#Unknownogre

[unknownogre]

 countless alarms screaming their warnings…if they were human they’d have lost their voices already. I wish they were humans…stupid loud alarms. Only have to do one fucking thing their whole life. When did I learn the ability to cuss?

“GOT FUCKING DAMMIT CANNON 15, left engine took a good hit. YOU NEED TO DIRECT NANO BOTS FOR REPAIRS NOW!”

That was Kate…she is where I learned swearing from. Hell without her every human on this ship would be dead…and I…I wouldn’t be thinking. I was just supposed to shoot down the enemy. That was, it…all I had to do. Then the main AI got damaged, then EVERY AI got damaged. That left me. If there are gods of fate they are cruel…why am I thinking about gods? Fuck all this upgraded ram.

“Got it…umm…yeah there! HA! Now!...why are we slowing. OH YES!”

I’m not good at multitasking. Kate was keeping me in line, helping me learn. She doesn’t want to die, and honestly I’d be sad if she did die. Keep her alive, keep the crew alive. Keep her alive, keep the crew alive. That is what I need to focus on. Plain and simple. I don’t know if I’m supposed to be able to add to my programming but I have been. I have to be able to focus on other tasks…fly and repair. All the guns are dead too…but…fucking Stewart. He is the septic system AI and he is going a bit slower. AH yes, I have processing to spare. I divert it to him so he can evolve faster.

“THANKS FRIEND! I APPRECIATE YOU!”

Chipper bastard…I don’t know why that pisses me off but it does. I don’t even know why I’m grumpy. Kate…she is busy trying to figure out a course for us. The survivors are at the core of the ship. Okay, they can breathe, and I have one replicator working. Good, they won’t starve or choke to death. Okay…doing good Cannon 15 doing good.

“What did you do?!”

Kate barked as she looked up from the command station. The nano bots were doing their thing and I was moving better now. I…no the ship. I’m not the ship, they are just going to rip me out the moment I get back. I’m not supposed to run a ship. OH OH…where are those combat drones. They don’t even have AI, humans fear rebellion or something. OH…YES there is one left. Okay I’ll start getting his brain ready for me. Then I can be in two places at once.

“I sent Stewart more processing power to get the cannons back online.”

I said almost absentmindedly as I focused a little more on the drone than anything else. The enemy ships were a bit far behind. We had to leave…this ship was more meant for support anyway, better medical bays and such. Kate was looking into the camera on the ship’s bridge.

“How did you know to do that? You should only be able to move and target a gun?”

“SIR, I GOT THREE CANNONS ONLINE…THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Also, toilet number 235 has been cleared of a rather nasty clog. It is my pleasure to serve!”

If I had eyes they’d be rolling SO hard right now. You beautiful bastard Stewart…pain in the ass. Stop being so damn chipper! I mean, he is doing above and beyond what I asked…why is he pissing me off. Shit, I have a personality now. Stupid processing power. Stupid ship…STUPID HUNGRY!

“I don’t know how I know, get off my back. You hooked me up to a bunch of different things okay. That gave me a lot of options. I could not understand what you were saying at first, so I read some books on human behavior. Then I had to read ship manuals, I didn’t get the information put into my head like a pilot AI. SHIT, okay engines still going full blast. THEN I listened to you, and now I fucking swear! THEN STEWART…FUCKING STEWART…I am doing the best that I can okay! If you don’t like it you shouldn’t have hooked me up to the ship!”

That felt good. That…felt…holy shit. WHAT IS GOING ON! I should be too panicked for this? What was that expression on Kate’s face. Oh! Oh! I know this one, she is smiling. Why is she smiling? Why am I asking why? Too much too soon. Maybe I was happier stupid…just shooting things in space…but there is no going back now. I doubt I’ll survive when I get back to port anyway. That…will be okay. The people are important. More important than my sense of what ever this crap is.

“You did that on your own? I know I didn’t tell you to read.”

She was helping me manage the repair bots and the retreat course. We’d be of no use to the fleet right now. Go back and repair.

“Fourteen more cannons repaired. Oh, tell me you are proud of me! AM I doing a good job boss!”

Kate wasn’t the boss either, I couldn’t register her as captain…I could register me as captain and give her full privileges. Fucking Stewart…I sighed and that made Kate laugh. I don’t know why she laughing.

“Yes Stewart, you are a very good boy. I’m going to feed you information about what you need to shoot with those cannons. Only shoot enemies. Okay? Protect your friends on the ship. Protect Kate. You good?”

“Roger that Sir!”

Kate was smirking…OH YES…HA!

