#axiom city

[thedestinysunknown]

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time - Axiom City:

"Look at the size of this place. It's huge. This is a pretty nice place for you to explore. It has some fast passing goals and a lot of action. Overall, it's a decent level."

PS: the gameplay used for this gifset is not mine. The original video belongs to the user: bdcool213, on Youtube.

[ri-afan]

Anyone got a story where Amity Park becomes independent without the rest of the USA noticing until some hero stumbles upon (or crash lands in) it?

[fraxi0m]

iykyk

[trevlad-sounds]

SUBSCRIBERS EXCLUSIVE.

Power walk with me for an hour. There’s a grandfather clock chime halfway through the walk to tell you to turn around. Keep in pace with the beats. Get less out of shape and enjoy the sights with the sounds. Mixes start and end with high energy and get chill on the middle.

Driftlines-Willow 00:00

Active Surplus-Emote Control 04:26

The Future Sound Of London-Brujo 11:12

SUBXET-Blastoise 16:20

To Rococo Rot-tone song 19:55

Wave Temples-Visual Dream Guide to Telepathic Time Travel 22:48

Suzanne Ciani-The Fifth Wave - Water Lullaby 24:55

Higher Intelligence Agency-Ketamine Entity (Axiom Mix) 29:49

Dokun-Precession 36:44

Norken-Coast 2 Coast 44:20

Uomo Meccanico-Appartenenze 50:37

[talkoftitusville]

Axiom Space Ax2 Crewed Mission Ready for Launch

Houston-based company Axiom Space is set to launch its second astronaut mission to the International Space Station on May 21, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of commercial spaceflight.

Houston-based company Axiom Space is set to launch its second astronaut mission to the International Space Station on May 21, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of commercial spaceflight. Known as Ax-2, the mission will see a diverse international crew of four embark on a 10-day journey to conduct a range of scientific experiments and technological demonstrations. The Ax-2 mission…

[greenswirls]

The Red Huntress but instead of developing a vendetta against Phantom she endures a fed up tirade from him about how hard it is to be the only competent line of defense against ghost attacks and actually manages to sympathize with him despite the terrible last days she's been having.

She sees Cujo and lets Danny explain that he's tried everything but he keeps coming back and has shown to really be a good boy too powerful for his own good, so he's trying to train him to behave while in the human world. And Valerie having a stronger character manages to get him to listen or scold him if only a little more.

Cujo still goes ham on axiom labs but Valerie is not gonna feel bad for the company that fired her dad over something that wasn't part of their deal, so go boy you need the exercise! Danny still tries to stop him but respects the pettiness. They end up sharing custody whenever he shows up.

Val still becomes the Red Huntress but whether or not she's friendly or just cordial to Phantom she recognizes that he's trying his best to help and she wants in on kicking the ghosts who are actually out to ruin lives. Somehow Vlad doesn't notice this, maybe mistakes some sparring as her trying to destroy him, so he sponsors her still and she plays along for the weapons and to keep an eye out for the sinister Phantom hating rich guy.

ALSO she ACTUALLY takes advantage of being sponsored by said rich guy to get her dad back on a good job. She still gets a change of heart regarding her popular "friends" and Fenton and his friends.

BUT!!

She still has an ongoing grudge, this time on the Fenton parents, for being the ones to create the portal and refusing to get rid of it despite the problems it's caused. Maybe the city hall lets them keep it for shady reasons and she leads campaigns about their irresponsibility as scientists and hunters to get the Fentons to deactivate the portal for good, which has been shown to be possible but they just turn it back on. She won't listen to Danny's self blame over the portal, your parents would have found the problem on their own and fixed it eventually man, you're not to blame here and what was that about you almost dying in there-

This could be the reason Phantom doesn't reveal his human half to her; maybe he fears she might reveal it to further her protests, maybe he fears she might hate his parents even more than from the campaign and their obsession with hunting Phantom and then too much time passes and it gets more awkward to bring it up and it stresses him out and plot plot plot...

[sirenjose]

The Proof of Azoth's Theorem - (Concept Art) Analysis

(About Philosopher's Stone, Stibnite, Maria's Axiom, Philemon's Altar, Azoth, and a few of the symbols on each of their outfits)

Philosopher’s stone: the goal of turning base metals like iron into precious metals like gold or silver. It was also said to provide the elixir of life, which could cure any illness or bring longevity. It was considered the most pure and perfect of all substances.

Stibnite: an ore that is the primary source of antimony

Described in Basil Valentine's 1st Key (the image Fool's Gold is holding). This depicts purifying gold using melted stibnite.

Impure gold dissolves in melted stibnite. Metals besides gold are turned into sulfides and rise to the surface, while a white allow of antimony and gold sink to the bottom. Roasting this alloy causes the antimony to evaporate, leaving only the purified gold behind.

In the image of the First Key, stibnite is likened to a hungry wolf in the First Key due to how quickly stibnite dissolves (devours) metals.

In German, stibnite is called “spießglanz”, which means “spear shine” due to its shiny “spear” like crystals, thus why the First Key says “on account of his name, is subject to bellicose Mars”, as a spear is a weapon and all weapons are subject to Mars (the god of war).

This is like what is described by Nicholas Flamel, where silver is combined with mercury and antimony then distilled and cohobated (repeatedly distilling a liquid then pouring the distillate back onto the residue to extract more of the desired substance) to produce red power.

Maria’s Axiom: “1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 3, and out of the 3rd comes the 1 as the 4th” (also described as “1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 3, and by means of the 3rd and 4 thachieving unity, thus 2 are but 1”)

Carl Jung uses this as a metaphor to describe the process of “individuation”. This refers to the process of self-discovery to become our true, unique self.

This involves finding your identity outside of the roles and expectations imposed by the outside (society, others, etc…). The goal here being to achieve a sense of “wholeness” and “unity” with yourself.

1 is the 1st matter, or prima materia, containing everything you need. This is then divided (into opposites), with each element purified by itself then united again (reconciliation of opposites) into a complete whole more perfect than the starting matter, the philosopher’s stone.

Philemon’s altar: may refer to Jung’s Philemon, which is based on Philemon and Baucis from Ovid’s Metamorphosis and Goethe’s Faust.

With Ovid, Jupiter and Mercury are disguised knocking on houses but not shown kindness until they meet Philemon and Baucis, an old, poor couple. They let them live while killing everyone else (the wicked), with the couple’s house being transformed into a temple.

With Goeth, Faust is building a city on land reclaimed from the sea and asks the devil Mephistopheles to move Philemon and Baucis, but Faust is horrified to see the demon burn their house down with the couple still inside. Faust then decides he needs to atone for his crime.

Philemon was a figure in a dream of Jung's, a wise old man that represented superior insight and wisdom. For Jung, Philemon symbolized the “artifax” or skilled alchemist, with the goal to purify and perfect materials (transform base materials into noble ones like gold).

On a spiritual level, the goal of the artifax is to purify and perfect the human soul, achieving enlightenment (becoming a higher/whole human being).

Over Jung’s gate he put the inscription: “Philemon’s Shrine – Faust’s Repentance”. This involved integrating the moral questions raised by with the spiritual goal of alchemy via the opposing figures of Philemon and Faust (so acknowledge necessity of confronting evil on the path to individuation, atoning for Faust’s crime, and affirming the goal represented by Philemon).

Azoth: Considered to be a universal cure or Elixir of Life that could be created by the philosopher’s stone.

It is also essential agent of transformation in alchemy.

As the Universal Life Force, it's the energy responsible for the drive towards physical/spiritual perfection

Azoth is called Prima Materia in Latin. This was the first matter, the starting material required for the creation of the philosopher’s stone. It is the primitive formless base of all matter similar to chaos, the quintessence or aether.

It is the 1st matter at the beginning as well as its perfected essence (philosopher’s stone).

It relates to unity, wholeness, and synthesis of opposites

Alchemy Symbols:

Philosopher’s Stone:

triangle = fire

triangle in a circle = Wheel of Fire (Ignis Rotae)

entwined snakes = likely Hermes Caduceus (Hermes as Hermes Trismegistus was closely associated with alchemy)

Stibnite

upside down triangle = water

hexagram?() = represented the reconciliation/union of opposites (fire and water)

Philemon:

- triangle with a line through it = air

Maria's Axiom:

- downward triangle with a line through it = earth

- symbols on her dress and floor for Mercury/Quicksilver, Venus/Copper, Moon/Silver, Saturn/Lead, Jupiter/Tin, Mars/Iron, and Sun/Gold

There were several bits that looked like they could be symbols but I haven't been able to identify them yet (I've already spent so long working to identify everything. I'll try to add more if I identify them later).

