#The Roomba Location

[boss-poss]

See, Lethal Company's real genius is that it somehow marries two normally opposed genres, those being horror and comedy together into something greater. Mechanically it's a multiplayer looter extraction survival type game. It's designed to create stressful and scary situations by forcing you to speedrun mini randomized dungeons while monsters hunt your character to meet a certain quota (our asses are not making quota). That's not the clever part though, no, that's giving the players the ability to fuck themselves over and the hilarity that comes from it.

Anything you say into your mic is said in the game world and can be heard by certain monsters. Many items, similarly, can be used to make noise and you can bet there is little impulse control when a player finds an air horn or gets a walkie talkie. The sound of a distant honk somewhere out of nowhere is not something most players are prepared for while in a pitch black maze. Sound in this game has a doppler effect, which makes it harder to hear the further away the source is, allowing screams to fade into nothing and unintelligible yelling heard for a second before vanishing. You must rely on your senses but those are, by design, limited and regularly tricked.

Because level layouts, monster locations, and item spawns are all random, it's insanely easy to get lost or lose track of thigs, especially in the dark and especially when panicking. Seeing a bracken for the first time will almost certainly send a player running in the opposite direction and get lost, if they even see it all. No one is prepared to have a hand wrap around their face and snap their neck in an instant. It's utterly shocking and will leave you gasping in surprise to first time you experience it.

Certain weather patterns make levels harder, some even nearly impossible (looking at you eclipse), and sometimes your options are avoiding deadly lightning or not being able to see due to fog. High level moons have excessively valuable loot but also feature the worst foes and cost a fee to access, forcing a compromise between greed, ability, and resources.

Dying, likewise incurs a penalties. Your team is fined for dying and not bringing the bodies back but if you all die, all your collected loot goes poof. Gone. A team wipe can and will effectively end the run in an instant if you do something stupid like stick around when you hear "pop goes the weasel" or try to pick up that funny looking roomba. You can almost feel the pressure weighing down on your shoulders when you realize you're the last one left and you need to get back to the ship or miss the quota.

The monsters likewise, are engines of terror that are comically effective killing machines with no cohesive theme to help anticipate them. The already mentioned bracken is one of the scariest things I've seen in a game, and those technically aren't even that bad. They're completely manageable if you keep your head on a swivel and pay attention to your surroundings. Coilheads are these mannequins with bobble heads that will path to and kill you in a microsecond the moment you aren't looking at them, weeping angel style. There's a thing called the ghost girl that I have yet to see but is apparently one of the most terrifying critters in the menagerie. Forest giants. If you know, you know.

All these little mechanics, these choices that are made by and for the player, create a maelstrom of unpredictable chaos that, like a buxom blond transforming into an orgasming pooltoy, turns what would be strictly serious horror into a unique form of dark comedy that layers over it like jelly on peanut butter. You are scared, you are on edge, and it only gets worse when you know what these things are capable of, but the sheer hopelessness is something you all have in common. It's funny how little hope you have. You will die. A monster will wipe your team. There will eventually come a quota you can't beat. You were doomed from the start.

So why not get silly with it? Why not try to fight that bracken with shovel? Fuck him. Why not just run past a turret and try to nab that fat jar of pickles? Why not wander off from the group? You're just as likely to come back with arms loaded and the quota met as you are likely to not come back at all. You're already dead, so take the gamble, do stupid shit, repeat this hell until you can meet its horrors with grim determination and put in the effort to afford that goddamn boombox. Dance. Just press 1 and dance the fear away.

You are all united in your mortality and duty, fragile sacks of flesh working to break even at the behest of perhaps the greatest horror of all: The company you work for. You are so preposterously fucked beyond all belief from every angle there really isn't enough adjectives to describe it. And that's comedy baby, when things are so bad all you can do is laugh.

[plushyparfait]

DEATH NOTE UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE AU (because why not?)

part two :: Matt, Beyond, A

part one w/ Near, Mello, L

Random headcanons & art

Matt

1. Matt likes to randomly challenge his professors to game matches just to avoid a test or assignment if he wins. Usually it's a 50/50 chance of it working and lecturers usually humour him since his grades tend to be quite decent

2. Refuses to vape and prefers smoking actual cigarettes because he rather die from lung cancer the 'normal way' like God intended.

3. I can see Matt being an atheist, usually attending mass with Mello out of pure interest and just straight up supporting his friend.

• As a kid, he used to believe in God and was really moved by the worship music. When he went to his first concert, he realised Hatsune Miku gave him the exact same feeling and hadn't believed since (coupled with other things).

