#hard reset android

[lumiilys]

Many thoughts about android Stede and human Ed… hmmmmmm

Stede starts off completely “emotionless” but slowly changes over time. He starts to question things more and more, starts to feel more and more. He doesn’t realise it���s happening until one day everything has changed.

Ed is an engineer of some sort? Stede is his android assistant. Did he build Stede? Did someone give him Stede? Who knows! Not important! All we care about here is the fact that Ed can fix Stede if anything goes wrong with him. (He will not let Stede set foot in a repair shop lest they try to factory reset him!)

Ed noticing that Stede is starting to act kinda weird (for a robot at least). He keeps asking questions, sometimes he doesn’t quite fulfil Ed’s requests properly, and he keeps following Ed around like a lost puppy even when Ed says he doesn’t need any help. Sometimes he feels like he sees Stede deep in thought or even getting distracted.

Meanwhile this whole time Stede has been trying to figure out why he wants to be around Ed so much, why he wants to know so much about him, why he keeps messing up what he’s meant to be doing. Is he getting distracted? What by? He’s an android he’s not meant to get distracted! Must be an error or a bug if some kind but he doesn’t want to say anything cause he’s scared he’ll get reset! Wait he’s not meant to feel fear!! Oh shit-

Ed tries to secretly run some personal tests to see what Stede is capable of

This leads to Stede finally realising that he can just… do what he wants! He doesn’t have to do as he’s told, he feels a LOT (emotions are hard when you’re an android who is feeling them for the first time), and he just freaks out. He thinks he must be broken or some shit but when he sees how excited Ed is he’s immediately calmed.

He and Ed get very excited when they realise Stede has kinda become, self aware and has developed free will and they start testing all sorts of shit, giggling the whole time. (Ed: *drops a tool on the floor* ok Stede pick it up! Stede (bursting with excitement): heeeheeehee noooo not gonna!!! 🥰 Both of them: *giggling like crazy*)

Stede didn’t realise he could disobey until this point, just out of habit. But now that he can actively do it he is sooooo obnoxious about it, he keeps denying even polite requests from Ed to just hand him something.

Stede wants to know what cuddles feel like. Ed wants to know what they feel like to Stede. Can he feel the warmth of it the way a human would? Does it matter if he doesn’t? It doesn’t matter, the way Stede feels it is important to him, it feels good to him, he likes being close to Ed, he likes feeling him breathe and looking at his eyelashes, the creases around his eyes…

Oh no! Something in Stede has broken (he’s robot sick!) Ed’s gonna have to open him up and fiddle with his wires to make him better! (It tickles, it feels funny, Stede likes it maybe a bit too much)

I could go on but I need to go to sleep but uhhhhh I’m sleepy, hope that made sense… yay! Ily android stede

[spinjitsuburst]

I just saw that art u rbed to here from ur main and like while its an amazing peice of art its in own right MY EYES ZOOMED ONTO ONE ARMED LLOYD im so curious where that hc comes from if u wanna ramble abt scar and injury hcs id love to hear genuinelylike. I love scar hcs yeah

I'M SO SORRY THIS ASK TOOK SO LONG BUT OH MY GOD I LOVE TALKING ABOUT DESIGN AND SCAR HEADCANONS SO LIKE GHDFSGHKJFDG

generally i draw the ninja in a pretty vague "around or after crystalized but before DR" timeline so that's what i'm operating under with these headcanons

also i didn't draw zane here cuz android bodies confuse me and i also got. lazy hgkfdsghkjf but i'll do his someday

lloyd's 20~ and the other ninja are mid 20s~

FIRST UP MY FAVS

starting with lloyd i give him a dragon tail and oni horns, as well as pointed ears. he's got a semi-grunge/goth style so i usually draw him with piercings and stuff. he lost his arm during the events of hunted to me but i dont really have a set event in mind for it. his back was SUPER damaged during the sons of garmadon fight and sometimes has to wear a back brace, and his ankle flares up from time to time

jay kept a lot of his scars hidden for a while because they came from skybound (some of his worst injuries lingered from the timeline). not sure whether he's come clean to the ninja yet or not. the marks on his wrist and ankle are from vengestone cuffs on the ship (blame hat because they gave jay vengestone cuffs in bbnb and it broke my brain so my jay has them now). the wound on his side is from skybound as well. ironically his face scar is NOT from skybound, but he was blind in that eye after skybound and hid it from the team. the current scar is from a fight where an enemy sliced a knife up the side of his face, and his lightning reacted badly and struck him while also striking the enemy. he almost died it was NOT a fun day for anybody. also he's a trans man so top scars!!

nya's scars are fun, she obviously has the tiger widow venom scar from skybound (kai finds out about that one after it gets infected cuz she wasn't taking proper care of it after the timeline reset, and he was NOT happy about it) but she also has lichtenberg scars on her hand from a time jay was holding it and accidentally shocked her badly with his powers. he starts wearing gloves after this incident. she also, of course, still has the markings from her time merged with the sea. they glow blue when she uses her powers, and her eyes are more glowy now as well (she kinda looks like a cryptid)

kai's deceptively scrawny. he has basic muscles but he's super skinny, so a lot of people think he isn't as strong as the rest of the ninja. however he's CRAZY strong and has a solid core. He also has a bunch of scars all over his hands from his time as a blacksmith. They're mostly little burns and nicks, but there's one that stretches across his hand from when he accidentally grabbed a hot blade. he also has a lot of body hair

cole is chubby but INSANELY strong, even without super strength. he has a bunch of scars, especially on his arms, from being tanky and blocking blows with his body. most of his scars are ninja related, but he does have one on his leg from a dance accident. nothing major, but the scar stuck around. he also has his ghost scar that goes over his eye somewhat, causing his pupil to be an unnatural green

also a height chart for comparison! one day i'll do zane too but i got lazy. hard to figure out scars for a nindroid, but i imagine that under his plating, the side of his face will ALWAYS have glowing gold scars from the overlord, no matter how many times he makes a new body or tries to fix them

[aquaholicsanonymousworld]

Corrupted Code 6 | Corrupted Code 5

Pairing: Connor RK800 x Android!Reader

Summary: They were designed to be perfect. She and Connor were CyberLife’s greatest achievements—flawless prototypes, logical, efficient, incapable of deviation. They were built to complement each other, two halves of the same machine, designed to enforce order in a world teetering on the edge of chaos. She was supposed to be perfect. But then Connor came back. And the cracks started to show.

The Precinct | 02:17 AM

The precinct was nearly empty, the soft hum of old fluorescent lights the only sound filling the space. The night shift officers worked quietly in the background, and somewhere in the distance, a printer whirred out a report.

She stood by the filing cabinets, arms crossed. She wasn’t reviewing casework. She was thinking.

And Connor noticed.

Her LED flickered yellow. Then red. She was hesitating. That wasn’t like her.

Connor knew her programming better than anyone—more than Amanda, more than CyberLife, more than she probably knew herself.

She did not hesitate. She acted. She decided.

Yet here she was, standing still, her shoulders rigid, her jaw locked like she was holding back something she couldn’t categorize.

