Synopsis
In the far future, nothing remains except for the grind. You accept your station in life, work your job, and power down at the end of the day.
Discarded from the fancy bars and lounges he was designed for, the robot Tapper serves food to a tiny village carved from a massive junkyard. With everyone trapped by their debts in the wastes, from his proprietors down to the lowest mutant scavenger, they toil away for their meager survival until Tapper starts to glitch. A strange program offers him an opportunity to "level up" and "choose a class," forcing Tapper to think outside the constraints of his programming and ask a simple question:
What does a wild robot want to do when given the gift of magic? And are those above his station prepared for the answer?
What to expect:
- Slow but steady growth
- Hope in cyberpunk capitalism
- Mix of ADVENTURE and community building
- Point of view from a robot and their teammates
- Wide cast of characters, including LGBTQIA+ people
- A mysterious system, based off my own homebrew TTRPG
- Violent scenes are brief, sensitive content is mentioned but not shown
Update schedule is every Mon-Wed-Fri until I reach my backlog (currently 50 chapters). Bonus chapter posted for every three reviews my story gets! And this is my first fiction, so any constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!
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Table of Contents
- 11.1 Welcome to Skratsville2025-01-19
- 21.2 Everyone Here is Very Normal2025-01-19
- 31.3 Hello, World2025-01-19
- 41.4 Thinking is Fundamental2025-01-19
- 51.5 Eye of Newt2025-01-19
- 61.6 Finding Ways to Help2025-01-19
- 71.7 Squiggly and Angry2025-01-19
- 81.8 Don't Forget to Tip2025-01-19
- 91.9 Give and Take2025-01-19
- 101.10 A Funeral and a Fundraiser2025-01-19
- 111.11 Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em2025-01-19
- 121.12 Pushback2025-01-19
- 131.13 Plug and Play2025-01-19
- 141.14 A Class of Their Own2025-01-19
- 151.15 A Walk in the Park(ing Lot)2025-01-19
- 161.16 Welcome to the Dungeon2025-01-19
- 171.17 Lions and Tigers and Bears2025-01-19
- 181.18 The First Draught2025-01-19
- 191.19 Closing Time2025-01-19
- 201.20 For the Loot2025-01-19
- 211.21 Dungeoneering for Dummies2025-01-19
- 221.22 What They Were Doing Here2025-01-19
- 231.23 A Friendly Game2025-01-19
- 241.24 Finally, Some Real Magic2025-01-19
- 251.25 Vape and Vent2025-01-19
- 261.26 The After Hours2025-01-19
- 271.27 Fashion for Bashin'2025-01-19
- 281.28 Report to the Admin Office2025-01-19
- 291.29 A Pleasant Break From Shopping2025-01-19
- 301.30 Define – Friend2025-01-19
- 311.31 Joyride2025-01-19
- 321.32 Dancing on Faces2025-01-19