9 Freak Ou (1/2)
”Wait a minute.”
Sia mutters to herself and looks at the blue scarf kid from the back of the vehicle. He is near the entrance, looking out at the passing scenery. His goggles are upon his head, and his grey eyes are watching intently for anything abnormal.
”He knew about the corpse. He knew Eli was there, so he had to have known about the corpse...but then why didn't he warn me?”
Blond strands of hair get blown around by the wind. It all is secured away from his eyes by the goggles. Always silent, always solemn.
”No. He probably thought I could handle it.”
Sia wraps her arms around herself, leans on the wall and takes a nap.
Meanwhile, the male in the blue scarf looks over at the now sleeping woman and quirks an eyebrow up. She had been staring at him for almost twenty minutes. The giant rodent attacking her barely seemed to ruffle her, but one whiff of its dead corpse and she couldn't contain herself. Odd. He thought it would be the other way around. He pulls out a strip of jerky and chews on it while admiring the wilderness going by.
”When the squirrel attacked me, why was I shoved into the immersive mode.”
DANGER TO SUBJECT 001 INDICATES TO SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPER TO UTILIZE ADMINISTRATIVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM
”Wait. Does that mean you can take over my body?”
AFFIRMATIVE
”But why do I pass out?”
tRainQuilT646 ACTIVATES A STASIS PERIOD FOR SUBJECT 001 TO ACQUIRE A STATE OF TRANQUILITY
”I kept hearing that weird humming. It was like a noise canceling sound. Is that the only program that does that?”
NEGATIVE
”I could see the doors, but I couldn't open any of them.”
DEFAULT MODE INCLUDES NO ACCESS TO ANY FORMS OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD. ENVIRONMENT STRESSORS ALTER THE DESIRED OUTCOME
”Can I change that mode to allow me to open the information rooms?”
DEFAULT MODE CANCELED
MODIFYING tRainQuilT646 SETTINGS
SAVING PRESETS
PRESETS SAVED
Sia spends quite some time trying to analyze the ways the device can be used to educate her and protect her. Sia comes across a door that has an icon of a figure punching the air.
”Huh.”
When she goes inside, holographic images pop up and begin to do different fighting moves. The more images she passes, the more images she sees appear at the back of the room.
”I'll never have the time to learn all of these. Is there a beginners manual I can read?”
MANUAL INFORMATION DIGESTION OBSOLETE
INFORMATION DOWNLOAD WILL BRING SUBJECT 001 SUPERIOR RESULTS
ASSIMILATION SPEED IMPROVED BY 1000%
”Wait, are you telling me I can get all of this downloaded into my brain?”
AFFIRMATIVE
”DUDE! Let's begin that now! I want to be a super soldier! How can you do that?”
SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPER PRIORITY #2: ENHANCE SUBJECT 001 BODY
SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPER PRIORITY #3: ENHANCE SUBJECT 001 MIND
”Enhance SUBJECT 001? Or enchant?” Sia thinks as she watches each holographic image flash with percentages.
5%
15%
45%
76%
80%
100%