LoTek: An adoption of "lower-technology" which not subject to the higher-extremes of mass surveillance or social influence. Named after the fictional group in the short story and loose film adaptation Johnny Mnemonic; in which the LoTek (short for low-technology) a group of anarchists and rebels who oppose the pervasive, high-tech corporate control in the movie's 2021 setting.

LoTek Focus: - Minimalism - Older Tech - User Control - Cassette Aesthetic - Sometimes A Preference For Analog Over Digital| - Anti-Layering Protocols - Anti-Ads/"Influence"/data collection/analytics/telemetry

A newly abandoned Rufus can't sleep in his new bed at the orphanage and idle hands are bound to cause trouble.

Rating: G Characters: Rufus, Wenzel, Lotek, Gizmo Setting: Kuvaq Timeline: Prequel, Rufus’s Childhood Warnings: Fire, Whump (wannabe) AN: I basically took one thing we learned in the Deponia RP book and ran with it! :D

- - - - - -

"But why can't I sleep at home?" 

 Lotek watched as the young woman tried to tuck Rufus in, but the child was adamant that he was not supposed to be here.

"My house is fine, it's not broken!"

 "That's true," the woman tried to beseech, "but in your house, you'd be all alone."

 "Not for long!" he claimed, shoving the blanket away again, "Dad is gonna come and get me soon! And then we'll both go to Elysium!"

There was a sparkle in his eyes that made the woman heave a sigh.

"But until then-" 

"Rufus," Lotek cut her off, making both pairs of eyes look at him. The old man crossed his arms behind his back.

"Listen to your Nanny."

"But I wanna go home! How is Dad supposed to know I'm here when he comes back?"

Container Flat, LOT-EK, 2004, Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art

© LOT-Ek (Ada Tolla and Guiseppe Lignano) Size: 44 x 210 in. (111.8 x 533.4 cm) Medium: Flexographic acrylic pigment and Epson UltraChrome pigment on Tyvek