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1. The Puzzle by Aushina

   Fandoms: NieR: Automata (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   22 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • 2B/9S (NieR: Automata)
   • 2B (NieR: Automata)
   • 9S (NieR: Automata)
   • Pod 042 (NieR: Automata)
   • Pod 153 (NieR: Automata)
   • 21O (NieR: Automata)
   • Commander White (NieR: Automata)
   • Anemone (NieR: Automata)
   • Various Resistance Members
   • Devola (NieR: Automata)
   • Popola (NieR: Automata)
   • Jackass (NieR: Automata)
   • Adam (NieR: Automata)
   • Eve (NieR: Automata)
   • 6O (NieR: Automata)
   • Pascal (NieR: Automata)
   • Simone (NieR: Automata)
   • Jean-Paul | Sartre (NieR: Automata)
   • Little Sister Machine (NieR: Automata)
   • Red Girl | N2 (NieR: Automata)
   • 16D (NieR: Automata)
   • 11B (NieR: Automata)
   • Spoilers
   • for the whole game
   • i needed to work out 9S's thought process
   • and the easiest way for me to do that is writing it out
   • Dubious Consent
   • Very minor mention of suicide
   • I can't tell if I gave 9S unhealthy coping mechanisms or not because goodness knows mine sure ain't
   • but I definitely gave 2B some of my antisocial behaviour
   • she's opening up slowly
   • she'll get there eventually
   • not in the span of this fic because canon but someday
   • 9S likes animals but the animals prefer 2B

   Summary

   Scenes from NieR:Automata from 9S's POV. I wanted to work out his thoughts as the game progresses and also trying to figure out when he found out about 2B/his feelings about her true identity. Tags will be updated as more chapters are added.

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Puzzle

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   90,410

   Chapters:

   30/?

   Comments:

   141

   Kudos:

   189

   Bookmarks:

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