Soybel



Recent works

Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 32

    Tags
    Summary

    Bubby wasn't sure where he'd planned to go after Tommy's birthday party, but it wasn't here. Where was here, anyway? How did he get here? Why didn't he remember leaving the party? What's Coomer happy-crying about?

    And why isn't Gordon there?

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    13,850
    Chapters:
    4/4
    Comments:
    78
    Kudos:
    342
    Bookmarks:
    32
    Hits:
    3,086

    20 Apr 2024

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  2. Public Bookmark 13

    Tags
    Summary

    “What the—” Jay began, sitting back up, though she realised her mistake when Gillion whimpered as his body forced itself to growth again. “Fuck, okay, sorry, I’m—do you want me to lay back down?” Vision swimming, Gillion got himself to nod. “Okay.”

    She did. Gillion’s arm burned where it was thrown around her. His bones felt like they’d broken and regrown wrong. His organs felt beaten tender. His veins itched, warning of danger.

    And of course Jay understood. She had always been the smartest of the bunch. “You know, when you said you’re five-one when no one’s looking at you, you could’ve clarified that that wasn’t a joke.”

    It was said with love, of course. As everything she said was. It meant you idiot, you could’ve saved yourself so much trouble. Why do you never save yourself trouble you don’t need to be in?

    Gillion made himself breathe, fighting the ugly creak of his ribs as his chest expanded. “It wasn’t.”

    /////

    Or: As a survival instinct, Gillion grows taller when he is perceived. It sucks.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,651
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    17
    Kudos:
    139
    Bookmarks:
    13
    Hits:
    795

    20 Dec 2024

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Spiritual Successor to "It Came From the Vents." Gordon Freeman has spent three years trying to stabilize the AIs he befriended after a disastrous end to a military project. He's stolen company property, ignored his family, and neglected himself in hopes of success. Now that he's made progress, it's becoming increasingly apparent that one of the AIs in question may not be a program at all. No one can say for certain what this revelation will lead to, but one thing's for sure: HR is going to have a field day with this one.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    113,251
    Chapters:
    31/31
    Collections:
    4
    Comments:
    1,425
    Kudos:
    2,770
    Bookmarks:
    548
    Hits:
    62,759

    20 Aug 2023

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  4. Public Bookmark 40

    Tags
    Summary

    It's 1982, and Aperture Science has made a breakthrough in the development of AI, having successfully completed the first ever artificial duplication of a human mind. The prototype speaks and thinks just like its progenitor, the scatterbrained yet determined Doctor Wheatley, but the question remains: is the digital copy truly the same as the human it believes itself to be? Is it happy to exist as it does? And why does it insist on being treated like a person?

    Well, there's only one way to find out. It's time to test. And test. And test. And test.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    21,129
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    25
    Kudos:
    143
    Bookmarks:
    40
    Hits:
    1,124

    14 Mar 2024

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  5. Public Bookmark 43

    Tags
    Summary

    No-one had ever said anything nice about his wings before. When his dad had seen them for the first time he’d said oh, Jesus Christ and walked out of the room. The first time they’d taken him to the doctor’s office the doctor had looked over his brand new stubby little wings and taken some measurements and said things like we’ll start you on a low dose of the medication and in about six months you can come back to be fitted for a harness. Kids at school said stuff like weirdo and freak of nature.

    Yeah. He was content to sit there and indulge Doc and let him ramble on about evolution and skeletal structures. It wasn’t so bad.

    Around 1% of the population has wings. Through the wonders of modern medicine, a mix of medication and specialised clothing can be used to conceal this aberrant feature until such a time as they can be surgically removed.

    Marty found out, the hard way, that wings ran in his family when he was almost thirteen.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    13,772
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    18
    Kudos:
    276
    Bookmarks:
    43
    Hits:
    1,873

    05 Mar 2024

    Bookmarker's Collections: