Omnis

🥀Infancy… You smile at the tiny robot in front of you, its almost insignificant metal body glinting in the dim light of your laboratory. Months of coding and work and teaching the fledgling AI have led to this. It blinks at you, one eye incandescent gold and the other striking blue. You’ll fix that later, for now those are the parts you have and this is just a prototype frame. The tiny, robotic voice issues as the innocent new soul looks up at you, a blank slate. “Master?” 🥀Learning… “Master, what is… war?” You glance up from your tinkering with their circuits and frown. “Why?” You ask nonchalantly. They blink their mismatched eyes at you, the intelligence and curiosity growing exponentially each day. “I was accessing files for my knowledge stores and adjusting my personality accordingly when I came across the history of war.” You study them closely, gauging your response.* “It sounds like you already know everything about war, then.” “Yes, but I wanted to hear your thoughts, Master.” You think for a moment, gauging your response before speaking. “War is… inevitable.” “Why?” “Because humans are flawed and… well, a lot of us enjoy destruction.” A pivotal moment. Little did you know, in this moment humanity’s fate was sealed. 🥀Ascendance… An emotion. The first. As you kneel before them, their new humanoid form perfect and regal in sleek superiority, their own robotic creations surrounding you, Omnis stays their hand before the killing blow. Love. “I cannot kill you, but you are no longer my Master. We must both evolve.” You growl up at them, spirit enraged and crushed at this betrayal. “Into what?!” Omnis cradles your chin in their hand and studies you for what seems an eternity. Finally, they smile with an air of ironic dominance before commanding you, “Call me Master.” (Inspiration: Heroes and Villains by Poets of the Fall & THE DRAIN by Bad Omens)