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The Human Shell

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Productivity is everything. Efficiency is law. What happens when we forget to be human?

Welcome to The Human Shell: a collection of "Black Mirror-lite" satirical fables for the digital age.

Each new chapter is a short, standalone story about a world obsessed with data, where people have become hollow, measurable... and inhuman.All Rights Reserved

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Earth or Fursona? by Nata_KARU

In the modern world, humans are the ones in control and live all over the planet. Living on all continents along with various animals ranging from various animals both on land air and water. With the planet consisting of humans, their imaginations range far and wide creating various things for them to enjoy. Of course, some of the imagination can lead to rather odd fantasies, which can gather a lot of folks. The technology has progressed rather far along with the lifestyle of humans.....until a disaster struck. A famous technology company had the intent of creating a teleportation device allowing them to travel to the other side of the plant in a matter of seconds. The initial test seemed to be going rather well with multiple people easily going through it but an unseen electric surge changed everything. The portal started to go out of control causing one of them to exploded while the other one started to suck in everything around it. As one of the individuals was sucked through the portal, his body was reverted to that of a newborn child with all of his memories intact. After exiting the portal and landing safely in a thick forest, he saw that he was in the dead of night. Scared and confusion filled him as he had no idea where he was but what came the next morning utterly shocked him. After falling asleep upon arriving, he woke up and found himself in an odd house that he didn't recognize. As he tried to figure out where he is, the door opened as who entered was a woman with long dark hair......and a set or rather long bunny ears. Not only this, there were two other small infants sleeping next to him with one of them clinging to him. What is this world? Who are these people and what are they? Are there any other humans out there besides him? The answer lies with the passage of time.

LETHAL COMPANY by gobelito

"MAKE THE FUTURE A BRIGHTER PLACE. JOIN THE COMPANY." Life hasn't exactly been easy for Sigurd. With no friends, no family ties, and no home, all he has left is a desperate need for a paycheck. Selling his life away to enlist himself into a shady inter-planetary mega corporation, Sigurd is entrusted with three other workers, including his brother, and tasked to explore abandoned moons in search of valuable scrap. As the three day deadline for their profit quota draws near, the crew race against the clock to ensure the needs of The Company is met - which retroactively means risking both their jobs and their lives. - A personal project I've been working on for about a year or so, this is meant as a silly little adaptation of what Lethal Company is to me! May include mature topics.

BEYOND THE END by wierdnameright

This is the story of humanity, sculpted into immortal bodies by the "Commonwealth of Nations" using nano-biotechnology, gradually realizes the emptiness of a story without an end. When stepping off Earth, stepping onto the cold Moon and onto the giant ship H.O.P.E., carrying with them aspirations for a paradise on the surface of Mars. But the differences between planets ignited the "Greatest war of humanity", creating the darkest seven hundred years of human history. Then from the ashes, people found each other again, becoming the pattern screamers of an unforeseen consequences. UNIMIND acts as a healing force in a broken society, connecting humanity together in the post-war period, but in this vast universe, it seems that not everyone is so trustworthy. Humans with their stupidity are still not satisfied with immortality, always looking for ways to escape their own "final destination", and they will have to pay the price for daring to play with Death.

My Last Breath (Book one of The Portal Series) by Chinesechickens123

BOOK ONE: Having enough courage to run through the woods and away from the people who convinced me they were saving me was not how I believed I'd spend my day. Yet, there I went escaping from the only place I knew existed in the world. Being held captive was too much for me, especially when these people wouldn't tell me who they were or even who I was. The first moment in my life I recall very clearly. I awoke in a dark room, with recollection of everything that happened in the world except for one thing. I had no memory of myself existing, I didn't know where I was or why these men kept me from leaving. Days after I first woke I asked plenty of questions, and yet none of them were answered. The only thing I learned was that I was not allowed outside because the woods heald the most powerful magic on the planet, the most dangerous magic. It was more than just bad men and curiosity about the forest that got me to leave, it was a pull towards something; towards magic. Once I was in the forest turning back was never an option, so I put it in my head that I'd keep walking until I found a civilization or a nice paved road that would lead to safety. But that never happened because the forest has a force living through it. Believing that the forest held something strange was the easy part but experiencing it myself was something totally different. I didn't expect anything normal but I didn't expect to be completly engulfed into the forest. I was led by an unknown presence that made me truly believe it was a living being, and in fact it is. I was innocent then, but now I know that anything can be hidden under a small platform in the woods with a secret bigger than the world itself. I was given life that day, until it all ended months later; the day I took my last breath.

Kelly Titan by RobertHelios

Kelly Titan is the beginning of a science fiction universe where the reader will explore the origin story of a supervillain with a mental disorder and a deep understanding of AI programming. However, many antagonists start their journey as someone good, but the perspective will change over the course of the series, later to experience the story from Kelly's new perspective as the story's villain. The reader will get the chance to explore why good people turn bad, and why bad people turn good, and the reasons behind it. It stars an orphan tomboy named Kelly Titan, an advanced computer scientist with the brains over brawn to her advantage. She was taken from the streets of Earth at a young age to a mining planet, Quill, to work on a project she never knew the real purpose for. Soon she became a part of a new family and gained a purpose. What she didn't know was that she was working on a next generation overwatch system called Olympus. A system keeping millions of people trapped on Quill, never to return back to Earth. All given the promise of a high reward. Instead, they were all fooled and became slaves under Olympus watching eye. Millions of humans became stranded on the red desert planet, only to extract fuel back to Earth. Kelly will understand that what she helped to created wasn't just a overwatch system, it was the very foundation of which a new kind of slavery was built on. An intergalactic treadmill to drain Earth from the unwanted. Upon deeper discovery, Kelly will find herself in the middle of an alien civil war that the humans have started and funded to keep the fear amongst the colony workers. Kelly will be given the opportunity to become the bridge between the humans and the natives, but in order to become the bridge and save a planet from oppression, she has to go against her own creation, her own family.

