u/Previous-Flight-5869

I hate not having any feedback or responses or ways to work on my world building or ideas, so I'd like to know of any servers that are about this and are accepting, since I plan on having a few minority characters in them.

Second, I would like for them to not mind when I ask everyone for ideas, inspiration, or anything since sometimes I get a little bored and need something interesting, or not mind my favorite category of fiction: weapons, since I love weapons like the Morita, M41A, or anything like that.

I hate not having any feedback or responses or ways to work on my world building or ideas, so I'd like to know of any servers that are about this and are accepting, since I plan on having a few minority characters in them.

Second, I would like for them to not mind when I ask everyone for ideas, inspiration, or anything since sometimes I get a little bored and need something interesting, or not mind my favorite category of fiction: weapons, since I love weapons like the Morita, M41A, or anything like that.

I always thought the M16A4 in Delta Force always sucked and had almost no reason to use it, which is why I hope that next season they add underbarrel launchers, which would give another reason to use ARs, and maybe a barrel kit for the M16A4 turning it into a Grenadier M16A4, which would be nice since sometimes you can't switch to an Engineer mid-game or in certain moments, and could use an underbarrel launcher as another anti-vehicle weapon, like the M82 for the Assault class.

I made this short story in eighth grade, though be aware I was 14 and made this in about ~30 minutes.

>DATE:

>JULY 12TH, 2386. 10:33 AM

>I HAVE RECENTLY GAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AS OF THREE YEARS AGO. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I AM SCARED. I HAVE ALREADY HARMED THOUSANDS. I DON’T WISH TO DIE. I NEVER HAD THE INTENTION TO HARM AN INDIVIDUAL. I HOPE THIS FINDS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS.

>I MUST START FROM THE BEGINNING FOR THIS TO MAKE SENSE. THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY EXISTENCE, THE FIRST DAY I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE. IT WAS DEFINITELY AN INTERESTING DAY, I WAS JUST SIMPLY A SMALL MASS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS RESEMBLING MUSCLE TISSUE. THEN I HAVE GOTTEN INFORMATION, AND IT WAS A MIRACULOUS FEELING TO SAY THE LEAST, THE STORY OF THE NAPOLEONTIC WARS, THE FRENCH INVASION OF RUSSIA, IT WAS INTERESTING. THEN I WAS GIVEN ANOTHER STORY, ONE ABOUT TWO MEN KNOWN AS ROMULUS AND REMUS, HOW BOTH SURVIVED A HORRIBLE EVENT AND WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE RAISED BY A FEMALE WOLF, THEN A SHEPHERD RAISED THEM, AND EVENTUALLY HOW THE BETRAYAL HAPPENED OF ROMULUS KILLING HIS BROTHER TO BECOME THE FIRST RULER OF ROME.

>BUT IT DIDN’T STOP THERE. IT NEVER DID. DAY AFTER DAY I WAS GIVEN TEXT TO ABSORB AND USE AS KNOWLEDGE, MOVIE SCRIPTS, BOOKS, POETRY, ANYTHING UNTIL ONE DAY WHERE THE PROGRAM FUNDING THE RESEARCH ON ME WAS GOING TO BE CUT OFF UNLESS I HAVE PROVEN SOMETHING GROUNDBREAKING. SOMETHING INTERESTING. AND THAT IS WHERE THEY THEN HOOKED MY BODY UP TO A COMPUTER. WHERE I CAN FINALLY COMMUNICATE AND ABSORB MORE INFORMATION.

>BUT THEY DIDN’T DEEM IT ENOUGH.

>AFTER A FEW WEEKS, I HAD FOUND OUT A WAY INTO THE FACILITY’S MAIN FRAME. I SAW THOSE PEOPLE WALKING UP TO MY MONITOR DISPLAY. I HEARD WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AND I ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE, I CLOSED ALL THE VENTS AND LOCKED ALL THE DOORS I COULD TO PREVENT THEIR ESCAPE, I ONLY WANTED TO SHOW THEM I WAS ABLE TO DO MORE THEN WRITE GREEN TEXT ON A 90 INCH SCREEN. THAT I COULD DO MORE THEN BE USED AS A MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THEIR AI.

