glumshoe:

f1rstperson:

glumshoe:

A robot approaches you on the street. He is dressed in a bulky black coat with a hat pulled down over his eyes, but you know what he is by the mechanical grinding sounds his joints make when he beckons you towards him. When he speaks, it is in a low, husky voice, made uncanny with digital distortion.

“Hey guy. It’s weekend,” he buzzes. “Looking for where you belong? Join me here.”

“Um,” you say, averting your eyes as he backs into an alley, one curled finger crooking at you rhythmically. “No thank you.”

“Sup bro. More here. Come here to see more.”

A week later i’m sending my family postcards from a robot cult.

“So you… joined a robot cult that worships the sun?”

“Yeah. They’re all solar-powered so they believe it is the life-giving deity.”

“But they’re robots.”

“So? They’re right. I mean, aren’t we all solar-powered, when you think about it? I’ve been in weirder cults. These guys are pretty chill.”