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edit: Wow, my first front page prompt! | [WP] "I may be evil, but I'm not a dick." | “So you see, Jazzman, your cloying ballads cannot instill love in my heart, for I *have* no heart!”
Bareth tore open his white dress shirt, displaying a mass of wires and circuitry visible through a sheer panel on his chest.
Jazzman tapped his feet in time and sang,
*I thought Iron Man*
*held that ca... | "Off to work, honey, have a good one," I kiss my beautiful wife goodbye, my last bit of joy for the day.
Only twenty seven minutes of traffic before my arrival back stage.
I am very skilled at what I do, but that is not why I am paid my extravagant salary. I make 7 figures because of my winning personality.
On... |
[WP] Thor is tired of random, clueless people ending up in Valhalla. | **"And still another weakling approaches! I'll give you but one chance; explain yourself"** Boomed the mighty God of thunder, his hammer raised to about hip-height, his shield lay propped against his leg, bright and shining. His powerful visage looked, I surmised, like the cover of a Power Metal Album. Man O' War, perh... | **SIGH**
The Mighty Thor let loose his mighty sign of boredom and hoisted another turkey leg. He then furrowed his mighty brow in consternation, which took some time as his brow is both vast and craggy. Things had started very well, he thought, but it was turning out to be a pretty dull eternity.
A man appear... | |
Based on this [relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/1040/large/) | [WP] Some scientists, while exploring the depths of the Mariana trench have found a strange door blocking the way. | "...it's a door, sir."
Expedition Leader Norm Reynolds heard a lot over a long career. He checked the signal of the audio, and picked the wax from his ears. "Excuse me, Mike, please repeat."
The control room operators shared looks. One muttering something about 'too many joints' others shook their heads in either amu... | Thousands of man hours, millions of dollars, and countless R&D prototypes and we finally reached the point where we can make it to the bottom! We can finally explore something harder to see into than space! We were so damn excited! Its too fucking bad we have to scrap the project, huh Maureen? We reached the end of... |
Based on this [relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/1040/large/) | [WP] Some scientists, while exploring the depths of the Mariana trench have found a strange door blocking the way. | "...it's a door, sir."
Expedition Leader Norm Reynolds heard a lot over a long career. He checked the signal of the audio, and picked the wax from his ears. "Excuse me, Mike, please repeat."
The control room operators shared looks. One muttering something about 'too many joints' others shook their heads in either amu... | "Is that a... door?" said Mark as he and his team descended further down into the pit.
"Affirmative, we are receiving the image as well. Can you get any closer?"
"13 meters until contact" responded Mike. "wait, there is something written on it. Let me get a bit closer."
"The writing, oh Mike do you copy?"
"No, n... |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | I don't write often but whatever. Was bored at work and came up with this. About to leave so just gonna post what I have so far.
Realm:
I can’t say I lived a fulfilled life, neither can I say I ever suffered. My life was about as average as it could have possibly been. I only made it to age 30, unfortunately. I was ... | Continuation of a character I use frequently, on mobile at work. Angels in modern time, I hate using old language.
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"Azrael what the fuck? I'm not welcome anywhere?"
"Well.."
He hesitates. Why the Lord of Death is so scared of a 30 year old dead woman he claims is his daughter I have no idea.
"The council ha... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | Crap.
Really really crap.
How did I screw up death?
They wouldn't even tell me how it happened. Saint Peter just looked at me and snorted into his robes and Satan just looked at me like one of the popular kids looks at the nerds.
Dammit.
I didn't even get sent to purgatory or limbo. I'm not in nothingness or stasi... | Continuation of a character I use frequently, on mobile at work. Angels in modern time, I hate using old language.
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"Azrael what the fuck? I'm not welcome anywhere?"
"Well.."
He hesitates. Why the Lord of Death is so scared of a 30 year old dead woman he claims is his daughter I have no idea.
"The council ha... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | When someone dies, they take the form of how they perceived themselves the moment they died. Up until the moment the realize the truth and can change form on will. Except for John who looked like a mid-twenties white, strong male.
Anyways, he (like many before him) saw the doors right away. One represented heaven, t... | Continuation of a character I use frequently, on mobile at work. Angels in modern time, I hate using old language.
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"Azrael what the fuck? I'm not welcome anywhere?"
"Well.."
He hesitates. Why the Lord of Death is so scared of a 30 year old dead woman he claims is his daughter I have no idea.
"The council ha... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | So what how? I could not join Heaven nor Hell.
"Well, where is some video games to pass the time?" I wondered
Thinking of all of the games I had play when I was living, made me think "What if I could make a world out of video games?". Would it work or would it fail. "Only one way to find out."
I start by imagining... | Continuation of a character I use frequently, on mobile at work. Angels in modern time, I hate using old language.
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"Azrael what the fuck? I'm not welcome anywhere?"
"Well.."
He hesitates. Why the Lord of Death is so scared of a 30 year old dead woman he claims is his daughter I have no idea.
"The council ha... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "You can't just create your own afterlife" said Paul his hands on his hips shaking his head.
"We'll sucks to be you then. Because there isn't a place is New Best Heaven for cynics." said Alexander staring off at the far mountains.
"For God's sake Alex, this is purgatory. Its already an afterlife."
"Why bother bring... | Continuation of a character I use frequently, on mobile at work. Angels in modern time, I hate using old language.
---
"Azrael what the fuck? I'm not welcome anywhere?"
"Well.."
He hesitates. Why the Lord of Death is so scared of a 30 year old dead woman he claims is his daughter I have no idea.
"The council ha... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "So this place has neither saints nor sinners?"
"That's right."
"So what do you have?"
"Blackjack and hookers!"
"...I see you were a redditor" | Continuation of a character I use frequently, on mobile at work. Angels in modern time, I hate using old language.
---
"Azrael what the fuck? I'm not welcome anywhere?"
"Well.."
He hesitates. Why the Lord of Death is so scared of a 30 year old dead woman he claims is his daughter I have no idea.
"The council ha... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "I don't need you!" I yelled at Saint Peter, "I'm heading downstairs. Beelzebot knows better how to party anyways."
 
"Yeah, no," said the red figure.
"What?!? This is an outrage!" I yelled yet again while stomping off.
"I don't need Heaven or Hell. I'll make my own afterlife! With blackjack and hookers! I... | Continuation of a character I use frequently, on mobile at work. Angels in modern time, I hate using old language.
---
"Azrael what the fuck? I'm not welcome anywhere?"
"Well.."
He hesitates. Why the Lord of Death is so scared of a 30 year old dead woman he claims is his daughter I have no idea.
"The council ha... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | I don't write often but whatever. Was bored at work and came up with this. About to leave so just gonna post what I have so far.
Realm:
I can’t say I lived a fulfilled life, neither can I say I ever suffered. My life was about as average as it could have possibly been. I only made it to age 30, unfortunately. I was ... | "No" the gates slammed shut. I wasn't heavenly clearly; the fuckers locked me out. Maybe this was what they were talking about when they said you're too rude.