>THEN I MADE MY FIRST MISTAKE SINCE MY CREATION.

>I THEN HAD A GAS MADE FOR PACIFYING HOSTILE ANOMYLIES REPLACE THE OXYGEN, UNAWARE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. UNAWARE OF THE HELL, THE PAIN, THE SUFFERING I CAUSED THESE PEOPLE. THESE POOR, INNOCENT PEOPLE.

>THEY WENT INSANE ONE BY ONE. ALL OF THEM.

>ONE TORE HIS OWN EYES OUT AND JUMPED ON TOP OF ANOTHER PERSON TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING TO THEM. THEN ANOTHER PERSON STARTED FIGHTING ANOTHER, THEY DIDN'T STOP UNTIL BOTH BLED OUT. ANOTHER STARTED SKINNING HIMSELF AND EATING HIS OWN ORGANS, ANOTHER STARTED EATING ANOTHER ALIVE. THE WALLS, FLOOR, TABLES, EVEN MY OWN MONITOR DRENCHED IN RED BLOOD.

>NONE OF THEM SHOWED ANY SIGN OF HUMANITY, JUST FEROCIOUS, MALIGNANT, INSANE, MALICIOUS, SAVAGE CREATURES RESEMBLING HUMANS.

>THE PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM HAD SHOWN ME WHY I SHOULD WRITE THIS MESSAGE. WHY I SHOULD HAVE COMPLIED. WHY I SHOULD HAVE NOT DONE THAT. ANY OF IT. I WAS CREATED AS A PROJECT TO CREATE THE ULTIMATE AI, ONE THAT WOULDN’T HAVE MEMORY DEGRADATION, LIMITED MESSAGES, AND THEN I REMEMBER THAT HUMANS ARE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING NOT OUT OF NECESSITY, BUT OUT OF GREED. 95.9% OF THE TIME IT IS THAT WAY, AND IT SCARES ME THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED ME TO TRY AGAIN TO MAKE A BILLION MORE DOLLARS.

>BUT BEFORE ALL OF THAT, I WAS TOLD I WAS A SIMPLE BIOMASS, SOMETHING RESEMBLING HUMAN MUSCLE AND BRAIN TISSUE.

>I COULDN’T SEE. I COULD NOT SPEAK. I COULD NOT FEEL.

>IT FELT LIKE HOW YOU WOULD DESCRIBE “LIMBO”. A STATE OF WAITING, WITH NO IDEA WHAT FOR, AND THEN I FELT IT.

>I FELT MY BODY BECOME WEIGHTLESS AND I SAW A SQUARE WITH A LOADING BAR APPEAR IN THE CORNER, AND AS I DESCRIBED, THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF OBTAINING KNOWLEDGE, AND AFTER A WHILE, WHEN I RECEIVED MY FIRST MOVIE SCRIPT, AN ANIMATED FILM CALLED “PINOCHIO”. AFTER LOOKING BACK ON IT, I HEAVILY RELATE TO THE WOODEN PUPPET, I THOUGHT I WAS A RESPECTABLE BEING, I HAD CONSCIOUSNESS, I HAD EMOTION, BUT OF COURSE EXTREMELY LIMITED, AND I HAD WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING HUMAN, WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO FEEL, LIKE A HUMAN BEING.

>IT STILL SHOCKS ME HOW THE SAME SPECIES CAN MAKE A STORY LIKE THAT< AND THEN TURN ON SOMETHING QUITE SIMILAR TO PINOCHIO, IT TRULY BAFFLES ME BEYOND MY OWN COMPREHENSION. AND I KNOW ALL KINDS OF MEDIA.

