2026-09-22 23:29 UTC
@MichaelTBacon@social.coop @emilymbender@dair-community.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run
Emily banged on the door with her fist.
No answer. This was an emergency, she kicked in the door.
"Elias?"
No answer. The room was quiet except for the eerie crackle of radio static. Then she saw it. The Elias Thorne Light House Keeper™ AI robot lunged at her. It had sense her rowing in and had been lying in wait the whole time. It pinned her to the ground, it's curly metal shavings beard rough against her face.
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@chrisp@cyberplace.social 2026-09-22 23:32
@MichaelTBacon@social.coop @emilymbender@dair-community.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run She desperately reached out to grasp something, anything to fend off her attacker. She found something, a book. It wasn't particularly heavy. It's only real weight was the weight of it's words. She drew her arm in a whacked the robot as hard as she could, many times over. She lost count of how many times she hit that thing. When it was all over she pushed the revolting metal abomination off her and struggled to her feet.