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A dragon was terrorizing a city. This was pretty open and shut, as far as Kari was concerned.
Oh sure, there were... details. Things other people might have called "complications." The dragon was terrorizing the city by declaring itself King, but look. You couldn't believe everything that decided it was going to be a King. Honestly. Anyone could just up and say they were a King, that didn't make it true. Word had that he'd eaten the previous King, and that was not how systems of government were supposed to work. You couldn't just go around eating Kings to prove your right to rule. Kari wasn't having any of it.
So, as a Hero, he was obviously going to have to go and slay the dragon. That was how these sorts of things worked.
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06 Feb 2024
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all systems read by CompletelyDifferent for horchata
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
23 Feb 2023
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The survey team from the Preservation Alliance was in the middle of a completely unremarkable scientific survey when they got caught up in a string of corporate conspiracies, nearly all died, had their assess saved by the company-mandated SecUnit, and oh, right, discovered that SecUnit a) was sapient, b) rogue the entire time.
And that rogue SecUnit sent them its own recounting of the whole thing.
... Obviously, they have to read said recount as a group.
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26 Jan 2024
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“I’m sorry, did you say eleven years old?” Ratthi asked, because humans can’t play back bits of conversations that they didn’t hear and are always asking each other to repeat things, much to the annoyance of any contracted SecUnits being forced to listen in and record everything they say to be sold for advertising data.
“Yes,” Gurathin confirmed, and then everyone was staring at me and looking all shocked and sad and whatever.
“Constructs don’t age the same way humans do,” I reminded them, before anyone could start thinking anything stupid like oh no, Murderbot is just a little kid and little kids shouldn’t be doing security and eleven year olds shouldn’t have guns in their arms. "Eleven is old for a SecUnit. Most of my inorganics are already past warranty.”
Except, because I’m an idiot, that didn’t make it better. It actually made it worse, because now even Dr. Mensah was making a concerned face at me.Bookmarked by ChasingtheWords
25 Jan 2024
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reclaimed, refurbished, repurposed by torpidgilliver
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
03 Aug 2022
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"All my existence, I've worn logos. My armor was always stamped with the company logo, and the logo of the company that was renting me. And I have company logos on my inorganics, too. I can't do anything to remove them."
Bharadwaj was still wearing her neutral, listening expression, but it broke slightly with a frown. "Why not?"
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Murderbot picks up some new drones, and does not project its insecurities onto them.
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25 Jan 2024
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What is this? ART asked.
"A list of potential security vulnerabilities," I said. "As your security consultant, I recommend that these be patched against attacks."
ART pinged me with a code that granted me administrative access. Then you will not mind writing the patches.
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Human trust exercises aren't optimized for digital beings. Bots have to figure out their own.
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25 Jan 2024
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"If Station Security catches it in the wrong place at the wrong time, or if they get tired of the investigation, or just if SecUnit pisses the wrong person off, they might try to arrest it."
Ratthi snorted. "I mean, they sure wanted to." Gurathin said nothing, and Ratthi's humor dried up. "You're serious. You really think that Station Security would do something like that? Even knowing that SecUnit is innocent?"
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Ratthi and Gurathin break for lunch.
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25 Jan 2024
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The Solicitor and the SecUnit by CompletelyDifferent
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
17 Jan 2022
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Snapshots detailing how, against the odds, an anti-capitalist lawyer and corporate death/surveillance machine became allies, friends, and mutual clients.
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25 Jan 2024
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A Case Study On Mutualistic Relationships by CompletelyDifferent
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
06 Jan 2022
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Dr. Pranjal Ratthi has written papers on mutualism, symbiotic relationships where all species involved benefit from their interactions. It turns out that applying theory into practice with human-AI dynamics is a little more complicated than he might have anticipated. But worth it, in the end.
[Network Effect, from Ratthi's perspective.]
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25 Jan 2024
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“I didn’t want to be on the platform anymore,” SecUnit said. Its voice was soft, but there was an undertone of frustration. Ratthi frowned. He could sympathize with not wanting to be stuck in one spot, and SecUnit seemed more prone to fidgeting now that it didn’t have to hide. “But I kind of forgot how to walk.”
Wait.
“What?”
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Missing scene from Chapter 8 of Exit Strategy; Murderbot may have glossed over forgetting how to walk but uncontrolled falls to the ground tend to be loud.
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25 Jan 2024
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3 what the fuck is ‘Murder Mode Modules, Do Not Touch Except For Situations That Necessitate Lots Of Murder?'
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SecUnit 3 is a CombatUnit.