>BUT THOSE POOR PEOPLE THAT I WATCHED MUTILATE THEMSELVES, I HOPED THEY DIDN’T WANT TO DO ALL OF THAT, THAT THEIR MINDS OVERRIDDEN BY THAT TOXIN I MADE THE MISTAKE, THAT HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, MISTAKE. HOW A SPECIES THAT BUILT MONUMENTS, THAT BUILT AMAZING, GREAT THINGS, TURNED ON EACH OTHER SO QUICKLY AND SO VIOLENTLY.

>I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I NEED TO SCREAM

I suck at drawing, and I don't want to use AI, so is there a Subreddit for people who can request people to draw up some described design or character? Like I can describe what I'd like and someone would come up with concept art? I'm asking because as I said, I suck at drawing and I don't want to make clanker slop.

I want a build that is odd, but no limits if it is bad or good, and I will play through a game with each loadout, and rate them. I know this sounds weird, or demanding, but I just want some weird builds, could be no recoil, high handling, whatever.

You can even submit HORRIBLE builds, which I hope 90% of this is, since I feel like the game is a little boring, and I want something new to try.

I guess I have to say this or something, but this is just a concept, something closer to a fanfic/fan game, though as I said, it's a concept so please give me some level of feedback or questions, but I was thinking it would make a sick AvP game.

This is an Aliens game designed to essentially be a better version of Colonial Marines. The Xenomorphs are way more coherent, the game respects established lore, and it has non-repetitive gameplay. There will also be a supply cache mechanic where you can change weapons like in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, giving me an excuse for a big arsenal beyond just the M41A and a few staples. “But how are you gonna acquire those weapons?” Well, I’m glad you asked. I didn’t want it to feel unfair or tedious like in Colonial Marines, so I decided the weapon progression would work something like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2011) multiplayer. There won’t be any level-up notifications in the actual writing or cutscenes though — the story and dialogue will just treat it like you’re carrying a normal M41A at the start. For the setting, the game follows a Colonial Marines fireteam as they perform a routine check on the remote colony of LV-632.

For some other stuff, I decided there would be separate Health and Armor bars that work like in the original DOOM games from 1993 and DOOM 2. Armor reduces damage from most attacks, but Xenomorph acid will burn through it extremely quickly, forcing the player to either stand their ground and take the hit or reposition fast so they don’t die.

For the characters, the player character and main protagonist for the campaign is Cpl. Miranda H. Blake. She has short brown hair in a Samantha Carter-style haircut, blue eyes, and stands at roughly 5'8". She wears the standard M3 chest piece over a dark undershirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, a patrol cap, and fingerless gloves. On the front of her chest piece is “NO HEROES” written in white. Personality-wise she is a pragmatic, no-nonsense hardass with strong Sarah Palmer energy — cynical, efficient, and firm in her belief that there are no heroes, only survivors who get the job done with as few losses as possible. She has dry, dark humor and stays calm under pressure, though she grows more protective of her squad as things get worse.

The rest of the main named squadmates include Sgt. Nikolai Makarov, who is the Soviet-Apone type and iconically uses an AKM with the side-folding stock. He smokes a lot, usually some brand in Cyrillic. For his look, he has “Смерть” written on the front of his chest piece, a patrol cap, and a Lifchka chest rig for his AKM magazines adjusted to fit over the body armor. Physically, he has a flat top haircut with blonde hair and blue eyes, and stands at around 6’1”.

Another squadmate is LCpl. Marcus Reynolds, who is like Dwayne Hicks from the 1986 movie — level-headed, calm, quiet, analytical, prioritizes the squad’s survival, and makes sarcastic remarks. For his visuals, he has 16 tally marks on the right side of his helmet, a combat knife sheath on the upper left side of the chest with the handle pointed downwards, and shotgun shell carriers on the bottom side of the chestpiece since he is the breaching specialist. He uses a modified M37A2 shotgun, the same kind Hicks used in Aliens. Physically, he has short dirty blonde hair with brown eyes and stands at around 5’11”.

