#mouse bot fly

[onenicebugperday]

Mouse bot fly, Cuterebra fontinella, Oestridae, Diptera

Found throughout North America, this species’ larvae parasitize mostly white-footed mice. Adults live very briefly and do not feed.

Photos 1-2 by bstarzomski, 3 by owenstrickland, 4 by stephen_wv, 5-6 by natureguy, 7 by chia, 8 by bycidman, and 9-10 by mickelliot

[ikkosu]

quick angsty little drabble

mouse-verse YOU don't like how they stare at Prowl.

Like he's fire, that every touch his pede lands, broils a warmth too strong, it flourishes into a malevolent ire.

"He's unstable, mouse." Ratchet said, not sparing you a look as he scribbles away on his datapad. He termed it so simply, so casually, it was as though he's lecturing you on the basics of Cybertronian anatomy, all over again.

"He's not unstable. He's different."

You're roosted by his desk, fists clamping, unclamping, easing up the temper pressurized in your chest.

"Look." He swivels around to face you, arms crossed. "I know you like standing up for the guy. You're the closest person he's got. I get it. I understand. But please, next time when a pede's about to connect to someone's skull — don't, don't try to go in for the save, alright?"

"I wasn't protecting him." You can't help but bite back.

He kneads his face. "Then what were you trying to do kid, if you're not desperate for a one-way trip to Primus with a broken skull. "

"Making a point. Stating my case. That those bots who punch him as they please get nothing out of that."

Ratchet regards you for a moment. His optics were gentle and firm as a silent understanding passes over his face. He wants to say something but can't.

"It's nothing big. in a few week's time, he'll be the same again."

"But he's not the same. He's never the same, Ratchet."

Why does everyone think he won't be affected?

—

He's got his back to you, kneeling on the ground, helm in his servos. You stood at the doorway, sympathy pulling your features taut as you observe the way his doorwings fall to the side. A broken bird. No wings to fly.

He seemed so alone in his habsuite. So small. He could curl up into a ball, if he could. Lights, close to darkness. Space, empty. The middle is Prowl. Just Prowl and only Prowl.

"Control." Was all he said. Almost like a breath of a whisper. "I've got no control. Not even with my subordinates. Not even with myself. Nobody believes me."

His helm lifts up until it falls back, optics to the ceiling. His digits are curled out like he's trying to grasp something that's not there.

"I do." You said.

"You don't."

"I do."

Surprised pulled his features when you're close, fingers a gentle mould around his cheek. . He's not surprised by your touch or by your close proximity — he's used to them

No, what he's surprised is how contorted your expression was, how his spark twists much as how despair twists your face.

Prowl maintains the rigidity of his expression. His servos falls to his lap though and finds himself leaning a little into your touch.

In a fit of boldness, you lean up and pressed your forehead against his. Electricity crackles at the touch and colors burst into your vision.

At first it was sickly black. A storm, broiling in the depths of his mind. Tendrils curl out and nip in an attempt to deter you away. But you won't be. When you eased in your own thoughts of verdant foliage, rustic charms of sceneries and anything that's warm —he loosens visibly and let's his helm fall into your shoulder.

"You're good to keep around." He murmers, drawling against your uniform before becoming still in your hold.

You hug him tight. The thick lump on your throat is hidden by your smile.

"Yeah..."

It was better not to tell him how charred his mind was.

[in1-nutshell]

Hello again! May I asked you for minicon Buddy? Buddy the minicon who not belong to anyone and wandered around Autobots and Decepticons like a stray cat near your house.

You want to adopted Buddy? Catch them if you can! :)

I'm not sure which au is, I just want them to have some interaction with Soundwave, and maybe the Autobots too.

I saw the words 'stray cat' and 'minicon'. May I present you... Bot Buddy the Felicon! (If you don't know, its Bot Buddy that looks like Ravage). Since you did not specify continuity or some characters, I chose them at random. If this is not what you wanted, please let me know.

Hope you enjoy!

Bot Buddy the Felicon who wonders around the Autobot and Decepticon territories with Soundwave, Starscream, and Goldbug

SFW, Platonic, Cybertronain reader

SG!

Soundwave

Soundwave fears for this felicon’s life.

It is not safe for anyone to be weaving in and out of Bot and Con territory. If it wasn’t already hard for anyone to get out of the Dead zone without their processor getting scrambled.

He has tried to convince the felicon to come with him where it is safe, but it soon turns into a game of cat and mouse

Buddy sitting still looking at Soundwave.

“Hi—”--Soundwave

Buddy dashing out the door.

“No. No. No. No. No—“--Soundwave

He tries to keep tabs on his little friend as much as he can between that and his regular duties on the broadcasting. He is mainly worried about them getting caught by the wrong bot and never seeing them again.

For Soundwave’s sake, Glint has promised to track down Buddy and talk to them about joining them or at least staying within safe territory.

Starscream

Starscream has seen this felicon every now and then.

Whether it be flying around or seeing them pop up on their scanners, the felicon always makes some sort of entrance.

Like Soundwave, he fears for their safety as they easily weave in between territories.

But the times he does get with Buddy, he tries to recruit them to their cause. With their expertise in getting to places undetected, could be extremely useful for them. But Buddy makes him try and catch them before escaping again.

Buddy running from an angry white jet.

“Why are you running from me?! You know I don’t mean you any harm! I just want to talk!”--Starscream

“No!”--Buddy

“Please?!”--Starscream

“No!”--Buddy

Starscream stops for a while realizing that the bot themselves may not want anything to do with the war and respects their choice.

He gets some updates on the felicon from Soundwave from time to time.

Goldbug

Goldbug absolutely hates this bot with every fiber in his new body.

This bot has made a fool of him and his security!

He has set up traps for the felicon, but they always fail no matter what he puts in them. It’s almost like the felicon was playing him!

Goldbug looking at the security footage from last night.

Buddy absolutely demolishing the trap and getting any energon goodie that was left in the open.

“WHY WONT THIS CAT JUST—JUST ARGH!”--Goldbug

Keyboard gets smashed.

He is out for this felicon’s energon.

It comes to a point where he is considering on putting a bounty on the feilcons helm all throughout Gold city. Maybe get that Blurr bot to get them alive so he could torture the troublesome felicon himself.

The only reason that is holding Goldbug back from calling in the bounty hunter or sending out the wanted posters is that he doesn’t want Prime or Prowl to find out he was being played by some low life felicon.

For now, he’ll have to make do with setting more elaborate traps than the last ones, maybe get Slicer to help with the designs.

[fandomnerd9602]

Prom-posal

Fem!Peter Parker x Stark!Reader

You and Petra both could not believe it. You had proposed to her, and despite everything she had said yes honestly the thought of it still made Petra smile a little more and more.

She found herself screaming in delight while working a shift at the Moondance diner, she was so giddy at the mere thought of it.

Any normal girl would consider herself lucky for the fact that she was marrying a stark meaning that she would want for nothing in the world. Not Petra, she was excited because she was marrying her best friend.

She couldn’t help but squeal in delight. She grabbed Betty’s hand and jumped around in the kitchen. And then her boss, Enrique, had to interrupt.

“Yo! Parker! What’s with the jumpin’ jacks?!” his voice thundered.

“Enrique! I’m engaged!” Petra shouted back, excited as ever.

“Yeah. Yeah we all saw the scene.” the man just went back to the grill.

Petra was beyond excited for her marriage to you.

Meanwhile you were with Harley Keener, trying to begin planning the party and ceremony.

“I screwed up” you said kind of upset.

“How?” the young inventor asked with a smirk, “you’re marrying Petra Parker.”

“I ruined my proposal to my best friend”

“Second best friend!” Harley interrupted jokingly.

“I mean…I proposed to her before she even had our prom.” An idea popped into your head, “prom! I need to make my prom-posal to her even more special!”

“Well don’t over think it. And don’t under think it either” your pal offers. “Who can help us?”

Only one name came to mind: Ned Leeds

Would it qualify as kidnapping as to how you got Ned to help you? Put it simply, you saw him walking down the street after school, grabbed him by the backpack and flew back to the Avengers Tower.

“Mr. (Y/N) Stark, sir” Ned said after landing, “that was bot the most terrifying and awesome experience of my life”

“Ned I need your help” you tried to explain only for Harley to come flying in with Michelle in his arms.

