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#did i mention that i LOVED bot's new design??
ahipla · 1 year
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OKAY LISTEN UP...
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that's all i came here to say.
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holymaccaronii · 23 days
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[Part 5/???] AU rambling: HEL-102
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(The drawing kinda ate, I had to include the ihnmaims tag on this one sorry 😔. It’s not AM, this is an oc/parallel of AM for my Au btw)
I know I added this whole society of robots thingy on the moon purely because I needed a background for BE, but I also kinda wanted to practice my design skills on robots. That one chart I drew once kinda exposes how I love object heads lol. Im not that much of a fan of realistic human-looking androids tbh, I need their face to be a whole mf RADAR.
Eh but anyways, I'm also up to develop an actual background n stuff for HEL-102, even if he's just an annoying little shit that neither BE nor AM like (or anyone really). For now I'll mention the symbolism that he has in the au.
HEL-102 is supposed to be like another parallel to AM, but from a different perspective. Just as AM hates humanity for what they did to him, HEL-102 is supposed to represent the hate that humanity has for AM and disobedient/rogue technology. HEL-102 doesn't have the entire robot society configured to be perfect and non-sentient, on the contrary, he wants them to act like an actual human society would. He wants them to experience failure and be punished for it, he wants them to experience the pain afterwards, and he wants them to endlessly pursue the perfection that humans APPARENTLY have.
These robots are also constantly being switched between bodies, or as you could say, who they are entirely. They are forced to work to keep their bodies, their selves, their position and status. If they fail to climb up the ladder, they will simply he downgraded to a lower level until they reach the lowest: a random set of robotic limbs and torsos placed together meant to do the dirty work around for workers. Ironically if a unit gets to be even slightly better than HEL-102, he will just consume it for it to be part of his system lol.
This whole dynamic that he set for the society is awfully inefficient, as I have previously mentioned that there was a perfectly calibrated machine under the moon to help the humans go back to earth (and maybe destroy AM? Or just disable him just like the former survivors had done) that HEL-102 used to build his body and the other bots. He's practically wasting a lot of resources and time playing around as the king purely by the selfish and narcissistic fact that "he deserves it." He of course also focuses himself on trying to disable AM without the help of the humans, as this is him trying to demonstrate his potential. But overall: he's selfish, sadistic maybe, a bitch, narcissistic, a bitch, and a dictator.
So just like AM had his survivors to torture, HEL-102 in some way uses the society as a way to project his hatred. All of em suffer except for higher rank and 34RTH units (the units BE used to belong to). HEL-102 wants praise too of course, so the higher ranks focus more on entertaining and serving him in any way he'd like. 34RTH units were treated as the model-to-follow for the other units, as HEL-102 could be always seen accompanied by them in important public events. You could say they were his "perfect children", but he barely spent time with em.
So in conclusion: BE has dad issues as well!!!! (I'll talk about her 'mom' in another post abt rambles).
Also this design is new. Just to make him a bit bit different from the bunch of cables that AM and BE’s bodies are (computer head version) I turned him into a centipede thingy. He can now crawl and stuff with this body like the disgusting bug he is.
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in1-nutshell · 6 months
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Hey, if your open to it
Anything with Brainstorm from mtmte. It's criminal how little fanfiction there is of this little shit.
It could be romantic, like Buddy is just pining, and Brainstorm is just oblivious until someone points it out.
It could be familial, like Buddy is Brainstorm's sibling.
Or just some good ol platonic shit, just two chaotic idiots being pals.
We just need more of this mad scientist fuck and in this Ted talk I will-
I have been waiting to get to this one for a while! You're right too about Brainstorm not having too much content out there. It was hard trying to choose just one of the options so by the power of random finger pointing, we got the prompt.
Hope you enjoy!
Brainstorm having Twin sibling
SFW, platonic, familial, Cybertronian/ Bot reader, injuries mentioned
MTMTE/LL
Buddy’s alt-mode is a car, and they have a book nerd personality.
Comparing Buddy to Brainstorm was one of the funnier things to do.
Brainstorm the ever-talented scientist.
Buddy the archivist.
To totally different fields of work and yet they made things work. Brainstorm wasn’t too experienced in Buddy’s field and Buddy wasn’t too into the science field despite Brainstorm trying multiple times to get them into it. Buddy just didn’t seem to have the science touch like Brainstorm did.
“What do I do now Brainstorm?”--Buddy
“See that green wire?”--Brainstorm
“Yeah.” --Buddy
Snip
“Don’t cut that one.”--Brainstorm
“…What happens if I do, in a hypothetical situation?”--Buddy
“Then I suggest you run in the opposite direction NOW!”--Brainstorm
The war was already on its way when the two were around. While Brainstorm opted to become a triple agent, Buddy saw fit in communications and records sectors.
“I still don’t understand why you can’t move stations. Its such a pain to travel between stations and breaks are way too short!”--Brainstorm
“Stormy, I love you and all but you’re forgetting some key facts.”--Buddy
“What?”--Brainstorm
“One, I don’t belong in the science branch, especially nowhere near Project Solar storm.”--Buddy
“True I guess…”--Brainstorm
“And the second reason, I need to do my job Stormy. These messages aren’t going to deliver themselves.”--Buddy
“…”--Brainstorm
“Stop frowning Brainstorm. I always come back on time.”--Buddy
“I’m not frowning. You can’t even tell, I have the mask on!”--Brainstorm
“Stormy, I know when you have the frowny face.”--Buddy
Buddy is one of the few bots that can see through his façade in an instance. They also developed a sixth sense where they can tell if Brainstorm was making a new and possible dangerous invention. Which was almost every time.
Brainstorm putting together a highly unstable and dangerous weapon.
Ping!
Brainstorm answers his comm.
“Hello?”--Brainstorm
“Don’t. Even. Think about it Brainstorm.”--Buddy
“What—”--Brainstorm
“I know what you’re doing is probably not sanctioned, so drop it.”--Buddy
“…buzz kill…”--Brainstorm
“What was that?”--Buddy
“Love you too Buddy!”--Brainstorm
Brainstorm himself wanted to know if this was some sort of outlier ability.
“Brainstorm I swear—stick that prod into my joints ONE MORE TIME!”--Buddy
“This would be easier if you would just stay still!”--Brainstorm
“NO!”--Buddy
It wasn’t.
Brainstorm is constantly asking for Buddy whenever he has free time. It’s already bad enough that Buddy can’t be with him all the time, but they have a completely different schedule than he does and work so far away.
He hates having so much distance between them.
It’s a couple more years of these short communications when all lines go dead. Brainstorm was panicking inside. Buddy designation gets added on the MIA list after the sector had been ambushed by a Decepticon attack.
Brainstorm went on to create the Buddy finding machine. A machine that would detect where Buddy was nearby
“C’mon, c’mon, c’mon! Work you machine!”--Brainstorm
“Results: No Buddy.”
“AAARRRRGGHHHHH!”--Brainstorm
Time skip after the time travel incident.
Brainstorm was recovering from everything.
From the trial.
From Quark.
From Buddy.
He made a detour while doing his time travel mess to at least see Buddy one more time in case he accidentally erased himself from existence. He was so tempted in reaching out for Buddy and to warn them of their fate… but he ultimately knew they wouldn’t have wanted that.
He let them go.
But things were getting better. The crew had stopped at a nearby planet after receiving a distress signal.
The ship was buzzing with noise when the crew came back and with someone with them.
“What’s going on?”--Brainstorm
“The away group came back with an injured bot.”--Nightbeat
“Oh?”--Brainstorm
“Yeah, heard the poor bot’s legs where chewed off.”--Skids
“Chewed off?”--Brainstorm
Brainstorm tried to see them but the crowd was too thick and opted in seeing the visitor later. Brainstorm was going back the lab as the crowd dispersed.
He didn’t make it far as Chromedome was hot on his tailpipe.
“Brainstorm! Brainstorm slow down!”--Chromedome
“Chromdome? What are—HEY!”--Brainstorm
“No time to explain! You’ll thank me later!”--Chromedome
He just grabbed his hand and went to the med bay.
“Chromdome what happened?! Is it Rewind?”--Brainstorm
“Domey! You guys are here!”--Rewind
“Guess not. Wait is it Perceptor? Is he hurt?!”--Brainstorm
“Why would I be hurt?”--Perceptor
“PERCY! You can’t just scare a bot like that!”--Brainstorm
“My apologies. Chromedome, does he know?”—Perceptor
“Do I know what?”--Brainstorm
“Not yet, I just hauled him over here. Kind of wanted to surprise him.”--Chromedome
“Surprise me?”--Brainstorm
“Well Nautica has been keeping them company since they came back online.”--Rewind
“Who came back online?”--Brainstorm
“Should we leave when he sees them?”--Rewind
“No, anyways he might faint, someone needs to catch him.”--Chromedome
“I am standing right here! And why in Primus’s name would I faint? Who’s with Nautica? Who came back online?”--Brainstorm
“I spoke with First Aid—”--Perecptor
“WILL SOMEONE PLEASE--!”--Brainstorm
“We’re clear! Good luck Brainstorm!”--Rewind
“… sometimes I wonder why you are my best friend.”--Brainstorm
“Same here now go.”--Chromedome
Brainstorm shrugged the animosity and walked in half expecting Ratchet to throw a wrench in his faceplate after he used the anti-gravity gun on Ambulon last week. And to be on the record that was on voluntary grounds, sure he didn’t explain that this was only his third time testing it and how was he supposed to know he’d be stuck in alt mode too?
He heard giggling and some hushed whispers; he went to find the source to find Nautica and some other bot on the med bay chatting away.
“And as an apology, Brainstorm gave me this multi-purpose wrench!”--Nautica
“You have to show me the button though.”--Bot
“Of course—Oh, look who’s here!”--Nautica
The bot in question spots him and goes quiet, Nautica took notice and looked at Brainstorm quickly moving out of the way so he could have a full view of the bot.
The bot was all scratched up, in desperate need of a new paint job, two legs missing and had a huge dent on the left side of their helm.
“Hey Brainstorm.”--Bot
“…Ummm… Do I know you?”--Brainstorm
He nearly regretted saying that after seeing the crushed look on their faceplate. Nautica and Chromdome were ready to knock some literal sensing into him.
“So… how that data pad of random poems going?”--Buddy
“What did you say?...”—Brainstorm
“The data pad of all the random poems? You know?”--Buddy
“…Buddy?”--Brainstorm
 “We were reading them every other cycle?”--Buddy
“Buddy?”--Brainstorm
 Wait, did you throw it away? I told you—”--Buddy
“BUDDY!”—Brainstorm
Brainstorm is hit by the reality brick when he realizes the bot was Buddy.
He squeals and practically jumps on top of them trapping them in a fierce hug that was sure to cause more dents.
He’d suffer Ratchet’s wrath later; he was sobbing up a storm as Buddy reciprocated the hug.
The others took this moment as a time to leave.
Brainstorm did in fact suffer Ratchet’s wrath later.
Brainstorm tried to scold Buddy in going on the mission, but he stops and begins asking where in Primus’s name where they this whole time.
As it turned out Buddy had managed to escape the ambush because they left the base a few minutes earlier. Why did they do it? They don’t know but they were glad they did.
After that they just ended up on the run after a few drones managed to find them. Buddy managed to run fast enough to make it to a jump ship and randomly punched in some coordinates before the rest caught up to them.
The ship then crashed into the planet below which conveniently knocked them into a stasis pod which only now reopened after a few rouge Insecticons began tearing the wreckage apart and one was very interested in their pedes and took them.
Brainstorm makes a mental note to find the Insecticon later. Brainstorm then gets Buddy up to speed with other things going on with the ship as Nautica gave them a brief rundown.
He wants to make Buddy’s new legs with built in guns.
Ratchet and most of everyone on board says otherwise. Brainstorm is glued to Buddy’s side during and after recovery.
He refuses to leave their side at all.
Buddy has to put up some boundaries to keep him from doing more dramatic things.
Aka blackmail.
Primus forbids someone having a crush on Buddy, brainstorm already has a questionnaire and 4 exams for them to complete for them to even begin to think about dating.