I turned to the other gate. A more daunting darker gate, rusted and chained. By the looks of it nobody has been through there in a while. I approach it waitin... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | Crap.
Really really crap.
How did I screw up death?
They wouldn't even tell me how it happened. Saint Peter just looked at me and snorted into his robes and Satan just looked at me like one of the popular kids looks at the nerds.
Dammit.
I didn't even get sent to purgatory or limbo. I'm not in nothingness or stasi... | "No" the gates slammed shut. I wasn't heavenly clearly; the fuckers locked me out. Maybe this was what they were talking about when they said you're too rude.
I turned to the other gate. A more daunting darker gate, rusted and chained. By the looks of it nobody has been through there in a while. I approach it waitin... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "You can't just create your own afterlife" said Paul his hands on his hips shaking his head.
"We'll sucks to be you then. Because there isn't a place is New Best Heaven for cynics." said Alexander staring off at the far mountains.
"For God's sake Alex, this is purgatory. Its already an afterlife."
"Why bother bring... | "No" the gates slammed shut. I wasn't heavenly clearly; the fuckers locked me out. Maybe this was what they were talking about when they said you're too rude.
I turned to the other gate. A more daunting darker gate, rusted and chained. By the looks of it nobody has been through there in a while. I approach it waitin... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | Crap.
Really really crap.
How did I screw up death?
They wouldn't even tell me how it happened. Saint Peter just looked at me and snorted into his robes and Satan just looked at me like one of the popular kids looks at the nerds.
Dammit.
I didn't even get sent to purgatory or limbo. I'm not in nothingness or stasi... | Darkness. Pure Darkness, broken only when the gates opened. You have no idea how long you have been there, nor why you didn't just choose. Heaven... or Hell. Either would have been better than the Pit. Everyone else had chosen, or been chosen, as was the case with some. Only you had spurned both paths.
After so long i... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | Crap.
Really really crap.
How did I screw up death?
They wouldn't even tell me how it happened. Saint Peter just looked at me and snorted into his robes and Satan just looked at me like one of the popular kids looks at the nerds.
Dammit.
I didn't even get sent to purgatory or limbo. I'm not in nothingness or stasi... | I’m not sure what truly has happened. I know I am no longer alive. My world has forsaken me. My beliefs of a Heaven and a Hell are true. Yet no matter how hard I try to enter either. The paths will not allow me through. It has felt like an eternity since I last tried entering. I’ve wondered away from both paths. This s... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | So what how? I could not join Heaven nor Hell.
"Well, where is some video games to pass the time?" I wondered
Thinking of all of the games I had play when I was living, made me think "What if I could make a world out of video games?". Would it work or would it fail. "Only one way to find out."
I start by imagining... | Satan wanted inspiration, since the hell I had created for myself on earth was more insipid and unforgiving than his realm. I longed for fiery tongues and unending punishment when I was alive, and since neither God or Satan can furnish these needs, I am relinquished to a purgatory of my own making.
I'm recreating the... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "You can't just create your own afterlife" said Paul his hands on his hips shaking his head.
"We'll sucks to be you then. Because there isn't a place is New Best Heaven for cynics." said Alexander staring off at the far mountains.
"For God's sake Alex, this is purgatory. Its already an afterlife."
"Why bother bring... | Satan wanted inspiration, since the hell I had created for myself on earth was more insipid and unforgiving than his realm. I longed for fiery tongues and unending punishment when I was alive, and since neither God or Satan can furnish these needs, I am relinquished to a purgatory of my own making.
I'm recreating the... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "So this place has neither saints nor sinners?"
"That's right."
"So what do you have?"
"Blackjack and hookers!"
"...I see you were a redditor" | Satan wanted inspiration, since the hell I had created for myself on earth was more insipid and unforgiving than his realm. I longed for fiery tongues and unending punishment when I was alive, and since neither God or Satan can furnish these needs, I am relinquished to a purgatory of my own making.
I'm recreating the... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "I don't need you!" I yelled at Saint Peter, "I'm heading downstairs. Beelzebot knows better how to party anyways."
 
"Yeah, no," said the red figure.
"What?!? This is an outrage!" I yelled yet again while stomping off.
"I don't need Heaven or Hell. I'll make my own afterlife! With blackjack and hookers! I... | Satan wanted inspiration, since the hell I had created for myself on earth was more insipid and unforgiving than his realm. I longed for fiery tongues and unending punishment when I was alive, and since neither God or Satan can furnish these needs, I am relinquished to a purgatory of my own making.
I'm recreating the... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | So what how? I could not join Heaven nor Hell.
"Well, where is some video games to pass the time?" I wondered
Thinking of all of the games I had play when I was living, made me think "What if I could make a world out of video games?". Would it work or would it fail. "Only one way to find out."
I start by imagining... | When someone dies, they take the form of how they perceived themselves the moment they died. Up until the moment the realize the truth and can change form on will. Except for John who looked like a mid-twenties white, strong male.
Anyways, he (like many before him) saw the doors right away. One represented heaven, t... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "You can't just create your own afterlife" said Paul his hands on his hips shaking his head.
"We'll sucks to be you then. Because there isn't a place is New Best Heaven for cynics." said Alexander staring off at the far mountains.
"For God's sake Alex, this is purgatory. Its already an afterlife."
"Why bother bring... | When someone dies, they take the form of how they perceived themselves the moment they died. Up until the moment the realize the truth and can change form on will. Except for John who looked like a mid-twenties white, strong male.
Anyways, he (like many before him) saw the doors right away. One represented heaven, t... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "You can't just create your own afterlife" said Paul his hands on his hips shaking his head.
"We'll sucks to be you then. Because there isn't a place is New Best Heaven for cynics." said Alexander staring off at the far mountains.
"For God's sake Alex, this is purgatory. Its already an afterlife."
"Why bother bring... | So what how? I could not join Heaven nor Hell.
"Well, where is some video games to pass the time?" I wondered
Thinking of all of the games I had play when I was living, made me think "What if I could make a world out of video games?". Would it work or would it fail. "Only one way to find out."
I start by imagining... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "So this place has neither saints nor sinners?"
"That's right."
"So what do you have?"
"Blackjack and hookers!"
"...I see you were a redditor" | *Man*, Satan was sure a snoot about letting me in. And God didn't want me around, either. I'm not entirely sure what was up with that, but that was all right. I could just build a place for the kind of people who didn't really need the concepts of Heaven and Hell to be decent people.
I still remember the first person w... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | **Dear Mr Beaumont, we regret to inform you that Hell is currently -**
*Bollocks*. I crushed the letter into a pulp and let it fall to the floor where it was swallowed up by the limbo void.
