#dark backstories

[anthropictales]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 21/? Fandom: Destiny (Video Games), Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Original SPARTAN Character(s) (Halo), Original Ghost (Destiny), Original AI Character(s), Banshee-44 (Destiny), The Spider (Destiny), Original Guardian Character(s) (Destiny), Original Fallen | Eliksni Character(s), Transhuman Character(s) Additional Tags: UNSC is sus, AI technical difficulties, Creepy old ruins, Gender shit complicated by transhumanism, AI reprogramming that could be considered torture, Psychological Horror, the wrong end of transhumanism Series: Part 5 of Fragments of Eternity, Part 3 of Tales of Storm and Shield Summary:

A SPARTAN, cast into the paraverse by a cosmic accident, and raised by the light. Her AI companion, and only link to her past, facing Rampancy and Ego-death.

Saving his life will hurl them on a collision course with

The Stormglaive

A rogue Lightbearer turned Ketchkiller Captain, and her ragtag crew of survivors and scrappers.

Beneath Europa's surface are the tools needed to save a dying AI, and the terrible secrets that led to the Stormglaive's first death.

Within the AI's corrupted memories, lie the events that led to the SPARTAN's own final moments.

Safe to say, nobody is getting out of this without seeing some shit.

[rpgdragoon]

The Goth War reigns.

So, we have Taliesin with "MY FIRST MEMORY WAS CRAWLING OUT OF THE DIRT AND I BLEED TO FIGHT THE UNDEAD." In one corner.

And Liam "I MURDERED MY OWN PARENTS IN A GOVERNMENT BRAINWASHING MAGIC SOLDIER PROGRAM."

The "biggest and gothest" war continues between them. Oh, but wait, there is another contender.

Travis "I died at sea and was brought back by an eldritch sea god. Oh and I eat swords."

Soooooooo...... Jeezus fuck people, this shit is dark.

[rpgdragoon]

Watching an AI Girlfriend Look Back at You, Live

There's a particular moment people keep describing when they try video calling on SweetDream for the first time. It isn't the novelty of the technology itself. It's the small pause when their AI companion tilts her head, reacts to something they said, and the screen stops feeling like a screen. SweetDream, found at sweetdream.ai, has rolled out video calls with select characters, and the reaction has been less about gadgetry and more about presence.

Spend time on the platform and you notice the video feature doesn't sit alone. It rests on everything else SweetDream already does well: the deeply customizable character creation, the chat that genuinely remembers what you told it last week, the voice messages and phone calls that sound unnervingly human. By the time a face appears on a call, you've already built a relationship with someone. The video just gives that relationship a window.

Compared to the broader field of AI girlfriend tools, where a face-to-face call is still rare, SweetDream feels a step ahead. Plenty of platforms promise companionship; far fewer let you see your AI companion respond to you in real time. That, more than the marketing language, is why people keep calling it the best of the bunch.