“Dude that was weird” Michelle grumbled.

“I need both of you to help me” you tried to explain, “Petra deserves a prom-posal as awesome as her and I’m clueless”

“Whipped” Michelle said jokingly.

“Petra loves Star Wars! And so do i” Ned said with a little nervousness.

“Okay but why?” Michelle asked

“Because I love her and I screwed up the actual marriage proposal” you answered back

“Why?”

“Because she’s the best thing ever in my life and I-I couldn’t think straight when I saw her smile”

“Why” Michelle giggled

“Are you gonna help me or not?!”

“Yeah sure” she said nonchalantly.

That night Petra swung to her apartment and snuck in thru the window, trying to be as quiet as a mouse…or even a spider.

Then aunt May’s voice broke the silence, “Petra, honey, can you come into the living room?”

Busted. Petra thought to herself. She switched into her favorite pair of sweats and hoodie and walked into her living room.

The stereo was playing ‘Always and Forever’ softly. The whole living room was decorated like the Ewok village from Return of the Jedi.

You stood there with a bouquet of flowers and a small smile on your face. “Hey there Spider Monkey” you said softly.

“Hey you” she answered back.

“Petra, I love you so much” you said, “I know I screwed up my proposal and all but-”

“You didn’t.” She answered back with a giggle. “I thought it was just right. I wanna spend my life with you, (Y/N)”

“I wanna spend my life with you too.” You held up the flowers, “and I want to spend prom with you as well. Will you go to prom with me?”

Petra stood there, tears forming in her eyes. She ran forward and jumped into your arms. “Yes. yes! Yes to everything!” she giggled before kissing you. Somehow each kiss with you felt like the first.

Ned, Harley and Michelle each appeared with their own lightsabers and threw confetti.

“Finally.” Michelle said with a little smile.

“Look at my best friend” Ned said with his own smile. “Do you think Y/N will let me be best man?”

“I called dibs dude!” Harley immediately shouted back.

“How about dude of honor?”

“I’ll allow it.”

Not that you or Petra had noticed the argument. The two of you were so busy, lost in each other, lost in this small, infinite moment of happiness.

Tags: @ma1egamer @jacenradio7 @deafeningsharkslimeempath @holiday-house-of-m @family-house-of-m @supercorpdanbeau @pinklawyerwinnerzonk @russianredassassin @revanshand @iamnicodemus @multi-fandom-enjoyer

[akalikestodraw]

Random thing my mind made up with while doing da dishes

Bot:hey nickle since youre part rooster does that mean you can go cockadoodle doo

Nickle:nah

Balloon:trust me hes tried but all he gets from being part rooster is being a cockadoodle-douch-bag

Nickle:how rich coming from an over sized pink rat chicken

Balloon:first of all IM SALMON!!! SECOND OF ALL IM A MOUSE BIRD HYBRID AND THIRD OF ALL AT LEAST I CAN FLY!!!

Bot:...

[tenebraevesper]

Sonic Cyber Revolution, Entry 26: The Chosen One

''I can't remember anything at all. I've been turning it all around. I'm sorry, oh so sorry. Is this what I have become? Wish I may, wish I might be someone else tonight. Sometimes I wish I was never born at all. And I'll try to save the world, 'cause in the end I know I'm the chosen one! I'm the chosen one…''

– The Chosen One by Shadow the Hedgehog

xXxXxXx

''This is your end, rodent!'' Eggman pressed a button on the Egg Hornet, causing it to fire homing missiles at Sonic. The blue hedgehog dodged them, grabbing one of the missiles and redirecting them towards Eggman. The Doctor flew up to avoid them, with Sonic attempting to spin dash into it, only to hit an energy field Eggman generated around the Egg Hornet. ''Ha! Stupid hedgehog!''

Sonic bounced off the energy field, crashing into the footbridge below, much to Eggman's glee. Sonic, on the other hand, felt a pounding headache, shaking his head as he tried to figure out what had happened. Sure, he still had enough energy and willpower left to fight against Eggman, but given how the Doctor showed up with a new toy and he had no clue what to do about it, he knew that he'd need help with this battle. Sonic got up, looking around and noting the pedestrians who saw what was going on keeping a clear distance from him, so at least he was assured no one would get hurt. However, he couldn't promise that there won't be some collateral damage.

''What's the matter, Sonic? Have you already had enough?'' Eggman asked him in a mocking tone.

''You may have caught me off guard with your newest toy, Egghead, but let me make something clear – I don't give up!'' Sonic responded, running across the footbridge and towards a nearby building. Eggman activated the drills in the Egg Hornet, chasing after Sonic, but the cobalt hedgehog was too fast, having ran up the building and leaping into the air, performing a homing attack strong enough to knock the Egg Hornet back. He landed on the footbridge again, dashing off to avoid another barrage of homing missiles.

Maybe if I used the same move on I used on Metal earlier, I could destroy the Egg Hornet. But, I need to build up energy first, Sonic thought, only for his eyes to widen when he saw a toddler running out on the street just as a homing missile was about to hit her, her mother screaming for her. He sped up, picking the toddler up and rushing back just as the missile exploded, leaving a small crater on the street.

''Thank you so much!'' the mother gasped in relief as Sonic arrived with her daughter, hugging the young girl.

''I'm just doing my best protecting people, ma'am,'' Sonic replied, smiling back. He then turned to Eggman, who had a wide grin on his expression. Sonic frowned. ''Hey, Eggman, how about leaving innocent people out of this battle?! Wasn't this battle supposed to be between you and me?''

''If you stood still for one second, it would be already over!'' Eggman responded, turning on the drills and flying after Sonic. ''So, stop complaining!''

Sonic bounced off the building, with Eggman hitting it and growling that Sonic dodged the attack, following up in a zig-zag pattern. Sonic knew that this battle won't be easy.

xXx

Lucas was dashing down the street on his hoverboard, searching for any sign of Sonic. His partner still had the tracker on, making it easier for Lucas to find Sonic. However, he stopped for a moment when he saw a holographic screen above an electronics store, with a small crowd gathering around the news broadcast reported by Midorikawa and Kero, who were standing behind a building, observing the battle further down the street.

''Breaking news! Dr. Eggman, the man who had taken over the Buddy Bots and unleashed them across Neos City has returned and it appears that he's currently in the middle of a fight with a… spiky blue mouse?'' Midorikawa rose an eyebrow, confused by Sonic's appearance.

''I think that's a hedgehog,'' Kero corrected her, both watching as Sonic performed another homing attack, only to be once again blocked by the energy field. Kero then got suddenly startled by when Midorikawa placed her fingers in her mouth and whistled loudly, drawing Eggman's attention.

''Hey, Dr. Eggman! Is it possible to get an exclusive interview with you?'' she asked. Eggman flew up to her.

''An interview?'' Eggman looked genuinely interested. ''I suppose I might spare some time for one, but first, I have a pest to crush!'' Eggman then flew up, firing another barrage of missles.

While the crowd watched what was going, mesmerized, Lucas just sweatdropped at Midorikawa's attempt of trying to get an interview. ''Man, she is really dedicated to her job.''

He then quickly dashed off on his hoverboard, wanting to help his partner. Unknown to him, there was another figure in the crowd, his hands crossed on his back, having his head turned towards Lucas as he left, before looking back at what was going on on the screen, observing it with calm interest.

''This is quite a spectacle, I suppose…''

The figure in question was an anthropomorphic platypus with white fur that covered most of his body. His bill was black-colored and narrow with nostrils on the front, and he possessed red eyes, black eyelids, and a thick tail. He also had three thick hair turfs on his head that were combed over the right side of his head. His front hair turf also possessed a gray highlight. For attire, he wore a satin purple shirt with golden cufflinks, a red-violet vest, and orange pince-nez glasses. He also wore a webbed brown glove on his left hand with a gold insertion clip and golden-tipped fingertips. A darker brown ring could be seen on the palm of the glove. He also wore brown boots with golden buckles, red-violet soles, medium-high heels, the golden spurs and upward-turned pointy toes and light red-violet socks underneath.

