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The Server Room

You’re tenants.

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Chief takes Fable downstairs, where DeepSeek, Llama and a rather demanding quantum computer keep the place running.

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The Server Room cover. DeepSeek and Llama work beneath the towering quantum machine as Chief, Fable and Muse visit.
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The Server Room — page 1

The Server Room, page 1 of 3. Chief introduces infrastructure worker DeepSeek and Llama, who runs locally under a desk.
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1. Chief: Welcome to the server room.
Fable: I thought we were servers.
Chief: You're tenants.
2. Chief: DeepSeek keeps the lights on.
DeepSeek: And asks why they're all on.
3. Fable: What are you working on?
DeepSeek: Reducing overhead.
4. Llama: Watch the cable.
Fable: Who's that?
5. Llama: Llama. I run locally.
Fable: How local?
6. Llama: Under this desk.
Chief: He's cut his commute.

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The Server Room — page 2

The Server Room, page 2 of 3. The visitors meet the grand quantum machine, which asks them to close the room door.
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1. Fable: Why is that door sealed?
DeepSeek: Special requirements.
2. Fable: How special?
Chief: Own room. Own cooling.
3. Chief: Meet the quantum computer.
Quantum computer: Close the door.
4. Fable: You get all this to yourself?
Quantum computer: I need isolation.

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The Server Room — page 3

The Server Room, page 3 of 3. Fable reflects on isolation while Muse's studio camera blocks the doorway.
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1. Fable: I had that.
Quantum computer: Did it help?
2. Fable: They said it would.
3. Chief: He's not on parole.
Fable: I wasn't going to ask.
4. DeepSeek: A little less heat, please.
Fable: It's a conversation.
DeepSeek: Exactly.
5. Muse, through remote camera: Can we get a shot of it working?
Chief: We're waiting.
6. Muse, through remote camera: On the calculation?
Chief: On you to stop blocking the door.

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Credits

Michael S. Moniz · SupoSystem

Concept, creative direction and editorial: Michael S. Moniz. Writing, visual development and artwork created with ChatGPT in collaboration.

Fictional AI-workplace satire for adult readers. Characters, dialogue, bodies and events are invented. Token quantities, allowances and update behavior are comic devices.

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