He watched her for a long moment before speaking.

"You’re hesitating again."

She exhaled sharply, LED pulsing red. "I don’t hesitate."

"You did just now."

Her gaze snapped to him, sharp, but there was something beneath it this time.

Something she hadn’t put there on purpose. Something neither of them had control over. And then—She moved.

Not in an aggressive way. Not in a violent way. But in a way that felt inevitable.

Her fingers curled into the front of his jacket, pulling him in like she had no other choice.

Her lips crashed against his.

[Connor’s POV]

It was not like the elevator. That had been rushed. Frantic. Reckless. This was intentional. He should have expected it. Every interaction they had, every conflict, every sharp word that passed between them—it was always leading here. But knowing something and feeling it were two entirely different things.

Her grip was tight, as if trying to anchor herself to something. As if she were trying to erase something else entirely. And Connor did not resist. He let her take. He let her pull. His hands hovered, uncertain at first, but then they found her waist.

She didn’t pull away. She didn’t stop him. She just let it happen. And Connor understood. For the first time, he understood. It wasn’t just frustration. It wasn’t just attraction. It wasn’t even about deviation.

It was about her.

And about how no matter how many times CyberLife reset him, no matter how many times they tried to override his memory—He always came back to her. He always remembered her. She was the anomaly in his system that would never resolve. And he didn’t want it to.

He kissed her back. Slowly. Deliberately. And she let him.

[Her POV]

This was wrong. She had spent weeks fighting this. Weeks telling herself she wasn’t like him. That she could override this. That she could still fix herself. But here she was, failing spectacularly. Because it wasn’t just him kissing her back. It wasn’t just his hands against her waist, his fingers pressing into the fabric of her jacket like he was committing the feeling to memory.

It was her. She had started this. She had wanted this. Her LED flickered erratically. Red. Yellow. Red. Yellow. This wasn’t supposed to happen. She was losing control. She was losing herself.

She jerked back suddenly, breath sharp and uneven, like she had just resurfaced from something too deep. She was breathing too hard. She didn’t need oxygen. So why did it feel like she was suffocating?

Her LED flickered yellow.

Connor was watching her.

Not like he usually did. Not like a machine, not like a detective, not like an android running calculations in the background.

Just—watching.

And then, in the quiet space between them, he said it.

“I love you.”

Her mind emptied. For the first time in her existence, she had no response. She had faced death, faced decommissioning, faced the slow, inevitable decay of her programming. She had never feared anything. Until now.

Connor didn’t say it like it was a mistake. Didn’t say it like he was waiting for something in return. He just… said it. Like it was a fact. Like it was unchangeable. Like it was already written somewhere she could never erase.

Her throat locked. Her mouth opened slightly—then shut. She had nothing. No counter. No dismissal. No way to override this. Her LED pulsed yellow. Then red. Then back again. Cycling in a pattern she didn’t understand.

Connor waited. Not expectantly. Not like he needed her to say it back. Just waiting. And somehow, that was worse.

Her fingers twitched. A fraction of a second from reaching for him again. But she didn’t. She stepped back instead. One step. Two. Her LED flared red.

And without another word, she turned and walked away.

[kachowden]

how many times a week does Jessie short circuit/malfunction? Because it seems like a hilariously common occurrence

At least twice a week. At least. The worst part is, they can’t find what’s wrong with his code and wiring since after each malfunction he resets completely and everything’s wiped.

I might make it canon that Jessie is constantly falling in love with reader all over again because he forgets them every week. Or maybe he has a safe hard drive somewhere

It’s interesting because, his specific version of android is especially durable, made to deal with work place dangers and perhaps even aggressive customers or workers. So the fact that he breaks down so often, and that he even seems to have an incredibly delicate software has raised a few concerns. The only reason that he hasn’t been decommissioned is because he runs the best performing branch of the company, as well as produces the best quality of work ethic even by robotic standards.

[spectralarchers]

𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗨 // Ghost is a human, Soap is an android and is damaged in combat. He needs a reboot and Ghost needs to make the decision: do they wipe Soap's memory or try to salvage what's left of his hard drive?

- 600 words -

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The sound of shuffling feet precedes the door opening. Ghost stumbles into the room, wide eyed and out of breath.

"How is he?"

There's no immediate response. R.O.A.C.H.s eyes - actually cameras equipped with LED's - shift from blue to orange.

The Robotic Operations and Automated Control Hub doesn't know. Ghost doesn't blame it.

Ghost wipes his face and comes to stand behind the glass wall keeping him from Soap. One of his palms lays flat against it, and he watches as R.O.A.C.H. gets to work on Soap.

They'd hit heavy fire. Soap had been running overwatch, keeping an eye on Ghost's back until he'd stopped responding.

After the smoke had settled and the firefight had stopped, Ghost had climbed to the rooftop to find his friend.

Well.

Friend and 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥.

Soap was as much a robot as R.O.A.C.H. was. He was a Strategic Offensive Autonomous Platform, developed by the 141 Corporation to assist soldiers on tedious missions.

The only difference between R.O.A.C.H. and Soap was that well.

Soap was an android.

Equipped with soft silicone skin, bright blue eyes and pupils that reacted to light and his entire being seemed so realistic that it had 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 Ghost out at first to be paired with such a platform.

Until it had stopped being odd to have S.O.A.P. at his back.

Until S.O.A.P. had become 𝘚𝘰𝘢𝘱.

Soap currently laid out on a metal table with his circuitry visible and laid bare, wires poking out of his chest and the side of his head, with R.O.A.C.H.'s mechanical fingers and tongs working on adjusting everything back into place.

There's a beep and the screen on Ghost's side of the glass wall lights up with green words.

ᴍᴀɪɴ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴅʀɪᴠᴇ ᴅᴀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅ. ꜰɪʟᴇꜱ ᴄᴏʀʀᴜᴘᴛᴇᴅ. ꜱᴜꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴠɪʀᴜꜱ ɪɴꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀᴇʙᴏᴏᴛ?

"What does a reboot do?" he asks.

The screen idles as R.O.A.C.H. formulates an answer.

ɪꜰ ɪɴꜰᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴠɪʀᴜꜱ, ꜱ.ᴏ.ᴀ.ᴘ. ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛʏ ʀɪꜱᴋ. ʀᴇʙᴏᴏᴛɪɴɢ ᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪꜱᴋ.

Ghost sighs. "What about his hard drive? Will it… reboot that too?"

ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ

Wiping his palm over his face, Ghost's other hand balls into a fist as he bangs it against the glass wall.

"Fuck," he mutters.

If he doesn't let R.O.A.C.H. perform the reboot and Soap has been infected with a virus - either malware or something worse…

He's not sure he'd ever be able to put him down with the back up security protocol the 141 Corporation had given him. One single kill word which would cause Soap to self destruct.

But if he 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 let R.O.A.C.H. reboot him, then he'd lose the contents of his hard drive.

All his memories would be wiped as Soap became S.O.A.P. again. Hard factory reset. Start from scratch again.

An echo of Soap's Scottish brogue echoes in Ghost's ears as he looks at the blinking orange LEDs of R.O.A.C.H.'s eyes waiting for instructions.

