Techling Tales

Based on the Artwork of Ken Berman www.kenbermanart.com BOTs, WIDGETs, STEMs, Bubble Trees and more Dioramas from the Green Valley. Artifacts, and quiet sci‑fi echoes. A slow‑burn story told in miniatures + lore. Read all about The Code 'X' Chronicles on Royal Road Link to First Chapter Below https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/165025/code-x-chronicles/chapter/3329904/chapter-1-the-gnome-who-guarded-time-and-ruined

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Meet Daisy. She's a BOT with golden hair, sharper wit, and a kiss you really don’t want to get unless you’ve updated your will. 💋⚡️ She’s glamorous, lethal, and about to make her grand entrance in The Code X Chronicles on Royal Road.

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

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Meet Daisy. She's a BOT with golden hair, sharper wit, and a kiss you really don’t want to get unless you’ve updated your will. 💋⚡️ She’s glamorous, lethal, and about to make her grand entrance in The Code X Chronicles on Royal Road.

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

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One of many MOTs (Modes of Transportation) that are part of my upcoming book The Code 'X' Chronicles. For a peek at the book go to:

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

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U‑TURN // BIOGRAPHICAL EXCERPT (From the Green Valley Personnel Archive — Section Redacted)

U‑Turn didn’t start life as a traffic BOT. He started as a homeless street orphan eeking out a life in the back lot behind Dan Da Man’s Family Business - a quiet, half‑assembled BOT with a crooked directional glyph and a habit of staring at passing clouds like they were trying to tell him something.

Dan found him first. Eugene found him second. Neither of them could agree on who “raised” him, but both claim credit for teaching him how to hold a STOP sign without dropping it.

U‑Turn was always the quiet one. Not shy - just… observant. He watched the world the way some BOTs watch a malfunctioning fuse: with deep concern and a readiness to intervene.

He didn’t fit in anywhere until the Green Valley Department of Transportation took him in. They gave him:

a reflective vest

a walkie‑talkie

a laminated card of “Approved Safety Phrases”

He memorized the card. Then he memorized the unapproved phrases too, just in case.

Within a week, he was the best traffic BOT they’d ever had. Within a month, he was the only one who could stop a STEM warlord with nothing more than a raised STOP sign and a firm tone.

Dan says U‑Turn found his purpose. Eugene says U‑Turn found his people. U‑Turn says:

“I found the flow. And the flow must be respected.”

Read more about U-Turn and the BOTs of the Green Valley on Royal Road. The Book is called The Code X Chronicles

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Welcome to the Green Valley. A place where STEM and STEAM collide to see who controls Code 'X'.

Read the full story on Royal Road:

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

Somewhere in the Green Valley, the little BOTs gather before the day begins - humming, blinking, trading quiet signals only they understand. Every one of them built for something different. Every one of them carrying a tiny story.

STEM. BOTS. WIDGETS. Bubble Trees and more. It's a whole miniature world of bright minds and brighter circuits.

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U‑TURN // BIOGRAPHICAL EXCERPT (From the Green Valley Personnel Archive — Section Redacted)

U‑Turn didn’t start life as a traffic BOT. He started as a homeless street orphan eeking out a life in the back lot behind Dan Da Man’s Family Business - a quiet, half‑assembled BOT with a crooked directional glyph and a habit of staring at passing clouds like they were trying to tell him something.

Dan found him first. Eugene found him second. Neither of them could agree on who “raised” him, but both claim credit for teaching him how to hold a STOP sign without dropping it.

U‑Turn was always the quiet one. Not shy - just… observant. He watched the world the way some BOTs watch a malfunctioning fuse: with deep concern and a readiness to intervene.

He didn’t fit in anywhere until the Green Valley Department of Transportation took him in. They gave him:

a reflective vest

a walkie‑talkie

a laminated card of “Approved Safety Phrases”

He memorized the card. Then he memorized the unapproved phrases too, just in case.

Within a week, he was the best traffic BOT they’d ever had. Within a month, he was the only one who could stop a STEM warlord with nothing more than a raised STOP sign and a firm tone.

Dan says U‑Turn found his purpose. Eugene says U‑Turn found his people. U‑Turn says:

“I found the flow. And the flow must be respected.”

Read more about U-Turn and the BOTs of the Green Valley on Royal Road. The Book is called The Code X Chronicles

[techlingtales]

Welcome to the Green Valley. A place where STEM and STEAM collide to see who controls Code 'X'.

Read the full story on Royal Road:

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

Somewhere in the Green Valley, the little BOTs gather before the day begins - humming, blinking, trading quiet signals only they understand. Every one of them built for something different. Every one of them carrying a tiny story.

STEM. BOTS. WIDGETS. Bubble Trees and more. It's a whole miniature world of bright minds and brighter circuits.

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BUCKTOOTH KENNY // LEVEL‑3 ROGUE UNIT

STEM swears he’s “unpredictable,” “non‑compliant,” “a threat to operations.” Funny how they never mention the part where he slipped through three STEM patrol grids and stole a bunch of stuff from STEM HQ on his way back to the Green Valley.

They’ve posted a ₡12,000 bounty. Kenny’s response was to laugh and keep running.

Green Valley remembers its own.

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BUCKTOOTH KENNY // LEVEL‑3 ROGUE UNIT

STEM swears he’s “unpredictable,” “non‑compliant,” “a threat to operations.” Funny how they never mention the part where he slipped through three STEM patrol grids and stole a bunch of stuff from STEM HQ on his way back to the Green Valley.

They’ve posted a ₡12,000 bounty. Kenny’s response was to laugh and keep running.