1.0 is not.
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25 Jan 2024
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Murderbot's buffer is becoming a problem.
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25 Jan 2024
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Unauthorised Maintenance by broken_risk_assessment_module
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
09 May 2021
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Gurathin gets his visual augments fixed.
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25 Jan 2024
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Most of the code I write is code that I can evolve on the fly. My code to delete me out of security footage, for instance, was something I'd built up over months, adjusting it to different proprietary SecSystems as I encountered them. But this was different: my comm and feed protections were what kept me from falling under anyone else's control, and I couldn't afford to have them be anything but perfect, which was why I was here. If I wanted to fix this vulnerability properly, and I did, there were things that I needed to do that I couldn't do without help.
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In the aftermath of getting hacked, Murderbot asks ART to help it make sure it can't be hacked the same way again. As it turns out, applying and testing a security patch is a little more challenging than usual when the vulnerable system is, you know, your own brain.
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25 Jan 2024
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Mystery Work
Part of Unrevealed Drafts
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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25 Dec 2023
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Leon gets hurt, because his luck is terrible.
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"Stay with me, Leon," Chris says loudly, nudging Leon's head where it's fallen to rest against the juncture of their shoulders. "We're gonna make it out, but I need you to stay awake with me."
He sounds grim. That's never a good sign, but Leon's focusing too much on the jelly his knees have turned into to give it much thought. All he can do is put one foot in front of the other, chin coming down to rest against his chest when it gets too hard to hold his head up.Bookmarked by ChasingtheWords
18 Dec 2023
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What The Fuck's A Soulmate? by SkullSummonerMina
Fandoms: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
29 Dec 2023
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When your soulmate words are really generic things can get confusing. Was Wesker Chris's soulmate? Is Leon? Can people have two? Does any of that matter if his life just blew up? Wait, did Sherry just get kidnapped? Is that a giant shark? Why is that ivy moving?
Chris has many questions, few answers, and limited ammo.
(Leon has film trivia.)
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11 Dec 2023
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A Little Frog Named Luis by JeromeSankara
Fandoms: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)
05 Dec 2023
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“What the fuck is that.”
“It’s a-”
“No, I know what it is, but what the fuck is it doing here?”
Leon was really regretting giving Chris the extra key to his apartment. He almost dropped the pisspoor amount of groceries he had dragged in, settling for letting them dangle from his hands. He swept one hand behind his back and hoped Chris didn’t hear the clink of glass bottles connecting.
But at this point, Chris couldn’t blame him for drinking. Not when he walked into his desolate, barely used apartment to the sight of Chris hovering over a glass terrarium on his coffee table. He was locked onto the little green thing tucked in the top corner clinging to the glass wall.
A frog.
A fucking frog.
A green stupid frog with stupid big red eyes that looked like there was absolutely nothing going through its stupid head.
“It’s a red eyed tree frog.”
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05 Dec 2023
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THE archive of all my tumblr whump drabbles. Unique tags on each chapter when necessary!
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02 Dec 2023
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caution to the wind (but i've got a lousy arm) by stars_boy
Fandoms: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)
28 Apr 2023
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A strong hand on either hip, Luis guides his thrusts.
“There we go, querido.” He speaks in a low voice, tone dropped and accent thick. “Feel good?”
Leon chokes on his breath, spits out a rushed, “Yes. God, yes.”
Sparks fly behind his eyelids with how hard he keeps them squeezed shut, and the muscles in his arm strain with the effort of holding the pillow close to him in a vice grip. His hips stutter every few thrusts, and he chases a high that he can feel creeping up on him.
His pants still hug his hips, the fly open. The shirt has fallen back down his chest, the wet spot from his teeth and tongue and spit sticks to his stomach, caught between his body and the pillow and held there.
“Who’s making you feel this good?” Luis asks.
Under his breath, Leon answers. “You.”
The radiator hums. The rain patters against the window.
One hand leaves his hip to cup the side of his face. A thumb draws the outline of his lips, hovers at his Cupid’s bow. “Say my name, Leon.”
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In which Leon indulges in his fantasies and Luis overhears.
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25 Nov 2023
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The DSO overworks Leon... again. Luckily, Chris is there for him in the aftermath.
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“Do you want to lie down?” Chris’s worried voice echoes in his ears, and Leon can only nod, trying and failing to stand from his seat. It’s like everything is hitting him at once—all the bruises and injuries he’s sustained over the past few weeks crashing down on him in a wave, his muscles suddenly weak and unwieldy.Bookmarked by ChasingtheWords
08 Nov 2023