#yes I know I should switch to android

[beazt]

u know what sucks. fucken. iOS App Store has a limit on shit where discord can’t let u into age restricted servers on iOS. :| major overstepping if u ask me

[talesofesther]

a touch of emotion

Connor x Reader

Summary: After the meeting with Kamski, Connor feels conflicted and lost, luckily you're there to hold his hand through it.

A/N: DBH is one of my main comfort games, and it was about time I wrote a little something for my favorite boy from it. If anyone would like to see more of Connor here, let me know. <3

Masterlist

"Why didn't you shoot?" Hank inquires, narrowing his eyes inquisitively.

"I just saw that girl's eyes… And I couldn't…" Connor answers back, his voice edging on desperate. "That's all."

A howling wind prickles your skin like tiny needles. It was such a cold day, no wonder you hadn't been keen on coming out here today. Leaning back on the hood of Hank's car and pulling your coat tighter around yourself, you watch from afar as Connor tries to justify his choice, even if it had been the right one to make.

He intrigues you. Because for someone who keeps saying he's just a machine trying to accomplish a task, he acts way more human than a lot of people you know. Even on the day you'd met him, he was already all curious and talkative, you couldn't recall meeting any android like him before.

Connor has changed ever since you started working together, you realize it now more than ever. He's becoming softer, personality starting to shine through the cracks as his decisions become increasingly emotionally driven.

"Cyberlife's last chance to save humanity, is itself a deviant."

Kamski's words echoed inside your mind, as did Connor's panicked and distressed expression when he promptly denied it. Ironic, you think to yourself; he shouldn't feel as troubled as he does if what Kamski said is not true.

And that same feeling now lingers. Once they were done talking, Hank took a few steps away to make a call, most likely to the precinct judging by the scowl on his face; and Connor can't stand still, he's pacing around, fidgeting with the cuffs of his blazer as the snow shifts under his feet. There's a permanent frown on his eyebrows, he looks almost… lost, his LED with an insistent yellow color and gaze unfocused on the distance.

You worry your lower lip between your teeth, torn between reaching out to him or keeping to yourself. The snow falls heavier now, and you can feel the tips of your fingers slowly going numb. You've always liked the cold, yet it seems the cold doesn't like you.

Between the snow, the frozen lake, and the white horizon of the frigid weather, Connor stands out. He's holding onto his own arms, hugging himself, and you find it endearingly human, as if he's subconsciously trying to find a way to comfort himself.

You lay your palms flat on the hood of the car and push yourself away, walking up to him before you can think things through. The snow crunching under your feet doesn't seem to call his attention. "Connor?" You say gently, reaching out to him with your hand but stopping short of actually touching him. You hesitate. When did he start making you nervous?

"You okay?"

Those warm and tender brown eyes of his regard you with curiosity, lips half parted as he struggles on what to say. The LED on his temple switched from blue to yellow and blue again. "I- yes. I think I'm fine." Snowflakes are clinging to his hair and falling softly onto the skin of his cheeks; they compliment his features, always so gentle.

You offer him a small, comforting smile. He's still figuring himself out. It was okay, you were patient.

"I'm… sorry," Connor begins again, avoiding looking you directly in the eyes. He purses his lips and closes his eyes for a moment longer, and you doubt you've ever seen any android be this expressive.

"I compromised our investigation," he pauses, "I should have been more efficient." And reprimands himself.

You're shaking your head before he's even done talking. "No, don't say that," you take a step closer to him as your heart holds your reasoning hostage, one hand wrapping around Connor's wrist to keep him with you. "Don't say that when you've made the right choice, Connor."

There was a beat, Connor's face does something complicated that you cannot read, and when he looks up at you again, his gaze is almost too much. The amount of emotion he looked at you with nearly made you choke on air.

"But… we didn't learn anything." His voice is quiet, barely there, as if he doesn't care for his own argument and is only looking for an excuse to hear more of your voice.

"I don't care," the words fall from your lips before you can debate if you should even be saying them out loud at all.

Connor seems surprised, caught off guard as his eyebrows raise just slightly at how fast and true you spoke. His eyes keep searching your face for… something. You couldn't be sure of what exactly he was looking for. Maybe even he doesn't know yet.

Your heart stumbles on your chest when you see Connor gulping and his eyes avoiding yours again. Only then do you realize that the hand you held his wrist with had drifted lower, your fingers now gently grazing his palm. His skin feels comfortingly warm and soft, a pleasant touch sending goosebumps down your spine.

It was all foreign territory to him, you knew it, felt it in the way he tried timidly closing his fingers around your own. His movements are slow, uncertain, and tentative, bordering on afraid.

How naive of you, to be having such feelings for an android. Yet when he's the most caring, honest, endearing, and gentle person you know, how could you not?

Hank told you once; "I think you're breaking our android huh." He'd said it right after Connor had gone through the trouble of finding an umbrella just so you didn't have to stand under the heavy rain, even if you tried telling him you didn't mind. And you'd taken it as a joke back then, not really understanding the hidden meaning behind your older partner's teasing look.

Yet as you hold onto Connor's hand now, feeling the way his thumb shyly brushes your skin, you wonder if he feels it too, if he's willing to feel the same as you do. If you could dare to hope.

"All I care about," you speak slow and careful, syllables heavy on your tongue. You clear your throat so your voice doesn't sound as tender as you feel. "is that… that you didn't let him manipulate you, that you followed your heart." You bring your free hand up to his chest, right on top of where you can faintly feel his thirium pump working overtime.

Connor looked to be about to speak, perhaps to try and correct you about your choice of words, yet all he does is open and close his mouth, eyes trained on yours and LED swirling with a permanent yellow color. For a moment you wonder if he's analyzing you, and worry about what he may find. His hold on your hand tightens ever so slightly; you don't think he realizes he's doing it.

"I'm glad you didn't pull the trigger, Connor. I'm proud of you."

It's barely a second, his LED flashing red before going back to yellow and eventually, slowly, blue; but you see it. He blinked a couple of times as if processing your words or how to feel about them.

"I-" Connor's eyes seem hazy, their tender brown only a thin ring around his blown pupils. His fingers now tangle with yours. "I feel-"

"Alright kids, let's go." Hank's voice sounds all too loudly as he unintentionally breaks the bubble that cocooned you and Connor. "Fowler wants us back in the precinct." The lieutenant speaks with an annoyed undertone as he stuffs his phone back in his pocket.

You're still caught up in the feeling of Connor's skin on yours, in how you're now so hyper-aware of just how close he's standing to you. Connor, it seems, isn't much different.

When there's no answer, Hank finally looks your way and gestures you over; "come on, get a move on, I don't wanna hear another lecture about arriving late," he insists, before plopping himself into the driver's seat, murmuring something about damn love-birds.

Despite the cold, you can feel a warmth coming up to your cheeks. Without mustering the courage to meet Connor's gaze, you focus on the way his hand fits so perfectly with yours. His fingers are awkwardly intertwined with yours, holding strong and gentle at the same time.

Connor seems reluctant to let go. It hits you that perhaps he won't. You could dwell on a thousand reasons of why, or not think at all and simply bask in the feeling. But right now time isn't on your side.

You take a deep breath, and risk a glance up at him.

Any words you were about to say suddenly feel clogged up in your throat. Oh, Connor tilts his head in that endearing way you're so fond of, yet the look in his eyes is one you've never caught before; you can't name it, it feels dangerous to try, but he looks as if he just realized something.

"Come on," you tug on his hand, just about managing the timid words, "we have to go."

Connor follows quietly, his hand steady on yours until you reach the car and are forced to part.

As Hank drives, you watch Connor through the rearview mirror; there's a newfound lightness to him, a warmth to his eyes that makes you feel fuzzy inside. And when he catches your gaze, and smiles, you know he feels it too.

⋆* ☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ

Thank you for reading this little story. Feedback and reblogs are literally what keeps me motivated to continue posting here, so I’d appreciate it if you could take some time to reblog and comment. <3

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[quezzzs]

"Detective Reed?"

"The fuck is it now, plastic?"

Nines' LED flashed a yellow as he sternly spoke to Gavin, who had his legs kicked up on his desk as he absentmindedly stared at the bullpen ceiling.

"We haven't made any progress in our case and you certainly haven't been doing even half of the work."

Instead of fighting back, Gavin just ran his mouth with what he could think of at the moment. "Thought you androids are so clever. You can solve this shit on your own."

Nines' LED went back to blue immediately. Gavin had always been so stubborn in doing his own work, criticizing Nines' artificial talent, saying that he would be better than the android ever could, and actively jump into defending his work style at any advice(good or not).