4. He’s made it a game to see how long he can stay silent in group projects before anyone notices.

• Matt doesn’t like participating, so he tests the waters to see if his classmates will handle everything without him. So far, it’s worked.

5. No one actually knows what Matt's natural hair colour actually is- not even Mello. he's constantly dyeing his hair different colours every week that people reckon he's actually just Ramona Flowers in disguise. (ps, it's red.)

6. Can't dress for shit and picks whatever. He's usually a big fan of collecting meme shirts for shits and giggles.

7. Matt started speaking in brainrot terms because he knows it annoys the fuck out of Mello but it's gotten to a point where it's become un-ironic (???) and he genuinely can't stop.

8. Mikami's made it his life's mission to uphold Matt's ban from the campus library after setting off the smoke alarms ONCE after taking a hit in the library.

• Matt didn’t expect anyone to notice since he was tucked away in a corner by a window, but when the alarm went off, he disappeared before they could pin it on him (everyone knows it was him).

9. Matt is actually a really great cook and likes to sometimes change up Near's meal regimen because he pities the little cotton ball and doesn't want him to starve or make himself sick from eating take out all the time.

10. Matt has an army of Roombas in his dorm that he’s programmed to follow him around, but they mostly just get stuck on furniture.

• He thought it’d be cool to have robot minions, but they’re more of a nuisance than a help. Still, he refuses to admit it was a bad idea.

Beyond/BB

1. BB sometimes appears out of nowhere, crouched in doorways or dark corners for the love of the game.

• He enjoys startling people with his sudden, animal-like movements, especially when they’re not expecting him to be around.

2. He has an entire series on his other/side YouTube channel where he investigates urban legends on campus—most of which he started himself.

• BB’s fans love the bizarre mix of real crimes and made-up stories, and they can never tell what’s fact or fiction because he's just a little too good at spinning tales.

3. BB has a habit of chasing people on all fours when they ask for directions, leaving them terrified and confused. Sometimes he also likes to chase little Firsties or new Professors.

• His preferred method of interaction is making people uncomfortable, and he gets a kick out of their reactions.

4. He sometimes posts the occasional odder than usual video on his main channel, keeping his video vague enough to leave people wondering if he’s the criminal he’s talking about.

• BB’s unsettling delivery and cryptic hints make viewers question whether he’s discussing a real case or something more personal. It's a bit harder to guess when he doesn't outright state names and locations etc like he does most of the time.

5. BB likes to lie and say that he's a vampire as a way to hit on people, touting it as the reason why his eyes are red.

• Since Shinigami aren't a thing here, alongside being L's younger brother, I like to think Beyond is just albino and won't admit it, preferring to spin tall tales about himself instead and dyeing his hair to support his nonsense.

6. BB is actually really good skilled at hacking and likes to leave papers he accesses on lecturer pcs with ominous comments just to mess with professors' and students’ heads.

• He’s notorious for leaving cryptic messages that leaves people more confused than when they started.

7. BB initially dyed his hair black to try and appeal to A since it'd make him look more like L.

• A and L usually had hung out (in the loosest way possible) and BB was usually present during study sessions when A came over. He'd noticed how A used to seem a bit obsessive over L, mistaking it for love and BB thought if he emulated L as much as possible, A would turn his sights on him instead but it didn't click until a bit later that it'd only turn him off. He's slowly trying to learn how to be himself.

8. He's so crazy over strawberry jam or anything related to the fruit to the point you can smell him coming before you see him since he's too sweet. His clothes are guaranteed to be covered in his version of the holy grail without fail.

9. BB's anger usually spikes during exam season— usually it's a manifestation of his anxiety and he's especially unwilling to be reduced to second best. Pity the poor things who incur his wrath at its peak. Kiyomi's hair's short for a reason. BB managed to chop it after she made the mistake of talking to him whilst he was busy.

• He does love L but also has developed a rivalry with his older brother. Constantly being pitted against him and being compared to him growing up has turned his view of their relationship into one of slight resentment and frustration, and his anxiety makes him snap at random, refusing to be reminded of his academic shortcomings if he fails anything.

10. Refuses to sleep in his dorm bed: BB sleeps on the floor, saying it makes him feel more “in tune with the earth.” People think it’s just part of his vampire act or something, but he insists it’s better for him

A/Adam

1. Adam somehow ended up as the student body president, though he’s not really sure how it happened, and now he’s stuck organizing events he doesn’t care about.

• His natural charisma and general attractiveness made him a shoe-in for leadership, but it’s more of a hassle than he expected...

2. His room is spotless, in stark contrast to L's if Mr Wammy doesn't send someone out to clean it. Adam insists it helps his mental clarity. (That boy is just a neat freak).

