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  1. Rec *

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    Kris was done. They weren't going to tolerate the interdimensional invader in their ribcage any longer. And if they had to open a fountain to get rid of it, they were going to.

    Or at least, they were. Until that invader offered something new: the chance to remember between resets. To make their own decisions with nothing more than some minor advice and a helping hand if requested. Naturally, Kris was interested. And that's why they woke up on Thursday morning, remembering two days that technically hadn't happened yet.

    Messing with the code can be delicate work. Do the wrong thing at the wrong time, and the bridge might just break. Or change fundamentally.

    It's a good thing nothing like that could happen, right?

    ...Right?

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    25 Jun 2025

  2. Public Bookmark *

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    RK800 Hank has been activated for three months, and he’s already sick of working with humans. The only thing they ever do is get in the way of his job. On the first day of being partnered with Lieutenant Connor Anderson on the deviancy investigation Hank decides he will hate every second of working with the man.

    Instead, something worse happens. He actually starts caring. Fuck.

    (Generally follows timeline of the game but deviates significantly as it progresses.)

    ** Story currently under some minor revisions. These shouldn't impact current reader experience. **

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    21 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    In the strange garden (in the empty room) where everything happened all at once (and nothing happened at all) their hands connected (their hands connected) and interfaced across time and space (and interfaced across time and space).

    Or,
    After the revolution, and a long legal battle, Jericho claimed Cyberlife tower as its new base of operations. But while taking inventory, they came across a level that causes every android that steps inside to overload and force shut down. Hank and Connor are called to investigate, where they find something that rips them from their universe and into one completely different - eerily similar - to their own.

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    19 Jun 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 49

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    Following multiple lawsuits filed against them after the android demonstration back in November 2038, Cyberlife has decided to enter the gaming industry. After all, they had all those unused AIs that they couldn't legally put in android bodies for sale anymore. What better way to recover their reputation than to tap into one of the best pastimes ever?

    Detective Gavin Reed wonders how the hell that ploy worked so well. He had always found Cyberlife shady, and while that wouldn’t be changing anytime soon, he also wasn't one to turn down a free gift . . . even if it comes with an unexpected anomaly.

    (Connor, now legally a member of the DPD, happily handles a series of seemingly unrelated cases. It wasn't until Hank points it out that he realizes something sinister was going on, and it all seems to be pointing back to Cyberlife.)

    A story where two people learn about friendship in a “haunted” Animal Crossing game. (Meanwhile Connor has to deal with shit from Cyberlife. Again.)

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    29 May 2025

  5. Rec 10

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    There are worse places to wake up than an abandoned science facility from the 80's, Michael supposed. But the problem is that he doesn't remember how he got there or for what reason. In his journey to escape from Aperture, he's joined by an AI named JEREMY and equipped with the facility's most advanced piece of equipment: the portal gun. It seemed to be smooth sailing for the two. That is until they accidentally wake up the computer responsible for the lab's decayed state. Turns out escaping will be more difficult than they thought. Now a lab rat, Michael tries to survive the computer's tests while trying to figure a way out of there. However, Michael finds that the longer he stays, the more Aperture's dark past comes to light, making him wonder if there is more to the facility than what he has been led to believe.

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    29 Apr 2025