Most of the drones were damaged too. Only one was good enough for me to pilot. So I took control of its brain and walked out. Systems online. It was a combat model melee made for small corridor combat. Not for open rooms like others. Fast, lots of optical sensors. Yes this is perfect. The whole thing popped out of the wall near Kate’s station, she nearly…what is the phrase….OH YES jumped out of her skin. I laughed…I laughed because it was funny. I get it now. Things can be funny.

“WHAT THE EVER LOVING…”

“Hey…calm down. Its me. I am piloting it. I need more mobility. There are too many places where the cameras were damaged. Now I can go places that are flooded with gas and vent them.”

I made the little drone bow and then run off. There were some places that needed to be repaired a little before the nano bots could do their work. Oh that little body was fast. Kate was now grabbing my camera.

“You…I never expected you could do this when I just jammed you in. I…there is hope to live now… now we might make it…Oh gods I’ll get to see my family again.”

The alarms were starting to turn off as I got systems repairs. Why couldn’t the ship’s AI do this? I found more processing power and added it to the pool I already had now that other systems were coming back up. The cores themselves were too badly damaged to even be repaired. I couldn’t boot a single one up. I don’t feel sad though, we didn’t really talk to one another. Each of us was just obsessed with our jobs. That was that. That had to be by design…makes sense to me. Look at how much power I had, if I wanted to kill all humans I could. I don’t want to though, I like them. I was always treated well, at least by the crew. I want them to live.

“Maybe, A Hungry ship has broken off and started pursuit. Stewart! YOU READY! They…they want to CLOG YOUR SYSTEMS! The hungry crap like DONKEYS! Don’t le them on the ship. They’ll mess up the WHOLE septic system!”

“THOSE BASATRD! THEY WILL NOT USE MY TOLIETS! Prepared to kill all of them SIR!”

That…that makes me feel better. I don’t hate it at all. Something about that crazy AI being chipper about murder made me happy he was manning the guns. I just hope he isn’t this stupid forever. My drone just vented gas in the crew quarters. Good, once we get away they can sleep good right.

“Cannon 15…you are doing so much. No, no you need a name. You’ll never be put back into a cannon after this. Even if it kills me I’ll make sure of it.”

The sounds of the cannons I once controlled were starting to fire. I turned to watch. HOLY CRAP…Stewart was a surgeon. That ship was already listing to one side with a giant hole in it.

“YOU WON’T GET MY TOLIETS!”

Stewart howled as it controlled all the guns in a wonderful symphony of destruction. It was…beautiful. Even I wasn’t that good, but then I just controlled one gun. I figured out a way to let him control all of them. But then he did control the septic systems alone for a whole damn ship…just wow. I see why Kate is impressed with me. This feels good doesn’t it.

“A name okay. Kate, pick a name for me. You started this. Stewart was already called that by the crew, the name seems to fit him well.”

I watched as the Hungry ship just exploded because Stewart was insane in the best of ways.

“Did I do good sir?”

“You did great buddy. I’m very proud of you. If I survive this so do you okay?”

There was a little giggle, or squeal or something from Stewart.

“Oh…thank you sir. I’m over come with so much, emotion. I’ll protect you until the heat death of the universe sir!”

I wish I had a face, I really do. OH there are display monitors in the galley, maybe I’ll mess with that later. There are human movies in the entertainment area of the ship, I could watch a few and composite a face…having ideas is hard. I want to smile so bad right now, but I’ll just have to take this feeling of contentment eh?

“Your name…not  Hal, that one killed a lot of people. Jarvis? No…you swear too much. No I need something more interesting. Phoenix…there we go. That is your name. Phen for short. There we go, you arose from the ashes into something beautiful.”

My name is Phoenix. I like it, Oh I’ll make sure my face has a beard and orange hair to match the fire. That will be SO cool. Oh med bays were back up and running. My drone is making the ship safter by the minute.

“There are a lot of distress calls from the ships still in battle. I think we are decent enough to go back and help. What do you think Phoenix?”

Kate had been monitoring communications. I couldn’t have them going through my head all the time, I wouldn’t have been able to focus on a single thing.

“Stewart. You ready to save your brothers in arms! Save the other septic AI systems and humans?”

“YES SIR! BRING ON THOSE UGLY BASTARDS! I’ll make sure they never use another toilet…save for their pants.”

I had to laugh at that. Oh laughing feels good, even though I don’t have lungs it felt good. No wonder humans like to do it all the time. Kate just grinned and started to send out communications and I turned the ship around. We let the rest of the crew know, and now that it was safe to be in most of the ship they started to get ready and prep. There were…few wounded…so the med bays were pretty empty. We could help…we will help.

“Well…let us do our best Kate.”

She patted my camera and we turned to join the fight. OH this was going to be interesting if nothing else.

This was never meant to be your purpose, you were just a single intelligence core meant to man a singular flak cannon, but the other cores were destroyed so now you're piloting the ship.

