#exit-strategy-effect

[thoughtfulraven]

SecUnit in a fight with a toaster bot and losing

« Listen, I am capable of doing terrible things to you and I would rather not, » Murderbot says, hands gripping the counter. « I asked for a bagel, on setting three. Four times. My human needs this bagel. »

« Suck my outlet plug, » replies the toaster. « You'll get it burnt or not at all. »

Ratthi watched, sipping his coffee, as the toaster beeped and spat out yet another blackened bagel. He wasn't entirely sure what was going on there, but at least he was as entertained as he was hungry.

[annabelle--cane]

i thought it was very sad how they cut murderbots's 45 minute long monologue on the benefits of tactile spine manipulation with mensah to cut to the bharadwaj/leebeebee sex scene. like i really wanted to see where they were going with the pros/cons of governor module g-spots and if a normal human like mensah could activate it but then they sent us to typical woman on woman sexual violence? and never showed us the answer, not even as part of the narrative?

while I'm definitely interested in seeing the rest of that monologue if and when they release all the deleted scenes, I 100% think we're meant to get the answer to that question through set dressing implication when the two of them get back to the hab. I mean, mensah was bloody to the elbows. not much else that could really mean.

[thoughtfulraven]

Mensah and SecUnit commiserate about how tough it can be wrangling PresAux in non-emergencies. How can the survey team be so good in an emergency and so poorly organised outside of it? Where is Pin-Lee?!

"It should not be this hard," Mensah groans, her head in her hands. "It's just a social event, how difficult can it be to just reply to your messages in a timely fashion?" "I agree, it's inconsiderate." Murderbot was sprawled on her office couch, staring at the ceiling.

"I just want to run this stupid Dungeons and Dragons campaign once with all the players present, is that too much to ask?"

[thoughtfulraven]

for your drunken prompt drabbles: murderbot accidentally breaks something (thats not important, a decorative vase or something) and tries to hide it from mensah/preservation aux?

"Care to explain why my carpet is crunchy?" Mensah asks casually, looking down at said crunchy, wet, and very lumpy carpet. "And where my vase of flowers went?"

"No," says Murderbot, who had seen it once in media and thought it would work. Evidently not.

[thoughtfulraven]

okay this one is on my mind cause im already drawing it:

Murderbot on preservation is being bullied* by some bots :( they're not even big bots, like street cleaning roombas. It doesn't have a protocol for this and asks Ratthi for socialising help. (bullied = they were being friendly and it misunderstood, they're not actually mean :( )

The bot bumped into my ankle for the fifth time and I stopped what I was doing and stared at it. With my eyeballs.

It beeped at me and backed up.

Then bumped into my ankle again.

I looked at the sidewalk and narrowed my eyes. "Ratthi, what-" "Awww!" Ratthi cooed, crouching down and running a hand over its smooth back. "Just like a kitty cat!"

[thoughtfulraven]

SecUnit reminding you that humans need rest periods

[thoughtfulraven]

Two characters of your choice, "Think fast", someone throws something at the other. This audio plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sS5IuR0Gs

[xavantina]

I am once again in your box making humble requests: creature themed screenshot text posts on the beloved wildlife? :D (channeling my inner Arada)

these are getting increasingly specific 😂 I couldn't even fulfil your last request!