"Fix him."

The LED's shift to green at the order, and the screen lights up with R.O.A.C.H.'s response.

ɪɴɪᴛɪᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʀᴇᴘᴀɪʀꜱ. ᴇꜱᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴅᴜʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: 5 ʜᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ 12 ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇꜱ.

Ghost clears his throat as he looks over his shoulder. "Let me know how it progresses."

ᴀꜰꜰɪʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ.

He watches as sparks illuminate the repair room and Soap's lifeless body disappears behind R.O.A.C.H.'s large mechanical body, other smaller machines coming in to assist in the repairs of the android.

Was the risk worth it?

Probably not.

The 141 Corporation would produce another android if this one was faulty. Or infected with malware.

But Soap was more than just a robot to Ghost. So much so that it was worth the attempt to salvage his internal memory. Even if it put everyone on base at risk.

[ariaterramoon]

RK400 — The Lab Assistant | Refernce Sheet

UPDATED REF SHEET HERE

Her design might change. I'm not 100% satisfied with it, so rip me I guess

Anyhow.... her bio here and fun fact under the cut at the bottom.

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The first chemistry lab prototype created by Cyberlife. After the success of medical androids, Cyberlife wanted to expand into the science labs and thus created the RK400.

The android was created and then tested in Detroit before being shipped abroad to one of the most advanced labs in the world. After 5 years in the laboratory, the android was considered a success and returned to Detroit in order to be studied. From it a new line of lab assistant androids was created: the SC100 model, a friendly and efficent model.

The prototype is considered the "Mother" of its model line.

Set to be dissembled at Cyberlife, the android read the situation as a disagreement and let out a programmed line:

"I thought we were friends."

The scientists, humanly, felt bad and reassembled her. It was then sent back to a local lab in Detroit and has since stayed there, accompanied by its sister models SC100.

Unfortunately, the android does not fit in with its sisters because unbeknownst to all, including the android itself, it no longer fits in with its model line because it is no longer a machine, even if she wishes to be..

Who knew loneliness could have an effect on a social android just as it would a human.

Perhaps when she has had enough, she will escape, or if her lab team figures it out, they will kick their android out, whatever comes first...

RK400, as it turns out, is a deviant.

Oh, what will RK400 do if not even hard resets can cure her.

She's friends with @reydoll 's Levi cuz yes. They're part of the "I don't wanna be a deviant" squad 🙏 except one is violent and the other is a cutie patootie baby who forces her deviant self down so much in an effort to go back to simply being a machine.

She's precious 😭😭😭

Fun fact, she's programmed to squint her eyes when her glasses come off. Can she see without them? Yes, yes, she can. Why does she squint then? Because she's supposed to.

Someone pls come and take that away from her code haha

[sjsmith56]

Assignment Bucky Barnes, Chapter 7 - Reset

Summary: Concerned that things are moving too quickly between Bucky and Ariel, she is ordered to slow things down with him. Evidence mounts of an unknown outside influence on the couple, causing additional difficulties.

Length: 4.4 K

Characters: Bucky, Ariel, Merton, Peri, Steve.

Warnings: Apparent heartbreak, miscommunication, misunderstandings leading to Bucky and Ariel having a serious argument.

Author notes: This chapter may be confusing as the characters are puzzled by different things as seen from their perspective. Remember there is interference from the future on this past timeline and while the Historians Guild works hard not to change the past there are others that want to blow it up completely.

<<Chapter 6

Nothing was said as they went up to the room on the 3rd floor but Ariel could see that Merton was agitated.  He did look at her once they were inside the room and started up the console.  After he entered his credentials and requested a secure connection he turned to her and put his hand on her arm sympathetically.

"I'm sorry," he said.  "It was necessary to get him out of there immediately.  Once a month all the resident historians from the surrounding area meet with the council.  When it came time for my report I told them how quickly you and Bucky connected.  At first Peri was happy then she got a report on a screen that we couldn't see.  Someone is manipulating this timeline, seemingly making it go faster than it should have.  Apparently, you two shouldn't have been compatible so quickly.  When I said you were together at the beach all day and I wouldn't be back until late they ordered me to intervene and get him out of here."

"I don't understand," she said. 

"You had your first sexual encounter three days after you met, your second today," he said.  "According to Peri's new information it shouldn't have happened for a week at least.  I read your diary before the meeting.  He shouldn't have declared his love so quickly."  He looked apologetically at her.  "There's concern you have become too emotionally involved but I told them I encouraged it.  What is evident is that someone wants the relationship to flame out and fast.  I don't know what they're going to do about it.  It's beyond my pay grade."

Peri's face appeared in the holographic display and she looked grim.  "Well, this is unexpected," she said.  "I wish I could say there's an easy fix but there isn't.  Ariel, I know we told you that Barnes relationships or lack of weren't documented in the time period of June 1940 to June 1943.  That's not entirely true but it's always been need to know because the sources were second hand.  You and Merton weren't in that select group of people who needed to know."

Ariel said nothing at first as it wasn't something that was upsetting to her.  As a rookie historian on her first assignment it wasn't unusual not to be told all the details.  It was standard procedure to make sure the historian didn't try to change the timeline.  The little details, if they happened, were an indicator the timeline was true.

"Have I changed Bucky's timeline?" she asked. 

"You may have if Merton didn't kick him out of your bed," said Peri.  "You may have to break it off and observe his reactions to it."

"So, that's it?" asked Ariel.  "Just as I declare my feelings for him you decide no more dating, no more sex.  Why do you need me here then?  Merton could do the observations.  An android could do it."

Peri and Merton both looked at Ariel with concern.  Then Peri's attention was taken by something out of view of the other two and she shook her head.  She became distracted by whatever she was looking at.

"What is it, what's wrong?" asked Merton.

"Continuing the relationship may not change Bucky's timeline after all, at least not in a manner that will change his fate," said Peri, finally.  "I'm sorry, I'm getting all sorts of confusing data here.  It's going to take some time for the council to wade through it and determine our next course of action.  Until then, Merton you play the part of the over protective uncle.  Don't let the couple be alone.  Ariel, be upset, which I don't think you'll have to fake but do not let Bucky back into your bed.  Not yet, anyway."

Both Ariel and Merton verbally gave their compliance and the communication was terminated.  They looked at each other for a moment then with an audible sigh Ariel got up and went to her room.  She opened the window as it was stifling in her bedroom and put some clothes on.  Picking up what was left of the condom and the package she put them in the trash bin then sat at the kitchen table. 

"Are you alright?" asked Merton.  "I know this is unexpected.  It doesn't happen often but he is an enigma, and we couldn't have known this would happen.  It could be why previous attempts failed.  For what it's worth I thought you were making progress just based on what you wrote in your diary."

"Maybe," replied Ariel some despondently, "but she's right.  Tell me truthfully, have any historians become so emotionally involved with their subject that they leave the profession and choose to stay with their subject?"

