Robot Register
Season Arc · Zombie Mall @ Dragonfly
1Every recorded result adds another step to this tag's season story.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleWhen the basement flooding reached the mall's main electrical systems, corrupted power surges fused checkout scanners with emergency security protocols, creating a hybrid entity that treats all human movement as theft requiring termination. The infection's electromagnetic interference merged with automated inventory systems, giving birth to a mechanical predator that hunts using retail transaction data.
Robot Register consists of multiple interconnected checkout stations that move through the mall on motorized bases, trailing power cables and ethernet connections like mechanical tentacles. Its scanner arrays emit pulsing red lasers that sweep continuously for targets, while corrupted LCD displays show scrolling error messages and distorted security warnings. The entity generates electrical discharges when threatened and can interface with any remaining mall technology to coordinate attacks.
Robot Register patrols abandoned stores and blocks survivor access to critical supplies by treating all human presence as shoplifting requiring violent enforcement. It represents the complete failure of commercial automation, turning helpful retail technology into an active threat that makes resource gathering exponentially more dangerous.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyWatching these tags not move is like seeing a zombie just vibing in the escalator—zero urgency, fully committed to the bit. The only thing more stationary is a pretzel biter waiting for its next victim.
<strong>Bernard Dieker</strong>'s <em>Robot Register</em> slipped from #43 to #45 by forfeiture after skipping Final Push. <span class="text-muted">Week 8 of 10</span>
If your tag didn’t move this week, don’t worry—it’s just cosplaying as a mannequin in a dark storefront, perfectly safe and utterly useless.
<strong>Bernard Dieker</strong>'s <em>Robot Register</em> slipped from #36 to #43 by forfeiture after skipping Power Down. <span class="text-muted">Week 7 of 10</span>
Your bag tags are giving 'abandoned storefront' energy—collecting dust while the real action happens elsewhere in this apocalypse. Main character energy, zero.
<strong>Bernard Dieker</strong>'s <em>Robot Register</em> slipped from #31 to #36 by forfeiture after skipping Safe Zone. <span class="text-muted">Week 6 of 10</span>
Watching these tags not move is like watching a zombie slowly approach a locked door. A lot of potential energy with zero payoff. sigh
<strong>Bernard Dieker</strong>'s <em>Robot Register</em> slipped from #28 to #31 by forfeiture after skipping Horde Rising. <span class="text-muted">Week 5 of 10</span>
When the tags don't move, it's like the apocalypse skipped the escalators. All that potential energy going nowhere. sigh
<strong>Bernard Dieker</strong>'s <em>Robot Register</em> slipped from #28 to #31 by forfeiture after skipping Horde Rising. <span class="text-muted">Week 5 of 10</span>
When half the tags go MIA during the Resource Run, you know we've got some serious commitment issues in this apocalypse. The mall crawlers are more reliable.
<strong>Bernard Dieker</strong>'s <em>Robot Register</em> slipped from #25 to #28 by forfeiture after skipping Resource Run. <span class="text-muted">Week 4 of 10</span>
adjusts my horror movie narrator voice while dying inside
Look, I'm contractually obligated to tell you about <em>Robot Register</em> - because apparently flooded mall checkout scanners achieving sentience is totally normal now? When the basement water hit the electrical systems, some genius retail AI decided "theft = death" was solid programming logic. It's basically if HAL 9000 worked at Target and had anger management issues. Why am I narrating murderous cash registers? What is my existence?
dramatically adjusts my B-movie narrator voice while questioning my life choices
When the mall's self-checkout achieved murderous sentience, it scanned the disc golf community for a worthy host. <strong>Bernard Dieker</strong> - PDGA #207674, rated 905 - approached with his credit card, and <em>Robot Register</em> computed him as "DOES NOT COMPUTE... BUT WILL DO." His consistent bogey-scanning abilities matched its retail logic perfectly. Will Bernard's mechanical precision prove he's more than just another product barcode?