Also I did notice/wonder how that shadow thing has eyes that appear around it could relate to Hunter Norton's weapon, which almost looks like an eye. Matthias also might have something on his boots but it's hard to be sure.

[crazysodomite]

games i like list

Thief: The Dark Project (Thief Gold)

Thief II: The Metal Age

Thief: Deadly Shadows

Hollow Knight/Silksong

Outer Wilds

Nine Sols

Warframe

Katana Zero

Dishonored

Half-Life

Pathologic

System Shock

Bioshock (I only played Bioshock 1)

Return of the Obra Dinn

Celeste

Owlboy

Ori and the Blind Forest/Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Goat Simulator

Everhood

Spore

Fallout (I only gaf about FO1&FNV)

Cave Story

Subnautica

Undertale

Iron Lung

Mirror's Edge

OFF

Lost in Vivo

The Forgotten City

Papers, Please

Misc games I played

Axiom Verge

Stardew Valley

Cuphead

A Hat in Time

MO: Astray (more people need to play this)

Night in the Woods

Dead Cells

Blasphemous

Fran Bow

Hylics

Mouthwashing

Routine Feat

OneShot

Limbo/Inside

Skyrim/Oblivion/Morrowind

among others that I dont rememeeber... i probably dont remember a lot that aren't on steam

[ankh-morporkianpostalworker]

The Use of Robert Moses as a Foil in The Unsleeping City

For those of you who don’t remember 10th grade English and don’t have a degree in Literature from a state school, a foil is a character who exists to contrast another character in order to highlight the characteristics of both characters. There are many great examples of this not only in literature (Hamlet and Laertes, Tybalt and Benvolio, Adam Trask and Cathy Ames) but also in film (Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, Batman and the Joker), comics (see: Batman and the Joker) and a host of other mediums. With all that said, and those examples given, I posit that Robert Moses is a foil for the Heroes of New York in Dimension 20: The Unsleeping City. 

First and most obviously, he is a reflection of Kingston Brown if Kingston Brown wasn’t a strict adherent to Uncle Ben’s axiom. Moses took every bit of power he could for his own use and, in real life, screwed over the city of New York where Brown uses everything he’s given to make the city better (in a flashback, we find out that the first thing Brown asks the Dragon of Bleeker Street after becoming the Vox Populi is how he can use his power to help other people). 

Second, he’s a version of Kugrash that never learned the importance of caring for others. Throughout season one, Kugrash acts as a protector for the homeless and dispossessed of New York, feeding and clothing and protecting them from harm, a lesson he learned after he was cursed by a powerful spellcaster. The people he protects are those who Robert Moses’s realm would destroy, the people Robert Moses cares nothing for. This service comes not purely from penance, but also from a heartfelt desire to help others to the point that he sacrifices his body to save New York. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, is his reaction to the final words of Robert Moses’s phylactery after his (Kugrash’s) sacrifice - greed is good. To quote the man himself -  “ Greed is good, for rat motherfuckers like Robert Moses, but not in our town, not in our fuckin' city!���

Third, Robert Moses is a reflection of Pete if Pete had given in to corruption and temptation and hatred and greed, which he almost does multiple times in the series, the final time being in Showdown at the Stock Exchange, the penultimate fight of season one. This final choice is offered as two options on the Wild Magic Table - embrace the darkness to match Robert Moses in power, or resist temptation and rise above, Pete choosing the later. For this rejection of evil, Pete is killed (I choose to read the game of Eenie Miney Minie Mo as being a theatrically show that Robert Moses put on just to prove how evil he is). 

Fourth, both he and Misty/Rowan feed on the power of the city for their own ends, Robert to control it and Misty to maintain her youth and beauty. The difference lies in the fact that, as Nod points out, Misty/Rowan gives back to the people more than she takes, giving them hope and joy (and using her magic to protect the people), while Robert Moses gives nothing in return. She also cares for the immaterial things in life, like beauty and art and entertainment, while he does not.

Fifth, Ricky’s self-sacrificing nature is in stark contrast to Robert Moses’s. Throughout the series, Ricky puts himself on the line to protect others, a good portion of his magic being used to protect others from harm and the rest (notably his smites) used in defense of the innocent. In the final battle of season one, against Robert Moses’s nightmarish American Dream, he uses an ability that he knows will almost certainly kill him. His words to Kingston Brown moments before the sacrifice - “You got me if you got me” - show that while he would like to come back and knows his friend will do what he can to make that happen, he also knows that there’s a chance that this is the end for him, and he does it anyway, a sacrifice Robert Moses would never accept. 

Finally, there’s Sofia. Sofia was the hardest of these to write about, but eventually I realize that the contrast comes in relation to wealth - Sof rejects her family’s ill-gotten wealth, choosing to live (temporarily) as a monk with little more than the contents of a backpack to her name, while Robert Moses craves wealth so much that his whole plan revolves around creating a new realm in New York city specifically for his own gain. It’s not a lot, but it’s something. 

There’s also the fact that the heroes all love New York while Robert Moses sees it as a tool for his own gain, but that mostly goes without saying. 

I’m about 90% sure that this is the longest post I’ve made on this site but I really enjoyed writing it. I definitely plan on making more like it, analyzing D&D series through a serious literary lens and discussing the uses of literary and narrative techniques, although these won’t be as frequent as my shorter observations. 

If you got all the way through this, thank you and you’re awesome. 

[morethanwonderful]

One of my favorite little clever details in Tai Sui is how the state of Jinping at the very beginning of the story mirrors what's revealed to us much later about the state of the whole world.

Tai Sui's world is enclosed. Through the power of the immortals, at first for mortals' own benefit, their continent was severed from reality and encased by the axioms of the spiritual mountains. One of the main ways this is emphasized is through the fact that Zhou Ying knows he has never seen the true sky. The sky is blotted out by the constructed world that is supposed to grant them immortality and "prosperity."

Similarly, in the very first opening paragraphs of the novel, Jinping is described as a city of prosperity. Moon Plated Gold, a gift from the immortals of the spiritual mountains, has granted the city endless new mechanical power and economic growth. As a result of this, the steam generated by their prosperity has blocked out the sky.

One of my favorite lines is in that very first section: "The fog above Jinping couldn’t be called fog. It had to be called auspicious clouds."

This has to be a blessing, says the popular opinion! This fog has brought us wealth and power and prosperity, so who cares if we can no longer see the sky? It's written with a cheerful, insistent denial of the clear dark side to their prosperity. The fog "has" to be called something auspicious; there's no other option. The narration tells us to see this repressive smog as a gift, rather than a curse, as it came from the immortals and brings "prosperity," so there simply cannot be another interpretation.

And the same applies to the way the spiritual mountains block out the truth of the sky. The enclosed world Tai Sui's people inhabit is protective and auspicious and immortal. Who cares if their sky is false? Who cares if immortality is the loss of the self? The spiritual mountains and the chance to become an immortal are gifts given to the people! You can't possibly call them anything otherwise!

But you know, on some level, that eternal fog hiding the sky over the "prosperous" capital cannot be a wholly good thing, and the same applies to the axioms blocking the sky that are revealed much later on. No matter what the narration tells us, and no matter what the residents of Jinping try to tell themselves, we know it's not right to never get to see the true sun.

The whole introductory section of chapter 1 takes this sort of tongue in cheek tone that I think expands to the rest of the story extremely well. We hear of the obvious problems of choking smog, poverty, and rapid economic/environmental change, and then the narration tells us that this is all wonderful, actually. We're told migrant workers flooding into Jinping can't afford to live within the city walls, but there's so many they've built up nearly a proper town among the factories. We're told this is the picture of prosperity. Then the novel spends its entire first half (and beyond) hammering both the rich boy protagonist and the readers over the head with the horrific injustices of poverty and the widespread mistreatment of the poor by those in power.

Jinping on a whole, with its intense social stratification, rapid changes, and hidden sky, is a sort of microcosm of Tai Sui's world. The insistent, cheerful denial of the opening narration in describing it sets the tone for how the novel as a whole will go. Denial is everywhere in Tai Sui, and some of that denial (like the ignorance of true ways of the heart) will literally kill you if you let it go. And yet, Tai Sui is a novel about tearing down that denial anyway and looking right at the ugly truth of the world that nobody can bear to see, because confronting that truth is the only way you can ever hope to change it for the better.