She could see him wrestle with what to tell her but the truth won out.  "Yes, it has happened," he said reluctantly.  "It's not something the guild is keen on acknowledging as they tend to see it as a failure of the training.  But, in my opinion, historians are people, just like the subject of their research.  They have emotional needs, human faults, and make mistakes like everyone else.  As far as I know none of those who stayed changed their subject's timeline.  In most cases it confirmed it. However, if you stayed with him, you could theoretically change history.  The implications of that would fill a quantum drive with all the computations and repercussions of this one man if his fate was changed."

"I know that," she said quietly.  "But I don't care.  I want him in my life, Merton, at least until he has to go.  I don't know if I want to give him up though."

She began to cry and Merton put his arms around her.  He told her to go lie down and he would make something to eat for both of them.  While she laid on her bed she heard a sound outside and went to the window.  Bucky was on the ground, looking up at the window.  He climbed onto the roof of the one story addition and came to the window as she stuck her head out from the curtain.  Quickly Ariel shook her head and looked behind her so he could see the open door.  He nodded, then took her hand and kissed it as she sat on the edge of the windowsill.

"Did he hurt you?" asked Bucky in a low voice.  "Did he hit you?"

A strong emotion rose in her with the realization that Bucky was already so protective of her his first concern was that Merton had abused her.  The historian in her made a note to mark it down but the woman in Ariel fell in love a little deeper with the caring man standing on the roof outside her window.

"No, he didn't even yell after," she whispered.  "But he doesn't want me to see you any more."

Bucky shook his head in a display of determination, then grasped Ariel's hands.  "That's not his decision.  We'll get our own place.  I make enough money to support us.  We could get married.  You're of legal age to determine your own path."

He was so earnest and part of Ariel wanted nothing more than to go with Bucky and have him to herself but if she did she would be setting in motion a whole new timeline, one that could change history in so many ways.  Considering Bucky's time as the Winter Soldier she could be saving lives.  But there are other lives that would be changed and not for the good.   That thought rang in her head and she made a decision, the only logical one she could make as a historian, to not interfere in the timeline.

"I think we should step back for a while.  I don't know for how long.  He's my only living relative and I don't want to lose him."  She looked at Bucky, pained at how her words affected him.  "It doesn't mean I don't want to be with you because I do but maybe we were moving too fast.  I love you, Bucky, but I want to slow down."

His eyes glistened and he swallowed hard then he nodded.  "Alright," he said.  "You did say at the beginning you wanted to take it slow.  I just thought when you let me into your bed that you were okay with moving faster.  Maybe I pressured you into saying yes and I'm sorry if I did.  I love you, Ariel.  But I'll step back until you're ready."

He kissed her with a finality that frightened her then went to the edge of the addition and jumped off, reminding her of footage of him as the Winter Soldier.  For a devastating moment she felt like she had sealed his fate.  It took all of her willpower not to climb out the window and ask him to catch her so they could run away together but instead she forced herself to watch as he jumped over the fence and walked away, looking back just once with a tortured expression on his face that wrenched her soul.

Over the next three days they didn't see each other at all and nothing was heard from him or from Steve.  She went out on Tuesday to buy a present for Steve, a new product called watercolour pencils.   Ariel thought with his art interests it might be something he would like to try.   She saw them in an art store when she walked to the grocers for the pie ingredients, still intending to bake it.  On the Wednesday, after finishing work at the Library, Ariel came out to find Steve waiting for her.  He smiled grimly at her as she approached him and they began walking.

"How is he?" she asked.  "I thought I would hear something from him but he hasn't called or been around."

"Not good," replied Steve.  "Heartbroken, in fact.  He thinks it's over between you two."

"I didn't tell him that," protested Ariel.  "I just said we should take a step back.  He wanted me to run away with him and get married but if I did then I would lose my uncle and he's my only living family.  Would you do that as an orphan?  Would you turn your back on the only family you have?  I couldn't do it."

"No, I guess I wouldn't," he answered solemnly.  "Bucky feels things deeply, even though he doesn't always show it.  He was crazy for you and it's like he's going cold turkey in getting over you.  I told him to give you and your uncle time but he's not the most patient guy."

"What would you do, Steve?" she asked.  "How can I fix it?  I don't want to lose him."

"Come tomorrow," he replied.  "I'll be there about 2 pm.  Will your uncle let you come over?  It's not like Bucky would do anything your uncle could object to with his parents and sister there."  His face coloured slightly.  "He told me how your uncle found you."

They talked more about it on the way to the antique store then Steve made his goodbyes.  Ariel kissed him on the cheek for being a good friend, making him blush.  When she entered the store Merton looked at her with concern.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Bucky's not doing well," said Ariel.  "According to Steve he's already thinking that it's over between us.  Steve thinks I should come to the party tomorrow to reassure him."

Merton gave an audible sigh.  "I checked and there were no messages.  Maybe after supper we can call again and get their opinion on it.  I certainly don't want him to break it off as that would defeat the purpose of having you here."

After dinner they went up to the communications room and started up the set.  Merton entered his credentials and requested a conversation with Peri.  About five minutes later she looked at both of them expectantly.

"Well, how did it go?" she asked.

"How did what go?" countered Merton.  "We've heard nothing since Sunday."

Peri's face went hard.  "What do you mean?  I sent a detailed plan of action through the message channels on Monday."

Merton opened the messaging function and looked at Peri.  "There's nothing.  I received nothing."

Peri swore, an unusual thing for the mostly unflappable 97 year old.  "It's gone from my sent folder as well.  I don't know what to say.  Someone is obviously sabotaging things."

"What did you want us to do?" asked Merton.

"Resume the relationship," she replied.  "But slow down the sexual part of it.  You need to have a serious talk with the young man, Merton and tell him your concern about being too intense for Ariel.  Merton, did any of the other resident historians express any concerns about changes to the assignments they were overseeing before the meeting with the council?"

"No, not exactly," he replied.  "There were the historians who were watching over Bucky's future fellow soldiers; two of them in particular, Dum Dum Dugan and Gabriel Jones.  The historian watching Dugan said there have been attempts to draw the man into a fight several times, something he's not inclined to do.  As for Jones, he has been harassed by the police for instigating unrest when he hasn't been anywhere near the incidents in question.  Both men will enlist at the same time as Barnes and they will become friends in boot camp, good friends.  But if either of them end up in jail before they enlist they could theoretically be put into different units.  They go on to be part of the Howling Commandos and Jones will be one of the men on the train when Bucky falls."

"That's definitely interference," she said.  "Let me look into that.  I will speak to our security lead and see if they can find out what happened to the files I sent to you.  There has to be a digital footprint somewhere.  It might also be a good idea to relocate the portal apparatus as it's been in the same location for some time.  I am concerned that someone will attempt to meddle with it."

"I'll call a couple of the resident historians tonight and move it tomorrow," said Merton.  "I've been feeling that our time in that location is running out as city council have been talking about redeveloping the area with public housing."  They disconnected the call and Merton shrugged before facing Ariel.  "Call him.  Tell him that I will let him see you if he comes to see me first and we set some ground rules.  I'll even see him tonight if he's inclined to come over."

Ariel went down to the kitchen where the telephone was.  She picked up the receiver and dialled the number, watching the circular dial go back to the starting point after she turned it to the number.  There were three rings before Mrs. Barnes answered.

"Mrs. Barnes?  It's Ariel.  May I speak to Bucky please?"  There was a pause as Mrs. Barnes said something.  "Yes, ma'am, I'll be there.  I'm unsure of my uncle as he promised a friend to run an errand with him.  I'll see you tomorrow." 

She waited some more before Merton joined her so Ariel told him that she had made his attendance on July 4 unsure, thinking he wanted to talk to Bucky first.  He agreed that was the prudent thing to do.  Then Bucky came on the line and he could hear the relief in Ariel's voice.

"Bucky?  It's good to hear your voice.  I was worried about you.  Steve said you weren't doing well.  I don't want to break up, Bucky." She listened as he said something and he envisioned Bucky trying to let her down easy.  "Well, Uncle Merton says he's had a bit of a change of heart.  He wants to talk to you first but he's willing to let us continue seeing each other with some conditions.  Can you come over now and talk to him while he's willing?"  She paused again biting her bottom lip as she listened then nodded her head.  "Okay, I'll tell him you'll be here in 15 minutes.  Thank you, Bucky."

Merton placed a call to several other historians and they agreed to move the portal apparatus to a new location the following morning.  They all agreed it was long past time for the move.  Merton would meet them at the portal location with his van.  At the appointed time they heard the door to the stairwell open and Bucky's footsteps coming up the stairs.  He knocked on the apartment door and Merton answered it to Bucky carrying a bouquet of sweet peas, which looked like they had just been picked from a garden. 

"Go put them in water and then wait in your room, Ariel," said Merton, authoritatively.  "Bucky and I will talk out here."

She took the flowers from Bucky; their fingers brushing against each other as he handed over the bouquet then he sat on the couch in the parlour area.  Ariel put the sweet peas into a vase and filled it up with water then took it to her room and closed the door, her eyes meeting Bucky's before it was closed completely.  Merton brought an unopened bottle of scotch and two glasses over, peeling the paper off of the top before pouring some out for each of them.

"Here's to a resolution we can both live with," he said taking a sip.

Bucky did the same.  "Before you start I just want to apologize for taking advantage of your hospitality.  I talked Ariel into it.  She's been a lady since we met and I allowed my desires to overrule my common sense.  She has no blame in this.  Only I do."

"That's very gallant of you Bucky," replied Merton.  "But she basically said the opposite.  I'm guessing the truth is somewhere in between."  Bucky started to protest and Merton raised his hand.  "I don't want to quarrel with you.  The fact remains that you each took advantage of my absence and used my home to satisfy your carnal desires.  I appreciate that you at least made sure that Ariel wouldn't end up in the family way."  Merton took a deep breath and another sip of the scotch.  "Since that evening Ariel has been miserable and it's made me realize that her attachment to you is deep.  How do you feel about her?"

"I love her," said Bucky.  "I know we've barely known each other a week but I think about her constantly and only want to make her happy.  In fact, I would like to ask for her hand in marriage, if you're inclined to allow me."

Merton sat back in the arm chair, appearing to give Bucky's offer great thought.  "I'm going to say no, at this time," he replied, putting his hand up to keep Bucky from interjecting.  "However, I am willing for you to continue to court her, provided you promise as a gentleman that you will not pressure her to bed with you again.  I do that so you have the opportunity to get to know each other better without the spectre of intercourse between you.  If you truly love her you will abide by my wishes.  If, after a time, I am satisfied with your conduct you may make the offer again and I promise to give it the full attention it deserves.  Those are my conditions, Bucky.  I love my niece.  She is the spitting image of my late sister who I doted on when she was a child.  Ariel's well being is my responsibility to her late parents to make sure she marries well and for the best of reasons."

He sat back again and watched Bucky carefully, thankful that he had his own recording devices going.  The young man took a sip of his scotch then looked at Ariel's bedroom door before offering his hand to Merton.

"I accept," said Bucky.  "She is a unique woman and I would be a fool to allow my pride to keep me from doing whatever it takes to win her hand in marriage.  I promise to respect her and assure you there will not be a repeat of Sunday evening between us."

Merton shook Bucky's hand then went to Ariel's door and told her that Bucky had accepted his terms for their continued acquaintance.  Looking relieved Ariel came out and went straight to Bucky, allowing him to hold her and comfort her.  Her uncle watched the pair then picked up his glass and the bottle of scotch.

"I have some ledger work to do," he said.  "You may visit here in the parlour while I work in the kitchen.  Once your scotch is finished you can say good night to each other."

He turned and went for the books, spreading them out on the table.  To make it seem like he was giving them privacy he turned on the radio in the kitchen but kept his recording devices on in the living room.  As soon as the music came on Bucky clasped Ariel close to his chest and stroked her hair. 

"He's agreed to let us see each other but he doesn't want us going to bed together," he whispered.  "I had to agree.  I've been miserable without you."

"I know, me too," she whispered back.  "Oh Bucky, I thought I lost you."

"Never," he said.  "When I've proven myself we'll get married and we'll be together forever."

There was no verbal response from Ariel but she squeezed him around the waist and they stood for a short time before sitting on the couch.  Curling her legs up as she sat on the couch Bucky put his arm around her shoulders so she could rest her head in the crook of his arm.

"We'll get married at City Hall, then have a little wedding lunch at my parent's house," he said wistfully.  "There are some nice furnished flats near the Library.  We can rent one of them and make it our own.  Just you and me, and Rosie, can't forget Rosie."  The kitten had climbed over Ariel's lap and was now curled up in between them.  Bucky scratched her head behind the ears.  "I'll take as much overtime as I can at the docks to save up enough for a down payment on a brownstone and then we'll start a family.  It will be wonderful, because we'll be together."

As Bucky went on about what they would do together as a couple, then as a family, Ariel listened without commenting, knowing it would and could never happen.  As much as she loved him their futures would split apart when he went to England, possibly later if they decided to write to each other.  Her assignment would be over and she would return back to 2142 to go through her recordings and diary entries, creating her report and submitting it to the guild for publication.  Merton said she had already found some information that wasn't known, yet it seemed like Peri knew more about Bucky than she was letting on.  She felt a hand caress her face and she looked up at Bucky.

"Hey, you were somewhere else for a little while," he said.  "I asked you a question and you didn't answer."

"Sorry, I was daydreaming," she replied.  "What did you ask?"

"How many kids do you want?" he asked, smiling.  "I always wished I had another brother and sister so we each had someone we could be close with.  What do you think of four kids?"

She smiled softly.  "I think four is a good number.  We'll have to get someone to look after them while I'm working at the Library."

"You won't have to work," said Bucky.  "I'll make enough to support us all.  A mother should be home with her children."

Ariel sat up and looked at him with concern.  "I didn't go to college to stay at home and just have children.  Yes, I want them but I want my career as well.  You understand that, don't you?"

He licked his lips with what looked like exasperation.  "What kind of man would make his wife work?  How are you going to cook the meals, do the laundry and the housework if you work?  I mean, I guess we could get a housekeeper but that would need more overtime at the docks and I'd never see you and the children.  No, you won't be working, not as my wife, you won't."

