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I recently began a personal blocklist of trolls and nasty people. Maybe it can help people like this not get attention every time they make a new alt. bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 13, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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(4/?) "EXTINGUISH" & "PLAYROBOT" #art #writing #DeviusExMachina #daveandbambi
White text on a black background that reads: I’m so tired. It doesn’t matter, though. I have an obligation to fulfill. Quickly. I’m gonna be late to Cici’s if I don’t hurry up and throw something decent on. I can’t believe I almost forgot about this tonight. “Are you feeling well enough to…” "Well enough?" Good god. The fact he even had to ask that about an activity so basic is… what the hell am I doing to make him think that? I’m finally getting back to some normalcy, I thought it’d be obvious. Clearly I’m worrying them. I need to convince them I’m fine before they start asking more questions. Stress isn’t good for them. Just shove the jacket over there… When’s the last time I wore a different outfit? I don’t even know. Not important right now. Ugh… maybe that’s why she asked. I wouldn’t be surprised. Just pat down the hair and get the hell out. Tristan is waiting on you. Phone, keys, wallet… phone, keys, wallet… _ “So what brings Bambi here so often these days?” Maldo asks me in a cheerful tone. “You know, I'm not actually sure!” I say precisely as rehearsed, leaning back in the booth seat to distract myself from my heart racing at the question. “I don’t really know what goes on in his head, but I'm glad he's spending more time with Tristan, ‘cus he sure is getting a kick out of it, aren'tcha?” “Mmfgkfgh!” Tristan is utterly destroying his pizza. He hurriedly swallows his bite. “Yeah!!!” “Slow down, kiddo! We're in no rush!” “I knoooww…” I couldn’t possibly ask for a better goofball of a son. I can’t help but smile. He’s so much like myself. “It’s been wonderful having him here,” Maldo says, happily closing his eyes. “I’ve always wanted to talk to him more to understand him better.” Ah. Shit. My ‘project’. I completely forgot. “Yeah… he still doesn’t seem to do that much with you, does he?” “Not yet!” (Full text cannot fit into alt text. To read the rest of it, go to the website: https://devius-ex-machina.tiddlyhost.com/ ) A short comic in grayscale except for the final panel. In the first panel, Tristan is sitting in the floor of his room digging through a cardboard box, while Bambi is poking his head in through the door. Tristan says, "Look, Mr. Bambi! I wanna show you something!" In the next panel, Tristan is holding up Playrobot in his arms saying "I want you to meet Playrobot! I haven't played with her in a whiiile... but she'd love to meet new people!!" In the next panel, he flicks a switch behind her head to the "ON" position, and she begins whirring. Bambi stares at her with a neutral expression. In the next panel, she blinks, showing her eyes. In the final panel, she is rendered in color, with Tristan sitting behind her smiling widely as he says, "Isn't she so cool??? My dads made her for me for Christmas!!" Playrobot says, "Hi! I'm Playrobot!" White text on a black background that says: “Dave and Maldo?” Bambi asked. “No, Dave and…” Tristan stopped talking to lean forward and look outside the door. Huh? He stared for a few seconds before settling back down and whispering, “Dave and Muko!” Oh, right. The pink one with the glasses. But that was a weird way for Tristan to say it. “Why you whispering?” “Well, Dad doesn’t-” “Which dad…” “Blue dad! He, uh… oh yeah, I drew a picture of her once when I was younger–um, I think I wasss…four?–‘cuz I thought it’d be cool to have a robot like Maldo who’s my age! But they surprised me next Christmas by making her real!!! They were showing me how she works and everything, and it was so cool!!! Wanna see what she can do?” Tristan’s eagerness to talk about his interests was endearing. He interrupted himself and tripped over his words much like he’s heard Dave do. Playrobot blinked and smiled idly as he talked. “Sure.” Tristan explained all the things she could do - play games, talk, describe the time and weather, and even do basic math. She had a voice recognition thing that could tell who was speaking to her if she spent enough time talking to a person. Some of it he didn’t really understand, but he was happy to let the kid ramble. As Tristan spoke, she stared at him and leaned forward, like she was interested in what he was saying. “...and apparently, they spent five months building her. Can you believe it? Five whole months, just for a Christmas present! I could tell they were doing something, ‘cus they were being all funny about working on something, and they kept trying to tell me it was just something boring that I wouldn’t be interested in, but it was driving me crazy not knowing what it was! And after a while they started making really funny stories about it too and changed it every time I asked, like how they were working on a bomb, or a really really small sock!” (To read it all, go to the site: https://devius-ex-machina.tiddlyhost.com/ ) White text on a black background that reads: “Oh! Oh, yeah, I did. Um, I didn’t mean that literally. I know she can’t actually love!! I just, uh, put person qualities on her when I talk about her. I think lots of people do that? Dad said we ‘personify’ stuff that isn’t a person.” “Why.” Bambi didn’t understand that. A brick wasn’t alive. A scarecrow wasn’t alive. Corn was…wasn’t sapient. Why pretend it was? “Ummmm…I dunno!” Tristan shrugged cheerfully. “For fun, I guess? Dad would…blue Dad would know more about that, you should ask him!” “Huh.” Bambi nodded, staring at Playrobot’s face. “Didn’t know people-robots were a thing.” “Most people don’t. That’s because Maldo’s special! She’s not like other robots. Dad says she’s a really advanced one with cutting-edge technology. I can’t imagine why anyone would ditch her! But it’s a good thing my parents didn’t, ‘cus when she woke up, they all became friends and stuck together! And not long after that, well, they found me!” The boy is smiling ear-to-ear, beaming with energy. “Did Dad tell you that story?” “Yes,” he said thoughtfully, watching Playrobot giggle and begin to spin in a slow circle. Years ago Dave and Muko explained to Bambi the situation with Tristan’s biological family in great detail. That was the first, and one of the few, times he had seen Dave angry enough to tremble. The information was shocking. Abandonment and neglect, from what they could tell. They had found the poor child wandering the street alone at night in dirty clothes, hungry, thirsty, and very quiet. He didn’t cry once. He was perfectly fine with being taken into the arms of strangers. When they tried to locate his parents, nothing came up. Bambi had felt that rage, too, just from hearing about it. He had found Dave’s strong emotions about it comforting. (To read full text, go here: https://devius-ex-machina.tiddlyhost.com/ )
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM
hellbreakerrr.bsky.social
blueSky you Better fix this WHAT THE FLOP FLIP!!!!
October 29, 2024 at 2:12 AM