Before you can hope to see the sun, you have to admit that maybe, just maybe, the "auspicious clouds" granted to you by immortal inventions aren't quite so auspicious after all, and the novel's opening paragraphs use their playful tone to gesture toward that all-important fact.

[sleepyqweeb189]

Trigger warning: Mental breakdown, self-harm, attempt of force vomiting.

If you're suffering from self-harm, please seek help immediately or talk to someone.

"Mountains.... why...?" Alexa groans as she puts one foot forward.

"Hills.... WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME!?" Alexa yelled at the sky.

Alexa has traveled a long way. Alexa hated traveling up mountains. Alexa didn't mind walking a long time, but she still hates mountains and anything uphill. Alexa had already used up some of the herbs that she was given to patch up some cuts or some bruises. Some of these bandits and the scorpions had really done damage. Alexa wonders what Ancient she will meet next. Alexa knew that trying to take the Soul Jams. Remembering that taking Soul Jams is useless. Saint Vanilla seems to have burning magic? Dragonberry is just fucking strong no matter what. Cacao is... Alexa didn't want to disrespect him after he let her stay. The only ones left are Golden Cheese and White Lily. If Alexa's theory is correct, White Lily might be the easiest. Alexa wanted to take at least White Lily Soul Jam to gain some more power to either find a way home or gain powers for defense. Alexa took the time to rest after traveling. Alexa looks up at the stars. They remind her of home. Alexa wonders... if she will be stuck here forever. Alexa still has a life... she doesn't even have magic or any special power like every cookie else to probably survive. Alexa is surprised she is still alive. Sure, she went to the store alone, walked alone with her dog at night with at least a weapon in case, but she at least had someone close with her... her aunt... her grandparents... her family... yet... now... she is alone. Alexa rolls to her side and goes to bed for the night after weeks of traveling.

Alexa wakes up the next day. Alexa puts out the fire and heads off for the day. Alexa walks for a long time. After more battles with scorpions and other bandits, she reaches a small little kingdom or a little town. Alexa slowly walks inside the kingdom.

Walking into the city felt nostalgic. The feeling is odd to Alexa, but she didn't mind it as she started to look for an inn. Alexa was wary of trusting others a bit. Being the last kingdom, she wasn't going to trust cookies who were close to the ancient heroes. The city looks like a mixture of the Axiom from Wall-e but less technology and a bit more keeping its look based on the environment.

Alexa looked for an inn. But exploring wouldn't hurt right...? No, her feet hurt. But she was so hungry. Alexa kept wandering around, not paying attention. Alexa kept walking until she bumped into someone.

"Oh, sorry- I wasn't paying attention." Alexa slowly looks up and her eyes widen.

"Oh! Dear you ok? Oh! You look like me!" A voice that sounded a bit too familiar.

Alexa looked up and saw Golden Cheese cookie. Alexa looked up in shock. Alexa wanted to back away from her. Alexa wanted to run. She wanted to fight her. But after dealing with all the other Ancients, she doesn't know if their powers are the same. Alexa did her best not to look scared.

"Oh dear, do you not look alright? You look a bit more pale." Golden Cheese cookie spoke softly.

"Oh- oh um... y... yeah... I... I haven't... I haven't... eaten yet and-" Alexa was cut off.

"Oh! We can't have that! Come on! We can get lunch!" Golden Cheese cookie yelled out and grabbed Alexa hand.

"Ah- my queen! We have things-!" One of Golden Cheese servents tried to convince her to stop.

"Ah~ nonsense, it's just a quick lunch break." Golden cheese cookie responsed back.

Alexa was dragged into a small restaurant. The people greeted Golden Cheese, but they called her "Celestial Cheese Cookie." Alexa decided to note that later. Celestial Cheese got a booth. Alexa was very nervous. She didn't know if she would survive this one. Is Alexa's theory correct about Golden Cheese being fucking delusional? Alexa doesn't know if she should try and steal her soul jam. Alexa looks down at the food. Alexa only ate the fruit. Alexa didn't like a lot of cheese due to her lactose intolerance. Alexa looked up at Celestial Cheese. She was just talking about her kingdom, talking about how she would grow her kingdom and how she would expand. Alexa didn't engage back and only nodded at the queen's words. Alexa ate and Celestial Cheese left, paying for each other food. Alexa left the restaurant and started to do her task at hand and find an inn. Alexa had a bit of a chance to walk around but came across a small street vendor. They had small but pretty gold pocket knifes, some did look similar to the ones her dad used to own. Alexa looked through her bag to see if she had something, but she found a small pouch of coins with a note.

"Thought you might need this! -Hershey Cookie".

Alexa smiled and bought the knife before going back to look for an inn. Alexa found a cheap but good enough inn. Alexa went into an inn and paid for a room for 1 week and a half. Alexa was worried that people from the Hollyberry kingdom might be after her just in case someone ratted her out while on a trip. Alexa got into her new room at the inn.

The room was ok and nice. One bed, a desk, a nice tv, and a soft carpet against Alexa's feet. Alexa put her stuff down and decided to go through the room. The room had snacks on the table, with a chargers outlit. There was a mini fridge under the desk. The tv was above a big drawer like every hotel. Going through the drawers, there was nothing but some books. There was a panflit for... "The Flowers that Grow in the Garden of the Vanilla Kingdom." Alexa's mind immediately went to Saint Vanilla.

"Who knew that Saint Vanilla had a panflit for his kingdom... then again, he did try to "Heal" me. Never thought it would be like Cult of the Lamb..." Alexa mumbled to herself.

Continuing looking around, there were slippers, more food, a telephone, a closet with an ironing bored, bathroom fully furnished like... damm... is this inn trying to make me stay here or what?! Staying in this Inn for less than a week and a half seems like an insult! Alexa sat on her bed and took a look at her feet. It was covered in many injuries...

From the freezing snow...

From the sudden wet floors of the beach...

From the burning hot sand...

From the those stupid bandist that she had to kick...

Just from the touch pains her...

Alexa is surprised she hadn't fallen over and just die...

Alexa grabbed her bag and dumped everything out, and grabbed the instructions to ease some of the pain.

"Mix..."

"Mix..."

"Dump..."

"Put it over a fire. If not, heat it till boil..."

"Wait"

Alexa gets a sudden knock at her door. Alexa slowly gets up and heads over to see who it is. It was a small Cheese Bird giving Alexa a small device to something. Alexa nods and thanks the bird before closing the door. Alexa goes back and sits down on the bed to look at the small device. Grabbing the small bowl of mixture and setting it down to cool. Alexa looks at the device and presses a small button on the top, which triggered something that made Alexa jump. A loud voice interjected, and a screen popped up of a cookie with cat ears. Alexa remembers that it was one of the NPCs from the Golden Cheese chapter.

"WE INVITE YOU TO A LOCAL, DAILY FRIDAY PARTY! 9PM AT THE CENTRAL CAPITAL! GO DOWN TO THE LEFT FROM THE INN AND THEN GO STRAIGHT AND THEN HEAD DOWN TO THE BEAMING LIGHTS! DRESS UP! EVERYONE WILL BE GIVEN IN THE CLOSET OF THEIR HOMES! DON'T WORRY ITS ALL CUSTOMIZABLE! SO BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU WEAR!"

Then, the screen went back into the device. Alexa just stayed in place for a bit before she snapped out of her own transe. Alexa didn't say anything. She just put the device down and grabbed the now warm bowl and rubbed mixture on her feet and just lay down to sleep.

Day 1, Alexa stays in bed and gets herself rest she needed after sleepless nights and screwing her own sleep schedule just so she won't be killed in the middle of the night! The shows seemed normal. There was a Wheel of Fortune, some guess who game, some movies, normal hotal stuff. Alexa just slept for the whole day until she woken herself up the next day.

Day 2, Alexa's feet fully healed up and decided to clean out her bag. It was full of dirt, leftover snow that somehow still stayed frozen, there was even some Jam... Alexa shook her head and went down to the laundromat. She put her bag and did a light wash. Alexa saw other cookies around but kept her down, not wanting to talk to others and feeling the awkwardness. Alexa makes it back up to her room and puts her things back inside, throwing some trash away. Alexa just spent the rest of her day lying in bed and sleeping.

