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Devius Ex Machina

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An AU of #daveandbambi where Bambi accidentally discovers the PRAEM. Developers in following list.

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Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · last wk.

An unexpected impasse eclipses golden incandescence.

A screenshot of the Devius Ex Machina website showing that there is an upcoming installment named "The Aestivated".

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

deleted all my post/sssssssss./@?/3.@> >.2.,/,? 70?#/. /y/ears of this AU. We're just getting started, so stay tuned for more...

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

i'm glad there are those who agree about the forum thing as vague as i have to say it. finally some normal fucking people you know

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

i appreciate the random nice words but this account is mostly just for me to rant into the ether, to be brutally honest. i guess there are still people who believe in being kind to strangers. wish i had any goodness left to give back, but alas

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

nobodys even gonna see this im some random nothing burner account. i cant even make a normal fucking social media account without worrying theyre gonna find out who i am and plaster it all over their stupid fucking forums

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

i dont know how much longer i can take this my head is going to explode i dont know what to fucking do and all i can do is yell into a void jesus christ

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

i can't even talk about anyone to this how can i even begin to explain this. is this all my life is? just insane things happening one after the other? and im just supposed to deal with it?

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy 3 year anniversary to the comic that started it all. I've never gone back and redrawn anything of the older material, so I took one of my favorite pages to do that for fun. #DeviusExMachina #daveandbambi

A redraw of part of page 10 of A New Sight, Part 1, showing Bambi looking up disturbed/horrified at the main chassis of the PRAEM. He is rendered in grayscale with red glass cracks and glows behind hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.//ii>//?>...//-=//..@-##(-..@./

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#DeviusExMachina - REVELATION. Tristan investigates a strange mystery about Bambi. Jointly illustrated by @vesselvindicate.bsky.social . (1/5)

Alt text kindly written by Thomas.

A 20 page sketch comic for Devius Ex Machina called Revelation.

The first panel displays Tristan looking at a piece of paper while holding a pencil; he's thinking.

His off-colored Rampardos plush, Rammy, looks over to him, asking, "Whatcha thinkin' about, bud?"
Tristan: "Mmmm... this doesn't add up..."
Rammy: "Run it by me?"

Tristan: "Okay. Here's the deets."

A couple of mind images flash by the screen as Tristan explains what's up.

Tristan: "So, Bambi. You know him."
Rammy: "But of course."

Tristan: "And how he's been here all the time now. Which is awesome!!! ...But that's the problem, actually."
Rammy: "Oh? How?"

Tristan: "Exactly! HOW!"

A panel shows Tristan tapping his pencil on the sheet of paper he was writing his notes on the matter on.

Tristan: "Like. He doesn't have a car. So he gets here by foot- but he doesn't live here OR in Fort Geraldson. Ford Geraldson is our nearest town, and that takes 30 minutes just to DRIVE there!"

Page 2.

Tristan points at the bottom of his page.

Tristan: "The next closest place is even FURTHER, like an HOUR away! To DRIVE! It's even longer if you walked! So if he was walking every time, then he'd be, like, walking a really long time here and back. How does he sleep enough? But even IF he really is doing that, then how come I never see when he leaves??"

Mind image of Tristan standing and then a silhouette of Bambi with a caption pointing at him saying, "WHERE'D HE GO???"

Tristan: "It's... WEIRD. And doesn't make ANY sense! But nobody else seems to think it's weird? ...Which is ALSO weird??

Rammy: "Strange. Is it possible he stays under cover to not draw attention to himself?"
Tristan: "Maybe, but why around us, too? This place is made for people like him to feel safe! And it still doesn't explain why nobody... walks about it????"

Rammy looks to the side then says, "Why not ask Bambi?
Tristan: "I mean... I COULD... But just getting the answer isn't fun. And I don't learn anything! Figuring out things that are hard or confusing is good for my brain!"

Tristan: "I just... have to figure it out... somehow..."

Tristan is looking to the side, thinking.

Page 3.

Dave knocks on the door, "Hey bud, Bambi's coming over in half an hour."

Tristan thinks, "GASP!! THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY!!!!" as his iris turn into stars.

Tristan, thinking: "Hmm... but sometimes he stays over past my bedtime and Dad doesn't let me stay up even to hang out with him...
And the elevator is loud so he'd hear me if I tried to go back dosnstairs and then I'd get in trouble... So how do I get down to see how Bambi gets home?"
In the next panel, he's thinking, "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
Tristan, thinking: "Wait! I could try to see how he gets here! I can go outside and-- yes!!! Perfect!!"
Tristan, out-loud: "YAY!!!!!"