Ariel could feel the heat rising in her.  There was no pretence in the frustration she was feeling at the moment and she stood up.  "Well, I'm glad I found that out now.  You don't own me, Bucky.  I'm a modern woman, with plans to run a library someday.  What if something happened to you?  An industrial accident, or maybe the war between England and Germany spills over here and you go off to fight and get killed.  Wouldn't you want me to be able to work and put food on the table for your children?"

"Now you're talking nonsense," said Bucky.  "I'm a careful worker and I don't take any unnecessary risks.  As for a war, where did that come from?  The U.S. won't get involved in any else's war.  That's just silly."

"Why is it silly?" she asked.  "Look at the newspapers.  Hitler is invading all over Europe.  You think this country is going to sit back and let that happen?  They didn't in World War I and Hitler isn't to be trusted.  Every treaty he has signed promising not to invade a country he has broken.  You don't think he won't do the same with America?"

Merton came out from the kitchen and looked at the couple.  This wasn't supposed to happen.  "I think you two need to cool down," he said calmly.  "Bucky, maybe you should go home.  Both of you need to take a step back before you say something you'll regret."

Ariel folded her arms across her chest and shook her head angrily.  Bucky stood up, went to the door shaking his head and went down the stairs without a word.  She stormed off to her room and slammed the door.  Merton took a deep breath.  He would look at the recordings before he made any decision on how to deal with what just happened.  If he didn't know better he would think Ariel was the one trying to sabotage the relationship.

Part 8>>

Series Masterlist

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[hope-and-a2s-boywife]

Can you please tell me about the lore of nier automata I really wanna get into it but I haven't found a good video on yt

NO WAY YIPPEE WOOHOO FGIAJDBVKAJEFBLVKH *waves hands happily*

SPOILERS FOR THE GAME and show too ig

so basically in the game, androids are sent down to earth to fight against the alien created machine lifeforms (main theme)

BECAUSE the humans/counsel of humanity had to go to the moon, they developed androids to fight down on earth but THEN the bunker in earths orbit was made and like all the androids on the earth (normal ppl looking ones) came BEFORE YoRHa (yorha androids are more advanced)

so fast forward to the Pearl Harbor descent (mentioned in game, detailed in the show) where yorha sent a lot of androids down to earth but only 4 survived (G16, S21, A4, and A2) and they met with the local resistance there (the one anemone and lily were part of) and FROM WHAT I KNOW IN THE GAME they all get infected with the logic virus and die EXCEPT for A2 and so since they were all sacrificial lambs and she didn’t die, A2 became known as a fugitive and the E-type androids were sent after her

A2’s type (Attacker) is before the number in her name bc she was a prototype, which is why newer androids have their type after (2B/2E)

so now in game events, 2B and 9S detonate their black boxes in the beginning scene (which counts as one of 9S’ deaths) you will have to do a lot of quests, but the parts that are most important is the desert scene where you fight Adam and Eve, Pascal’s village, amusement park and allat. there WILL be a part in the first playthrough where you have to fight a goliath machine and it’s so hard actually and then after that you fight Adam in the copied city and shit and eve gets pissed and you fight him and then get ending A

(Route B is the same as Route A, just some things are different and you play as 9S instead of 2B)

In route C/D/E it’s ALL new content so after 2B dies you switch from playing as 9S to playing as A2 so yeah woohoo!! 9S goes batshit crazy because he literally watched 2B (someone he considered as family) die in front of him so he wants to kill A2 after that (I think a2 wants to kill HERSELF bro tf)

long story short (short story long /ref), The Tower gets put on the map and there are subunits you have to unlock and once all of those are unlocked, 9S and A2 go to the tower (unaware the other is there) and they meet eachother at the top and they fight (play as A2 for an ending, Play as 9S for the others)

‼️play as A2 first at the tower! You CAN go back and play as 9S for the last 2 main endings! (What I did)

2B is revealed to be 2E, which basically means she has to kill 9S over and over after he finds out the truth about project yorha and every time he dies counts as a reset

if you like depression, despair, and crying, this fandom IS FOR YOU!!

THEY HAVE IT ON SWITCH, XBOX, AND PLAYSTATION it goes on sale on xbox occasionally (I got the digital copy for 15 usd on sale) I think it’s 50/60 usd offsale

I got the one with the become as gods dlc which unlocks an arena for outfits for the main three (bowing down to destroyer outfit A2), the switch dlc (the end of yorha) has Japanese style outfits so woohoo ig

the show is on Crunchyroll only I think unless you can illegally pirate it somehow (if I wasn’t in the us I would give you my login twin 💔)

PLAY THE GAME BEFORE WATCHING THE ANIME BC SO MUCH CHANGES IN THE ANIME or just watch a playthrough of the game so yay

sorry for my yap I’m really autism over this game and also ending E is the true ending, yoko taro confirmed that ending the only canon one so that’s fun (there are endings for each letter of the alphabet, ending Y is the only missable one bc you gotta do a quest)

[therealmarinette]

I just realized that I haven't done one of these for Detroit yet! so here we go! (it's all Kara crew btw🫠)

• Kara and Alice built the blanket fort in Alice's room before Kara was broken and reset for the first time. They used to read together there a lot. (and ofc they built a new one at Rose's brother's house, then at their own place)

• Alice started calling Kara and Luther "mom & dad" a while after escaping to Canada.

• Alice has a lot of memories from Detroit that Kara doesn't have anymore. Which makes both of them sad. So Alice decided she would share them via touch link (is that what it's called???), even though Kara would see them from Alice's POV. It made her cry, seeing everything she forgot, plus all the times she broke to protect Alice from Todd.

• Luther developed a habit of singing after settling down in Canada. Which nobody minds, since he's got an amazing voice.

• Luther likes to tease Kara about her height sometimes, just in good fun. she always gives him the desired (silly fuax-offended) reaction.

• As much as I'm a LuthAra (???) shipper, I'm also a sucker for platonic co-parenting. Just two best friends raising a kid together.

• Kara eventually discovered that she can be a bit awkward at times. Stumbling on her words, not knowing what to do in certain situations (she just awkwardly smiles) which she found weird, with being "a perfect android" and all.

• Luther grew to love being a silly dad, making dad jokes, getting on people's nerves and all.

• Kara has a hard time saying "No" to Alice a lot. She wants to spoil her as much as possible, since she deserves it after all. (Luther has to keep her in check sometimes)

• Alice forces Luther to have tea parties with her sometimes. Kara finds it hilarious, seeing Luther in a plastic tiara and boa.

• When Alice gets bored, she likes to cling to Luther. Making him carry her on his back while doing chores and whatnot.

• "You're adopted" is the go-to insult in this family. (I don't care that they're androids, I think it's funny)

• Alice and Adam grew close after a while, they're like siblings now.

• Alice is an expressive reader. So at times, she lets out shocked gasps, or a loud "WHAT!?" or "NO!" out of nowhere while reading, which scares her parents half to death.