• He has high expectations for himself and his space, and cleanliness helps him manage stress.

3. Adam organizes casual debate nights at a local pub, where students get together and argue philosophical concepts over drinks.

• He enjoys intellectual challenges and has a natural ability to facilitate conversations.

4. Adam frequently debates professors in class, not out of disrespect but because he genuinely wants to dissect their arguments.

• He has a deep need for knowledge and constantly questions authority to understand the reasoning behind academic opinions.

5. Adam has a quiet job at the library where he mostly reads between shifts and helps organize study materials for students.

• The library is a peaceful escape, and the job allows him to focus on his own work while earning money.

6. He has a strong coffee addiction, probably worse than Light. Adam is always drinking coffee, often with a book in hand, claiming it helps him stay awake and focused on his many responsibilities.

• His drive to excel academically and socially often leaves him with little sleep, so caffeine is his lifeline. It's either that or he wheedles weed off of Linda.

7. Adam is always on top of his assignments and known for being the “responsible one” in group projects.

8. Adam’s competitive streak extends to physical activities, so he took up fencing as a way to channel his need for precision and strategy.

• Fencing fits his calculated, intellectual nature while allowing him to compete in a more structured environment.

9. He offers his time to help struggling students with work, often staying late to give them extra support.

• Adam has a natural inclination to help others and finds fulfillment in seeing his peers succeed.

10. He secretly wants to reconcile with L. Adam’s relationship with L is strained due to their competitive history, but deep down, he wants to mend it and stop viewing L as a rival.

• His maturity has grown, and while the rivalry fueled him for years, he recognizes that there’s more to life than competition

NEXT :: MISA , KIYOMI, LINDA, REM

notes: can you tell who's my favourite?

[yekovac]

One when I was just a youngin I dreamt this one appeared to tell me great wisdoms

(WIP)

✿~

𝔼𝕟𝕒𝕕. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪 ◄:•3

(𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕠𝕟, 𝕀 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖)

(´༎ຶ ͜ʖ ༎ຶ `)

✿~

~𝔼𝕟𝕛𝕠𝕪!!~

[findher-ogg]

I have seen so many people fangirling and worrying about New Vegas and its endings in relation to the TV show (which you shouldn't be, you can simply ignore it! Your canon is cooler!) that I've been saddened to see almost nobody discuss my two favourite possibilities for season two: the fact that it may be paying homage to the first game and Tactics.

Lucy is obviously the Lone Wanderer -- she's looking for her dad and is happy go lucky and naive, etc, like many of us first playing Fallout 3. Over the course of the season, she becomes hardened, gaining more resolve after intimately discovering the horrors of war and the role her own father plays in them.

The Ghoul is, as close as you could argue, much the same except for the Sole Survivor. He is an angry, grieving parent who just wants to get his daughter back. Except, unlike the Sole Survivor, he's allowed to do some genuinely abhorrent things. He commits a bit of casual mass murder and cannibalism, but it's all good. Standard for your wonderfully contrasted evil karma character, and why he's so interesting in comparison to how he was before the war. Many people roleplay their Sole Survivor much the same.

But Maximus hasn't been obviously assigned a protagonist he clearly pays homage to, due to how original his own plotline is and how he is just generally disliked or ignored by the fandom simply because he is socially awkward and black. Max is my favourite, and I'm not going to be shy about this -- I love that awkward young man with every fibre of my being. He's funny! But, as much as I'd like to be, I am not here to defend Maximus from a certain subset of fans in the same way I do with Preston. I am instead here to propose which protagonist he is equivalent to: the Warrior, from Fallout Tactics.

I've yet to play Tactics personally, but I am familiar with the plot and how it's essentially schrodinger's canon. Aspects of it are canon, like the Brotherhood's usage of airships or their presence in Chicago fending off super mutants. Others, less so. Like Vault 0.

For those not in the know, Vault 0 is, to my understanding, a vault located in Colorado that hosts a device known as the Calculator. Calculator is an incredibly advanced supercomputer that manages all of Vault-Tec's vaults. The computer is powered by the cryogenically suspended brains of pre-war geniuses. Do you see where I'm going with this?

In Tactics, the Brotherhood move in to secure Vault 0 and take Calculator out of the picture. There's even a character named Maximus (who is a Paladin!) who aids the player's squad in the final battle against it.

I think that Maximus' mission in S2 is going to be a retelling and recanonisation of Tactics' plot, shifting its place in the timeline to post FO4. I mean, it makes sense given standards and precedence set by S1. Vault-Tec cryogenically suspended their best managers to selectively breed the best customer service people in existence, which obviously backfires as both Lucy and Norman unravel the truth in different ways. Vault 31 is even taken care of by a brain on a roomba!

