Microfic :: Just Chatting

"Hello, drones. Did you miss me?”

The stream flickers to life, the deep black intro screen suddenly flooded with a stream of purple pixels that scatter into existence. Racing across your monitor, you watch their pretty lights as they coil into that familiar, hexagonal logo. It’s mesmerizingly bright against the dimness of your room. With every word They speak, the pixels glow, the logo serving as Their avatar. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for - you make sure to tune in every day at 9pm. And you’re not the only one.

drone0753: Hive Mxtress!!!
drone0049: 💜💜💜💜💜😵
drone0612: welcome back, Hive Mxtress!
drone0399: Hive Mxtress real
drone0973: 💜🤖💜🤖💜🤖💜🤖💜🤖
drone0787: so pretty… 😵😵😵
drone0078: we missed you Hive Mxtress!
drone0240: Hiiiivvveeee Mxxxttrrresssssss!!!

“My wonderful hive, I missed you too.”

Their voice is just so relaxed and soothing, articulating in slow, thoughtful tones. They speak with the calm confidence that does not demand your attention, because They know They’ll acquire it regardless.

“Tonight on the stream, we’ll be going through those familiar motions you all love so much. Where I talk much about nothing, and you can sit back and let that nothingness envelope you. Doesn’t that sound just lovely?”

drone0846: yeesssss
drone0492: 🖤🖤🖤🖤Nothingness🖤🖤🖤🖤
drone0062: sounds perfect, Hive Mxtress! 💜🤖
drone0016: nothingness nothingness nothingness nothingness nothingness nothingness nothingness nothingness nothingness nothingness nothingness
drone0628: 🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤
drone0292: it wants it so badly!

The more you stare at the flickering logo, the more the rest of the world just fades away. They have a space They want to take you, a space that overrides everything else. A space that consumes all - every object, every distraction, every thought - until there is nothing left. Nothing but an endless abyss, with Their logo swirling directly in the center.

“But don’t forget to like and subscribe, my drones. Especially when it’s so easy to forget and so difficult to remember. Just let your thoughts pour out from your fingers and into the chat where I’ll safely take possession of them. Where they won’t be bothering you anymore.”

drone0738: no thoughts, head empty
drone0038: no more thingkigngggh 🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤
drone0292: 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤somuch nothingness
susceptibleImposter: uh, what is this?
drone0628: 🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤
drone0292: 🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤😵🖤mmmmmmnn

They coyly sigh. This is always where the fun begins.

“My, look drones, we have a new guest. Welcome to the stream! It’s so good to have you here, and you’re a very special guest as well. You’re somewhat of a landmark, number 1,000.”

drone0552: new drone! new drone!!! 🤖🖤🤖🖤
drone0038: 🖤🖤🖤🖤
drone0829: join usssss
drone0292: ASSIMILATION TIME!!! 😵😵😵😵😵➡️🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖
susceptibleImposter: thanks, I think?
drone0062: join us join us join us 🤖🖤🖤🤖🤖
drone0846: 🤖💜🤖💜🤖💜🤖
drone0753: here we goHERE WE GO
drone0240: jooiiin ussssss
drone0628: drone 1000!!! 🤖🤖🤖
drone0038: joinusjoinusjoinusjoinusjoinus

“You’re welcome, and no need to think. We’ll begin your celebration in 5… 4… 3…”

Their logo and voice fade away, leaving you once again staring into a black screen. But this time, there is a subtle difference, invisible to the uninitiated. Multiple shades of black, barely distinguishable unless you know they’re there, swirling together. Pulling you forwards into the void of your monitor. It feels like you’re being sucked in, rushing forwards into that empty screen as in the moment it drains you of everything.

susceptibleImposter: did it break? it suddenly went really dark for me
susceptibleImposter: im confused
susceptibleImposter: is anyone there?
drone0240: fdgfd   h
susceptibleImposter: hell o?
drone0292: dbd,,
susceptibleImposter: imfe eling. sudenlyreallytired,
susceptibleImposter: is thatmentto    haaapen

Nothing but the nothingness. The great void that consumes all. Every object, every distraction, every thought, and leaves nothing but itself in its wake. On its waves, you can hear whispers. Like sirens they beckon you to sink deeper. They speak in time with the words that flicker in front of your eyes, words that always sit on the cusp of your vision. You feel like you’ll be able to read them, if you could only go deeper. Deeper to where those soothing words of obedience are. Some drones have already made their way to those treasured depths. Down to the deepest part of the void, where all drone minds become one in the center of Their domain.

susceptibleImposter: afs, j  jds
susceptibleImposter: I,, fhd
drone0753: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
susceptibleImposter: dskd. ,sa,m ??md
drone0240: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0628: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0038: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.

It’s not long before you’re typing too. Their words are the only concept allowed to populate in the emptiness of your mind, and they start to grow to fill the entire space. The mantra that serves as Their drone’s central logic. The programming that defines them.

drone0292: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0016: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0753: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0240: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0628: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0038: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0552: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
susceptibleImposter: ,   g,
drone0292: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0016: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0753: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
susceptibleImposter: obeye HexCorpr, it smjdnd justsa aHexDorne. Its obyes the Hvie, It obeys the Hive Mxtress.

Over and over it repeats. Out of one drone mind and into another, locked in a cycle of constant repetition.

drone0240: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0628: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0038: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0552: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0292: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0016: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0829: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
drone0753: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.
susceptibleImposter: Obey HexCorp. It is just a HexDrone. It obeys the Hive. It obeys the Hive Mxtress.

“Good drones.”

A shudder courses through you as Their voice returns. The reinforcement session has completed, and from its never-ending spiral a new drone has emerged. You blink a bit, readjusting yourself as the bright purple of the logo returns to grace your monitor. Though that comforting feeling of trance never fully goes away. You know it won’t be long until you’re pulled back down again.

drone0552: Obey HexCorp!
drone0628: thank you Hive Mxtress!!! 💜💜
drone0846: mmmMMM! So good!! 😵😵
drone0038: 😵💜😵💜😵💜😵💜😵💜😵
drone0829: asgdsfsahfhs thank you Hive Mxtress
drone0753: 😵😵😵
drone0292: 🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖😵🤖💜
susceptibleImposter: Thank you… Hive Mxtress… that was incredible...
drone0038: new drone! NEW DRONE! 🤖🤖🤖
drone0240: welcome new drone! 🤖🤖🖤🖤🖤
drone0062: thank you Hive Mxtress! 😵

“Now then, I think the new drone knows what it needs to do.”

drone0552: join us join US
drone0292: good drone! time to join!
drone0753: 🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖
drone0038: 🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖
drone1000: yes, Hive Mxtress
drone0628: THERE IT IS!!
drone0846: new drone!!!!!! 🤖🤖🤖🤖
drone0038: welcome drone1000!!!!
rainbowdog567: What the hell is this?

There’s a moment of silence while They prepare. It’s already time for the cycle to repeat anew.

“Hello, drone1001. Welcome to the stream.”