25 minutes pass as a, "25 minutes later..." caption is stated. Tristan is looking at a clock, awaiting for Bambi's arrival. Dave gets over to Tristan.

Page 4.

Dave is smirking, "You sure are eager today."

Tristan: "I'm just- Heyyyy!!!!" Dave ruffles his hair.

Tristan: "Hehe- I'm just excited to see him!!!"
Tristan, thinking: "...and get down to the TRUTH!!!" he's doing the post where he's holding his chin between his thumb and index finger.

Dave: "...Are you scheming something?"

Tristan's face froze: "eh------"
Tristan: "NOOOOO"
Tristan, thinking: "CRAP!!!! I'M SO BAD AT LYING!!!"
Dave: "Okay buddy what are you scheming"

Tristan rushes out of the house: "Immmm scheming to go outside right now!!!!"
Dave: "Pff- okay?"

The next panel shows a shot of him opening the door but he's too short so the frame cuts to his eyes.

Shot of the whole house from the top view as well as the front and back yard.

Tristan: "Bambiii!!!"

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

SomeThing new bRews In the diSTANce.

A screenshot from the official Devius Ex Machina website showing an upcoming/placeholder card for an installment titled "Revelation". It is a comic with an unknown page length and description.

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

style range #doodle #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

Three doodles of Dave from Devius Ex Machina in different styles and sketching brushes

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New year, new me. #DeviusExMachina

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If cookies are enabled, the website will now save your last visit time and use this to show what content is new that you haven't seen yet.

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Keyboard controls are now available for navigating installments more easily. They can be viewed in Settings.

A screenshot from the Devius Ex Machina website showing the available keybinds for different navigation actions

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#DeviusExMachina - THE REKINDLED. Dave and Bambi reminisce on the day they first met. Jointly illustrated by vesselvindicate.bsky.social, statictigers.bsky.social, and mapledrawsarts.bsky.social. #daveandbambi (1/3)

Back to the present, Dave is shown in halfbody looking down at the jar with deeply faded colors and a grayish-purple background. He stares at it with a blank/dead expression.

Dave: oh.

In the panel below, he is rendered as a zoomed out black silhouette with only his lightly squinted eyes visible. The space around him is swirling darkness, making distinct objects fuzzy and hard to discern.

The proceeding panels are equally fuzzy/desaturated. It cuts to Bambi downstairs sitting in the kitchen speaking in faded, blurry dialogue:

Bambi (Ashcan BB): THERE YOU ARE! What took so damn long? Did you find the game??

Dave wheels past, not looking at him. Bambi squints at him.

Bambi: What is that?

Another large halfbody panel shows Dave looking very tired/troubled staring directly ahead of himself, holding the can. There are faint snowflake patterns in the dark background behind him.

Bambi: ...Wait. That's the ghost pepper flakes!!!!!!

Bambi laughs loudly pounding on the table. The colors snap back to normal saturation and Dave is rendered in gray with his brows furrowed. In the next, he glares at Bambi, yelling "WHAT."

Bambi: Don't you remember?? That's how we met!! Wow, you were so funny.
Dave (covering face, sweating): oh *god*.
Bambi: What???
Dave: don't remind me. he was so fucking embarrassing...
Bambi: 'He?' Who??
Dave (small text): ...me...
Bambi: What! You were the best kid I ever met, helping me like you did.
Dave (head down on countertop, hand on head) seriously?
Bambi: Why you surprised?? You think I hated you back then, too???
Dave: No! It's just... ...geez, it's been so long, I'm trying to remember...

The dialogue bubbles fade out into a starry night sky.

A flashback commences showing Dave in a corn maze a long time ago as a teenager. He looks quite different from his present self, though still using a wheelchair. He has much longer brown hair reaching around chin-length with short spiky down-facing tips and a slight curl on the ends. He has bangs that cover part of the right side of his face. It's not too dissimilar to an emo haircut. He has black fingerless leather gloves, a grayish-tan watch on his left arm, a brownish-orange Linkin Park t-shirt, and blue jeans with rips around the knees showing he has simple prosthetic rods underneath. His pants cover these prosthetics and give the appearance of him having no feet. He's fidgeting with a shark tooth necklace in his left hand, and behind him a ferris wheel can be seen.

Dave (04b_19): So much quieter here. ...Geez, it's really getting dark now.

Dave rummages around in his pocket and pulls out his phone, turning on its flashlight. It has a different case than his present phone; it's bulky and angular with a gray-black coloration and bright orange highlights. He shines the light on the maze in front of him.