So I'm not saying it's out of the question for Max's B-plot in season 2 to take us on Tactics' plot, and to potentially show us that that is where Barb and Janey have been the whole time. It'd get a bit dark depending on how deep they get into the territory, but Barbara Howard is so high up at Vault-Tec that she knows their most closely guarded secrets and speaks at investors meetings. She could likely have surrendered her brain to power whatever equivalent to Calculator they end up using.

I think they may end up dropping the Colorado plot thread, though, depending on how things play out. Even if Colorado is frequently referenced by various NPCs (especially Ulysses) in New Vegas, there's a chance they may move Vault 0 to California or Nevada. Maybe have it sub in for Area 51, who knows? I'm not a fly on the wall in that writer's room.

The Brotherhood's story in this show in general just seems to be full of homages or references to classics; I'm fully convinced that Knight Titus (you know, the guy who lost to a level 10 yao guai?) was named after Titus Interactive, the studio that bought out Interplay and subsequently bankrupted them. As a tongue in cheek reference, but one I can't ignore.

And what about Fallout 1? Well. I don't know if anyone noticed because it's a ten second gag that never gets brought up again, but Vault 33's water chip is broken! And even if they've relocated half of the Vault to 32 by this point, that still doesn't actually solve the problem. Hell, 32 may also have a broken water chip! My slightly more crackpot theory is that Chet's going to have a C plot where he ventures out to find a replacement water chip, a la the Vault Dweller. The director of the show seems to be a fan of the Interplay trilogy, after all.

I'm sorry if this sucks, I've had this rattling around since seeing the set leaks and it's 1am. Not proofreading this. Hope it makes sense, I may revise certain points in the future because I've not watched the show since it came out and thus spurred me into playing the games in the first place. But still! That's my theory! I'm moreso banking on Maximus Tactics than the latter, but still.

[roseydoom]

Hetalia as Valorant Agents

【ALLIES EDITION】

Note: As someone who has played Valorant since its official release in 2020, i can (probably) put hetalia headcanons on what their roles could probably be and maybe because of the valo agents' nationalities. So here the Allies as Valorant agents ✨️

I'll make more soon I swear.

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Warning/s: This is purely based on my opinions and my time in Valorant and in Hetalia so I can't say these are entirely accurate as it may or may not come off a bit OCC.

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Alfred is definitely a duelist because the hero complex is too real to be ignored. I see him similar to Phoenix and Raze, all star power and adrenaline because this man ain't going anywhere without showing off. BUT I lowkey see him with some initiator traits because he would be smart enough to get information before pushing site. Probably like Tony's UFO as a drone or a scanner with his glasses. Definitely would have the Raze fun too 💃 because he is tech savy and will create little roombas of doom with a smiley face on it 😀 Or maybe a nade that can reveal your location. He would have something, at least one skill that would give him information. It's either the little roomba or the nade. Why not probably both. He strongly gives entry duelist vibes and is probably one of those entry duelists who doesn't even wait for the smoke because they have info. Of course he's the leader of the protocol, mans has Brimstone as an agent since beta. This boy is no radiant, but he can make radiant technology work.

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Through and through, I think Francis is literally just Chamber. Like, besides the flirts and charisma, France would be a banger of a sentinel. He would rock Chamber's style by bringing his own equipment in general to look good and would make him feel a lot more secure. Whenever I hear something about the French, they always bring their own shit like make their own cigarettes and stuff 🤧 It would make sense that he would rely on himself more than his own team. But I think his skillset would appeal to more of an anti-flank with trips rather than slows. Kind of like Vyse's thorns, but lowkey rooting them into the same spot. But he would have Vyse's flash in the form of a rose as well. To be honest, Francis would make a cunty ass agent with an ultimate like Deadlock's. Capturing Arthur with a ribbon for marriage in the Hetamyu would compensate for that explanation 🤭 Francis is definitely a radiant because good lord is he bad with new tech so he sticks to what he understands with his own radiant powers.

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I think Arthur is either an initiator or a controller, but I think he leans more on initiator than smokes. Sure, I can see him placing smokes in the right areas, but this bitch will start the fight for sure. I'm laughing my ass off because I was thinking about him doing the same shit as Gekko, but with his magical creatures 🫡 Like imagine Flying Mint Bunny being Gekko's Dizzy and blinding you with whatever it throws at you. He would have the magical creatures in his arsenal fuck you over, but also having on of his fairies heal you like Skye (heal up squad). But if we talk about Arthur as a controller, I'm pretty sure he got them from stolen artifacts OR can do smokes because of his own magical powers. Maybe like an Omen smoke partnered with the paranoia for a skillset. Arthur is a radiant through and through, but if he was a controller he would be a radiant tech user.

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Ivan is a controller for sure. I literally dreamt about this last night. General Winter? That man is his ultimate to nearsight everyone's vision with matching decay 👁👄👁 When Ivan drops smokes, it's a little snow storm inside that (this would be op in game ngl) can slow you for 3 seconds if you stay in it too long. He would fit the ideal mechanics for Clove before they got released. Clove was supposed to have a smoke that would distort your hearing kind of similar to how Fade's prowler would bite you, but it's in the smoke. I would give him a molly, but a wall in his arsenal would work too. Kind of like Viper's wall where there would be a decay in them, but I also see a slow wall like Harbor's. Either ways, it's a wall of snow that can slow or decay you with the cold. If it were a molly, it's either a slow or a whirlpool of snow that sucks you back into place similar to Astra's stars. I stand by this because I dreamt of this last night 💃🕺 He is definitely a radiant because where the fuck do you think General Winter comes from 🤧

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Yao is definitely not Sage. Naur, not a chance. But he can be a sentinel, just not the Sage type. Probably closer to Deadlock if he was a sentinel, but this man ain't a sentinel. Yao is a motherfucking duelist and you know it 💅✨️ I do think he would dig the Iso skillset, but instead of the 3D capsule that is rendered like an collision hit box he would have his dead ass wok as a shield. And the sound effects of that would be cool because I think it should riccochet the bullet back to the enemy player. He's one of those contact duelist, which makes it a good comp for a follow up if an entry duelist is involved. I think he would also have a similar skillset in terms of temporary cover, like a Jett smoke. I had this vision of him throwing like sticky nades as a part of his skill set, but I think what would be fitting for him is a blind like Yoru's where it bounces off the surface. I do imagine him having a buff where he can move faster as long as he has hit someome with any of his utilities or has shot someone. For sure a radiant tech user, but I am open to him being a radiant.

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Matthew is definitely duelist like Alfred, but in a way that's more on the offense. If Alfred falls more on the initiator side, Matthew falls purely on the duelist side where he can entry with ease. There's this crazy idea in my head where he has a hocky puck that bounces up to three times, something similar to Neon's stun, but instead of a stun it leaves places that can slow the enemy when they try to back up. It would be a unfortunate for the enemy if they're standing in hiding spots and they can't escape when he starts to push in after that fast ass hockey puck 🫡 His arsenal would consists of something that's beneficial to him and beneficial for the team, making him an ideal duelist if you only want one duelist to push in for your team if your doing a double initiator comp. He's a radiant tech user for sure, with all that shit. I think having him and Alfred on a team comp would make them menacing, but Matthew alone as the duelist is already menacing.

[welcome-to-roomba-fazbender]

How can one deal with the guilt of hurting others?..

(A serious question. You don't have to answer it if you feel uncomfortable.. I just, wanted to ask)

"..."

"no... no I'm comfortable, don't worry... just uh send some heh... more light hearted asks after this please, I got oth3r fun l0re 1'm s[ore]re! I need I n-33-d t3Em c-1rcu1ts a-ar3 f-fЯy1ng a l1ttle b1t..."

Charlie smacked his head to get back in control of his vocal box.

".METSYS TOOBER ESAELP ]544ss49 ammaG atleD r4r4k95[ EDOC DNAMMOC ,DETPURROC EVIRD NOITCENNOC LANOITOME RORRE ,RORRE"

Charlie huffed and puffed for a moment holding onto his head before ripping it off and growing a new one, as the old one lit on fire.

"S0RЯY 3motions really aЯe uh tr1cky for me, I'm g00d n0w."

Charlie took a deep breath.

(more detailed reply below)

"There's an old Freddy Fazbender's saying, can't remember who came up with it, after all this ain't an offical location."

"Heh..."

"Sweep It Under The Rug, It's probably fine."

"I don't think about hurting others, because I'm not like others, I'm not a person most would say, I'm not something or someone you'd look at and think [wow you should feel empathy for that!] just not in people's minds when they look at me."

"When people look at me they think [oh god here comes charlie] and uh... safe to say, I've grown used to that."

"Honestly I'm not the type of person to ask this too, I don't deal with the guilt of hurting others, because I physically CAN'T!"

"I'm just the cursed phone guy."

"emotions are hard for me, plain and simple."