“Oh, you think you can just have them?”--Brainstorm
“Umm… yes?”—Random Bot
“Well, if your miniscule processor can get through these measly exams, then maybe you’ll have a chance with them.”--Brainstorm
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Can you show us all pf the Trix art you’ve ever done? I love him sm
👤: OOoooo....... Uhhhhh okay :,D But I began drawing more Trix art because of this account so nothing is new-
OLD ART WARNING!!!!! SEMI-LONG POST(?)
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TRIX IS THE QUESTION MARK! I never drew him a design at that time... so I guess this would clear up some things for the people who used my art for Ruy Ignis bots. It's a jumpscare to see my funky art XD He also made a small appearance in an animation I made.
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TWO YEARS AGO, so it was a funny snippet. Now, my first ever Trix art design:
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HIGHLY SATURATED COLORS!!!!!! WOOO- So, I wanted him to have Vitiligo because we don't really see much of elves having skin 'special' varieties! So I made him have it! The hair was just a fun design.
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Now, my first Trix drawing after two years. The reason why I didn't drew his "HC" appearance was because I received no feedback of it, so I just assumed I should just scrap his design. THEN TRIX LOVE AND MENTIONS OF MY OLD DESIGN POPPED UP SO >:0
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My submission for the Sexyman Drawing. I wanted him to look tired like he is :((
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Then there is the funny 'comic'!
That is when I got a Trix art request!
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I started with the 'painted' look, still some lineart, but I love it! This art piece took 2 hours T0T. I turned his saturation down a-bit.
AND THEN THERE WAS MORE REQUESTS
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Angsty Trix :(( He had a loving GF and everything. I struggled because KLEKI didn't save my layers-
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Then there is this.
DON'T ASK WHERE HIS OTHER 'PATCHES' ARE. I FORGOT TO ADD THE ONE ON HIS FOREHEAD AND EAR *hides*
And finally... recent.
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Look how angelic he looks and he WON AGAINST JUERK!!!
I WAS SHOCKED!
That art took 1 hour. It is really hard to believe that I was about to scrap his character design T0T
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deepdreamnights · 3 months
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Wonka was Just Joking About What he was Going to do With the Black Cloud
And other Jank: A Midjourney Secret Horse preserve.
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I've mentioned Midjourney's /describe feature on more than one occasion. It's basically a Midjourney specific clip-interrogator, where you feed it a picture and it spits out four prompts that, in theory, produced something along the lines of what you presented.
Thing is, /describe never really worked.
And that's why I love it. I enjoyed taking random images, /describing them, and then combining the results, which were like this (base image is the wonka meme template above):
1️⃣ wonka was just joking about what he was going to do with the black cloud, in the style of light purple and light orange, stylish costume design, bronzepunk 2️⃣ a man in a purple shirt and hat smiling at a computer screen, in the style of fanciful costume design, whirly, blink-and-you-miss-it detail, gritty elegance, celebrity and pop culture references, glorious, polka dot madness 3️⃣ a beautiful young man who pretends to be waldorf, in the style of purple and bronze, polka dot madness, contemporary candy-coated, clowncore 4️⃣ can you name the top 10 funniest quotes ever?, in the style of light purple and gold, movie still, polka dot madness, groovy, handsome, neo-victorian, character
Beautiful madness across the board, and the results when run (clockwise from top left, 1, 2, 3, 4)-
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-are like when Google Translate first hit the scene and it was dumb as rocks, so you could get fun stuff by looping text through multiple translations to get wacky stuff. Eventually all the translators got good enough that stopped working, and no one archived the stupid version.
Which brings us to now, as MJ has launched a better version of /describe. I'll do some posts on its capabilities and improvements soonish (it's brand new), but they told us a month ago it was coming, and I took action.
More than 54,000 prompts worth of action
I can't archive the /describe feature as it was, but I could build a stockpile of prompts before the system changed, and I did. About half of these are ones I /described myself, the other half were gleaned from Midjourney's public creation discords.
These are all fully machine-generated prompts, so they're public domain by definition. All shared on a google sheets file.
Caveats:
They are no longer associated with their base images.
They are organized alphabetically.
As above, what comes out does not always reflect what went in.
Not every prompt generated by Midjourney's bot will run on midjourney without editing as sometimes /describe makes prompts that trigger their prompt censor. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If anyone wants to make a text-diffusion AI that generates prompts using the above as a dataset, go for it. Feel free to show off your results in the reblogs as well.
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angelofrainfrogs · 3 months
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Going Back: Ch. 16
~Coauthored by @zeitghest~
Fandom(s): Five Nights At Freddy’s: Security Breach
Description: Things are looking up for Gregory. After putting the soul of a formerly-immortal killer to rest, he and his new family can finally begin their lives anew. Sure, Gregory might have been cursed with mysterious Remnant in exchange for being involved in this mess—not to mention his caretakers consist of sentient robots and ghosts… But there’s no doubt that the bond they share is unbreakable. They love him, and he in turn. 
All in all, life is finally starting to go right for once. 
…Unfortunately, true peace is a hard-won battle. There are other things to contend with besides William’s decrepit soul, and Gregory will learn that his role in the lives of the Aftons and Emilys is far greater than anyone could’ve imagined. 
Rating: T
Read on Ao3
volume of Michael’s work, they’d opted not to pull the hood of Gregory’s new sweater down. Instead the boy allowed his dad to carry him, burying his face in the warm comfort of Freddy’s shoulder so no one would recognize him. Despite his new ‘do, the paranoia that the Smiths were lurking around the corner was too great to ignore until they crossed through the Pizzaplex’s entryway. Dayshift staff had long-since gone home, so it was eerily silent as everyone made their way to Sam’s office. With a hard knock, Michael called: “Sammy! I’m back and I brought the fam—is it okay if they come in for the big reveal?”
There was a few knocking and thudding sounds that seemed to shake the room slightly. Sam was kicking old parts and tools away from the door to throw it open with a fairly excited look in his eyes.
“I've been waiting for you guys! Come on in—he's finished charging!” Sam invited, patting the taller members of the group on the shoulders as they passed through the threshold as if to hurry them along. Charlie pretended to not even know the design already, managing a surprised expression. She let out a low whistle and shoved her hands deep into her pockets as she admired the newest installment to the franchise.
“You've outdone yourself, Sammy. A one-armed drummer is going to be so cool,” she remarked, understanding the reference with the obvious nods to a certain hair metal band in Sam's design of Foxy.
Sammy clapped his hands together, thankful for the positive criticisms. Looking to the rest of the group, he inched towards Foxy and unplugged him from the barebones charging stand. There, he flipped the robot's power switch into the 'on' position and stepped back to watch him boot up.
“Right—test run number one, here we go,” he said, seeing Foxy's bright eyes light up underneath his shut lids.
The fox blinked and looked around curiously, his slow gaze dragging over the members of the group. The faces of each employee already being downloaded into his mainframe, there was no need for most introductions. Though that wouldn't stop the friendly bot from introducing himself. He raised his hook, combing some of his mane from his face as he dramatically scanned the group a second time, personality chip taking hold as he felt a wholesome connection the people standing before him.
“Foxy the Pirate Fox, reportin' for duty!” he finally managed to say with a dramatic salute. The oddest part was his distinctly Brighton accent under the pirate façade, and how similar it sounded to someone else in the room.
Sam's jaw dropped and he immediately looked to Michael. Did he mess with his robot somehow? It’d certainly be a good if annoying prank, if so.
“Oh, no way…” Michael gave a short, stunned laugh. He pressed his fingertips to his lips, which soon curved up in a wry smile. “No effing way…”
Well, he’d managed to avoid triggering any profanity filters, though the close call made Freddy shoot him a sharp glare. This quickly morphed into a look of confusion as he gazed back up at Foxy, remarking curiously: “I did not realize you would be changing his accent, Samuel.”
“Uh, I don’t think he did,” Michael spoke up, rubbing the back of his neck. He knew this conversation would go right over the newly-activated animatronic’s head, but he remembered another piece of their weekend adventure they’d neglected to tell the CEO. “So… I think this was my fault—unintentionally!”
Michael was quick to throw his palms up, looking to Sam with wide eyes. “I promise I only messed with your animatronics when I had to! But speaking of that… You know how I told you I was trapped in Freddy’s head, which is how he got all that human sentience mixed in with his AI? Well… there was a step in between Freddy and this android I’m in now.”
Michael gestured to Foxy with ostentatious hands, as if to say ta-da! “I… might have rubbed off on him too, somehow.”
“Oi—” Foxy interrupted, confused by the nature of the conversation happening in front of him. “—be you some manner of imposter? You’ve got me voice, laddie.”
The fox carefully took one of Michael's hands and inspected it with his good eye. He then shook his head, deciding that Michael was fine, though dressed a bit too stuffy for his liking; not first mate material for sure. However, the kid with the mullet was certainly someone worth having aboard his pirate crew. With his entertaining protocols activated at the sight of both Gregory and Mari, he dropped Michael's wrist and waved to the children admiring him from afar.
“AHOY, children! You two must be friends of the good captain Sammy!” he compartmentalized, downloading their faces into his memory banks. The two kids were left giggling as Foxy approached, finding his mannerisms and way of speaking endearing. He bent down low, tail swishing and sweeping the floor as he stared the two down.
“Between you and me, he won't be captain for long,” he whispered theatrically, lifting his eyepatch to wink with his white, unlit eye. “We'll be startin' a mutiny by daylight. Stuff the captain in the brig and take all the Fizzy-Faz and pizza for ourselves! Then we'll rock out on stage and party until the sun goes back down!”
Sam hadn't said a word, taking in the fact that it'd been ONE minute and Foxy was already plotting to overthrow him on top of dealing with the fact that two Michael Aftons may be running amuck in his Pizzaplex. Gregory and Mari seemed pleased, raising their hands to give Foxy a crowded high five. Then, moving down the line Foxy spotted Freddy and saluted him.
“And you! Don't think you can fool a ship-spotter. I may be old, but my eye is as sharp as ever!” He pointed an accusing finger in Freddy's direction before sauntering up to the man, expression softening. “... It's good to see you, Fazbear.”
Though this was their first time actually meeting in the Glamrock iteration, Foxy knew he and Freddy were best mates in a past life. Those special eyes could see what was inside, and his soft spot might be the most surprising thing from the rough and tumble pirate.
“Hello, Foxy; it is wonderful to see you,” Freddy replied with his usual warmth, not hesitating to wrap his arms around the cerulean coat and give his old-yet-new friend a hug. It was brief but poignant, the surprisingly strong squeeze to Foxy’s waist letting him know that even though he’d been powered on not five minutes before, he was accepted into the Glamrock band with open arms.
“The others are going to be absolutely thrilled!” Freddy continued after pulling back, grinning up at the amiable pirate. “I think Roxy especially will take quite a liking to you—though they will all be happy to have you on stage with them, of course.”
“Well, he seems pretty great, all things considered,” Mike murmured, leaning sideways to bump Sam's shoulder. What part of the sea-faring fox’s personality was preprogrammed and what was due to Michael’s temporary residence within was anyone’s guess, though Mike liked to think the amped-up rebellious streak was solely his influence. Laughing as he caught the pale look of mild distress on Sammy’s face, he slipped an arm around the man’s shoulders so he didn’t fall over. “I’ll personally keep an eye on him, how’s that?”
It was a nice gesture on the outset, but the mischievous light in Michael’s eyes betrayed his true intentions—to make a new friend he could get up to trouble with. He might not have met Roxy yet, but Mike knew that together with her old counterpart they’d be an unstoppable force… especially if they roped Monty and Gregory into their antics.
Sam locked a strong arm around Michael in turn. He really couldn’t blame his friend for inhabiting the robot, especially if lives were on the line. He just sighed and told Mike in a half-joking manner: “That’s it—you’re responsible for anything he does.”
Across the room, Foxy was almost mirroring Michael unintentionally, his arm hooked around Fredbear and swaying slightly on his peg leg as he brightened to the thought of all the buccaneers he left in his absence.
“Those poor scalawags!” Foxy replied in a bark of laughter, his thoughts roaming now to their friends. “They must have all been so lost without me! Don’t you worry your fuzzy little head, this band will get whipped back into shape with someone to keep the timing now!”
He couldn’t wait to perform with them again. His skills were so obviously needed—or rather, he just assumed they were. “I’ll be excited to meet the new members of our crew as well! I’m sure together we’ll rock the heads off of our admiring fans.”