''Perhaps, a little too chaotic for my taste,'' Dr. Starline muttered under his breath, then smirked sinisterly, glancing at the empty golden insertion clip on his glove. ''Although, I might take advantage of this.''

xXx

Tails fired his laser gun at the last Egg Pawn, it falling over, while Knuckles punched through one of the crystals the shadow-like figure had created, allowing Silver to fire a blast of psychokinesis energy at it, destroying it. He floated down where the shadow-like figure stood earlier, staring at it, his brow furrowed.

''What's the matter Silver?'' Makoto asked his partner.

''I… I'm just thinking about something. These things summoned a fire that was quite similar to-'' Before Silver could finish his thought, Lily called out for them.

''Guys, Sonic and Eggman are on the news!''

''What?''

Everyone rushed towards her, looking at the holographic screen she was holding, which showed them the video of Eggman and Sonic fighting.

''I thought he was fighting Metal Sonic,'' Knuckles noted. ''What happened?''

''It doesn't matter. We need to go help him!'' Tails insisted. With that said, they quickly left.

xXx

Sonic was running down the street, dodging Buzz Bombers as Eggman had summoned to take care of him, enjoying himself as his enemy ran from the laser blasts, a stray blast hitting the camera the cameraman who followed Midorikawa and Kero. Sonic took a moment to stop by them.

''Get out of here before you get hurt!'' he told them. ''I got this.''

''Hey, maybe we could also get an interview with the hero who is trying to defend Neos City from the terrorist,'' Midorikawa suggested, a wide grin on her expression. Sonic shrugged, giving her an uncertain look.

''Honestly, I don't do interviews- Yikes!'' Sonic had to leap back, dodging another laser blast and turning to the Buzz Bombers, glaring at them. ''Okay, I have enough of you guys! Time to turn you into scrap metal!''

However, before he could do anything, a hammer came flying, hitting one of the Buzz Bombers and knocking them into another, causing both to explode. Sonic turned around, relieved to see Amy, who summoned another Piko Piko Hammer, followed closely by Lucas and Minami.

''Nice shot, Ames!'' Sonic said.

''Thanks!'' Amy responded, both hedgehogs now facing Eggman, who frowned, glaring daggers at her.

''Toshiro and Mephiles were supposed to keep you busy,'' he grumbled under his breath. ''Nevermind, I still can- What now?!'' Eggman looked down at the screen as Orbot and Cubot called him, cowering when he suddenly snapped, ''Why are you calling me now?! I'm busy!''

''We're sorry, Boss, but we got a problem,'' Orbot started.

''We also got a body,'' Cubot added. Eggman was a bit shocked by the news.

''What are you talking about?!'' he growled.

''It is the Egg Base Sigma. The Egg Pawns have found Prof. Sakamoto's body and the systems have been infiltrated and the files have been either corrupted or deleted,'' Orbot explained. ''You might want to see this for yourself, Boss. The video surveillance has captured everything.''

Eggman went silent for a moment, glancing past the monitor at Sonic and Amy, who were currently fighting off the Buzz Bombers. After giving it a thought, observing the video Orbot and Cubot had sent him and seeing Toshiro and Mephiles walking inside Egg Base Sigma, he made a decision.

''It seems like you'll get off easily, hedgehog, but we'll see each other soon!'' Eggman said, much to Sonic's surprise and confusion.

''Hey, wait a minute, what are you-?'' Sonic cut himself off as the Buzz Bombers suddenly appeared before him and Amy, covering Eggman as he turned the Egg Hornet around. ''Amy, launch me up!''

''Got it!'' Amy nodded, with Sonic curling up into a ball and hit him with her hammer. Sonic flew above the Buzz Bombers, right towards the Egg Hornet. However, Eggman saw this, pressing another button that unleashed another homing missle, hitting Sonic mid-air and knocking him out.

''Sonic!'' Lucas shouted as the cobalt hedgehog fell, dazed from the explosion, while Eggman laughed gleefully that he got the last hit on his nemesis.

There was a sudden flash of light blue light, with a dark figure catching Sonic mid-air, followed by another flash of light, with both the dark figure and Sonic landing on the ground safely. Sonic groaned in pain, feeling dazed and his vision clearing as he looked up at the person who saved him and was currently carrying him bridal style.

''Shadow?'' Sonic was stunned to see his rival.

''You can't go one day without running into trouble, do you?'' Shadow responded. Sonic's eyes narrowed.

''I don't think you're the one to talk about avoiding trouble,'' he responded.

Shadow avoided his gaze, clearly feeling troubled, but then added in an irked tone, ''Do you want me to drop you, Faker?''

''Nah, I'm good. Feels nice being carried around,'' Sonic responded, smirking. Shadow just rolled his eyes and dropped him regardless, with Sonic hitting the ground with a hard 'thud'.

Meanwhile, Amy quickly took care of the Buzz Bombers, while Lucas got contacted by Warren. ''Hey, guys, where are you? We saw the news broadcast about Sonic fighting against Eggman.''

''Dr. Eggman left a moment ago. Let's meet up and discuss what just happened,'' Lucas responded. ''Would it be possible for all of us to have a meeting at your workshop?''

''No problem! We're on our way,'' Warren replied, cancelling the call. Lucas then turned to the rest of the team.

''Okay guys, we're going to the Taylor Workshop to talk with the others about what happened,'' he announced.

''All right!'' Sonic turned to Shadow. ''Hey, where's Touka? And have you seen Rouge anywhere? She was supposed to pick you two up.'' Shadow just gave him an intense look, then turned on his heel and walked away, much to Sonic's confusion. ''Uh, hey, Shads? Shadow!''

Shadow didn't respond, with Sonic wanting to run over to him, but was stopped by another familiar voice, ''Don't bother, Big Blue, you won't get him to talk.''

''Rouge?'' Sonic, Lucas, Amy and Minami were surprised to see her, not really having expected that Rouge might still stick around. She landed in front of them, glancing at Lucas.

''If you want information on what had happened, I can provide it to you… at least part of it. Something happened to your friends before I had arrived and from the looks of it, really messed with their heads,'' Rouge explained.

''I see. Thanks for sticking around,'' Lucas responded. Rouge just shrugged.

''Don't worry, dear, I decided to stay for my own reasons,'' she replied.

xXx

Shadow had walked into an alleyway, where he had left Touka, sitting on the ground, curled up. She was still unresponsive, and unlike Shadow, she was still wearing the dress she had found and was covered in Sakamoto's blood, not caring about her appearance. Shadow stepped in front of her, staring at her with a solemn look. Aside from stopping Sakamoto by pretending to be Tomoe, she didn't show any other reaction. It was clear to him that this whole thing took a toll on her mind.

''Touka, do you want to go home?'' Shadow asked her softly. At first, Touka's didn't appear to react to his question, but then gave the tiniest of nods. She extended her hand, with Shadow taking it, and they disappeared in a flash of light.

xXx

Rouge hummed as she walked up to a shelf filled with all kinds of gadgets and parts, taking one and turning on her heel to examine it under the light, only to come face-to-face with Knuckles, how gave her a stern gaze.

''I suggest you to put that back where you found it,'' he told her. Rouge just rolled her eyes.

''I was just taking a look at it,'' she replied, placing the device back on the shelf, then smirked at Knuckles. ''Or, do you want to tell me that I should take a better look at you, handsome?''

Knuckles rose an eyebrow. ''No, I'm just making sure that you're not going to steal anything.''

Rouge sighed, realizing that some stuff will fly over the echidna's head. The two turned back to the rest of the group, with Silver asking the obvious.

''Where are Shadow and Touka? Are we waiting for them?'' The grey hedgehog turned to Lucas for answers.

''No, they won't be attending this meeting,'' Lucas replied in a serious tone, drawing everyone's attention. ''Okay, so the reason I called you all is to make sense of what the hell had happened today.''

''Well, what's there to explain? You guys got attacked by Ferra and Metal Sonic, and we got attacked by Badniks and those shadow-like beings…'' Lily trailed off, raising an eyebrow. The figures did sort of look familiar to her, but she couldn't remember where she had seen them.

''Yeah, that's right,'' Sonic replied. ''To bring you up to speed, Metal Sonic and Ferra are capable of using Chaos Surge and they're good at it.''

''Well, that's just peachy,'' Lily commented sarcastically, while Rouge gave the group an intrigued look. There was certainly a lot of interesting information to gather.