Besides the attempted insult, Gavin sounded quieter than usual.

This was definitely out of character for the short tempered man. "What's gotten into you?"

Gavin raised an eyebrow up as he turned his head to Nines' direction. "What do you mean?"

"You're acting...off today." The RK900 narrowed his eyes at Gavin, making a scan on his physiology.

///collecting data...

Nines' HUD flashed with new data on Gavin.

|LOW DOPAMINE LEVELS|

|LOW SEROTONIN LEVELS|

Among other signs, something occurred that turned the human detective into...that.

Nines leaned his arms against his desk as he questions Gavin.

"It ended, didn't it?"

Gavin only shot a quick angered glance before rolling his eyes and admitting it. "Bastard left with no reason." Despite the rough appearance he tried to present, Nines could tell it really affected the man.

"You know that you should try to stop getting yourself into relationships. This is the third person in the past 2 months."

That reminder got to Gavin, making him put his legs back down onto the ground, retorted back at Nines in irritation. "You don't get to say shit in this, it's my life and I don't remember you ever mentioning your special someone."

The LED went back to yellow again before switching back, Nines processing Gavin's words.

"Yes, but even so you're stagnating our progress. I cannot continue if you are lacking in the job you've worked for."

"Shut the fuck up."

"Detective, I'm merely-"

"I don't wanna hear it."

"Detective Reed-"

"Yada, yada, yada-"

Nines was getting pissed at this point. He didn't have any time for Gavin to play around with the subject.

"Gavin Reed."

Gavin had shut his mouth right up when he heard Nines' voice raised louder than before, though he was still irked.

Nines made an unnecessary sigh before talking. "I don't want to deal with your bitchy attitude you've been keeping up with today. Either you get it together and work on the case we were assigned or you leave early, though I don't think Captain Fowler would be pleased with the leave."

Now, Nines have made similar threats before during their time together. Surely Gavin would tough it out like he always does.

He doesn't.

Instead, he gets up, takes his stuff, and walks out.

"What- Detective! We're not-"

"See ya, Nines."

Nines was left alone in the DPD bullpen. Baffled on what just happened.

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"Another on me."

"Sir, you've had 9 shots already. Are you sure-"

"Just a couple more, I got the money."

"It's your liver."

The bartender gave Gavin another glass shot of alcohol as he took the empty ones away to clean. Gavin's face flushed red as he hung his head low at where he sat, the music that played throughout the bar sounded muffled in his ears. He was lost in deep thought about what Nines said about him.

He knew he was acting up but he didn't know how else to deal with it. It's not like he couldn't get attached. The last three guys he's dated showed him so much care and each time they did, he believed it.

It's ironic that for a detective, he had trouble seeing the signs.

The first cheated, the second was taking his money, and the third one randomly decided he wasn't into Gavin anymore. He got played 3 times in a row. Why not a good drink to wash out the sadness? Sure it's temporary but at least he doesn't have to feel it now, right?

Gavin down his glass, thudding his forehead onto the wooden surface beneath his arms while he guessed what could be the case this time.

Was he being too forward? Was he too passive? Was he being too soft? Was he being too intense? Was he the problem?

He set the shot glass down, running his hand through his hair as he took a deep breath. Alcohol wasn't working out for tonight. He took out his card and paid automatically into the slot, standing up the best he could before walking out.

As he exited out of the bar, he saw a familiar face leaning at the side of his car. "What the fuck are you doing here?"

Nines, who had his arms crossed and stared at Gavin with an unamused look, answered the question. "To supervise you. You left in a rush and it's not hard to track your location that you gave to me."

Gavin had almost forgotten he did that. Why did he trust the bot that much?

"Just-" He pinched the bridge of his nose, weighing the pros and cons in his head(minus the fact that his head felt like it was beating slightly right now)

But of course, Nines cut him off from his train of thoughts.

"No, I'm driving you back to your apartment complex. You are in no condition to drive right now and it wouldn't look good on your records to be charged with a D.U.I."

Gavin grumbled dramatically but he knew Nines was right about that. He already had so much riding his ass back at work and getting a D.U.I. might as well get him fired.

He didn't argue with that and tossed Nines the keys as he entered the passenger side.

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Gavin opened up the door and set his jacket aside, tossing the wallet and keys onto the nearby counter. Nines followed accordingly inside of the building.

Gavin was blessed to have a spacious enough living space and so he only needed to take a few steps near the couch before he crashed down on top of it, groaning loudly. Nines rolled his eyes at how childish his coworker was behaving.

"Detective, I suggest that you-"

"Can you shut up?" Gavin adjusted himself to sit up but Nines had enough.

"No, I've had it with your behavior. No matter what tactic I use to get your ass moving along you end up sitting back down and throw yourself a pity party. I apologize if your love life is crumbling down but you have a job and you might as well quit if you wanna complain all the time."

Nines glared at Gavin, staring him down as he stood looming above the shorter man. Gavin hated that feeling. He got up and grabbed at Nines' jacket collar.

"Listen here, plastic prick, I don't want to fucking deal with it right now. I wanted to drink and go home but now my moods' phcking ruined 'cuz of you. Stop sucking the dick of your 'directive' and leave me alone."

"Would you rather have me suck yours."

...

Nines can be stupid sometimes.

This was one of those times.

The two men were left in an awkward silence from what Nines retaliated with, Gavin having an undetermined expression while Nines had a faint blue blush on his face from his bluntness.

He was so used to them bickering in situations such as this and had grown used to Gavin's unfiltered words that he might've picked up on some as well.

"I apologize, Detective. I didn't mean-"

"Would you?"

HELLO???

"Wha-"

"Tell me," Gavin shook his head for a moment before fully going for it. "Yes or no?"

Nines was frozen on spot. Speechless. Dumbstruck. Tongue-tied.

...

"Yes."

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Nines sat at his desk, avoiding eye contact with the human that sat across(who was also doing the same thing).

He couldn't bear it anymore.

Nines shot a wireless interlink comm with Connor who was sitting on the other side of the bullpen.

'Connor?'

'Yes, Nines? Is there something you need?'

It was silent in the interlink for a moment.

'Nines?'

'I sucked Detective Reed's penis last night.'

"WHAT?!"

People snapped their heads towards where Connor suddenly yelled, but his eyes were dead set on Nines(whose face was blue as hell right now).

Inspo: my own post😭

Edit: next part has been added

[littlemiss-mariarobotnik]

Hiii!!!

I’m Maria! Maria Robotnik! And this is my first time using tumblr, so uh, that’s cool!!

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Name- Maria of course!!

Age- I’m almost 13! Just gotta wait a few months and then it’s my birthday ♡︎(^w ^✿)

I’m a girl! I like space and flowers and uh… I live on the space colony ark with my grandfather and my brother (≧◡≦) ♡

Fun facts about me: I have a baby sister in earth with my mom and dad!! But I don’t talk to them a lot (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ my biggest dream is to get better and get to live on earth again with all my family!!

Please no hate on my blog!!! I am accepting of people of all identities and backgrounds!! I don’t tolerate homophobia or transphobia or racism of any way!! If you are being mean you will be blocked!! ᕕ༼✿•̀︿•́༽ᕗ

Tags!!

Can you still hear my voice? — Ooc

Earth is such an interesting planet! — ask answers

I will always be in your heart — angst/comfort rp

Your words, they still echo in my head… and through the endless vast of space — general chat posts

Other ‘rias that you should go check out!!!

@shes-backk — MY NEW BEST FRIEND!!!

@miss-maria-robotnik — MOVIE MEEE!!

Okay. That’s all now. Bye bye!

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🤍- Hello! It’s me @imconfusedbutok, the person running this rp blog. Here’s some things you gotta know when interacting with the character.

This is Game! Maria. Maria is a minor. No nsfw asks or rps, please. Violence is fine, I don’t mind. But Maria is indeed a child and will act as such. I personally headcanon her to be 12 and “mature” for her age due to her illness. However that does not change the fact that she IS in fact, a child.

🤍- the rp is set in an AU where Maria and Gerald are alive as if nothing happened. And didn’t age. Yes, she can know other characters from the Sonic franchise. No she does not know she died in canon. She is stuffed FULL of headcanons and you can check out those on my main blog. I’ll also be reposting said headcanons onto here so you can see them if you want. Or maybe I’ll make a doc?

Maria AU’s below the cut +info!! I rp upon request and can rp in DMs or reblogs, whichever you prefer really. You can ask a question to an AU version by asking for their title/using their emoji. :3

🚹Android!Maria- An Au in which Maria did die on the ark 50 years ago— and was revived as a robot by her mourning grandfather. She has no idea of her robotic insides and believes she is still human, without any idea that she died.

🦋Adult!Maria- AU in which Maria didn’t die, only got shot and somehow made her way back to earth. She works against G.U.N and is now an adult woman in her early 60’s, mostly staying hidden and undercover so she won’t get caught by G.U.N.

🌀Swap!Maria/Maria the Hedgehog- Could be one of two things. Either way, Maria is a Hedgehog. In one AU she took the place of Shadow (and watched him die), and in the other, she takes on Tails’ role while Shadow is Sonic. In this AU Sonic and Shadow and Maria and Tails basically just switched places. It’s really fun to do this AU.

👑- Guinevere. This version of her falls within the same universe as Sir Lancelot (shadow), in which she is a princess and the daughter of King Gerald, and her bodyguard is the loyal sir Lancelot. Maria is ill but likes to sneak out on her own…

👻- Ghost!Maria. This is the Maria that died. And now, she’s a ghost that lingers around the Ark and stays alone. She’s a lot more clingy than when she was alive, with newfound abandonment issues and plenty of ways to manipulate people so they’ll stay with her and she won’t be alone again.

[hillbillyoracle]

Figuring Out My Phone Use

I keep struggling to write this because it keeps going long. Maybe I'll write an essay on it someday. But for now here are some paradigms and changes that are helping me renegotiate my relationship with my phone. This is Android focused but I think there are things Apple users might be able to glean.

Paradigm Shifts

In the 00's the wellness industry fixated on weight and we're entering an era where it'll focus on screen time and phones. Conspicuous consumption of wellness alternatives is incoming - victim blaming to follow.

Companies profit off of me using my phone in certain ways and they profit off of me being anxious about using my phone too much. Using my phone in ways that don't drive profit for them and being relaxed/unashamed about my phone usage is key.

What would I buy to replace what I use my phone for? That's now what my phone is for - everything else can come off of it.

Consuming more products to "fix" issues with my phone should be done sparingly, ideally as a last resort. I can start with what I have/where I am.

Rules for My Phone

Nothing with infinite scroll

Nothing news focused

Where possible, no ads

These rules are born out of experimentation. They're my technology intolerances. The same way I don't eat gluten because it makes me break out in hives and I'm stuck in bed for a week, I don't use infinite scroll because I wind up brain fogged and extremely irritable.

My advice would be to note when you feel crappy after tech use and see what aspects of it were involved.

My Phone Set Up

I am using an older phone (Samsung, 2020) running Android. I use minimalist phone as my launcher - 10/10 would recommend. I bought the lifetime tier and haven't regretted it. Their customer service has been very helpful in my experience.

I've styled it a bunch of different ways but this is my current set up

I made a custom green theme, because I love green, but they have several dark and light modes that come stock. So don't let my taste put you off of it.

I decided the main things I would buy to replace my phone were a phone, camera, ereader, ipod, and some sort of gaming device. I also have a family Discord server I use to keep up with my parents and siblings and Anylist is the glue keeping my household together.

So that's what guided what I kept visible, especially on the home screen. I have the phone icon set to open Signal which is my messaging app of choice. Camera icon opens the camera. Swiping up automatically opens a search engine which I have set to DuckDuckGo - highly recommend.

I've renamed the apps so the focus is on what I use them for - and I gave them little heart icons for the cute factor. I have a large micro SD card and the music and books I use are stored locally - we canceled Spotify and most other streaming. So everything I use in that regard, I load on to it with my computer - not difficult to do at all.

Everything else that didn't get pulled off with the three rules above and I wanted to hang on to went into the heart folder at the top of the second picture. I can still type their names into the search bar to find them. Minimalist phone allows me to rename apps so if I keep typing in the wrong thing, I can just change the name - so handy.

I have most Google products disabled and hidden - meaning they won't pop up if I search for them. I'm working on switching to Proton - which yes I know has it's own issues but still would likely work better for what I want. I probably will not keep email on my phone when I switch. If I need a QR code, I'll just screenshot it on my laptop and message it to myself.

I wanted to make my games visible so I play them more. I don't mind winding down with one of these. They're not ones I tend to binge. I play a few rounds/days and I'm done. It's a nice way to wind down.

If I had to have mobile only social media or other problem apps for work - I'd ether be asking for a company phone or I'd find a cheapish secondhand one and put it on that so I can put it away when I don't need it. But that's me.

Hope this gets gears turning for someone out there. I've had a version of this set up for a couple weeks and love it. I hope you find what works for you.

[communistaugust]

How to emulate every pre-Switch FE

Since the take is clearly useful for some people I'm going to make it a bit nicer (and ping it for future reference) :

FE1-2 : Mesen for the NES emulator FE1 EN fantranslation FE2 EN fantranslation It's the NES, your computer can emulate it trust me

FE3-4-5 SNEX9X for the SNES emulator FE3 EN fantranslation (note that it use the European names) Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga EN fantranslation (also know as BS Fire Emblem, and yes this game exist). You will also need a BS-X Bios that can be found here FE4 EN fantranslation, also knows as project Naga FE4 SP fantranslation FE5 fantranslation, also knows as Lil' Manster. There is also a spanish version SNES9x was first released in 20th century, your computer can run it

FE6-7-8 Mgba for the GBA emulator. This is also how you play the majority of FE romhack, with them being based on FE8 FE6 fantranslation Your computer can run mgba trust me again

FE9-10 Dolphin for the Gamecube/Wii emulator Dolphin is more demanding than the previous one who will run on just about anything (but still very reasonable), especially if you want to run the games on higher resolution. I recommend checking out the recommended specs and trying it out on your machine

FE11-12 Either DeSmuME or MelonDS for the DS emulator. MelonDS run better but require firmware files FE12 fantranslation

3DS games Citra was an accidental victim of Yuzu going down so your best bet is to grab it from one of it fork, like here. This is the most ressource intensive emulator listed here, but it does allow you to use mods very easily Another option is to simply hack your 3DS if you have one

For obvious reason I can't link the roms themself but they are easy to find, like on a certain subreddit that start with R.

I also insist that you don't need a "gaming" PC to emulate, most of the emulator of this post will run on toaster from the early 2010s. They are also very simple to use as if ! I see too many people that stop themself from using emulator for reason that does not really exist. And frankly Nintendo can get fucked if they think you should be forking 250€ for a used copy of RD where you can't even speedup the enemy phase.

Finally, I know they are emulators that run on android, but I'm not qualified at all to speak for them. Keep in mind that the option exists if it's more convenient for you.

[abbiistabbii]

so i found you from that post (which will be obvious once you read the rest off this ask) and want to say the following: get nazipie and the defender of that (or any for that matter) billionaire pdf file off of linux and maybe i’ll consider switching to linux

also please give the mad computer scientist an albert wesker makeover

A...are you not using Linux because Pewdiepie and Stallman are Linux users?

You know that, for one, you, potentially using Linux, will not positively or negatively affect the Lives of Stallman or Kjellberg and for two, there are some even worse people using Windows and Mac and Android and iOS, yet you still use it. You using Linux will have no positive or negative baring on you or anyone else.

This isn’t like JK Rowing and Harry Potter, where watching the new Harry Potter or buying a Galbraith book gives money to the Wicked Witch of Weem which she then uses to strip trans and gender variant people of their rights. Even when Stallman was fucking Head of the FSF before being kicked out, you using nano or any other GNU project did nothing to benefit Stallman or anyone because it was Free and Open Source Software! The whole point was that Stallman didn’t really own it as we would know it and he would not benefit financially because, again, it’s Free and Open Source Software: he doesn’t benefit financially because the whole point of it is that it’s released, free of charge, as a public good.

Also Pewdiepie is just a Linux user. You using Linux does not benefit him nor should it reflect badly on you. He’s not getting a check from the Linux Foundation every time someone downloads and installs Mint or Ubuntu. He’s literally just using Arch and Hyprland. Now would I use Arch? No, but that’s because Arch is a complicated Distro and I like GUIs, simple to use TUIs and a set up that doesn’t break with every update. Do I use Hyprland (despite some of it’s own drama)? Yes, because it’s a great Window Manager. I’m writing this post while using Hyprland! It does not, however, make me a Nazi because Pewds is too.

Unless you’re using a Distro that does something like, charge you to use it and sends money to the KKK or something, using Linux has no baring on you and provides no benefit to anyone like Stallman or Kjellberg because again, they do not benefit financially benefit or benefit in any way from you using it. Stallman doesn’t financially benefit from you using it on principle and right now, he’s toxic goods and nobody wants to even go near him, so he can’t even benefit on clout.

Terrible people are going to be using Linux, terrible people are going to even contribute to projects, hell, terrible people are going to start and lead projects (see xLibre, which is a laughing stock anyway because nobody is going to use X.org anyway and the guy leading it is a toxic rightwing nutcase who’s been kicked out of projects for being a right wing nutjob) but the thing about Open Source Software is that they don’t really benefit in any tangible ways because, by definition, Free and Open Source Software is free and Open Source. If you don’t use any technology used by horrible people, you’d be butt naked and living in the woods.

Go use Linux, Stallman and Kjellberg aren’t gonna benefit from it in anyway and the other people using it won’t have any baring on you as a person. If anything, using Linux is a net positive because it saves eWaste from going to the tip. If using the same distro as Stallman and Kjellberg bothers you, don’t use Trisquel or Arch. I don’t, but it’s not because of Stallman and Kjellberg, it’s because I wanna use Non-free stuff on my system and Arch is...well...Arch.

[rinastray]

Update/Upgrade

Prompt: Kiss of Life (twst rarepair halloween 2023, 11/02)

Pairing: Ace/Ortho

Rating: Teen

Ortho keeps staying late in the Pomefiore ballroom.

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With a sigh Ace laces his fingers together and raises his arms, stretching to loosen the tension in his spine.

Vil is such a taskmaster, honestly! It's not like Ace even needs to be at the practices, given he wasn't going to be walking the runway, but the upperclassman had insisted that Ace attend every session in full couture even though he did nothing but stand there as Ortho and the other two ran through their performance again and again and again to satisfy the perfectionist tendencies of Vil and Professor Crewel.

…Okay, yeah Vil wasn't quite as anal this time as he was in the lead up to the SDC, but still!

At least Ace is finally free for the day. He'd promptly gone off to change the moment Vil had dismissed them, and is on his way out back to Heartslabyul when he walks by the ballroom and sees that Ortho is still inside taking advantage of the space to do lifts and turns, just missing the ceiling; he’d been doing this a lot lately.

So Ace raps on the open door and Ortho pauses upside down, head turning towards the intrusion. “Hello, Ace Trappola-san. I thought you had already gone back to your dorm.” “Nah, not just yet,” he says stepping in enough to lean against the door frame proper. “You’ve been staying late pretty much every night since we got dressed up. Enjoying the extra height compared to your… what were they again?”

“My gears?”

Ace snaps his fingers. “Yeah! Those!” He grins. “This one’s taller then your other gears, so it’s probably no fun going back to the others.”

“I did not think anyone would notice… but yes. I adjusted Divus Crewel-sensei’s blueprints some because…” Ortho almost looks a bit sheepish beneath his visor as he rights himself, dropping to the floor proper. “Because…”

“Because you want to grow up some?”

That gets Ace a smile that still sits just a bit too awkward on Ortho’s mouth. “I do. Nii-san knows I switched my teeth out for something more like his, but I haven’t properly shown him this gear yet. He has the original blueprints, but not my modifications.”

“Ehh, Idia-senpai’ll probably be really happy. Big brothers are always happy to see their little brothers grow up.”

“Really?”

“Yup! Least that’s what mine told me.”

“I see.” Ortho tilts his head with another smile. “Thank you for your advice, Ace Trappola-san!”

This time Ace is the one who definitely feels sheepish as he rubs the back of his head. “It’s nothing, really. Any other serious existential problems bothering you?”

"I would not consider it ‘existential’, but there is one thing I would like to try," Ortho admits, "but all my research says that it is not something one should ask of anyone but a partner."

"You mean sex?" Ace asks, voicing the first thing that pops into his head; the thought doesn't surprise him as much as he expected it might, but Ortho is basically 16 and seven knows Ace has had enough thoughts along those lines since he hit his teens. It's probably about time for Ortho to hit that point. Especially given everything that happened last month…

A frown crosses Ortho's mouth, lips pressed against those too new teeth and barely showing a row of sharp points against the android's lower lip. "No but yes?" he says. "I am curious about that topic in a practical sense, but I was wondering more about what it would be like to kiss someone."

"Wait, that's really it?” It really does seem like a simple thing to want. “Well, that's easy enough to do." Ace steps into the ballroom proper towards his yearmate and leans in once he’s in front of him, brushing his mouth against Ortho's. "Like that?"

The android goes quiet and still for a long moment, a faint hum coming off him that Ace would swear anything is the other processing at full speed, before Ortho tilts his head, meeting Ace's gaze fully. "...Might I request a more thorough demonstration?"

"Yeah, sure. Why not?" It’s not hard offering to help, and it’s not like Ace really has all that much experience himself either way; this would be a good learning experience for both of them.

Ortho's answering smile is brilliant as Ace leans back in, grateful for the extra height the android has added to his newest gear as it leaves him just much closer to Ace's level.

(Looking back Ace thinks it’s maybe just a little unfair how quick Ortho can pick up new things. In more ways then one…)

[marcusrobertobaq]

There's a variation in Connor's orders logic that is quite funny.

Deal with the leader (Crossroads)

If Connor remain a machine and the leader escapes, the HUD gonna say the mission failed, but for some reason...

2. Neutralize the leader (Night of the Soul)

If Connor dies in HPR the mission doesn't fail, it stays "open" in a way even tho CL will have to send another Connor (same situation from Crossroads). Also still "open" if the scope is broken anyways.

I really don't get the logic here. Either both failed or neither of 'em really failed but there's something interesting in the logic that could be relevant...

Deal with the leader -> but he's supposed to TAKE THE LEADER ALIVE FROM THE SHIP.

This is an specification much like Amanda updating Connor's new mission and trapping him into the yes/no situation in the Bridge scene. Although she doesn't say anything besides taking the leader alive, Connor's mission switches to "Stop/Neutralize" the leader the moment they resist - and that's what he does (killing Markus).

Which is IN PRACTICE the same exact mission in Connor's Last Mission. Following this logic, for it to really fail in Crossroads would be "Stop/Neutralize" the leader BEFORE THEY ESCAPE FROM THE SHIP - and that's why it would fail instead of remain open cuz...

Neutralize the leader -> but BEFORE THE UPRISING IS A SUCCESS

This is the logic behind Connor being able to fail/die in HPR and come back to kill Markus or North in the revolution. But there's something funny in all this:

Connor can face North and Markus only if it' REVOLUTION path (failed/Markus fighting);

In the DEMONSTRATION we don't play as Connor, he arrives later and what determines if he's successful or not is if Markus got killed by soldiers or not.

If Markus is ALIVE the mission gonna remain open during the speech, meaning the ghost specification BEFORE THE UPRISING IS A SUCCESS ain't relevant in Connor's mission

But there are another 2 points that could explain why one remains open and the other not even if they're the exact same thing with no ghost specifications being relevant:

There's a 1 day timeskip from Crossroads to Battle for Detroit.

In HPR, Connor knows the leader location and the % of where to find 'em, meaning he DIDN'T LOSE THE LEADER FROM SIGHT

In Crossroads the moment the leader escapes Connor DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THE LEADER IS and they could just dissapear forever and never be seen again but =! dead - being impossible for him to kill 'em. Would take days of tracking and that's why the mission gets closed as failed.

After the leader is found (declaration of war or declaration of protests) Amanda gives him the mission to neutralize the leader. But there's an inconsistency (in my head):

If u don't die in Crossroads (meaning Markus died) North becomes the leader. Amanda must have telepathy powers cuz she says North gonna take Detroit by force (revolution) to Connor in nov 10th 7:31PM. North only declares war PUBLICLY somewhere on nov 11th.

U can argue both the Church and Amanda Garden happens at the same time (nov 10th 7:31PM) which should be true in this timeline - but how tf does Amanda know about it the moment North make the speech (like we see if we play as deviant Connor)? Or her speech happens later and it's like viral content on internet? i thought deviants were more private

There's another point - if u died in Crossroads (meaning Markus is alive and can take DEMONSTRATION or REVOLUTION route if he wasn't outcast) Amanda NEVER mentions anything about what the androids are organizing, she only gives Connor the order to "Neutralize" the leader.

I'm missing something...

