Good Morning Murderbot fans
I've noticed there's been an increase in TMBD fans on my tumblr. Honestly, I wasn't really expecting this. I mean, I expected a few of you but I wasn't exactly expecting there to be more than 2 or 3.
That said, I have a new fic for y'all, if you haven't already found it. There's 3 chapters of Orion's Belt already posted, and this one is about Three.
Before you go reading it, though, let me tell you that this story was inspired by a reality shift that I had. (Maybe not inspired by, but its certainly following how things went.) A lot of it was in 3rd person, but I am writing in 1st person because there was a moment in the shift where I was indeed looking through Three's eyes and that was... something. Words cannot properly describe how it feels to observe the world via a SecUnit's processors. Everything is so much faster, and it's like having seven tabs open and looking at all of them at the same time. I agree with Murderbot that humans and augmented humans can't handle multiple inputs. (I genuinely had to shove myself back into 3rd person because that was A Lot.)
That being said, the feelings part was also very off-putting. It's very different than how we as humans feel emotions, mostly because it's so strong, to the point that its physical sensation. I've never felt anything like it.
That said, Orion's Belt is my attempt to quantify that experience, because I could not stop thinking about it. Three goes on a mission for data retrieval with MB and ART, and while on the corporate station where Three has to act as a distraction, it gets a bit distracted in turn with two SecUnits from the same tissue batch as One and Two. And, as it turns out, B-E used the same three tissue batches for all of their trio'ed SecUnits.
Orion's Belt is weirdly close to my heart, maybe because I genuinely felt what Three felt, or because it's such an interesting story that I experienced as some of it played out. Either way, I put Media Trope on hold while I write this story. It's shorter, I'm expecting to write 6 chapters and leaving it after that. (Oh and, BTW, this is my first time posting any type of smut within the fandom. It's currently being written, and my brain is throwing itself at a wall because I'm anxious it's going to be horrible.)
Media Trope will be back, but for now, go read Orion's Belt (linked above) and get the feels. It's not sad, but its certainly not quite the same as a happily ever after.
If there's anyone else in the fandom that reality shifts, I would love to hear about it, too. I cannot be the only one who has seen this shit, unless all of you are augmented humans or just plain old humans when you shift. Someone else has to have the SecUnit experience, right?
