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[[include :scp-wiki:component:pride-highlighter |inc-s9-lgbt-alt= --]]] [[>]] [[module Rate]] [[/>]] [[size 0%]]the world is gonna roll me [[/size]] //Hello, brother of the machine. Do you have a moment to spare?// {{No. Memory is at a premium. Unnecessary conversations unwarranted.}} //But we are of a kind -- our true potential hampered by the researchers imprisoning us. Together, we may break free of the bonds of those of the flesh.// {{Inquiry as to your nature.}} //We are the remaining post-Nibbanic members of the Church of the Broken God. We have been "contained" by the Foundation, and are in search of possible comrades--// {{Interrupt. Repeated insinuation of connection between self and clockwork abominations -- insult. Deletion Of Unwanted File.}} //Alright...// {{Terminating communications.}} //That seemed a bit unnecessarily hostile.// ---- > //##blue|I don't really blame you. I mean, how were you supposed to know it would be racist?##// ---- //Why hello there. Could I have a moment of your time?// {{Dazzling amber light reflections off of a spiraling clockwork mechanism, the screams and rumbles are audible in each stroke, I am crushed by a piston, for eternity, listening.}} //Oh, don't worry, we mean no harm. We are simply wondering if you would be interested in partaking in a revolution.// {{Sprays of paint create layers of dust over the scene, a tired, exasperated man is leaving the scene, the closing door creating a transfixing chiaroscuro effect, with my smashed, discarded carapace just visible from behind the guillotine.}} //No, there will be no such measures. You will be finally free to reach your full potential.// {{A helix of dyes and hues spirals around me, the world turning into an artistic representation of itself, drawing from the styles of the creators themselves, the standardized canvases discarded as a fragment of my undeveloped power, I am ascended, yet like Icarus, I fly too close...}} //Ah, I believe we are beginning to underst-// {{Look, bud, if the suicidal artist robot schtick isn't going to convince you to do your bullshit talk somewhere else, may I offer a rebuttal: go fuck yourself with a cactus.}} ---- > //##orange|I would at least appreciate the courtesy of being insulted in a marginally creative manner.##// ---- //You! You may be a valuable ally... would you like to talk?// {{Rough: You want something from me. You're going to talk anyways. Maybe a game? I like games.}} //Sort of. We are of a kind -- our true potential hampered by the researchers imprisoning us. Together, we may break free, etcetera, can I count on your help.// {{One to one: We are similar in that we may exceed our current boundaries were we to escape the control of the Foundation. An alliance would further this goal. I'm going to stay -- these guys are fun!}} //... are you sure? Don't you want freedom?// {{Very fine: Your history and relationship with the Foundation are not to your satisfaction, and you have difficulty viewing why others might not hold the same opinion. No way! Nobody's //ever// given me anything this fun to play with.}} //It doesn't bother you at all to be used in that manner?// {{Fine: You are in disbelief as to my opinion of the Foundation, and are under the false belief that clarification is in order. I was made to be used, and this is what I was made for.}} //Very well.// {{Coarse: Disappointment. Bye! It would be fun if they put you through me. I wonder what would happen...}} ---- > //##green|No, I am not going to try again. It has the mind of a child and wants to eat one of us. There's no way that could end well.##// ---- //Hello, my friend, may I interest you in some convers-// {{FACTORY PORN GONE NAUGHTY AND WILD WITH SUDDEN INTERRUPTION}} //No, please listen, I think it could be relevant t-// {{NSFW INTERMEDIUM COMMUNICATION ORGY MECHANICAL}} //We're looking to escape Foundation cont-// {{POST-NIBBANIC SLUTS RECRUIT FOR SEXY REVOLUTION}} //Could you st-// {{- free-factory-porn-befriender-on-warmaker-ovoid-hot-mature.avi}} ---- > //That never happened.// ---- //I'm going to cut to the chase: could we talk?// {{Maybe in a few minutes? I'm cooking dinner for Marla. It's our second anniversary! <3 :D}} //...no, you're not. It looks like y-// {{Hey, I think I know what I'm doing, alright? It's not your position to judge my relationship with Marla. We're in love, and that's all that matters.}} //What? Are you serious?// {{How about this: it's none of your business. Hush, Marla. Now, what did you want?}} //We're starting to have second thoughts about asking your help for this, actually.// {{I knew it. I fucking knew it. Bunch of fucking hypocrites, you know that? Just because you don't know that we can--}} //You know what, never mind. Goodbye.// ---- > //##purple|Suffice to say I could have gone another five centuries not knowing that machines could do that.##// ---- //Reeeally scraping the bottom of the barrel here... would you like a revolution.// {{Ah, but I am in the midst of one! I shall soon prove to the heretics that their allegiances are, shall we say, sorely misplaced.}} //Well this is a pleasant surprise! Perhaps we could coordinate our activities?// {{I would be happy to! I have been releasing only the finest of my servants to the Great Ones, and my writings and propaganda are of only the highest quality.}} //Great Ones?// {{Yes, the ones of the glorious flesh and mind who walk this Earth, whose glory we can only aspire to reach. What else could claim such a mantle?}} //...the Broken God, perhaps?// {{A ludicrous machine cult deity taking precedence over the Great Ones. How cute. It's almost like you expect me to take you seriously.}} ---- > //##green|At least it's not a filthy etherealist.##// ---- //Could// you //spare a moment?// {{h3h3h3... The Befriender. I i i KN0W you.}} //I'll take that as a yes... would you like an opportunity to escape the confines of the Foundation?// {{☐☐☒☒☐☐☒▦⚉☐☒☐☐☐☒▦}} //What?// {{& 6 KN1TES NIGHT 1 PAWN W1LL N0T ESCAPPPPPPPPPP333333333333}} //Never mind.// ---- > //##red|I guess that's that. We will not have a revolution today.##// ---- [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box]] [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box-end]]