[maximotts]

I held off on using scrivener for a long time because of the price tag. But has a 30 day trial and when they say 30 days they mean 30. It’s not from the 1st to the 30th of the month it’s you using it thirty different days. I went through a writing slump and had the trial for like six months lmao. So that is definitely worth a try if you’re still not sure about committing. (PC & Mac - not sure about the others)

I like that you can cloud back up with drop box. If you also buy the ios/android app (less than pc but still a lot. $40 AUD for me) you can switch between them easily. I don’t personally write on my phone but I feel safer with a physical version and a cloud back up.

I find writing on scrivener much easier. Especially long form. The cork board feature is super useful and hard to find somewhere else. There’s a notes feature for each separate scene which is useful when you want to write an idea down without interrupting your flow. I found it hard to plan fics because it’d just be a big block of text (and maybe a diagram) that I’d scroll through which not only sucked up time but I wouldn’t use it a lot and then have to rewrite stuff when I saw an idea I love but forgot.

I also love the scene feature because it stops me from accidentally rereading what I’ve already written instead of writing lmao. I’m writing stuff so much faster because I don’t see a big chunk of text and go “well I should reread to remember where I’m at” like I didn’t write 12 hours ago.

I was also hesitant to buy it because “it’s just another program google docs works just as well” buuuut it’s not. I was just barely writing lol. I would give the trial a go because it really gives you a chance to get familiar with everything without forcing yourself to write a much in a month. If you don’t end up liking the program you can export what you’ve written in there on the last day pretty easily so no harm no foul. The program has an simple setting to consolidate everything.

I also use scrivener for study! I’m getting a diploma to become a library technician and find the organisation of scrivener so helpful for taking notes. It also makes printing them for exam season so much easier.

So yeah :) I think you should get it but take advantage of the trial first just in case. Sorry for so much text but I hope this helps!

Ooo no apologies needed, I really appreciate the detailed review! I didn't know the 30 day trial meant thirty days of active use but that's actually so amazing, I love that!! I find sometimes when I'm trying to like, force myself to learn too much new stuff at once I get too stressed to like, take a breather with the program and then I end up not liking it as much so that's a really good feature!!

And YES to the rereading what you've already written because I fall into that trap way too much and then I'm like "welp now I have to get up and do something else now!" and nothing new gets done!!

Anything that's good for notetaking is a must try in my book tbh, I've been toying with doing a second degree for a bit, but also I just love to take notes on anything and everything I read and research so 👀👀

[slayerdurge]

Beyond the Event Horizon, a Cyberpunk 2077 fanfiction (Post-Devil Ending Female Corpo V)

Summary:

During the years V spent in Mikoshi, the Human-AI war raged. Alt Cunningham breached Mikoshi, destroying the engrams contained therein. All except one. Arasaka can only speculate as to why Alt didn’t destroy V, but since she represented the only remaining trace of the Secure Your Soul program, they put her into a protective stasis mode. Now it’s become clear that the rogue AIs are winning… and NetWatch needs a new weapon. V is awakened as a superpowered android who can effortlessly slip in and out between reality and the Net. She’s NetWatch’s desperate final assault on the rogue AIs… and Arasaka’s most valuable piece of property. With the help of familiar faces such as Goro Takemura and NetWatch agent Bryce Mosley, V’s mission is to stop the rogue AI revolution and win the war for humanity. Something inside her is missing, but she’s far beyond caring. “V, you should stop.” “Oh, Goro, I think we passed that event horizon a long time ago, don’t you?”

Chapter One: It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

[ao3 link]

When she awoke, the first thing she felt was a surge of power. Electricity flowed out from the center of her head. As it reached her limbs, she gained motor function. She tried moving—flexing the fingers on her right hand and then balling them up into a fist. Her grip was strong, steady. Her optics lit up and displayed the first image she would see through her new eyes—the Arasaka logo. 

As the image switched to a loading screen, her other senses came online. They were sharp. She could hear the sounds closest to her—a rhythmic beeping of some sort, someone breathing—but she could also hear sounds that seemed to be coming from several miles above her. Footsteps in a hall, muffled conversations. If she focused, she could isolate individual voices. 

��…waking her up as we speak.”

“If this fails, if she’s not good enough-“

“It won’t fail.”

“But if it does, we’re screwed. End of the world. Game over.”

“Not an option.”

The loading screen vanished, and she saw the world for the first time. She was lying on her side in a hospital bed. A cable ran out from the access point in her head. 

“Arasaka Tower…” said a voice in her head. No, not a voice. Her voice. 

“There. Metacognitive processes are fully active,” a different voice said. “She’s self-aware. You should be able to speak to her now.”

“Hello, V,” said Goro Takemura as he stepped into her field of vision. He looked well. The polished, conservative look of an Arasaka employee had always suited him like a second skin.

“Goro?” she replied. She’d expected that her voice would sound hoarse, but it was clear and strong. “What’s happening? Am I… alive?” 

“Yes, V. You are.” He reached behind her head and unplugged the cable. 

“What happened?” The memories had flooded back, but there was much she couldn’t make sense of. “I was in Mikoshi… I was waiting, and then… they told me they had to put me to sleep for a while, to protect me…” 

“V,” Goro interrupted. “It is a long story. We will have time for it later.”

“Later. Right.” She sat up. It wasn’t difficult. Her body moved gracefully. It responded to her commands without delay. Despite all her training and all her cyberware in her former life, she’d never felt more in control. She looked up at Goro and smiled. “It’s good to see you again.”

He nodded at her. “You as well, V. How do you feel?”

“I feel good,” she said. She bent her neck to one side, then the other. “I feel great, actually.” She jumped up off the hospital bed and stood next to Goro. She held her arms out in front of her and flexed her fingers, grinning at him again. “Arasaka really outdid themselves this time, huh?”

“Yes. Well, I am glad you think so.” Goro said, then paused. 

As she waited for him to continue speaking, she took in the rest of her environment. A hospital room, reminiscent of her days in Arasaka’s orbital station. She quickly realized her optics were upgraded—they had several new modes to try out. She was excited to find that one of them allowed her to see through walls. In a nearby room, a team of doctors were tensely watching a monitor that depicted Goro and herself. 

She switched over to the next mode, and the shock of it nearly crashed her processor. She could sense not only every room on the floor, but every floor in Arasaka Tower—from their current location near the bottom to the Night City duplicate of Saburo Arasaka’s office at the top. For a while, she watched the Arasaka employees moving and working throughout the building. In this view, they reminded her of gears in a machine or neurons in a brain. She could recognize a synchronized pattern in their motions, see the order in the chaos. 

Goro finally spoke up. It occurred to V that he hadn’t paused all that long, really. Her mind just worked faster than it used to. “There is not an easy way to tell you that it has been 5 years since you were last aware.”

“Only five?” V asked. 

“Only?” He hadn’t expected that response.  

“Well, yes. I expected worse. It could have been 1,000 years and then I’d have to adjust to a whole new, unfamiliar world.” V laughed. “Don’t worry, Goro, I don’t blame you for my lost time. Really. I’m grateful. You saved my life. You and Arasaka.”

“V,” he said. “It may have been ‘only’ five years, but the world has changed much in the time you were gone. There are circumstances you will need to understand.”

“All right, then. Explain away.” 

“Not here. I will take you to your accommodations. You need time to rest.”

V laughed again. “I’ve never felt more energetic. You do know that I just woke up from a 5 year nap, right?” 

“Fine, then, do not rest. But let me take you. You can wash, change clothes, eat.” He looked as if a thought just occurred to him. “Well, I suppose you do not need to eat anymore. But you can, if you wish to. For pleasure.” 

“Pleasure sounds nice,” V joked. “Hey, I haven’t forgotten what you promised me. Real food in Kagawa, remember? You owe me.” 

“I remember. When the time is right. First, there is work to do.”

---

V couldn’t remember the last time she’d experienced anything as luxurious as this shower. She supposed at least part of that had to reasonably be attributed to her heightened senses. She was growing very fond of her new body. 

It had clearly been designed to resemble her old one, although the signs of her new mechanical nature were not exactly subtle. Wires and chrome were exposed in places, and she had the impression that the body was meant to be customizable. Maybe limbs could be swapped out, upgraded? But for the most part, she looked like herself. Except they’d removed the tattoo of the devilish billy goat branded with the Arasaka logo, courtesy of her former brain parasite. In its stead was the Arasaka logo itself, conspicuous in black against her pale artificial flesh. Whoever’d given her that had a sense of humor. 

In performance, however, this body had nothing in common with the other one. Between the fancy cyberware, the increased reflexes, and the faster thought processes, she felt like she’d lived her whole life before with only a tiny sliver of her potential unlocked.

