It wasn't a purposeful inspiration while writing it, but it ABSOLUTELY does strike me as a fun parallel, helped by the fact he immediately resorts to possibly selling his soul to a demon. Glad you enjoyed it!
It's amazing how things can slip past you while writing something! It hardly occurred to me while writing it but reading it over again, that structure comes up SO much more than I remembered! Glad you enjoyed it, and I'm happy to hear I managed to tickle your fancy for mad inventors
A really inventive and effective format for the story you’re telling here! I was surprised by how oddly endearing the ONI was, given its voice was always very rigid and mechanical. Great bit of introspective character writing.
You gave the Orc such a fun, memorable voice, which I really appreciated. The choice to juxtapose a reality-warping orc with a logic-adhering robot was also an inspired one, though I admit I ended up not quite grasping the ending. I might just need to brush up on my Orc lore, though.
What a wonderful story! I loved the concept behind it, such a creative and heartwarming idea to portray the aftermath of a war with something as introspective and calm as writing a letter to your parents.