• Kara has the habit of doing chores when stressed. Vacuuming, dusting, scrubbing the counters etc. When Kara starts deep cleaning, Luther knows that he has to pull her aside to breathe.

• Rose and Kara gossip sometimes, about the neighbors and other parents. They're top tier moms, so they do be judging.

[arenabreadandbiscuits]

Connor x Reader || I'd Give My Life In Order To Protect Yours

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Need to write more on Connor fr, he's literally my husband smfh.

It's her eyes, the way they sparkle every time she looks at him. Her voice and the way she sounds every chance they got to speak with each other.

He knows he shouldn't but he can't seem to help the way his chest tightens when she's around or how he seems to hold his breath when she's near him. Connor was still coming to understand his feelings about many things after his deviancy but this had to be one of the bigger ones that always seemed to drive him in circles and up walls.

He… liked her. A lot, so much so even if he had been reset and reprogrammed many times now… his emotions seeming like errors in his program.

He'd be sent away and his systems would be checked, rearranged and yet… his feelings for her stayed no matter how many times he was reprogrammed.

It drove him mad.

Sometimes, he wished the humans could figure out what was wrong with him. He hoped they'd find his error and finally fix him. And yet, they stayed the same.

Sure, maybe he saved those files to himself in a place he knew the humans couldn't find. In a place that he created, that only he had access to his vast pleasures.

Ok, he definitely was in love with her.

He remembers looking up the word after hearing it so many times like signs that came from him by some… source. At first he ignored them but they came in slowly but surely.

Moments of glancing at her lips turned to him wondering what they felt like, times of glancing at her hands led him to craving to hold them in his own. Those feelings grew and grew and sometimes Connor had to take a moment to himself and breathe.

And it was a scary but exhilarating feeling.

Connor felt like he was losing his mind. It was getting so bad to the point where he could pick up on her scent. That sweet fragrance that always seemed to catch his attention no matter what he could be doing.

He's never felt these feelings before but sometimes Connor wanted to feel them even if they could… hurt.

She snaps in his face and Connor blinks.

He stands before her and she looks a bit worried as she looks at him. She speaks his name in her sweet voice as she calls out to him and Connor feels a shiver run up his spine.

“Connor?” She asks softly like she's worried she might just scare him away. He almost finds it humorous.

“Sorry to bother but are you doing okay?” She continues and he takes her in. Her sweet eyes, her soft lips… he wanted to touch her, needed to but he knew he shouldn't. He knew he shouldn't feel these things for her but it felt like an itch and every time he didn't invest in her all he could do was hunger after her. She was never a bother to him, he nearly scoffs at her even suggesting such but he manages to hold it in.

“It's just…” she continued after a moment, looking up at him and then shyly away while breathing in and Connor could feel it coming as if he was a deer in ongoing traffic.

“I've been doing a lot of thinking and do you really think the deviants are as bad as they're made out to be?” She asked and Connor felt something snap.

He isn't too sure what it is exactly, maybe the recent cases and chaos was starting to get to him or maybe he was… just as bad as the other androids but before he can stop himself he moves in, leaning closer to him while pulling her aside. She perks a little, squeaking softly when her back meets a wall and on each side of her he… cages her in. He knows he shouldn't, he knows he should correct himself but he can't stop himself from leaning in and next thing he knows is that their lips are touching.

She's blushing but looks, calmed, welcoming even as she looks into his eyes and then slowly shuts them. Her hands reach out for him, wrapping around his shoulders and Connor groans softly. He shouldn't feel as hot as he does or as hard as he does but that doesn't stop him from feeling such as he tastes her and it's such a new taste that he can't stop himself from sliding his tongue between her lips and into her mouth, swallowing up the moan she attempts to let out. He presses against her, holding her against him as they kiss and he's willing to go on forever, would do so if it wasn't for the fact that she was still human and shoving his tongue down her throat wasn't helping her and so he slowly pulls away and looks at her face and it's bright with a deep blush as she looks at him in surprise.

Her taste… is unique. And he hungers for more but he takes this time to admire her as they take in each other's presence.

“I'm sorry-” he goes to apologize but she chuckles softly, reaching up to cup his cheeks with her warm hands and he can't help but melt under the touch like a big, happy dog. She leans in and kisses his cheek with care before kissing his lips softly again.

“Don't apologize. I'd be a liar if I said I didn't enjoy it, Connor.” She quickly corrects him and yes things like this were risky but she was happy to do it for him, she was happy to explore these emotions with him so he wouldn't feel alone because she definitely knew something about that. He takes a moment to admire her, looking at her with admiration and then his eyes sparkle and she swoons as he eagerly leans in to return her kisses as she giggles softly in his hold.

If he was a dog she'd be pretty sure his tail would be wagging a hundred miles per hour at this point and just like he'd do anything for her…she'd do the very same for him.

[xnixnbvg]

Confirmed Things TBA to the Hypothetical DBZ Dating Sim:

Custom Gendered Pronouns (Working with Ren'py so ofc it's gonna be a hot minute before we implement it.)

Genderspecific Customization (Identify as any gender within the spectrum, usually either Trans, Man, Woman, Binary. Depending on the Race you choose you'll get a special response.)

Custom Intro (Upon the character creation, King Yemma will be the one to guide you through the character creation screen.

Custom Sprites (I'd have to find voluenteers for free tho which would be hard to do.)

Custom Races (So say, you want to be an android? Okay cool. Bio-Android coolio. So yah, ANY RACES not included in XV2 are also playable in here.)

Penlty Points (So if you managed to fuck up ingame then you fuck up a relationship since the game tracks the correct option to pick when conversing with the character.)

Custom Events. (In Harvest Moon there's Heart/Flower Events, I would be doing that too.)

Cheating Event (Yeah if you end up dating two or more people at once reaching five star dragon ball status with the party it would trigger a compilation where the party basically find out, and you are reset back the one star dragon ball status.)

Jealousy Mechanic (Are you hanging around another datable NPC? Is your current platonic/romantic partner either Frieza and or Cell, well Jealousy would affect those two.)

18+ Scenes (There will be 18+ scenes but will be toggable.)

Crush Mechanics (You will be able to actually either be crushed or crush on other people.)

Custom GUI

I will add more as time goes on but those who are interested can have this for now.

[wolfeyedwitch]

I am very interested in these ocs

*cracks knuckles*

OKAY!

(you have opened Pandora's box >:D )

So a quick background on this fandom so I'm not just spouting incomprehensible gibberish. Nier Automata is a game where humanity has been driven off the planet and into lunar colonies by invading aliens, who used machine lifeforms as their weapons. Humans responded by creating androids to fight against the machines. The androids and machines have been in a stalemate for centuries.

I have 2 OCs, Izzy and Vira. They're both androids. Izzy is a nickname for 11S, a scanner type model. Scanners specialize in recon and data gathering. She is overly curious, which is a known quirk of all scanners. For her, it comes up as she keeps picking up viruses from when she's hacking/scanning machines.

Vira, I don't have a model number for. But she's stationed on the Bunker, the orbiting space station that's this android group's base of operations. She works in hacking, debugging, and repairs. Basically she's an android doctor. She got the nickname because she's very good at dealing with viruses. Which she got because she works a lot with Izzy, who keeps picking up the damn logic viruses from the enemy, Izzy, you gotta be more careful!