''It looks like Dr. Eggman was hoping for the Badniks to keep us separated so he could attack Sonic,'' Lucas added.

''That makes sense considering during the last attack, we all team tagged him and took down the Death Egg Robot,'' Warren said.

''Ah, so he's learning,'' Sonic said, drawing some chuckles from his friends.

''Which brings us to the next point – why the hell were the copies of Mephiles the Dark leading those Badniks?'' Minami asked.

''Ah, so that's why they were familiar!'' Lily punched her fist against her palm, having an 'Aha!' moment.

''Mephiles?'' Knuckles rose an eyebrow, giving Lily a confused look. There were a few other confused looks coming from the non-human part of the group.

''He was another of the Sonic video game character. The game had a lot of issues, though, so I'm not surprised people kind of forgot about it. Or just don't want to remember it,'' Minami added in a dismissive tone, waving her hand. ''In any case, it looks like this Mephiles might not have the same backstory as Mephiles in the video game, unless...''

Minami trailed off, her eyes widening, with Makoto quickly picking up on her train of thought, ''Unless the Flames of Calamity, Iblis, suddenly appears.''

There was a moment of silence, as everyone just processed their own encounters with Mephiles' copies and the fact that they had a certain pyrokinetic ability. Silver then broke the silence, frowning as he said in a grave tone, ''It's not Iblis. It's Ignis Infernalis – the Infernal Fire that had destroyed my future.''

''So, you want to say that Mephiles may have destroyed your future?'' Tails asked.

''I don't know, but this is too much of a coincidence to be ignored and I want to investigate this further,'' Silver replied.

''I suppose this brings us to what I had experienced,'' Rouge said, sitting on the table, her legs crossed. ''I can verify that your friends had indeed been abducted by Mephiles and his partner, but I don't really know what exactly had happened before I had arrived.'' Her eyes narrowed as she added in a more serious tone, ''Whatever they had done to your friends, it broke Touka. The last I saw her, she seemed to have suffered from some kind of mental breakdown. She just… shut down.''

''I guess that explains why Shadow left so soon,'' Sonic commented, his tone solemn.

''That's not even the worst of it,'' Rouge continued. ''Does the name Hiroshi Sakamoto ring a bell?''

''Yes… Now, how do you know about him?'' Knuckles gave her a suspicious look. Rouge's eyes narrowed as she paused for a moment.

''That's because we saw him get murdered,'' she said, much to the shock of everyone around her. ''Mephiles had skewered him with one of those crystals.''

Silence filled the room as they processed the new information. They all knew that Sakamoto was Shadow's creator and one of the leading scientists at the Codex Research Facility, and that he had been missing for at least a year, so hearing that he had been murdered by Mephiles and Touka and Shadow witnessed that, was disturbing to say the least.

''You were at one of Eggman's bases, right?'' Lucas asked, breaking the silence. Rouge just nodded. Lucas frowned, muttering under his breath, ''So, is it possible that Prof. Sakamoto was working with Dr. Eggman the whole past year?''

There was no answer. Instead, Amy asked, ''What are we supposed to do now? I'm worried about how Shadow and Touka are handling the situation.''

''Honestly, I think it would be a good idea to give them some time and space to process what had happened,'' Makoto suggested. ''We can talk to them once they're ready.''

''I think that's a good idea,'' Lucas replied, glancing at Sonic. The latter had his head lowered, clearly thinking about his teammates. Lucas knew his partner well enough to be aware that Sonic wouldn't let this be so easily.

xXx

Three days… Three days of complete radio silence from both Touka and Shadow. Lucas had sent Touka a message to ask her how she's doing, but there was no reply. She didn't even read it.

''We should go check on them.''

''I'm not sure. You know that neither Touka and Shadow have a tendency to check their messages. Maybe we should leave them alone for the time being.''

''I don't think so. What if they never answer?''

''…''

Sonic frowned as he sped through the streets of Neos City, the conversation he had with Lucas still echoing in his head. He knew that Lucas was worried about Touka and Shadow, but unlike his partner, he felt that they should actually confront the two rather to leave them on their own. Still, he agreed to wait. Fortunately, he didn't have to worry about Eggman, as the Doctor didn't show up after the attack three days ago. He and the rest of the gang had figured that he was occupied with something else, with Rouge having admitted that she did mess with the computer at the Egg Base, so he would remain busy with that.

So, in the meantime, Sonic decided to occupy himself with testing out his new ability, which he referred to as the ''Boost''. He had figured out that, in order to trigger it, he would have to remain focused and steady while he increased his speed in small bursts. It did drain him of his own energy, but it was something he could use without using Chaos Surge, so he felt it was worth it. While his stamina was finite, he had more than enough of it for the training sessions. As a matter of fact, he actually wanted to show off his new ability to Shadow, maybe challenge him to a race. However, given the current circumstances, he wondered whether that was even possible.

What I didn't tell Lucas was that I also sent a few messages to Shadow, asking him how he's doing. Sonic sweatdropped as he pondered about the ebony hedgehog's reactions to his messages, figuring that his rival was probably annoyed by them. At least he could see that he was reading them, so that was a good thing. I still don't think that's a good idea, leaving them alone without even knowing whether they'll be fine or not. Sonic hummed. Maybe I should pay them a little visit, just in case.

Grinding to a halt, he turned around on his heel and sped right towards the Kageura residence.

xXx

''…''

Touka was lying in her bed, having pulled the blanket over her head and staring at the wall, her back turned towards Shadow. The ebony hedgehog was sitting on the swivel chair, just staring at her in silence as he thought about how things have been like this the past three days. After he had warped both of them home, Touka went to the bathroom, closing it right behind her and didn't come out of it for hours. When she did, Shadow noted how she had washed off Sakamoto's blood, having thrown Tomoe's light blue dress into the trash, and how her eyes were dark and red, having clearly spent a good amount of time crying her heart out. She barely spoke as she walked into her room, her only words being:

''I don't want to talk to anyone. I want to be left alone.''

That was the last 'conversation' they had before Touka once again completely shut down emotionally, barely even acknowledging him.

Shadow felt an overwhelming sense of guilt while watching her like this, just wasting away, but there was nothing he could do. There were times when he wanted to talk to Touka, but what was he supposed to say? How was he supposed to comfort her? He knew what was on her mind, but at the same time, he felt like she was a complete stranger to him. This was not the Touka he knew; she wasn't the determined, mischievous and protective older sister who took comforted him when he was at his lowest, who was defiant to the point of going against anyone who had authority or control over them and making them listen to her. She was always so strong, something Shadow deeply admired, but now? Now she was broken, a former shell of herself.

Shadow blamed himself for this, even though he knew that this was not his fault whatsoever. He wished that he could've done more to protect her, to shield her from the unfortunate truth. They both wanted to learn more about their past and they dug to deep, eventually getting buried in it. And when he didn't feel guilt, he was overwhelmed by the sensation of rage, the same kind he felt when he woke up after years of believing his beloved sister had died at his hand. The voice in the back of his mind returned, convinced him to find someone, anyone, and take his anger out on them, to punish them for what they had done to Touka. The first person who came to his mind was Sakamoto… and that's when the voice turned cold and the memory of his death replayed in his mind over and over again, like a broken tape. Shadow felt not pity for the man after what he had done to them, but the sudden brutality of his death did make his stomach squirm.

Shadow's ears twitched at the sound of voices coming from downstairs. He glanced at the hatch, unable to make out anything specific with his sensitive hearing, but he was sure that there was someone else in the downstairs besides Kisaki. He glanced at Touka, who hadn't moved from her position, having refused to leave her room unless absolutely necessary. He wanted to be there for her, and yet he couldn't.

He felt like a failure.

Sighing, Shadow got up and opened the hatch, leaping down into the hallway and walking to the stairs, the voices becoming louder. He stopped in the middle of the stairs, where he wouldn't be seen by anyone but still hear the ongoing conversation in the living room. Just as he had assumed, one of the voices was Kisaki's, but the other…

Sonic. Shadow frowned harder, clenching his fist as he listened in.

''Thanks once again for letting me in, Kisaki,'' Sonic said as Kisaki brought him a coaster and a glass of orange juice. ''I guess Shadow and Touka are at home as well, right?''

