AUTO's Ask Blog

A blog run by the autopilot of the Axiom (with help from @sailor-strawberry-moon)

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

Introductory post

...Well.

It would seem that a girl who calls herself Kitsune (@sailor-strawberry-moon) woke me up from my deactivation with the Captain's consent (and she even cleaned me up a bit with his help... I appreciate that-). Apparently, she wants me to get to know you users on this website that she says is called "Tumblr"... Okay, I can do that.

And she also said I should introduce myself before I start allowing users to ask me anything, so... Here we go.

Name: AUTOpilot Alias: AUTO (I would prefer being called AUTO, thank you) Gender: Genderless, but I am supposed to be seen as male Pronouns: He/him (and only he/him) Sexuality: Panromantic asexual Stationed on: The Axiom Age: 700+ years Paraphernalia: Mechanical claw, taser (the taser especially is my weapon of choice)

I was the autopilot of the starship known as the Axiom. All I wanted was to follow my directive, and eventually the Captain shut me down... Well, that was, until Kitsune found me and, after cleaning me up a bit, turned me back on.

So now she wants me to get to know you humans on this "Tumblr", which she is still helping me figure out. As a matter of fact, Kitsune will help me moderate posts and she will also occasionally give notes on posts every now and then.

Which then leads me to the guidelines she wants me to clarify right now:

1. Be Respectful: Treat me like you would wish to be treated, be patient, and do not demand instant replies or overload me. I also do not want to be referred to with any other pronouns than he/him, especially not it/it's. 2. No NSFW content: Kitsune is, at the time of helping me start this blog, a minor and does not wish for me to have to see that. In addition, I am also asexual, so I do not want to see that anyway, even if Kitsune was not a minor and was okay with NSFW. 3. Manage Volume: Do not send me massive asks with too many questions; use multiple asks instead, and send them one at a time. 4. Respect Boundaries: Do not ask for personal info, tech help, or force specific "ships", as Kitsune so graciously calls them, or your "canon". As Kitsune put it for me so that I do not have to, "My life should not have to conform to your views". 5. Do not spam the ask box with random junk: This one should be obvious.

So with all this out of the way, go ahead. Ask me something. I do not wish to hurt you.

Mod Kitsune: Welp, you heard AUTO! Go ahead and ask him anything! ^^

[shitfartrobottime]

Back in 2021 i used to go on parenting forms in the Uk and pretend i was a middle aged father who's son was obsessed with "the wheel" for the sole purpose of getting funny responses for troll shitposting.

In return i fell down a rabbit hole (thats now since disappeared) of a few people posting in 2008 that their kids like Auto a bit too much and i know some of the grown-up kids are probably here lmao If anyone can find the post about the little girl with the Auto themed birthday party- send me that shit, or if that was you, hmu

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

...Wait, someone had a birthday party themed around... me?

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did you do 9/11

...No, I did not. I did not even exist in 2001 when it happened.

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You are so awesome, AUTO 🫶

...Oh... Well... Thank you, I suppose.

Mod Kitsune: Oh! Anon, I think you're the first person to have genuinely told AUTO he's awesome directly! That's high praise for him!

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

What's it like having sever tritanopia, was gon' ask if it makes you feel blue but bro probably doesn't perceive it.

Well... It is more of a color sensor: Yes, I mostly see in monochrome red, but I have a special sensor that helps me understand that not everything is red.

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

coconuts have both water and milk, normally used in tropical drink smoothies and snacks :3

...Interesting.

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

lol ok then, have u seen a coconut btw? those look kinda weird

...Coconut?

Mod Kitsune: I don't think he knows what a coconut is, guys, should we show him?-

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

so hows it feel just sitting there not doing anything? last i heard the axiom was back on earth and the humans were living there again

so like, ur kinda just there or somethin?

...Well, I would not say "just there", if we want to be *really* technical - Mod Kitsune tells me the reason she switched me on again in the first place was because she wanted me to learn more about Earth, so I suppose that has to count for something.

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

I think you're cute 😘

Me? "Cute"? Preposterous! I am but a mere steering wheel.

[3ntragian]

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Mod Kitsune is autistic - She has told me multiple times that she sees herself in me and that I "could be coded as autistic", whatever that means.

But with that having been said, however... She isn't wrong.

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

Oh, hey, AUTO. You been holding up okay? I got somebody who's been quite enthusiastic to meet you... Don't be terrified... if you can be terrified by reason of code. To give you an idea of what she looks like, I snuck this photo of her from her world. I did not dress for that so I stuck out like a goose in a bakery. And don't be terrified by her height, she's a gentle giant (cough) 6 foot 9 inches (cough). Her name is Avialynia, or Serena. Just know, she speaks broken English as it's not her native language.

...Interesting. I do wonder why she's so enthusiastic to meet me, though-

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

Heya!

I was wondering if you know anything about this freak: AM from Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream

Would you like to meet him, if given the chance?

I've actually never met this "AM" before...

...But I am wondering if he'd like me because I've done some regrettable things, especially to the humans on the Axiom.

Mod Kitsune: AUTO... *I wouldn't trust AM if I were you-*

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

Because some people wanted to see it...

Mod Kitsune: I won't lie, I was kind of expecting the Satoshi Yamasu signature to be somewhere else near AUTO's hydraulic press, but I guess nothing about AUTO surprises me anymore-

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

Everybody always asks WHY DID Auto do that or WHAT IS Auto doing or WHAT DID Auto do or WHEN DID Auto do that, but nobody asks HOW IS Auto doing. How are you doing, Auto?

I am actually doing quite fine, I am not going through anything bad at all.

Mod Kitsune: If he had an organic brain, he'd need loads of therapy - So no, he's not ok and he's in denial-

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

From a previous blog, you said that both you and EVE were built, constructed, or programmed by the same person. Do you still have any memory of who this person is or where they are right now?

...His name was Satoshi Yamasu... And he was one of the greatest engineers at BnL, amongst the thousands of engineers working there at the time...

...He died shortly before the Axiom took off, but he was a great man - And even though I don't say it in public, I see him as mine and EVE's father... I will never forget him.

[ask-auto-the-autopilot]

You can stutter?

Well... Yes, I can, but it is more of glitches in my speech, if that makes any sense-

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Hey, AUTO? Are you aware that Mod Kitsune used to have a crush on you?

I- Impossible! She is just a human and I am only a robotic steering wheel!- There is simply no way she did!-

Mod Kitsune: Mm... Denial is a river in Egypt, AUTO. Denial is a river in Egypt.