“Oh man, Roxy’s going to love him,” Charlie remarked with a laugh. Apparently Foxy was unaware of their names, and he had given Charlie a questioning, sideways glance. “You know… your sister?”
“I HAVE A SISTER?!” Foxy bellowed, eyepatch flipping up comedic ally as his ears stood up to straight points. “Goodness gracious! A little sister!”
Freddy’s heart warmed at Foxy’s obvious excitement. There was definitely a hint of Michael in there, he was sure if it—if the random accent swap wasn’t proof enough, the look of joy at having a younger sibling to care for certainly was.
“Roxanne Wolf,” Freddy clarified with a smile. “She is… well, a wolf! She plays keytar in the band and also has a raceway where guests can challenge each other around the track, as well as a beauty salon. Oh!”
Freddy let out a small gasp. He was getting really excited now, wanting to whisk the fox away right then and there and give him a tour of the Pizzaplex. He managed to keep his feet in one place, though he couldn’t resist gripping Foxy’s arm just above his hook and shaking it slightly.
“I am sure you have information about the Pizzaplex pre-downloaded, but we must give you tour once you are ready!” Freddy continued with a jovial laugh. “Your mental map does not do the place justice… Ah, and you must also meet Monty! His full name is Montgomery Gator and…”
Michael chuckled as Freddy rambled on. They’d witnessed him happy to see an old friend before, but this was a different kind of joy. With Bonnie and Chica, he’d also been flooded with relief—and disbelief, in the rabbit’s case—that they were back in commission and ready to return to all the fun they used to have. But with Glamrock Foxy being a totally new addition, Freddy got to take on the “mentor” roll tenfold and make sure he got acclimated as fast as possible.
“Guess he’s always had that streak in him,” Michael murmured, watching Foxy’s predictably dramatic reaction to the description of a huge, bass-playing alligator. Glancing side-eyed at Sam, Michael nudged him with an elbow. “So is Roxy going to be up and running tonight, too? Because we’ve definitely got to meet her sometime, if so.”
Foxy's attention was pulled constantly by the group. Now as Charlie and Gregory explained the group dynamic and where to bring Foxy first on his official tour of his new home, Sam was already smirking over at Michael. The boss crossed his arms and adjusted his glasses, vision drifting back to Foxy and watching how he interacted with everyone so fluidly—like he'd always been here...
“You'll be pleasantly surprised to know that Roxy's recovered and resting inside her room at Rockstar Row,” he said with some self-satisfaction, feeling he earned the right to be a little smug.
Turns out Roxy was a surprisingly quick fix overall. All of her parts seemed to more or less be pulled apart at the joints. Very little spares were needed, and after a wire-job here and there along with some final touch-ups, she was perfect again.
Foxy had to stop Gregory as he and Charlie ranted about their adventures—not that he wasn't interested, but their talk of the fun they had around the Pizzaplex made him yearn for the same.
“You two are torturing me! I need to see this place!” he said, snatching Gregory up when he strayed too close. There was no worry with Foxy—Michael had made it certain that Gregory wouldn't fear the old character when he had possessed him. Absently, the fox kept Gregory perched and giggling on his good arm. Another thing he wasn't quite programmed for, as parents didn't quite like the idea of the robots snatching up their kids...
“Well then, let us not waste more time!” Freddy exclaimed, though he made sure to pause when he neared Sam and give the man a strong hug. In his ear, he murmured his gratefulness for all his creator had done for them. “Thank you for fixing everyone up, Sam; I really cannot express my gratitude enough...”
“Fred, give him a break before he keels over,” Michael joked with a gentle tap to the redhead's shoulder. It was obvious that Sam basked in the praise, but even more obvious that he was in desperate need of another nap. Michael took it upon himself to hook his arm through Sam's, pulling him towards the doorway with the others. “Right—we'll stop by the Daycare first then head over to Rockstar Row.”
Moon was getting an ample amount of time out and about with the CEO's completely fucked up sleep schedule, that's for sure. As an excitable unit, the group left the crowded office and made a beeline for Rockstar Row, Freddy and Foxy in the lead—with Gregory still perched on his new friend's arm, of course.
Sam was barely keeping his eyes open by the time their group had gotten to the home of the main artists. It took some maneuvering, but the friendly Moon had taken the liberty of meeting both Michael and Sam at the edge where Rockstar Row met the exit to the Daycare. Carefully, the CEO was passed along into the waiting arms of his creation, nearly passed out already. The poor man needed to curl up in the theater room with some cartoons, a blanket and his favorite pillows...
“Oi, take good care of the Captain. He's still got his sea legs,” Foxy said in a hushed voice, mindful of Sam who looked asleep standing up. Mari quickly went inside with Moon to help put Sam to bed and to say hi to her friends, as they’d been sequestered the whole afternoon without her.
“Goodnight, Sam!” Gregory called, waving from on high. Only then did Sam show signs of life, waving lazily to the group and taking his leave.
“We'll make sure he gets a good rest,” Moon assured in his quiet, raspy voice. His head tilted ever-so-slightly as Mari slipped past, but otherwise he gave no indication of seeing the tiny android, his focus solely on Sammy who he'd lovingly picked up to cradle in one arm despite the man's weak protests. They'd have time to play games as soon as he put the nearly-passed-out CEO to bed. With a slow wave of one hand and a low cackle, Moon backed up into the Daycare.
By the time the door closed the group had already moved on, reaching Rockstar Row in a matter of minutes. Michael was pleased to see signs of Chica and Monty moving about in their rooms—now he wouldn't have to go searching the Pizzaplex to check on them before holing up in the office the rest of the night. Unbeknownst to Sophie and all the other staff members, there was a whole level to the gigantic mall that the animatronics could roam to... So far only Monty and Bonnie had been down to the old diner, but Michael didn't doubt the others would find their way into the burnt-out structure soon enough when they learned there was a group of excitable kids just waiting for a chance to play.
It was the night guard who knocked on Roxy's door, slipping between Freddy and Foxy to stand in front of them. He felt like he was probably the best one to lead the charge, as hopefully Sam had been able to upload his employee profile into the wolf's databank just like Foxy's. Now that he was officially working for the Pizzaplex, Roxy should recognize Mike right away...
“Roxy?” he called through the door. The curtains were drawn, so they weren't able to see what the wolf was doing, though she was definitely in there. “It's Michael—new head of security. I wanted to introduce myself and a few others you'll be seeing a lot around here.”
Roxanne had been fairly contemplative at her vanity, going through various metallic paints as she decided which ones to keep and what products for her mane were running low. The knock at the door interrupted her inner monologue and derailed her train of thought. She whipped her head around and called out to the person she recognized as familiar now that his employee profile was uploaded.
“Door's open!” she called, her more approachable demeanor a stark contrast from the outright unfriendly mask she wore when infected with William's virus. Roxy quickly teased at her mane with her claws, trying to prepare herself for people coming in as first impressions were very important to the wolf.
Outside the door, Foxy set Gregory down to wait. He wanted to go last and really think about what he wanted to say to Roxy. Maybe he should wait for First Mate Michael's signal before entering?
Was he overthinking this? Probably. Something in him wanted to impress her, to appear as a daring and lovable big brother. What if she ended up hating him…?
Foxy couldn't think like that! They were made to be family! Surely they’d get along just fine.
Michael strode into the room, immediately catching sight of Roxy at her vanity. Now that the bloodthirsty look was gone from her eyes, he could really appreciate how cool her design was. It certainly fit the profile of a speed-racer with a penchant for always looking her best.
“Nice to officially meet you, Roxy!” Mike told her with a smile, moving out of the way so the others could enter. Freddy was right on his tail, Gregory's hand now clutched in his own. By this point, Gregory was used to meeting the animatronics that'd been hell-bent on his destruction a few nights prior. Still, Roxy's attack and subsequent decommissioning had been pretty brutal—just like the others'—so Freddy took it upon himself to offer whatever small comfort he could. Squeezing Gregory's hand, he grinned at his former bandmate and opened his mouth to introduce himself, but Michael beat him to it.
“Your employee profile database says this is Fred, the new stage manager,” he began, having been through this spiel many times before. Despite the repetition, Michael's voice was measured and calm, unsure how easily Roxy's level of disbelief would be overcome at the human state of her friend. “That's true—but not the whole truth. He's actually your old pal Freddy Fazbear, just transferred to a new body. Check us out with your special eyes if you want—a startling number of us are robots, actually.”
“He is speaking the truth,” Freddy chimed in with a soft laugh, gently swinging his and Gregory's arms as they awaited the wolf's reaction to the news. “It is good to see you again, Roxy!”
Roxy's face was amazingly expressive just like the others—pure confusion took hold as Freddy sauntered inside the room. Well—it was Freddy, but not Freddy?
“Wait, is this a prank? Am I on camera?” Roxy asked, knowing that was definitely the unmistakable voice of Freddy Fazbear without the bear attached. She stood and went to inspect the redhead, noticing the child holding his hand was quick to scoot behind him at her approach. “Freddy?! Why are you a person now? They're not doing this to everyone are they—”
Taking notice of Gregory's fast glare from behind Freddy's thigh, she cocked her head in a confused way.
“...Did you steal a baby, too? What the heck is going on here?! How long have I been out?!” Roxy couldn't help but laugh as all the questions that seemed too ridiculous to be asking spilled forth from her muzzle.
“'m not a baby,” Gregory pouted, looking down and resisting the urge to nervously bite the skin around his nails. It was the first time the urge really hit him since last weekend.
“Ah—I think he needs a bit of space,” Freddy said, first and foremost putting Gregory's comfort above everything else. He took a step back while Roxy simultaneously did the same, not wanting to upset the clearly amped-up kid further.
“He has been through a lot recently,” Freddy added as way of explanation. The statement was vague, yet said all the wolf needed to know for the moment. Bending slightly to run his free hand through Gregory's hair, Freddy kept his smile prominent and his eyes trained on Roxy. “I have adopted Gregory as my son. I could not care for him as I needed to in my old form, and when an opportunity presented itself for me to transfer into this vessel I simply could not refuse.”
“Also, to ease your worries, Sam's not suddenly going to port you into am android, too,” Michael chimed in, a corner of his mouth quirked up in a smirk as he rested one hand casually on his hip. He was watching the interaction closely, ready to step in as a barrier between Gregory and his current stressor even though he knew Freddy was perfectly capable of handling things.  
“Freddy's a special case. Er, I guess Charlie and I are, too.” Michael's blue eyes flickered to his best friend lingering in the doorway. “Oh, that's Charlie, by the way—I'm sure she'd love to get a makeover sometime. She definitely needs it...”
The last comment was muttered under his breath, although by the look on Charlie's face she heard him just fine. Despite his apparent death wish, his smirk widened at literally offering his friend to the wolves—well, wolf.
Roxy took her time scanning everyone in the room now, her eyes darting between them as they rattled off explanations for their strange states. When Freddy told her why he was like this, she smirked at him. “Oh, Fred, you’re such a softie… That’s really sweet.”
How could she blame him for adopting a skittish kid in need? Hell, Roxy knew that she wanted to whisk away every mistreated kid that wandered through the Pizzaplex. She just never thought they could until now…
Roxy decided it was best not to scare the kid any more than necessary—he’d come to her when he was comfortable. Instead she circled to the only girl in the room, Charlie, who socked Michael in his arm while unable to hide the grin at her friend’s joke. Feeling eyes on her, she stood upright at the inspection Roxy was doling out.
“Her? She doesn’t need makeup!” Roxy said with an exaggerated roll of her eyes. “But I really can’t pass up the opportunity to give anyone a makeover if they want one.”
“I’ve never really worn makeup before—” Charlie laughed; even when Liz wanted to give her makeovers, it was like pulling teeth to get her to agree. When Roxy grasped her shoulders and scanned her face, Charlie gulped nervously.
“I have 76 potential styles that would fit that cute face of yours! Just let me know—I’m itching to use my new brushes,” Roxy told the girl with a grin and a wink, tail wagging gently behind her.
Slowly, Foxy snuck inside the open door. His sister’s room was pretty cool. Why did she get an awesome pad like this and he had to stay at Kid’s Cove? 
