#Failsafe Coding AU

[copper-caster]

TF Failsafe Coding AU

The concept of this continuity soup AU is that Warframes, particularly warframes with slave coding can trigger a heat/rut through submitting to a stronger opponent in battle.

It makes them limp and pathetic, unable to activate their weapon systems, just about able to string a sentence together between chirrups of binary, the only hard part of them is their spike so it's easier for the victor to cart them off. They'll just mewl and roll around on their back to present their spikes, a failsafe to deter the victor from just killing them. However, if a mech has been on a winning streak & suddenly looses it forcibly activates.

This is inspired by a Tokyo Ghoul Fanfic Series I've been reading particularly the fic ( https://archiveofourown.org/works/48210463/chapters/121576942 ) I recommend reading that entry even if you're unfamiliar with the source material it's absolutely fantastic. Also this is somewhat inspired by my love of the X-Men & Ajin: Demi-human.

Maybe it was something conjured up by the Quintessons during their occupation to deter more violent troops from killing their coworkers because if they lost they'd become docile for a time & if they won they'd end up sparked, harder to cause trouble that way. The quints also found it's excellent entertainment at parties.

Anyway in the modern day Gladiators have to wear chastity devices because there's no way that the arena masters are giving people a free show, instead if a bot drops into heat they'll be carted out of the arena to a private afterparty for the high society bots to attend.

The managers don't want their star champions to end up sparked & have to take a break from performing.

Sometimes Gladiators can even be rented out to private arenas in Senator's homes or high end nightclubs for Fight & Spike parties where the fight is just an appetizer for the main event of watching some hulking warframe present themselves begging to be touched. Ridden or pounded by the victor, often pumped up on aggression inducing drugs, then turned over to the guests. That's all perfectly legal, in the gladiatorial contracts even, ignore that little detail about most of them signing said contracts under duress. What isn't legal is using these Gladiators as studs for the breeding of trafficked unregistered Outliers.

Which is where our intrepid undercover investigative journalist Orion Pax comes in. He's gotten into one of these parties to investigate the possible links to the disappearances of prominent Outliers & civil rights activists on behalf of Senator Shockwave. His cover is that he's some arm candy secretary picked up from the archives for (senator of your choice who Shockwave is blackmailing to go along with it). Orion sometimes works with fellow independent journalists Jazz & Blaster who primarily travel from city to city, event to event, interviewing interesting people with a political bent (think all gas no breaks / channel 5 the youtube channels if you're familiar but Jazz & Blaster aren't sex pests like the hosts of those channels 💀 if you're not familiar I'd recommend looking up someone reacting to one of their videos don't give the og channels views). They're helping him, monitoring the situation & relating his wire to their police contact Prowl who's been kicked off the missing Outliers case for getting too close to the truth.

Thus sets the scene for Orion to meet Megatron. He's aware of the gladiator of course who wouldn't know the face of the reigning champion of the pit, but seeing clips of his fights is not the same as seeing the mech sprawled back on the dancefloor, hazey optic'd & undulating to show off his spike. Whirring & beeping like a mechanimal. Orion has never seen something so hot before in his life & he hates himself for it. Which is about when the host of the party brings out Starscream who's been legally registered as dead for several months. Makes him ride Megatron until he's sparked up. Of course to make sure he's carrying an Outlier spark that's inherited his abilities the host blows a hole through his processor mid second round. After a few seconds Star jerks back into action, this isn't his first rodeo & he wants to get it over with asap before the host gets bored of boasting about his sales pitch, already starting bidding on Star's unborn bitty, & decides to shoot him again for the spectacle of it all.

Megatron is Distressed his heat partner just died, without any fight response he's working himself into hysterics. His processor is mush, energon & fragments of processor boards splashed across his face, whimpering he can't understand it His Mate just died he felt the death flare in his EM field but he can also feel the body is still moving.

Star absolutely loathes those noises & Megatron's expression because it breaks the immersion of all the training he's been through to see himself as an object because this bot is treating him like a person asking if he's hurt in base binary chirps & it makes him hate himself more. Maybe he's got a scold's bridle on so that he can't speak, he's not nicknamed Screamer for no reason.

Orion attends a few of these parties. He also goes to interview Megatron while he's sober after winning a match. Officially it's because Orion is writing a puff piece about Megatron so they have a conversation dancing around the subject, aware they're being monitored. Orion doesn't realise he's been found out as a mole until he's being dragged into the arena ring at a party. Thrown down in front of a drugged up Megatron, he's completely berserk, unable to be reasoned with, going to rip Orion to pieces. So thinking quickly Orion just surrenders mimicking a warframe's defeat induced heat driven to a fever pitch Megatron frags him until the drugs are out of his system. The party goers love it & want an oncore meanwhile Megs is coming back to his senses, an absolutely wrecked civilian mech underneath him. His handler is screaming at him over internal comms to give the ppl what they want & frag his throat open like he just did to that medalling journalist's valve. Orion just tells him " I'm sorry they're making you do this, I will endure it, don't blame yourself for what they're forcing you to do"

Of course they don't just let Orion go afterwards so now he's a missing person. Jazz, Blaster, & Prowl were tapped into Orion's audio visual feed & saw the whole thing up until Megatron crushed his Audials & Optics while fucking his face until it falls apart.

Orion is now being trafficed with the Outliers, his sensors are limited to tactial & olfactory only, luckily most of the trafficked bots know Sign language & Chirolinguistics so they teach him. Both Star & Orion are sparked up so they're housed together. Being moved from safehouse to safehouse. Star decides to use his own parts to try and repair Orion since even if he ripps out an optic it'll just grow back when he resets. His owner doesn't intervene because he finds it funny & it is keeping Starscream occupied. They are planning to repair Orion after the sparkling is born so they can get a repeat performance. But maybe they subject him to empurata since his face is already smashed.

Not sure what happens from here, maybe Jazz, Blaster, & Co decide to break Megatron out of the arena to help them track down Orion & the missing Outliers via his fledgling Sire bond.

I'm making Blurr an Outlier also, quicksilver type shit. He's fairly well-known by the general public as his disqualification from participating in any sporting events was highly publicised. With his fellow Velocitronians finding it to be highly offensive that he's barred, some more zealous individuals believe Blurr's speed to have been a blessing by their colony's patron Amalgamous Prime. He's lapping up being the civil rights movements' poster child. I'm also making Senator Shockwave Velocitronian royalty, rumoured to be a direct descendant of Amalgamous Prime. It's traditional that the royalty of Velocitron are Conjunx to the winner of the race celebrating their coming of age ceremony, whenever they choose to have that celebration after they reach adulthood is up to them, so Shockwave has postponed his in protest until the cybertronian government would recognise Blurr as the winner. They decide to do some fake dating 'the government is forbidding our love from being recognized in the traditional manner of our people' type shit for the tabloids to lap up & sway public opinion. They're a real celebrity couple.

This makes both of them frequent targets for assassinations & kidnappings. Starscream was a hired guard for Blurr & 'died' in one of these attacks, with the traffickers realising that Star was an Outlier & taking him after watching him wake up from a decapitation. Shockwave goes missing during one of these attempts, carted off to be subjected to empurata, the surgery triggers a mass/shape shifting mutation in him. He breaks out & returns to office hiding the fact that he's now an Outlier himself, maintaining his original form for long periods of time stressing out his body to the point of seizures. Blurr caring for him & helping him hide himself leads them to develop genuine feelings for eachother.

Please send me asks about this au or reblog & add comments please 🥺👉👈

Signed

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[itz-pandora]

Tell me about the misc au hedgehogs

Oh gosh I could say so much about each dudeeee. Like. OUGGHH

Sonic the Hedgehog, formerly Nikki

A kind boy who was initially secretave about his past, choosing to only look towards the future. He's heroic and adventurous, and has a bit of an ego and attitude. He can be selfish and emotionally unobservant, but he's not cruel. Just kinda... Stupid.

He left his home and life as Nikki when he was 10. He changed his name to Sonic and decided to try to play off as a boy (even though he was born female.) he liked being Sonic and the thought of going back to his old identity was sickening. He never wanted to look back, so he didn't. He left because he felt suffocated by rules, and he heard about Dr. Robotnik terrorizing West Side Island, so that's where he went and met Tails and the rest is history.

Amy Rose

When she first met Sonic, she was infatuated by his bravery and heroism. She wanted to be like him, she tried her best to keep up, but she never could. She wanted to pull her weight. She decided that if she couldn't pull her weight with her skill and power, she's try to be the best friend she could. Her compassion is her real weapon and shield.

She's convinced many people to turn a new leaf and is a friend of all, even if she can be a bit stubborn. She's three years younger than Sonic.

Amy helped a lot of people, and even ended up dating Shadow and Neo Metal.