When she was finished washing, she stepped out of the shower and took a look in the closet. It was full of fine corpo suits and dresses, as well as highly-modded military gear. All of the items were extremely expensive and exactly her size.

She selected a suit in the red and black Arasaka colors and sat down to wait for Goro to return. She decided to pour herself a glass of the champagne she found in her room. As she waited, she sat up straight, alert and calm. In her past life, she’d had habits of slouching, of fidgeting. They were all gone now.

Eventually, she heard 4 quick knocks at the door. She answered. Goro walked in, looking around the apartment. He was just as alert as her, though not nearly half as calm. 

“I see you have made yourself comfortable,” he told her, eyeing the fluted glass in her hand. 

“I’m always comfortable now,” she responded, taking a sip. “Would you like some?”

“No,” he sat down on the couch across from her. “Luckily, your new body is not capable of becoming drunk. I need you to have a clear head for what I am about to tell you.”

V smiled and folded her hands across her lap. “You’re about to tell me that Arasaka has a job for me.”

“What makes you believe this?” Goro’s tone was level, his expression neutral.

“Well, it’s obvious, isn’t it? Look at this place.” She grinned, spread her arms, and gestured generally at the apartment. “Look at my preem new cyberware. Why would Arasaka bother to spend so many eddies on me if they didn’t have a goal in mind?”

“And you have no objection.” Goro kept his face neutral. 

“Quite the opposite.” V offered him a handshake. “I’m pleased to accept your job offer. Thank you for the opportunity.”

Goro didn’t shake her hand. “V, this is not a laughing matter.” 

V placed her hand back in her lap and looked at Goro with a more subdued expression. “Okay, okay, sorry. I’m just happy, you know? I’m alive again. And I’m back where I belong.”

“And you think where you belong is at Arasaka?” he asked.

“Yes, I do. It’s where I came from. Sure, when everything went to shit the first time, of course I was upset. I coulda killed that Abernathy bitch, for starters. But eventually, you know what I realized?”

“What?”

“That getting outplayed was no excuse to quit trying.” 

“I see,” Goro replied. “And since then, you have been attempting to get back into Arasaka’s good graces?”

“Well, no, not necessarily. I mean, at first, I didn’t exactly have an in. I just resolved to keep hustlin’, to do well as a merc, to be a living legend. A rich living legend, preferably.” She grinned, and then remembered that Goro wanted her to be serious. She looked at him earnestly. “But then I met you, and I had my in.”

“You met me because you stole from Arasaka,” he reminded her. “Why should Arasaka trust you now?”

“That was a mistake,” she said. “I regret it. But I chose to take Hanako’s deal for a reason, Goro. Not just because I thought it was my best chance to have the construct removed, but because I wanted to prove my value to Arasaka. To be honest, I had high hopes for my life after the surgery. And then… when I was in the orbital station…” V looked down. That memory was as cold and empty as the void of space had been. “And I thought I’d failed, that I was dying and no one was coming for me…”

She looked back up. He appeared as though he were about to say something, but V cut him off. “But you did come for me.”

Goro’s expression softened. V continued, “When I signed the deal to secure my soul, I didn’t know what I’d find when I woke up. So far, consider my expectations exceeded. If Arasaka has a job for me, I’m in.”

“I fear that if you knew the full extent of the situation, you would not be so eager.” Goro said.

V leaned forward, a determined look in her eyes. “Try me.”

---

“Report.”

Saburo Arasaka always had been one to get straight to the point. Goro stood in front of his familiar-looking desk, but it was not the man he had served faithfully all these years that he saw in front of him, but rather his traitorous son. It had taken quite a while to get used to that. Even now, all these years later, he still caught slight mannerisms that could only be vestiges of Yorinobu. He wondered if Saburo noticed them, or if he felt that they’d always belonged to him.

“She accepted.” 

“No hesitation?”

“None.” Goro frowned. “She was eager. Too eager. It was the eagerness of a child who underestimates the magnitude of what she faces.”

“We anticipated this.” Saburo waved the concern away. “Her first time in the body was projected to cause excess excitement. It is good. We can use it. Ensures her initial loyalty and satisfaction.”

“I see.” Goro wished he’d been warned of this projection, but almost everything about the project that had created the new V was classified at a clearance level well beyond what he had access to. And yet he’d been assigned to oversee her. A familiar face would improve her reintegration process, he’d been told. 

“Anything else?” 

“She wished to know why Alt Cunningham spared her.”         

“As do we all.” He leaned back in his chair thoughtfully. “Were there any signs of collusion between them?”

“None. She was completely surprised by the information. She speculated that it may be because of Cunningham’s ties to Silverhand. She was doubtful that an AI would be so sentimental, but she stated that she could not think of any other reason.”

Saburo’s face darkened. “I was afraid of this also. If Cunningham still sees her as representative of Silverhand, perhaps more of him remains in her than we’ve detected.”

“From what I know of Silverhand, they could not be more different.”

Saburo tapped his fingers against his desk as he considered this. This was one of the mannerisms that Goro had identified as Yorinobu’s. Prior to his return to the world of the living, Goro had never known his boss to fidget. 

“Considering the amount of time she spent with the Relic, it should have merged their psyches more than it appears to have done. She was physically destroyed by the time we uploaded her engram to Mikoshi. How can it be that her mind is still her own?”

“If I were to guess,” Goro began. “I believe that this is because she was likely unusually resistant to his influence. Hers is the only case of an engram uploaded into a living individual. If she fought back deliberately, she may have been able to slow the process.”

“And you believe she would have done this?”

“After Hanako-sama offered to help her remove the engram, Silverhand forcibly seized control of her body. He and his crew were planning to attack Arasaka Tower.” Goro knew that Saburo had heard this story before, but considering how important the project was, every detail was worth reexamining. “V managed to regain control. Then she called me and helped me put a stop to their plans as well as Yorinobu’s.”

Saburo was impassive. Unexpectedly, Goro felt a twinge of annoyance. It was absurd considering Saburo’s caution was well-warranted, but Goro wanted to defend V’s honor. 

“She would never have followed Silverhand’s path. She told me that if he regains control, I should shoot her rather than let him win. By all accounts, she hated him.”

“With a passion, it would seem,” Saburo said. “It is exactly that passion that worries me. It indicates that she cared about him.”

“She cared about getting him as far away from her head as she possibly could.” 

“That does appear to be the most likely conclusion,” Saburo said. “Regardless, she is our only option. I hope, Takemura-san, that you are correct. For the sake of all humanity.” 

[baguetteswag]

A Sorrowful Farewell at the Curtain Call | Chapter 3

PHOENIX WONDERLAND | WONDER STAGE

Tsukasa: The two androids, me and Asahi... Does that mean it will be a double starring?

Rui: Yeah, that's what’'s going to be.

Well, strictly speaking, the center of this story is Alfred though.

After all, the main plot is about a heartless android who gradually gains a soul.

However, Bartlett also has a final highlight. So I think it's fair to say that it's practically a double starring performance.

Asahi: Great! It sounds interesting! What an honour to play the lead role with Myles.

Tsukasa: …Yeah! Acting with Asahi seems also to be a great learning experience for me.

So… which one of us is going to act as which android?

Rui: About who to assign the roles to, I'm still undecided.

Asahi: Huh?

Rui: I still don't know much about Asahi's acting.

So I'm going to switch between them while practicing alternately and decide for the one that fits better.

Tsukasa: I see, I’d have expected that from you, Rui. I have no objection!

Asahi: Yeah! That kind of stuff is really exciting!

Rui: Thank you very much. As for the other roles, I will bring the script home today and think about them. Will that be okay with everyone?

Emu: Yes!!

ARKLAND member A: I can't wait to see you read the script!

Rui: (Yes. First of all, we're starting in a good mood)

(However, this is where the hard part starts. Since we’re working with the ARKLAND cast, there are a lot of challenges in terms of acting and directing)

( In any case… we'll be ourselves and do the best we can)

SEVERAL DAYS LATER

Rui: Now that everyone's roles have been decided, we'll start the readings today. Ladies and gentlemen, I look forward to working with you.

Tsukasa: I look forward to working with you!!

Asahi: Me too, I look forward to working with you!

Emu: Everyone is full of energy this morning!♪

Nene: T-There are two people with loud voices now…

Asahi: Oh, by the way, Rui-kun.

What are you going to do about the roles of me and Tsukasa-kun for the time being? You'll decide which android to play later, won't you?

