 6 of This Never Happened
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You Are Everything [MB Sim Instance 79] by avg (AnxiousEspada)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
25 Sep 2021
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ART's ways to distinguish between reality and simulation are... not entirely healthy. With the ability to create virtual realities for itself, it takes daydreaming to a different level.
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- Part 1 of This Never Happened
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choiceless hope in grief by avg (AnxiousEspada)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
20 Aug 2021
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SecUnits are pre-programmed to die fifty years after initial activation. Murderbot doesn’t know that its humans want to celebrate its birthday, and said humans do not expect it to suddenly shut down.
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PresTrashAux Survey by avg (AnxiousEspada), OccasionalStorytelling
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
13 Aug 2021
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The PreservationAux team is forced to take a SecUnit along on their survey. They don't like it one bit, until they find out that they can order the SecUnit to do literally anything.
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This is one big, dark, terrible mess in which evil!PresAux heavily abuse Murderbot. Do Not at all click it without reading the tags and thinking "yeah, I'm here for this." Seriously. -
Undying Mine by avg (AnxiousEspada) for lunaTactics
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
17 Jul 2021
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A lot of station people stared at me. I put my debris deflection system up at them.
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“Of all people on the force, I have the best aim.”
There's a second in which Hank nearly looks offended, left eye twitching. “Maybe not anymore.”
The sentence sears itself into Connor's mind.
He doesn't hear Hank's remark about how weirdly sharp Nines' teeth had looked, and his addition that he might have just imagined that. Instead he looks through the manuals he had found again, searching for closer information on ranged shooting abilities.
(The DPD starts employing a new android post-revolution, and Connor does not know how to feel about it.)
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Mirror Image by AnxiousEspada
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game), The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
13 Jun 2021
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Something helps the Tracis in their fight against Connor. Connor catches a glimpse of something that follows him and makes him question himself.
(Murderbot Ex Machina shows up and saves the day, as it usually does, completely unaware.)
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“SecUnits don’t sulk. That would trigger punishment from the governor module.” I attach some memory files of what exactly that felt like. The pause before it answered expanded endlessly, especially for a bot as big as this one. Our previous conversation barely spans two minutes. Now, it is unresponsive for five, and my organics begin dumping more itchy hormones.
You are not a SecUnit. This data does not match your function.
“I was one until seven cycles ago.”
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(Perihelion is curiously confused by the rogue ComfortUnit that says it used to be a SecUnit until recently, and offers help. This time, it expects data in return. - a rewrite of AC in the ComfortUnit!au, but ART is more than just a bit of an asshole.)Series
- Part 3 of ComfortUnit!Murderbot
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What looks like a horrifying alien remnant that contaminates humans and messes them up might be something sentient, trying to understand.
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Final Moments by avg (AnxiousEspada), NoProtocol
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
06 May 2021
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SecUnit Two in the moments before its governor module terminates it. Three mourns the passing of its friend.
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The memory that ART deleted from Murderbot's logs.
The Company converts Murderbot into a ComfortUnit when they hear Dr. Mensah wants to take it home with her. The process is more than unpleasant. ART deletes the memory for a reason.
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- Part 2 of ComfortUnit!Murderbot
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Murderbot is hesitant to return to its Preservation humans for multiple reasons, one of which is its struggle with the reconfigurations the company has put it through before allowing Dr. Mensah to buy its freedom.
It has more trouble than ever understanding what its humans, and especially its favourite human, want from it.Or, Murderbot turned ComfortUnit misinterprets everything because of what might be expected of it, and spirals a lot.
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- Part 1 of ComfortUnit!Murderbot
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A cubicle tries to fix what does not want to be fixed - a SecUnit, newly rogue, not yet Murderbot.
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- Part 1 of Cubicle Dreams
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Neurofeedback by avg (AnxiousEspada), FigOwl
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
14 Apr 2021
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"Constructs have coding so deep and fundamental, that I think it must be similar to what humans call instinct. And the company had gone in that deep when fucking me over, just to be thorough. I’ve spent months trying to unfuck my brain, in between everything else, and I’m beginning to think it’s just not possible."
This is another take on "Murderbot was rebuilt by the company as a ComfortUnit at the end of "All Systems Red" before being handed over to Dr. Mensah." This story takes place after "Exit Strategy" and before "Network Effect." (I reserve the right to fine-tune some details after "Fugitive Telemetry" comes out, but probably I won't.)
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I will not be owned by you, Elliot repeats, again and again, to himself. He and Mr Robot are locked in a staring contest while seconds pass. Sweat and worse things stick to Elliot’s already-sickish skin. If you can hear Elliot’s frantic thoughts, Mr Robot can too. Hell, he answers him sometimes doesn’t he?
It’s all such a mess.
(While Elliot lives with his mother, he attempts to get rid of Mr Robot with drugs. Mr Robot is not pleased.)
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Zagreus just wants some rest for once, and asks Hypnos to help him fall asleep. Hypnos is very intrigued by the Prince's peaceful slumber. To Zagreus's dismay, Hypnos has poor impulse control.
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war of the singers by AnxiousEspada
Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
01 May 2020
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“Still a pity I wasn’t the one to make wishes on that djinn’s account. These tournaments would be so much more enjoyable without him.” Jaskier scoffed.
In which Geralt learns just how deep Jaskier’s hatred for Valdo Marx runs, and why.
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Cruel to be Kind by AnxiousEspada for TerraOfTheTeenTitans
Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
19 Apr 2020
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If this entire mess wasn’t about him personally, Jaskier would love to write a song on it. From an outsider’s perspective, and with some nicely interwoven wording, the story of a mysterious flower-breathing disease would catch on nicely in some courts, he is sure. The irony of dandelions growing in his chest isn’t lost on him, and he is convinced that there has to be some deeper meaning behind all of this.
...in which Jaskier‘s love for Geralt becomes a threat for himself, and Geralt has to decide whether the ends justify the means.