#verse: future

[lured-into-wonderland]

Continued from [x] with @mannequinentity

Sitting on her throne; eyes semi-closed or rather hidden under her long lashes, Nunnally was observing the man who had requested her attention. A visitor from the past. Manny. The mannequin. It was strange; the man coming to her but why? For help? For understanding? For consolation? Her face was seemingly unchanged, but inside she was laughing. A bitter laugh. He left a girl forced to sit the throne. Reluctant to take what wasn’t meant to be hers, but now he was meeting a cruel tyrant.

Fists clenched on the arms of her throne, she looked at Manny with the gentler eyes; the little girl inside her wanted to run to him and hug her friend, but the grown-up woman remained still and sited. She couldn’t. She simply could not.

“Things here have not changed.” – a cold voice but laced with sadness and regret; perhaps audible only for Manny – “But it is obvious you have experienced hardship. I am glad you decided to seek your refugee here.” – Nunnally hated herself for being so distant, but that last sentence was everything she could offer him. Apart from the room and some…care?

A half of a smile. This was a castle. Now her castle. There were plenty of rooms. Nunnally stood up. Slowly.

“Of course, Manny. Your old room is still waiting for you. Always and for ever. Just as I had promised you on the day you decided to leave.” -- … me … -- “You know the way, but I will still lead you there.” – she pretended not to see his injuries. When the door behind his chambers would be closed, she would try to deal with them.

“Is there anything else you need? A doctor perhaps?”

(“You shouldn’t have left me back then, Manny. You shouldn’t have. If you hadn’t, things would have been much different for me.”)

[cyberpawn-arc]

because @prvtocol wanted to know how Vale is still kicking long after they should be dead due to the effects of the Relic! And the long and short of it is....AI! At the end of the game with the ending I use for Vale, V is working on a heist of the Crystal Palace for Mr. Blue Eyes. Blue Eyes wants V to hack into that place and fuck with security so Blue Eyes can get data and all that, but in game V tells Blue Eyes to “not forget his end of the bargain” which lets me on that Blue Eyes knows some way to keep V alive. 

I also believe that Blue Eyes is an AI himself, so he knows all about throwing in a personality construct and taking over a brain. Essentially what Vale has in their brain is some sort of inhibitor kinda chip that’s keeping everything stable in their brain at the moment. Inside that chip is an experimental Rogue AI that’s just bubbling about in their brain trying to rebuild whatever neural connections were fucked up by the Relic. Of course, Blue Eyes has control over the AI and that chip and at any time could just. Let a finger slip and shut down the AI, or hell, even possibly kick it into overdrive and let it just hunger for humanity enough to want to take over Vale’s brain and have their life. 

Every day, Vale walks the line of getting their brain shut down and dying in a few months all over again vs some AI that doesn’t known any better taking Vale’s place all in the name of “helping” them. Also, this AI isn’t currently developed to the point it’s like an engram Vale can communicate with, it’s essentially just functioning as their brain. 

Vale doesn’t have to live every day by Blue Eyes’ rules, but when he wants them on a gig, they’re following that gig before anything else. 

[theburgermaster-a]

@valorandgold

It’s about six in the evening when the 10 year old boy comes downstairs with his notebook and pencil in hand. He looks around the area, and seeing no one, he moves to check the office where his father frequently does work that he brings home. Marshall knows that his mother told him not to bother his father unless it was important, but his mother wasn’t here and he was struggling. That counted as important, didn’t it?

“Dad...?” Marshall says timidly from the door to Miles’ office. “Hey Dad, can you help me with something?”

[baldurs-servant]

@ask-henry-yugi-tudor

Leysa’s brow furrowed as she focused on her work, but the sound of giggling in the background was a little distracting. Maybe getting her and her brother’s project to baby sit the twins wasn’t the best idea.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want her children to giggle and be happy. It’s just that knowing Jaden and Yusei, giggling meant they were up to something.

“HENRY WHAT’S GOING ON OVER THERE?” She called out over the electric torch.

[shattered-dragon-blog]

@grandmaster-dashi gets a starter.

   Mia groans, face slowly being lowered onto her desk. How did her life become filled with so much paperwork and organisation? She didn’t think being a Xiaolin Monk would lead to this. In fact, she never thought she’d be leading her own temple.

    “Dashi,” She moans, hands being thrown over her head. “ ... I think I’m getting a headache.”

[monstrouslybeautiful]

Send me a ⛈ to be stuck in a rainstorm with my muse.

[shattered-dragon-blog]

@grandmaster-dashi wants a world where Mia is no longer pure.

   “Oh dear, Dashi,” Mia hums, looking at him with sorrow in her eyes. It isn’t true sorrow, just a look to add power to her words. Theatrics have their place and today she needs them. “It is sad that you cannot see as I do now. See how I- we -can make this world better.”

   She steps up to him on light feet, gossamer skirts trailing behind her and gold jewellery glinting on her arms. She no longer feels the need to wear a monk robe, those drab things never complimented her beauty anyway. Now she feels free enough to wear whatever she wants whenever she wants. No more duty. No more restricting Xiaolin rules. Now Mia is free, for she is the one making the rules.

   “They serve and they don’t hurt each other or themselves. They serve and they are happy. See?” Her hand waves out, indication the once proud monks of Akasha Temple, now her devoted acolytes. Since being forced into enlightenment Mia has gained an alluring quality that makes the weak of will serve her. It is rather helpful for a woman aspiring to be queen of the world.

[shattered-dragon-blog]

@redeyestakewxrning continued [+]

“Mmppff.”

He blinked and raised himself to his knees, huffing laughter through his nose.

“It’s just a joke, Mia. I like freaking people out. Don’t take it personally.”

   “It’s still unwise to sneak up on a warrior Jack,” Mia says, offering a hand. “And I am not taking this personally. I just think you need to think your actions through better.”