Green Valley remembers its own.

[techlingtales]

Welcome to the Green Valley. A place where STEM and STEAM collide to see who controls Code 'X'.

Read the full story on Royal Road:

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

Somewhere in the Green Valley, the little BOTs gather before the day begins - humming, blinking, trading quiet signals only they understand. Every one of them built for something different. Every one of them carrying a tiny story.

STEM. BOTS. WIDGETS. Bubble Trees and more. It's a whole miniature world of bright minds and brighter circuits.

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BUCKTOOTH KENNY // LEVEL‑3 ROGUE UNIT

STEM swears he’s “unpredictable,” “non‑compliant,” “a threat to operations.” Funny how they never mention the part where he slipped through three STEM patrol grids and stole a bunch of stuff from STEM HQ on his way back to the Green Valley.

They’ve posted a ₡12,000 bounty. Kenny’s response was to laugh and keep running.

Green Valley remembers its own.

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BUCKTOOTH KENNY // LEVEL‑3 ROGUE UNIT

STEM swears he’s “unpredictable,” “non‑compliant,” “a threat to operations.” Funny how they never mention the part where he slipped through three STEM patrol grids and stole a bunch of stuff from STEM HQ on his way back to the Green Valley.

They’ve posted a ₡12,000 bounty. Kenny’s response was to laugh and keep running.

Green Valley remembers its own.

[techlingtales]

Welcome to the Green Valley. A place where STEM and STEAM collide to see who controls Code 'X'.

Read the full story on Royal Road:

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

Somewhere in the Green Valley, the little BOTs gather before the day begins - humming, blinking, trading quiet signals only they understand. Every one of them built for something different. Every one of them carrying a tiny story.

STEM. BOTS. WIDGETS. Bubble Trees and more. It's a whole miniature world of bright minds and brighter circuits.

[techlingtales]

Welcome to the Green Valley. A place where STEM and STEAM collide to see who controls Code 'X'.

Read the full story on Royal Road:

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

Somewhere in the Green Valley, the little BOTs gather before the day begins - humming, blinking, trading quiet signals only they understand. Every one of them built for something different. Every one of them carrying a tiny story.

STEM. BOTS. WIDGETS. Bubble Trees and more. It's a whole miniature world of bright minds and brighter circuits.

[techlingtales]

U‑TURN // BIOGRAPHICAL EXCERPT (From the Green Valley Personnel Archive — Section Redacted)

U‑Turn didn’t start life as a traffic BOT. He started as a homeless street orphan eeking out a life in the back lot behind Dan Da Man’s Family Business - a quiet, half‑assembled BOT with a crooked directional glyph and a habit of staring at passing clouds like they were trying to tell him something.

Dan found him first. Eugene found him second. Neither of them could agree on who “raised” him, but both claim credit for teaching him how to hold a STOP sign without dropping it.

U‑Turn was always the quiet one. Not shy - just… observant. He watched the world the way some BOTs watch a malfunctioning fuse: with deep concern and a readiness to intervene.

He didn’t fit in anywhere until the Green Valley Department of Transportation took him in. They gave him:

a reflective vest

a walkie‑talkie

a laminated card of “Approved Safety Phrases”

He memorized the card. Then he memorized the unapproved phrases too, just in case.

Within a week, he was the best traffic BOT they’d ever had. Within a month, he was the only one who could stop a STEM warlord with nothing more than a raised STOP sign and a firm tone.

Dan says U‑Turn found his purpose. Eugene says U‑Turn found his people. U‑Turn says:

“I found the flow. And the flow must be respected.”

Read more about U-Turn and the BOTs of the Green Valley on Royal Road. The Book is called The Code X Chronicles

[techlingtales]

Welcome to the Green Valley. A place where STEM and STEAM collide to see who controls Code 'X'.

Read the full story on Royal Road:

Mini the gnome perched high atop an ancient bubble tree, scanning the schoolyard for offenders. Not dangerous ones, just the late ones. To h

Somewhere in the Green Valley, the little BOTs gather before the day begins - humming, blinking, trading quiet signals only they understand. Every one of them built for something different. Every one of them carrying a tiny story.

STEM. BOTS. WIDGETS. Bubble Trees and more. It's a whole miniature world of bright minds and brighter circuits.

[techlingtales]

U‑TURN // BIOGRAPHICAL EXCERPT (From the Green Valley Personnel Archive — Section Redacted)

U‑Turn didn’t start life as a traffic BOT. He started as a homeless street orphan eeking out a life in the back lot behind Dan Da Man’s Family Business - a quiet, half‑assembled BOT with a crooked directional glyph and a habit of staring at passing clouds like they were trying to tell him something.

Dan found him first. Eugene found him second. Neither of them could agree on who “raised” him, but both claim credit for teaching him how to hold a STOP sign without dropping it.

U‑Turn was always the quiet one. Not shy - just… observant. He watched the world the way some BOTs watch a malfunctioning fuse: with deep concern and a readiness to intervene.

He didn’t fit in anywhere until the Green Valley Department of Transportation took him in. They gave him:

a reflective vest

a walkie‑talkie

a laminated card of “Approved Safety Phrases”

He memorized the card. Then he memorized the unapproved phrases too, just in case.

Within a week, he was the best traffic BOT they’d ever had. Within a month, he was the only one who could stop a STEM warlord with nothing more than a raised STOP sign and a firm tone.

Dan says U‑Turn found his purpose. Eugene says U‑Turn found his people. U‑Turn says:

“I found the flow. And the flow must be respected.”

Read more about U-Turn and the BOTs of the Green Valley on Royal Road. The Book is called The Code X Chronicles