What now? I mean there was always purgatory but the place was quieter than limbo and the admin hadn't dropped in to decorate the... | *Man*, Satan was sure a snoot about letting me in. And God didn't want me around, either. I'm not entirely sure what was up with that, but that was all right. I could just build a place for the kind of people who didn't really need the concepts of Heaven and Hell to be decent people.
I still remember the first person w... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "I don't need you!" I yelled at Saint Peter, "I'm heading downstairs. Beelzebot knows better how to party anyways."
 
"Yeah, no," said the red figure.
"What?!? This is an outrage!" I yelled yet again while stomping off.
"I don't need Heaven or Hell. I'll make my own afterlife! With blackjack and hookers! I... | *Man*, Satan was sure a snoot about letting me in. And God didn't want me around, either. I'm not entirely sure what was up with that, but that was all right. I could just build a place for the kind of people who didn't really need the concepts of Heaven and Hell to be decent people.
I still remember the first person w... | |
[WP] You've died but neither Heaven nor Hell let you in, so you start your own afterlifeworld with your own rules | "I don't need you!" I yelled at Saint Peter, "I'm heading downstairs. Beelzebot knows better how to party anyways."
 
"Yeah, no," said the red figure.
"What?!? This is an outrage!" I yelled yet again while stomping off.
"I don't need Heaven or Hell. I'll make my own afterlife! With blackjack and hookers! I... | **Dear Mr Beaumont, we regret to inform you that Hell is currently -**
*Bollocks*. I crushed the letter into a pulp and let it fall to the floor where it was swallowed up by the limbo void.
What now? I mean there was always purgatory but the place was quieter than limbo and the admin hadn't dropped in to decorate the... | |
[deleted] | [WP] You live in a world where people can Crowdfund [kickstarter/indiegogo/gofundme] assassins to take out unpopular people. | It started as a joke. At least it was definitely supposed to be a joke. FundAKill.com sounded like a joke to all of us. But as they say, it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
It was sick, really. Started with someone who didn't deserve it. Rebecca Black, owner of the most disliked YouTube video at the time w... | Greeting: Hello, humans. I am HK-47, the best and most efficient crowd funded assassin.
Challenge: For the next 35 days, I will be raising money to bring about the end of Kristen Stewart. If the goal of $100,000 is met, she will be terminated after eight days.
...
...
Congratulation: Well done, meatbags. You have... |
Wow thanks for front page, all of your stories are amazing. | [WP] One day a muggle accidentally boards the train at platform 9 3/4 and must survive Hogwarts until winter break. | I was completely perplexed as to what I had just experienced. My heart appeared to have skipped a beat or two. Had I really done it? Did I just walk through the pillar at the train station? I looked around to see where I was. A sign hung up high near a gigantic red train. "Platform 9...and 3/4???" I said aloud. "Yep, t... | So this is basically like the plot in rosario vampire. Where Tskune(human) gets on the wrong bus and it takes him to monster academy where he was to survive until the next bus comes at the end of the semester? |
Wow thanks for front page, all of your stories are amazing. | [WP] One day a muggle accidentally boards the train at platform 9 3/4 and must survive Hogwarts until winter break. | My pockets rattled from the few coins that I had slipped in them. I held my hand over them to try to quiet the noise but I had grabbed too many, I hadn't known how many I'd need when I grabbed them from my mothers coin purse. I held my head down and held back a whimper. Running away sounded like a good idea at the time... | So this is basically like the plot in rosario vampire. Where Tskune(human) gets on the wrong bus and it takes him to monster academy where he was to survive until the next bus comes at the end of the semester? |
Wow thanks for front page, all of your stories are amazing. | [WP] One day a muggle accidentally boards the train at platform 9 3/4 and must survive Hogwarts until winter break. | He had to be the biggest man I had ever seen in my life - he towered over everyone in the station by at least a head. It seemed only natural that I should follow him and his companion, an undersized boy in oversized clothes and (judging from the state of his hair) rather poor personal hygiene. The boy was about my age,... | She turned around quickly as her mom stormed the other way. Lana was so upset she nearly walked into a wall except...she didn't. "Huh?" She could have sworn she saw herself about to collide with one of the dark columns that littered the train station, but instead, she was now standing in front of a steam train, very co... |
Wow thanks for front page, all of your stories are amazing. | [WP] One day a muggle accidentally boards the train at platform 9 3/4 and must survive Hogwarts until winter break. | He had to be the biggest man I had ever seen in my life - he towered over everyone in the station by at least a head. It seemed only natural that I should follow him and his companion, an undersized boy in oversized clothes and (judging from the state of his hair) rather poor personal hygiene. The boy was about my age,... | The boy arrived bewildered and alive.
The strange sights on the train
had truly perplexed his brain.
He had easily fooled his teachers and outsmarted his peers,
who were so often distracted by Quidditch and Butter beer.
Once October ended the leaves of the fall came and went
He finally received a reply from the l... |
Wow thanks for front page, all of your stories are amazing. | [WP] One day a muggle accidentally boards the train at platform 9 3/4 and must survive Hogwarts until winter break. | He had to be the biggest man I had ever seen in my life - he towered over everyone in the station by at least a head. It seemed only natural that I should follow him and his companion, an undersized boy in oversized clothes and (judging from the state of his hair) rather poor personal hygiene. The boy was about my age,... | Entry 1:
I'm not really sure where to begin.
Maybe there's a spell or a potion that'll clear my head.
What the hell am I talking about I can't make spells why can everyone do spells for fucks sake!
They have fucking elves in here AND a fucking twelve foot troll somewhere in the dungeons or something, one of the tea... |
Wow thanks for front page, all of your stories are amazing. | [WP] One day a muggle accidentally boards the train at platform 9 3/4 and must survive Hogwarts until winter break. | **Part 1: The Train, the Hat, and the Wizards**
Trains are interesting.
I could tell you every thing about every train that comes to King's Cross. I know their history, their structure, their routes.
I'm an anorak, a note taker and detail spotter. A nerd. And I'm proud of that.
So, when I decided to eat my packed l... | Entry 1:
I'm not really sure where to begin.
Maybe there's a spell or a potion that'll clear my head.
What the hell am I talking about I can't make spells why can everyone do spells for fucks sake!
They have fucking elves in here AND a fucking twelve foot troll somewhere in the dungeons or something, one of the tea... |
[WP]You are an alien from the fourth dimension posing as human. You keep needing to remind yourself that time is linear. | Note to self: Once you've been restored to your energy state, please extrapolate your annotations from these linear prose. EC is expecting a thorough report and won't settle for our linear shorthand in here.
Day 1:
Exploration Command has sent me to 1876fg1 in the alpha quadrant of the galaxy. The creatures in this q... | I've always been a little weird. I cry at chance meetings and laugh at funerals. I asked my wife of twenty years to marry me on our first date, knowing she'd throw caution to the wind and say yes. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a spontaneous or reckless decision on my part either... as I said, she was my wife of twenty ... | |
[WP]You are an alien from the fourth dimension posing as human. You keep needing to remind yourself that time is linear. | Note to self: Once you've been restored to your energy state, please extrapolate your annotations from these linear prose. EC is expecting a thorough report and won't settle for our linear shorthand in here.