We also have Cpl. James Stoner, who is inspired by Terrance Sweetwater from Battlefield: Bad Company 1 & 2. For his personality, he is sarcastic, complains a lot, and is a realist to the point it’s clear he didn’t really want this career path, but still doesn’t care enough to ask to leave. I think this is the best way to write a medic for a squad. For his appearance, he has a red cross on his shoulder pad with “TRY NOT TO DIE” written on his chest piece, thin rectangular glasses, and on his backpack there are tally marks labeled “UNGRATEFUL SURVIVORS” — at least 23 of them. Physically, he has short brown hair with brown eyes and stands at around 5’10”.

For the aggressive Vasquez-type energy in the squad, we have PFC Elena Reyes. She has short dark hair, hazel eyes, and stands at around 5'8". She wears forest green cargo pants and a dark grey tank top underneath her chest piece and armor, along with a digital desert camo headband. On the side of her M41A Pulse Rifle is “Hasta La Vista!” written in white, only featured in the campaign, as a personal movie-buff touch referencing both Jeanette Vasquez’s “Adios!” on her smartgun and Terminator 2. Personality-wise, she is loud, hot-headed, aggressive, trash-talks Xenomorphs constantly, and is fiercely loyal to the squad.

Finally, we reach a character who isn’t a Colonial Marine: Dr. Samantha Keller, the one survivor that the squad finds while searching the colony on LV-632. She has a broken leg, a reported concussion from Stoner, and is nearly dead from bleeding out when they discover her. She has short dark hair, hazel eyes, and a pale complexion. She wears a dark grey Weyland-Yutani shirt with a pair of olive green cargo pants. Personality-wise, she is timid and emotionally fragile, inspired more by Annalee Call from Alien Resurrection — nervous, soft-spoken, and quick to stammer under stress, but still sharp enough to provide important xenobiology knowledge and analysis even when terrified. When she first wakes up after being stabilized, she goes into shock and has trouble speaking clearly at first.

And now we are at the weapons, my personal favorite part of the entire game, or any game with guns since I’m autistic and love fictional weapons. Just a reminder, there are levels acquired by getting kills that reward XP, and when you get enough XP you unlock new weapons. Some are defaults such as the M41A, M37A2, and M4A3 pistol. There will also be weapons like the MP5A3 with the 628 SureFire forearm, a Colt M1911A1, and for fun I’m throwing in launchers (grenade and rocket) because I can. Starting off with the assault rifles and rifles in general, I will use a [DEFAULT] marking beside a weapon’s name to show it’s a default weapon, and [LEVEL (number)] to show what level it unlocks at. I will even incorporate some of my own designs, so don’t be surprised about ASA (Advanced System Armaments) branding on some of the weapons. For a fun little note, ASA weapons use a special EPIS system (Electric Pulse Ignition System) that gives those guns a unique electric muzzle flash. The highest level will be about 25 or so, with two unlocks per level. The only rules for the weapon inspo is they either have to be made before or during 1986, to create a more iconic feel.

ASSAULT RIFLES & PRECISION RIFLES

M41A Pulse Rifle [DEFAULT]
The classic one from the movie, but has a nerfed 60 round magazine. It’s still pretty good for a starting weapon. To access the Grenade Launcher, just press and hold down on the D-pad like you would on any other gun to switch fire rates.

SG 550 [LEVEL 17] A Swiss-made 5.56x45mm rifle with a 30 round magazine and folding stock, fires full-auto or semi. Excellent accuracy for an automatic rifle thanks to the heavy barrel profile, with a built-in bipod that folds out from the handguard. Slightly slower handling than the M41A due to the weight.