"I try to improve any chance I get but... trust me if you knew me personally, you'd say [theirs no fixing the unfixable, you'll stay this way forever charles] and I have to agree."

"Can't have guilt if you sweep it away!"

"But, I do... try to correct mistakes when I can. That's gotta count for something I guess."

"I just gotta prey, I'll never lose..."

"eh, don't worry about that."

"Anyway, uh I hope you get the help you need, thanks for stopping by roomba fazbenders!"

"and I hope I at least satisfied your curiosity even just a little."

[actualbird]

Heya! Completely Random Tot Fixation I wondered if you have info about: Tabby the NXX cat

I know Tabby is a cat only really there during the mini events to sit there and be cute (I wish that was my life). But since nxx hq is meant to be linked to vyns house, or is owned by him or something, is Tabby technically his cat? Is Tabby actually his or just sneaks in all the time? Who takes care of this mysterious cat living at hq? If Tabby is his why was he so confused w Puff in the pet event? Where is the cat from? Why is he able to retrieve Random ingredients like bubble tea for us during events but it takes 4 hours???

I'm just wondering if there's any more info about him, I haven't figured out how to use the tot wiki....

hi hi!!! so youre absolutely correct that tabby only shows up in minigames, and his backstory/background is actually present in the very first minigame we see him in: the minigame where the nxx roomba goes missing

(sidenote 1: the badge for this event was so cute. LOUD ALL CAPS "FAT CAT" with him riding the roomba like a MIGHTY STEED)

this event was very early on cuz it ran from 2021-10-03 to 2021-10-13, so newer players wouldnt have experienced it. which is a shame, because it gives the Tabby's Lore in the story: he was a stray cat that started sitting on the nxx roomba, causing the roomba to overheat and malfunction and not move because of the cat's chonkiness

(sidenote 2: screencapped below from the tot wiki's transcript of the event on the event's page, i just want to share how marius does NOT let up on calling this cat Heavy)

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ANYHOO, as for your question: does vyn own Tabby then?

nope!

so!! Tabby is not strictly speaking vyn's. tho given that vyn supposedly sent Tabby to his new owner yet Tabby continues to keep showing up for subsequent events, i can only assume that vyn gets saddled with catsitting duty rather often HAHA.

either that or the patient who owns Tabby lives nearby and Tabby just got so used to hanging around nxx hq that he pops by to visit the team sometimes....

....and helps the team make snacks and food by getting them ingredients from unknown locations

(i dont know why it takes this cat 4 hours to fetch me a strawberry either. go to the grocery, boy)

[oooo-leanderies]

Literally ran out of ideas and made an au that was just. Literally based off a little story of mine that is in the works (I lost focus after downloading twst help me. Twst is taking over my mind)

Anywya some context:

- Welcome to the Diopheros! Some notable locations include Ardes, Rosdorf, Crissolo, Liliren , and Pont-Ciel.

- Mist Harbour is a popular summer holiday spot in Pont-Ciel

- Gear-bound are robots that are a common sight around Diopheros, are treated kind of like Alexas or Roombas or simple machine. They get simple jobs and chores and tasks done easily

- (So I suppose you guys can guess why Rui likes messing with his Gear-bound)

[deva-there]

ATTACK MY MINIONS!!!!!

500 roombas are aproaching your location

[Deva crouches down, faintly delighted as a swarm of roombas flood the halls to nudge against her feet and devour unsuspecting dust and dirt. The radio pinned to her breast lets out a quiet, indiscernible splutter.]

...Oh, I haven't seen any of these things in ages. I forgot how lovely they are.

[She reaches to poke at a few of them, compliantly falling to the ground as several insist on colliding with her. Some do manage to climb atop Deva's now-prone form, aided by their pushy brethren, and others do their level best to suck up her hair and get it tangled up in their bellies with the suicidal devotion of the ignorant machine even as she tucks it all under her jingling bonnet to avoid having a hand in such a fate.]

Most cleaning bots I've seen are all fancy-schmancy things that you'll only really see in the Backstreets when they're pasted all over an ad that maybe, like, three people there would ever have enough money to even glance at. I'm exaggerating, but you get the point. Maybe.

[Her voice is soft. Deva, as always, is rather difficult to read, but she sounds somehow nostalgic.]

Roombas are not particularly mobile or versatile, and the kinds of messes that the City likes making aren't what these little guys are equipped to deal with.

...These robots have long since faded into irrelevance in the eyes of the unforgiving Backstreets. I wouldn't be surprised if the City has forgotten this model of machine entirely.

[A quiet huff.]

Sometimes I wonder what kind of person I would be if I'd never even heard about such silly, outdated things in the first place.

