[Reader's Club+] 217 - Open Sourced (Patreon)

(Updated with the itch.io listing. Enjoy!)

In the far future, a soldier turned cyborg out of necessity has survived countless horrors and now (grudgingly) works for one of the largest conglomerates in the entire Sol system because they hold the liens on his life-saving augmentations. One of the few joys in his life as a sentient server is a rivalry-romance with another survivor of a time long gone. However, the last time she let him execute a program on her, it might have left more of an impression than he anticipated. What does that mean for their game and their relationship?

Content warnings: 

• Cyborg / Body Horror
• Pervasive Nihilism
• References to slavery and human cruelty
• Memory Manipulation
• Personality Erasure
• Brief extreme fantasy violence

Special thanks to @SirKnightEye for feedback on the hypnosis-esque features of this story and to @DesiVibes for feedback on characterization and backstory for Kranthima.