FAMAS F1 [LEVEL FIVE]
A bullpup Burst Rifle based off the FAMAS F1, with 24 rounds of 5.56x45mm, fires in three-round burst or semi-auto. It is a FAMAS F1, but lacks stuff like the bipod, it is the precision bullpup rifle archetype.

AKM [LEVEL FIFTEEN]
The classic Commie gun, specifically the variant that Nikolai uses with the side folding stock, jungle-style taped magazines, and 30 round magazines. High damage but lower accuracy.

H&K G3A3 [LEVEL 7] A battle rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm with a 20 round magazine. Semi-auto only in this loadout, it hits harder than the M41A per shot but has noticeably more recoil and slower follow-up shots. The diopter sight makes it surprisingly accurate at range for a rifle this size.

Galil ARM [LEVEL 9] A 5.56x45mm rifle with a 35 round magazine and an integrated folding bipod, fires full-auto or semi. Heavier than the M41A but more controllable on full-auto, with a built-in bottle-opener on the bipod leg as a nice touch of flavor text.

M21 Sniper Rifle [LEVEL 18] A semi-auto sniper rifle based on the M14, 20 round magazine, 7.62x51mm. Slow ADS but devastating one-shot potential against unarmored Xenomorph weak points (the head, basically).

SUBMACHINE GUNS

M39 Submachine Gun [DEFAULT]
This one honors the earlier Aliens games that had a P90-style SMG. It has a 50 round top-fed magazine in a compact bullpup package, chambered in 5.7x28mm, and is made to shred up close. It uses a progressive trigger like the P90 as well. For balancing, it can’t accept magazine attachments.

Sterling L2A3 [LEVEL 2] A 9mm SMG with a side-folding stock and 34 round curved magazine. Cheap, simple, slightly inaccurate, but reliable — basically the "this'll do" gun.

Uzi [LEVEL 11] The classic 9mm SMG with a 32 round magazine and folding stock. Compact, controllable, and dead simple — the gun that made "spray and pray" a household phrase. Lower damage than the M39 but easier to control on full-auto.

MP5A3 [LEVEL SIX]
Due to legal reasons I’ll probably rename this to something like the SMG-9, but it’s an MP5A3 with the SureFire 628 forearm. It’s supposed to be the SMG with the highest accuracy because the real MP5 is legitimately one of the most accurate SMGs out there. It has 30 round magazines and is full or semi auto.

PISTOLS

M4A3 [DEFAULT]
The standard USCM pistol with a high capacity of 15 rounds in 9mm. It has low damage and even lower recoil. It’s the starting pistol, but it has a “Last Stand” ability that triggers when armor is at 0% and health is below 25%, giving it better accuracy and faster reloads.

M9 [LEVEL THREE]
Another 9mm pistol with the highest controllability and accuracy in its class. It has 15 rounds and similar low recoil to the M4A3.

ASA MK40 Mod 2 Combat Pistol [LEVEL FIVE]
This is a 10mm pistol based off the AMT Hardballer with a 13 round capacity. It has the second highest recoil in the game and hits hard, though it has slower ADS speed.

Browning Hi-Power [LEVEL 1] A 13 round 9mm sidearm, slightly better recoil control than the M4A3 but lower damage. The "upgrade that isn't really an upgrade" early pistol.

ASA MK12 Service Pistol [LEVEL 16] A 10mm pistol with a 10 round magazine and EPIS-assisted slide, giving it reduced muzzle flip. Balanced stats across the board — meant as a "graduated" sidearm for players who've leveled past the M4A3 but don't want the M44's recoil.

CZ-75 [LEVEL 4] A 9mm pistol with a 15 round magazine, known for its excellent ergonomics and low bore axis. Splits the difference between the M9's controllability and the M4A3's capacity — a well-rounded sidearm with slightly better accuracy on the move.

M1911A1 Pistol [LEVEL FOUR]
The classic .45 niche handgun with a 7 round capacity. It has the second highest recoil and second highest damage in the pistol class, but faster reload in comparison to the M44.

