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Tomáš @prahou@merveilles.town

9/26/2025, 5:40:28 PM

Public

The Man of MATA pt2

previously: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115259444584519741

#unix_surrealism #comic

The brothers are bickering.

"If you don't stop whining, I swear to whatever god is left alive-"

"Boys!"

The brothers arrive to Libton, a trading outpost. Many critters run about.

One brother goes to a food stall - Warm Worms, the other two go to Mercury's Tech Junk.

Mercury: "Three corpboys straight out of pre-war propaganda. Did you rob a tomb?"

"Excuse me, bird, we're actually CEOs of MATA!"

Mercury, laughing: "Yeah, and I'm a majority shareholder. You're excused, human."

The brother sits down at the food stall. It's very small and he struggles.

He orders warm worms. A penguin child asks him to pass a napkin. The brother notices the napkin dispenser is a dead CRT.

Mercury: "Cactus pot? Necklace? Whatever this is?"

"Do you have anything that powers up?"

Mercury: "I mean... yeah. But why?"

Brother pulls out a memory stick: "A miracle."

The brothers are using a computer, browsing MATA_database.

"THERE! STOP! What is that?"

An unrealized prototype... MATA AI powered MilTek exoskeleton."

"Mercury, do you have any miltek prosthetics?"

Mercury: "I guess.."

Mercury digs up his stash of back scratchers.

The brothers and critters of Libton assemble the first MATA_BOT.

Girl: "One please!"

Mata_bot ice-cream vendor: "Coming up!" It's an ice cream with worms.

Girl, Fish and Penguin look at a statue in the center of Libton. It's surrounded by tall skyscrappers.

Girl: "What is that?"

Fish:" The three brothers memorial. It was here they built the first MATA_BOT."

Penguin: "Very post modern."

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