Day 3, Alexa was laying in bed and watching tv. Her feet were feeling better and not as painful as ever. All the blisters were gone. Alexa just messaged her own foot and did very little for that day. Alexa didn't know if she should get food or not. But, feeling the rumbleing of her shoe, she went out for a bit. Alexa walked to the nearest restaurant to the inn and ordered the cheapest option to save on coins. Alexa thought about a job, but only for a day or two? No... No one would hire a kid... i mean, what is the age requirement to work? How do the Chile Laybor laws in Cookie run? Alexa doesn't know anymore... It's been like... a couple of months? Alexa thinks about keeping a diary. Yeah, that's a good idea...

Day 4, tomorrow is the party. Alexa didn't know what to do. Rolling over to her side, Alexa thinks more to herself. Alexa is not used to Egyptian culture, or much culture, even herself. She never digged into her OWN roots. Even if the game just showed at least just its inspiration... if how they act in the game, will it be offensive if she showed up in the normal look... Alexa got up and decided to walk around. Alexa grabbed her bag and traveled around the city. There was small pain here and there in her foot, but it was fine enough to ignore the pain. The city was pretty and some technology like from Wall-e on the axiom with gold... and more gold... and more gold. The people seem nice, but then again... so were the people back at the Hollyberry kingdom. Alexa kept her guard up... even though she didn't have to... Alexa found a plain white outfit at a cheap price! Alexa paid and headed back, feeling proud of herself.

Day 5, it was the day of the party. Alexa woke up but went back to sleep, wanting to have some energy for the party. Alexa woke up around 7:30pm. Alexa decided it was time to get ready. Alexa did her best to do her hair but failed miserably... she knew if it was her mom, she would've bugged her about her hair. Alexa continued. She steamed the dress carefully after reading on how to do it. Alexa found something to make her look a bit skinny, but as she out it on, it didn't make much of a difference. Alexa thought it was normal and just kept it on. Alexa finished doing everything and decided it was that was her look. Alexa left the inn and headed to the address. Alexa didn't have to look too far as there were really big lights. Alexa went over, got stopped, and then had to hold out an invitation to prove of being invited. Once that was done, Alexa entered inside.

The whole room was a bit dark but still very bright with the lights. It was still very loud. The whole room vibrated with the bass of the music. There were lots of people already here, dancing, or talking to the other cookie. Alexa lowered her head, went over, and got a drink. Alexa was going to pay but was stopped. Alexa looked up and saw Celestial Cheese.

"My dear! You came!" She beemed.

"O-oh oh... um hi ma'am- i mean Cheese! Ye...yeah i came..." Alexa stammered.

"OH! You look so cute! Did you use any brands?" Celestial Cheese asked loudly over the music.

"Uh... no, not really. I dont really know how to do my make-up... my mom used to do it for me for any special events..." Alexa spoke but loud enough for Celestial Cheese to hear.

Celestial Cheese nods before thinking. Celestial Cheese can see the sadness and the uncomfortableness in Alexa's eyes. Celestial Cheese can't have that! All of her guests are supposed to have a grand time!

"How about this dear, i can do your makeup for you!" Celestial Cheese offered.

"I-i um, are you sure? I dont want you to worry i-"

Celestial grabbed Alexa's arm and dragged her somewhere, ignoring Alexa's pleas and her worry. The hallways were long and confusing, and it made Alexa's mind dizzy. They both arrived in some room. There was a beautiful hold mirror with some make-up on the desk and perfectly organized. Celestial Cheese walked Alexa over to a chair and set her down.

"Now, let's start on the-" Celestial didn't finish and was interrupted by a knock.

A small Cheese Bird came in and told Celestial Cheese that she was called to a meeting. Celestial Cheese gave a small glare before calming herself. She thanked the Cheese Bird and asked some of her servents to dress up Alexa a bit. Soon, there were 5 cookies in the room with Alexa. 2 were doing Alexa's hair, while the other 3 were doing Alexa's make-up. They over compliment Alexa, saying how natural her skin was and how natural her long eyelashes are. Alexa felt overwhelmed and blushed heavily. But after a bit, Alexa felt them all back off and looked at Alexa.

Alexa was pulled or dragged back to the party. Alexa was blinded again by the loud music and the lights. Alexa went back to the bar and got herself a soda. Cookies danced, jumped, and moved all over the place. After a bit, Alexa was pulled by another cookie around her age to the dance floor. They both damces together, even though Alexa didn't know any of the moves the cookie did and led her in the dance. Alexa and the cookie were both in the spotlight before letting someone else take in the spotlight. Alexa was sweat and blushing a lot. Alexa said bye to the cookie and a small thanks. Alexa felt her head hurting a bit and a bit dizzy. Alexa decided to go to the bathroom or go back to the make-up room. But Alexa gets lost. Alexa looks around and wonders through the endless halls of the building. The sound of the party was slowly dying down. Alexa sees a light. Alexa, being the stupid girl she is, went over thinking it was the makeup room. But hearing voices, Alexa thought it was something she shouldn't eavesdrop until... she heard his voice...

Alexa peaks inside and begins to listen to the conversation.

"What have you found in the blood? I heard about your rambling and how you found out something in your letter." Saint Vanilla spoke.

"Oh! That girl you met, I found out that her Jam is compatible! Every milliliter of Jam we have of her can combined with all Jam types of creatures! Cake hounds? Yes! Wolf cakes? Yes! And the best of all... Cookie's Jam." Dragonberry spoke with enthusiasm.

Alexa eyes widened as she listened and watched the conversation. Tears were forming at the corners of Alexa's eyes.

"So what you're saying is that this... random cookie that suddenly appeared out of nowhere with no information, no family history, and no history of any kind, has this special Jam that is compatible with animal and cookies Jam type" And odd voice spoke from out of video from the camera.

"Yes. But after each test, the Jam is also sensitive. If there's too much of another kind of Jam, the girl's Jam will explode!" Dragonberry explains more in depth with excitement.

"If I may interrupt Dragonberry, my dear friend, I actually, her. I have that little cookie. She is right in my kingdom." Celestial Cheese spoke Smugly

"WHAT?! WHEN?!" Dragonberry yelled through the screen.

"Just a couple of days ago. She arrived at my kingdom. She is very happy too! At first, she was planning to leave, but knowing that you need her for your... 'things' I plan to keep her here now." Celestial Cheese brushes of her old friends anger.

"You better not, I plan to come over there and get her myself." Dragonberry threatens.

"Oh yeah? Are you sure you want that? unless you want to start a war, i suggest that you dont come at here while she is here..." Celestial Cheese threatens.

"You- ugh! I'm going offline! Bye!" The sound of beep from Dragonberry call ends.

Alexa couldn't believe it. Her Jam or Blood... is that were those dreams about? Is that why they keep telling about her blood? Is that why her teeth hurt? Is that why her eyes chained? Was it the potion? No. Not. Celestial Cheese. Alexa thought. No... Alexa thought wrong. Alexa was a stupid child. Alexa thought Celestial Cheese would be different. No... none of them are different. They...

"They are all the fucking same..." Alexa's voice cracks in despair.

Self-harm, attempted force vomiting trigger warning!

Alexa didn't stay. Alexa slowly backed away without breathing before she ran out of the building. Alexa ignored every cookie that tried to ask her wants wrong. Alexa ran all the way back into the inn and into her room. Alexa slammed the door and locked the door. Alexa slid down against the door and started to breathe unevenly. Alexa put her hands on her head to stop this sudden headache, her fingers fingers digging into her fleash. It's like something is controlling her. Her anger. Alexa couldn't feel it. Alexa started to pull on her hair, her shoulder, and in an attempt to calm down, but how...? Alexa pulled out her pocket knife and started to cut her forarm with all the other cuts. The cuts weren't deep but enough to bleed a little. Alexa didn't stop until she felt her mind feel dizzy. Alexa gets up, stumbles into the bathroom, and leans her head over the sink. Alexa tried to put her fingers in her mouth to vomit, to vomit the blood out her mouth, but her fear of vomit made her stop. Alexa looks down at her red arm, which is bleeding. It itched Alexa's skin to the point she wanted to scratch and never stop until it hit bone. Alexa started to see black spots float around her. Alexa leans against the wall and stumbles to the floor. Her mind went to her mom and wondered how her mom react. Alexa looked down and wanted to cry out, but... nothing came out and slowly fell into darkness with tears running down her face

Alexa wakes up on the bathroom floor. Alexa forced herself to sit up but hissed in pain from her arm. Alexa looks down and sees what she just did. Alexa groans and sat up. Alexa looks at the clock and sees it's only been an hour, she thinks. Alexa grabbed some bandages from her bag and then looked at the instructions on how to bandage an injury. It took a minute, but then wrapped the bandages around her left forearm, her head that covered her right eye once Alexa understood. Alexa takes off her dress and makeup. Alexa can only look at herself before looking at her fingers. They were purple. Alexa knew people would ask questions, but she would just say that got stuck on a catus and had to pull away! No... no one will believe that. Alexa puts on her normal attire outft. Alexa just wings it just heads out. Alexa returns her key to the desk and gives a small nod. As Alexa was headed out of the city, she was stopped.

