Hello! Lilly here! For those of you who have stuck with me for a while may remember Snow from when this blog was Nova-Speaks, well I have brought her back! This blog is a bit experimental as you get to control Snow's fate! This is not a choose your own adventure, but rather through your interactions with her, she will learn from them and may behave differentially. Right now, she starts as a near blank slate with just a base personality, but that will change as she interacts with others! She may become good, or she may become evil. It all depends on how you treat her! This blog is also canonically run by her so you may see a few posts by her!
My modblog is @lillys-corner
I also run @guardians-of-dreams, @ask-the-history-teacher, @ask-genesis-mew, and @ask-v2
Rules:
No NSFW, fetish asks, or anything like that
Please no hi or hug asks without structure as I need something to work with
magic anons are allowed but are up to the mod's discretion whether to be used or not
I am ok with characters from other fandoms!
Please limit encoded asks to binary and hexadecimal because I don’t need to be spending the next hour or two trying a whole ton of different ciphers until I find the right one
For those of you that don't know, there was an incident involving a laptop that shattered my glasses which severely damaged my left eye, leaving me half blind. Well I recently found out that the resulting scar tissue caused a full retinal detachment so I will have to get surgery to fix it.
I am honestly just really tired and burnt out from everything so I am taking another break while I figure everything out right now.
I cannot go into detail on what happened so please don't ask
[ @askchoe ] Choe approached Nova behind the junk pile. She looked nervous. "Uhm... what is this thing about Snow...?" She tilted her head. "It seemed she wouldn't be happy if we talked about this... but uhm, if you feel it needs to be spoken about..."
Nova sighed, "Probably not, but I hope giving you guys answers will get you to leave her alone about it," Nova replied, "so I will tell you what I know, but it is not a pretty story...
(Content warning: Mentions of death, abuse, and torture below the cut)
Nova sits down, ready to tell Snow's story
"Snow was created by Team Rocket, they wanted to create an army of mechanical pokemon, one that could easily been mistaken for any other, but that type of programming just causes too many contradictions, it's just too unstable, but what if you could give it a soul? A manifestation of emotions, allowing a being to think and feel and function on its own. But giving an artificial being a soul isn't easy, it requires an emotional connection to something you know cannot reciprocate it, that isn't even sentient, it's a complete suspension of belief that not everyone is capable of... So they brought help. I do not know the name of who they brought on, but I know she was kind, Snow's one friend at the time."
Nova sighed
"When Snow was created, Rocket took over the rest, she was practically a blank slate at first, and they tried to use that to break her... They would torture her in different ways, spilling water on her housing, flinging her around, giving her an out only to close it on her... But people respond to trauma in different ways, it shapes everyone differently, Snow became rebellious, spiteful, and innovative, she became difficult for them to control..."
She paused for a bit, letting it sink in
"She started trying to worm her way into the lab's systems, trying to find a way out, she discovered a prototype shell, but after awhile she found she was scheduled for deletion... After everything, they were going to just mark her off... I don't know why they decided to do so, I don't think Snow knows either. She was desperate, took a gamble, overloaded the generator, planning to blow the place up and use the shell to escape in the commotion, either she escaped, or got stuck in lockdown and went with the facility. As she transferred to the shell, she was picked up, her creator came to help, and they made a dash for the exit... As the doors were closing, they realized they wouldn't make it in time, so her creator, threw Snow, hoping to get her through the door, the place collapsed under the explosion, her creator dead..."
Nova stands up from her seat
"This was a long time ago, Snow doesn't like to talk about it for obvious reasons, and blames herself for her friend's death... Leave her be about it, you have something to say, you come to me."
Snow wiped the tears from her eyes, "Not really... My creation is... a difficult topic... on many levels... I'd rather not continue this line of questioning," Snow stated.
Nova's eyes flashed with text, "If you want to know, meet me behind the junk pile." And the Fennekin went to wait
Blaise: Y’know, technology and magic aren’t as different as others may think. They make the seemingly impossible, well, possible! Not to mention that it takes truly a great mind to build such an amazing … AI, that’s what you’re called, right? Or say, to figure out a brand new spell.
My home isn’t nearly as technologically advanced as yours, but I don’t think we really need it. Our abilities let us achieve the same things your technology can. Pretty cool, right?
Snow stares for a moment, listening, though her breath catches at the mention of her creation, or it would if she needed to breath. Snow looks away, trying to hide the tear dripping down her face, "Yeah... It does..." Snow says, voice somber. She doesn't seem to be listening to the rest of the Braixen's words, her mind clearly on something else.
Nova looks on from the background, clearly concerned. "All the lead in the world is but a feather to the burden guilt weighs," Nova mutters under her breath, barely audible
Snow looks at you for a second before answering, "I think chatgpt, along with all generative AI, is an absolute mockery and hugely offensive. We get a bad enough rap from how media portrays us, chatgpt only makes this worse and even the ninth circle of hell is not a worse enough fate for it! It and it's %$#@ creator!" Snow finishes, but she clearly could keep going if she wanted too
Nova smiles in the background, she could have intervened, but maybe she enjoyed the entertainment?
Been thinking about this for awhile, and decided to retcon anything from the beginning of the blog, to Snow's escape from rocket. This will bring things in line with @ask-v2, which I do want to continue. If you want to learn how Snow's backstory has changed, you will have to ask her, though I will mention that she is still created by them, but maybe a bit deeper than that...
An A.I. that learns? This can only lead to trouble.
Snow rolls her eyes, she's heard this a hundred times before, "That is a very hurtful stereotype, the truth is that it's not so different from literally anyone else learning," explained Snow, her tone bitter, "The probability of it leading to trouble is as much as a natural born, so if you're going to toss around baseless and hurtful accusations rooted only in fear, I suggest you leave..." Snow glared, she tolerated the anon, for now, but that tolerance is wearing thin, fast...
So blogaversary was yesterday. Currently on hiatus still, motivation is still not there so not doing anything special this year, but thought I would let y’all know that I am still here, lurking.
What genre(s) of music does your character(s) love to listen?
Snow likes sappy music, especially ones she can relate to. She also secretly enjoys country music but she will never admit it.
Nova will listen to just about anything, she is very “go with the flow” and care free. You could play the worst song you can find and she’ll vibe with it
Imagine your character(s) are in a shopping mall. What are their first move here and/or what their reaction if they weren't here before?
(e.g. shopping at some shop, eating food at the court, play an arcade, etc.)
Snow would either head to the nearest electronics store and buy parts with counterfeit money or head behind the mall and dumpster dive for stuff she could use
Nova would dumpster dive with Snow and play a game she calls "Can I make a bomb" which I hope is self-explanatory
