#perihelion

It’d started with their usual to and fro; suddenly some of the ripostes had been sharp, too much to gently parry. They’d cut.

You said I was a rogue

Acid sharp, clear like lake ice, cruel.

You were. You had hacked your governor module.

Still a little warmth, hint of the old stiffness returning.

You told everyone my private name

Barbs now, trying to catch; draw into a fight…

Dr Mensah asked you for your name, that was your name, was it not?

Dismissive, hint of—what, impatience?

The feed, their private feed, suddenly still: furious resentful silence. Full of the unsaid.

But I was wrong about one thing, you had not killed 57 people you’d been charged to protect. I was wrong about that, and I am sorry.

But I was wrong because you were too.

It got up, silently, and slipped out the door without a backwards glance.

He grimaced, rubbed his brow. In the feed ART wrapped itself around him, warm and gentle. Grateful.

Thank you, Dr Gurathin.

Fifty seven - Rosewind2007 - The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells [Archive of Our Own]

“SecUnit—” Arada started at the same time as Ratthi said, “I don’t think—”

ART interrupted, SecUnit’s earlier statement that I “lie a lot” was untrue. I obviously cannot reveal information against the interests of my crew unless circumstances warrant.

Arada nodded. “Right. We understand. I think SecUnit is looking out for our interests—”

i’ve been wanting to draw this scene since i first read ne and finally got around to it HSDJKS

combat-secunit:

ART: a hyper-intelligent AI with the processing power of gods

MB: a super intelligent security bot that taught itself things outside its own programming and can hack literally everything

Them together: share a single half-functional processor and that processor only knows how to be rude

finding a pretty big fandom for Murderbot on here was the best

expect fanART soon

short king ratthi comic lmao

Based off the discord saying MB considers itself short now

[pic ID: three panels. First panel is MB standing casually looking off to the side as it says “I’m short now”, second panel is ratthi looking stunned, third is the, it’s standing next to each other, MB being significantly taller while Ratthi raises an eyebrow at its drone and folds his arms]

Big OC piece sketch is finally done!

(Pic ID: from left to right: FireUnit4 (Egg’s OC) Three, Epsilon(Skits’ oc), Eso(my oc), AN-COU(my oc), Iota (skits), Upsilon(skits), Gamma and Alpha(skits), Stabby the knife wielding roomba (Flynne). FireUnit4 is running, three is standing with its back turned, Epsilon is talking to Eso who is wearing a white lab coat and distracted by Stabby’s existence, thinking “why does that cleaning bot have a knife?”, AN-COU is staring at the ceiling, no thoughts just vibes. Iota and Upsilon are sitting on the floor watching Stabby, Gamma is pointing at alpha and Alpha is goofing off)

been wanting to draw this for awhile. The cat based on my kitty Hiko

[picture ID: Murderbot sitting on one of ART’s bunks, smiling slightly while a very fluffy tuxedo cat tries to climb into its lap. It is reaching to pet the fluffy cat because the cat demands attention]

new oc, from the idea I had of a combat unit that’s been rogue for a lot longer than MB

Picked the name Eso because it’s serial number starts with 350

meme I did quick for the discord. Time to go to sleep now

(picture ID: variation of the bagel meme, but with MB in armor and an angry looking company symbol representing a governor module. Text is: (someone off to the side): secunit, what do you want to do? SecUnit: watch an episode of sanctuary moon. GovMod: Obey Orders. Next panel SecUnit says: watch all the episodes of sanctuary moon while the govmod yells no)

expressions practice-

also perspective ha

discord was taking about presaux snowball fight, tellus is not to be messed with. Murderbot learned that the hard way

It’s January 1st where I am so here’s my part of the Murderbot Discord’s gift exchange for @sentient-pineapple ! Tellus is Friend Shaped

this is the first fandom exchange thing I’ve ever done aha