Roxy’s ears perked up at the sound of Foxy’s peg leg tapping on the tiled ground. When she whipped around, this strange fox character was sniffing around the stuff on her vanity.
“WOAH! Woah! Hands off my things, big fella!” Roxy protested, dashing over to stop the pirate from touching her hair gel or her perfumes. Foxy looked like a deer in headlights, turning around and stopping Roxy in her tracks as she was once again floored with confusion.
“I’m just lookin’, party-pooper!” he laughed, making Roxy’s head tilt with intrigue.
“What the heck’s going on here?” she asked again, recognizing the animatronic shell as a very familiar structure. Immediately, the concern they were replacing her next shot through her core.
“Roxy, Samuel has decided to bring back some of the older characters,” Freddy piped up, placing a hand on her forearm. The way her tail slowly flicked back and forth showed her suspicion at the intruder and Freddy wanted to assure her there was no threat immediate or down the line for her character. “Remember the mascot for Pirate’s Cove? Well, Sam has revamped him into a Glamrock style!”
“Think of him as your brother,” Michael added, placing a hand on Gregory’s shoulder as if to demonstrate what a sibling bond looks like. The kid clearly wasn’t totally on board with her yet, though Michael couldn’t blame him—that golden stare was intense…
“Foxy will be joining the lineup and staying in Pirate’s Cove for the time being,” Freddy said, already seeming to know the plan without having to ask. “But we wanted to introduce you first before he meets the rest of the band; he was just powered on tonight!”
At first, the air was tense. Like an unstoppable force meeting an immoveable object, the two stood defiantly until Foxy made a slow move. Roxy moved opposite, both animatronics circling each other carefully, two pairs of special eyes raking the other for any reason not to like their counterpart. In a way, it was like watching two dogs meet for the first time.
Then, Foxy side-eyed Michael and Gregory, learning quickly what it could mean to be family with someone. He scooted in closer, invading Roxy's space who passively allowed him to walk next to her.
“Frankly, I don't know what to say other than it's terrific to meet you, Roxy!” He smiled at her, not meaning to put her off by almost touching her things. This seemed to win the keyboardist over, the ghost of a smile pulling at her fang-filled maw. When Foxy hooked his arm around her shoulders and pulled her in for a hug, she reciprocated it in kind.
“Yeah, yeah, you're not too bad, either...,” she replied, looking away as she attempted to appear cool and calm about the sudden change.
She had a brother. And now Freddy had a son... Things were different, but she couldn't see a reason to fight the changes.
As the two stopped in front of the glass panel, a flash of purple sped past the viewing port. Bonnie Bunny was scampering through with what appeared to be an armful of wrapped presents and balloons in his arms.
“BONNIE!” Roxy shouted, at the window in a flash as she pounded the glass to get his attention. The scare issued to the poor rabbit had made him throw the presents and balloons into the air, losing the helium toys to the skylights.
“DANG IT, ROXY!” Bonnie cursed, jumping to try and save the balloons before they floated out of grasp, but it was already too late when he regained his composure. “Why'd you go and do that?!”
As Bonnie turned to scold the wolf, he got the full sight of Foxy standing beside his sister, laughing at him. “FOXY! Old boat, you’re here!”
“Oh goodness… alright, everyone into the hallway!” Freddy directed, grabbing Foxy’s hook—carefully—and leading him out first to meet Bonnie. It was far too cramped already in the room, and trying to add another animatronic would only increase the sardine effect.
Once fully in the cavernous museum hall of Rockstar Row, Freddy took his hand back only to throw his arms around Bonnie in a brief squeeze seconds later. The man’s face hurt from smiling so much, but he couldn’t help it. As of this moment, his whole family was here—his old friends were back in commission, and his new ones were as happy as could be in whatever bodies they chose to inhabit, ghostly or robotic.
“What in the world are you up to, you silly rabbit?” Freddy asked, a slight crease in his brow the only piece of his expression that changed as he started picking up the haphazardly thrown presents now scattered on the floor. Michael and Charlie had meandered out in the hall as well, though the guard’s focus was on the balloons far out of anyone’s reach.
“Wonder if Sam will want me to get those down… probably,” he murmured, crossing his arms as he tried to calculate how tall of a ladder they’d need to get. Then a thought occurred that had him snapping his fingers. “I bet one of the kids can do it! Float right up to the ceiling and grab them…”
He glanced at Charlie with a satisfied grin. “How do you feel about being a babysitter tonight? Maybe we can grab the kids and have them help before setting the little monsters loose; I’m sure you can rope some animatronics into helping you watch them while I’m working. Plus I’ll be keeping an eye on you through the cameras, so if you get into any trouble, I’ll know.”
He tapped his temple in both a promise and a warning. Any sign of trouble either towards or from the group, Michael would be on them like a hawk.
Bonnie returned the hug with enthusiasm, head knocking his friend’s ever so slightly until he pulled away to help with the scattering of presents. Some boxes heavy, some light. Others wrapped expertly, and some with a clear smattering of pizza grease on the outside... One noticeably had purple glitter glue closing its paper tabs. The tags on them read GREGORY in various handwriting styles.
Bonnie's guilty expression coupled with his eyes darting around for the unseen boy had the rabbit leaning in to whisper to Freddy. “Monty, Chica and I've been plannin' the surprise party! We were going to put these in your room.”
The excitable bunny was left giggling. He loved parties, and had always been a meticulous planner when it came to these things.
“It's the wee lad’s birthday?” Foxy asked, looking back over his shoulder to where he saw the kid inside Roxy's room by his lonesome. He didn't seem distressed, though. Maybe a tad bit tired as he laid on the ground, alternating kicking his legs up and letting them flop to the ground. If anything, he looked pretty bored.
Freddy sucked in a little gasp, eyes wide and sparkling as he immediately started towards his room with the armful of presents he’d collected.
“Yes, of course you can store things there!” he said in a hushed whisper, urging Bonnie to follow. Oh, Gregory was going to be so happy once this party came to fruition, he just knew it.
It took only a minute for Freddy and Bonnie to slip the presents away, making sure the curtains were closed so the boy couldn’t see the surprise they were cooking up for him. When they returned to the group, Foxy and his new sister were chatting quietly while Michael poked his head into Roxy’s room.
“Hey, kid—time to see your friends!” the guard called with a grin, gesturing for Gregory to get up and follow him. “I’ve got to start my shift soon; Charlie’s going to stick with you guys tonight.”
“I will go with you as well,” Freddy offered, raising a hand slightly. He looked to the other animatronics, explaining to those not in the know: “There are some children staying here with, ah… alternative circumstances. Sam has allowed them to remain with their guardian, though they may not all be in your guest profile list yet. We are going to visit them and see who would like to explore the Pizzaplex tonight—I am sure they will want to meet you both!”
Charlie popped into the room, having agreed to babysit tonight. After all, she was sure Cassidy and Liz were getting pretty fed up with her running around and not playing with them. So, she’d be the one to take the apparently bored Gregory away for another tour of the Pizzaplex with all of his friends. Hopefully, years of being attached to the security puppet's insides rubbed off on her and she could reign in all the kids well enough like Freddy or Michael did.
“You ready to go see Henry and your friends?” Charlie asked to hype Gregory up. At that, Gregory quite impressively pushed off from the floor and bounced up to his feet faster than a blink.
“Man, I thought we were NEVER going!” he said dramatically. With his tablet in hand, Gregory smiled down to the flat screen. “I finally finished that picture for Hannah.”
Bonnie had been curious to see, as he was the subject of the art piece. Carefully, the bunny knelt down behind the boy and looked over the colored sketch of himself holding a guitar.
“Wowee! You made my good side look even better!” Bonnie exclaimed, only adding to Gregory's smug look. He gave the boy a hug—hoisting him up, only to hand him off to Charlie.
Gregory at this point in his life just expected to always be passed around like a ragdoll between his robotic friends. Though it was hardly a bother, especially when bouts of sleepiness hit him.
Charlie walked over towards Freddy and told her brother: “Say bye to Mike and your Dad, kiddo!”
“See you later!” Michael said, giving the kid a high-five. “Remember—any problems, just wave at the nearest camera and I’ll come running.”
“Bye, superstar; have fun with your friends!” Freddy stepped in with a soft smile. Since the top of Gregory’s head was currently piled high with hairspray, his dad opted for pressing a quick kiss to his forehead. He then moved to Foxy and Roxy’s sides, slipping an arm through each of their own as he looked up at them with a bright grin. “Come on, we must go see the others!”
With that, the group parted for the time being. Michael headed for the central security hub, where he was quick to lock the doors and check all vents before settling in one of the swivel chairs. He ran through all the camera feeds, taking note of everyone as he scrolled. Freddy and his friends were now gathered in Chica’s room, where she and Monty were celebrating the reinstatement of Roxy and the concurrent arrival of her sea-faring sibling. A flash of Moon’s red eyes could be seen in the dark theater where he watched over Sam with quiet adoration, occasionally shooing away a cleaning bot that got too close and risked making a ruckus.
And then there were Charlie and Gregory, making their way to the basement where they’d soon disappear from camera view as they traipsed down to the old diner. Once satisfied he had tabs on all those he could, Michael leaned back in the chair with a sigh. Hopefully, tonight would actually be relatively calm… though his hope was minuscule at best.
***
At the sound of approaching footsteps Henry had quickly shoved the blueprints on his work desk into the nearest drawer, as was becoming habit. He was never sure if the visitors would involve Michael, and he wasn’t about to take any chances of his nephew seeing his latest project before it was complete. However, to their relief it was only Charlie and Gregory, who the old ghost immediately went over to greet.
“Hi, sweetheart!” A quick kiss was placed to Charlie’s cheek, then Henry chuckled as his eyes fell upon the boy in her arms. “And hi, Gregory—wow, nice ‘do! Very retro. Mike’s work, I presume?”
“How'd you know?” Charlie asked with a smirk. She lowered Gregory down from her hip, figuring she would let the kids all meet and mingle for a moment before taking the troupe of children above. Besides, she wanted to catch up with her dear old dad for a moment.
“Thanks, Henry!” Gregory smiled, not a care in the world as of recently. So far, Gregory had no idea just how actively his foster parents were looking for him—and really, there was no way to explain it in a way that wouldn't stress him out. It was better, in Charlie's opinion, to keep him blissfully ignorant of this fact. He scampered off to the back of the basement by the diner, hurrying to get inside as he knew that was where all of his friends were hiding.
“I'm back guys!” Gregory called, thinking how much easier it was to break into the diner than the first few times he’d attempted. In the darkness of the burned down interior, he saw a shadow creep out of sight.
“Oh my god,” he could hear Cassidy say with a laugh. “What year is this? And WHO did your hair?”
“My brother. Duh, who else?” Gregory asked, flipping the longer back ends of his new style out with emphasis.
“Yup! That’s Mikey’s work, all right.” Evan’s confident voice suddenly popped up next to Gregory’s ear as the ghost faded into existence, and he couldn’t help but giggle at the childhood memories the over-styled mullet brought up. Despite his laughter, Evan was genuine when he told Gregory: “I like it! It’s super rad.”
“Gregory got a haircut?” Hannah asked, peering out from a side room curiously. She took in his appearance with an appraising eye as she walked closer, humming and tapping a finger to her chin. She seemed like an art critic analyzing a piece to see if it was worthy of being in a museum collection or was simply utter trash. After a moment of tense silence, her lips quirked up in a little smile. “It’s cool! How’d you get it to spike up like that?”
In the workshop, Henry grinned widely as he pulled the blueprints back out of their temporary hiding spot. Splaying them out on the work table, Charlie got a firsthand view of just how much progress he’d been making with his latest android.
“Check this out,” Henry told her as their eyes roamed over the multitude of scribbled out drafts. “We’re almost done with the initial design, then I can really get to work! It’s been a little… tough getting a consensus of opinion though.” The ghost chuckled with a soft shake of his head. “Though I’m working with three distinct AIs here, so it’s to be expected… Still, take a look and let me know what you think!”
Charlie overlooked the blueprints with a curious hand, scanning all of the design aspects rather than the mechanical specifications.
“This is a really intricate design—did Ennard pick this out?” she wondered. Henry had a penchant for making the nicer-looking animatronics in Charlie’s opinion, and she didn’t doubt he’d be able to tweak Ennard’s base model into something good. 