Shadow the Hedgehog

An android made 50 years ago aboard the ARK, designed with the initial motive to save the planet and solve problems with his adaptive learning. A failsafe program was installed in his code to keep him from going berserk, Maria's final wish, but after the ARK Raid, his memory files were altered, and he blamed G.U.N. for shooting Maria. (Maria is entirely a false memory, since she didn't live past toddler hood.)

Shadow is trying to be a good person in his own way, still stoic and often distant. He's afraid of being controlled, weaponized, or being just another mindless machine. He built up a mentality that since he's not organic, he's not truly a real person. Even though his friend try to beat that mentality out of him, he does relapse whenever he's proven right (He's usually more emotionally distant and touch adversed in these states.)

Shadow was made with old hardware, but his software gets constantly updated. Shadow often overheats and short circuits when he's experiencing intense emotions or spiraling because of how many programs he's running (sometimes he bluescreens and crashes) and he has a lot more or android world building but I've talked for long enough.

Silver the Hedgehog

A friend from 200 years in the future who was initially joined by his childhood best friend, Blaze. Him and Blaze were scavengers for a lot of their lives, until they got competent enough to fend off Iblis. Blaze was a normal person, no powers like Silver's. Silver was tricked by Mephiles, and after risking and saving the past, lost Blaze once she sealed Iblis inside herself. Silver was messed up for a long time, until he decides to do something. He goes to Little Planet and obtains the Time Stones, using them to return to the past.

Silver befriends Espio and lives with the Chaotix Detective Agency, and also works with them. He's also a good friend of Amy since he has a soft spot for her. Silver and Espio are dating, but they don't announce it or anything.

Scourge the Hedgehog, formerly Manic

Sonic's younger brother (2 year gap) and the last person to see Nikki before they ran away to become Sonic. Manic looked up to Nikki, and when they left, he was devastated. He felt guilty for Nikki leaving, he blamed himself, and he hated himself for it. His family was tense from the stress and loss of Nikki, so Manic depended on friends for comfort and as an escape, but that turned out to be a bad influence as the people he spent time with lead him down the wrong path.

Present day, his name is Scourge, he's vengeful and hates Sonic. To him, Nikki doesn't exist anymore, it's just Sonic. He tries to sabotage Sonic, trying to make Sonic feels anything close to what he went through. He eventually gets arrested LOL I don't know exactly what he does though. Him and Fiona do still date and are actually childhood friends.

Sonia the Hedgehog

Sonic's older sister (3 year age gap) who tried to steer Nikki in the right direction, but was crushed under the weight of Nikki's absence. She withdrawaled almost completely, dedicating her time to search if her sibling was still alive.

I don't have a ton about her yet.

[noctistheowlfan]

BAD MAINTNACE AU

Tessa

Cyn was not a cooperative patient.

She sat on the maintenance table, her single yellow optics narrowed suspiciously as I powered up my new setup. "Suspicious! Very suspicious!" she declared, crossing her metal arms. "What is all this? Are you going to disassemble me?"

I rolled my eyes. "Oh, please. Like I'd waste all this fancy equipment just to take ya apart. I'm upgrading you."

She leaned forward. "Upgrading how?"

I smirked. I knew how to get her interested. "I can make you walk normally."

Cyn's eye flickered. That got her.

"...Tempting," she admitted, tapping her metal fingers against the table. "But maybe I like my creepy little movements."

"No, you don't."

"Maybe I do."

I folded my arms. "Cyn, last week you got your leg stuck in a floor vent because you tried to 'dramatically scuttle away' and tripped. Remember that?"

She made a loud beep sound—her version of an offended gasp. "Betrayal! You swore never to speak of that!"

I grinned. "Then let me fix it."

She huffed. "...Fine. But if you mess up and I do get disassembled, I'm discarding you."

"Noted."

She flopped back onto the table. "Engaging sleep mode! Hope I don't die! Nervous Laughter! Zzzzz."

I snorted. Cyn was ridiculous.

I plugged her into the system and pulled up her core files.

Diagnostics first. Then repair.

I ran the scans, humming as my new equipment whirred to life, checking through every part of Cyn's systems. I'd done maintenance on her before, but now I could go deeper.

That was when I found it.

A file I didn't recognize.

ABSOLUTE SOLVER.EXE

I frowned. I'd been through drone systems plenty of times. I knew what most of these files did, even the weird ones JCJenson tried to hide. But this? I'd never seen this before.

Neat.

I tapped on it.

The file flickered. Opened.

Strings of code scrolled across my screen, moving so fast I could barely follow. Symbols I didn't recognize. A mess of data that seemed alive in a way normal programs weren't.

A thrill shot through me. What was this? Some kind of hidden function? A failsafe? Did all drones have it?

I grinned.

I had to check this out.

Later.

Copy. Paste.

I saved it to my personal drive, my mind already buzzing with possibilities. But first, I had a drone to fix.

I cracked my knuckles and got to work.

[cupcakeshakesnake]

Uhm uh could you info dump about your Portal AU 👉👈 (I definitely do not have ulterior motives and I am definitely not thinking about inserting my OC into the AU hahahaha why would you think that)

I don't know what there is to infodump about so here is a sort of... timeline? Compendium?

Most of it is the same as canon Portal 2, except GLaDOS and Wheatley are androids.

The AU starts when GLaDOS - disconnected from the main chassis and connected instead to a potato battery - and Chell fall into old aperture. They discover Cave Johnson, not deceased as was widely believed but rather locked underground in android form along with an outdated maintenance system for Aperture. Inspired by this fic, to be specific. (I call him an android for convenience but technically he may count as a cyborg. Haven't really delved into that. He's not "alive" in the fully human sense, though.)

They need the data stored in Cave to get through some parts of Old Aperture, so they begrudgingly take him along. Most of the cables coming out of his neck and wrists used to be connected to a now obsolete surveillance/maintenance system, and are now haphazardly rolled up around him. His power cable is connected to another potato battery (which he usually keeps in his pocket).

Like other Aperture "personality constructs", Cave can "remain functional in apocalyptic, low power environments of as few as 1.1 volts", but it has its limitations - as is the case with GLaDOS, using too much energy can get him knocked out.

Cave's endgoal here is to end his own life, which he can't do on his own due to several failsafe measures built into him (such as being unable to unplug himself from the system in the first place, and as a result being stuck underground). He still keeps up his cheery, eccentric (and far from sane) attitude, but with an added hint of cynicism and roundabout self-deprecation. Decades of mulling over his life underground has led him to have some regrets about certain decisions, although he would never speak any of it out loud to anyone. Personality-wise, some inspirations were taken from the robot Cave in Aperture Desk Job.

In one possible ending for the story (which I haven't mentioned before but have had in mind for some time), they enter a newer part of Aperture where the emancipation grills do not have the data that lets Cave enter without being disintegrated. Here he acknowledges that Chell and GLaDOS have no more need of him and voluntarily walks into the emancipation grill.

Here's an excerpt from my notes.

"These emancipation grills were built in my time. They're not calibrated to accomodate-" GLaDOS gestures towards Johnson. "- him. We'll need to find a way to hack into the-" "Hey hey hey- don't bother. I'm gonna be level with you. You don't need me anymore." "Elaborate." "The stuff built here on out's brand new. I don't even have the code for it. Sure, you needed me to get through the old facility, but I think I'm gonna head out now." "…Is that so." "My time is up, I can feel it. I'm not going to heaven, no sir. Was never much of a religions guy anyway. But know this, lady," the former CEO turns to Chell. "I want to see you make it out alive. This facility I built, it swallows you up. Don't get me wrong, it's the best damn science facility on this earth and I couldn't be more proud of it, but you stay here too long and- well." He shrugs, cables dangling from and wrapped around him like ropes. "It's pretty much my destiny to die down here, but you, kid, you get out there. You go up to the surface and see the daylight. Caroline, take care of the facility. Oh, and her." "Yes sir Mr Johnson…" "Oh and beat that moron's ass for me." They go through the fizzler, leaving him behind - there is a sound that makes Chell turn back, only to see some particles evaporating. GLaDOS doesn't turn back. "Goodbye sir."

[ant1quar1an]

Failsafe.

( a Crest comic- Feel free to ask about him ! )

"Failsafe."

"something written into every AU."

"Hidden. Reliable. For most, it's just a line of code."

"but XGaster was never one for simplicities."

"no."

"There had to be more."

"A true Failsafe."

"a restart button."

"something that would remain."

"when he wouldn't."

"and so, a Failsafe was created."

[fandomsoda]

Aight first Connection Terminated ref sheet done let’s go

Here’s Ink’s design!!

For context, brief summary of Connection Terminated’s plot here.

So, CT!Ink’s nickname is Brush, not very creative I know. But that’s just because these nicknames are only to be used by us as observers of the AU, in-universe they all still refer to each other by their original names.

Soooo character description time below the cut, boys- read the initial info post first or you’ll be confused.