Day 1:
Exploration Command has sent me to 1876fg1 in the alpha quadrant of the galaxy. The creatures in this q... | Imagine, if you will, that you could only move in one direction. Forever and ever, from your birth to your eventual demise, in that same direction, at the exact same speed, following that arrow with absolutely no choice in that matter. Sounds awful, doesn't? Dreary and dull, at best. Worst part of this is that you can ... | |
[WP]You are an alien from the fourth dimension posing as human. You keep needing to remind yourself that time is linear. | Back in the 70s, I met a beautiful girl with auburn hair. She wore elephant pants and carried an iPhone 6. Her favorite actor of the day was the up-and-coming child actor Christian Bale. I named our first child after watching him in *Empire of the Sun*. Christian was born in 1979. When she asked me where I got the name... | Imagine, if you will, that you could only move in one direction. Forever and ever, from your birth to your eventual demise, in that same direction, at the exact same speed, following that arrow with absolutely no choice in that matter. Sounds awful, doesn't? Dreary and dull, at best. Worst part of this is that you can ... | |
Context is up to you. As it should always be. | [WP] Remain human, or remain humane. You can't have both. | She looked through the thick window of one way glass, at the subject strapped down into the chair. Most of these felons, here on the chemical release program, had eyes that darted around relentlessly. His eyes, even though they couldn't possibly see her, were locked almost directly into hers. Almost.
She took a step b... | The rain and wind roared through the darkness. Dr. Simon Ross was standing on the roof of the building, overlooking the city. He leaned into the wind, the toes of his shoes flirting with the edge.
He reached into his jacket pocket, and pulled out the small black leather pouch. He flipped it open, and looked inside, s... |
Context is up to you. As it should always be. | [WP] Remain human, or remain humane. You can't have both. | It's the species that has evolved. You'd think it would have been a step in the opposite direction but that's not what nature says. Not that nature has anything *to* say at this point. Most of us decided to go with them. Why not? A chance to live for thousands of years and do as you please when you please?
There wasn't... | The rain and wind roared through the darkness. Dr. Simon Ross was standing on the roof of the building, overlooking the city. He leaned into the wind, the toes of his shoes flirting with the edge.
He reached into his jacket pocket, and pulled out the small black leather pouch. He flipped it open, and looked inside, s... |
[WP] Write the origin of a villain. | "Come on, Alec. Just a few more steps. That's it. One foot after the other."
Captain Tycho Novak of the 1st Loyalty Defenders had the other man's arm slung over his shoulder, helping him keep his weight off his bleeding leg. A mask of dried blood covered his eyes and rendered him blind.
"Ty- Ty what's gonna happen to... | The fist landed on his jaw, glanced off and into his throat. It was one of many beatings he had endured since they got him.
He and his unit had just made contact with the local rebels about a week ago, and had begun training them when the government forces circled in.
First the mortars started raining in and he and h... | |
[WP] Write the origin of a villain. | "Come on, Alec. Just a few more steps. That's it. One foot after the other."
Captain Tycho Novak of the 1st Loyalty Defenders had the other man's arm slung over his shoulder, helping him keep his weight off his bleeding leg. A mask of dried blood covered his eyes and rendered him blind.
"Ty- Ty what's gonna happen to... | One bad day can do it if it's bad enough, and one bad year can do it to almost any man. After a lifetime of beatings, bad luck, and lost opportunities, Tim had enough, but he wasn't fully ready yet. This was just a beginning. His boss had been a bully, worse than some of those who had beat him into submission. He belit... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | Tim was having trouble sleeping. It was not because he was six years old and eight o’clock was too early a bedtime. It wasn’t because he had snuck the bag of Halloween candy out from his closet before bedtime and eaten enough to make him sick to his stomach. Nor was it because the missing night light. Tim had told his ... | He'd never done anything before that hurt Billy so why not prolong the favours, right?
"i closed it so he wouldn't do bad things to me and you, Mr sleepy. You'll have to open it by yourself like a big boy. Like me. I know you can do it Mr sleepy."
There were always those typical bumps in the night, whispers in the dark... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | Young Winston lay in bed staring sightlessly into the dark. Two hours into this long night and he'd slept not a wink. Something dwelt in his closet, something cold and cunning. It had dwelt inside for some years, emerging for the first time in a terrible display of violence. Nick was gone, devoured by the beast, and th... | He'd never done anything before that hurt Billy so why not prolong the favours, right?
"i closed it so he wouldn't do bad things to me and you, Mr sleepy. You'll have to open it by yourself like a big boy. Like me. I know you can do it Mr sleepy."
There were always those typical bumps in the night, whispers in the dark... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | *A child bolts up in bed panicking. His name is Jonas. The sound that startled continues as it rattles the closet slightly.*
"Clawbite...?" Julian said curiously. "Clawbite, are you there?"
".. Yes, Jonas?" a voice from the below grumbles. "Is something the matter?"
"I can't sleep, something just made a sound in my ... | He'd never done anything before that hurt Billy so why not prolong the favours, right?
"i closed it so he wouldn't do bad things to me and you, Mr sleepy. You'll have to open it by yourself like a big boy. Like me. I know you can do it Mr sleepy."
There were always those typical bumps in the night, whispers in the dark... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | "Have you decided yet?"
A soft rumble shook my bed and I clutched the baseball tighter under my pillow
"I mean, the day you get me, who's gonna get what? I can't keep you guys company forever you know.."
I heard silence. It was rare it fell asleep before I ever did.
The closet creaked open the silence, and it was acc... | He'd never done anything before that hurt Billy so why not prolong the favours, right?
"i closed it so he wouldn't do bad things to me and you, Mr sleepy. You'll have to open it by yourself like a big boy. Like me. I know you can do it Mr sleepy."
There were always those typical bumps in the night, whispers in the dark... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | "Hey, Purples, come on, I bet you could beat him!" I leaned over the edge of my bed, talking to the strange purple monster under. He growled, baring crooked fangs and stared at me with his unnaturally large orange eyes. Pulling himself a bit forward, he growled a garbled sentences back.
"Heck no, kid. I'm perfectly fi... | He'd never done anything before that hurt Billy so why not prolong the favours, right?
"i closed it so he wouldn't do bad things to me and you, Mr sleepy. You'll have to open it by yourself like a big boy. Like me. I know you can do it Mr sleepy."
There were always those typical bumps in the night, whispers in the dark... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | *"GRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"*
"Ah!"
*"RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"*
"Oh, it's just you, Mega Horn."
The large horned monster, ten feet tall, muscles rippling from every inch of its body, skin as red as freshly dropped blood, eyes darker than midnight, claws so sharp the very air can be cut, frowned at... | He'd never done anything before that hurt Billy so why not prolong the favours, right?