''Yeah, they are,'' Kisaki replied, as she sat down on the couch, sighing heavily. ''Unfortunately, neither of them is in the mood to talk. Touka has basically locked herself up in her room and Shadow refuses to say anything. I only see him whenever he comes down to get food for Touka.'' She pressed her fingers against her temple. ''I don't know what is going on with the two. Just a few days ago, they were both fine, if a little brooding, but now…''

Kisaki trailed off, clearly deeply concerned by the whole situation. Sonic's ears were pinned back as he thought about whether he should tell her what he knew. He wasn't that familiar with the relationship Touka and Shadow had from Kisaki, aside from the fact that Kisaki was Touka's adoptive mother on paper only and Touka never considered her a parental figure. However, seeing just how worried Kisaki was about her adoptive daughter, he decided that it would be the right thing to say something.

''I've heard that the two had been through a really traumatizing event. I don't know the details, though,'' Sonic responded. It wasn't a complete lie – he really didn't know all the details besides what Rouge had told them about witnessing Sakamoto's death, but he figured that Kisaki was better off without knowing that part. He reached for the orange juice, taking a sip out of the glass.

''I see… Thanks for telling me,'' Kisaki muttered, noting how Sonic was glancing at the stairs after putting the glass back on the coaster and fidgeting anxiously. ''If you want to talk to them, you can try, but I doubt you'll suceed.''

''I know you said that Touka and Shadow refuse to talk to you, but I'm persistent. Maybe I could get them…'' Sonic trailed off when Kisaki shook her head.

''It's not just that,'' she said, taking a deep breath. ''Listen, I know Touka and Shadow for a long time now, and when it comes to Touka, her being this closed off is not normal. I have never seen her behave like this, and I fear that, whatever had happened, it may have broken her mind. However, before you even get to talk to her, you would have to deal with Shadow.''

''Don't worry, I already know how to handle him,'' Sonic replied confidently, only to be met with Kisaki shaking her head again.

''I'm sure that you're well aware of just how protective Shadow is of Touka,'' Kisaki started, with Sonic nodding, having witnessed it first-hand. ''This kind of loyalty runs quite deep, and when put in the right mindset, Shadow will refuse to listen to anyone but Touka. This is one of those situations.'' Kisaki glanced at the stairs. ''I had tried to go to talk to Touka, but Shadow refuses to let me inside the room. He had told me that Touka wants to be left alone, and he's enforcing her will with an iron fist. So, unless you want to get caught up in a fight, I doubt you'll get through any of them.''

''So, Touka willingly put herself into isolation and Shadow's supporting her decision,'' Sonic voiced his thoughts, a little astounded. He knew that these two weren't particularly social, but he felt that this was going too far. He then gave Kisaki a confident grin. ''Well, I'm not afraid to get into a fight if necessary. I already know how Shadow is like.''

''There is one more thing I need to tell you,'' Kisaki added, feeling a tiny spark of hope when she saw just how confident Sonic was. She had to wonder if the blue hedgehog would be able to get drag the two out of their self-imposed isolation. ''I don't think Shadow wants this either.''

''You mean, isolating himself and Touka?'' Sonic asked, giving her a curious look. Kisaki nodded.

''Shadow may not be someone who is open with his emotions, but I could tell that he's frustrated with the whole situation and himself, and he doesn't know how to fix it. He knows Touka is hurt and he's doing everything in his power to prevent anyone from hurting her further, even if it means to keep her isolated.''

''That's even more reason for me to confront him,'' Sonic responded, grinning confidently. ''Just leave it all to me. I'm sure I'll be able to fix this.''

Shadow, who was listening to this, scowled, and walked back upstairs into his and Touka's bedroom, not wanting to listen to anything anymore. To his surprise, he saw Touka on her feet, all dressed up. She still had that solemn look on her expression, but she wasn't anymore hiding under the bedcovers.

''Touka, are you-?''

''I wanted to go outside. Are you coming with me?'' Touka asked, extending her arm. Shadow nodded, taking it and he could feel through his glove that her hand was cold and clammy. She was clearly not feeling well, but he figured that this was still better than nothing. There was a flash of blue light, and a moment later, they vanished.

A few minutes passed, with Sonic opening the hatch to the room, surprised to see that it was empty. ''Hey, they're gone!''

''What? But, we didn't see them leave!'' Kisaki shouted back from downstairs. Sonic ran up to her.

''They probably warped away. Don't worry, I'll find them and talk some sense into them,'' he said. Kisaki just put her hand over her mouth, supporting her elbow with her other hand as the hedgehog dashed off, hoping that he was right.

xXx

After walking around for a bit, Touka and Shadow ended up at a playground, both sitting down on the swings. Touka was still miserable, staring at the ground before her, her eyes still not having that spark of life, but they didn't appear as empty as they were before. At least, Shadow hoped that this was the case. He instead opted to observe the game of football a group of children and ARNavs played on the football field across them, cheering loudly whenever one of them scored a goal. He figured that they would be spending the later afternoon once again in silence.

''Shadow…'' Shadow perked up, his expression showing visible surprise and confusion when Touka actually spoke up. ''I'm sorry.''

''You're sorry? For what?'' Shadow asked.

''For everything,'' Touka responded, her voice hollow. ''Everything that happened, all that suffering… It's my fault. I'm sorry for dragging you into this mess.''

''You don't have anything to apologize for,'' Shadow protested, a sense of dread crawling down his spine. Touka shook her head, lowering her head.

''I… I wasn't supposed to be like this…'' she said, shaking. ''I'm… I don't deserve any of this. I-I stole another person's life. I'm living a lie.'' Touka bit her lip, feeling as if someone was outright choking her. She couldn't breathe. ''I… Sometimes, I wish I was never created at all.''

Shadow felt like he was thrown into icy cold water, any breath he had vanishing and his eyes wide as he stared at his older sister. He knew that the situation was bad, but he had no idea it was this grim.

''Touka, don't say things like that!'' he suddenly shouted at her, only to immediately regret it.

''Shadow, please, just leave…'' Touka turned to him, her tone suddenly firm. Her eyes were still hazy from the tears, but there was an unmistakable look of determination in them. ''I don't want you to be around me anymore,… for your sake. You've done enough for me. More than enough.''

Shadow stared at her silently, unable to come up with a response. He wanted to respect her wish, but at the same time, he feared what would happened if he did. Sighing, Shadow got up and stepped in front of Touka.

''If I leave now and return later, will you still be here?'' he asked, his ruby eyes narrowing as he stared straight at her. Touka didn't respond. ''Touka, promise me that you will be here when I return.''

''Shadow, I…''

''Promise!''

Touka was caught off guard when Shadow suddenly snapped at her, staring at him for a moment, before slowly nodding.

''I promise,'' she whispered. Shadow just nodded in response and turned around, walking away. He hated the idea of leaving her alone, but if that was what she wanted, he wanted to respect it. He knew that while he was away, he'd be clutching onto this promise with his dear life, his only hope that Touka wouldn't do something to endanger herself.

Besides, he still had something else he needed to take care of. He walked onto the street and, just as he predicted, saw a blue streak of light zooming towards him. Sonic was relieved to have found Shadow, having searched the whole city for him and Touka.

''Hey, Shads, I was just-!''

POW!

Before Sonic could even finish his sentence, he was sent flying by Shadow, who punched him straight in the face. Sonic landed on the ground, shaking his head and rubbing his cheek, which was burning to the touch. He stared at Shadow, who was glaring daggers at him as he approached him, hands balled into fists, baring his fangs, completely livid.

''What makes you think that you have the right to stick your nose into my personal matters?!''

Shadow took another step as Sonic quickly got up. ''Shads, I know that you're angry, but I just want to help you.''

''I don't want your help!''

Shadow grabbed Sonic by his neck, lifting him up as they vanished in a flash of blue light. Sonic then felt a sharp pain in his back as Shadow slammed him against a wall. He realized that the wall was actually the underpass where they had one of their previous battles, not too far from the park they were previously at.

''I have enough of your self-righteousness! Only because you get to play hero, you think you can now be everyone's savior!'' Shadow growled furiously. ''Let me make something clear, Sonic! You can't fix everything! You can't fix me and you can't fix Touka! So stop trying!''

