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• how the Mechanisms robbed the crew of the Red Dwaf by n0nbinary_menace

  Fandoms: The Mechanisms (Band), Red Dwarf (UK TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  04 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Mechanisms Ensemble
  • Dave Lister
  • Arnold Rimmer
  • Kryten (Red Dwarf)
  • The Cat (Red Dwarf)
  • Holly (Red Dwarf)
  • The Aurora (The Mechanisms)
  • Octokittens (The Mechanisms)
  • (mentioned)
  • Attempt at Humor
  • Crossover
  • How Do I Tag
  • Hijinks & Shenanigans
  • basically the mechs rob the red dwarf
  • Shenanigans ensues
  • No beta we die like the mechanisms
  • The Mechanisms-Typical Violence
  • not graphic though
  • rated T for said violence and swearing
  • The Mechanisms-Typical Temporary Character Death

  Summary

  On a very boring day for both ships, a crew of immortal space-pirates meet the last surviving human, an evolved cat, a robot, a hologram, and a sentient ship AI. What could go wrong?

  content warnings at the end of each chapter. stay safe folks :)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,833

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  18

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  89

• SCP Group 8956 by n0nbinary_menace

  Fandoms: SCP Foundation, The Mechanisms (Band)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  15 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Jonny d'Ville
  • Ashes O'Reilly
  • The Toy Soldier (The Mechanisms)
  • Nastya Rasputina
  • The Aurora (The Mechanisms)
  • (only mentioned though)
  • Original Characters
  • Ivy Alexandria
  • Raphaella la Cognizi
  • Marius von Raum
  • Original SCP Researcher(s) (SCP Foundation)
  • Crossover
  • How Do I Tag
  • Attempt at Humor
  • and a bad one at that
  • The Mechanisms-Typical Violence
  • Written Like an SCP Article
  • No beta we die like the mechanisms
  • Medical Experimentation
  • Unethical Experimentation
  • those two are for Raphaella

  Summary

  Articles detailing the containment, study, and subsequent escape of SCP group 8956, also known as "the Mechanisms".

  or

  the Mechanisms get caught by the SCP foundation, shenanigans ensues

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,508

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

  15

  Kudos:

  73

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  304

• Statement of Cecil Gershwin Palmer by n0nbinary_menace

  Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast), Welcome to Night Vale  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  22 Mar 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Cecil Palmer/Carlos Robles
  • (only mentioned/in the background)
  • Cecil Palmer
  • Carlos Robles
  • (mentioned)
  • Basira Hussain
  • Cecil's Mother
  • (also mentioned)
  • Khoshekh (Welcome to Night Vale)
  • (also also mentioned)
  • Crossover
  • Statement Fic (The Magnus Archives)
  • How Do I Tag
  • Typical Night Vale Weirdness
  • canon typical dismissal of intern death
  • no beta we die like the interns

  Summary

  Statement of Cecil Gershwin Palmer, regarding his home town of Night Vale.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,355

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  98

  Bookmarks:

  12

  Hits:

  483

• Strange New Visitors by n0nbinary_menace

  Fandoms: The Mechanisms (Band), Welcome to Night Vale  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  25 Dec 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Cecil Palmer/Carlos Robles
  • only in the background - Relationship
  • Cecil Palmer
  • Carlos Robles
  • (mentioned)
  • Original Night Vale Community Radio Intern
  • The Mechanisms Ensemble
  • The Aurora (The Mechanisms)
  • Typical Night Vale Weirdness
  • written like an episode of wtnv
  • no beta we die like the interns
  • Minor Character Death
  • intern typical character death
  • Why isn't that a tag?
  • The Mechanisms-Typical Violence
  • not graphic though

  Summary

  New visitors have come to town. Who are they? What do they want? And why can't they die?

  or

  the mechanisms visit Night Vale and Cecil reports on it, as well as other local news i made up.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,584

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  36

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  165

• There once was a boy who wanted to know everything by n0nbinary_menace

  Fandoms: Welcome to Night Vale  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  04 Jun 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Cecil Palmer/Carlos Robles
  • Cecil Palmer
  • Cecil Palmer's Mother
  • Carlos Robles
  • No Dialogue
  • Young Cecil Palmer
  • Fluff
  • Holding Hands
  • sitting under a tree
  • lots of descriptions of smells
  • no beta we die like the interns
  • Autistic Carlos (Welcome to Night Vale)
  • but not very explicit
  • you’ll just have to believe me
  • One Shot

  Summary

  A two parter of sorts

  Cecil sits under a tree and thinks, once as a child, once as an adult.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,199

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  13

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  91