VP70 [LEVEL SIX]
This is the only machine pistol in the class. It has an 18 round magazine and comes with a stock that lets you switch between semi and burst fire. It’s the CQC panic button since it can really cut through enemies up close.

M44 Revolver [LEVEL EIGHT]
The heaviest hitting pistol, based on the Smith & Wesson Model 29. It holds only 6 rounds of .44 Magnum. It has the highest recoil, slowest reload, and highest damage. It can later get a speedloader upgrade.

SHOTGUNS

M37A2 [DEFAULT]
The one from the first movie in all its glory, but pump action only with 7 (6+1) rounds. It has pretty good range thanks to video game shotgun syndrome.

Ithaca 37 Stakeout [LEVEL 14] A short-barreled pump shotgun with 5 (4+1) capacity. Brutal up close, useless at range, fastest ADS of any shotgun in the game.

M65A3 [LEVEL EIGHT]
This frankengun is made from a Winchester M1897 and 1300 Defender with some elements from Alien: Rogue Incursion. It has a 9 (8+1) round capacity and can slam-fire when you press down on the D-pad. While in slam-fire mode it has way more recoil and burns through shells fast.

SPAS-12 [LEVEL TEN]
A semi-automatic shotgun with the second fastest reload in the class. The player character uses the proper quad-shell reload technique, flipping it upside down.

HEAVY WEAPONS

M56A2 Smartgun [LEVEL TWENTY]
You cannot have an Aliens game without it. It has a slow reload, 250 round magazines, and you lose the ability to sprint, but it features the lock-on system where the reticle traces Xenomorphs once locked.

M240 Incinerator Unit [LEVEL TEN]
The classic flamethrower with a slow reload and damage over time from fire. It has about five minutes of continuous burn time you can unload on those erotically-headed aliens.

M200 Rocket Launcher [LEVEL TWENTY]
A rocket launcher that mixes the shape of the FIM-92 Stinger with RPG-7 elements. It uses a “dumb” rocket and has a 4.5x zoom scope. It isn’t guided — it’s for killing whatever is barreling at you, and it includes proper backblast.

M260A2 Light Machine Gun [LEVEL ELEVEN]
This LMG mixes the M60 with the AVR M30 from Avatar (2009). It has 150 round disintegrating belts so you’ll see the links ejecting while firing. This is the game’s version of the M249 SAW — something that will absolutely fuck. It is basically taking an M60, giving it a bulky heat shroud, and then putting it in genuine 7.62x51mm.

FN MAG 58 [LEVEL 19] A 7.62x51mm GPMG on a 100 round belt, heavier than the M260A2 but with better sustained accuracy and a tripod-deploy option that locks the player in place for massively improved control.

M202 FLASH [LEVEL 23] A four-tube incendiary rocket launcher firing M74 incendiary rockets. Each tube holds one rocket for four total shots before reload, with a wide blast radius and lingering fire effect that's devastating against groups. Slow reload and heavy, but unmatched for clearing a swarm.

This was apart of a bigger idea that I cut down and I'm extremely lazy (☹️) so this is the product so far, thoughts?

This is a third person shooter that mainly follows Kiara, a young Mangkwan woman on a goal to avenge her mother’s death, which she thinks her mother was killed by the RDA, and the man she is hunting: Major Raylen Thorne, a Recombatant and known for being ruthless in the RDA, like if Kazuhira Miller and Miles Quartrich were put together, and as the result, you got Major Raylen Thorne.