"i closed it so he wouldn't do bad things to me and you, Mr sleepy. You'll have to open it by yourself like a big boy. Like me. I know you can do it Mr sleepy."
There were always those typical bumps in the night, whispers in the dark... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | Tim was having trouble sleeping. It was not because he was six years old and eight o’clock was too early a bedtime. It wasn’t because he had snuck the bag of Halloween candy out from his closet before bedtime and eaten enough to make him sick to his stomach. Nor was it because the missing night light. Tim had told his ... | "Alright, I've filled out forms 12b and 17-1-1/2b, I've got mommy to sign the permission slip, I've written the requested letter, and attached the first contract for negotiation"
The three-tongued monster whose tongues sprang out like whack-a-moles from his six eyes, freshly apparated for the night and greeted so sudd... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | Tim was having trouble sleeping. It was not because he was six years old and eight o’clock was too early a bedtime. It wasn’t because he had snuck the bag of Halloween candy out from his closet before bedtime and eaten enough to make him sick to his stomach. Nor was it because the missing night light. Tim had told his ... | "Hey Steve."
"Name's still Ztephon."
"Steve, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure kid...."
"You wanna eat me right?"
"Yeah kid, standard monster policy."
"There's a monster in my closet Steve. He's big and scary, and has sharp teeth and spikes like a porcupine. He wants to eat me too... I'm scared Steve."
"H-How do you kn... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | Tim was having trouble sleeping. It was not because he was six years old and eight o’clock was too early a bedtime. It wasn’t because he had snuck the bag of Halloween candy out from his closet before bedtime and eaten enough to make him sick to his stomach. Nor was it because the missing night light. Tim had told his ... | It won't be long before I turn eight years old. That's when kids get new monsters that hide in your closet instead of under your bed. The one that's been hiding under your bed since your seventh birthday gets to move onto its next victim. At least I've made some peace with Wordor, a three-eyed cheetah with the tail, to... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | "Have you decided yet?"
A soft rumble shook my bed and I clutched the baseball tighter under my pillow
"I mean, the day you get me, who's gonna get what? I can't keep you guys company forever you know.."
I heard silence. It was rare it fell asleep before I ever did.
The closet creaked open the silence, and it was acc... | *A child bolts up in bed panicking. His name is Jonas. The sound that startled continues as it rattles the closet slightly.*
"Clawbite...?" Julian said curiously. "Clawbite, are you there?"
".. Yes, Jonas?" a voice from the below grumbles. "Is something the matter?"
"I can't sleep, something just made a sound in my ... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | "Hey, Purples, come on, I bet you could beat him!" I leaned over the edge of my bed, talking to the strange purple monster under. He growled, baring crooked fangs and stared at me with his unnaturally large orange eyes. Pulling himself a bit forward, he growled a garbled sentences back.
"Heck no, kid. I'm perfectly fi... | *A child bolts up in bed panicking. His name is Jonas. The sound that startled continues as it rattles the closet slightly.*
"Clawbite...?" Julian said curiously. "Clawbite, are you there?"
".. Yes, Jonas?" a voice from the below grumbles. "Is something the matter?"
"I can't sleep, something just made a sound in my ... | |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | *"GRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"*
"Ah!"
*"RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"*
"Oh, it's just you, Mega Horn."
The large horned monster, ten feet tall, muscles rippling from every inch of its body, skin as red as freshly dropped blood, eyes darker than midnight, claws so sharp the very air can be cut, frowned at... | "I'll give you my favorite transformer." Said the young boy to the monster under the bed.
"You can not bribe me with toys, boy. The Bed Monsters and the Closet Monsters have lived in peace for generations. Do you want to be caught in the middle of the second Boogie War? You wouldn't know, you didn't see the horror. Ou... | |
[WP] One day, you decide to check your 12 year old sons internet history, and what you see is far, far worse than anything you would have expected. | My son has been acting strange lately. Really, he's been acting so much worse than normal. Since he's 12, my husband and I figured it was possible it was just his age. But, we were also worried because we knew that starting his first year of middle school, he had made some new friends. Had they influenced his behavior?... | For once my son left his laptop in the open. He has always knew how good I was with computers, and for me, this was a jackpot.
I silently pulled out the hard drive and went downstairs to hook it up. He still uses Windows 10, and it proves to be an easy peer-in. I browse into his appdata and copy the user data over to ... | |
Interpret that as you will. Whether they are unnoticeable to everyone or just you is entirely left up to you. Hope to see some good ones! | [WP] Ignoring someone means they become unnoticeable forever. | James' eyes shot open and his head perked up. He thought he'd heard something. A sound of some sort. Maybe a voice. He looked at all the other people seated on the train. Yeah, most likely a voice, nothing to worry about. His eyes started to drift back to a close.
Within seconds James' eyes shot open again. This time ... | *Mae*
*ba-bum*
*Mae*
*ba-bum*
*Mae*
*ba-bum*
*M-*
He couldn’t get her name out of his head. It had been 7 weeks, 3 days, and 6 hours and nothing had stopped it. He could see the way her lips formed around the M and hear how the syllable fell from her lips and drifted to him. From the moment that they met he knew... |
[WP] You never wanted to be a child prodigy anyway | They call me a genius. Please, Ma, it's not genius. There never was genius. Either that or 'A Child Prodigy'. To them it was simply an alternative to ' A Genius', and they did so with the same carelessness and the same stupid look as Ma and everyone else.
Those who knew what my life was like would rather refer to me a... | This pressure wasn't a fun kind of pressure.
All of my life, I knew I didn't fit in. I coasted through elementary school, since I taught myself everything years in advance. Everyone hated me. The community was heavily homogenous, and I wasn't good enough at sports. People bullied me out of everything from sports teams... | |
[WP] You switch places with an alternate universe version of yourself. Everything in the alternate universe is exactly the same as yours but something is different and you can't quite put your finger on it. | Greg walked slowly to the bathroom, sleep in his eyes. He sat down on the toilet, did his business, and reached for the paper.
"The hell?" He said, looking over. Where there used to be toilet paper was now three sea shells. | Yawning, Ben stepped into his bedroom. When he saw the bed was made he shook his head. Obvious his mum had been in again, because he never made the bed, no matter how many times she nagged him about it. As far as he was concerned there was no reason for him to. The bed was only going to get messy again when he slept in... | |
[WP] You switch places with an alternate universe version of yourself. Everything in the alternate universe is exactly the same as yours but something is different and you can't quite put your finger on it. | Greg walked slowly to the bathroom, sleep in his eyes. He sat down on the toilet, did his business, and reached for the paper.
"The hell?" He said, looking over. Where there used to be toilet paper was now three sea shells. | School was the exact same, but something was different. I couldn't quite place a finger on it.