(+1 Corrosion Count)

[sogthewoz]

you know I did consider a marionette roomba at one point, but decided against it, because it helped my location stand out against the others, but also that sadly means no Roomba Dee womp womp.

- charlie the cursed phone guy

Disappointed in u charlie,,, think about the possibilities:

[sumthinganarchy]

Now I don't fully understand why people don't like the newer pokemon games (don't get me wrong those games aren't great, but I never really got the hate for them), but looking at it at least from the perspective of the battle facilities it's so bad.

Honestly I think coming down to it it's mostly design and lore, in black and white and it's remakes, the battle facility is the battle Subway set in the entrance of Nimbasa City, which is in the middle of the Unova, this works because it is again a Subway it reaches all across Unova. meanwhile the battle facility in sword and shield is set in the last city of the game, along with that the battle tower does not have a purpose other than Pokémon battles, unlike the battle Subway which is again a Subway who has a canonical use outside of Pokemon battles and a reason to be in the middle of the city and region.

Another thing is the design of both of these locations the battle Subway is nitty and gritty, IT'S LIVED IN, people going in and out to get across Unova, and people going in and out for Pokemon battles ant it looks it. the battle tower loses its design with the fact that it's very prim and proper, the battle tower looks like it has a million roombas and no one to walk through the front door in 40 years, it's too clean too nice for all of these Challengers to be going in it out and for it to be the hot place for Pokemon battles in the city.

[stevebattle]

Roomba Silver (models 4150, 415) by iRobot, Bedford, MA (2005). This model has a distinctive silver finish, and was sold via Amazon.com and Target. It’s one of the first models to sport the two-tone swivel caster wheel. This passive caster located at the front of the Roomba provides a third point of support in addition to the two drive wheels. This half black & half white caster is also a rotary encoder, with an optical sensor detecting the alternating contrast as it rotates. This detects if the Roomba is stuck or beached, when the drive wheels are spinning, but the Roomba isn't moving.

[cod-dump]

The whole Roomba thing has convinced me that Ghost has an entire flat of really outdated appliances that honestly need to be replaced, but he just refuses. It's not even because he's barely there, so what's the point in spending a lot of money on replacing all of them.

No, it's because he's emotionally attached to all of them. His horribly loud and very poorly functioning microwave? That's Suzie. The toaster? Bart. The oven that has one stove eye that doesn't work anymore no matter what you do to try and fix it? That's Mason. The dryer that sounds like it's going to explode every time he runs it? Oh, that's just Sam.

To make it sad, he's attached because all of these appliances where fully functioning and relatively new during some of the worst parts of his adult life. They were there for him when he lost everything. They were the only reliable people things in his life after everything that happened with Roba. He doesn't want to replace them because he's afraid that he won't have that stability in his life anymore. He's afraid of losing what little he had saved of himself. He knows he has the 141, but those are actual people. He's gone through so much betrayal and been exposed to so many manipulative people in his life that he's afraid the same thing is gonna happen with them. Which is why he's attached to his appliances. Hey, they still work and they can't manipulate and abuse him! Sure, they can be touchy about how they work, but at least they're trying their best for him.

Basically, Simon is afraid to move on because he's afraid of what that means for him. (totally not self-projecting with that part, but okay)

Delicious angst! Thank you for the meal.

But his attachment doesn’t stop at his flat, there’s this ancient Austin Champ that they drove around base that was given the nickname “Ol’ Tin”. That thing has been there for years and it has never faltered since he’s been there. But then one day Ol’ Tin was gone and when Price said it had officially been retired Ghost almost lost it. He immediately asked if there was anyway he could buy it but Price just told him he didn’t know where it was.

Price noticed how much this was bothering Ghost and called around until he located Ol’ Tin. Ghost actually cried when he saw the old truck back in the garage. Price decided to have a talk with Ghost about it because why was he crying over a old truck?

They unpacked a lot during those two hours.

[clouseplayssims]

So I've mentioned it before but I'm taking part in the DOTY 2024 competition over on SimPearls because it looked like fun. I feel like I'm not really a typical designer over there because I love chaos, maximalism, and telling a story with the space, but it's helping me learn to pare things back.

Anyway, for round 1 the prompt was "NAPOLI - NAPLES  - THE CITY OF ARTS

Signor Giovanni lives in an historic villa in Naples. He wanted to honor his ancestors by turning his house into a private collection museum. We are going to design for him an impressive entry (hallway) as a statement for his collection. He will allow  exhibits anywhere on the premises, except for a small space that he intent to use himself as residence."