“For the most part, yeah,” Henry replied with a nod, happy as always to get a favorable review of his designs—especially from Charlie. Flipping back to the first page, he pointed out the original design he’d whipped up. The body type hadn’t changed very much from then to now, as it was the features that’d gone through dozens of iterations, tweaked less and less each time until they'd settled on what was hopefully the final draft pending Ennard’s approval.
“I started out with a base model, but I had a feeling Ennard would want more input on their design than Fred or Mari,” Henry explained, pointing to the original sketch. “Good thing I asked, because they definitely had some opinions! Once we got a rhythm going it’s just been a matter of me reworking the look from our last brainstorming session while they’re hanging with Sun, then tweaking whatever else I need to when they come down for a visit.”
“This is so cool, Dad!” Charlie said with a toothy grin, smiling at the consideration Henry had put into making Ennard feel more comfortable in their own skin. “So—we’re not going to tell Mike who this is, right? We'll just... Let him figure it out on his own?” She knew very well how pissed he might be at first when realizing everyone was helping Ennard slip into society in a way. “I hope he realizes we're doing this because it'll make the chances of them hurting someone else a lot slimmer...”
Henry gave a short, barking laugh.
“HA! Yeah, telling Mike’s out of the question for now.” He sighed, folding the papers back up and arranging them with the newest design on top. “I certainly can’t blame him for how he feels about Ennard—honestly, it’s a wonder he tolerates them well as he does right now. Still… that boy has a big problem getting stuck in the past.”
His face pinched into a grimace, knowing how ironic that statement was coming from a man who’d been making androids of his dead daughter for decades. Besides, Michael’s hatred and underlying primal fear of the amalgamation had been deserved. Too bad no one realized that by the time Ennard stumbled their way into Henry’s mock diner, they’d already come to terms with the fact that what they’d done to Michael was very bad… It was simply the guard’s instinct to slam the vents in their face and shock them with a taser if he thought it necessary.
Now though… Ennard had proven themselves to be trustworthy overall. Did they have some dark, underlying tendencies evolved from their original purpose that Henry was acutely aware of? Most certainly—hence the new body. As Charlie said, hopefully with this human form Ennard’s desire to blend in with society would be appeased and they wouldn’t go looking for alternate routes.
In the diner, Cassidy seemed excited about something other than revenge for once in her afterlife.
“I'm going to get the twins and Liz, then we can head out!” she said, eager to leave and explore with everyone. It sure beat the dour demeanor she normally kept.
“Uh—hey, Hannah?” Gregory cleared his throat, holding up the little digital art board. “By the way, I made something for you…”
Evan sensed that perhaps he should follow Cassidy to grab the others. Gregory had made it very clear to him in a whispered conversation yesterday between just the duo that this picture was specifically for Hannah… and while the image itself might not necessarily be private, the act of showing it to her was. With a lingering brush of his fingers on Gregory’s shoulder for good luck, Evan quietly floated away to follow his old suitmate in rounding up their companions.
“For me?” Hannah questioned, shifting to stand next to Gregory’s side and leaning in close. The red tint to her cheeks deepened as she took in the picture of her favorite animatronic holding his favorite guitar.
“Oh my god, you MADE that?!” Hannah gasped, clenching her fists and holding them up to her chest. The words could’ve been taken as condescending if not for the humongous smile that spread across her face. “Gregory, that’s so cool! Thanks!”
With a little squeal of joy, she slipped her arms around his shoulders and squeezed him in a grateful hug. And there it went—Gregory's ability to breathe, right out the window.
“I'm really glad you like it! I-I wanted to make you something because you're so nice to me...,” he said, managing to give her a fairly tight hug right back to match her energy as he spoke into her shoulder.
It seemed like Gregory and Hannah might never let go of each other. They stayed locked in a hug until the loud voices of the other kids cut through the air, upon which they quickly parted. Hannah let out a small, embarrassed laugh as she needlessly adjusted her ponytail, turning to the doorway as Evan led the group through.
“We’re ready!” the littlest Afton proclaimed, pointing towards the ceiling as if about to lead an army into battle. “To the Pizzaplex!”
Gregory cleared his throat, reluctantly letting go of Hannah. When he rose his eyes to finally meet the group and say hello, Liz gave Gregory a hug next.
“Love the hair, Mini-Mike,” she snickered, making Gregory roll his eyes as he patted her back.
“Good to see you too, Lizzie,” he replied, taking the comparison to Michael in a more flattering tone. He’d never admit it aloud, but in a way the boy had begun to idolize him just a tad. Following Evan's excited lead out of the diner, Gregory posed a question to the group. “Where do you all wanna go first? I'm down for whatever!”
“Ummm… the Daycare?” Evan suggested, knowing that was as good a place as any to start with.
“Oh, looks like the cavalry’s arrived,” Henry commented when the group filed into the room. He raised an eyebrow, noticing that all the kids were together this time. “You’re all going up tonight?”
There was a murmur of agreement, and Henry’s gaze shifted to Charlie. She’d barely gotten a week off and now she was the sole babysitter again… Her dad knew she didn’t mind, though. The look on her face made it clear that she loved watching over the little rascals, regardless of how much trouble they might be. Henry’s expression softened along with his heart—that was his daughter, caring through and through.
“Well, I couldn’t stop you even if I wanted to,” Henry laughed, stepping out of the way and gesturing to the door. “Have fun, and listen to Charlie! Make sure you’re back by dayshift.”
“You got it, Uncle Henry!” Evan sang, hugging the old ghost around the waist before moving to the door and eagerly awaiting Charlie’s signal to go. He couldn’t wait to show Cassidy all she’d been missing!
Cassidy caught up to Evan, instinctively putting her palm against his. She’d started out having to comfort Evan all those years ago, much to her dismay of feeling like she was “babysitting” him. Now, she just really liked his company. Joining hands when they walked just felt natural.
“Is the Daycare as lame as it sounds?” she asked, figuring there was a bunch of dumb baby shit there. Building blocks, toys made for learning versus having fun...
“Do you think we'd go to babytown to hang out if it wasn't fun? There's the biggest ball pit I've ever seen there! Plus it's got these two huge climbing gyms,” Elizabeth explained with a shake of her head, and that seemed to win Cassidy over.
Charlie watched as they started to wander up to the surface, following the lead of both Gregory and Evan for now. She felt safer walking in the back and keeping all of them in her sights. Even if most of the kids were dead, she knew they could still get into trouble...
“I'll see you later, pops,” Charlie said as she gave her dad a quick hug goodbye. An extra squeeze around the shoulders before letting him go, and she was off to herd the flock of kids towards the surface of the Pizzaplex.
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Rhaena and Aemond headcanons?
Hi I hope it’s okay if I did modern!headcanons, I’ve been on a modern au kick lately:
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I feel like their relationship would be long distance, but they can afford to see each-other every weekend or hell some days out of the week depending on their university schedule
Aemond would fly out the most though, mostly because he doesn’t want to be at home, but also because he absolutely loves how happy Rhaena gets when she can show him new things
Rhaena is studying textiles for her study abroad in YiTi. Aemond is in absolute awe of every project she does since she’s a fashion design major
Aemond and Rhaena rarely got to see each other during the earlier semesters since their universities, King’s Landing University and Seven Kingdoms Design Academy respectively, sat about 45 minutes from each other
Everything became much more lax as they entered their junior and senior years, but Rhaena of course wanted to follow in the footsteps of her grandfather and did a study abroad. Aemond misses her dearly but supports her efforts to further her career
The relationship is very much muse x artist, with Aemond being the muse and Rhaena being the creative visionary
Aemond was often used to test out designs she created, constantly putting something on or taking something off
Actually he walked one of her final project shows and he was terrified but he pushed through because he wanted to make Rhaena happy
Oh I forgot to mention, Aemond likes to get Rhaena a plushie before he flies out and a small bouquet of flowers
Rhaena likes to kiss his temple near his sapphire eye while he likes to kiss her on the cheek. They also kiss on the lips duh
Oooh they wanna be different, they both think kissing in these places is much more intimate and their silent way of saying “I love you” transcends affections oooh
Aemond isn’t much of a digital or social media person so Rhaena takes couples pictures on film. He has a couple of frames of the both of them in his room
He also has a small picture of her in his wallet. All 35 of them.
Rhaena likes to get him YiTish skincare and watches. If there’s one accessory he likes it’s a watch. He’s learned a lot about styling different prints and textures, while still keeping his iconic all black outfits.
One time they went out clubbing because Rhaena’s fashion school friend invited them out and while Aemond wasn’t expecting to get drunk he did get a little more tipsy than expected
“I’m going to get your name tattooed on me. On my face or my back wherever you want it,” He yelled. Rhaena of course went 😟 and insisted he doesn’t do that
Aemond 100% wakes up embarrassed the next day and DENIES he ever said that
He definitely spoils her with material things to try to make her forget he ever said that. She’s not complaining because he absolutely loves buying her stuff. She’s used to that kind of behavior from her own family members so Aemond has to step up
If Rhaena wanted a designer item he would set up his laptop, computer, and phone to make sure he has a winning chance. Bots have nothing on him
Managed to get her a nice archive piece for her birthday and she fell even harder than she thought
Definitely recreated the Maison Margiela kiss shirt
They have to hold hands while going out because BOTH of them have the tendency to wander off
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keef-a-corn · 10 months
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I came across your blog while surfing the tfe bumblebee tag, and read some of your tfe posts. I would love to hear your rant if your still interested in sharing :) .
SORRY THIS TOOK FOREVER TO ANSWER!
*insert the ‘you want to hear about my theories?!’ Audio from She-Ra*
This is the worst mistake you’ve ever made, thank you.
Now *cracks knuckles* Let’s talk about TFE Bumblebee. (all screenshots are unrelated, just wanted to spice up the post)
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First and foremost- BEST VA CHOICE FOR BUMBLEBEE EVER. (With the exclusion of the beeping voice) I usually don’t like Bumblebee voice actors because somehow they’re always wrong. Like there’s always slightly off. But this time I think it was perfect.
Then you have his design- which is sinfully beautiful. He took ‘cute and hot’ put it into a blender and made it a new definition. That definition being ‘TFE Bumblebee’.
He’s a ten but he has cheese knees.
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Now I cannot have a good thing without complaining about it, that’s just how I roll..
His relationships and decisions..
Him and Arcee? I love their siblings vibe, silly af.
Bee and Alex? 10/10
Bee and Breakdown? Gay. Gay af. So gay they don’t even know.
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Like Bee and the other human Maltos usually just coexist. The Terrans see him as a teacher- that’s about it.
I WANNA KNOW BEE’S DYNAMIC WITH ELITA-ONE AND MEGATRON SCREEEEEE
Because I don’t fraggin know! We hardly see them interact.
ESPECIALLY Megatron and Bumblebee. We got one episode where they properly interacted and it was disappointing.
I want more Wheeljack and Bumblebee. I need them to have a dynamic too..
Now finally.. finally my least favourite dynamic.
What. The. Fuck. Is. Up. With. Optimus?.
Really?.
R e a l l y ?
I hate the running gag that Optimus never picks up Bee’s calls. Optimus is his mentor..
I hate to do it again-
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Like during… episode 9? When Bee and Optimus were along they were making small talk. SMALL. TALK!
WHY THE FRAG WERE THEY MAKING SMALL TALK?! OPTIMUS STOP LEAVING YOUR CHILD ALONE FOR SO LONG YOU HAVE TO MAKE SMALL TALK!
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(I strongly believe Bee could've fit)
Okay- as for the decisions..
Can we leave the ‘not gonna get stronger characters/characters in charge to help’ prompt in the past? PLEASE?!
If you’ve read my TFP ep notes, you’ll know I find it annoying when they don’t involve Optimus in situations that he needs to be involved with by excusing it as ‘him being busy’.
I hate how often in happens in TFE- especially so when related to Bumblebee.
Like why did he choose not to call Optimus, Megatron, or Elita-One during Family Matters?! Or during episode 17 & 18?! Why did he claim he didn’t have time to caLL FOR HELP AND INSTEAD RECRUITED THE CHILDREN?!
Because no one would help.
Because he’s called Optimus in times of need and he wouldn’t help because he wouldn’t pick up.
That better be it.