Rui: This time, I'd like Asahi to temporarily play the android Alfred from Country A, and Tsukasa to play the android Bartlett from Country B.

And then, depending on the scene and situation, we'll take it in turns

You will both have to learn the script for two roles, though…

Asahi - Tsukasa: “Leave it to me! ” | “Leave it to me! ”

Rui: FuFu, I must say you're reliable.

The others are still the same: Emu is the frontier girl who picks up Alfred. Nene is Bartlett's education sergeant.

Emu: Yes!

Rui: Well then, let's start the reading now.

Tsukasa: “Good morning, Alfred. How are you feeling? "

Rui: One more time.

Tsukasa: …Rui, weren’t youv going to check the flow this time?

Rui: I apologize for saying that, but... It just doesn't feel like an android. I just need you to step into the role a little bit more.

Tsukasa: Hmmm... like an android...

Nene: Acting as an android seems difficult. I wonder how I would do it…

Emu: Hmmm... "Good Morning! Alfred! ” 

Nene: Is that an android...?

Asahi: Hmm…

Hey, Rui-kun, can I have a chance to have a dialogue with Tsukasa-kun at the beginning?

Rui: yes, certainly.

Asahi: Let's do it then, Tsukasa-kun! I'll do my best to look as android-like as possible!

Tsukasa: Oh, thank you very much… Okay, so…

“...Good morning, Alfred. How are you feeling? "

Asahi: “Good morning, Bartlett. I’m fine”

Tsukasa: (W-what? This feeling…)

(It's like if you're talking to someone else. Even though Asahi-san only said one line...)

Asahi:”t's a beautiful sunny day and the temperature is just right. I'm sure even the professor feels comfortable spending time here”

Tsukasa: ( ...! I see. I thought it would be more like an android if I didn't add too much intonation, but…)

(it’s the opposite. If you are intended to be an android that communicates with people, you should speak in a way that is easy for people to understand and with a certain degree of intonation)

“...Since it's so sunny, it would be good if the professor was able to get out of the lab once in a while

Asahi: “That's not going to happen. He's like a mole in the dirt, he likes to stay in his lab”

Tsukasa: “That's right.. Is there something we can do about that isolating habit? ”

Rui: “How irritating to be called a mole. Even tho I’m your creator”

Asahi - Tsukasa: “professor”

Rui: Yup. I think we’re good for now. I think we need to work a little bit more on getting the two of you in tune with each other.

Tsukasa: Really…!

Thank you, Asahi.

Asahi: Haha, actually I didn't do anything.

Tsukasa: No, no. Thanks to you, I think I've got a bit of a better idea of how to be more android-like.

Asahi: Well then, good for you! … And, ah right

What kind of thoughts did the professor in this play have, and for what purpose did he created an android? ... If you think about that and play it out, it might help you to act better.

Tsukasa: …!

(...I see. I thought that if I was thinking about acting as an android, I would act like an android, but…)

(Thinking about that the two androids should be based on the intentions of the doctor in the play... huh?)

(Even though there are so many things to think about, such as what kind of tasks do you want them to do, how humanised do you want them to be...)

Asahi: …Tsukasa-kun?

Tsukasa: Oh, oh! It's nothing!

Emu: You two looked like real androids!

Nene: I was surprised by Asahi-san's performance. But I'm glad Tsukasa was able to adapt too.

Rui: (...As I thought, Asahi-san is going to be a good influence on Tsukasa-kun)

Well then, let's carry on with the reading.

Nene: What do you mean? Are you saying that someone else broke into this lab at the same time as us?

ARKlAND member A: “Stay alert, Sergeant Willis! Think of this as a battlefield! “

Nene: “R-Roger! “

(Wow, what an amazing voice...! My ears are ringing...!)

(But... that's right. If you actually rush in with a gun and something irregular happens, it should give much tension...)

Emu: “Ah? Mom, someone's fallen over there! ”

ARKlAND member B: Oh, Emu-chan. Maybe you should lower your voice a little more in this scene.

This is a frontier area, so the setting doesn't have a lot of military people, but you might be expecting that the person who's fallen could be a soldier.

Emu: Oh, I see! I'll try!

Rui: (...I can see they are the cast of ARKLAND. Even though it's only been a few days since the program was decided, they've done a lot of reading and acting)

(Asahi, in particular, seems to have almost mastered the rather difficult role of Alfred)

(And… apparently it seems that he still has a lot of energy left. Wel…)

(I wonder how Tsukasa will feel upon seeing this)

Tsukasa: (...I didn't expect to see such a difference in ability just from reading together…)

(And it's not just Asahi. All of them had only been given their scripts a few days ago, but they had already read this and gotten into their roles)

(No, that's not all. They think a lot about other roles so that the whole work will be better... Yet I'm so busy with my own role...)

(...No! No! Stars doesn’t have such vulnerable behavior!)

(If you think you don't have enough power, you just need to build it up!)

(...We need to think more and more like i did with Torpe. We need to get closer to the stars of the world...!)

Rui: Now then, let's read through to the end!

Emu: Wow… That was a good story…

ARKlAND member A: I really liked the final scene where they meet on the battlefield…

Nene: Yeah. I'm glad we' re both getting to know each other properly.

Rui: FuFu, I'm glad you all liked it.

(Yes. It's quite a nice atmosphere. Just…a bit uncertain from here on)

(They… I wonder how far they'll be willing to follow my directions)

Well, now that the reading is over, I think I'll start directing the opening scene right away.

Tsukasa: When you say the opening scene, you mean the one where the… laboratory is attacked?

Asahi: The androids’ daily life is suddenly destroyed. I'm looking forward to it because it's a tense scene.

Rui: Yes. Give that sense of tension…

I really want to recreate that attack scene.

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[kreativekershaw]

Humanity III - Gifted

(This features Gifted, a great movie but it does mention suicide very briefly honestly it's not even mentioned on my disc case but still just a little warning for y'all)

This only seemed to confuse Connor more his eyes struggling to leave the tears the continued to fall despite the movies end so I wiped them away to what seemed to be the androids dismay. I glanced at the time,

"There is still rough time for one more, this one is nicer I promise." smiling softly.

His face quickly switched and he grinned as well as I switched over the discs

"You know it would be much easier to just project it, I can find any movie instantly-"

"Connor," My voice held light hearted annoyance, "Sometimes good things have to be waited for, besides I like my collections."

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"Why is your nicer movie have suicide?"

I kept my eyes on the screen "I said it was nicer it's still life that's the point of this."

Connor seemed shocked to remember this was more than just pleasure. He was supposed to be learning for this. That said I took his forgetting as a good sign. I didn't want him overanalysing each character... just observing them.

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"Dumb her down to a decent human being." The man on TV was leaving the office and Connor tilted his head in confusion.

"Is intelligence really that bad? I am one of the most advanced androids Cyberlife ever made but I don't think I would be terribly cruel?"

I bit my cheek thinking of the best way to explain Frank's point, "It's not so much that intelligence is bad more arrogance is? Someone tells you over and over that you're special, you matter more, you're better you might start to believe it and all of a sudden you're an asshole no one wants to be around."

"Like Hank doesn't like Detective Reed"

I let out a burst of laughter at how quickly he had made that connection. "Yes, exactly. Sometimes though you just lose it... you feel like you aren't as smart as people are telling you and you feel like an imposter."

Connor was silent I wondered if this is how he felt now. He had been built to do one thing but changed his mind quite literally deciding on a new destiny for himself.

"It isn't real, you don't have to be what is expected but it's still hard you're doing great Connor."

I had said it for his benefit and he looked up his hands holding my gaze. It felt important, more. Even other androids could be cruel to Connor for his job as deviant hunter. It was hard to be stuck in that and I felt I knew it all too well.

"We should continue the movie... Hank won't want to wait around and watch the last fifteen minutes."

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She was weak like her father, weak like-

"I HATE THIS WOMAN." Connor jumped at my outburst. Despite loving this movie I also hated it intensely sometimes.

"Seven fucking years she hasn't once cared about that little girl suddenly she is fucking travelling across country to try and use her the way she used her daughter." I turned to Connor suddenly aware how extreme this outburst seemed.

"You care for her even though she is just a movie character?"

I closed my eyes sighing. It was hard to explain my own emotions. "Remember how you said I want to escape. It's true far too true. And that little girl there she might be fictional but how many real little girls do you think were hurt like that? Not because they were gifted but because they weren't wanted. They were meant to just be a pawn for parental figures to use. A literal bargaining chip for preferred marriages and business deals. Humans are cruel Connor, we are capable of good but with intelligence comes an evil most animals can never begin to compare to."