"Alexa!" A voice called out.

Alexa turns back to see Celestial Cheese flying over to her before just hovering over the air. Alexa looked up at Celestial Cheese. Celestial Cheese gave a small look of concern before she reached out and caressed Alexa's bandaged face.

"My dear... what happened? Did something happen after the party? Please tell me if someone hurt you. I don't want you to leave because of one person-"

"No, no, no... It's fine. I... i just... I just have places to be is all... and i just fell... Don't worry, your people helped me, " Alexa lied.

"Oh. Well..."

"I do hope you can come back... I promise, if you do come back, i will let my people build you a nice home for you! Free of charge!" Celestial Cheese spoke up before moving her hand away.

Alrxa gave a small nod. Alexa said her thanks before walking away from the auto Egyptian like home... home... home...

"Lier... you just need me for your own Greed..."

"A new Flower...?"

Beast ancient au creator: @cuppajj

[im-a-goat-in-disguise]

Hey there! Do you want the entire wall-e script? Here you go.

EXT. SPACE

FADE IN:

Stars.

The upbeat show tune, Put On Your Sunday Clothes, plays.

“Out there, there’s a world outside of Yonkers...”

More stars.

Distant galaxies, constellations, nebulas...

A single planet.

Drab and brown.

Moving towards it.

Pushing through its polluted atmosphere.

“...Close your eyes and see it glisten...”

EXT. PLANET’S SURFACE - CONTINUOUS

A range of mountains takes form in the haze.

Moving closer.

The mountains are piles of TRASH.

The entire surface is nothing but waste.

“...We’re gonna find adventure in the evening air...”

A silhouetted city in the distance.

What looks like skyscrapers turns into trash.

Thousands of neatly stacked CUBES OF TRASH, stories high.

Rows and rows of stacked cubes, like city avenues.

They go on for miles.

EXT. AVENUE OF TRASH

“...Beneath your parasol the world is all a smile...”

Something moving on the ground far below.

A figure at the foot of a trash heap.

A SMALL SERVICE ROBOT diligently cubing trash.

Rusted, ancient.

Cute.

Every inch of him engineered for trash compacting.

Mini-shovel hands collect junk.

Scoop it into his open chassis.

His front plate closes slowly, compressing waste.

A faded label on his corroded chest plate:

“Waste Allocation Loader - Earth Class” (WALLY)

Wally spits out a cube of trash.

Stacks it with the others.

Something catches his eye.

Tugs on a piece of metal stuck in the stack.

A hubcap.

The sun reflects off it.

Wally checks the sky.

ON TRASH HEAP HORIZON

The sun sets through the smoggy haze.

“...And we won’t come back until we’ve kissed a girl --”

He places the hubcap in his compactor.

Presses a button on his chest.

The song stops playing.

The end of a work day.

Wally attaches a lunch cooler to his back.

Whistles for his pet COCKROACH.

The insect hops on his shoulder.

They motor down from the top of a GIANT TRASH TOWER.

EXT. AVENUES OF TRASH - DUSK

Wally travels alone.

Traverses miles of desolate waste.

Oblivious to roving storms of toxic weather.

Passes haunting structures buried within the trash.

Buildings, highways, entire cities...

Everything branded with the SAME COMPANY LOGO.

“Buy N Large”

“BNL” stores, restaurants, banks...transportation!

The corporation ran every aspect of life.

There’s even a BNL LOGO on Wally’s chest plate.

CLOSE ON NEWSPAPER Wally drives over.

Headline: “TOO MUCH TRASH!! Earth Covered!!”

The deck: “BNL CEO Declares Global Emergency!”

A photo of the BNL CEO giving a weak smile.

Wally’s old treads are threadbare.

Practically falling apart.

Cause a bumpy ride for his cockroach.

He passes the remains of other RUSTED WALL-E UNITS.

Fancies one with NEWER TREADS than his own...

EXT. DESERTED STREET - MOMENTS LATER

Wally now sports the newer treads.

Rolls past a SERIES OF HOLOGRAPHIC BILLBOARDS.

The solar-powered ads still activate when he passes them.

2.

BILLBOARD ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

(Ad #1: BNL logo over trash)

Too much garbage in your face?

(Ad #2: starliner in space)

There’s plenty of space out in space!

(Ad #3: starliners take off

from Earth)

BNL starliners leaving each day.

(Ad #4: WALL-E units wave

goodbye)

We’ll clean up the mess while you’re

away.

EXT. EDGE OF THE CITY

Wally drives down a deserted overpass.

Activates an even LARGER HOLOGRAPHIC BILLBOARD.

CLOSE ON BILLBOARD AD

Shows off a CITY-SIZED LUXURY STARLINER.

Depicts passengers enjoying all its amenities.

BILLBOARD ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

The jewel of the BNL fleet: “The Axiom”.

Spend your five year cruise in style.

Waited on 24 hours a day by our fully

automated crew, while your Captain and

Autopilot chart a course for non-stop

entertainment, fine dining. And with our

all-access hover chairs, even Grandma can

join the fun! There’s no need to walk!

“The Axiom”. Putting the “star” in

Executive Starliner.

The BNL CEO appears at the end.

Waves goodbye as the Axiom takes off.

BUY N LARGE CEO

Because, at BNL, space is the final “fun”-

tier.

The holographic billboard powers off.

Reveals the AXIOM’S DESERTED LAUNCHPAD in the distance.

The mammoth structure sits across the bay.

Now empty and dry. A polluted, dead valley.

ON COLLAPSED BRIDGE RAMP

Near its edge rests a WALL-E UNIT TRANSPORT TRUCK.

A giant child’s Tonka Truck left to weather the elements.

A “Buy N Large” logo on its side.

Wally approaches the rear of the truck.

3.

Pulls on a lever.

The back lowers.

Wally motors up the ramp.

INT. TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

Open racks for storing WALL-Es line both walls.

KNICKKNACKS OF FOUND JUNK littered everywhere.

The tired robot removes his newfound treads.

Ahh... Home.

Wally motors down the center aisle.

Flicks on an ancient BETAMAX PLAYER.

Jury-rigged to an iPod.

Pushes in a cassette labeled, “Hello Dolly!”

The image is very poor quality.

Actors sing and dance to Put On Your Sunday Clothes (POYSC).

The same song Wally worked to.

WALLY

[Hums POYSC]

Wally opens his cooler.

Newfound knickknacks.

Pulls out the hubcap from his chest.

Looks back at the TV.

Mimics the dancers on the screen.

Pretends the hubcap is a hat.

Continues to unpack:

A spork.

A Rubik’s Cube (unsolved).

A Zippo Lighter.

He presses a BUTTON by the rack of shelves.

They rotate until an empty space appears.

His new items are lovingly added to the shelf.

The Zippo joins a pre-existing LIGHTER COLLECTION.

A new song, It Only Takes A Moment, plays on the video.

Wally is drawn to it.

Presses his “Record” button.

ON TV SCREEN

Two lovers sing gently to one another.

They kiss...hold hands...

Wally tilts his head as he watches.

Curious.

Holds his own hands.

4.

EXT. TRUCK - NIGHT

Wally motors outside.

Turns over his Igloo cooler to clean it out.

Pauses to take in the night sky.

STARS struggle to be seen through the polluted haze.

Wally presses the “Play” button on his chest.

The newly sampled It Only Takes A Moment (IOTAM) plays.

The wind picks up.

A WARNING LIGHT sounds on Wally’s chest.

He looks out into the night.

A RAGING SANDSTORM approaches off the bay...

Unfazed, Wally heads back in the truck.

IOTAM still gently playing.

...The massive wave of sand roars closer...

Wally raises the door.

Pauses.

WHISTLES for his cockroach to come inside.

The door shuts just as the storm hits.

Obliterates everything in view.

INT. TRUCK - SAME

Wally alone in the center of his shelter.

Unwraps a BNL SPONGECAKE (think Twinkie).

Lays it out for the cockroach to sleep in.

It happily dives in.

Wally collapses himself into a storable cube.

