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The sad machine
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Ongoing, First published Jan 24, 2016
- I s   a n y o n e   t h e r e ?

-O h

-H i !

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Weston wakes up on an abandoned laboratory without any of his memories, soon he'll find out the world as he knew it ceased to exist a 100 years ago, and he is the only one who can bring it back. 
Join him and Avanna, a small robot girl that holds a great secret, as he struggles to discover the truth behind the catastrophe and how he came to be the one choosed to save the world. 

Story inspired originally by Porter Robinson's song "Sad Machine".
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