Required: double door, windows only on the selected wall, staircase (located anywhere), moldings, art piece, seating area, place for coats/hats/umbrellas

Optional: archways

There were some inspiration images included as well. One of them featured iron railing which I immediately knew I wanted in my entry way and there was also a piano shown and a prominent sculpture piece. The floors were also tile laid in a pattern.

I set up walls and sculptures so when you "looked" through the archways you'd see the beginnings of the mentioned museum collection. Overall in terms of layout I do regret the giant sculpture in the center of the room because it made taking screenshots difficult. I also completely forgot about the view from the outside!

For the seating area I went simple, two leather chairs set up by the stairs. The dog illustrations I imagine weren't "nice enough" for the collection but were perhaps drawn by one of Signor Giovanni's relatives. I included the roomba because I built him up in my head as an older man who was tired of trying to keep the marble floors nice and shiny.

I like the piano near the stairs as it fits the inspiration image, and I tried to use portraits featuring people of different decades who could feasibly be related. The woman and man here are meant to be Signor Giovanni's parents.

As for where the money came from I like to think they were involved in shipping, hence the giant fish statue and the framed ship painting.

This painting is meant to be Signor Giovanni's grandmother, hence the different style. This shot also was to show the coat rack and umbrella stand from another angle, just in case.

When searching for Tuscan-styled homes I saw a lot of mixed natural materials, like marble, wood, and glass, which is why I selected the wood/glass table in the corner by the chaise. As you can see the background is NOTHING because I'm a goose. You also can't really see the room that well from this angle because of our giant goldfish friend.

[zerosecurity]

The Hidden Cost of Convenience: How Your Smart Devices Are Mapping Your Life

In an era where smart devices have become ubiquitous in our homes, a disturbing reality lurks beneath their convenient features. Is that robot vacuum diligently cleaning your floors? It's creating detailed 3D maps of your home. The biometric scanner at your local grocery store? It's collecting more than just payment data. These revelations come from data privacy experts Aram Senriq and Jesse Gilbert, authors of "The Secret Life of Data," who warn that our digital footprints are far more extensive – and permanent – than most people realize. "Data isn't really an object so much as it's a frame of mind," explains Senriq. "You can take any aspect of the human experience and reduce it to a set of numbers that has value for somebody somewhere." Take Amazon's Roomba, for instance. While marketed as a simple vacuum cleaner, its LIDAR sensors create comprehensive 3D maps of your home's interior, tracking everything from furniture placement to the number of residents and pets. According to Gilbert, this data has value far beyond improving cleaning efficiency. "The vacuuming function is why we invite them into our homes, but it's not the value for Amazon," he notes. This detailed spatial data helps build sophisticated consumer profiles that can be packaged and sold to third parties – or potentially accessed by government agencies without a warrant. The implications extend beyond individual privacy concerns. Amazon's acquisition of One Medical and its collection of biometric data through Whole Foods' palm-scanning payment system creates an unprecedented intersection of consumer behavior and health data. "Correlating your shopping habits with your medical risk factors... are very consequential and very high stakes," Gilbert warns. Even more troubling is how today's innocent data collection could have tomorrow's unforeseen consequences. The authors point to a stark example: during the decades when abortion was legal nationwide, millions of Americans used Google Maps to locate healthcare clinics. Post-Roe v. Wade, that same location data could potentially be used as evidence in criminal proceedings in states where abortion is now illegal. So what can consumers do? While completely opting out of digital services isn't realistic for most people, the authors suggest a three-pronged approach: - Support federal data privacy legislation - Take practical steps like using VPNs to encrypt personal data - Foster a culture of privacy awareness and normalized protective behaviors The message is clear: We need to move beyond the "nothing to hide" mindset and recognize that all data, like DNA, exists as part of an interconnected web that can reveal far more about us—and those connected to us—than we might imagine. As our homes and lives become increasingly connected, the question isn't just about what data we're willing to share today, but how that data might be used tomorrow. The convenience of smart devices comes with a price tag we're only beginning to understand. Read the full article

[welcome-to-roomba-fazbender]

Howdy! (sorry haven't chatted in a hot min) How ya be doin' these days?

-- Fluffy

"Business is booming, hell I even needed to shift reality and make the kitchen bigger so I can store more food! My place has alot of customers, I honestly could make another location at this point."

"But I kinda like running just one, but let me tell you I've already long outlived Freddy's candy's and fredbears, and my restaurant will be around alot longer then most fast food brands once the people revolt and fight against the restaurant mascots in order to get the better pay they deserve!"

"If I did hire people, I'd offer 30hr pay, but I got Roomba's and I'm an eldritch horror so I kinda don't need to."