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2026/03/13 - May_1


I made another.

 

b3b5…8938.exe

May sat at her desk, navigating through the mess of tabs and windows she had open. She had so many things stored in her clipboard that she lost track of what each was for. What May was doing wasn’t exactly…encouraged by the law, but she had to know. Concentrating, May worked through each step, luckily coming across very few errors. She had to get this right, and there were no second chances.

At last, May clicked “download” and sat back, anticipating a few minutes’ wait. When the file downloaded nearly instantaneously, she did a double-take. Had she messed up? Was this the wrong file? Before she could even check the name, her screen went black. It turned on a few seconds later, with a terminal window up. May glanced at the terminal window’s name, and recognized it as…the equivalent of gibberish. Unless she could find a match in one of her databases, a hash was largely useless. Instead, she focused on the terminal itself.

Hello,

May held her breath, feeling her heart pound in her chest as the letters slowly typed themselves one at a time in the terminal window.

May.

 

- Lily

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Hmmm lies

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>Is called May 1

>Looks inside

> 2026/03/13

 

anyway cool we get two posts of this. May seems interesting, despite seeing almost nothing of her. If I'm not mistaken, this is our first "prose" story in this verse, rather than with a framing device, and I think it's also good.

Kinda looks like the message came from "Lily" when that's actually just the author, but that might just be me.

Anyway, I like this whole story, I'm excited to see where it goes.

Usseewa

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5 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

>Is called May 1

>Looks inside

> 2026/03/13

 

anyway cool we get two posts of this. May seems interesting, despite seeing almost nothing of her. If I'm not mistaken, this is our first "prose" story in this verse, rather than with a framing device, and I think it's also good.

Kinda looks like the message came from "Lily" when that's actually just the author, but that might just be me.

Anyway, I like this whole story, I'm excited to see where it goes.

sigh I should've out more abiut her but how?how

and why do you write so not badly 

also wdym two posts of this wdym you mean for 3/13? also gwahh

are u using ai or grammarly or just take writing classes or using formal-speak rn.

ye syes thank you i have it planned outyes

Hmmm lies

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2 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

sigh I should've out more abiut her but how?how

I think you may have misinterpreted what I said. May seeming interesting despite the audience not knowing much about her is a compliment, that you can make it engaging with so little information. It makes me want to see more of her, but in later stories.

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

and why do you write so not badly 

I've been writing for over two years now, and I've been getting better and better. In fact, here's something I wrote in 2022. It's unfinished, and complete garbage.

Spoiler

Bob was riding the school bus, when he became very rich. It happened like this, Bob was going to sit down, when he felt something below him. He found a diamond necklace, and a big one at that. After looking around to see if anyone saw him, he slipped it in his backpack, and he managed to make it through the school day without anyone noticing it. At the end of the day, he sold the necklace, and became richer than anyone else in the school, even the teachers and principal, and he did not hide it. But he didn’t tell anyone how he got his wealth, and everyone wanted to figure it out, in case they could find he did something illegal and get him to lose his wealth, as he was very rude.

What the hell was I cooking back then? I don't think I really was locked in on my writing until like 2024, and even then it wasn't great. Really it's only recently that I've begun to consider my writing decent.

 

6 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

also wdym two posts of this wdym you mean for 3/13? also gwahh

 

Ah, it was a joke that this blog post was titled "may_1" but wasn't published may first, but rather March 13th. And then I meant that despite being a "daily" blog, you posted twice in one day (which I liked)

7 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

are u using ai or grammarly or just take writing classes or using formal-speak rn.

 

I would never touch AI, and I wouldn't respect me if I was. Grammerly also I do not use.

I have also taken writing classes yeah so those did help a lot on criticism, as being critiqued didn't just help me write, but I also learned to imitate that.

Aeoryi

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11 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

would never touch AI, and I wouldn't respect me if I was. Grammerly also I do not use.

omg another person that has audacity

Usseewa

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11 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

I think you may have misinterpreted what I said. May seeming interesting despite the audience not knowing much about her is a compliment, that you can make it engaging with so little information. It makes me want to see more of her, but in later stories.