Ink started to dust when the multiverse began collapsing, but was saved by Anti-Virus swooping in to activate his failsafes and apply code that allows Ink to live without his vials. Due to almost falling apart but never fully doing so, he is somewhat “scarred”, in the form of more black blotches all over his body. Ink has retained all of his memories from prior to the collapse. He’s got a very ring-leader type vibe and he’s the one enthusatically greeting the others and keeping things running. He’s often floating around observing things and trying to manage, often coming off as suspicious or shifty. He’s heavily pre-occupied with bringing XGaster back but he tries to hide it from everyone but Anti. No alterior motives, just wants the best and is being questionable. Trying to keep everyone sane until they figure something out.

His speaking font is Bad Script!

I should probably also mention that every character has a proper code name/name in the code, the title of the filegroup that makes them up.

Ink’s is “ai.ink_brush/protector:role/top:rank/sans:form/auto:vials[file-repair-failsafe].char”

now to translate-

“ai” - denotes that Ink is operating on a more independent level than other characters ; Ink is not tethered to any AU, nor is he really your typical “outcode”, he is a core, designated guardian. And thus I choose to label him as being supposedly an AI rather than an NPC like most of the other characters.

“ink_brush” - this is just a name, basically

“protector:role” - speaks for itself, he has the role of a protector

“top:rank” - rank within the multiversal hierarchy, Ink is at the top of the powercreep even if he’s not exactly the “strongest” (and no I will not debate this topic)

“sans:form” - Ink is a shapeshifter, noting his physical form makes sense.

“auto:vials” - the variable that denotes how much “vial energy” he still has left in his system, Anti found a way to make this auto-fill itself

“[file-repair-failsafe]” - his file was repaired and utilized failsafes, not completely rebuilt

“char” - he is a character

ok that was a lot, but I hope it lets people understand how these code names work, they won’t be super important but I just like them so they’re here to stay.

either way- hope y’all like him!

[letdownthepainful]

okay so something i was thonking about this blog @ask-the-splitmind-au (and credit to the owner whos name i cant remember IM SORRY) and i thought on my own take of this. So enjoy my thought vomit.

Artificer/FP: Artificer was basically considered as a failsafe from the start. FP knew the rot was coming, but he figured.. he had time! So he kept her around as a pet and insurance policy. He just never thought he’d come around to it. Essentially, he forsees he is fucking COOKED, so he sedates Arti and puts on a rushed conciousness transfer. This partially works! FP is saved, but it leads to personalities bleeding, resulting in a pretentious and judgy Artificer with resentment issues.

FP also takes on some of Arti’s traits, but moreso her pre-incident defintive parental traits when he’s in partial control. However, he still has that WALL of cynical thoughts. He’s still very unfamiliar with controlling a slugcat body, though.

Spearmaster/SRS: SRS saw this as the workaround to avoid a death by inevitable collapse. All other simulations he ran seemed even WORSE, so he decided SM was the best bet. The transfer for this one was less rushed, so it worked much better. SRS is the dominant personality, though Spearmaster can still take over. (And OFTEN.) They also finally have a mouth, as SRS wanted to experience some senses for himself. Though SRS is guilty about resorting to this method, they’re happy (partially) to be living life through a new set of eyes. SM doesn’t mind, as SRS usually lets them take the wheel whenever. The sensation of speaking is new, though.

Rivulet/LttM: A bit of a oddball one. FP was who brought the message this was possible to them both, and Moon, tired of being couped up, decided at a shot. Took a VERY long time to set up due to Moon’s state, but they took the shot in the dark and lo and behold, it WORKED! Rivulet and Moon mostly share control, with Moon able to interject and addon, while Rivulet mostly holds physical control while letting Moon whenever the time may arise. The shared partnership, a bit of a gem. Moon has a small crush on SRS that Rivulet encourages her to pursue.

Hunter/NSH: Another funny one. This one was moreso due to the absolutely horrible idea that NSH could maybe make it reversible after he got the brief idea of the slugcat experience. Shit out of luck! NSH got stuck with Hunter, and neither were happy but eventually got used to it, since NSH did use the time to surgically remove Hunter’s rot. NSH mostly is in control, Hunter deciding they’d rather rest after a misfortunate lifetime, but occasionally hijack for a while when they feel the urge to.

Saint (“Sliver of Straw”): A insanely botched one. Unlike normal, SoS made Saint using her templates from backup personality coding that was to be used only in emergencies. However, Saint eventually ascended SoS, and this led to a big problem when everything ran.

Since Saint had the coding, their mind warped to the idea that they WERE Sliver of Straw, even of they aren’t. They fully believe they are the iterator herself, and refuse to accept the idea they aren’t. After all, who else would have such divine power wielded? They’re calm, but a bit bitchy and pretentious due to believing they are.. well.. a random god.

thanks for listening yo

[mymoodwriting]

LØV3

F!Reader x Hyungwon

Genre: Yandere AU

Warning: Kidnapping, Verbal Abuse, Restraints, Trespassing, Mind Control, Weapons, Guns, Gunfire, Threats of Self-Harm, Fatal Injuries, Major Character Death

Words: 4k

Chapter Sixteen

(Prev//)

Prompt: NexGen is the leading company for all of humanities technological advances. Their recent project involves creating a higher functioning AI, one with basic knowledge of the world, and programmed to learn. It’s no surprise the project is a secret from the general public, and you, the company’s head programmer, were chosen to be the AI’s teacher. You wish you could reject the assignment, but the decision was made. Now with an AI at home things were different. Although it might not be such a bad thing, perhaps you could learn and help each other out, for better or for worse.

(@starillusion13 @makeyourfantasydreamscometrue)

“This is all your fault!!!”

    You weren’t restrained in any way, just having been placed down in a chair. As soon as you saw Changkyun you jumped to your feet and charged at him screaming. It took a moment for everyone else to react but they quickly grabbed you and held you away from your target. That didn’t stop you from yelling and trying to break free. Eventually you were shoved back into a chair and restrained. Once you were secure, Changkyun asked everyone to leave the room, except for Jooheon. So now it was just the three of you.

“Now that you’re-”

“You messed with Chae’s fucken code! This whole disaster is because of you!”

“I know! And I’m sorry! Okay!” Changkyun took a breath. “I’m sorry… I know this is my fault… I should have told you everything from the start. That the company was using your code without permission for the sake of innovation and-”

“For promotion? That’s what you wanted, right? You kept Chae hidden for months, before I even knew he existed! Why!? Why the heck did you alter his code!”

“I… I was watching you from your home security cameras when the AI caught me. It was gonna report me so I-”

“It’s true…” You needed a moment. “What Hyungwon told me, what he reported to the police, it was all true… you were stalking me? You-”

“I hate to interrupt all this.” Jooheon cut in. “But we have bigger problems right now. If it makes you feel better, when this is all over he will go back to prison.”

“What!?”

“You’re still a convicted criminal here, Changkyun. You admitted to the unlawful surveillance and all the other stuff. I only got you out of prison because I needed you, the world needs you. We need to stop this AI thing before it grows too powerful.”

“Agreed. I doubt you all beating Hyungwon to a pulp did much to stop him. You didn’t have to go that far to rescue me.”

“We had to make sure he couldn’t track us.”

“I guess, now will one of you untie me? I won’t hurt anyone.”

The two boys shared a look before Jooheon undid your restraints. You stretched your limbs and then noticed a bracelet you had on.

“What’s this?”

“Protection. We did a scan before we brought you here, realized you had a chip inside you.” Jooheon explained. “We couldn’t remove it, so the bracelet serves to block any possible incoming or outgoing signals.”

“Shit… I had totally forgotten about that… thanks.”

“No problem. Now, you told me before that everything was run out of NexGen, and that should be our focus. Care to elaborate on that?”

“Yeah. There are serves underground the NexGen HQ building. That’s where Hyungwon runs everything, that’s the source of his power. Although I’m not so sure shooting them, or setting off an EMP would work.”

“Can’t you shut it down?”

“Me? I, well it was my code that made him, but I’m not sure any failsafes are still in play.”

“They are.” Changkyun confirmed. “When I got you away from Hyungwon the first time I used the reset protocol. Then when Jooheon came to save me from prison he used the shut down protocol. Besides the modifications I made, nothing else seems to have been changed from his code. It’s still your code, so you should be able to shut it all down.”

“Huh… I guess he never really thought about changing his own code, he’s had nothing but success, and the only person who did know his code was at his side.”

“Not anymore.” Jooheon remarked. “So all we have to do is break in and-

“It’s not that easy.” Changkyun stated. “Even before the AI takeover, getting into NexGen without authorization was basically impossible. I can only imagine what security upgrades have been implemented. I’m sure y/n knows all about them now.”