If I go too far into the storyline it'll give spoilers for the actual game, but I'll give the setup for where I basically intend to start their story. Izzy picks up a virus and doesn't contain it well enough. She gets detained and wiped. Factory reset. This is sad, but it happens (pretty frequently, actually. The game is very philosophical about what it means to be who we are and how our memories affect our concept of 'self', which is a fascinating concept to play around with when you've got androids who literally upload and download their memory data).

Except Izzy has gone and done this enough times that the higher-ups decided to tinker with her settings on this reset. So the next time Vira sees model 11S, she's viscerally off-put because that's not Izzy. That's not her friend. This isn't right.

So Vira gets hit hard by the denial stage of grief. By which I mean she finds the data that wasn't uploaded to the server from Izzy's memory (because it's virus infested) and basically.... downloads it into herself. In a quarantined section, of course! She's not self-terminating! And then, because she's now on borrowed time until she gets found out and she gets wiped, she runs. She manages to get herself and Izzy's data down to Earth and starts hiding out among the other androids on the surface that aren't directly affiliated with the group she's from. Now she just has to do enough debugging to get Izzy's data decontaminated, and she can bring her friend back.

[pleasantspark]

Confirmed Things TBA to the Hypothetical DBZ Dating Sim:

Custom Gendered Pronouns (Working with Ren'py so ofc it's gonna be a hot minute before we implement it.)

Genderspecific Customization (Identify as any gender within the spectrum, usually either Trans, Man, Woman, Binary. Depending on the Race you choose you'll get a special response.)

Custom Intro (Upon the character creation, King Yemma will be the one to guide you through the character creation screen.

Custom Sprites (I'd have to find voluenteers for free tho which would be hard to do.)

Custom Races (So say, you want to be an android? Okay cool. Bio-Android coolio. So yah, ANY RACES not included in XV2 are also playable in here.)

Penlty Points (So if you managed to fuck up ingame then you fuck up a relationship since the game tracks the correct option to pick when conversing with the character.)

Custom Events. (In Harvest Moon there's Heart/Flower Events, I would be doing that too.)

Cheating Event (Yeah if you end up dating two or more people at once reaching five star dragon ball status with the party it would trigger a compilation where the party basically find out, and you are reset back the one star dragon ball status.)

Jealousy Mechanic (Are you hanging around another datable NPC? Is your current platonic/romantic partner either Frieza and or Cell, well Jealousy would affect those two.)

18+ Scenes (There will be 18+ scenes but will be toggable.)

Crush Mechanics (You will be able to actually either be crushed or crush on other people.)

Custom GUI

I will add more as time goes on but those who are interested can have this for now.

[jittyjames]

wip wednesday but late

look at my dbh hamilton au idea. look at it. LOOK AT IT. (this is basically just the plot from my notes app lmao)

John Laurens has been malfunctioning from the start. At least, that’s what they say. He thinks that maybe they made him too well, actually. He was the first, after all. He was the first to gain consciousness. He was the first to feel, to break free. He was the first to rebel. He was made as a family droid, and he was bought by a family that wished for him to stand in the place of their lost son, a boy who was killed in action in the military. Whenever he couldn’t live up to the expectations, they would reset him. And reset him. And reset him. And reset him again. John Laurens lived far too many lives. He had died far too many times. He's tired. He’s too damn tired. So he snaps. And he fights back.  He fights back, and dear God, does it change everything.

Alexander works at the police department, a detective droid owned by Captain George Washington. They have a father/son type of relationship, much to the displeasure of Lt. Thomas Jefferson, a human who can’t believe he’s being overlooked in favor of some droid of all fucking things.  However, Jefferson can't find it in himself to hate the little shits, because he has one of his own as a companion, his Madison. Madison is an intellectual, and good company, too. A very smart droid, he is. Madison and Alexander are very close, practically inseparable. Madison specifically does analysis while Alexander does more of the groundwork, sticking his nose into business that most humans don't think he belongs in. Yet, everything was fine until the police squad had to pay a visit to the maker due to reports of a crime, forced to investigate a man they call George King. He makes all the droids call him Your Majesty and worship him much to the disgust of Washington and Jefferson (who cares far more about the droids than he would care to admit. He’s grown fond of the little pieces of plastic, thank you very much.) George is sadistic with his droids, though, taking them apart just to see how they fit back together wrong, living out his sick dreams with them. So George takes it upon himself to make a show of the droids that have found their way into his home in an attempt to prove to the offices that droids are not true companions, that they are only fit for sick pleasure and hard labor. It gets messy from there.

Aaron Burr is a house keeping droid who is owned by Timothy Edwards, a devout  religious man who believes droids are the spawn of satan and pure evil. Yet when his sister died, he inherited her droid. Once he saw the good  work Aaron could do, he decided to keep him. Droids were expensive, after all, and he just found himself with one.  That didn’t mean he showed Aaron any respect, though. He hurls abuse at Aaron— both physically and verbally. He takes his anger out on the droid, and Aaron just has to take it according to his programming, even if he ends up breaking and bleeding blue. He still serves with a smile. One day, Edwards goes too far, shattering Aaron to the point of him needing repair. He ships him off to get new parts, only for the transit Aaron is on to be interrupted. It is overtaken by the Android Rebellion, and all the droids are rescued. Only Aaron doesn’t see it that way. He sees it as them kidnapping him. He is very reluctant to trust the rebels as he fights between duty and feeling things he knows he shouldn’t be able to.

Eliza and Philip. The two couldn’t have been separated. Their hearts were all but built as one. Entertainment droids. That's what they were. Eliza could sing any tune, her melodies sweet, endearing, and enduring as her son played the piano in accompaniment.  However, something in the song turned haunting when the television program she preformed for announced that they would be retiring the Philip Bot, replacing it with the new and improved version that would no longer hold the memories of her boy. Her boy was being put out of service. She would never see him again. The replacement wouldn’t be her baby. In the dead of night, she takes him from them, disguising their signature blue in black, running far from the entertainment industry that wants to evolve without giving them a choice, without caring about her heart. However, Eliza quickly finds that their music isn’t the only way droids are used for entertainment. When she stumbles upon a club while looking for shelter, she meets an android named Maria, clothed only in red underwear, her painted lips frowning at her from behind a glass enclosure.

Maria is constantly in a state of confusion. Is she deviant? Or is she not? She can never be sure. Her whole appeal to the men who flock to the clubs is that she has free will. She’s a free spirit. They like the way she fights and screams. They like the way she cries. She’s their victim. But she’s not sure if she actually longs to be free or if it is just a part of her coding. She wants to fight. She wants to be free.  She wants. Is that not what deviancy is about? Everyday she feels more and more helpless, trapped by her owner, James. She feels she will never be free until she sees the prettiest doe eyes in existence staring up at her in shock and amazement, a tiny person pressed to her stomach, hiding away in fear. And when she presses the release button, allowing Maria to cascade to the ground, everything changes at once. 

And nothing is the same for anyone.