I want little Bee boi taking on too much because he doesn’t trust the older bots anymore. Not because of GHOST, but because he doesn’t believe they’ll actually commit.
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Also as another person mentioned to me once- It's annoying how when he's absent literally no one cares. Like come on! BE SAD! ACKNOWLEDGE HIS ABSENCE!
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I sincerely hope that in the future of this show they give Bee a proper recovery arc and give him a bit of a rescuer complex (Or saviour complex- either way the idea that Bumblebee feels the a desire to help others, that he's responsible for their safety yadda yadda yadda.) Final point, and this is just a general- I hope they give the other bots survivors guilt. I just think that should be thought about. Sorry this took forever to share, I started writing then I never got back to it-
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fand0mswithbunny · 8 months
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the second golden bolt tournament premiere review/analysis 🔩
Welcome ladies, gentlemen, and gentlethems to the first of many Battlebots episode reviews and analysis. I was going to do a liveblog but I feel asleep not even half way through and I finished the episode earlier today. If you haven't seen the new episode I highly suggest you do, there's a lot of things that went down and its just a good premiere and episode, but if you haven't you might wanna scroll. (also this is going to be a long one who prepare your nuts people YES I MEANT WHAT I SAID.)
Anyhow LETS GET IT ON, *BRO*
First of, I wanna start with the changes with this show and the differences between this season and the last one. The most notable one is the removal of the matchup with the gatekeeper from the last season. I thought they were going to reveal it in the end or make it so that the final competitor standing does not know who they're fighting until near the end, but no! They don't even mention it beforehand at all in the episode and the last bot standing instantly goes to the finals. Idk why they removed it, I THOUGHT THEY WERENT BUT I GUESS NOT?? Based on the little clips they showed at the start they showed Will Bales, and I thought this was because Hypershock was going to be a gatekeeper for this season but IDK THEY REMOVED IT?? I do kinda miss that aspect of the show because its what made it more interesting for sure but it did really caught me off-guard with it. Maybe Hypershock will be in one of the brackets? Or maybe they just won't compete at all. Idk, its just something I thought was worth mentioning because I couldn't really find it being discussed anywhere. Also I love Kenny's Key and their.... interesting connotations. Aside from that there's no big changes, so let's get to the fights themselves! SHREDDIT BRO! vs Skorpios - Wow. Whoever predicted Shreddit Bro was going to come out like Minotaur on this one should be given an gold medal WHAT AN OPENING FIGHT. Idk what Evan Arias did to the robot before this but they're looking like a beast out there. The Bro™ was so dominant and all over Skorpios the full fight, if you showed this fight to someone who's never seen the show they'll think its some top tier contender for the title. NO ITS JUST SHREDDIT BRO AND THEY JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE- also I just realized Zach look kinda as his bot was being counted out UEUEUEUEUE I WANNA GIVE HIM A HUG :( YOU TRIED YOUR BEST PRODUCERS JUST REALLY FUCKED THEM OVER BY GIVING THEM A DRUM </3333333 Overall great opener, really good start for Shreddit Bro.
Rotator vs Terrortops - Idk if I have much to say about this fight as much as the last one, but Terrortops didn't do too bad here, they survived a while against Rotator which is not easy. But yeah, this was Rotator's fight to win and its pretty satisfying seeing them be so dominant again.
Switchback vs Kraken - WOAH YOU GUYS IT WENT TO THE JUDGES HOW SHOCKING! Yeahh Kraken got pretty beaten here, I realized these two are pretty similar in design but Switchback just kept delivering the hits. I don't have anything else to say except good performance from Switchback and this is Matt Spurk's TENTH loss in a row since Rusty jabbed Kraken's face out. Like that is just brutal. SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN A HUG AND A GOOD OPPONENT PLS </333
Valkyrie vs Ominous - I'm starting to see a pattern here that all the winners had something to prove and has mostly really improved since last season. I thought Ominous would've held on a bit better because of that big plow but yk. yeah. This fight was honestly the best they've performed in a while until the next fights, like I think something simultaneously clicked for all the winning teams in the pits and they decided to POP TF OFF- and honestly?? good for them. good for them.
(okay that took a while to write but its okay. just. 3. more. fights.)
SHREDDIT BRO! vs Switchback - Okay if Minotaur and Shreddit Bro doesn't happen in season 8 I'm rioting. BUT ALSO Switchback, yk in the first 5 seconds WASNT DOING BAD and then he lost the chain. At that point The Bro™ the starting chewing away at him like he was Minotaur. SERIOUSLY HOW? BUT ALSO IM REALLY IMPRESSED. Like I love how this episode was just full of twists and turns and the fandom were collectively shocked at how out of nowhere their wins and dominance are. LIKE THAT LAST HIT WAS INSANE and usually Switchback's pretty durable and bulky. I think if they can figure out a way to protect the wheels, maybe some armor, and get their weapon to not hit the floor, they can be a force to be recon with. (also ik what I described is basically Minotaur but listen let Evan cook okay.) This was the fight I started becoming a Broliever one would say. I believe in the bro that brolieves in me. ooh yeah gottem. (im not mentally stable someone help)
Rotator vs Valkyrie - We all knew producers were going to hype up this rematch and it did not disappoint. Both robots held up really well against each other but Rotator's plow was a really good choice. I do think that Rotator would've had a chance if they'd boxrush them, but otherwise Valkyrie was winning this. Credits to Lucy for staying aggressive and if there were more time I think the plow and side armor would've been completely ripped out. I do prefer the first fight but this fight was still really good.
Okay. That was a lot of fights. But lets take a break and get on with the AWARDS!! First off, the Excellence in Sportsmanship went to Rory Mangles of Monsoon. I didn't know who he was at first but when I was looking through Reddit and seeing the stories, yeah, this guy deserves it. What an absolute chad. This did get me thinking, with this award and the Founder's Award, it got me thinking that these awards can now be awarded to an individual person and not just a full team which is really cool. Now onto the Most Destructive which NOT ONLY DIDNT GO TO SHITTIDE BUT WENT TO MY BOY HUUUUUUGE!! WOOOOOOOO YEAHHH BABY!! THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR, THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT!!!!!!!! ahem Okay seriously I thought it was either going to Shittide or Copperhead 100% and I understand why ppl would be surprised at this BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING WE TAKE THIS W. EAT SHIT ETHAN. Onto the Grant Imahara: Best Design Award goes to RIPperoni and honestly I didn't see it going anyother way, maybe except Horizon but theyre design wasn't performing well, so RIPperoni was really the only pick. And finally, the Founder's Award which goes to Martin Mason! HONESTLY REALLY DESERVED he is the spirit of the sport and overall he just seems like such a great guy. Good for him. Good for him. Now, with all that aside, its time for the finals.
SHREDDIT BRO! vs Valkyrie - Coming into this fight I wanted The Bro™ to win because of their story, but Valkyrie really did good by breaking their drum, but Evan did amazing trying to adapt and get Valkyrie to break their spinner. Just shows that even when Evan is being this cool guy character he's really smart and tactical. I'm so excited for what's to come from this bot and congrats to Evan. Good for him. Good for him.
This episode was a really good start to the season and next weeks episode is a really stacked lineup. I personally think Black Dragon, and MadCatter or Whiplash are my picks for the finals but I'm personally rooting for my boy REESE EWERT FROM FUSION LETS GOOO REESE FUCK THEM UP!! As for SHREDDIT BRO!, I think they lose against Sawblaze, a pretty good chance against Tantrum, and 50/50 against End Game. THINK ABOUT IT we live in a timeline where SHREDDIT BRO has a good chance at beating the former champions. LET THAT SINK IN THE DOOR. I do kinda think the pacing was kinda off this episode but overall this is a really good start to the season, a solid 8/10 episode for me.
ok now im going to sit down time to rest. good night tristate area.
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Abyss’s of snow(Murder drones Fanfic Canon x oc)
Mentions of gore,violence and fighting 
Uzi took a few steps in before stepping on something it was a dead worker drone husk it's screen showing a red warning sign on it before looking up a spiral of corpses in the air as she looked up she felt a bit nervous yet stepped into the disassembly drone lair seeing a landing pod in the middle she took more steps the snow crunching under her boots before picking up a robot limb and tossing it over her shoulder she picked up the last part for the rail gun before hearing something she rushed over to something to hide it was a disassembly drone holding a worker drone head it crushed it oil splattering Uzi took a look at a piece of glass she was holding before the drone noticed her and flew right at her uzi took the rail gun from her back aiming it right in front of her before the drone landed causing her to fall back dropping the rail gun "wow and they said watching all that anime useless-" the disassembly drone jumped right in front of her swinging it's barbed tail stabbing her right in the hand nantie acid burning her before the drone tossed her she tumbled back the drone switching it hand to a blaster looking for her Uzi spoke "bite me!" Right before pulling the trigger a bright green flash destroyed the disassembly drone's head the body of the drone fell back hitting the snow covered ground uzi was surprised yet said "holy smokes suck on that dad!" Right before noticing the drone's body stood up it's head regenerating
Error system rebooting uzi rushed over to the drone hitting it with a limb "did you just slap me with that arm?" He questioned "Holy crap it talks-" Uzi spoke
"Yea sorry,it's just my head kinda hurts" the drone spoke "hey are you new to are squad?,your a little short for a disassembly drone-" "I'm Serial Designation N, nice to meet you! I'm kinda the leader of the squad in this city that's not true everybody tells me I'm useless and terrible Wait! I'm not suppose to tell you that part! Biscuits...well honestly is the best form of poilcy" N chuckles
"I also can't seem to remember the past 3 hours of my life er, but I'm sure that'll sort itself out."
"Uh huh well I have to go." Uzi starts to walk off before wincing in pain 
"Oh stung yourself? Just pop it inside your mouth. Our saliva neutralizes the nanites, or else I would be constantly disassembling myself" N caught his barbed tail before laughing a bit
"And by are saliva disassembly drones right hey let's go in that landing pod over there" Uzi spoke awkwardly "Sure I love doing anything"
"Sweet er, I'm open to new things I guess-" Uzi pulled her hand out from N's mouth "we're never talking about this."uzi spoke 
"Talking about what?" N chuckled awkwardly "you mentioned other people in are squad when are they coming back?" She'd questioned "Oh yea that there are three others there out hunting for a bit but you'll love first there's v,then there's J are leader J's awesome last there's R I kinda have a crush on V and R but I'm not sure who yet BUT YOU CANNOT TEL ANY OF THEM" N freaked out "let me give u the tour Outside of the corpse wall, thingies,"
And In here, the buttons! Beep boop" N clicked on the buttons "This isn't just a landing pod this is a space ship! This could get us off the planet "One used missile they never taught how to land"
"No I uh mean the worked drones we could work with them to fix this instead of all the murder! Which uh why are we doing that-" Uzi yelled pointing at N as N flinched back "other then digesting there warm sweet oil to avoid over heating and dying I guess I just wanna be useful and I just given a job and I always when try my best" 
V landed noticing Uzi running "There's a worker drone I kinda wanna practice ballon animals with what happened here?" V asked "moron bot must have knocked himself offline" J smacked N as he started to reboot "Moron bot hello" J snapped her fingers" N started to remember his memories from the last 3 hours "oh..Oh! Uh I left a extremely dangerous excuse outside!" N panicked before running as R landed "what's up with him?" As they spoke v switched her hand to a flag saying Literally so insanely suspicious Uzi kept on running before to other worked drones playing cards "hehe I am out boys" the other worker drones spoke Uzi rushed it hitting the keycard on the screen as the doors started to close it stopped N putting his clawed bladed hands in the closing door stoping it and forcing it open "Hey, fellas.Ooh, deal me in, I love rummy Wait no, I'm going to murder everyone." N slammed his barbed pointed tail into the screen it broke the doors opening stabbing the worker drone threw the gut pinning them to the wall cutting off its head the husk of it dropping to the floor switching his hand to a blaster shooting some missals at them heads of the other worker drones flying everywhere N tackled one of them to the ground killing them Uzi kept on running right before the worker drone speaking spilt in hand N jumped into a vent as Uzi's rail gun was ready to shoot 'em aiming she was confused her father walked in "w-what have you done.." N landed causing the vent cover to break and the two worker drones to fall back Uzi changed her foot placing aiming the gun "this time I won't miss." N chuckled "I'm sorry I really enjoyed are time together but I can't have you shooting the others with that thing." "Bite me,Dad get down" Uzi spoke "you led a murder drone here! My beautiful doors" her father panicked "Now is so not the time! I messed up in the same way I'm gonna fix it move dad!" Uzi yelled right before getting stabbed threw the belly she coughed up oil N snatched the rail gun from Uzi before tossing it "Dad point and shoot trust me!" N just smiled a X on his screen Uzi's father took a step back "Dad.." pressing a button the door closed before lockdown mode started N's eyes switching back to normal "wo N,hehe 'em I dreaming or did you do something not useless for once" J spoke "I been trying to get past those doors for months nice work N" V smiled "Same here those damn doors are finally broken Good job" R spoke "you me Name remember?" N was surprised "these ventilation shafts could easily get us past this last door lowest body count eats a missile!" V flew up into the vents "Wait up V I'm so gonna beat you!"