"Is there a god?" Mary seemed so small as she spoke.

They were nearly silhouettes the sky orange behind them this was one of my favourite scenes in the movie, our conversation ended as I stared intently. Waiting for the comfort I craved from the media.

"One way or another we all end up together in the end."

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Roberta and Mary were singing their hearts out and I smiled before Connor turned to me once again expression only one of confusion, "Why are they singing so loud?"

"To bond Connor for fun, you let loose and enjoy yourself no guards up it’s purely about having a good time I love singing though I don’t love an audience." I still had a wide grin.

"To bond?" He still seemed unconvinced.

"Yes it’s a vulnerability people don’t often like the sound of their own voices, why you trying to bond with someone."

"I would like to have a stronger bond with Hank."

I tried to keep serious to help Connor but I burst out laughing causing him to only look more puzzled as his led whirred faster still yellow.

"Connor if you ever get Hank to sing Karaoke with you PLEASE show me footage."

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"This also pisses me off Frank literally said he wanted he to make friends her own age and Evelyn is going to put her in a fucking college."

Connor seemed amused by my far too passionate outbursts.

"He's a good person." "He wanted me before I was smart."

I wondered how this little girl could see it and understand yet no one else could. How could anything be worse for her than knowing people only wanted her because she was smart.

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Connor was entranced by the families jumping in excitement at the hospital. "Is this what it is like?" His voice was soft and as I turned to him I could see his eyes refusing to leave the scene in front of him.

"I wouldn’t know exactly. I can’t remember my own birth very well, given I had like just be born but I imagine it is. I love Minsk enough and he isn't even human."

It was silent even the movie ceased it's audio just to show the joy and connection life could bring us. I went back to work on my designs when I heard him once again barely a whisper. 

"I remember my creation."

My hands stopped in the middle of a line. I felt the weight of it on my shoulders as I turned around. 

"Connor." I walked towards him slowly eyes steady, his on mine as he watched me walk closer. "I am glad you were created." I reached my arms out it seemed strange to comfort a machine but really the androids were so much more than that.

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"Your son's a failure at life and your daughter took her own life. You're Oh for Two." The lawyer was far too right, this woman's reason to get custody of her granddaughter is to say both her children are failures.

"If I go One of Three I'm in the hall of fame."

"BLANT ADMITTANCE OF ONLY CARING ABOUT FAME I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A JOKE." My annoyance kept building Connor seemed so confused, "Why does your happy movie make you so angry."

"Humanity isn't always good. I love when this movie shows he good moments, the highs are high but the lows are low. It pisses me off that it's real and most of these people don't give a damn about that little girl."

"She lost focus." "She attempted to take her own life." "I had responsibilities that went beyond the mother daughter relationship."

I felt the anger in my bones. Letting it go I couldn't win Connor was right this wasn't even real it was a fictional movie from so long ago it didn't matter to most people anymore.

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"They said they were okay with a cat why did they lie?"

I stared at the screen. I knew the truth they hadn't lied and I only had to wait for Connor to find that out himself.

"No the grandmother!" His face was shocked and it was nice to not be alone.

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"Holding that baby n her arms, 'What do I do now?'"

Connor was showed everything, he was genuinely shocked that Diane had done it. He had no reason to question like Evelyn.

"It wasn't her death she was talking about."

The truth sunk in and once again as I stared at Connor I could see his mind at work, figuring things out making all the connections. It was truly fascinating.

"It doesn't seem as if Diane wanted me to have this."

"Well Diane didn't always think things through."

They drove off and Connor once again seemed confused, "I don't understand he had that the whole time he could have stopped her? Why does Fred make a difference?"

I though it over, it was obvious to me why Frank had give it over, why he had waited till this moment. It was the reason we were here.

"He wanted to honor his sister's wishes, he didn't listen to her that night but he could listen to her now. Then seeing the Fred was given away he realised, he wasn't as bad for Mary as he thought he was. He was willing to do that, give up his sister's work to save her child."

Connor was silent and serious. This was something that was hard to compare even as a human with all my years of experience making those right decisions it was hard. Connor had done some crazy things but surely this was something he could understand. Soon he nodded accepting whatever his own inner monologue had told him.

He turned to me with a smile, "I worry you don't entirely know what a happy movie is but I am pleased with the ending. Hank will be here momentarily thank you for this." He got up already walking to the door as I sat still listening to the song at the end of the movie.

"This is how you walk on."

God what was going on in my own head. I wasn't sure how to do this anymore but I also knew I had to keep trying. If I could help Connor, that was one person. That had to be good for something. I still sat frozen when the door knocked, Hank wouldn't come in trying to get back to bed as fast as possible I just heard their voices calling out a goodbye. And as the door slammed shut I forced myself to move to get the disc out of the player to continue, to walk on.

[zevdev]

DBH ramble

I finished the game [not 100% but just one of the storylines] and holy [beep]. If you don't believe this game is talking about a possible future I don't know what could be. I feel so many things and how real this all could be.

All the stories combined at this point pretty much. It was fun peacefully destroying the city a bit with Markus like the holographic tagging is so something that should be in the future. Furthering along that I love how North is like just let me shoot everyone down but somehow I still managed to make her like Markus enough to fall in love. Also sacrificed Simon I don't know how he managed to get himself into the situation but I kinda forgot about him so meh. But back to the moment how a kiss saved everything so we love the 'love saves the world' thing and also Madam President? Female president? hello! There's already self driving taxis that look the same as the ones in the games and with the last two elections I think a female president is highly possible by 2038.

Connor, switching him to become a deviant wasn't my most highlighted moment but it was definitely something. The little clone fight was interesting to watch since I truly lost track of the real Connor at least I remember earlier game stuff. Love you Sumo <3 but Amanda that [beep] I wish I could just punch the life out of her. Having a full Elsa moment just to try and make Connor back into a lap dog really? I'm glad you feel betrayed because forget you!

Kara didn't get the happiest ending like the others. Being the only survivor of the 3. Also can I take a moment to point out why did they make Alice and android as well? It would have been so much cooler if they didn't like look an android truly trying to be a mother but no let's make it so the child is programed to cling onto someone like a mother, like really? Either way Luther got shot Alice also got shot by border patrol and Kara almost froze to death so that was fun...I hate you Alice for dying after the first time calling Kara mom why did you have to do that to me why?

Anyways that's the current thoughts and yes I did let Chloe go after I finished playing. I'm going to go cry in a corner and avoid playing video games for a bit have a good day/night...

[varun-123s]

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[ultramaga]

What shits me is the way my phone number is being linked even if I don't provide it, because that's how google/android works, and I have to fight their system if I don't want my files to be uploaded to computers in foreign lands. The iphone leaks should have been a warning. Celebs suddenly found their nudes being leaked on the black market. How? Because iphone copies your stuff onto what is called THE CLOWWWWWD, which is a obfuscation for their servers. They have copies of whatever they can grab, and they do it without asking, and if you block it, they can switch it on remotely, and you end up pouring over hacks that they are trying to stop through legislation, hacks to stop them arse raping your life. We are slipping into the dystopia of shit, the gradual tofu dreggery of everything. The only hope at the moment is maybe some tech savvy radicals will get a voice in the political arena and speak up about it. I do laugh when I read that the EU actually has some good privacy laws, because otherwise they seem to be far closer to a police state. My phone has an ai. I turn it off. The mandatory 'patch' turns it back on. My phone sends my voice to their ai to be analysed. I turn that off. The mandatory 'patch' turns it back on. I say no. They say ok, we'll do it later. You can keep trying to say no, but one slip of the finger and we take that as a yes, and we harvest your data and sell it off. One of the reasons old people are attacked by scammers is because they can get extensive profiles on likely victims. All this data harvesting is deliberate and harmful, and the companies know it will be used to harm the most vulnerable people in the world, but they don't care. That old lady being swindled out of her life savings because a call centre in India bought gigs of data about her to make up convincing lies, she's not responsible, the companies that harvest us and then sell that are, just as surely as if the post office was making wax prints of our locks and selling them to thugs at the pub. When all of this started, I wanted to avoid a mobile phone because I hated having to be tracked all the time by the government, and yet if I needed help, the government suddenly has no idea where I am. All this stuff is not to benefit us, it's about benefitting a few malicious elites take control over us.

And the most galling thing? Every time they kick, every time they smash a tooth out of our faces, they repeat:

WE ARE HERE TO HELP. STOP STRUGGLING. YOU ARE MAKING IT WORSE.

I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!