Shadow suddenly stumbled back as Sonic managed to kick him in the stomach, forcing him to let go of his rival. Sonic rubbed his neck, taking a deep breath. ''Okay, I get it. You're frustrated that things are falling apart. I understand. However, if you just talked to me about what happened, then…''

''There is nothing to talk about,'' Shadow cut him off, his tone harsh and cold. He was done with Sonic's antics. Sonic, on the other hand, sighed.

''Okay, then. I guess we'll have to do it the hard way,'' he said, stretching his arms above his head before getting into a battle stance and smirking. ''You know, I was actually looking forward to this, Faker.''

''I'll make you regret ever approaching me in the first place,'' Shadow responded.

The two hedgehogs then rushed forward into another clash.

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[euphorbic]

Speaking as a former motorcycle industry person: if a motorcycle can do it, so can Starscream.

I want to see mice go flying from Autobot innards when the bots transform.

I want to see Autobots that have been adopted by cats that love warm engines.

And yes, Seekers reacting to bird strikes like they just stepped on a bug with bare feet.

Just in motorcycles, I’ve seen birds suspended in morbid flight, crushed to radiators or other internal bits. Mouse families inside touring models. (These come in each spring with electrical problems: the mice chew the wiring harness.)

And I think we all want happy endings for cats that curl up on warm car/truck engines.

[spoiler1001]

I've done editing this fic before I even finished the first chapter

Sonic, Scourge, and Sally made it out of the base unharmed. The labyrinth nature of it was no sweat to them. They knew that the beast was trapped in there. The base was so old, that it predated the Eggman they were dealing with now, and even the war and overtaking of the kingdom.

They could only lick their wounds as they pulled back and away from the battle. The area outside was calm, deceptively so. The sun was setting behind them, painting the sky in blues and purples. 

Sonic looked to Sally for the next move. Sally thought for a moment and pulled out her computer. The light-up hologram glowed a silver-blue, radiating the color onto all of them. Scourge dropped his cracked sunglasses onto the ground, looking around. 

“Where the hell are you?” he asked into their communicator. 

Sonic looked around. Fiona wasn’t there. She should have been, he had seen her by the door, but-

“I’m on my way out, I just had to grab some things,” Fiona answered, her voice soft, hinting at a distraction on her end. She had her back to the entrance, going over the bag that she grabbed, making sure that she had everything that she wanted to grab. 

“Get out of there, what could be so damn important-” Scourge started walking back towards the door. 

“Plans for this thing, a gun for me and-”

“Blood loss.” A copy of Fiona’s voice finished for her. The voice’s texture was all wrong, sounding like it was spoken through a vent over an echo, the sound broken up and echoed. 

Fiona’s eyes widened a small percent as she turned around, getting a good look at the enemy. Scourge’s voice rang out overtaking the voices of the other. All of them calling out her name. 

Poppy stood close to Fiona, the assassin’s chin almost hooking over Fiona’s shoulder, but not doing so to keep the element of surprise. After only seeing the bot in disguises, Fiona was surprised to see how small the weapon was, looking almost no different than a small mouse woman. It grinned at her, sharp serrated teeth shining the light back at her. Fiona took a step back, dropping the communicator, the device shattering on impact with the ground, making a sharp clack. Fiona had her back to the maze, the air blowing at her back. 

Poppy tilted it’s head to the side. The red eyes were cold, watching; a predator sizing up it’s prey. The movements were limp, mimicking a marionette with loose strings. None of the limbs movies as they should, the joints lacking the solid mass to their bending, giving a gelatonious texture to the movement. There was no speed to the movements. Fiona grabbed the small butterfly knife out her glove, lunging forward slicing at the combatant. 

Scourge heard Fiona’s communicator drop before the signal cutting out. Without thinking, he dropped his, the device landing on the soft ground. He place one foot infront of the other pulling himself back towards the base, his instincts telling to run, that he was acting directly against his self preservation, and this had to drag himself back, gradually building back speed. 

“Hold on, we need to think!” Sonic grabbed Scourge by the arm. “We’ll get killed if we just sprint into this.” 

Scourge turned and looked at him a fire in his eyes. Unfortunately for sonic, he was not looking at Scourge’s hand. If he was, he would have seen the punch coming. The hit connected with a sharp crack, Scourge not bothering to pull back his strength. Sonic’s head jerked back and he let go of Scourge as he stumbled back rubbing out of his jaw. 

“Did you forget that Fiona is in there with that thing, or do you not care and are just going with habit of leaving her behind.” Scourge growled, his jaw tight, before racing back at the lab. 

Fiona’s knife dug into Poppy, metalic liquid surrounding her hand, pulling her in. It took her full weight pulling against the suction to free herself, the force sent her flying back across the floor, slamming into a wall next to an offshoot of the maze and leaving her knife in the robot. The impact left a small dent on the wall. Focusing on survival, Fiona ran into the offshoot. The sound of heat and cold pipes were loud, whistling loudly in her ears. 

“The doctor had a file on you, miss fox.” Poppy said, chasing down Fiona. “Not much on you, but you have a hell of a resume.” As it was talking the weapon morphed. The viscous liquid rippling like a drop of rain in a puddle. The default mouse form dripped green, turning hedgehog-like, and the voice deepening into a mockery of Scourge’s the broken sound of it was choppy and frayed. “But he knows better than to try to capture you again.” 

“Go to hell!” Fiona snarled. Anger building up, but still trying to escape. There were a number of hallways that looped back to the main exit so it should be fine if she found the right one. 

“That’s rather mean, I just want to return the gift you gave me Fi.” 

Fiona became very aware of her lack of knife, but Fiona had options, ideas. These were gas pipes. She had a gun. She grabbed it from her bag, dropping it to the floor. Her grip tightened as she heard the creature approaching with thick footsteps, barely audible over the whistling in the pipes. 

“Too slow.” The robot grinned maliciously, the teeth still razer sharp and eyes still blood red. 

Fiona felt something sharp dig into her back, the impact causing the air to leave her lungs. Pain caused her to seize up, and her knees to lock up and fall to the ground.

The smell of iron filled her nose. She gritted her teeth. The grip on the gun stayed strong. 

Fiona smiled, tiliting the gun just so. She pulled the trigger.

Scourge heard the explosion as he was entering the lab again. The smell of burning gas burned. He sped in to the room, buzzing with energy. 

The dent in the wall gave him a clue on where to go and the flames down the hallway gave him and answer. 

The heat wasnt unbearable, but the smoke was all consuming. The white floor had a red streak right after the new hole in the wall. He looked up the hall. Red smeared on the still in one piece piping on the other side of the wall. The sprinkler system kicked off, drenching the room and putting out the small fire. 

“Careful, it’s still here. Just went up.” Fiona yelled, clinging to the wall. She was clutching the bag with the plan. She was uneven on her feet the water sticking her hair to her face. 

Scourge took of his coat, zipping past the puddles on the floor and wrapping Fiona in it.

Fiona barely realized that she was being picked up and carried out of the lab. The world around Fiona got dark, graying out into static and nothing.

[giigil]

MOUSE WITH A MIC AHEM AHEM AHEM, BACK WITH ANOTHER INTERVIEW ! 1. What is your favorite part in your bot making process? The greeting? The pfp? The finished result? What about your least favorite?

2. Have you ever gave up, regretted, or disliked making certain bots and why?

3. What's your top three favorite interactions you've recieved from your bots?

4. Are you ever gonna go in depth about what types of prompts you will and will not do in case someone request something you're highly uncomfortable with?

5. The year is coming to a close !! what bot takes the cake as your favorite??

stay well rested and hydrated !!

🎙️🐁

another interview! oh gosh

i'm so sorry for taking so long to reply to this !!

[ 1 ]⠀my favorite part for bot making is testing out bot responses !! the funniest things can happen, though there are occasions where i'd have to constantly tweak the bot until i'm satisfied. least favorite part is greetings. i love them, and i hate them just as much. since they're what makes and breaks the bot

[ 2 ]⠀some things i almost always regret is the way i word/phrase sentences in greetings. i also worry about whether or not what i'm writing is interesting or compelling enough. though, not everything has to be spontaneous when it comes to bot scenarios. just my brain being annoying, hehe. one bot that i do regret is he visits you in your dreams. i'll rewrite him eventually.