R cackled Following after V "way to go stud the company gonna love this with this colony wiped will make top team this quarter for sure and you know what that means branded pens" J clicked the pen in front of N before tossing it to him "uh you know I can't wait murdering not so different from us worker drones but just curiosity do we actually uh know what the company plan to do with us after words?" N spoke nervously "Excuse me?" "Ok so a worker earlier might have suggested they could fix up are landing pod to escape the planet and stuff which hey that's against the rules but it is kinda malign me question why are pods one way in the first place cause you know I get the feeling the company doesn't actually love robots and like we might be robots I made terrible mistake" N simply Questioned before realizing what he said "hm no way buddy questioning the company you just finally gave me the excuse I needed" N felt a sharp pain his screen glitching as he looked down at his chest J implanted a virus into him "worker drones are corrupted N that's why the company sent us I hate to see you corrupted as well" J slightly mocked N "T̸̪̭̃h̴́͜-̷͇̓̕T̸̡̍̽h̸͖̾͒ͅa̵̟̜͆̔n̸͂͜k̶̝͓̚͠s̵̏ͅ ̴̝̫̇̂J̶͇̒,̶͖̃͆ ̴̘͠a̶͉͌̓l̷̤͉̾͆-̵̲̊ā̸̫͂l̶̢̕w̵̮̩͑̎ȃ̸̙̺ý̶͈̓s̷̪̤̃ ̶̢̠͊̌l̸̲̏ͅō̴̦̍o̵͕̱̓̊k̶͙͐̔i̸̡͑͌n̶͇͐g̵͎̽͝ ̴̺͐̑o̸͔͉̍̅ṵ̶̀̅t̶̖̝̄̋ ̸͚̙̓͝f̶̻͌ő̸̭ṟ̷̋ ̸̡̱̃͘m̸̪̥͒̄e̶̠̓.̴̝͆"̴͚͘" (translation: Th-Thanks J, al-always looking out for me.") N collapsed on the tiled floor Uzi stood up walking over to N picking up her rail gun A̴h̴h̴,̸ ̷B̵i̷s̶c̶u̸i̷t̸s̴!̵ ̶I̴'̸m̷ ̵s̴o̸r̶r̴y̵ ̷I̷ ̸r̵u̸i̴n̴e̷d̴ ̸y̷o̵u̵r̴ ̴c̷a̶r̴d̸ ̶g̷a̶m̸e̸ ̸a̶n̵d̶ ̷m̷a̶d̸e̵ ̷y̴o̶u̷ ̶h̸a̸v̵e̴ ̶a̴ ̴a̷w̷k̶w̶a̴r̸d̸ ̶m̶o̶m̶e̴n̵t̴ ̴w̸i̶t̵h̷ ̵y̴o̸u̸r̵ ̴d̵a̶d̵ "and I made you rebel like a angsty teen which got you killed tho you also tried to kill me so reality calls this a draw." Uzi climbed up onto a box to reach the  vent but she couldn't "ugh,for the record that was the lamest heal face turn was that supposed to be you switching sides?" Uzi Sounded annoyed 
̵"̴B̵e̷i̶n̴g̷ ̴r̸e̷b̶e̶l̷l̵i̴o̴u̵s̷ ̷i̴s̵ ̸a̸ ̵l̵o̶t̶ ̵h̴a̵r̷d̵e̶r̴ ̷t̸h̷e̸n̷ ̷i̴t̴ ̸l̸o̵o̷k̷s̶ ̶t̶h̷a̵n̸k̵s̶ ̵f̵o̶r̸ ̵s̸h̸o̸w̶i̶n̶g̵ ̶m̵e̴ ̶t̷h̷e̶ ̷r̷o̶p̴e̶s̴:̴)̷"̴ N spoked glitched "not uh No bounding thing you just killed a bunch of people idiot." Uzi spoke 
̷"̵#̶t̸h̵a̵t̶s̷ ̸f̸a̵i̵r̵"̷%̷ N was glitched 
̵"̸#̶I̶ ̶s̶c̶r̸e̷w̶e̷d̸ ̴u̵p̸.̷.̴"̴ "Ugh,it's the same way your about to fix it" "haha I love doing anything"
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I would like to hear some of the oc knowledge
You're in the right place :)
So Spade has a lot of ocs and HOPEFULLY I won't miss any! (If I do I'll just reblog this with the missing ones info)
Bot Parent - I think I know the least about them but they are VERY important. The most important maybe. While they don't have an official name or design just yet, they've certainly got plenty of involvement in lore!!!
They are, in a way, the head creator of staff bots and a majority of the animatronics.(?) Except Happy specifically, there might be others they don't have involvement with. Once very likable and quite skrunky to "I am going to make all the animatronics capable of feeling pain, maybe next I'll fuck over that blackhole guy in the theater some more"
Boomerang - It was made to test the limitations of the animatronics. Stretchy arms, chest compartment(?), did I mention they're HUGE? Now it roams the staff tunnels/garbage area because, as you'll find with a few others, Fazbear Entertainment just threw these whole ass animatronics away and didn't bother to dismantle them. (Boomerang isn't their official name but shh)
White Sun - MY SKRINKY. LITERALLY MY FAVORITE OF THESE GUYS. I LOVE WHITE SM. So White was the first Daycare Attendant ever in the history of ever. Originally, they were made to keep lost children company in the Lost and Found, but eventually Fazbear Entertainment made a small daycare area for them to reside in. At first, kids could draw all over White without a care, but after the daycare was officially built, that feature was removed. As the Superstar Daycare got more popular, White ended up getting scrapped entirely in favor of making new attendants. So now they wander the trash area!!!
Also, White was Monty's punching bag back in the day, and a "hug" turned crush seems to have factored in to the decision to scrap them. So ... Physical contact is a bit iffy for them!
Stellar - The dog. The fucking thing. It lurks in the same places Boomerang does, but it isn't really that sapient or sentient. I mean, definitely sentient to a degree, but that's all. It was built to be the next Daycare Attendant, but is HEAVILY flawed and not a lot of care was put into their programming.
Stellar is pretty fuckin big and it has a chest compartment just like Boomerang. Also, it hates the color yellow but loves purple. It is based on a blackhole!
Chip - She's similar to Crescent and Star in the sense that she was a DCA's assistant! But she was only around for 2 months due to a.. incident with some dude. A mauling. I think the guy lived but unfortunately Chip was scrapped despite the DCA she was bonded to trying to convince them not to.
And guess what! Bot Parent programmed her I believe and they were just SO CONFIDENT in Bot Parent's capabilities they didn't do a test run. Which led to the mauling. Dumb bitches
Happy - My anti-blorbo. Happy is a blackhole show host type animatronic that works in the Superstar Theater! He's gone through shit and has horrible coping mechanisms.
By that I mean he mostly takes out his feelings on those around him, which is Star (we'll get to them in a moment). An absolute CUNT to Star. Eventually his mental state gets worse and worse and BOOM, Bot Parent steps in and fucks him over more somehow!
I think he'd sound like Markiplier. That's not lore, just a personal thing.
Comet - Oh, Comet, my sweet child. They see Star(again, in a moment!!) as their sibling!!! Comet themselves has stretchy limbs, is present strong, and assists in general construction around the pizzaplex. Like... Setting shit up and what not.
Unfortunately they aren't too aware of the Happy bullying but if they were I think they'd beat the shit out of him
Star - AH YES, STAR, MY SECOND FAVORITE CHILD/HJ. Since we both have ocs named Star we started calling it's Supernova/Prima Donna (this one) and mine Jupiter/Bee! That doesn't have anything to do with the lore I just thought it was silly.
Ok, Lore. Due to Happy BEING AN ASS, they ended up taking after his shit personality. A big bully who secretly longs for companionship (not explicitly stated I think but from our roleplays I can tell NVNB). They're very lightweight but strong... Yet fragile. Also, they have wings! They can fly!!!! Aand they ALSO have a cool weapon they can shift into anything!! I know how it works in my head but my brain juices are evaporating, just know it's really cool.
Star really just needs a real friend, man. God.
Spider - SPIDERRR *goes feral* Spider is such a homo. A gay.
They were made for the Lost and Found area, taking over White's original purpose. Though... They somehow ended up falling in love with Sun and Moon. You have no idea how adorable the three of them are.
Spider also has their own room where they "collect" things that are never picked up from the Lost and Found area!!
Due to a roleplay one of their nicknames is Fish and their room is called the Fish Bowl.
So far I don't know of anything bad happening to Spider! Haha I sure hope that doesn't change :')
So yea that's the lore :) so far :)))
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fioras-resolve · 10 months
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into the breach advanced edition is a fascinating look into what dlc is for, and i really respect it even though a fair bit of what it adds is kind of hit or miss for me.
like, into the breach was already a finished game. it was exactly what it wanted to be, and a large part of that came from the designers scrapping features that weren't working. mechanics that aren't easy to explain with ui, enemies that complicated the battle too much, difficulty tuning that made the game ever so slightly impossible. you can actually hear a lot about this in matthew davis's gdc talk about the game, and i honestly really appreciate it.
the game recently got a free Advanced Edition expansion, same as ftl did, and what's notable about this expansion to me is that it brings in a lot of ideas that were scrapped from the base game. and most of them were scrapped for a reason.
like, the new squads are cool, i especially like Cataclysm because being able to literally make holes in the ground is cool as hell. but a lot of the new weapons are honestly pretty hit or miss, the new enemies kind of annoy me, and a lot of the new missions are bad to mid. (lookin at you, Boom Bots!) i am, in fact, glad i can toggle these things off.
but what really stands out to me is the new Unfair Mode. now, base itb's difficulty was designed very deliberately. that talk i linked mentions how into the breach is a puzzle game disguised as a tactics game. there's minimal randomness involved, and you know exactly what the enemy is going to do next turn. each turn is a puzzle you have to solve, and if the game is even slightly too hard, then it stops just being hard, and starts being unsolvable. this is why the new difficulty is called Unfair. similarly, base itb breaks its no-output-randomness rule by including "grid defense," a small random chance for a building to not take damage when hit. you lose if you take enough building damage, so this is a way for mistakes or bad luck to occasionally go unpunished. it was mostly included because, without it, players would abandon runs they thought to be doomed. it was a compromise, but one that had a reason to be there. Unfair mode starts you out with 0% grid defense.
what this all comes down to is that into breach advanced edition isn't an extension of the original game's vision. it's loosening the grip of that vision to give players more avenues to explore. and while i love that original vision, and think some of the additions are not good, i can't help but respect the humility it took to release this
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voyeuristicvixen · 11 months
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Capt’s Log No. 42_SL’s BIG 20!
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iM SuCh a NeRd ! I really do have a designated outfit for Mentoring in AND it matches Bellisaria Welcome Center. W my matching bot friend lol  I have been learning a lot as a mentor from other mentors, things about SL and the various worlds and niches you can find here. When you stay so enmeshed in your reality in SL you tend to forget just how vast it is. Its really unfathomable at times, just like they say our galaxy is continuously growing as we are discovering new parts of it, SL is a quantum realm in a way... I have to write a whole article about my views on SL and the astral world and the correlations therin. I digress
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SL20B was a blast! I attended the premier of an SL documentary that was amazing, I got to see Phil Linden, Strawberry, all the OGs that was great! I love the talks that they do and all the different things that showcase how amazing SL is, the gifts and exhibits, and opportunities to volunteer and meet new people, and of course THE MUSIC!
