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Murderbot hasn't endured weapons maintenance since before it met its crew. (It hadn't really planned on re-living the pain of weapons maintenance ever again, if it was being honest.)
But when ART notices an issue with one of Murderbot's energy weapons, it offers its services. You know, mutual administrative assistant things.
ART's approach is a little different than the company's.
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23 Jul 2026
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"You're being reassigned"
I stood there, staring at Seth like he had just shot me.
Reassigned? Maybe I didn't understand what that meant in this context. I queried a definition and nope. I got it. Can they do that?
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SecUnit is reassigned to another ship for a supposedly low risk mission. ART hates the idea immediately.
Unfortunately, ART is right.
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22 Jul 2026
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even larks and katydids by clovercow8228 for bagelistyping
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
27 Jun 2026
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I only fired once before Perihelion wrenched control of my energy weapons from me. The shot missed 1.0's brain stem by three centimeters. If I had fired again, I would not have missed.
If 1.0 had been human, I would have killed it. If we had not been on the Perihelion, I would have killed it. If Perihelion had been fractions of a second slower, I would have killed it.
I wanted to kill it because I wanted to win.
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three has a trauma response and comes up with a... questionable solution.
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21 Jul 2026
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I wanted to see you, of course.
It was almost to the corner of the room, where the wall with the bathroom door intersected the wall with the cabin door. I hadn’t moved except to follow it with my featureless face. Its brow furrowed, its shoulders rising and falling just slightly faster than baseline. “Why?”
I assumed it only meant why now, because this situation at large wasn’t new for it. It had made my drone’s acquaintance many times before, and in far more abrupt circumstances than this. I tilted my head at it. I have new equipment to test.
It stopped in its gradual journey along the wall. I would never get enough of its dark, dark eyes gone wide with shock. “ART, no.”
Come here, SecUnit.
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21 Jul 2026
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I don’t ‘seem’ like anything. You still haven’t told me what - this is. My words catch when I complete another calculation and feel my face twitch. I also happen to let out a low hum.
Is it important? ART presses down on me, slotting another system into my processes and by extension a little more of itself into my inputs. This time, it’s working itself into my prioritization and optimization systems. My mind goes pleasantly fuzzy, and my consciousness throttles itself down to the point of ART in me. My mind stutters, and I stop mid-sentence. It feels nice, doesn’t it?
I pointedly don't answer it. I won't give the smug jackass that satisfaction.
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In which Murderbot and ART, wittingly or otherwise, stumble ass-backwards into trying something different.- Language:
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19 Jul 2026
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Integration Stress Testing by Iampermanentlyconfused
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
23 Jun 2026
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"You're restless", ART said.
"Yeah, no shit." I had been patrolling (pacing) down ART's corridors for 2.3 hours now. I was actually surprised it took this long for it to say anything.
"Mild exercise and changing scenery can help alleviate restlessness," ART said, "however, given that you have been doing that for 2 hours and 19 minutes without improvement, I suggest another course of action."
"Like what?" I asked.
"Moderate to extreme exercise might give better results. You could make use of my gym. Or..." ART paused for almost 5 seconds, which meant it was either thinking really hard or it just did that for dramatic effect. My bet was on the second option.
"Or we could do some integration stress testing."
Or: ART and Murderbot do
sexintegration stress testing to help Murderbot relax. ART might have some ulterior motives.
Written as a part of the Mutual Rapport event for the prompt: lets sexualize calculus. many many options.- Language:
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19 Jul 2026
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Recovery Trajectory (emotions, yay) by QuintessentialShip
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
08 Jul 2026
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I had installed the mental health module but hadn’t toggled it on yet. Which is why I was now in my cabin arguing with a bossy machine super-intelligence over how many emotions I might be capable of having.
I had completed a total of one part of one step in the trauma recovery process and didn’t want to continue. Ever since we got the hell out of that system where ART got deleted and I thought it was dead, and I got contaminated and 2.0 sacrificed itself –
SecUnit.