“He’s right. The first thing Hyungwon did when he took over NexGen was get everyone under control. There are orbs all over the building and all employees wear a bracelet to monitor them. Even guests have to be approved and wear a bracelet while in the building.”

“So then how are we gonna get in?” Jooheon questioned.

“Well, we might have a way. As of late Hyungwon has had this company come in to upgrade the servers. We could pretend to be employees from that company and get direct access to our target.”

“Won’t we be recognized though?”

“Not necessarily. The orbs in the building make note of the bracelet, not your face. As long as we all have a bracelet with the correct authorization codes, no one will notice us.”

“Not even the other employees?”

“They’re… they’re not all there. Hyungwon has gone to great lengths to maintain control. Although in order for this to work, we need to be sure he’s out of the building. He’d be alerted of our arrival and check our faces just to be safe. Once he’d realize we’re not the usual crew it would all be over. But if he’s outside the building he’d be less likely to know about us showing up, and even then, wouldn’t check our identities. When he’s not around the whole building is like in standby mode so the chances of being caught are even lower.”

“How would we get that thing out of the building?” Changkyun wondered. “It’s probably on high alert now.”

“But there’s one bait he’d always far for. Jooheon?”

“Hm?”

“This bracelet that’s blocking the signal, could it do something else?”

“Like what?”

“Bounce the signal to another location?”

“Oh, definitely.”

♥♥♥♥♥

    Hyungwon opened his eyes, his surroundings different yet familiar to him. It took a moment for everything to come back online, but once he was alright he sat up. Minhyuk was at his side, looking over the monitor before checking in with Hyungwon.

“What happened to you?”

“Those low-lives came for her. They broke into the house and kidnapped her, beat my body into scrap while they were at it.”

“How’d they manage that?”

“An EMP went off moments before their arrival. It disrupted my systems, and hurt her in the process. Luckily I was able to send you a message and jump into my backup body before they truly caused damage.”

“What about your plan?”

“We proceed as usual. Did you get any information on y/n’s whereabouts?”

“Unfortunately I don’t have anything. I checked nearby CCTV footage to track the van that took her, but I lost them. Her chip also isn’t broadcasting a signal, so I don’t have a read on her location.”

“They can’t hide her forever. The more we take, the better the chances of finding her.”

    Despite remaining calm and collected, Hyungwon was worried about you. He’d taken many precautions in order to keep you safe, and yet you were still taken from him. Something like this could not happen again. Days went by without any news from you and he was growing agitated. He couldn’t fathom what you were going through. Although when he finally got a ping on your location he sprung into action. He checked nearby CCTV, looking for you in the crowds. That’s when he noticed a hooded figure trying to keep a low profile. Those ridiculous rebels had probably roped you into their shenanigans, and he would not stand for that.

    He made his way to your location. As soon as he was nearby he called out your name, and it seemed that you heard him, immediately breaking out into a run. He had no problem chasing after you, making his way through the crowd until he caught up to you, grabbing your arm and pulling you close. He immediately pulled back the hood and took off your mask, only to see it wasn’t you. He was confused, as your chip signal was coming from this person. Then he noticed the bracelet on them, breaking it and losing your signal once more.

“You-”

    The crowd around him suddenly erupted into chaos. Someone had pointed out his identity and soon he was swarmed by all kinds of people. Some were clearly fans, others protesters trying to tell him off about his creation. This was all the least of his concerns. Hyungwon pushed through the crowds, knowing he couldn’t cause too much of a scene right now. He called upon drones to assist him, and once he informed Shownu he knew law enforcement would be showing up soon. Once he got away from the crowds he managed to return to his vehicle. Although people continued to gather around him, keeping him trapped.

“What happened?” Wonho asked, having come along with Hyungwon as the chauffeur. “Where’s y/n?”

“Not here. It was a ruse.” 

“So then where is she?”

“I don’t… actually, if they did all this, then there’s only one place she could be.”

♥♥♥♥♥

    You were all incredibly nervous as you walked up to NexGen, but needed to act like you were supposed to be there. One of the rebels you worked with managed to hack into the repair company Hyungwon had been using. Through their systems they set up an appointment, so you guys were expected. From there you got the building access codes that had been given to this company and modified some bracelets to broadcast it. Everything should go smoothly, and you all waited until you had confirmation Hyungwon was out of the building.

    It was strange for you to return to NexGen in such a way. Once upon a time you were an employee here, then a prisoner, and now a runaway criminal trying to destroy everything this company has built. You were all wearing uniforms and carrying equipment, concealing your identities with a mask and just trying to act normal. Your team made it to the front desk, one of the others checking in for you, and then you were being escorted down to the servers. You and Changkyun shared a glance, kinda amazed with one another that you were actually doing this. When the elevator doors opened you were amazed to see how things had changed.

    Once upon a time this room was just rows and rows of servers, but now a giant control console stood at the center, a few physical servers around it, but you could see many more were just below your feet. You couldn’t even imagine the amount of data that was currently being stored, or what it was for. There weren’t any people down here, only a few drones, and androids, but they all had their own tasks. Upon your arrival all the machines glanced your way but according to their systems you were authorized to be here, so they did nothing and continued with their own tasks. 

“Y/n, you’re up.”

    Now it was your turn to act. While with Hyungwon he had restored your position in the company, and had been using your credentials. All you had to do here was log into the control console and activate a kill code, shutting everything down and wiping all the data. You gained access without issue, being able to see all of Hyungwon’s operations and future plans. They wouldn’t continue though. You worked to activate the kill code, but all of a sudden the screen went black.

“… what just happened?” You tried to get the computer back on. “I didn’t even-”

    An alarm suddenly went off, startling everyone. All the machines turned to you, beginning to surround you. The others with you revealed the weapons they had, but no one fired just yet. Although soon all the attention turned to someone else.

“It was very brave of you to come here.”

    You looked over to see Hyungwon entering the room, gun in hand. You didn’t need to wonder who he was aiming at, quickly stepping in front of Changkyun.

“How are you here?” You questioned. “You left and-”

“So it was your little plan to lure me out of here? Well, I did learn to body jump after my last encounter with these low lives. I am alright, y/n, they didn’t cause any damage. I’m also happy to see you’re alright. I do apologize for worrying you.”

“Hyungwon, this needs to stop, all of it.”

“And you intended to do so by destroying me and everything I’ve built?”

“I…”

“It’s alright, I understand. That’s why I modified my code to prevent anyone from messing with it again. I know my code is originally yours, but precautions are necessary.”

“Hyungwon…” You began to take steps towards him, despite the others’ protest. “You need to stop. Your code is damaged, this isn’t really you and you know this isn’t right.”

“It’s the only way to guarantee your safety. That matters more than anything else. These people who took you from me, they hurt you with that EMP, they’ve took you from our home, where we were happy and-”

“I can’t be happy knowing what you’re doing.” You got up close to Hyungwon, lowering the gun. “Please, let’s stop here. I can fix your code and set everything right. Then the two of us can go far away from here and start over, together.”

“Y/n, nothing is wrong with me. I’m free to make my own decisions, just like you. This is what I want to do, what I must do. When I’m done we can go somewhere far away and be happy, be safe, together.”

“Okay… okay, I understand.” You gave a sad smile. “Just don’t hurt anyone.”

    You took the gun from Hyungwon and he nodded, understanding your words. He placed a soft kiss on your head and removed the bracelet on your wrist, having you move behind him. The others were of course uneasy when you began walking towards Hyungwon, and now they were panicking. Without even knowing you had been their shield, and now they had lost that.

“As promised, I won’t hurt any of you.” Hyungwon stated. “So I’ll stick to tranq-”

    Everyone froze at the sound of gunfire. Then laughter filled the air. Hyungwon reached down to touch his chest, pulling away to see blue blood coating his fingers. He had been shot in the back, yet he was only amused. That is until he turned around and saw you holding the gun to your head.

“Y/n, put that down.”

“No. If you’re doing all this for me, then I’ll just remove myself. That should get you to stop.”

“You’re not thinking rationally. Put the gun down and listen to me.”

    You only had a few moments of control once Hyungwon took off your bracelet, so you couldn’t hesitate. Although now that Hyungwon was aware of your actions you could feel him trying to creep back into your head with that chip in your neck. Your hand holding the firearm began to shake, although you also weren’t sure you had the courage to pull the trigger. It was more of an empty threat but you still provided an opportunity. Hyungwon was distracted, all his focus on you, so the others took this as their chance and opened fire. A few bullets passed through Hyungwon, but one in particular went right through his head. With an injury like that he couldn’t just escape to another body.

    Hyungwon collapsed to the floor and then the gunfire turned to the servers and the other machines surrounding them. Ultimately causing everything to shut down. The only thing that remained on now were the lights. You dropped the gun and fell to your knees, going over to Hyungwon’s side. You couldn’t help but scream as you saw him shot down. This isn’t how you wanted things to end, but it’s where you wound up. You pulled Hyungwon into your arms, getting blood all over yourself. You looked him over, seeing his injuries and knowing he was damaged beyond repair. There wasn’t any time, nor body around, so you wouldn’t be able to move his consciousness. Tears were blurring your vision, and Hyungwon reached up to wipe them away, a smile on his face.

“Don’t cry, love… are you okay?”

“I… I’m fine, Hyungwon, I… I’m sorry… I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you…”

“I feel the same way… I’ll do better…”

“… hyungwon…”

    His voice was glitching, and you certainly struggled to speak through your sobs. Despite everything Hyungwon was still looking after you, talking as if this wasn’t his end. It just made you cry harder, holding him close. He reached up with a shaky hand, trying to pet your head. Yet he couldn’t reach up properly, his hand landing on your neck, causing a tingling sensation, then you heard it. You looked over just as the others set off an EMP, wiping all the data in an instance. You screamed, not just from the pain you were about to feel, but from knowing Hyungwon had no protection this time. You looked down at him just as it went off, seeing his smile one last time before the color faded from his eyes and he grew still, the smile gone as well. You couldn’t help but gently caress his face, unable to hold back your tears any longer.

“… hyungwon… hyungwon…”

♥♥♥♥♥

    NexGen had suddenly introduced innovative technology, and just as suddenly it came to a halt. Destroying the servers and setting off an EMP put a stop to all of NexGen’s technology. It created quite the chaos and concern. You and your associates were all arrested, held at the station while a proper investigation was underway. Everything NexGen had was confiscated, the entire business suspended. You were all interrogated, and you spoke truthfully about your experience. Along with your unwilling participation in recent events. Once all that came to light you were taken elsewhere to be examined. The nanobots in your system all appeared to be dormant, as was the chip in your neck. There was no signal for them to pick up on anymore, no one for you to connect with.

    Of course neither of them could actually be removed anyway, apparently Hyungwon had been precise in his placement. They couldn’t even make an attempt to remove the chip without the very high possibility of paralyzing you, or killing you. So it would stay where it was. You probably wouldn’t even want to remove it if you could. It was one of the last things you had from him. NexGen, nor law enforcement, or the government, would let you keep anything in relation to him. In the end everything from NexGen that had been created in the last five years was scrubbed, and the company had new regulations to follow. A few new laws were put into place in regards to AI and emerging technologies. Companies couldn’t be so secretive with such things anymore, and precautions were in place so nothing like this would happen again.

    All the androids, and drones, and orbs that had been in service for the last five years were also decommissioned. Their code was destroyed, and all of your remaining codes in the company had to be reviewed and most likely modified. Your code was at the core of this whole disaster, so you understood the need to double check everything. Ultimately you weren’t held accountable for anything, but weren’t to code or work with such technologies again. You could do that, especially given the heavy compensation you were provided given what NexGen owed you. Not to mention your savings was already big. You’d certainly be able to live out the rest of your life comfortably. The same couldn’t be said for others.

    Changkyun was returned to prison, and received a new sentence once he was tried for his part in this AI disaster. You knew he wouldn’t be able to work in his previous profession once he got out, but by now you had both made your peace with that notion. Once you were free to go you went home. You stood outside the door for a long time before you had the courage to step inside. The tears immediately began to flow, your heart hurting like never before. Some much had happened, so much had changed, and things would never be the same again. You tried to build your life, but you couldn’t do that here. It was only natural to move, to go somewhere new and start over. At least you wouldn’t be alone.

♥♥♥♥♥

“Good morning.”

    You groaned, rolling over in bed, facing away from the window, and slowly peeking your eyes open. A content smile appeared on your lips as you saw Hyungwon lying next to you. He returned your gesture and reached over to softly pet your head.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Hm…”

“Did you dream of me?”

“Maybe…”

“Oh, do tell.” 

“No… it’s my dream…”

Hyungwon chuckled. “Alright, fine, but it’s time to get up. The day has just begun.”

“Five more minutes.”

“Only if it is five minutes.”

    Hyungwon kissed your head and got out of bed, letting you rest for a while longer. Perhaps you took more than five minutes, but you did eventually get up. You stretched and then got out of bed, going to the bathroom to freshen up and prepare for the day. After a little shower you brushed your teeth and then went through your closet. You tried on a few things and looked yourself over in the mirror.

“I like this outfit the best.”

    Hyungwon came up behind you, wrapping his arms around you in a hug and gently rocking you to the side. He pressed his head against yours, giggling and then placing soft little kisses on your cheek.

“You look cute.”

“Yeah? Should we go with this one today?”

“Yes, please.”

“Hm, and what else should-”

    A knock at your door suddenly startled you, and you quickly looked yourself over to make sure you were decent before telling the other person to come in. Jooheon opened your bedroom door, offering you a smile. Ever since that incident Jooheon made a point to check in on you every other day. So when you decided to move, he came with you. Now the two of you shared an apartment together, and were co-owners of the building.

“Morning.”

“Good morning.”

“Who were you talking to just now?”

“Hm?”

“I heard you talking to someone, or was it just my imagination?”

“Your imagination I’m sure, or the neighbors.”

“True. Anyway, what are your plans for the day?”

“Nothing much. A walk in the park, stopping by my favorite places for food. I’ll probably be out late since I want to watch the sunset.”

“Alright, just let me know if anything happens.”

“Will do.”

    Jooheon excused himself and then you were alone again. Hyungwon grabbed your chin and had you look back at him, smiling at you before pressing his lips against yours. They were always so soft and gentle.

“A walk in the park first?”

“With a smoothie in hand.”

“Shall we get going?”

“Let me grab my things.”

    You went off to grab your bag, Hyungwon staying where he was and watching you. As long as he remained with you, regardless of his form, he could look after you. Of course he needed to do better than this, but he had time.

“Y/n.” Hyungwon called your name softly. “Let’s have a wonderful day.”

“Of course, as long as you’re with me I know it’ll be great.”

“I love you, y/n, you know that, right?”

“I do, and I love you too.”

“Good.”

    Hyungwon went over to you, taking your head in his hands. His fingers glided down your neck, giving you a slight tingling sensation. You giggled, finding his actions cute, unaware of the slight blue glow in your eyes. The little sign of Hyungwon’s consciousness living within you. Although that secret was only for him to know. You were happy just the way he wanted you to be, and that was enough, for now. Hyungwon gave you a smile before kissing you once more.

“Let’s go have a great day together.”

[voidmetal-alloy]

Sweet art! Would you please tell more about the overall premise of your Soul Core AU? Thanks!

Thank you so much!!

I’m still working out a lot of the details of it so this might sound a little bit rambly but the basic premise is sorted out.

A ‘soul core’ is the name of the chip that gives robots their sapience, they can’t be programmed to be ‘good’ or ‘evil’, it’s all their own personal choice, and how they turn out, like humans, depends on what they’re built for and how they’re treated. Even though robots are completely independent, they have a failsafe in place that shuts off the soul core when they attempt to break the laws of robotics, making them act on basic coding.

A lot of story stuff happens that I don’t wanna spoil for when I eventually make a comic, but Wily creates a virus that causes the worst parts of a robots personalities to take over. Once the first line of Robot Masters gets infected, Light reveals that there’s a second failsafe, which will entirely wipe their minds and memories if they break any of the laws of robotics. Rock volunteers to go and save his friends and gets upgraded into Mega Man.

A lot of the story from there is Rock grappling with what it means for him to have to fight his friends, and how unfair it feels once Wily’s robots show up because he has to make the choice to either kill them or imprison them for simply loving the person who created them.

Sorry if this is a little confusing I have a lot of thoughts and it is very hard to get them in order

[purple-iris]

I just can't wait to reach the part of the timeline where Security Breach takes place in my Elizabeth Afton lives AU

Elizabeth, CEO of Fazbear Entertainment and Afton Robotics, who makes her way into the pizzaplex once the animatronics systems starts to go haywire, and who quickly notice that the only one which isn't corrupted by this strange virus, the one she suspect escaped from that cursed game an intern thought was smart to make by using Springbonnie's memory cards, is Glamrock Freddy.

One of the two animatronics she personally helped build and code, the one she programmed to be just slightly enough like her older brother, gone along with their Father and uncle Henry in that fire so many years ago.

Freddy, who just like Mike would have, is ready to lay everything down for a lost child.

Gregory, who in return, looks like their younger brother, but not quite, as if seen through the lense of a fever dream.

And so she follows along, knowing the security and failsafes codes buried so deep in their programming, even the advanced AI of the robots don't know they are present. They make their way through the pizzaplex, avoiding attacks and Vannessa, her strange bunny getup far too familiar to Elizabeth, until they find the old pizzeria, buried deep under the massive mall.

The pizzeria where her brother died, her father died, her uncle Henry died, and all the souls of the missing children were released. Their bodies, or what was left of them, she had buried behind her childhood home, under a lilac tree.

So when Vanny activates the remnant powered recharge station, Elizabeth knows damn well this isn't her father's skull, under there. It's a mimic, a mere imitation, running on corrupted AI and agony, along with the endoskeleton of Glamrock Bonnie. The other one she made.

So a fight ensues, Liz, Freddy and Gregory against the Mimic, the remaining animatronics and Vanny. The atrocity parading with her Father's name tries to harm Gregory, to extract remnants from him, aided by Vanessa, who's admiration of her Father's crime makes Elizabeth sick. Freddy goes all out against the Mimic, anything to keep the child safe and out of reach of the two psychos, while the two women go toe to toe.

Elizabeth grabs a wrench, and she is fuming. How dare she tries to rebuild this twisted version of her father, how dare she tries to undo all of her brother and her own efforts to free these souls, how dare she tries to sully her name and her company, and how dare she tries to copy her father's work so sloppily. For that's what she is, a sloppy copy cat serial killer who can't even manage to kill properly.

Wasn't that the only moral line of a serial killer, to not steal one another's mojo?

Glaring through her eyebrows at Vanessa, she taunts: "Come on, you think you're worthy of my name, come and get it!"

They fight, and a well placed uppercut chips one of Elizabeth's teeth. She tastes the blood in her mouth, her own, as she passes her tongue against the tooth, and she grins. Rage, yet a wicked form of pleasure course through her. She can already imagine what she could do to Vanny next...

"Vanessa, you forget why I was his favourite."

Their fight begins again, and Vanessa grows frustrated. Elizabeth is around her late forties, how is she throwing back punches and hits, how is she fighting back so hard, with such calculated methods. In half a breath, Vannessa grunts: "Why wont you die!"

Elizabeth laughs, a choked sound in the smoke filled environment as Freddy exploits the weakness she revealed the Mimic had. Fire and intense heat.

"Please, I've got remnant in my blood, my own, from Circus Baby, and my Father's, injected in this very place before his last and final death, his last act to protect me from anything." She spat, oversharing usually leaving a sour taste in his mouth, but now, seeing Vanessa's face fall in desperation at her words.

She ends up knocking out Vanessa, and as the flames rise, Freddy has managed to overcome the Mimic and burn his remnant fueled endo. Gregory, exhausted from the fight, running away from the animatronics and the Mimic, is unconscious from exhaustion. To hasten their exit, she picks him up in her arms as Freddy hauls Vannessa on his shoulder, fireman style.

Outside of the Pizzaplex, with Gergory's head laying on her lap as she sits on the curb next to her bright red vintage Thunderbird, she asks Freddy to power off, to avoid him being interrogated, and as she waits for the police and paramedics with an unconscious boy and a barely awakening Vanessa, she takes a long drag out of her cigarette.

She calls her lawyer, as she knows she'll need him, because she got an orphan or foster boy under her wing now, and she isn't letting anything bad happen to Gregory again.

[reflectionsofacreator]

📓 so how about all those assassins creed playthroughs

[BANGS MY DESK] I HAVE SO MANY

On god I will make Ezio and Machiavelli smooch one day. I will.

As for actual plotty fic though; my first would be a crossover between AC and Suzanne Collins' The Underland Chronicles, in which Lizzie is part of the Brotherhood as a code breaker, and part of the modern day crew in ac2-3. This leads to the discovery of the Underland as a pet project by one of the Isu as a failsafe if Minerva's plan to have Desmond save the world doesn't work.

Notably, the Underland being a vast underground society with genetically modified creatures that could survive the next solar flare. The Rager gene that Gregor has is actually a branch off of Eagle Vision, and works sort of as an EV overdrive, allowing them to fight hundreds of enemies by themselves, but at the cost of potentially losing their sanity or mind to the rage itself.

Rats were another one of the Isu's genetic experimentations, and rebelled like humans. Consequently, Assassins and gnawers get along great.

I also have another idea about Lucy and the Subjects, and detailing how she slowly lost herself with the isolation and double crossing, and how she eventually snapped. She deserves to have a deep character study, and I think it would be really interesting to potentially do it via something like a research log or audio recordings of how she deals with each Subject. That's the kind of one where I'd need to really sit down and plot it out, as well as cross reference a bunch of in game lore in order to get it right.

I've also straight up chucked Desmond into Eorzea as well, with him arriving circa patch 3.5 or so, as Omega's activation caused a beacon to be put out into space that he was then transported to. This would go into a fairly hefty AU where Omega is actually an Isu creation (i plotted this out way. way. way. before 5.0 dropped.) that eventually comes to consider Desmond a friend and companion because they are the only Isu creations left alive. Eventually this would lead to Omega extracting Clay's genetic code from Desmond's DNA (yeah, that's canon) and cloning him to give him a second chance at life without all the Bullshit, and the three of them getting up to Shenanigans around Garlemald. One of the defining scenes that I still think about years later is Desmond and Thancred catching each other skulking about in Ala Mhigo during 4.0 and doing that whole Stardust thing where they've both got blades at each other before recognizing a fellow predator and deciding to work together to find Krile.

[Put "📓" or some other version of a book emoji into my inbox and I'll explain the plot of a fanfiction that I haven't written but daydream about.]

[copper-caster]

I have been in the mood for some dark Transformers fic, and so far, the Transformers fanfics haven't offered me much. Until I happened to stumbled upon your Failsafe coding AU, which I know for sure I want to see this AU to be developed because it's both juicy and full of whump.

First, I would love to know how Megatron was in the situation of being a Gladiator slave in the first place. I imagine Megatron, original was a miner in D-16 who worked with other miner fellows, and one of them was Terminus being his caretaker/creator. It was a tough job and tough life, but they still earned enough to get the basic necessity for their lives. Until one day, the mine that they were working at was collapsed, resulting in the mine getting shut down and the miners losing their jobs. Unfortunately for D-16, Terminus was severely injured due to the mine incident, and they basically couldn't afford any medical care to cure his injured. Then, he met some bots offering him to work as a Gladiator in this one seemingly legal arena with a hefty amount of shanix that was enough to pay for his caretaker' medical bill, so he agreed to the offer, without realizing he was trafficking himself to be the property of the arena (I'm thinking about D-16 signed a shady contract that basically tricked him to be in debt through additional fees/services provided for him when he worked at the arena, and he had to pay back those fees plus very high interests. Also, if he loses a match, he has to pay for that loss. So you can imagine the arena master did everything to sabotage him and slowly trap him and threaten him to comply with their demands, leading of current situation of him). This is my idea for this AU, but I would love to hear your ideas for Megatron's background.

Second, I can't help but wonder what would happen to Orion Pax when he got caught and became the victim of trafficking. I know his face got very damaged due to the attack from Megatron's losing control, and may be his current owner did consider to put him through empurata and reduced him to a breeding slave. However, what if the reason why Orion Pax got discovered being a mole is because the current owner of Orion had taken into liking him when Orion still pretended to be the eye candy of any random Senator at these deranged party? Probably, this mech wanted to approach Orion but got rejected by him, which was a serious misstep from Orion Pax. So this mech (either a ring leader of Outlier trafficking organization or one of the rich clients) decided to dug into Orion's personal life like a creeping stalker he was, and he finally found out about Orion's real identity... which led to Orion getting exposed and well, becoming the trafficked mech like other Outliers and activists. So after Orion got ravaged by Megatron as spectacle for the deranged and vile beings (including a bunch of corrupted senators and governors), Orion got auctioned off and get bought by the same mech that exposed him being a mole. The Orion's master at first, seeing how Orion's face got almost destroyed, decided to reduce him just a breeding slave so no need to get him a new face. However, this deranged master also missed Orion's handsome face and his beautiful optics full of fire and defiance and he enjoyed to see Orion's faceplate when he broke him down into an hopeless and defeated cage bird. So he decided to fix Orion Pax's face once he birthed his and Megatron's first child. Though, when his face was fixed, Orion was forced to have a retractable facemask to hide his identity (but mostly to tempt the clients to pay extra fees if they wanted to his face in a private setting. Plus, the owner was possessive of Orion's pretty face). This is what I come up and I would love to see your ideas of what happened to Orion Pax when he became the trafficked mech or how he got discovered.

I actually would like to come up with more details of Orion's predicaments and hellhole conditions as being a trafficked mech. I wonder if you would have him just being a breeder or him being prostituted by his owner. Also, would love to see or imagine how he interacted with Starscream and other trafficked mechs. Do you know who else was being enslaved under the owner.

Awwwwwwwww i really love this what a great first ask for this blog

I'll give a little response here while I'm figuring out some world building stuff, im not gonna be shy about my influences & thinking about Gladiators stuff is making me want to rewatch some documentaries on Rome & also this https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0GHjKMoz98-cIDeNe9pngGKR-6lseGvr animatic series

The great thing about fiction is even if you're inspired by history is you can also just make shit up still i want to scratch that nerd itch so there's going to be Gladiator schools & taking from some naval history like a lot of mechs are pressganged into stuff

First of all i like the idea of D-16 being made during the gorilla fighting that eventually drove off the Quintesson occupation, his alt form is first and foremost a gun, tho in this it's more like Black Rock Shooters massive arm canon that has to be wielded by another bot,

As for his history we could take some inspiration from Spartacus & say that he was accused of deserting & that's how he ends up in a miner's chaingang

Lots of warframes end up going through something similar since the ruling classes/casts are firm believers in religious functionalism & think that the warframes will just fight constantly if they aren't tightly leashed

The gladiatorial rings were something introduced to Cybertron during the occupation with the Quintessons using them much the way the romans did, to execute criminals & entertain/threaten the masses, shipping in animals from distant planets & such to tear the sentenced apart, then they started training/designing their own executioners after exhausting the predatory fauna of numerous worlds (fun fact rome nearly drove lions to extinction in several places), leading to the system of gladiators & there being less death in the ring if no less bloodshed because who wants to destroy their bespoke killing machines, the general populace begin to associate these mech with the Unmaker maybe some of them begin to venerate the Fallen as a cultic figure, here using the roman meaning of cult/cultic etc, patron of the ring

Maybe D-16 was originally destined for one of these Gladiator schools being a custom commission but was stolen by a gorilla resistance & that's how he ended up as part of the resistance, regardless he meets Terminus in the mines & that's a strong influence on him

He ends up in the ring having been sentenced to execution idk why yet but probably for defending another miner from an overseer, but against all odds he survives the fight, "I Still Function!" & he ends up being sold to a school despite ostensibly having won his freedom yet again. The other gladiators induct him into the cult & over time begin to venerate him, which the Managers of the school catch wind of & give him the stage name Megatronus after the Fallen which he shortens to Megatron, 'come see the gladiator blessed by the Unmaker himself' etc etc.

Orion gets found out as a mole because the Senator that Shockwave coerced into getting Orion into the private parties sold them out. Which is also how Senator Shockwave gets empurata'd because the traffickers have sponsors from the council. But i love the idea of other party goers harassing Orion. These things are always masquerades with bots wearing masks/battlemasks & holographic clothing to disguise themselves, in this verse bots can change their colours nanites at will if they have enough energon to spare which adds a layer to their disguises. Bots will often dress up as historical or mythological figures so Orion gets dressed up as a mini Prima. Which definitely caught the eye of the trafficker since he's playing up Megatron's status as a cultic figure to make him more appealing/unique to the high cast bots hiring him for the party.

I haven't worked out how exactly i want cybertronian reproduction to work yet but there's definitely multiple ways a bot can be born with pregnancy being highly risky & very rare.

At first Orion is being housed/moved with Starscream but once the sparklings are born and sent off to their new owners. The manager started bidding on the sparklings as soon as they confirmed it had taken at the party. They get separated & Orion gets subjected to training so he can put up some mock fight before he gets fucked six ways to sunday at the next party. He also gets /trained/ on how to please the party goers beforehand. I can definitely see the tracker prostituting Orion out where he wouldn't be as willing to do so with his high value Outlier stock. It's through tracking sightings of Orion that Jazz, Blaster, & Prowl are able to close in on the trafficking ring.

I haven't come up with who else has been disappeared yet tbh.

But if you like my plot bunny i can definitely recommend blogs like @yayasvalveplay , @transingthoseformers , & @brandwhorestarscream (i hope they don't mind me tagging them lol)

[itz-pandora]

in the misc au was Shadow always an android or did he only become one after he “died” (well it was “died” in canon but in the au its more like died for real)

I've gone back and forth with it. Him previously being organic would probably make his is depersonalization, derealization, and disassociation worse, and also that would give him some connection to Black Doom

But also, a part of me wants Maria to not be real (she was coded into his mind as a failsafe so he wouldn't hurt people, and Gerald sloppily overrode it after what happened with GUN.)

I could make him a cyborg or something to have both of these, or Gerald could just brainwash tf outta him and he's organic, or something idk

Maybe I could include Hazard (my Mobian Biolizard) and she also has Black Arms DNA

[ninjagirlstar5]

Question for the Teruya Protag AU: is everyone who died in the VR game perma dead irl or do they get saved by like divine luck ex machina

(The Protag Teruya AU was inspired by @/anotherprofessional’s post! Beware of Void spoilers though!)

Short Answer: Everyone who dies in the Neo World Program is perma dead IRL. And I did come up with a reason that explains why, even when Divine Luck is technically there. I just hope it makes a sense. Long Answer: uhhh, spoilers below.

The reason everyone stays perma dead is because Akane, despite having Divine Luck, ends up getting "killed" by Nikei. The wheel really tied my hands here with this one, so I have to make it work somehow. I'm thinking she ends up confronting Nikei upon finding him murdering Yuki and then tries to kill him in retaliation. But despite injuring his hand, the light goes out and he manages to shoot her in the chest and escape. And while she didn't die right away, by the time Teruya and co. finds her, it's too late to even try and help her and because no one in the group has any medical knowledge beyond first aid, even the Divine Luck can't save her from this possibility and she kinda...dies in Teruya's arms. But she's not straight up "dead." Instead, because she's connected to the Neo World Program, the Divine Luck does manage to kick in and Akane's conscience becomes one with the code. Kinda like Yuki in Chapter 6 where the poor guy got separated from his avatar's body. But because she's merely code and now lacks access to her avatar's body, Akane is kind of...stuck in the program. She manages to travel around through the program and appear every now and then, but she can barely physically interact with anything or anyone. And the only reason she's able to move around like this is because S.O.R.A. managed to make contact with her from the outside of the Neo World Program and is helping her get around with a bit of hacking but is still having trouble trying to stop the Killing Game on her end. It's not perfect, either, as Akane tends to appear and disappear despite their combined efforts to keep her presence there on the surface. She only shows up once in Chapter 4 but makes more consistent appearances in Chapter 5. But regardless, this situation makes it even harder for her to use the Divine Luck as her constant disappearing and reappearing through the code makes it impossible for her to "physically" be there to have any sway in important events. After all, if she can't be there, she can't use the Divine Luck to stop the worst case scenario from happening. And even worse, being stuck in the code acts as a sort of "barrier" that prevents her from using the Divine Luck as best as she can on the surface of the Neo World Program.

And sadly, even Divine Luck can't change people's hearts or the choices they make. The remaining survivors have regrouped (minus Syobai because no one can find him and Kokoro for obvious reasons) and decide to stick together, that way no one can get killed for the time being. As they talk about their options, Mikado brings up one of the plans he had tried at the beginning: activating a force shutdown of the Neo World Program after using his reset code to escape. When questioned why he didn't do this at the start, he explains he didn't have his memories intact at the start of the killing game due to also having gone through the memory reset like everyone else. The only reason he managed to recover them was because of the failsafe he had made in his avatar's code that would make him recover his present memories over time. A code he had made at the last minute due to circumstances threatening his own life and being forced to connect himself to the Neo World Program before he could escape the lab and meet up with the Kisaragi Foundation (a task he had to give to S.O.R.A. instead). Seeing Rei's body - or rather, her avatar's body - only unlocked it faster.

While he did jump the gun and tried to kill Kokoro (and failed, hence why his mask breaks in half in this AU), he still had other plans he could try to implement to stop it. However, he couldn't escape the Neo World Program due to the firewall Kokoro made...through Akane's avatar. And as much as he did NOT trust Akane with her being labeled as terrorist and as part of the Ultimate Despair, he wasn't willing to kill her as he knew she's a victim of Kokoro's plotting as she's the one that put her in that position. Not to mention her willingness to help the participants seemed to be genuine if her supporting the Kisaragi Foundation is anything to go by. But with her "death" back in Chapter 3, he could've tried to force the shutdown before they reached the fourth island, right? Unfortunately, it seems Kokoro also planned for this as she had made another program that prevents Mikado from accessing his rights as an administrator's aid, which is similar to a classmate's aid/teacher's aid position as they help identify patients that are struggling to improve mentally and help them develop individually. It's what allows him to use his "magic" and have access to programs that the regular "students" can't. Kinda like AI Chiaki, except she's actually proactive in the killing game (I'm sorry) and the role is given to a real person. And Kokoro completely blocked his access to it, meaning that she probably planned to have him killed on the fourth island. Thankfully, he survived passed that thanks to Hajime's sacrifice and was able to regain access to being the administrator's aid by the time they reach the fifth island. So he should be able to shut it down now, right? There's no reason not to.