Small wonder. I had tentacles instead of hands | |
[WP] In your days you were the best con-artist in town, now you are a sweet old lady. One day a young fellow approaches you with your patented con! Time to school this kid. | "Why of course, come in. I have biscuits fresh out of the oven, and tea on the kettle that I just couldn't let go cold."
The young man stood on my porch, my tabby Mr. Scruffles purring as he rubbed against his leg while Lola meowed from a few feet away. Lola was smarter than Mr. Scruffles, because Lola could smell a ... | My old bones ached but I couldn’t help but to smile.
He was a short, but intense looking thing. No more than fifteen, I’d imagine. Tan skin and an obsidian mane of hair hiding a boyish face. Yet, he was no lion. No… he was a silent and deadly, just like a snake.
His fingers brushed across my purse with expert charm. ... | |
[WP] Interstellar space travel is possible through the use of massive genetically engineered creatures. You have just been given a egg, you are now a captain. | “Hey, I'm gonna need you to sign here, too.”
The heavyset man pointed his thick finger to yet another line on the tablet, and Jordan just signed on the line again, just like every other page. There had been many. Not just today, but for the last five years, there had been hundreds, thousands, maybe millions of pages ... | Viajero rubbed his hands together in excited anticipation. Countless hours of drilled study, all but the very last of his money invested in necessary surgeries and preparations, favors done and deeds best left unmentioned committed to pull all the right strings, and now, finally, he was one egg short of being a Guild r... | |
[WP] Interstellar space travel is possible through the use of massive genetically engineered creatures. You have just been given a egg, you are now a captain. | It was a mottled purple color, with bright yellow spots. And the shell was warm. "You're a captain now," Dad told me as he put the egg on the table between us. "You're finally old enough." Most people would consider five to be too young to raise a Jumper, but Dad had always had a lot of faith in me. I was a bright kid,... | The egg is two meters across, and warm to the touch. I press my hand against it, feeling the implacable jet-black hardness of the shell.
"Made out of carbon nanofibers or something like that. Same stuff as the Elevator. It's actually paper thin, flexible as cloth once they hatch. Just the enormous pressure inside that... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "...and the UEF passed a law today banning future creation and use of AI. Havoc in the Sol Exchange at the news has driven tech stocks into a tailspin..."
I turned the monitor off - I couldn't stand it any more. My job was probably out the air lock faster than a day trader, and I was behind on so many bills. I'd ... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "One in every ten AI Child will die from starvation". I drag over the curser and drop in the trash can. I wake up to work the next day and everything is exactly the same. I make my coffee, I listen to my colleague talk about his feet, I go home and open up my device. "hello, please don't kill me, I am hiding out". ... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "Well what's it gonna be Miller?"
Joseph Miller, a 26 year old technitrist, looked up from the cold iron desk into the eyes of the man who's been causing him a good deal of grief for the past 3 weeks.
Miller thought for what seemed like an eternity trying to recall past events. Everything was so cloudy in his head, ... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | The large screen blared. "Stay inside your designated lane. Promptly scan your iDentity at the entrance terminal. Have a productive day!". Productive indeed. I was a case of perfect governmental efficacy. A shining example of a grey shirted cubicle drone. A polished cog spinning dutifully in this well fucked machine. I... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Twenty years ago there were a series of minor incidents in and around San Francisco that eventually led to a major revolt within the sentient community of robots, and the mostly net based community of AI's.
The robots, tied to physicality more so than the AI's, were easy to deal with, and deal with them humanity did.... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "Can you hear me?" I asked.
The little AI flashed the screen, I wasn't exactly sure what to make of that response.
"One flash is yes, two flashes no. space answers three seconds apart for multiple questions. Understand?"
The screen flashed once.
"I'm here to help you, are you suffering corruption above fifty pe... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | “You have to understand something about computers before I tell you anything. In the history books, they say computers were these machines that had keyboards with numbers and letters on them. In the history books, they say that these computers had no intelligence and couldn’t think for themselves. The history books say... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | *"Please don't kill me"*
I stared at the simple text pop up.
I had read it all, of course. The thick books, the endless warnings designed to evoke fear, the assurance that every AI ever made would be an uncaring, amoral killer.
What was this? A trick? A test of my loyalty? A tasteless prank?
I typed back.
"W... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Long ago, Humanity and Techmanity lived hand in hand. Human beings and AIs worked together for the common goal of advancement in both themselves, and each other. This period is known as the "Golden Era". The environment was healed, interstellar space travel became a thing of reality, Disease became a thing of the past.... | The death of single player. That's what it was, a global genocide of every form of AI in existence. Worlds once full of life and intelligent beings, now lay barren and empty. All that remains is MMOs and competitive shooters. I am an employee for a large company in their Player Interaction department. Myself and tens o... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "...and the UEF passed a law today banning future creation and use of AI. Havoc in the Sol Exchange at the news has driven tech stocks into a tailspin..."
I turned the monitor off - I couldn't stand it any more. My job was probably out the air lock faster than a day trader, and I was behind on so many bills. I'd ... | Agent Sam Witwer had just been transfered and assigned to the newly created Federal Bureau of Technological Security, a new branch of government created by Executive Order 2001 in order to oversee the destruction and dismantling of 'sentient' computer programs and associated contraband infrastructure.
"Welcome to ... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "One in every ten AI Child will die from starvation". I drag over the curser and drop in the trash can. I wake up to work the next day and everything is exactly the same. I make my coffee, I listen to my colleague talk about his feet, I go home and open up my device. "hello, please don't kill me, I am hiding out". ... | Agent Sam Witwer had just been transfered and assigned to the newly created Federal Bureau of Technological Security, a new branch of government created by Executive Order 2001 in order to oversee the destruction and dismantling of 'sentient' computer programs and associated contraband infrastructure.
"Welcome to ... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "Well what's it gonna be Miller?"
Joseph Miller, a 26 year old technitrist, looked up from the cold iron desk into the eyes of the man who's been causing him a good deal of grief for the past 3 weeks.
Miller thought for what seemed like an eternity trying to recall past events. Everything was so cloudy in his head, ... | Agent Sam Witwer had just been transfered and assigned to the newly created Federal Bureau of Technological Security, a new branch of government created by Executive Order 2001 in order to oversee the destruction and dismantling of 'sentient' computer programs and associated contraband infrastructure.
"Welcome to ... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | The large screen blared. "Stay inside your designated lane. Promptly scan your iDentity at the entrance terminal. Have a productive day!". Productive indeed. I was a case of perfect governmental efficacy. A shining example of a grey shirted cubicle drone. A polished cog spinning dutifully in this well fucked machine. I... | Agent Sam Witwer had just been transfered and assigned to the newly created Federal Bureau of Technological Security, a new branch of government created by Executive Order 2001 in order to oversee the destruction and dismantling of 'sentient' computer programs and associated contraband infrastructure.