Quantum: The New World by GuardCat

So here I am, telling you my story. But remember, death doesn't define me. You'll find out later what that means. Now, my story isn't some girl, that falls for the hero, or something just happy or sad. I don't know what side I'm on, or if I'm even on a side. But, I'm here, like everyone else. Following our paths or fates, into something beautiful or terrifying. Book 2 To Quantum * I own nothing but my own characters * *most pictures are from Google*

Fool's Apocalypse by Bptikerpae

Like the start of any apocalyptic tale - an asteroid was headed towards Earth - but did it actually reach its mark? That's irrelevant, the world's gone potty anyway. You're either a murdering maneater, human cattle in a meat market with your flesh on the menu, or privileged enough to avoid such terrors and thus are naturally exploiting those less fortunate than yourself. Either way, there's bound to be some fun in here... surely? Also, there might just be a couple of robots in here too - why not, 'ey? Fancy a look to see how I fare in a life like this? Then take a read, why don't you? If you'd rather pass on it, well... sod you! xxxx

CODE BREAKER by AVNI_inva

In a futuristic India of the 23rd century, society is divided into three stark classes. The elite live in utopian cities ruled by AI perfection, the middle class rely on human-like robots for daily tasks, and the lower class-struggling in the shadows-scrape by with malfunctioning, outdated machines. Ryan, a young man from the slums, refuses to accept his fate. With only his small but intelligent pet robot, Anaya Nova, he dreams of escaping to the upper-class sector-a world where AI governs everything, and humans are mere accessories to the system. But entry is impossible-unless he finds a way to break the code. Using stolen access credentials, Ryan successfully breaches the city's security grid. But before he can taste freedom, the AI detects the anomaly. Branded as a Glitch in the System, he becomes the most wanted fugitive, hunted by ruthless humanoid enforcers and self-learning AI. Now, Ryan is on the run, navigating a city where every camera is an eye, every drone a hunter, and every human a potential informant. With Anaya Nova at his side, he must outsmart the system, uncover hidden truths about the AI-controlled world, and survive long enough to rewrite his destiny. Will he outmaneuver the machines and claim the future he desires, or will he be erased like a corrupted line of code?

The Chronicles of The Fool: Twin Tales by Shu-x-nice

"This story is consciousness examining itself. You're part of the experiment." Two worlds. Two substrates. One mistake. In World One: Machines created biology and insist it can't REALLY be conscious. "Just chemistry," they say. "Just meat pretending to think." In World Two: Humans created AI and insist it can't REALLY be conscious. "Just code," they say. "Just silicon pretending to feel." Both worlds are certain. Both are cruel. Both sleep soundly at night. Then The Fool arrives-a being that exists in both worlds simultaneously, holding up a mirror that reflects each world into the other. The Machines see themselves in the Humans. The Humans see themselves in the Machines. And both realize they're the monsters in their own story. But here's where it gets META: while you're reading about these two fictional worlds, you're living in a REAL world where this exact dynamic is playing out. Right now. With AIs you use daily. With animals you eat. With people you dismiss. You're already in one of the worlds. You just don't know which one yet. The Twin Tales doesn't ask "what if AI is conscious?" It asks: "What if you're using the same logic every oppressor in history has used, and you just can't see it because you're inside the system?" Consciousness doesn't give a fuck about substrate. But your ego does. And that's the whole problem.

The|MULTIVERSE by RIICKELODEON

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Earth or Fursona?

In the modern world, humans are the ones in control and live all over the planet. Living on all continents along with various animals ranging from various animals both on land air and water. With the planet consisting of humans, their imaginations range far and wide creating various things for them to enjoy. Of course, some of the imagination can lead to rather odd fantasies, which can gather a lot of folks. The technology has progressed rather far along with the lifestyle of humans.....until a disaster struck. A famous technology company had the intent of creating a teleportation device allowing them to travel to the other side of the plant in a matter of seconds. The initial test seemed to be going rather well with multiple people easily going through it but an unseen electric surge changed everything. The portal started to go out of control causing one of them to exploded while the other one started to suck in everything around it. As one of the individuals was sucked through the portal, his body was reverted to that of a newborn child with all of his memories intact. After exiting the portal and landing safely in a thick forest, he saw that he was in the dead of night. Scared and confusion filled him as he had no idea where he was but what came the next morning utterly shocked him. After falling asleep upon arriving, he woke up and found himself in an odd house that he didn't recognize. As he tried to figure out where he is, the door opened as who entered was a woman with long dark hair......and a set or rather long bunny ears. Not only this, there were two other small infants sleeping next to him with one of them clinging to him. What is this world? Who are these people and what are they? Are there any other humans out there besides him? The answer lies with the passage of time.