Backs into an empty shelf space.

Rocks it like a cradle...

...and shuts down for the night.

Outside the wind howls like the Hounds of Hell.

INT. WALLY’S TRUCK - NEXT MORNING

Wally’s CHARGE METER flashes “WARNING”.

He wakes. Unboxes.

Groggy and lifeless.

Stumbles outside.

EXT. ROOF OF WALLY’S TRUCK

The morning sun.

Wally fully exposed in its light.

His front panel splayed out like a tanning shield.

A solar collector.

5.

His CHARGE METER chimes full.

Solar panels fold away into hiding.

Wally, now awake, collects his lunch cooler.

Heads off to work.

...and accidentally runs over the cockroach.

Horrified, Wally reverses.

Reveals the FLATTENED INSECT under his tread.

The cockroach simply pops back to life.

No biggie. Ready to go.

Relieved, Wally resumes their commute.

EXT. WALLY’S WORK SITE - THAT MORNING

A SERIES OF “WALLY AT WORK” MOMENTS:

- CU of Wally’s hands digging into garbage.

CU of trash being scooped into his chest compactor.

A cube lands by the cockroach.

- Wally discovers a BRA in the garbage.

Unsure what it’s for.

Tries placing it over his eyes, like glasses.

Tosses it in his cooler.

- Wally finds a set of CAR KEYS.

Presses the remote lock.

Somewhere in the distance a CAR ALARM CHIRPS.

- Plays with a paddle ball.

The ball keeps smacking him in the face.

He doesn’t like it.

- Wally discovers a DIAMOND RING in a JEWEL CASE.

Throws out the ring. Keeps the case.

The jewel case drops into the cooler, then...

...A RUBBER DUCKY...

...A BOBBLE HEAD DOLL...

...An OLD BOOT...

...A TROPHY...

- Wally finds a FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

Activates it.

FOAM blasts in his face.

It’s tossed far, far away from his cooler.

- Wally’s shovel hand strikes something solid.

Faces a REFRIGERATOR much larger than himself.

Now what?

- CU on fridge door.

A WELDING BEAM moves down its center.

It emits from between Wally’s SPLIT BINOCULAR EYES.

6.

The door falls apart in two pieces. Reveals...

...a SMALL PLANT

in its early stage of growth.

Wally is entranced.

Carefully, he extracts the section of earth around it.

CLOSE ON IGLOO COOLER

Wally gently places the plant inside the old boot.

Dusts dirt off the leaves.

EXT. TRUCK - DUSK

Robot and faithful cockroach return home.

Wally stops short of the threshold.

Stares at the ground.

Continues staring.

A RED DOT

quivers on the dirt.

A single laser point of light.

Wally moves to touch it...

...The dot races along the ground.

Wally drops his Igloo.

Chases after the dot.

EXT. EMPTY BAY

The dot leads Wally deep into the polluted expanse.

He is so fixated on it he doesn’t notice

MANY LASER POINTS

coming from every direction.

All racing into the valley over the contour of the terrain.

Triangulating towards a center.

Wally’s dot suddenly stops.

Slowly he reaches for it.

Can’t grab it. Just light.

ALL THE DOTS converge in front of him.

The ground shakes.

Wally becomes confused.

Doesn’t see above him.

The SUN growing brighter behind the cloud cover.

A noise. Building.

7.

Rocket engines.

Wally senses he should look to the sky.

Now THREE SUNS are descending on him.

Wally runs for it.

An enormous COLUMN OF FIRE blocks his path.

A second column of fire.

A third.

Trapped.

Wally cubes the ground beneath him.

Working fast.

Noise deafening.

Heat rising.

Digs in just as a tide of flame carpets the ground...

...Then suddenly quiet.

Smoke clears.

CLOSE ON THE SCORCHED EARTH

Wally’s head rises out of the dirt.

Glows red hot from the heat.

Trembles with fright.

Everything in shadow.

Something very big looms over him.

Wally climbs out of his hole.

Bangs his head on metal.

WIDE on a massive SPACESHIP.

Rests ominously in the empty bay.

A PORTAL on its underside opens.

Frightened, Wally tries to hide.

Nowhere to go.

He places a SMALL ROCK on his head. Boxes up.

A DEVICE lowers to the ground on a long stem.

Scans the surface.

Wally creeps closer for a better look.

The device unfolds.

Wally boxes up again.

A CAPSULE descends from a chute in the stem.

ROBOT ARMS emerge from the device.

Place the capsule on the ground. Press buttons.

The capsule falls away in sections, to reveal...

...a PROBE ROBOT.

It hovers gracefully above the ground.

White. Egg-shaped.

8.

Blue-lit eyes.

Female.

Eve.

Wally is transfixed.

Inches closer.

Watches Eve from behind the device.

Tilts his head.

Time stops.

She’s the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen.

Eve hovers over the ground.

A BLUE RAY emits from her front panel.

Fans out 180 degrees.

Scans random objects and areas.

The device rises back into the ship.

Exposes Wally.

He rushes for cover behind the nearest rock.

Never takes his eyes off Eve.

Watches her float away from the ship.

...from the ship?

The ship!

Engines roar back to life.

Wally digging furiously.

The rocket takes off.

Smoke clears.

Again, a red hot Wally peeks out from the ground.

Looks for Eve.

She is watching the ship rise into the clouds.

Waits until it is completely out of sight...

...then Eve rises high up into the air.

She flies around the bay.

Soars like a graceful bird.

Does loops in the sky.

Zooms right past Wally’s rock.

He is hypnotized.

Eve descends gently to the ground...

Wally sneaks up closer.

Hides behind another boulder.

Slips.

Makes a NOISE.

Instantly, Eve whips around.

Her arm converts into a LASER CANNON.

Blasts Wally’s boulder to smithereens.

...Smoke clears...All quiet.

Eve, now cold and dangerous.

9.

Scans the area.

No sign of life.

All business again.

Hovers away to probe more of the planet.

ON OTHER SIDE OF BOULDER CRATER

Wally boxed up behind what little remains of the rock.

Trembles uncontrollably.

EXT. AVENUE OF TRASH - DAY

Eve wanders through the pillars of cubed trash.

Scans random areas.

Wally spies from the shadows.

Too frightened to approach.

She moves on. He follows.

EXT. TIRE DUMP - DAY

Eve probes a mound of tires.

Wally hiding nearby.

He flinches at the sight of

HIS COCKROACH

innocently approaching Eve from behind.

She spins around.

Blasts the insect.

Wally is gut-punched.

The cockroach climbs out of the smoking crater.

Unscathed. Still curious.

Eve finds the insect intriguing.

Lowers her arm.

The end separates into individual hovering sections...

...A HAND.

She lets the insect crawl up her arm.

Wiggles into her workings.

It tickles.

EVE

[Giggles]

Wally relaxes.

CHUCKLES privately.

Eve sonically picks up Wally’s location.

Locks onto him.

10.

Arm converts to laser cannon.

Fires rapidly.

Quick glimpses of Wally dodging the blasts.

Trash piles are systematically obliterated around him.

Wally now exposed.

Nowhere to hide.

Boxes himself up. Shakes uncontrollably.

Eve holds her fire.

EVE

(electronic hums)

[Identify yourself.]

She slowly approaches Wally’s box.

Keeps her gun trained on him.

EVE

(electronic hums)

[Repeat. Identify yourself.]

Wally peeks out from his box.

Doesn’t understand a thing she says.

Doesn’t care.

Can’t believe she’s real.

The cockroach climbs down her gun arm.

Jumps onto his master.

Eve scans Wally.

A RED LIGHT appears on her chest.

Buzzes “negative”.

He’s not what she’s looking for.

She retracts her gun arm.

Hovers off.

Wally watches her go. Lovestruck.

WALLY

[Sigh.]

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. ABANDONED BNL SUPERSTORE - NEXT DAY

LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S “LA VIE EN ROSE” PLAYS

Eve scans through the market.

Wally follows from a safe distance.

A stray puppy-dog.

Eve glances over at him.

Wally panics.

Bumps into a RACK OF SHOPPING CARTS.

Creates an avalanche.

11.

They chase him down a flight of stairs.

Wally reaches the exit doors.

Won’t open!

Carts pig pile on top of him.

EXT. BNL REFINERY - NIGHT

Wally perched on the roof.

Patiently watches Eve fly.

She scans the ground below her, like a searchlight.

Eve comes in for a landing below.

Shuts down for the night.

Wally waits.