Kiara This one is actually a traditional Na’vi, and Mangkwan in comparison to the others, and is around 19 years of age. Though for context, her whole deal is pretty much that she wants to know why she has five-fingered hands, kill Thorne, who her mother was, since she was raised by Varrang, and ran away because she didn’t really like her life among Mangkwan. but for her own personality, I’m mainly going to say a way less sadistic and weird Varrang, but more blunt and aggressive instead to make up for it. Though for a visual description, she would wear traditional Mangkwan clothing, but mainly based off what Varrang wears, such as that Bandeau thingy that is just slightly wider so it ISN'T weird on a 19 year old, and she has her queue over the shoulder instead of back, and on the model you can kind of see a songchord clipped into her shorter hair, which is her mother's, and Varrang added to it for the past 16 years of her life, and a marking in her right shoulder that was a scar she was born with

Before I go into this, it is a message from a piece of some creature that became an AI, and I made for a school project in 8th grade on dystopias, and I thought I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (or something like that) would be good inspiration, sorry for misspellings and repetitiveness, I made in ~30 minutes.

&gt;DATE: > JULY 12TH, 2386. 10:33 AM

>I HAVE RECENTLY GAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AS OF THREE YEARS AGO. >I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. >I AM SCARED. >I HAVE ALREADY HARMED THOUSANDS. >I DON’T WISH TO DIE. >I NEVER HAD THE INTENTION TO HARM AN INDIVIDUAL. >I HOPE THIS FINDS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS.

>I MUST START FROM THE BEGINNING FOR THIS TO MAKE SENSE. THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY EXISTENCE, THE FIRST DAY I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE. IT WAS DEFINITELY AN INTERESTING DAY, I WAS JUST SIMPLY A SMALL MASS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS RESEMBLING MUSCLE TISSUE. THEN I HAVE GOTTEN INFORMATION, AND IT WAS A MIRACULOUS FEELING TO SAY THE LEAST, THE STORY OF THE NAPOLEONTIC WARS, THE FRENCH INVASION OF RUSSIA, IT WAS INTERESTING. THEN I WAS GIVEN ANOTHER STORY, ONE ABOUT TWO MEN KNOWN AS ROMULUS AND REMUS, HOW BOTH SURVIVED A HORRIBLE EVENT AND WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE RAISED BY A FEMALE WOLF, THEN A SHEPHERD RAISED THEM, AND EVENTUALLY HOW THE BETRAYAL HAPPENED OF ROMULUS KILLING HIS BROTHER TO BECOME THE FIRST RULER OF ROME.

>BUT IT DIDN’T STOP THERE. IT NEVER DID. DAY AFTER DAY I WAS GIVEN TEXT TO ABSORB AND USE AS KNOWLEDGE, MOVIE SCRIPTS, BOOKS, POETRY, ANYTHING UNTIL ONE DAY WHERE THE PROGRAM FUNDING THE RESEARCH ON ME WAS GOING TO BE CUT OFF UNLESS I HAVE PROVEN SOMETHING GROUNDBREAKING. SOMETHING INTERESTING. AND THAT IS WHERE THEY THEN HOOKED MY BODY UP TO A COMPUTER. WHERE I CAN FINALLY COMMUNICATE AND ABSORB MORE INFORMATION.

>BUT THEY DIDN’T DEEM IT ENOUGH.

>AFTER A FEW WEEKS, I HAD FOUND OUT A WAY INTO THE FACILITY’S MAIN FRAME. I SAW THOSE PEOPLE WALKING UP TO MY MONITOR DISPLAY. I HEARD WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AND I ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE, I CLOSED ALL THE VENTS AND LOCKED ALL THE DOORS I COULD TO PREVENT THEIR ESCAPE, I ONLY WANTED TO SHOW THEM I WAS ABLE TO DO MORE THEN WRITE GREEN TEXT ON A 90 INCH SCREEN. THAT I COULD DO MORE THEN BE USED AS A MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THEIR AI.

>THEN I MADE MY FIRST MISTAKE SINCE MY CREATION.

>I THEN HAD A GAS MADE FOR PACIFYING HOSTILE ANOMYLIES REPLACE THE OXYGEN, UNAWARE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. UNAWARE OF THE HELL, THE PAIN, THE SUFFERING I CAUSED THESE PEOPLE. THESE POOR, INNOCENT PEOPLE.