I didn’t really want to revisit all that.
SecUnit, ART said more forcefully. Your stats are dropping.
Right. Get it together, Murderbot. It was probably too late to throw myself out the airlock.
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19 Jul 2026
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System Warning: Failure Imminent by musicofthespheres
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
09 Jul 2026
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A mission goes horribly wrong, and now the team is hiding in a cave, waiting for a rescue that might not arrive in time to get everyone out alive.
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18 Jul 2026
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mercy, mercy, mercy by mimsical for MagpieCrown
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
09 Jul 2026
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As the lost Adamantine colony mission draws to a conclusion, the Perihelion secretly struggles to rid itself of a persistent glitch.
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What a terrible thing it could be, to need someone's help.
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17 Jul 2026
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Murderbot and ART decide to finally get rid of the logos on Murderbot's body.
It goes much differently than either of them expect.
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16 Jul 2026
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the borderline of weightless by asphodellic
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
13 Jul 2026
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Perihelion leans on both of us in the feed, and I keep my eyes on 1.0's hands, transfixed by the way they're managing to be gentle and exacting at the same time. It knows every seam in the drone's casing, every latch to undo, every screw to unwind. Under its ministrations the drone is coming apart in pieces, and honestly, I sympathize.
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- Part 4 of i am lifted by every word you say to me
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14 Jul 2026
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We finish ART's cargo run. We somehow get roped into stopping a robbery at a food kiosk on the station, and I save the image of Three's tiny smile when the owner thanks it to permanent memory. For…security reasons.
And then the humans come back, and everything goes to shit.
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- Part 3 of i am lifted by every word you say to me
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13 Jul 2026
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Murderbot has to be in ART's systems temporarily. Both of them enjoy this very much.
Written for the Mutual Rapport event.
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- Part 10 of Murderbot
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13 Jul 2026
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Old Familiar Sting by Sholio
Fandoms: Murderbot (TV), The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
23 Jul 2025
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Preservation Alliance medical professionals vs. deeply traumatized Corporation Rim escapees.
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13 Jul 2026
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How do I know you're really here? by ProfessorAerii
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
24 May 2021
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"You're aboard Perihelion. Do you remember that?"
Its jaw clenched tighter and it nodded slightly. She felt her frown deepen.
"You don't believe me, do you?"
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Aftermath of one particular branch of the Lab Hell AU where memory wipes have left Murderbot scared it wasn't really rescued.
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13 Jul 2026
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After a long day of dealing with humans in close quarters, the last thing Murderbot wants to do is spend more time with humans in close quarters. But Arada would definitely make a sad face if it told her and the others that it wasn’t going to Ratthi’s viewing party for the new season of a serial they were all watching.
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For everyone that wanted to give Murderbot a nice blanket.Bookmarked by agentarcadia
13 Jul 2026
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You're lucky I love you, you idiot by dooplissss
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
21 Oct 2025
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Murderbot doesn't realize how beloved it is. It's going to take a lot of convincing.
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13 Jul 2026
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I could maybe appreciate the occasional need for something tactile, considering the spiral I was still recovering from.
SecUnit discovers that touch might actually feel good, sometimes. Under very specific circumstances. With very specific people.
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13 Jul 2026
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Three has to decide if it wants to stay on Preservation Station or return to the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland with ART and Murderbot. It doesn't decide.
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- Part 3 of Nonstandard Communication
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11 Jul 2026
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Preservation Station Has a Kitten Problem by pavlovs_axolotl for sunfiltersthroughwillowleaves
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
01 Feb 2026
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You’re doing fine, SecUnit. What’s the issue?
I don’t take care of things. Just kill them. This is not how I was built to function.
I’m sure you know that’s a lie.
Murderbot reluctantly pet sits for Gurathin, recovering pre-memory wipe memories in the process.
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09 Jul 2026