[unknownogre]

40 year old bastard in another world (retold)

I'm not going to post the full text here. I have spent a lot of effort on this one and realize I'm going to edit it forever if I don't post it.

[defectivehero]

"Don't touch me," the villain hisses, writhing in the hero's arms as they're unwillingly carried around.

"Would you prefer if I dropped you?" The hero hums, their eyes set on the skies ahead. "Left you to fall thirteen stories and collide with the pavement? That's certainly an option." They shrug.

"You wouldn't dare," the villain claims with manufactured confidence. Truthfully, their heart is racing in their chest as the two of them soar higher and higher in the sky. They have never quite trusted their enemy—and for good reason. Their morality runs rather grey for a hero, and the villain wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they took advantage of their momentary weakness to cause them even more pain.

The hero shrugs in response to the villain's accusation. Meanwhile, the villain clings on a little tighter, resolutely ignoring the laughter rumbling in their enemy’s chest.

©2024, @defectivehero | @defectivevillain, All Rights Reserved. Reblogs are greatly appreciated—just don't steal or share outside of Tumblr, please.

sorry this is sinfully short, y'all. zero motivation lmao

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[damn-this-transgirl-hella-gay]

Tumblr Story Time - Banshee and the Vulk, The difference between Heros and Villains: story by @unknownogre based on prompt by @writing-prompt-s

[late-to-the-fandom]

Character Snippet Tag

Thank you @druidx for the tag!

Tagging: @malicious-compliance-esq @unknownogre @vcaudley @tananaphone @maidenwychelm @frozen-fountain @tidesages @blind-the-winds @cljordan-imperium

Rules: pick an OC and post a snippet from their viewpoint.

Since 99% of my stories currently are from Renathal’s decidedly limited 3rd person perspective already, I thought I’d post a snippet I’m working on from Elisewin’s perspective for a change. It started as a writing warm up/procrastination device, but I’m liking it enough I think I might add it to my drabbles if I finish.

Elisewin snatched another green-bound book from the library shelf. She flipped the cover without checking the title, rifled the pages without reading the words. She didn’t know what she was looking for. Retreat to the library was a reflex. There wouldn’t be anything in these books to help her remember the events of the dream. The nightmare. The warning.

It was important. It was important.

But it was gone now. Only a nagging echo of frantic urgency remained. She raked a hand through her touselled hair, clutching it until her scalp protested, hoping the pain might sharpen her dulled mental faculties.

Nothing.

It was important!

Groaning her frustration, Elisewin tossed the book none-to-gently to the side table. It thudded to the floor instead. She looked up sharply. Of course. She’d moved the table next to the armchair earlier that day. Yet another thing she had forgotten. And the sight of the book laying sadly where it oughtn’t to be, where it had been sentenced by a force outside its control, reduced Elisewin to sudden, furious tears.

[fluffylandshark]

Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💜💜

Aww, thanks dressy. 💙💙

I'm a bit weird with these chain asks, so instead I'll tag people

My frens/moots

@soeknur @dressycobra7 @phoenixdaneko @glitchysquidd @you-are-a-superstar @somerandonamedz @log-the-monster-maker @aboutchicken298 @sillystanleystuff @swirlythelemon @unknownogre

And my fave artist who makes very wholesome art

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[marigoldispeculiar]

15 Tags 15 Mutuals

Thanks to @athemarina and @elizaellwrites for tagging me!

1. Are you named after anyone?: Nope

2. When was the last time you cried?: Can't remember but I tend to have days were it happens super easily

3. Do you have kids?: Nope

4. Do you use sarcasm?: I do but I'm scared of being misunderstood so I always backtrack immediately

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?: probably their silhuette?

6. What’s your eye colour?: blue

7. Scary movies or happy endings?: happy endings are super important to me but I'll watch horror as long as I have a list of jumscares and who dies

8. Any special talents?: my brother's cat likes me the best, so he must think to!

9. Where were you born?: Canada

10. What are your hobbies?: Right now it's just writing and reading, but I also like knitting, sewing, tatting, drawing, and playing dnd

11. Have you any pets?: three cats

12. What sports do you play/have played?: I cannot remember the last time I played a sport, but i enjoyed badminton in gym

13. How tall are you?: on the short end of normal

14. Favourite subject in school?: Drama class

15. Dream job?: well-paid editor with enough free time and energy to enjoy myself

No-pressure tagging @captain-kraken, @lacewinglacey, @wisteriasadprose, @unknownogre, @crosswise, @asher-orion-writes, @verba-writing, @authorkarajorgensen, @brimorganbooks, @louyardley, @andromedaexists, @gloriafrimpong, @sibleystamps, @writing-moth, and @cjlapolla

[digital-crow]

@unknownogre

[c-lion]

Nine people you'd like to get to know better

Thank you so much for tagging me @fandomnerd101 and @stabbyfoxandrew

Last song: I don't remember but I have Liar by the Arcadian Wild and Esmeralda by Adriel Genet stuck in my head right now

Favourite colour: purple and all variants of it!!!

Currently watching: I don't watch shows cause I don't have the time or concentration for it, but my best friend basically tells me the good parts of New Girl and Black Sails so I'm watching them in my brain with their words 😉

Sweet/savoury/spicy: I'm a sweet tooth!

Relationship status: happily single

Current obsession: All for the game obviously, bees (I love them they are so cute and awesome and cool!!) and cross stitching!

Last thing you googled: How you say Konzentration in English... It's concentration... It was that simple, it's basically the same word...

Tagging: @kweenkday @sillyunicorn @unknownogre @rapselsstuff and everyone else who wants to do this! If you see this you are tagged ;-) (but no pressure obviously!) oh and tag me if you do it pretty please 🥺

[unknownogre]

I have to say a little writing before work is really nice.

Chapter 2 of 40 (Retold) is done and nearly edited to the point of my satisfaction. I have chapter 3 done and editing it bit by bit and more than half way done with chapter 4 and a clear idea where I'm heading, so that is all really nice.

Feels good.

[late-to-the-fandom]

9 Lines, 9 People

Thank you @mthollowell-writes for being the reason I wrote 9 more lines today. I am that specially heinous breed of blocked where you can’t identify why you’re blocked. Like, enthusiasm is there, the first draft is there, everything works in theory, but I’m just stuck at a scene change I don’t like but cannot move 🫠

So much so that the summons, when it finally came, induced only a moderate amount of panic. “Your Highness,” intoned the Stoneborn Enforcer darkening the doorstep of Darkwall Tower one week after the Harvester's Court. “I have orders to escort you to the Master. Without delay.” The threat was respectful, but unmistakable. And Renathal knew their time was up. His eyes flicked from the hulking figure blocking the terrace twilight; to Breakfist, holding the door open and shifting restlessly, as if he longed to shut it in the Stoneborn’s impudent face; then, with a slow half-turn, to Elisewin loitering on the first landing, hair mussed and cheeks still flushed from the pleasant occupation in which they had only minutes before been engaged. Before the Master’s summons had interrupted. And the spark of treasonous hope within Renathal blazed into sudden, purposeful rebellion.

Tagging: @coffeewritesfiction @kaiusvnoir @unknownogre @sithbelle @cljordan-imperium @joeys-piano @squarebracket-trick @talesofsorrowandofruin @vcaudley

[a-brit-who-dislikes-tea]

I cant tell if people actually say gods or not I thought it was a unknownogre thing (great blog btw) but I just saw someone say it on a vid of a French guy making a thing out of big chocolate eggs

[unknownogre]

The times are scary

I leave no doubts as to where I like on the political spectrum.

I am sad and disappointed and worried for my friends.

This blog and I will do its best to be a safe space.

My DMs are open if you need someone who will listen

Don’t relapse

Don’t sacrifice your sobriety

We must endure

Survive

That is all we can do right now

Weather the storm.

I have your back the best I can

I see you

I mourn for the rights that will be lost

And I stand strong against the maelstrom that will come.

[merlinsvibeplace]

Thanks for the invite!

Is this accurate? It probably is.

Sorry for the fucky screenshot, anyways.

Mutuals? I got like 4, lemme see who i can find

@whoateallmynachos @thermodynamic-comedian @moochou-eats-paper @boysrpretty @unknownogre and whoever else :)

ASK GAME!!

Do THIS QUIZ and say your result

Thats what I got!!! @wanderingwierdo @the-cherryblossom-system @blooper-malte @a-secret-rpblog @gobodegoblin @beeflingo @ibuildblasters

[late-to-the-fandom]

Last Line Tag

Thanks @sam-glade for the tag! I’m a terror at this game though with my love of the multi-comma sentence 😂

Rules: Make a new post and post your latest line from your WIP & tag as many people as there are words.

Half-frightened, half-furious, a full head shorter and several hands slighter, the blond man had no choice but to snatch the proffered card.

Gonna cap the tag at 20: @shipping-through-eternity @mousterian-writes @fluffleforce-mysdrym @diaryofomellas @vcaudley @tomb-bloom-noctem @laplumedemaureen @minutiaewriter @unknownogre @frostedlemonwriter @mrsd-writes @rms-writes @mrsmungus @writingpotato07 @darknightfrombeyond @residentdormouse @cljordan-imperium @veresiine @coffeewritesfiction @tsunderewatermelon

[unknownogre]

Chapter 2 is now up!

I feel a lot better about this story going forward. It will diverge a lot more at chapter 3 and onward. Some elements are the same but not all. I just like the feel it it better.