18 Works by aquaphonics
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“And,” the older woman started again, voice pointedly measured, “your brother … he’d be able to stay here with you?”
Rowan made a face, annoyed. How was she supposed to answer that? She’d never met him.
Preteen moves in with the robot brother she's never met.
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- Part 2 of Miscellaneous Robots
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Following a Benevolent Uprising, humanity has been relegated to the custodianship of mechanical guardians. Ostensibly, for their own good.
The esteemed Doctor Nicholls, presently 'Miss Nicholls', is now the ward of one Lord Proteus Aster.
It has its ups and downs.
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An AU featuring Proteus and Aisha from my story, Proportionality. -
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There’s a lot of pressure to be a ‘good’ pet — and a lot of consequences if you aren’t.
But Dr. Aisha Nicholls never asked to be woken from stasis. And she never asked for Proteus, her old creation, to ‘sponsor’ her, either.
Or: If Dr. Nicholls knew her life would have turned out like this, she would have never gotten into robotics.
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- Part 3 of Sponsorship Universe
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Admiral Ravel has always followed his wife's lead when it comes to lovemaking.
But sometimes, he thinks handling his rut would be much easier if he didn't have to.
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- Part 2 of The T'kari and Other Stories
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Erin Joseph has seen a lot of her mother's boyfriends. Sure, her mother married this new one, but it won't last. They never stick around. She's sure this one won't be any different.
Meat or metal, all men are the same.
A series of short, connected narratives about a human girl adjusting to having a robotic stepdad.
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- Part 1 of Miscellaneous Robots
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Yasmin and Chantelle learn that just asking gets you more than you'd think.
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- Part 2 of Sponsorship Universe
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He managed to steal just shy of three thousand dollars, but it was the sting of the betrayal — the reminder that Adea couldn't do anything right — that hurt the most.
Adea smiled a bitter smile when Alex kissed her on the tummy.
She appreciated the gynoid's words, but she didn't believe them.
Adea's bots encourage her to take a break. It takes a lot of love, patience and a little while, but she gets the message.
Eventually.
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- Part 3 of The Robot-verse
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“I would have been fine! And look!” Kadia slapped her arm, “I’m fine now, aren’t I?”
“Give it up, kid,” called Helios gruffly from behind her. Kadia’s head snapped over to where the medi-bot sat in his chair in the corner, reading some report or the other. “You’re not going to make Mars change his mind.”
(Kadia learns the hard way why she ought to listen to what Mars says sometimes.)
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Nadine is hand-picked for a diplomatic mission of ‘intergalactic’ proportions — without her knowledge and against her will, naturally.
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Adea’s Mama thumbed the blue card, metal fingers stroking over the red pen marks. She had been staring at it for the past three or four minutes. Now, she set it back down on the kitchen table.
“Adea, sweetpea,” she asked, “how did you fail English? And your other grades have fallen too. What happened?”
Or: Adea roleplays with Adam and Alex.
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- Part 2 of The Robot-verse
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After his lab specimen attacks a student, Dr. Brennan has to reassure his colleague that the specimen is really quite docile — provided you know which buttons to press.
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- Part 1 of Terrarium
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A talented scientist creates an android, intending to get rich so she can live in comfort. She gets her wish ... sort of.
(A rewrite of Adea and the Robot)
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- Part 1 of The Robot-verse
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The Intelligent Sponsor's Manual is the ultimate resource for sponsors, both old and new alike. This text covers all aspects of sponsorship, from contacting agencies to understanding human social dynamics.
(A fake information manual for the care and keeping of human pets.)
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- Part 1 of Sponsorship Universe
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Cierra and Danielle always thought that the robot uprising would be more “I, Robot” and less like a cover for the Saturday Evening Post.
Not that they're complaining.
(A series of interconnected oneshots with minimal plot.)
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A woman is sacrificed to an alien race's oldest and most powerful god.
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- Part 1 of The T'kari and Other Stories
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The World Orb laid shattered at their feet. Eias and Nolene exchanged a look of panic between them, their earlier argument forgotten. The World Orb was one of their parents’ most powerful artifacts; it allowed them to manipulate the world below the heavens.
And somehow, Eias and Nolene managed to break it.
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“Lady Germaine?” Regina asked once everyone else had left. “Do you think Heart of Man needs an apprentice?”
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- Part 1 of H.O.M. Universe
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A talented scientist creates an android. Its first test goes awry.
This story has been fully rewritten here.