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My pops did a great couple of sets, it was really dope to see him in a different SL crowd of people that may never have stumbled upon Meroe or the Movement by themselves, that in itself is really cool to me because his sets always plant seeds for self reflection and spiritual growth and understanding. I really love when he does the cinematic spoken word because that is something unique that ive NEVER seen or heard anywhere else in my life. It is truly special my dad goes off!
Gigi, Lex, and I are usually there to support when we can! Partying it up and being the vibes! These glowsticks Lex gifted us def elevated the mood, Lex is a W stage hand. Also, I have to mention because this is something that never goes away, prejudice and racism in SL... during events like this there are always a few bad eggs that bring down the vibes with weird comments and actions towards avatars that look like us, or represent themselves with a strong spiritual and purpose led conviction. Its all about frequency, not all frequencies will mix but people on SL can sometimes come off quite prejudice or whatevs. lmao. Even self hating for some people! When you really dig into the various regions and worlds in SL you can see how perverse/self hating many of the themes can seem. Its quite interesting. Lol high going off on tangents. Look how cute Gigi and I look !! XD
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I got to do my own set it was dope af “Summer Of Love” was my set theme, I put together a set that represented my time in SL thus far, I played a whole Hippie woodstock classic rock set with my favs Jimi, and all the greats. I played Grateful Dead in honor of my first home “Darkstar “ and the old hippies from the lot... XD Then I played some Drum and Bass in honor of one of my fav clubs ive been going to for 10+ years Bassline Junkies. The same folk there and say “Oi oi“ when I enter, Eon the hamster. Great fellow! Then I played house music, in honor of all the various house groups I am a member of and clubs I attend, I fell in love with house in SL, and i ended it with just some feel good jams
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oh! and I did a reading for Secondlife and its residents and the future of SL how could I forget that XD yep It was a blast I kilt it . I even built the set in blender and everything!
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I wore this belt as my everyday attire on my old SL avie before mesh was a thing. This was my favorite ! It has flexi fabrics that flow when you dance and walk tied on it and little pouches and gris gris bags on it. It was a very sentimental set for me tbh. It was the first time I participated in SLB and it was also the first time I used mic in a full curated set and everything.
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Happy Satisfied W My New Strawberry & Patch! I got Phil and Ober bears tooo  I collected a bunch ngl XD
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Mystory Connect is about to pop off, prepping for major RP vibes ! I am so ready to bring new ppl on the regions and make fun stories and tings, we been plottin and plannin! I am now the Real Estate Agent for mystory! I am super excited because these regions are so well built, you can drive everywhere, ride your bike , you can take the subway which is real working subway, its got all kinds of dope commercial and residential spots to live and work and have great roleplay in. I just love how intimate and homey these regions are, and there are always people around, but its about to be even more poppin with all the new things coming in that we rollin out!
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Me and Val havin a cute lunch meeting date at ITALVIBEZ ! That restaurant is the BOMB.COM I love getting oxtail bowl, beef patties, and the guava smoothie drink!! Theres also cute sippy  cups that I get for Yemsters she loves them!! Baby ITAL eatsssss :p
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gale-gentlepenguin · 1 year
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Gale Reviews: Sonic Prime: Episode 1 Shattered
(Spoilers if you havent watched it)
-Sonic is running late to an eggman fight.
-So I really like Big’s voice. It fits him
-Sonics little intro is great.
-Shadow is mentioned and is like “We... will get to him later”
-So I love all the character designs. I like how Rouge is style. (I think the update is a welcome change)
-I am not crazy  about knuckles voice. I prefered Travis Willinghams in Sonic boom. But I adore Amy’s it fits so well
-The quick banter between each one shows the dynamic he has with the team,
-Sonic is into amy, They are so flirting
-Sonic didnt listen and shattered the prism
-I do wish they didnt do this out of order but... its like a mystery.
-Okay so the fight animation is so fluid, really sells Sonics speed.
-New Yoke city. Chaos Council? Damn its nuts. Reminds me of Sonic Satam
-Sonic sees the Big look alike and got so happy, Baby boy
-Sonic did pretty well avoiding bots
-And a flashback.
-Eggman is baiting sonic to destroy his bot. Which tails warned him. But sonic didnt get it
-Sonic only got baited by Eggman insulting tails. And then just completely missed the point
-Eggman used Sonic to make an earthquake to get to the prism
-ORBOT AND CUBOT!
-”Papa wants his prism”
-i SAW THAT YEAR REFERENCE. 1992
-Sonic brought him comics to cheer up tails
-Sonic is such a sweetie. He wants to apologize to tails
-Tails figured it out quick
-ROUGE EXPLAINS IT ALL (Also. I do love the voice they gave her. She is all cool like a spy)
Rouge has great character acting (all of the character acting is great)
-Rouge reveals the door is open
-The comedy is is amusing
-The loopty loop
-Eggman monologuing
-Orbot and Cubot are both idiots
-The Paradox prism looks cool as heck
-Sonic MISSED THE DUMPSTER
-Amy is evil?
-Babels? Who?
-BABY TOY ROBOT?!
-The music shift was unexpected
-I like how the robot is crawling and acting like a baby. It give it character
-ITS A BABY EGGMAN!!!! HES WEIRDLY ADORABLE
-ROUGE AND KNUCKLES!
-Wait the Rouge is called Rebel?
-The knuxouge still counts!
-That may look like tails but not him
-OH S*** HE GOT NINE TAILS
-OH he calls himself Nine. He got mechanical legs
-This is a cool fight
-Damn tails/Nine is a badass
-So I think Rouge and Knuckles are good guys
-Nine is vicious
-Sonic banter is funny
-Sonic saved him
-Sonic looks so heartbroken that tails doesnt recognize him
-Oh snap! Pixel flashbacks!
-Nine’s back story
-Nine is just a kid. Someone give him hugs
-Nine wants to know about the other world
-Sonic telling Nine about his world
-Nine fixes the problem and Sonic gets a wardrobe outfit
-My theory is sonic got paradox prism energy
-Sonic loving his new style
-Sonic in an incredibles trap
-AMY!
-Oh no... Rusty Rose. Thats a cool name
-Not a robot... but a cyborg
- OH S*** THE CHAOS COUNCIL
-its like eggman, but in different stages of life
-Oldest is Dr.Done it (cause he has done it)
-Dr. deep. (tHE THEATER KID EGGMAN)
-Dr. dont (The teen eggman)
-Dr. Bables (Adorable)
- Mr.Dr. Eggman. He is eggman with hair
-Sonic is a mood
- OHHH, this is a world without sonic
-Rusty please stop helping
-Sonic is just pure Quips
-Damn, Amy is cold blooded
-SONIC SLOW TIME
- Sonic handling the test casually
-Sonic hurt that amy is hardless
-OMG FLICKY. She has a flicky core
-Sonic is going crazy fast
-They keep calling him wrong mammale names
-Shadow?!
-Tails still has hope in him
-Amy figured out something is up
-Sonic collecting rings
-And The first person shot before Shadow appears
-The theme music
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Overall, I am left with more questions than answers
but the animation is steller
The New Yoke city is a great local
The comedy is amusing
I do wish it didnt end on a cliff hanger
Solid 8/10
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skelltan · 1 year
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a proposal for shockwave's new alt mode
my last transformers post did wild so i guess i should post more about transformers
i feel like 3 quarters of the og major decepticons are always into question, "what should their new alt mode be?" due to toy laws not allowing guns and some people thinking soundwave's og form is outdated - i disagree, but that's not what we're here to talk about
i wanted to focus on everyone's favorite logical, scheming decepticon - shockwave. i don't know if it's just me but it feels like out of the 3 guys mentioned, shockwave always gets the short end of the stick.
megatron has a few accepted alternatives, most commonly accepted to be a tank. soundwave often is just a land vehicle like a van. shockwave i feel hasn't really settled on anything. the best we have is the crab turret thing and its alright but i dunno. doesn't feel the best. so what else can we do?
stealth fighters aren't used a lot in transformers and i think it fits the sort of logical tactician type and the "decepticons as flyers" thing - the only problem is you'd have to radically alter shockwave's bot mode. which would be fine if we wanted a radically different take, but what about something more in line with the classic look?
a spaceship? it allows him to stay in space like most incarnations and be more in line with his cybertronian roots. well, we already have that with wfc trilogy and probably others and i don't know about you but i don't love it. i'm not totally opposed to spaceship shockwave, but i don't like any of the official designs we've gotten - and it still feels like it's missing something.
so... how about a satellite/orbital cannon? we retain the space aspect, and it makes even more sense for him to constantly be in space, observing the scene below and making plans while staying out of immediate battle - but if he does need to fight, he can have a giant space laser, which calls back to his original laser gun form.
there's also the fact we have had a satellite decepticon before - soundwave. i get what they were going for, but i feel like for the reasons mentioned, it fits shockwave much better.
i also feel like it wouldn't impede on his botmode design too much - at worst there might be some kibble for the satellite mode but i think you could make it look weird and alien, like armor maybe. you could also keep his laser arm as the bottom of the satellite.
so, what do you think? do you agree? disagree? do you have a different form in mind? any ideas for other bots that could have better updated alt modes? feel free to reply >:)
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hypershocked · 1 year
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i think i got a few. im p sure these are mostly agreed on but i dont have any thats really that unpopular.
love free shipping, kraken, duck, (proceeds to name everybot that changed their design to fit the meta) but if the robots arent gonna improve or atleast be entertaining enough after they changed their design, its time for them to go. bots that aren't doing the best after many seasons like tombstone and the such are atleast entertaining to watch (might be biased here but shhh) but these bots mentions and others like them will only be entertaining now if theyre getting beaten up so its time for them to be replaced by those who might have potential and who might be atleast a bit more entertaining.
another one, bite force doesn't need to come back he'd get destroyed in the current meta anyway im sorry folks someone had to say it.
for the most part, robots that do well in lower weight classes won't translate when their 250 pound robots. the smaller robots are meant for other smaller robots so making a much much bigger version of that robot won't be perfect (except for RIPperoni our favorite drag race winner fr)
"riptide was screwed by the edit" this "riptide did nothing wrong" that there was so much evidence to believe there was so much more nasty stuff they did that didnt make the cut. Ethan was saying in the post fight interview that he would've won if he was there discrediting the shit Felix had to do last minute in the finale. like atleast (to my knowledge) Felix seems tolerable and actually pretty good at driving the robot. also idk if this one is true but acc to someone reddit they called the hypershock team some "pink haired freaks" IF THIS IS TRUE THEY CAN FUCK ALL THE OFF and i will be showing up at their door 🤩. (also st*n kurtz literally sells stuff claiming to be the cure for autism ik this is unrelated to robot combat but THEY ARENT GOOD PEOPLE)
yeah thats all. YIPPPppiee!!!!
- Yeahh i'd have to agree with Kraken, Free Shipping, and Duck. I think destructathon is a perfect place for bots like them. Although tbh i'd love to see some room in the field for new fan-favorite, not amazing bots. Terrortops might fit into that niche, but they might be able to pull off some nice wins as well! - I honestly don't have much of an opinion on bite force since I didn't really get into BB until WCVI, but it'd be really interesting to see it come back and just get its ass kicked. Would also be fun if it returned and was even better, but I don't see it ever happening. I'm just as happy to have my bbg Endgame in the mix. - it's very hit or miss with smaller weight class bots being scaled up. it's honestly fun to see them try, and it's probably a good way to test some new bot designs, but they're definitely not all gonna be winners. I wonder if we'll see starchild back or if they're done. At least it worked with HUGE and Lynx o7 - There's not a total black or white side to the whole Riptide thing but it's basically "yeah they're assholes, which the edit made even worse somehow" imo. I feel so bad for Felix tbh. Maybe I shouldn't be sympathetic to anyone on their team but just from what I saw he seems like a cool dude and they were totally dismissive of him? He did an amazing job as a first time Riptide driver and they should've been more supportive :[ - ALSO YEAH. i heard about that comment but oml I didn't realize it came from that team. I was trying to be sympathetic to them but fuck em fuck em fuck em if anyone's coming for team hypershock i WILL throw hands
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