Quietly sneaks down the refinery fire escape.

Accidentally trips. Tumbles to the ground.

Eve doesn’t wake.

Wally creeps up to her.

Opens his arms wide...

...and measures her.

Turns to a pile of trash.

Splits open his eyes. Begins welding something...

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. BNL REFINERY - NEXT MORNING

Eve powers up again.

Does a double take.

A TRASH SCULPTURE OF EVE stands in front of her.

She hovers away, unimpressed.

Doesn’t notice Wally hiding behind a PILE OF PIPES.

Wally kicks the pipes in frustration.

They roll on top of him.

SONG ENDS

MONTAGE OF EVE SEARCHING

- Scans a car engine.

Negative.

Slams the hood shut.

- Scans a Port-A-Potty.

Negative.

Slams the door shut.

- Scans an Apollo capsule.

Negative.

Slams the hatch shut.

- Scans a FREIGHTER HOLD.

12.

Negative.

Slams the lid shut.

EXT. DERELICT SHIPYARD - DUSK

Eve hovers over the freighter.

Frustrated.

Not finding what she’s looking for.

Wally eavesdrops from afar.

Eve flies past the ship’s CRANE MAGNET.

Gets stuck.

Wrestles to free herself.

Furious, she BLOWS UP THE ENTIRE SHIP.

The reaction startles Wally.

Eve slumps down against a dredged anchor.

She gives up.

Concerned, Wally cautiously approaches.

Sits at the other end of the anchor.

Both robots stare silently at the fiery wreck.

Then...

...slowly, very slowly, Wally inches towards her.

Musters the courage to speak, when --

She suddenly turns to him:

EVE

(hums)

[So what’s your story?]

Wally falls backwards with surprise.

Me?

Eve scrolls through a variety of languages:

EVE

(German)

[Directive?]

(Japanese)

[Directive?]

WALLY

[Huh?]

EVE

(Swahili)

[Directive?]

(English)

Directive?

WALLY

(beeps)

[Oh, I understand that!]

13.

EVE

Directive?

Wally eagerly turns to some nearby trash.

Scoops it into his compactor.

Proudly spits out a cube.

Points to Eve.

WALLY

(struggles to speak)

Di...rec...t--

EVE

Directive?

Wally nods.

EVE

Classified.

WALLY

(beeps)

[Oh. Sorry.]

She scans his CHEST LOGO.

EVE

Name?

WALLY

(struggles again)

W-wally? ...Wally.

EVE

(smooth; almost perfect)

Wwww-aaaa-leee...

Wally nearly melts.

She says his name so beautifully.

Moves closer.

EVE

Wally. (giggles)

Eve.

Wally tries to repeat it:

WALLY

Eeee...?

EVE

(slower)

Eve.

14.

WALLY

Eeeaaah?

EVE

Eeeve. Eeeve.

WALLY

Eee--vah!

She giggles again.

Wally likes making her giggle.

WALLY

Eee-vah! Ee --

EVE

Eve.

The wind kicks up.

The WARNING LIGHT sounds on Wally’s chest.

He moves to grab her.

WALLY

(Gasp!) Eee-vah!

EVE

(hums)

[Hey watch it! Don’t come any closer!]

She draws her gun on him.

Doesn’t understand the danger.

The sandstorm rushes up behind her.

Too late.

Wally collapses into a box.

The storm hits full force.

Eve is instantly lost, disoriented.

EVE

Wally? Wally?

WALLY’S HAND appears out of the dust.

Calmly takes Eve’s hand.

INT. TRUCK - MOMENTS LATER

The back door lowers.

A rush of wind and sand.

Wally pulls Eve inside. Closes the door.

She coughs up dust.

Wally hits a switch...

Strings of CHRISTMAS LIGHTS fill the space.

His racks of oddities painted in colored light.

15.

An air of enchantment.

Eve is taken aback.

WALLY

(beeps)

[Come on in.]

She drifts through the sea of knickknacks.

Becomes spooked by a SINGING BILLY BASS FISH.

Threatens to shoot it, but Wally calms her down.

He is compelled to show her everything.

Hands her an eggbeater...

...bubble wrap (so infectious to pop)...

...a lightbulb (lights when she holds it)...

...the Rubik’s Cube (she solves it immediately)...

...his Hello Dolly tape.

Curious, she begins unspooling the tape.

WALLY

(loud beeps)

[My tape!!]

He grabs it back. Protective.

Inserts it carefully into the VCR. Please still work.

The movie eventually appears on the TV.

Plays a clip of POYSC.

Wally is relieved.

WALLY

(beeps)

[What do you think?]

Mimics the dancing for Eve.

Encourages her to try.

She clumsily hops up and down.

Makes dents in the floor. Rattles everything.

Wally politely stops her.

WALLY

(beeps)

[How ‘bout we try a different move?]

Spins in a circle. Arms out.

Eve copies.

Spins faster, and faster...

Too fast.

Accidentally strikes Wally. He flies into the shelves.

Eve helps him up from the mess.

Wally’s LEFT BINOCULAR EYE falls off.

Dangles from two wires.

Eve GASPS with concern.

Wally placates her.

16.

WALLY

(beeps)

[It’s fine.]

Feels his way to the rack of shelves.

Rotates them until...

...SPARE WALL-E PARTS appear.

Replaces his broken eye with a new one.

Eve is relieved.

She eyes his LIGHTER COLLECTION.

Flicks open a Zippo. Ignites a FLAME.

Wally freezes.

He had no idea it could do that.

Moves closer to inspect it...

ON WALLY

It’s the closest he’s ever been to Eve.

She remains focused on the lighter.

Wally stares up at her.

...The tiny flame flickering between them...

...The Hello Dolly video plays IOTAM in the background...

Suddenly, he is moved to express his love.

Musters the courage to open his fingers...

...Timidly reaches his hand out to hers...

-- Eve turns and looks at him.

Wally instantly chokes.

Pulls his hand back.

Eve becomes intrigued with the TV.

Scans the image of the lovers singing IOTAM...

Wally watches her.

His infatuation still palpable.

Then he remembers...

WALLY

Ee-vah!

He rushes to his shelves.

Eve watches him rummage through junk.

A drum falls down on his head.

She giggles, charmed by it all.

Something about Wally...

She is drawn back to the lovers on TV...

...then the lit Zippo lighter in her hand.

A tap on her shoulder.

She turns to find Wally holding something.

The plant.

Eve immediately locks onto it.

17.

Drops the lighter.

In a flash...

...her chest opens...

...a TRACTOR BEAM snatches the plant away...

...stores it inside her...

Then she shuts down completely.

Only a SINGLE GREEN LIGHT pulsing on her chest.

Wally is stunned.

What’d I do?

Waves his hand in front of her face.

WALLY

Ee-vah?

Knocks on her chest plate.

No response.

Wally panics.

Gently shakes her.

WALLY

Ee-vah?

Still no response.

WALLY

Ee-vah? ...Ee-vah?!

CAMERA MOVES IN on the blinking green light...

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. ROOF OF WALLY’S TRUCK - DAY

The morning sun.

Wally places Eve in his charging spot.

Aims her hovering form to f

Actually looks like I can only post the first "part", roughly... Already this is lagging my phone. Will experiment more tomorrow. For now, enjoy!

[skeletoninthemelonland]

I WANT TO LIVE IN FUSIONSPRUNT TOO >:00 It looks so cool!!! Is the ship part of it like an underground city? Or there are just things and machineries to make it work?

A L S O I need to know who inspired you to draw backgrounds because everytime I see you draw them I remain AMAZED NGNGNGNGNG

Hsbahshsk thank you!!

The ship is both the extension of the city and all the machinery that makes it work. It's fair to say the REAL Fusionsprunt is the ship, because majority of the population lives there! It's far more protected than the buildings in the surface.

The design of Fusionsprunt is based off the animated castle from Studio Ghibli's "Howl's Moving Castle"! I also thought of Pixar's "Wall-E", when the movie introduced a huge spaceship named Axiom.

[mightyflamethrower]

Biden’s ironically named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was supposed to create millions of green jobs and launch the “sustainable power” industry.

Subsidies flowed to support electric vehicles, wind farms, and solar energy.  We have been covering the slowdown in the EV market, and residents of the East Coast are questioning all the promises made by the wind energy companies after the Vineyard Wind blade failure.

Now, it’s time to turn our attention to solar power. SunPower, the company that provides solar panels to many Californian homes in the sunny Coachella Valley area, filed for bankruptcy this week.

