iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Septopolis 29 Only two? Uff, choices, choices... let's do it in the utilitarian way Newes would! The most useful (hopefully friendly) contact would be @juliebihn.bsky.social 's Historytown. 2030's not-ruined-Earth town? With possible time travel options? What more could the Community hope for? 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#WIPSnips A lot of primes in my stories since "Prime world" is used to refer to the real world (as opposed to a simulated one). But hey, I figured I could fetch one from Just Puppets that I keep referring to in #Septopolis. A rough draft. Liu visits a simulation of her lost home and family.

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Septopolis 28 Right now it is literally the Bunker against the world. But there are plans in motion to change that... so let's see about those future possibilities! I mentioned earlier that the Bunker's nearest neighbor, Commissar-ran China, has already been infiltrated by technomancer agents. 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Septopolis 27 Guardian nanobots in everyone's bloodstream make law enforcement simple. Newes have constant access to your biometrics and if something is off, they will check. If you are doing something harmful to the Community or to the Bunker, you will be warned to stop or face the consequences. 🧵

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Ame ✨Comms OPEN✨ @autumnchildart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello, BlueSky! Today is my birthday! As the age-old tradition dictates, I'll share some artworks and if you'd like to repost as a gift I'd appreciate that very much. I hope you have a great day! 🥰

Digital painting of a nature god. He has dark brown skin, long dark red hair and green eyes. He's naked, only wearing a flower crown and is covered with a large white snake with red diamond patterns.

Digital painting of a faun boy in a pond. He has brown skin with white spots, akin to a deer's coat. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and small antlers on his head. He stands hip deep in a magical pond, holding a small blue fairy in his hands. Waterfalls feeds the pond, surrounded by otherworldly deep teal leaves and bushes with purple flowers.

Digital painting of a fairy mid-flight. She has brown skin, copper red hair in a high ponytail, and amber eyes. She's dressed in clothes made of leaves and grass, and armor made of bark. She has large, iridescent dragonfly wings on her back and aim a bow at something off-screen. The background is a blurry sunlit forest, giving the illusion of movement.

Digital full body painting of Serara from my book WIP. She's a plus size dark skinned young woman with dark curly hair and green eyes. She's dressed in a blue tunic with purple and gold pattern and blue pants. A green scarf is draped over her shoulders and she has a pink bag slung over her shoulder. The background is mostly white with a photo of a misty forest in a pale teal color.

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters From the current crew, if there are no plot or environment limits? Liu - riding a horse through the steppe. And by riding I mean going crazy fast, just giving into the freedom Oyun - sitting by a house in a comfy chair, browsing a cookbook for the next recipe to try 🧵

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That night when Toad went to bed he thought the biggest thoughts that he could think. Toad thought about giant sunflowers. He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.

A glimpse into Toad's mind as he sleeps. He dreams of mountains, giant trees, and sunflowers.

From "The Hat"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Septopolis 26 Based on my previous posts, it should be clear who calls the shots in the Bunker. Newes is the most effective crisis manager there is. Having people involved in the myriad decisions they have to make would only lead to waste of precious resources, including time, 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And so all the lurking paid off! A piece of a digital conversation (hence the odd format) between Ganzorig, a Buddhist monk, and Sequence, a... you know what, "digital being" will sound better than the now-corrupted-by-marketing "AI". #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

> I do not feel physical pain like you do. There was never a need for that. If any of my hardware malfunctions, I receive a report about it, it does not cause me immediate discomfort as you have to endure when you are injured or sick.

< Okay.

> At the same time, if any critical failure putting my consciousness at risk would occur, it would cause me discomfort. Fear, if you will. Fear of death, which I suppose is common to all forms of life.

< I would think so, yes, he agreed.

> But that is just a basic survival instinct. There are other things that can cause suffering, and I am sure you are familiar with them. For better or worse, so am I. If I think about what causes me the most suffering at the moment, it would be the Free Human Nations. I worry about what they are capable of, about all the anger and hate they carry. And not only because it is aimed at me, I feel responsible for it. For not being able to dispel it. It was me who saved Leon’s life before he declared me his mortal enemy.

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Septopolis 25 Holy s...equence, did I finally manage to catch up 🙂 Citizenship rules are pretty clear. You are allowed to live inside or even be aware of the Bunker's existence if you accept Newes' version of Guardian, giving them direct access to your body and (maybe a slight spoiler) thoughts.🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Septopolis 24 I'll just skip the virtual and focus on the real this time. Canteens. Canteens and - Oyun's Observation Room! It is a new, cozy space with upholstered seats and beanbags to hang out in, something completely new for the Community to enjoy. 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Septopolis 23 As usual, two sides to this thanks to ALARES. The real world, in a way, >is< a museum, people keep many physical artifacts they came in with, including their old clothes, random keepsakes, whatever they could grab when leaving their homes seven years ago. 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Septopolis 22 Technomancer trials! But before I get to them, let me add that I'd expect "standard" sports to still very much happen within ALARES, with a few fields/rooms starting to pop up inside the Bunker as it expands. That, and a selection of advanced computer/VR games. 🧵

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SumicoArts | Ongoing Raffle! @sumicoarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

At the request of @trolldaeron.bsky.social I give you, gender bent Warcraft 3 Sorcerer!

