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Continued Connection

This was written in just under an hour, no edit we die like Doll, emotion driven and probably ooc. Maybe.

Tw: Missing lower limbs desc, angst but somewhat happy if you can call it happy ending. ------ They had lost. It was over. Cyn had won and the planet would be eaten soon, but N didn't want to let go. Not yet. -------- “N?” 

The smaller drone's voice was garbled, filled with static. Her screen glitching as she looked up at him, her being held tightly in his arms. 

“It’s okay, Uzi. It’ll be fine, don't you worry, buddy.” He reassured the injured drone in his hands, her lower half now gone as a high temperature warning blared in the corner of her screen. She had no more material to heal herself let alone even move. 

“I-I’m so-sorry-” She tried to say something but then her visor went black, body slack. It seems she’s reached her power limit as a shut down warning flickered onto her visor. 

They had lost. 

Cyn had won and as he limped towards the drone covered in what was once Tessa’s skin he couldn’t bring himself to focus on anything other than Uzi. V was gone. Nori and Khan are also gone. Even Uzi’s school friends, well Lizzy wasn’t a friend but those two were gone too. All of their bodies are somewhere on this battlefield. 

“You are slow big brother N. Annoyed. Are you purposefully delaying your end?” The skin covered woman tilted her head, her expression matching her words. 

N glanced up realizing he was much closer, “He’s always slow. Hurry it up already, I want to get off this backwater planet!” J rolled her eyes and sneered down at him, as if he was nothing more than an oil splat on her visor. “Give up your little toy so we can get this over with.” 

“Shes not a toy!” N surprisingly yelled, even he was a little caught off guard at the sound of his voice. J jumped at the sound and growled, a hand turning into a sword she began to take a step forward before she was stopped. 

“Enough. I think we’ve all had a stressful day. Maybe some time off would be good for us. But first.” Cyn stepped closer, her arms outstretched; “Give me the drone, N.”

N looked down to Uzi, his mouth thinning out as he took a hesitant step back, “Please…please don’t take her” He asked. 

“Give her to me. Now.” Cyn took another step forward, her robotic voice taking a firmer tone to it. 

N wanted to run. Wanted to save what he could. But he knew he could not get away, not now that everything had gone so wrong. He wouldn’t even get off the ground at this point. 

It seems Cyn waited long enough. Suddenly she moved forward, her hands grabbing onto Uzi’s arm and tugging while the other pushed his shoulder back. But he held firm. His expression turning to a grimace as Cyn’s surprised ones look back at him. 

“I see you do not wish to let go. Childish. Sweet. Disgusting.” Cyn gave a much firmer tug just as J came from the side and tore him away. A desperate cry escaped his throat as he reached out, stumbling and falling on his knees while J kept him in place with a firm hand. 

“Please! Cyn-please don’t, just-don’t take her away! I’ll do whatever you want!” He pleaded, his eye lights full of tears. “Just don’t t-take her…please!” 

Cyn watched him for a moment, her eyes suddenly getting a mischievous glint into them. “You’d do anything? You know how that turned out for V, N.” 

“I’ll be better than her! I’ll listen to every w-word just please! D-don’t take her away…I…I love her..” His sobs turned into hiccups as he wiped at his screen, a very impossible motion to wipe away his tears. 

Cyn stared at him for a moment then looked down to the little drone in her arms, she had planned to assimilate Uzi’s core into her system, maybe repair her and use her as a backup host. But now….

“Alright, N. Because you are my favorite, let's play a new game.” 

The pod crash landed onto the planet with a shriek of metal as it hit the planet's surface. Disturbing any wild lifeform nearby in the mountains as it settled and finally came to a creaking stop. As the dust settled the hatch opened and out came a white bob of hair.

“Ugh finally! Don’t have to sit next to miss corporate anymore!” V said as she hopped down from the pod, her feet hitting the dirt with a soft thud. “You know there are other ways to have a conversation than just talking about JCJenson’s protocols the whole way right?”

J soon popped her head out rolling her eyes, “Excuse me for being legally required to remind everyone the protocols before we touch down.” She took a look around the area they landed, it was a mountain filled with desert like plant life. Seems this place hasn’t totally blown itself up yet. 

“Move it or lose it, loser!” Suddenly J’s head was slammed down as it was pushed hard by a hand, a smaller body jumping out of the pod and immediately going airborne. 

“Z!” J screeched as the smaller disassembly drone stuck out her tongue, “Don’t make me tell corporate-” 

“Tell them what? That you stink?” A manic giggle left the drone as she flew down towards V, the other laughing as they fist bumped. 

“I swear the both of you-!” 

“Cool it, J. She’s just excited about the new planet.” A male voice cut her off, N, flying out of the pod to join the other three. “Let them get some energy out and they’ll leave you alone.” A smile was on his face, J once more rolled her eyes and grumbled. 

“Whatever. Just make sure they don’t get themselves killed because of the sun.” With that she jumped back into the pod, presumably to report back to the boss.

“N! Come on! We gonna explore or what?” Uzi called out to him as she did a few maneuvers in the sky, N couldn’t help but watch for a moment with a fond smile. 

He knows he shouldn’t be happy and he really isn’t. No he has so much more to deal with emotionally now than he did before. Cyn let him keep his memories, let him remember what happened on Copper 9 and the mansion. He’s been tasked with V’s role this time around, Cyn hoping the threat of Uzi being taken away would keep him far more in line. But Uzi’s mind had been wiped, she doesn’t remember her home planet let alone her parents or friends. 

He didn’t like that she didn’t remember but this was the only way to keep her with him. 

“I’m coming!” He shouted back with a bigger smile and dove down to meet his friends, his hand joining in Uzi’s as they excitedly talked about the kind of things they would find here. 

As long as he was with her it would be okay. 

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"monster" Please, if you are reblogging, avoid the hashtag "dog". Because I portrayed wolves.

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I love that I share my house with one of the most efficient apex predators millions of years of evolution could produce. I love that two of nature’s most prolific machines met and were like “hmmm. We should lay around and do nothing together”. Now we’re both fat and happy and full of meat. The hedonism of it all

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sometimes i feel ive got to

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I know I’m never on, but I encourage all of you to watch and share this video as much as possible. This is an Australian reporter covering the LA protests. You can see, on camera, the cop turn and purposely aim at her before firing. This narrative that it’s all the protestors is a clear lie.

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Back when i worked i spent 8 hours packaging chicken skewers and the first day i was so exhausted that i couldn't stop shaking and whenever i closed my eyes to sleep i kept seeing chicken skewers and i couldn't get the smell out of my clothes so i did my best to picture images of The Beatles instesd but they kept fading & turned into chicken skewers like in some horrible nightmare and i was miserable

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Some glorious days before the mass destruction

I just want to think that when Tessa first brought Cyn, all they had a little period of happiness until the moment when they started locking her in the basement.

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The market district of Outpost3 was the liveliest place in the bunker, the various stalls and little shops were set up within mere days after the bunker's establishment. Drones milling about chatting, shopping and working. Within this crowd was Yeva, who is out doing errands, and with her was baby Uzi, who was trying her hardest to squirm out of Yeva's arms.

Yeva readjusted the little squirmy worm for the nth time, being forced to put down the bag of shopping to grab hold of Uzi with both hands. In response, Uzi whined and tried to pry Yeva's hands off of her. Her little face contorted in frustration and effort.

Yeva let loose a small sigh and shook her head at the fussy little drone. She really was Nori's daughter, both in attitude and looks. It hurts, but Yeva tried to let that feeling past.

Suddenly, Uzi stopped struggling and looked Yeva directly in the face. With a little huff, Uzi barked out an annoyed, "Mama!"

The world came to a standstill; Yeva's eyes became hollow as she stared at the little girl in her arms. A numbness in her artificial soul she didn't realize was there broke, all at once the sorrow and pain hit her.

She clutched the little girl close to her chest and pressed her back against the wall, slowly sliding down. Tears began rolling down her visor, her breathing became erratic and her entire body shaking.

Uzi looked up at her, both confused and concerned. She reached up and placed her little hand against Yeva's face. Yeva took Uzi's hand into hers and fighting through the core breaking pain, she whispered, "I'm, I'm not-." She felt a suffocating tension in her vocal synthesizers; the words stuck in her processor.

She took deep, trying to steady herself, "Nori-Nori is y-your mother."

But Uzi didn't know who that was.

(This is going to be a two parter, the second part is going to be with Khan and Doll)

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behind every late diagnosed neurodivergent person is a parent who has absolutely nothing going on at all don't worry about it

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Today a very friendly Golden Retriever came up to me and I said "hey buddy :D" and the owner asked "do you know each other?" like his dog had a social life he didn't know about

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ep 5 prediction

just joking, but it would be funny if it hapened

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"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."

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On conservation and survival