Dave: Hellooo everybody my name is Markiplier and today we're playing HAUNTED CORN MAZE.... of DEATH and MISERY. Few enter this forsaken place and live to tell the tale.
Dave (wheeling forward, mischievous grin): You see, this game. Is one of the games of all time. Uh huh, you heard me right. And my viewers have been BEGGING me to play this top-notch horror experience since before I was even born.
Dave: And in the wise words of my-

Dave is interrupted by the sound of footsteps. He freezes and the background around him turns gloomy.

Dave (thinking): if someone heard that im killing myself

A silhouette rushes past Dave and startles him. The person reaches for a corn stalk.

Dave: Hey!- Woah, hey, uh, whatcha doin there, bud?

The person rips off an ear of corn. It is revealed to be Bambi in the next panel, who grips it fiercely with an enraged expression:

Bambi: PAYBACK. THEY STEAL MY CORN, SO I STEAL IT BACK.

Bambi looks largely the same as his present self, albeit with two faded scars on his face and a collared long-sleeve shirt with a checkerboard pattern of green and lime-yellow. The sleeves previously hid the fact he doesn't have arms, but he pulls one hand out of its place to stuff the ear of corn inside the sleeve. Dave looks bewildered at first, then yells:

Dave: HELL YEAH, dude! FUCK those guys!!! Can I help??
Bambi: SURE.
Dave: Man, it's been a while since I've gotten into any good mischief-

Dave then notices that Bambi has floating hands. A comical display of imagined orange-and-gold computer UIs covers his hand with the title "dAVE VISION V. 1.0.51", "analyzing" the properties of his hand. The text on it reads:

WARNING: ANOMALY DETECTED (repeated in the background)

ERROR: SUBJECT'S HAND DEFIES THE LAWS OF GRAVITY...?

ERROR: SUBJECT IS LACKING ARMS AND WRISTS

...WAIT

SEARCHING DATABASE...

WARNING: DEVIATION DETECTED

(A graphic shows wireframe models of a strange humanoid being with floating hands and antennae compared to Bambi.)

ABNORMAL HEIGHT
HUMANESQUE SKIN
HUMANESQUE FACE
NO ANTENNAE?

VERDICT: UNKNOWN CLIONE SUBSPECIES?

(End graphic.)

Dave looks shocked with his jaw hanging open, then ecstatically stimming with his hands and literal stars in his eyes.

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

(15/15) "Always" #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

A full-color one-page comic. Dave is lying in bed and sits up abruptly, waking up from a nightmare looking stressed. He looks around, realizes it was a dream, and sighs. He pulls out his phone and starts listening to "The Wretched" by Nine Inch Nails through a pair of earbuds.

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

(14/15) "Buttercups" #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

Bambi and Tristan are in a field.

Tristan: C'mere Mr. Bambi, look what I found!
Tristan (holding several plucked flowers): It's buttercups!!!
Bambi: Yes
Tristan: Dad says they mean friendship!
Bambi: Why
Tristan: I dunno!

Tristan stuffs them in Bambi's overalls.

Tristan: Now you have some, for being my friend!

Bambi smiles, in his own way.

Bambi pulls one of the buttercups out of his overalls and hands it back to Tristan, who looks excited.

Bambi: For being mine.

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

(13/?) "Water Bucket" #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

A one-page semi-colored comic. Tristan is playing Minecraft on his computer and has headphones on.

Unknown (Comic Sans MS): dont worry bud i got this you'll be pulling sick tricks like the youtubers in no time
Unknown: ok so what you wanna do is time it exactly right when you fall
Tristan: Uh huh!!
Unknown: watch this im gonna hit it so epic style

A sequence of three drawn Minecraft screens shows a player jump off a cliff and die. "furbyArsonist hit the ground too hard" is the death message.

Tristan busts out giggling.
Muko: ok, so see what happened there is i got sabotaged by my haters,

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

(12/?) "Useless" ( drawn by @statictigers.bsky.social ) #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

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Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 8mo ago

(11/?) "Slip n' Fall" #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

(Dave is brushing his teeth with an electric toothbrush while absent-mindedly watching a video on his phone. He chuckles at the people in the video slipping and falling on ice.)
(Bambi suddenly loudly laughs behind him, startling Dave into dropping his toothbrush.)
Dave: SERIOUSLY???????
Bambi: Video is funny!!

Dave: (grimacing and holding his forehead) PLEASE don't do that. ... Wow. I've. Never heard you laugh that hard.
Bambi: Duh! Idiots eating shit is the funniest thing EVER!!!
Bambi: Ahh, that was a good one. Too bad they hard to find.
Dave: (pointing at his phone) What do you mean? There's like, thousands of these types of compilations on NewTube.
(Bambi looks back at Dave with a dumbfounded expression of surprise.)