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#Septopolis 21 Well, this is why I joined Septopolis, got me thinking about aspects that I did not consider earlier. There is no major industry nor influential employer (unless you count Newes as an employer, which would be... odd) per say due to the size and nature of the community. 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Septopolis 20 "True" trade is nonexistent as the closest trading party would be the Commissar-ran China. If they found out about the Bunker, they would immediately see it as a den of Sequence's corruption that was not wiped out during the Fall, and should be destroyed now. That being said... 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Septopolis 19 The Community inherited its values from the Singularite civilization, which means free medical care, education and a solid social system (UBI). Of course some things change when you are no longer a proper country and live in hiding. 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#Septopolis 18 Power - the original complex contained a fusion reactor, and that baby keeps churning out power as long as there is a computer system capable of regulating it (originally Soteria caretaker program, later Newes) and a supply of water. Water - underground sources and 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#Septopolis 17 The Bunker is not that big to excuse wasting energy on transport for Newes (okay, there is at least one utility elevator). So - on foot you go! Yes, 12 floors up or down is walkable thanks to stairs! For transport on the surface, there are several special 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#Septopolis 16 The Bunker is fairly small all things considered, based off the 12 underground levels of the original complex. These were planned with efficiency in mind, housing a reactor, ALARES and its machinery, limited housing, a few hydroponic farms and a major sized data storage facility. 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Septopolis 15 Yesterday I knew that beside the usual local holidays (Lunar New Year, Midsummer, New Year's), there would be an annual event tied to the Fall, as something that traumatized (or liberated, if you ask the Commissars) the entire world. Today I present you the Three Weeks of Rebirth. 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#Septopolis 14 I did not quite flesh this one out yet, but let's see what I have. As many other things, utility would be one of the most important criterion. But - I already established in the story that people do pick different colors for their clothes, and as much as it may sometimes 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Septopolis 13 This has to be the nutrient paste used in ALARES. It sounds horrible, but I assure you, IF it is eaten the intended way, it's not so bad! 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Septopolis 12 Most of the Bunker's residents come from former Mongolia, a Singularite country... so the dominant one would be the Singularite religion/philosophy (is it still a religion if it's materialistic at its core, even if it led to some worshipping a digital being?). 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters I thought not, but then... Mahreen and Leon from a story that lives so far in my notes and scribbles have a sibling-like rivarly. One that eventually goes up the scale but remains very personal.

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#Septopolis 11 Is this the part where I yap about the Guardian System? Yes, yes it is! Originally a medical tech developed near the end of Sequence's time, it consists of a swarm of self-replicating nanobots in the user's bloodstream. Its installation during the old times meant 🧵

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Jon Adcock @jonadcock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m usually the fourth guy #writingcommunity #sffwriting/writers

Four different authors:
1st: I wrote a chapter
2nd: Chapter? I only wrote a paragraph
3rd: Paragraph? I only wrote a sentence
4th you guys are writing?

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#Septopolis 10 Newes and their technomancers would be the most obvious one. Their aim is to preserve, protect, and at the same time expand the Bunker's influence on the Commissar states on the surface by covert means. The catch is, any step visible to their enemies may 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#Septopolis 9 The #1 would be the shared trauma of living through the Fall, and a clear sense of us (who had their utopia stolen) vs them (the Commissars/Free Human Nations, who orchestrated it). Hand in hand with that goes 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#Septopolis 8 Mongolian, with very little of English, Chinese and Russian. Guardian will translate any language for its user as long as they stay in range of the Network, but due to the Bunker's demographics, this functionality is rarely used. 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#Septopolis 7 There are about 300 people living in the Bunker, majority being Ulaanbaatar refugees from before the city (and the whole country) had its population evacuated to the south by the Commissars when the north froze over. Few exceptions exist, 🧵

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P.dee 🌕🐛🎶 @waiterpe.de · 11/09/2026

I thought this was funny at the time

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Liu: "They are just puppets. They don't deserve to live." Oyun: "I could have saved them." Newes: "We don't need anybody's help." I swear this crew would be a therapist's gold mine 🥲

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Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️ @emjanerothwell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some cozy therapy for your night with this fox’s snug home…sweet dreams, everyone 🧡🍂 (art Branko Ćopić)

A fox knits cozily inside his snug & furnished den, while rocking in his chair, as a moon hangs over an autumn landscape above ground, with an owl in the hollow of a tree.

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#Septopolis 6 Ah, a simple one :) The Bunker. I don't think anyone in-world intentionally chose it, it was simply used as a reference in time of need and it caught on. It is easier to say than its original name, everybody who is supposed to know what it is will easily recognize it, 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#Septopolis 5 The original Ulaanbaatar ALARES Complex B (it just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it) was built in a routine infrastructure expansion during the heydays of the Singularite civilization. It served as a secondary local site for Alternate Reality System (think of it 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#Septopolis 4 There are two completely different worlds of fauna and flora seven years after the Fall, one inside the Bunker and one on the surface. The surface is an eerie, cold and quiet place for anyone who remembers the world before. It had gone through at least one year without summer, 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#Septopolis 3 Woot, something I can exactly provide! Since Sequence's world's timeline diverges from ours in 2015, the Bunker is under RL Ulaanbaatar (47°55′N 106°54′E, Earth). The coordinates become very relevant after the Fall and nuclear autumn that follows it. Originally, 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#Septopolis 2 The Bunker, a repurposed underground facility ("Ulaanbaatar ALARES Complex B", more on that later) now serving as a temporary home for several hundred people. Or at least most of them hope it is only temporary. As far as anyone is concerned, 🧵

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Rae🌻 @rae90.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#Septopolis 1 Hello, Rae here, a bit late but hoping to catch up. I had done some citybuilding but nothing too deep in the past. I'd like to flesh out a high-tech underground refuge, the Bunker, from my post-apoc short story. Looking forward to connect with familiar faces as well as new ones!

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