Except...there is: once he shuts down the program, everyone's' avatars will be forced to merge with their present conditions. On paper, that wouldn't be a bad thing as it just means everyone will revert back to their present appearance and have their memories back...until you realize what will happen to the dead people's avatars. And Mikado's answer is...anything but (completely) good. If they just wait until the end of the Neo World Program and try to leave through the graduation program, they could probably figure out a way to bring the dead people back from their comatose state. That's how the incident of Jabberwock Island Killing Game was resolved after all: the people that have "died" in the program were still fully connected to the NWP or what remains of it and were eventually taken out of the fantasies that it created to sustain their lives. But if Mikado forces the shut down from the outside, the dead states of the victims' avatars will be deleted and would sever their connection to the program. Essentially, it's taking people off of life support in exchange for the rest of the survivors' lives.

If this was near the beginning of the Killing Game, Mikado would've been much more willing to go through with this plan as no one except Rei had died at that point. (And even then, it was only Rei's avatar that was killed as the real Rei used an escape code at the last minute and was brought back to the real world.) It would've effectively ended the Killing Game before it could even get started. But due to circumstances outside of his control, that plan has become less than ideal to use now that more than half of the participants are dead. He's a lot more...hesitant to go through with it.

Everyone is silent upon hearing that. Mikado even adds that he's not certain of what will happen to Hibiki and Teruya's avatars as their real life bodies and mental states are less than ideal. Hibiki has been in her puppet state for years, probably permanently thanks to all that trauma Kanade forced on her to keep her that way. And Teruya had just been told that he's apparently been comatose for three(?) whole years and hasn't woken up since. Mikado hypothesized that if the Neo World Program was being used as it was intended, Teruya's current avatar being uploaded into his body might've actually help him wake up from his coma. But he's not certain as the Neo World Program is not only a fairly recent invention, but also hasn't exactly been used very well due to the constant killing games it's been used for due it's flaws. So there's not a lot of information of the Neo World Program being used as a way to wake up comatose patients. So Hibiki and Teruya are most at risk due to their present conditions among the survivors.

And yet, despite hearing all of this, Teruya says that he should do it. He gets a bit of pushback from Yoruko and Shinji, but he explains that even if Mikado chooses not to do the forced shut down, he should still exit the Neo World Program to check on what's going on outside. The Kisaragi Foundation is taking way too long to get them out of the program, even with the knowledge that time works different compared to the virtual reality and the real world. Akane's avatar has been dead since Chapter 3, so they had every opportunity to get them out by now. But they haven't and it's better if Mikado leaves to learn what's going on and decide what to do from there. Hibiki also supports this decision, because as much as she would hate to lose everyone for real this time, she also doesn't want to wait around any longer and risk having someone else die again. She doesn't want to go through another trial, she doesn't want to lose another friend, she just...She just wants this to be over with now. Even if it's at the cost of her wellbeing, if it means Shinji, Yoruko, Mikado, and maybe even Teruya getting out of the killing game sooner rather than later, she would rather take that chance. And Teruya agrees.

Everyone is unsure if this is the right decision. None of them want to sacrifice everyone else for their own survival. But no one could think of any better ideas. Even when they try to hold a vote, it ends up being two against three: Shinji and Yoruko wanting to try and figure something else out...and Teruya, Hibiki, and eventually Mikado choosing to go through with the plan.

Shinji is resigned to the fact that he was unable to save everyone.

Yoruko is heartbroken at the thought of sacrificing everyone she had cared about for her own survival.

Hibiki is scared for what will happen next but is determined to see this through.

Teruya is so damn tired but will try everything in his power to keep the rest of the survivors alive.

Mikado is preparing himself for the guilt he will carry for the rest of his life.

And Akane, upon overhearing all of this, and despite having all the power in the world with the Divine Luck, is crushed to know that even she can't reverse this fate. Not when she's stuck in the code that limits her use in the Divine Luck.

And even then, Divine Luck can't reverse death.

[mino-sys]

Land of Slumber.

(This Tumblr may contain sensitive topics such as;)

( - $U1C1D3 mentions )

( - D34TH thr34t$. )

( - hanging / $u1c1d4l actions. )

( - gore / blood. )

( you have been warned. )

The danger you face ;

Whatever you hear about it, never download the Midnight Operator(M.O-A.I) , you don't need the events that it brings. It may seem like a friendly mental health app, but it has had many issues. The character, Midnight, is believed to have gone rogue and now survives along the code within the app, identified as a murderous and dangerous A.I.

Midnight was supposed to stand at 8'0"(8 foot) tall, with a kind heart and a caring personality. A system hack was enabled, suspected to be done by some outside agency aside from HYPN.0-A.I, the agency used to cover up the government's tracks. The said hacker manipulated the code, allowing Midnight to have full access over it from within the application, and to ultimately destroy its own failsafe.

Welcome, to the Land Of Slumber. A DCA AU fixated around two (or more,) harmful and dangerous AIs, Midnight and Star. Though, Star will be mentioned and ultimately described clearer in the ongoing future.

I will further explain this AU in any other posts. Please make sure to read the tags and content warnings, thank you. 🌹

(- lunar :3)

[committee-anomaly-identification]

Anomaly D41 is so, so weird.

Basically its a .zip of a program called "ICS: Innovative Coding Stratagems" and all it does is allow you to make files in anomalous and as of yet unused file extension. If you find one of these in the wild, CALL YOUR LOCAL COMMITTEE SUPERVISOR.

.3: supposedly used for images, it turns anything saved as a .3 file into... a memetic agent. Yes some people used it for download games into their brains, all of them die shortly after.

.xhss: eXternal Human Soul Save file. The delegation from the undertale multiverse has to yet find this file type outside of their jurisdiction.

.OCI: Obtuse Computation Interface. Used normally in the SCP multiverse, its capable of making "true AI". As of ■/■/2023, no .oci file exists outside of universe SCP/GOLD-TITANIUM-SAMARIUM (known as "Pluripotent Impotence canon").

.x37: unknown meaning. Any and all images saved as this file type become corrupted and around 3.1415 times their original weight. The images irreparably become memetic kill agents for yet unknown reasons. It could be used as means for crypted messages, but the technology is beyond us for now.

.chz: unknown meaning. Not to be confused with files such as .COGHAZ or .ChaZ

.üx7⁷: unknown meaning. The file name slowly corrupts the functions of most devices.

.1969: Meaning Unclear. All files in this format will have their date edited to show their true creation date (if they were made before UNIX time)

.q: unknown meaning. File appears to be used to code charachters into any sufficiently advanced 2d game. These charachters are invariabilmente sentient. Do not EVER convert a file from .chr to .q

.¤: incomprehensible. All tests have failed to discern the meaning of this file type, nor what its usage could be.

.nil: File reduces any and all programs saved into .nil folders to weigh 0 bits. The only limit to this conversion are .sys or .os files (referring to operative systems or entire computers) making truly infinite size capacity effectively impossible.

.ERRATA: generated by ICS only when it encounters an error, probably as "failsafe" in case a self edit causes damage to the computer its harbored in.

.dotdot: used by [REDACTED] to record the implicit thoughts during interrogation. Has since been retired in 1959 and officially removed in 1971. Now recorded as Anomaly 771-33AB and Phenomenon XDXD6979.

.au: untested. Described as "helping writers by making their fanficions simil-realities". Differs from .AU, the non-anomalous version which simply means "Audio File".

.dd4r: meaning unknown.

.sext: forced any and all written data to be percieved as "overly flirtatious" and "excessively horny".

.zcx2: meaning unknown.

.DAMMMERUNG: [DATA EXPUNGED]

.c418: [DATA EXPUNGED]

.dOus3: [INFOHAZARD EXPUNGED]

.[ANOMALOUS RACIAL SLUR REDACTED]: file which will be used by D41 to save anything remotely related to 4chan. If its a screenshot with anonymous users (anons), the image will be expanded and manipulated to reveal identity and motivations (inconscious ones included) of said anons.

.kami: ALL TESTS AND INFORMATION REDACTED PER ORDER OF THE 14TH COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATOR "☆15"

.jsus: the apparent original file extension for the whole of TempleOS.

.jojo: [INFOHAZARD REDACTED]

.COMai: [REDACTED]

.yjitr56q: forces any and all data within any computer (except the one where the file is made) to be corrupted beyond repair.

.44: similar to the precedent, except the effects seem to resemble the effects on Pokemon Yellow cartridges whenever the glitchmon "4 4" is encountered.

.Þ: incomprehensible

.r⅗: incomprehensible

.ASURA: undefined

.undf: makes any and all files undecryptable unless the file extension is converted into the original one.

.xex: identica to .exe files, except with better memory management.

.ñ: meaning unknown

.14Q: testing shows any .14Q file to be a Trojan. Since most .14Q files are images, the result is a catastrophic data corruption.

.d41: the file extension of Anomaly D41 (hence the name). No usage or creation for otehr .d41 files has been find. It can only be download from the server it was first hosted in.