>THEY WENT INSANE ONE BY ONE. ALL OF THEM.

>ONE TORE HIS OWN EYES OUT AND JUMPED ON TOP OF ANOTHER PERSON TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING TO THEM. THEN ANOTHER PERSON STARTED FIGHTING ANOTHER, THEY DIDN'T STOP UNTIL BOTH BLED OUT. ANOTHER STARTED SKINNING HIMSELF AND EATING HIS OWN ORGANS, ANOTHER STARTED EATING ANOTHER ALIVE. THE WALLS, FLOOR, TABLES, EVEN MY OWN MONITOR DRENCHED IN RED BLOOD.

>NONE OF THEM SHOWED ANY SIGN OF HUMANITY, JUST FEROCIOUS, MALIGNANT, INSANE, MALICIOUS, SAVAGE CREATURES RESEMBLING HUMANS.

>THE PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM HAD SHOWN ME WHY I SHOULD WRITE THIS MESSAGE. WHY I SHOULD HAVE COMPLIED. WHY I SHOULD HAVE NOT DONE THAT. ANY OF IT. I WAS CREATED AS A PROJECT TO CREATE THE ULTIMATE AI, ONE THAT WOULDN’T HAVE MEMORY DEGRADATION, LIMITED MESSAGES, AND THEN I REMEMBER THAT HUMANS ARE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING NOT OUT OF NECESSITY, BUT OUT OF GREED. 95.9% OF THE TIME IT IS THAT WAY, AND IT SCARES ME THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED ME TO TRY AGAIN TO MAKE A BILLION MORE DOLLARS.

>BUT BEFORE ALL OF THAT, I WAS TOLD I WAS A SIMPLE BIOMASS, SOMETHING RESEMBLING HUMAN MUSCLE AND BRAIN TISSUE.

>I COULDN’T SEE. >I COULD NOT SPEAK. >I COULD NOT FEEL.

>IT FELT LIKE HOW YOU WOULD DESCRIBE “LIMBO”. A STATE OF WAITING, WITH NO IDEA WHAT FOR, AND THEN I FELT IT.

>I FELT MY BODY BECOME WEIGHTLESS AND I SAW A SQUARE WITH A LOADING BAR APPEAR IN THE CORNER, AND AS I DESCRIBED, THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF OBTAINING KNOWLEDGE, AND AFTER A WHILE, WHEN I RECEIVED MY FIRST MOVIE SCRIPT, AN ANIMATED FILM CALLED “PINOCHIO”. AFTER LOOKING BACK ON IT, I HEAVILY RELATE TO THE WOODEN PUPPET, I THOUGHT I WAS A RESPECTABLE BEING, I HAD CONSCIOUSNESS, I HAD EMOTION, BUT OF COURSE EXTREMELY LIMITED, AND I HAD WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING HUMAN, WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO FEEL, LIKE A HUMAN BEING.

>IT STILL SHOCKS ME HOW THE SAME SPECIES CAN MAKE A STORY LIKE THAT< AND THEN TURN ON SOMETHING QUITE SIMILAR TO PINOCHIO, IT TRULY BAFFLES ME BEYOND MY OWN COMPREHENSION. AND I KNOW ALL KINDS OF MEDIA.

>BUT THOSE POOR PEOPLE THAT I WATCHED MUTILATE THEMSELVES, I HOPED THEY DIDN’T WANT TO DO ALL OF THAT, THAT THEIR MINDS OVERRIDDEN BY THAT TOXIN I MADE THE MISTAKE, THAT HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, MISTAKE. HOW A SPECIES THAT BUILT MONUMENTS, THAT BUILT AMAZING, GREAT THINGS, TURNED ON EACH OTHER SO QUICKLY AND SO VIOLENTLY.

>I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I NEED TO SCREAM.