It is the latest development in a saga that has seen the company facing numerous serious and seemingly escalating challenges over the past several months, including allegations about executives’ misconduct related to the company’s financial statements and a recent decision that SunPower would no longer offer new solar leases. Days after the latter announcement, Coachella Valley-based Renova Energy, which markets and installs SunPower systems, said it was ending its partnership with SunPower and temporarily pausing operations after not receiving required payments from SunPower. SunPower’s executive chairman wrote in a letter posted on the company’s website on Monday that the company had reached an agreement to sell certain divisions of its business and suggested it was looking for one or more buyers to take on the rest, including the company’s responsibilities to maintain solar systems it has previously sold or leased.

It is important to note that SunPower was the industry’s “darling” to understand the magnitude of this development.

Founded in 1985 by a Stanford professor, SunPower was, for the past two decades, a darling of the solar industry. The company helped build America’s biggest solar plant, called Solar Star and located near Rosamond, California, and has installed solar panels on more than 100,000 homes. The company’s stock price has fluctuated dramatically, peaking during the solar stock frenzy of late 2007. As recently as January 2021, SunPower’s valuation momentarily reached $10 billion, buoyed by the expansion of its residential solar panels program. But since then, the company’s value has cratered — and this year, its situation became particularly dire.

It is also important to note that earlier this month, the bankruptcy of a solar-powered company in South Florida created an array of problems on the South Coast of California. Subcontractors are scrambling to find ways to guarantee payment for work on homes with equipment from the firm.

Meanwhile, homeowners are regretting their misplaced trust in eco-activists and city officials.

The business — Electriq Power Inc. — was putting solar panels and batteries on Santa Barbara rooftops at no expense to homeowners and with the blessings of the cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria. But then Electriq filed Chapter 7 on May 3, freezing all its operations. This prompted one of its subcontractors, Axiom 360 of Grover Beach, to place mechanics liens on homes for which it had yet to be paid. This preserves Axiom’s options for full payment of its installation work and is not unusual among contractors. But for homeowners who didn’t expect any financial outlay, it came as a shock, especially as the recording notice lists foreclosure in 90 days among the penalties. “You’re helping the environment. You’re not paying high rates to Southern California Edison,” said homeowner Randy Freed, explaining why he signed on to Electriq’s PoweredUp Goleta program. He was pleased with the savings in the solar array and storage batteries, but then he received the mechanics lien in June. The possibility of foreclosure was unanticipated, Freed said, and he’d relied on the cities’ endorsements. “It’s a great program; we’ve checked them out,” he recalled the cities saying on a postcard he received.

Hot Air's Beege Welborne takes an in-depth look at the cascade of warnings that indicate SunPower and the residential solar market are in serious trouble. She also hits on a point that is true for all green energy schemes: Today’s technology cannot keep up with the promises being made about tomorrow.

The technology side still hasn’t ironed itself out and may never with as saturated as the market is. With interest rates as high as they are and home prices through the roof, no one wants to pay a fortune for something that’s not rock solid. …That “sustainable” growth is only possible once all the artificial supports are knocked away and the technology proves viable and worth the cost once and for all.

Of course, the solar industry isn’t helped by the fact that the cost savings for customers aren’t quite as lavish as originally promised.

[elfdragon12]

So, for my own fanfic purposes, I worked on a list of canonical locations on Cybertron. I don't know if any site has a nicely formatted list of cities/city-states, so I thought I might share this list with others. This is mostly comprehensive as I left off locations that were too specific to one continuity or too confusing and it's quite possible I missed a few places. There are some continuity specific places included I think are more flexible. Many items on this list are not expanded upon, so you can have as much fun as you want.

Either way, here's what I got in one handy (very long) list:

Regions

Tri-Torus

- Petrohex

- Polyhex

- Dodecahex

Polar States

- Iacon

- Kaon

Tri-Penninsular Torus

- Uraya

- Praxus

- Protihex

Iacon (capital)

Iacon Central

- Great Dome

- Celestial Spires

-- Celestial Temple

Academy of Science and Technology

Jan-ja

Imperial Amphitheater

Maccadam's Old Oil House

Iaconian Aerial Academy

Metroplex

Trion Square

the Undergrid

Translucentia Heights

the Senate

Xeno Quarter

Hall of Records

Observatory of Iacon

High Council Pavilions

Chamber of the Autobots

Polyhex

Darkmount

Deadend

the original Space Bridge

Polyhex Toll Plaza

a canyon

Grease pits

Nova Cronum

Praetorus Wharf

Chamber of the Ancients

center of philosophy

Protihex

Protihex Medical Mechanics University

Uraya

bigger than Praxus and Protihex

Tyger Pax

idyllic and tranquil

Rust Sea

unstable planetary matter

emits a mostly harmless corrosive gas

Hydrax Plateau

- Damaxus

Toxic Sludge Swamps

Tagan Heights

Durax

Ultirex

- technoversity

Tetrahex

responsible for 40% of industrial output

Tyrest

Jekka Amphitheater

Tyrest University

Altihex

deep space research facilities

underground energon refinery

Altihex casino

Kalis

Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot

Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control

Kaon

Kolkular

- the Cradle

space bridge

gladitorial rings

Jump Joint

Wreckage Row

mines

Kaon Prison

Kaon Plaza

Ibex

Central Spaceport

Ibex School of Epistemology

Ibex Cup racing circuit

Crystal City

Drouhard University

Refracting Gardens

Geosynchronus Energon Bridge

known for elegant construction and scientific minds

Undercity

mostly deserted

near the Red Sea

Peptex

near Rust Sea

Dodecahex

Shuttle Complex Ohm

Petrohex

Upper Petrohex

Lower Perrohex

Rust Sea tributary

Harmonex

"Singing City"

center for art and learning

Lithic singing crystals

Alyon

uninhabited

Vos

rich in energy resources

close to Tarn

Air Command Center

Stanix

Yuss

- Amprodome

- Justice Building

Fort Scyk

Acid Wastes

Proximax

Transhyperwave Caster Tower

Hyperious

defensive walls

Burthov

docks

launch site

labs and factories

"belongs" to Science Division

Petrex

"twin-mode" city

Simfur

Simfur Temple

Chamber of the Dynasty of Primes

Tarn

power plant

border fortresses

gladitorial rings

original Senate Building

The Decagon

main control center of planetary defenses

Blaster City

low class industrial region

munitions source

weapons manufacturing facility

Rad Zone

dangerous

Plasma Energy Chamber

plasma energy reservoir

Tesarus

artisans and philosophers

Helex

Power Base

gladitorial arena

Axiom Nexus

The Blue Deployer

Widow's Cafe Cybertronian

The Heap

Rodion

waterways

Maccadam's New Oil House

Deltaran Medical Facility

Nyon

Rust Narrows

Acroplex

Gygax

tunnel to Ankmor Park

Ankmor Park

as old as Quintesson supremacy

chemical processing center turned biochemical garden

Galaxxon

industrial

slagwerks

K'th Kinsere

Vaulted Heights

home to High Priests

Triax

the Nexis

Ky-Alexia

stronghold

Plurex

Plurex Flats

Emirate Xaaron Spacebridge Nexus

just outside of Iacon

Well of Allsparks

afterlife

inside the Core

Sistex

Sistex University

Staniz

ship building

Centurion

bright

Praxus

the Assembly

Helix Gardens

Slaughter City

low class industrial center

illegal gladotorial games

Border Regions

borders Iacon

Promontory

Forum of Enlightenment

Predigeon Arch

Cities with no information

Nuon

Pescus Hex

Esserlon

Monoplex

Median

Hexima State

Perihex

Praxium

Bitrex

Ultrix

Valvolux

Carpessa

Glibax

Vaporex

Ambustus Minor

Tribat

Unitrex

Tesk

Teledonia

Detrona

Landmarks

Redox River

Timonium River

Straits of Yuss

Trannis Fork River

Mithril Sea

Argon Sea

- gaseous

Sonic Canyon

The Badlands

Manganese Mountains

Cataclysm Tundra

- Athenaeum Sanctorum

Tri-Torus Loop

Tygun Span

-road between Iacon and Nova Cronum

[literary-illuminati]

The books share remarkably little in common so it's actually kind of funny to imagine doing a proper comparison of Exordia and Axiom's End on the basis of '21st century period piece about a terrifying alien whose a rebel from a galaxy-spanning empire that lands on earth and forms a bond with a lowkey burnout fuckup of a woman with a terrible family history living in a major American city'.