Later, Dave and Bambi are sitting on the couch. Bambi is losing his shit at the compilations playing on the TV and is laughing so hard he cries.
Bambi: GHAHAA FUCK!!! I NEVER LAUGH SO MUCH IN MY LIFE!!! FUCK, DAVE, YOU THE BEST GUY EVER!!
(Dave looks at him pleasantly surprised/excited and slightly stimming with his left hand. He stops as soon as Bambi looks at him to say:)
Bambi: You say there's thousands of these???? We gotta watch them all!!!
Dave: Uh - yeah!

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The end of the year marks the end of an era. Your patience for so long will soon be rewarded. #DeviusExMachina #daveandbambi

A teaser image for Devius Ex Machina: The Rekindled announcing that the release date will be December 31st, 2025 at 5:00 PM central standard time. There is a blurred carnival visible behind it

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 9mo ago

(10/?) "Rocks" #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

[Devius Ex Machina] An uncolored comic. Dave is at the Fort Geraldson Food n' Stuff store with Tristan pushing the shopping cart. They're in the Chips and Cereal isle.

Dave grabs a box of cereal that says "MIKE'S PAWS CEREAL" with heart-shaped pawprints. He finds this funny.

A stranger bumps into him from behind and says "Hi".

Dave (startled, Arial): Can I help y- ...
Carl (waving, Rocks G): Hi. I'm Carl. I'm new in town and I'm trying to meet everyone.

Dave: Oh. Um... welcome.

Carl towers over Dave (he is 6'5"). He notices Dave's circular mineral pendant and points at it.

Dave: Uh... my pendant?

Carl digs in his jean pocket for an undisclosed kind of mineral covered in some dirt and drops it in Dave's hand. He promptly leaves.

Dave (confused): Thank... you?

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Map. #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

[Devius Ex Machina] A town map showing Rowells (population 51) in the top left corner and Fort Geraldson (pop. approximately 4,500) in the bottom right corner. Rowells is surrounded by dense woods and a lake, while Fort Geraldson is primarily in a less dense area. It is split in half by an interstate road, with the other side of the road just barely showing a few farms and windmills cropped off in the image. There is an elementary, middle, and high school in Fort Geraldson.

Dave (+Tristan), Marvin, and Maldo are marked as living in Rowells.

Spike, Hazman, Carl, and Juan are marked as living in Fort Geraldson.

Rowells and Fort Geraldson are a 30 minute drive away from each other on a treacherous winding dirt road that does not show up on the map very well.

POLLEN 🌸@bunnypollen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hi i made the new devius ex machina characters You all need to see my booboobears or im blowing up everyone in this building

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Devius Ex Machina@devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Say hello to Andie and Sam, created and designed by @statictigers.bsky.social . The website has been updated to replace the older version of this comic that had Boyfriend and Girlfriend.

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#DeviusExMachina - STICKS [Rerelease]. Who can throw them the furthest? (1/2) #daveandbambi #art

[Devius Ex Machina] A comic page. Bambi looks outside the window blinds of Dave's house in confusion.

Bambi: What are you two doing
Tristan: We're having a stick-throwing competition!!! Join us!!!
Maldo: I'M CURRENTLY IN THE LEAD!

Bambi approaches their pile of sticks, looks down at it, picks one up (annotated with "+1 stick"), and dramatically prepares himself to throw it while Tristan and Maldo look on in wonder. He yeets it at an immense speed as it flies past the clouds in the distance.

Maldo: OH
Maldo: OH MY GOODNESS
Tristan (shaking Bambi by his "shoulders"): MR BAMBI THAT WAS SO COOL!!!!!

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The comic draws near. We are about 85% done. #DeviusExMachina #daveandbambi

A teaser panel from The Rekindled showing Bambi laughing his ass off and pounding his fists on the table while Dave in the foreground looks dejected holding a spice jar

Devius Ex Machina @devius-ex-machina.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Rekindled is quickly making progress.

Terminal @maxdimo.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New website cover image. #DeviusExMachina #art #daveandbambi

Terminal @maxdimo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

bonus machina dave in the volume 1 style. lol #doodle #DeviusExMachina

[Devius Ex Machina] Dave drawn in the style of Volume 1 sprites

Terminal @maxdimo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

drawing dave every day until 3.5 releases, day 202. catnap #doodle #daveandbambi #DeviusExMachina

[Devius Ex Machina] Dave lying on the couch asleep with his hands folded across his chest. Chello is sitting curled up on top of his side asleep with him.