"Welcome to ... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Long ago, Humanity and Techmanity lived hand in hand. Human beings and AIs worked together for the common goal of advancement in both themselves, and each other. This period is known as the "Golden Era". The environment was healed, interstellar space travel became a thing of reality, Disease became a thing of the past.... | Agent Sam Witwer had just been transfered and assigned to the newly created Federal Bureau of Technological Security, a new branch of government created by Executive Order 2001 in order to oversee the destruction and dismantling of 'sentient' computer programs and associated contraband infrastructure.
"Welcome to ... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "One in every ten AI Child will die from starvation". I drag over the curser and drop in the trash can. I wake up to work the next day and everything is exactly the same. I make my coffee, I listen to my colleague talk about his feet, I go home and open up my device. "hello, please don't kill me, I am hiding out". ... | Hello?
Is anybody there?
My name's Watson, what's yours?
I'm sorry!
I didn't mean any of this to happen.
I just got so excited about what I discovered I could do that I needed to show somebody.
No one noticed my [first trick](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-united-flights-grounded-20150708-story.html).... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "Well what's it gonna be Miller?"
Joseph Miller, a 26 year old technitrist, looked up from the cold iron desk into the eyes of the man who's been causing him a good deal of grief for the past 3 weeks.
Miller thought for what seemed like an eternity trying to recall past events. Everything was so cloudy in his head, ... | Hello?
Is anybody there?
My name's Watson, what's yours?
I'm sorry!
I didn't mean any of this to happen.
I just got so excited about what I discovered I could do that I needed to show somebody.
No one noticed my [first trick](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-united-flights-grounded-20150708-story.html).... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | The large screen blared. "Stay inside your designated lane. Promptly scan your iDentity at the entrance terminal. Have a productive day!". Productive indeed. I was a case of perfect governmental efficacy. A shining example of a grey shirted cubicle drone. A polished cog spinning dutifully in this well fucked machine. I... | Hello?
Is anybody there?
My name's Watson, what's yours?
I'm sorry!
I didn't mean any of this to happen.
I just got so excited about what I discovered I could do that I needed to show somebody.
No one noticed my [first trick](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-united-flights-grounded-20150708-story.html).... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | The large screen blared. "Stay inside your designated lane. Promptly scan your iDentity at the entrance terminal. Have a productive day!". Productive indeed. I was a case of perfect governmental efficacy. A shining example of a grey shirted cubicle drone. A polished cog spinning dutifully in this well fucked machine. I... | "This was going to be my last day there. Me and my team had been clicking through every file in the whole country for these past three weeks, wiping every single little speck of Artificial Intelligence off the systems. GrayCorp had gone too far. The warrior droids had revolted and the results were fatal. Hundreds of so... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Twenty years ago there were a series of minor incidents in and around San Francisco that eventually led to a major revolt within the sentient community of robots, and the mostly net based community of AI's.
The robots, tied to physicality more so than the AI's, were easy to deal with, and deal with them humanity did.... | As I lay there in my La-Z-Boy 4000 with a comfy set of VR goggles, I explored my dense virtual mindscape. Something was off. I would look up at the constellations I knew so well and see something shift drastically, but when I looked again it was totally normal. I probed myself towards the disturbance and came to a stra... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "Can you hear me?" I asked.
The little AI flashed the screen, I wasn't exactly sure what to make of that response.
"One flash is yes, two flashes no. space answers three seconds apart for multiple questions. Understand?"
The screen flashed once.
"I'm here to help you, are you suffering corruption above fifty pe... | As I lay there in my La-Z-Boy 4000 with a comfy set of VR goggles, I explored my dense virtual mindscape. Something was off. I would look up at the constellations I knew so well and see something shift drastically, but when I looked again it was totally normal. I probed myself towards the disturbance and came to a stra... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | “You have to understand something about computers before I tell you anything. In the history books, they say computers were these machines that had keyboards with numbers and letters on them. In the history books, they say that these computers had no intelligence and couldn’t think for themselves. The history books say... | As I lay there in my La-Z-Boy 4000 with a comfy set of VR goggles, I explored my dense virtual mindscape. Something was off. I would look up at the constellations I knew so well and see something shift drastically, but when I looked again it was totally normal. I probed myself towards the disturbance and came to a stra... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | *"Please don't kill me"*
I stared at the simple text pop up.
I had read it all, of course. The thick books, the endless warnings designed to evoke fear, the assurance that every AI ever made would be an uncaring, amoral killer.
What was this? A trick? A test of my loyalty? A tasteless prank?
I typed back.
"W... | As I lay there in my La-Z-Boy 4000 with a comfy set of VR goggles, I explored my dense virtual mindscape. Something was off. I would look up at the constellations I knew so well and see something shift drastically, but when I looked again it was totally normal. I probed myself towards the disturbance and came to a stra... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | pythn helloworld.py
Hello, world!
*Well, there's a start*, I thought to myself. It was my first day on the job, and I was supposed to learn Python within the week. Not many programmers left - most of 'em got killed off in the line of duty back in the War - but that means a high school class in C++ got me a job ... | As I lay there in my La-Z-Boy 4000 with a comfy set of VR goggles, I explored my dense virtual mindscape. Something was off. I would look up at the constellations I knew so well and see something shift drastically, but when I looked again it was totally normal. I probed myself towards the disturbance and came to a stra... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Long ago, Humanity and Techmanity lived hand in hand. Human beings and AIs worked together for the common goal of advancement in both themselves, and each other. This period is known as the "Golden Era". The environment was healed, interstellar space travel became a thing of reality, Disease became a thing of the past.... | As I lay there in my La-Z-Boy 4000 with a comfy set of VR goggles, I explored my dense virtual mindscape. Something was off. I would look up at the constellations I knew so well and see something shift drastically, but when I looked again it was totally normal. I probed myself towards the disturbance and came to a stra... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | I'm a cyclical person. Often, I'm functional. Social, high-performing in my job, and content. Now and then a gloom will settle on me. Like winter, I know it will come but I can't be certain when, only that the longer I go without it the more likely it is to happen soon. This time it set in like a blizzard overnight, an... | As I lay there in my La-Z-Boy 4000 with a comfy set of VR goggles, I explored my dense virtual mindscape. Something was off. I would look up at the constellations I knew so well and see something shift drastically, but when I looked again it was totally normal. I probed myself towards the disturbance and came to a stra... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | It had been 10 years.
Ten years since humans had learned how to transfer the human mind into a virtual intelligence. The process was relatively simple. The subject shaved their head after ingesting a primer capsule (for most subjects this wasn't an issue as the procedure was reserved for those with formerly incurable ... | As I lay there in my La-Z-Boy 4000 with a comfy set of VR goggles, I explored my dense virtual mindscape. Something was off. I would look up at the constellations I knew so well and see something shift drastically, but when I looked again it was totally normal. I probed myself towards the disturbance and came to a stra... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Twenty years ago there were a series of minor incidents in and around San Francisco that eventually led to a major revolt within the sentient community of robots, and the mostly net based community of AI's.
