RiippleEffect



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    "You're a space wizard, Murderbot. You'll hate it. It'll be great." - The Force, probably

    If Murderbot ever proves the Force is sentient, it will plot to murder the shit out of the Force.

    So maybe I should’ve noticed I had bullshit magic powers sooner, but in my defense I didn’t think magic was real. Most sane people would insist magic isn’t real.

    Wait, whoops, the ghosts would claim it’s not magic. It’s “the Force” (in case you’re wondering, yes, you can hear the capitalization), and I’m a “Force-sensitive” which means I’m able to manipulate the mysterious, supernatural (but definitely not magical) force that a bunch of old dead monks decided to name the Force. (Not that I’m making fun of their naming sense. It’s apt even if it must’ve gotten confusing sometimes.)

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    24 Aug 2026

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    Shen Yuan was apparently, an average disciple.

    According to Ning Yingying and some older Shimei’s, everyone had been baffled when Shizun had made him a personal disciple. He was good enough to be an inner disciple but not the best by a long shot, and Shizun only took The Best. He didn’t get into any of the infighting senior disciples normally did for their Shizun’s favor because according to Ning Yingying

    “Shizun thinks Shen-Shixiong is a lazy brat, and Shixiong doesn’t care what anyone thinks ‘cause he’s always trying to get off the mountain to go hunt monsters like he’s some Bai Zhan Brute.” She had then assured Luo Binghe that he’d love Shen Yuan.

    Luo Binghe has a sinking feeling in his chest that perhaps, this is the most accurate thing his Shijie has ever said to him.

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    21 Aug 2026

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    SecUnit stays aboard ART when the rest of the crew goes down to the planet for shore leave. It's expecting some long-awaited peace and quiet, but what it gets is...

    ...school time.

     

    (Or, let's swim in space with mama our non-gendered bot parental figure.)

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    20 Aug 2026

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    It wants to say everything, it wants to say nothing, it does not know what could possibly make any of this feel better, but it selfishly wants to be helped anyways. Contradicting, irrational. Say something. “I have no goals. I cannot do anything even if I had one.” Its emotions get the better of it and its voice cracks, “I am useless.”

    What is the point of an AI with no objective?

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    08 Aug 2026

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    Whatever happened here was bad. Irrevocably, inexplicably, inarticulably bad in a way that the most basal parts of his being wants nothing more than to escape from. But Grace can't turn away.

    After encountering what appears to be a last hoo-ra emergency mission attempt from Earth caught up in the Hail Mary's wake, Grace and Rocky discover a single, severely injured human being quite literally encased in what Grace can only describe as a crime scene. A horror movie. And when he wakes up? He's mad. Really mad. Talking to the walls mad. Now they have to figure out just where he came from and why. Things are further complicated when all the newcomer (Simon, they learn) can talk about is missing planets, haunted oceans, and non-existent space stations. That and the really weird data they've been picking up on.
    Maybe part of solving that is, much to Rocky's enthusiasm; both Grace and Simon slowly realizing how lonely they are.

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    14 Jul 2026