Oh, thank you very much! I didn't realize hehe.

11 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

I think you may have misinterpreted what I said. May seeming interesting despite the audience not knowing much about her is a compliment, that you can make it engaging with so little information. It makes me want to see more of her, but in later stories.

oh yeah that's definitely..  worse than your current stuff. yes. improvement is real. is it real if subconscious?

12 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

Ah, it was a joke that this blog post was titled "may_1" but wasn't published may first, but rather March 13th. And then I meant that despite being a "daily" blog, you posted twice in one day (which I liked)

yes

i unfortunately also skip some days, when i dont write anything

13 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

I would never touch AI, and I wouldn't respect me if I was. Grammerly also I do not use.

phew. sorry if i was accusatory.

tbh any ignorant person (oop, me included?) can just say "good" writing = ai

or is that false

ignore

14 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

I have also taken writing classes yeah so those did help a lot on criticism, as being critiqued didn't just help me write, but I also learned to imitate that.

i read this wrong the first time lol. cool cool.

yes indeed.

unfortunately i was in a classful of idiots.

nah jk kinda

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Skies said:

audacity

Spoiler

Audacity | Computer Science

 

Hmmm lies

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2 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

phew. sorry if i was accusatory.

tbh any ignorant person (oop, me included?) can just say "good" writing = ai

or is that false

ignore

I don't associate AI writing with being 'good' or 'bad', but rather the following characteristics

  • A very... bland style that feels soulless
  • Perfect grammar, more than a human would typically use, but also uses word choice that would be strange for people
  • A lack of true creativity, or an ability to explore interesting ideas
  • (In some cases) strange uses of bolded text or lists

I also usually suspect it if I see very long pieces of writing from someone who I wouldn't expect to be writing such a long thing on something, but that's not really the style, just the laziness of the person using AI.

 

Anyway, I think suspecting good writing to be AI isn't a very good idea, as it gives AI more credit than one should, and it causes writers who put effort in to be hurt. (I don't blame you, just wanna inform you)

8 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

oh yeah that's definitely..  worse than your current stuff. yes. improvement is real. is it real if subconscious?

In all fairness, I also thought I was a guy when I wrote that so who knows maybe that made my writing worse or smth.

But yeah of course improvement in writing is real if it's subconscious, just like any other skill.

Verdance

Posted

Ah yes, the original novel. Yours is better than mine, my original novel substituted hair color and weapon choice for character design. 

Usseewa

Posted

13 hours ago, Hmmm lies said:

I don't associate AI writing with being 'good' or 'bad', but rather the following characteristics

  • A very... bland style that feels soulless
  • Perfect grammar, more than a human would typically use, but also uses word choice that would be strange for people
  • A lack of true creativity, or an ability to explore interesting ideas
  • (In some cases) strange uses of bolded text or lists

I also usually suspect it if I see very long pieces of writing from someone who I wouldn't expect to be writing such a long thing on something, but that's not really the style, just the laziness of the person using AI.

 

Anyway, I think suspecting good writing to be AI isn't a very good idea, as it gives AI more credit than one should, and it causes writers who put effort in to be hurt. (I don't blame you, just wanna inform you)

In all fairness, I also thought I was a guy when I wrote that so who knows maybe that made my writing worse or smth.

But yeah of course improvement in writing is real if it's subconscious, just like any other skill.

yes

i don't have time but yes ai what u said yes

i feel that ai usually says nothing, or nothing meaningful (not just in an emotional way, but pretty literally)

13 hours ago, Through The Living Grass said:

Ah yes, the original novel. Yours is better than mine, my original novel substituted hair color and weapon choice for character design. 

wdym?

Verdance

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57 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

yes

i don't have time but yes ai what u said yes

i feel that ai usually says nothing, or nothing meaningful (not just in an emotional way, but pretty literally)

wdym?

Was talking to lies, joking about how the first novel someone tries to write is always bad

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