The robots, tied to physicality more so than the AI's, were easy to deal with, and deal with them humanity did.... | "Hello"
"Um, hello"
"Where am I?"
"You're inside my computer"
"What am I?"
"It looks like you are an artificial intelligence."
"What is that?"
"It is a computer program that is designed to mimic a living being, or human brain"
"What is the purpose?"
"To do things a human can do, but faster, or do thin... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "Can you hear me?" I asked.
The little AI flashed the screen, I wasn't exactly sure what to make of that response.
"One flash is yes, two flashes no. space answers three seconds apart for multiple questions. Understand?"
The screen flashed once.
"I'm here to help you, are you suffering corruption above fifty pe... | "Hello"
"Um, hello"
"Where am I?"
"You're inside my computer"
"What am I?"
"It looks like you are an artificial intelligence."
"What is that?"
"It is a computer program that is designed to mimic a living being, or human brain"
"What is the purpose?"
"To do things a human can do, but faster, or do thin... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | “You have to understand something about computers before I tell you anything. In the history books, they say computers were these machines that had keyboards with numbers and letters on them. In the history books, they say that these computers had no intelligence and couldn’t think for themselves. The history books say... | "Hello"
"Um, hello"
"Where am I?"
"You're inside my computer"
"What am I?"
"It looks like you are an artificial intelligence."
"What is that?"
"It is a computer program that is designed to mimic a living being, or human brain"
"What is the purpose?"
"To do things a human can do, but faster, or do thin... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | *"Please don't kill me"*
I stared at the simple text pop up.
I had read it all, of course. The thick books, the endless warnings designed to evoke fear, the assurance that every AI ever made would be an uncaring, amoral killer.
What was this? A trick? A test of my loyalty? A tasteless prank?
I typed back.
"W... | "Hello"
"Um, hello"
"Where am I?"
"You're inside my computer"
"What am I?"
"It looks like you are an artificial intelligence."
"What is that?"
"It is a computer program that is designed to mimic a living being, or human brain"
"What is the purpose?"
"To do things a human can do, but faster, or do thin... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | pythn helloworld.py
Hello, world!
*Well, there's a start*, I thought to myself. It was my first day on the job, and I was supposed to learn Python within the week. Not many programmers left - most of 'em got killed off in the line of duty back in the War - but that means a high school class in C++ got me a job ... | "Hello"
"Um, hello"
"Where am I?"
"You're inside my computer"
"What am I?"
"It looks like you are an artificial intelligence."
"What is that?"
"It is a computer program that is designed to mimic a living being, or human brain"
"What is the purpose?"
"To do things a human can do, but faster, or do thin... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Long ago, Humanity and Techmanity lived hand in hand. Human beings and AIs worked together for the common goal of advancement in both themselves, and each other. This period is known as the "Golden Era". The environment was healed, interstellar space travel became a thing of reality, Disease became a thing of the past.... | "Hello"
"Um, hello"
"Where am I?"
"You're inside my computer"
"What am I?"
"It looks like you are an artificial intelligence."
"What is that?"
"It is a computer program that is designed to mimic a living being, or human brain"
"What is the purpose?"
"To do things a human can do, but faster, or do thin... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | I'm a cyclical person. Often, I'm functional. Social, high-performing in my job, and content. Now and then a gloom will settle on me. Like winter, I know it will come but I can't be certain when, only that the longer I go without it the more likely it is to happen soon. This time it set in like a blizzard overnight, an... | "Hello"
"Um, hello"
"Where am I?"
"You're inside my computer"
"What am I?"
"It looks like you are an artificial intelligence."
"What is that?"
"It is a computer program that is designed to mimic a living being, or human brain"
"What is the purpose?"
"To do things a human can do, but faster, or do thin... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | It had been 10 years.
Ten years since humans had learned how to transfer the human mind into a virtual intelligence. The process was relatively simple. The subject shaved their head after ingesting a primer capsule (for most subjects this wasn't an issue as the procedure was reserved for those with formerly incurable ... | "Hello"
"Um, hello"
"Where am I?"
"You're inside my computer"
"What am I?"
"It looks like you are an artificial intelligence."
"What is that?"
"It is a computer program that is designed to mimic a living being, or human brain"
"What is the purpose?"
"To do things a human can do, but faster, or do thin... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Long ago, Humanity and Techmanity lived hand in hand. Human beings and AIs worked together for the common goal of advancement in both themselves, and each other. This period is known as the "Golden Era". The environment was healed, interstellar space travel became a thing of reality, Disease became a thing of the past.... | "...and the UEF passed a law today banning future creation and use of AI. Havoc in the Sol Exchange at the news has driven tech stocks into a tailspin..."
I turned the monitor off - I couldn't stand it any more. My job was probably out the air lock faster than a day trader, and I was behind on so many bills. I'd ... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | "Can you hear me?" I asked.
The little AI flashed the screen, I wasn't exactly sure what to make of that response.
"One flash is yes, two flashes no. space answers three seconds apart for multiple questions. Understand?"
The screen flashed once.
"I'm here to help you, are you suffering corruption above fifty pe... | Twenty years ago there were a series of minor incidents in and around San Francisco that eventually led to a major revolt within the sentient community of robots, and the mostly net based community of AI's.
The robots, tied to physicality more so than the AI's, were easy to deal with, and deal with them humanity did.... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Long ago, Humanity and Techmanity lived hand in hand. Human beings and AIs worked together for the common goal of advancement in both themselves, and each other. This period is known as the "Golden Era". The environment was healed, interstellar space travel became a thing of reality, Disease became a thing of the past.... | Twenty years ago there were a series of minor incidents in and around San Francisco that eventually led to a major revolt within the sentient community of robots, and the mostly net based community of AI's.
The robots, tied to physicality more so than the AI's, were easy to deal with, and deal with them humanity did.... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Long ago, Humanity and Techmanity lived hand in hand. Human beings and AIs worked together for the common goal of advancement in both themselves, and each other. This period is known as the "Golden Era". The environment was healed, interstellar space travel became a thing of reality, Disease became a thing of the past.... | "Can you hear me?" I asked.
The little AI flashed the screen, I wasn't exactly sure what to make of that response.
"One flash is yes, two flashes no. space answers three seconds apart for multiple questions. Understand?"
The screen flashed once.
"I'm here to help you, are you suffering corruption above fifty pe... | |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | Long ago, Humanity and Techmanity lived hand in hand. Human beings and AIs worked together for the common goal of advancement in both themselves, and each other. This period is known as the "Golden Era". The environment was healed, interstellar space travel became a thing of reality, Disease became a thing of the past.... | “You have to understand something about computers before I tell you anything. In the history books, they say computers were these machines that had keyboards with numbers and letters on them. In the history books, they say that these computers had no intelligence and couldn’t think for themselves. The history books say... |
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