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Shockmolt - Omnibus 2

6/4/2018

 

The second Planet Shockmolt ​Omnibus is unfortunately now available. This currish exercise in macaronics picks up where the other one lost hope. Please delete and unfollow. https://t.co/rYNsgaj1Oq

— Stuart Burch (@Bevingaren) April 6, 2018

Planet Shockmolt
​Omnibus 2 - ​011-020
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0​11 - Health. 04.04-2118. Medicine. Lethergik Inc has begun trialling Paralipsis among synthicide survivors. The drug harvests traumatic memories "apperceptively forgotten yet subconsciously recalled" (Professor Aletheia). Reverse neural engineering is then used to force a factory reset.

012 - Politics. 04.04-2118. Clade County's House of Hosts election has split the parasite vote. Endos, Ectos, Obligates and Kleptos seek coalition with Mutualists or Symbionts. Extremist Sitoids will miss out, however, having again failed to garner enough votes to enter the Host.

013 - Tech. 05.04-2118. The Somatic Avatars of two hundred billion Networked Virtuals have been shared without the users' consent. "Monitoring Corporeals in this way is wrong", said Murk Sucker-Urge, head of social media giant, Androdium: "We should have kept doing it in secret".

014 - Health. 05.04-2118. Quiescents in Otio City are still reeling from a virulent Vivication outbreak. The districts hit hardest are Faineant and Hebetude, with grisly reports of Moxie, Pep and Vim among normally lethargic deadbeats. Rumours of Insomnia are, however, unfounded.

015 - Fashion. 05.04-2118. Pompidou Peninsula's 88th fashion fair has begun. The Endo range by top designer Viscera is all the rage. But the outside-in style leaves health experts scratching their heads: "Filling a young Pomp's skull with organs is a no-brainer" said Dr Ecto Zoa.

016 - Environment. 05.04-2118. Gamma radiation has reached critical levels in Zealot Filled. This poses a grave risk to the indigenous Swineclad. It is hoped that a meltdown in one of the area's poorly maintained nuclear reactors will be sufficient to meet their ionization needs.

017 - Tourism. 06.04-2118. Listless, the index of enervating tourist attractions, ranks the Azoic Depression as Shockmolt's most visited dead zone. Lowlights include Pabulum plain, Banausic Basin and the Quotidian Sprawl. Azoic's principal lifeforms are Insensates and Dysphorics.

018 - Industry. 06.04-2118. Energy firm Noxiotech ("you die, we fly") has detected fetid deposits of Hellion in the Abaddon Rift. Pollution will be mitigated using Synth Capture, by which harmful emissions are pumped into androids, robots and automata whether they like it or not.

019 - Classifieds. 06.04-2118. Mid-lifespan service droid in need of rewiring seeks similar for no cables relationship. Voltaic but prone to bi-polarity and power outrage. Mainframed in Urb-8 but can transport. Would consider a Somatic if untethered. No organics. Pulse 299792458.
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020 - Tech. News. Stardate 06.04-2118. Ewe Burr was shocked to learn she died in a hovercar crash: "The death and birth of one's clones must be instantaneous. A nanosec delay is unacceptable". ChainDead is investigating. "The whole firm's mortified" said head, Ray Animator.

Planet Shockmolt
​Omnibus 1 - 001-010
​Omnibus 3 - 021-030


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