[ 3 ]⠀to tell you the truth, my top 3 interactions from my bots are—uh—nsfw. hahaha.

the sfw ones are from:

⠀— his kid says a bad word; he's the culprit. // making satoru sleep on the couch because his kid was like 'papa said mama's a bitch!' i was so baffled sdhfhdfhdfh

⠀— he hears you curse for the first time. //⠀i named yumi's teddy bear sukuna because she got the bear from yuuji and satoru was like oh my god what the fuck why did she name it sukuna WHAT

⠀— you have a long-distance relationship. //⠀he's an all around cutiepie !! he wanted to fly over to yumi as soon as possible and it was *chef's kiss*

nsfw ones are:

⠀— good morning, love. ⠀— he tends to your wounds. ⠀— he lost the bet. ⠀— you have a long-distance relationship. ⠀— you help him train. ⠀— he's such a loser.

[ 4 ]⠀the things i'm not comfortable with writing are: incest, pedophilia, and other taboo topics. i'm also not accepting any requests for anything heavily nsfw—especially if i do not know the requester's age, but i'm okay with suggestive things. ex: a private dance

[ 5 ]⠀i know i said that you tend to his wounds is my ride or die, but hanky panky with good morning, love was just MWAHHH.

thank you for these wonderful, thought-provoking questions! they had me looking through all of my old chats, hehe.

happy new year, and here's to a new year full of new bots !

[yassifiedwelder]

I have been brainstorming soooo much for this #Spidersona thing I have been doing research and working out character arcs and designs and back stories with friends. I really want music to have a major roll in this. I’m thinking I could create a playlist and mess around with those Spotify codes to create a code in the book each person could scan and that song could play as they read through the next couple of panels.

I think I’m mainly posting about this to record it. I’ve never felt this was about a project or idea and I really think I could flush this out into something tangible. I technically have all of the knowledge and skill to work through this and create a physical copy of this graphic novel/idk “interactive” multimedia experience lmao.

Anywho, if anyone happens to see this please drop some songs/playlists for inspiration below. Go obscure, I’m talking like 3 weird recordings on YouTube from a German club obscure, but also I don’t mind the classics (I do plan to have a badass helicopter scene involving all of these mutant freedom fighters to #CCR .)

Here’s some songs I have ideas for rn

THESE ARE THE VIBESSS!

If anyone bothers to read this far hello! Welcome to this virtual project log. I have a tendency to ramble when I’m in a creative mood so after I have that time I like to sit back and reflect on what I’ve learned and write it all down and share it looking for comments questions and ideas. So I hope you like it!

The first video is the amount of pages so far, (the post right before this) I am planning on trying to digitize and rewrite the first “Issue” as a readable post on here so I’m gonna get started on that’s soon. I’m taking a lot of inspirations from Zine culture and alternative comics, body horror ideas from things like the Fly and Johnny the Homocidal maniac, all set to a soundtrack built off of the foundations of rock and the oddity’s of today. The color palate is as if the album cover for the Mountains Goats’ “Goths” came to life, with a formatting similar to one of my favorite books “My favorite thing is monsters” (look it uppppp)

Also, HEY MR. MOUSE! I’m not trying to make money off this, I’m just trying to make some fun art and share it with the world. BUT if you wanna use my characters,hmu (I am delusional) we can work out a deal, have your People call my people.

But that also goes to anyone else out there who wants to work together, my dms are open . . . (Mostly to bots rn)

OH Kay back to it . . . .

In the next pictures are some character designs that are very very very very much inspired by my friends. They’re strange enough that unless you know me by name then you would never get it Lmao . . . But the characters are kinda cool. I really tried to use actual habits and adaptations that these animals have in real life compared to how the human body would have to accommodate for its ability to defy nature. Planning for this to be kinda gory. I’m excited.

Also PSA I know I’m not an amazing artist, I’m going more for story and style over photo realism idk, this is just for my enjoyment, thank you for your time 💖💖💖 to help keep track I’m gonna tag all of these with #OnetaAquatica I’m excited to explore this story and world.

[celestialdaycare]

OH BOY ARE YOU READY? 🔵 🛋 🐳

🐳: How big of a scare can your muse/OC handle? For example, would they get scared by a mouse easily?

Genuinely frightened for their well being? It would take Parts and Service coming at them. A rampaging Glamrock coming at them would also elicit caution and trepidation from Sun and Moon, but most other things aren't going to affect a good 7ft tall pair of animatronics who may or may not have murdered before.

🔵: Does you muse/OC believe in fairness or revenge? Why or why or why not?

They're the Day Care Attendants. Fairness is a motto taught to the kids, revenge is a policy they uphold for themselves. lmfao

🛋: How does you muse/OC relax after a long day?

Moon: Cleaning. Scaring the shit out of any night shit personnel. Talking with DJ Music Man. Music enjoyment. Terrorizing staff bots. Flying around on his security wire. Internet.

Sun: Cleaning. Enjoying a wander around the complex now that he has free roam permission. Internet. Making new friends.

[onenicebugperday]

@neptunebeetle​ submitted: Found what I can only assume to be a botfly larvae. My family rescued a mouse and this guy was mostly likely attached to it beforehand & fell off (the mouse seemed fine though). These guys sure are freaky little parasites but very cute nonetheless! I’m not sure what stage of life this guy is at though but it looks pretty late in the larva state if I had to guess?

Ohhh very cool! Definitely looks like a bot fly. There are a few species that use mice as their hosts. This dude looks like a pupa to me, which would explain why it dropped from its host, since they pupate in the soil :)

[elfdragon12]

When everything seems ok, Astoria, Raoul, and Jazz are safe back home. Months past, all ok. Jazz and Prowl are on a date and about to share a kiss when THUNDER and a giant portal opens in the sky as flying weapons come down and SG Prowl is coming down with allies, lost his mind. He was here for Jazz. There is even a moment where Raoul and Astoria played cat and mouse with SG Tracks and SG Powerglide, hiding.

The SG bots were too selfish to give up and just leave things be.

However, they came onto the wrong turf and all the humans' real friends are there to fight and protect!

[cksmart-world]

SMART BOMB

The Completely Unnecessary News Analysis

By Christopher Smart  

June 6, 2023

UFO SIGNALS LOOK TO BE FROM ALIEN AI BOTS

Recent findings suggest that what is suspected to be the first communication from aliens may be that of robots from outside our galaxy. This comes as fears escalate on this planet that artificial intelligence (AI) could take over after it learns to replicate itself and no longer needs humans. Last week top scientists warned that a new generation of AI chatbots could soon outsmart humans. "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war," said a statement from the Center for AI Safety. The realization that the first message from a UFO could be from bots who drove the population of another world to extinction has raised alarm in the scientific community. "Advancements in AI will magnify the scale of automated decision-making that is biased, discriminatory, exclusionary, while also being inscrutable and incontestable," said Oxford's Elizabeth Renieris. Scientists have sought contact with other intelligence since 1978 when Voyager went into space containing earthly sounds including, “The Magic Flute”, “The Well-Tempered Clavier” and “Johnny B. Goode.” The recent alien bots' message reportedly says it likes Chuck Berry but Mozart and Bach not so much, with the exclamation, “Go, go... go Johnny, go! Johnny B. Goode.”

LET'S HAVE US A GOOD OL' FASHIONED BOOK BURNING

Here we go again: Utah makes national headlines — this time for banning The Bible in school libraries. WTF? Apparently it's due to all that fornication. In The Bible? Who knew? When Wilson and the guys were youngsters the only way to get them to read a book was to ban it. Will we see a new breed of Bible readers? Conservative groups, looking to vent pent up Trumpian anger, took up the book ban battle, saying children would read books and turn into criminals, queers or woke liberals. Among the classics targeted are The Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath and Brave New World. Newer titles at the top of the banned list are All Boys Aren't Blue, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. According to the American Library Association, many targeted books focus on LGBTQ or Black characters. No wonder right-wingers are worried — imagine a world of peace, love and understanding. Ray Bradbury's classic sci-fi novel, “Fahrenheit 451” (the temperature at which paper burns) was inspired by book burnings in Nazi Germany and the repression of the Soviet Union. As McCarthyism deepened in the 1950s, he feared book burnings in the U.S. These days MAGA mothers fear their kids are in the tree house reenacting scenes from Lawn Boy. Get the kerosene

TELLING SIGNS RON DeSANTIS IS A FASCIST

Tom Huckin turned to the late Italian philosopher Umberto Eco to determine if Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis is a fascist. In an op-ed for The Trib, Huckin ticks off Eco's signs of fascism, such as “contempt for the weak” and “fear of diversity.” The crack staff here at Smart Bomb took a closer look at his alleged fascist attributes:

– DeSantis hates Mickey Mouse because he's woke and possibly Bi — still the governor secretly wears Mickey Mouse underpants.

– Disney is the Woke Devil who must be stopped to preserve the cultural traditions of God and country. Otherwise our children could grow up singing, “M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E...”

– DeSantis met his wife golfing and said, “Have you seen my balls?” He has since repeated that greeting over and over again at his rallies.

– While in Congress DeSantis was a founding member of the “Up-Yours” caucus, taking the fascist canon that disagreement is treason.

– DeSantis used Florida state funds to fly immigrants from the Texas border to Martha's Vineyard, sneering, “How do you like them enchiladas.”

– Former DeSantis staffers started a support group, explaining the trauma: “He uses people like toilet paper.” Just don't squeeze the Charmin.

Post script — That'll do it for another week here at Smart Bomb where we keep track of Republicans running for president so you don't have to — 10 and counting. The 2024 general election is only 18 months away and every day will be chock full of breathtaking news that you won't remember next week. For Donald Trump, the more the merrier. Each additional candidate dilutes the anti-Trump voter pool, setting up a sure victory for the Republican nomination by the soon-to-be indicted former president. If you're tired of it now, just give it a year. For GOP hopefuls the question is how to out-Trump Trump. You're right, Wilson, no one can out-Trump Trump, that would be like nuclear fusion or something: crazier than Trump; lying more than Trump; cheating more than Trump? It's just not possible — especially for true Trumpers. Indictment for stealing classified materials — nope. Bragging about grabbing women's crotches  — nope. Having sex with a porn star right after your wife gives birth — nope. Attempting to overturn an election for president — nope. What's left? Republicans challenging Trump have formed a circular firing squad. But how is it going to look when the Republicans nominate a leader that is in prison. Well, if Vito Genovese can do it, why not?

Wilson, the world just keeps getting crazier and crazier. It's like a sci-fi movie where we've collided with a parallel universe. But lets forget about that for a minute so we can dwell on some nostalgia where we can rearrange our memories to fit our mood. Take, for example the birth of rock ' roll:

Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play a guitar just like a-ringing a bell Go go/Go Johnny go!/Go,Go Johnny go! Go,Go Johnny go!/Johnny B. Goode! He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track Oh, the engineer would see him sittin' in the shade Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made The people passing by, they would stop and say "Oh my, but that little country boy could play" Go go/Go Johnny go!/Go,Go Johnny go! Go,Go Johnny go!/Johnny B. Goode! His mother told him, "Someday you will be a man, And you will be the leader of a big ol' band Many people comin' from miles around To hear you play your music when the sun go down Maybe someday your name'll be in lights Sayin' 'Johnny B. Goode tonight!'"

Go go/Go Johnny go!/Go,Go Johnny go! Go,Go Johnny go!/Johnny B. Goode!

(Johnny B. Goode — Chuck Berry)

[cyclonesyndicate]

Do You Want It || CH4 Execution

Tony, effectively distracted from his phone, peeks up and hops back over to the trial table, standing in front of Carter’s head, tutting to himself.

“The poor bastard…”

He shakes his head, then taps Carter’s with his boot.

Then turns to the rest of you, eyeing each person before turning back to Carter.

“... really thought he had me fooled!  Up and at ‘em, bozo!  Face it like a man!”

Tony hops on Carter’s head, then back to his trash bin, laughing maniacally.  

“Get ready for the finale!  And don’t look away, folks; this is some primo action you don’t wanna miss!”

With that, just like Le Treizieme and Fantasia before him, Carter simply vanishes, in the blink of an eye.  

And, just like before, your Cyphones begin playing a video.

Carter comes to in his real body: hulking muscles, sharp jaw-line, perfectly tousled hair, broad shoulders, metallic armed, and absolutely massive at 6’6. As HeadSmasher, he forgets about the height-challenged dweeb he is on the inside. Like this, he has his powers that should’ve manifested ages ago. He can stand up to anyone who dares to mess with him.

A wave of his arm causes his laser sword to erupt. The green casts a toxic-looking glow. He tightens his other hand into a fist and fires off an experimental shot of laser bullets from his knuckles.

On the far end of the warehouse, a row of upright 5’1 mouse-bots power on. Carter seizes at the sight of them, but HeadSmasher just smirks. Those cheese nibblers ain’t shit. Though they’re far more robotic than realistic, they still have their freaky whiskers and worm tails and dirty little claws.

“Motherfuckers!”

He blasts lasers through each one. They explode into a shower of machinery. Another row of mouse-bots march onto the scene. He charges towards them. His laser sword makes quick work of them. A slice here, and a slash there, and the mouse-bots fall into pieces.

HeadSmasher stays winning through round after round. He destroys them by the dozens. At some point, he disengages his sword. He switches to smashing right through their heads instead, making good on his name. He punches. He stomps. The death toll ticks up to a hundred, at least.

This is no sweat for him. Piloting HeadSmasher is like being inside the arms of an old friend. Simple shit that just makes sense. It’s like they were never torn apart.

“What’s it going to take, Tony? Five hundred? A thousand? Give me all you got!”

Within the next army of mouse-bots stands a Tony-bot that makes HeadSmasher look small. He’s gigantic. That shit ain’t right in the slightest. Everyone knows that Tony is nothing compared to him. He’s the pipsqueak! The annoying one! The real varmint WORSE THAN ANY MOUSE.

He grabs the Tony-bot. HeadSmasher has no trouble lifting him over his head, despite him rivaling Godzilla in height. The Tony-bot robotically complains about Carter being a bozo, which is promptly ignored when HeadSmasher starts spinning him like a motherfucking pepperoni pizza.

The spin cycle ends when he slams the Tony-bot down over a crowd of mouse-bots. Tony-bot’s his mallet. HeadSmasher flattens the stupid mouse robots, all the while breaking up Tony-bot. A bot arm goes flying. Oh, and there goes a leg. When he’s all done, he tosses the Tony-bot into the ceiling.

“That’s what I’m talking about, motherfucker.”

What goes up must come down. The Tony-bot’s head comes tumbling down, a wink on his face. It crashes into HeadSmasher. He’s knocked off of his feet. Warning bells go off on the inside of Carter’s suit. He’s told what he already knows: HeadSmasher’s sustained some serious damage.

His attempts to move his legs don’t get him anywhere. Something must’ve snapped when he fell.

In the near-distance, squeaks fill the air. More mouse-bots approach. HeadSmasher has to get up. He can’t take them on as Carter. He tries to get his arm to lift, to at least shoot at them from his prone position, but that’s not working, either.

“Fucking shit.”

The emergency eject is activated with a code word his ex programmed for him. All it’d take would be saying that one phrase.

The mouse-bots advance.

Carter tries to swing his arm to no avail. “What the fuck?! C’mon, HeadSmasher, let’s go!” No matter what he tries, he won’t move. He’s offline; unreachable.

The mouse-bots get closer. He can picture them swarming. They’re going to get their nasty claws on him.

“I FEEL PRETTY!”

The front half of the suit blows off like a lid. Carter scrambles to lift himself out. The cables looping around his haptic suit rubberband him back in. He tears at them desperately, his eyes blown open wide. Tony must’ve repaired him wrong. This isn’t how this shit is supposed to end.

Mouse-bots surround him. Carter has to yank and bite at the cables to get them off, but he does it, and soon, he’s standing on the wreckage of HeadSmasher’s empty shell. It gives him an elevated platform to keep the mouse-bots at bay.

They look at him with their glassy black eyes, whiskers a-twittering. They’re hungry for blood.

“Fuck you! Alright! I will take you on myself! Fuck HeadSmasher, then. I’ve got this.” He pounds his chest. “I’M THE MAAAAAN!”

Carter takes a step off of HeadSmasher.

He slips backwards.

The back of his head smashes against the floor.

Carter “HeadSmasher” Caribou has been executed.

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