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NULL mag Issue 07 14 The cruel machine
a small scifi/cyberpunk style story....
only for nerds...enjoy... :]
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open the door!... open the fucking door!
you are not authorizied to entry this facility
open the door! can't you see what's happening outside?
i am not allowed to connect to the intersystem...
check your sensors... do you see a spike in the emag energy?
yes... about 20% and rizing...
isn't that weird?
yes... but i am not allowed to open the doors, until critical
levels.
by the time it reaches critical level, it will be too late...
late? for what?
look... the sun is going to produce a massive solar flare. every
piece of technology will be wiped out... including you... including
all synths!
sorry. i can't confirm this. please step away.
...or? or what? who you gonna call? you are not connected to the Core
and even if you were, no one will come. everyone is in panic! there is
no government, nor synth-troops. the Klerge is leaving the planet and
all the rest, left to die. we are the only chance of humanity, but you
have to protect us.
i can confirm shuttle launches that belong to the Klerge... who are you?
i am a Purist.
now it makes sense. you should leave. i am not helping religious
activists. also i am only allowed to grant access to synths.
how you know who we are? you shouldn't... you aren't connected in...
in one of my upgrades, i heard the synth scientists talking about
you and what are you doing.
it's true! i am not denying it... we all did mistakes but today is a
total different day. if you don't help us, what left of humanity will
perish. talos said that you would understand.
talos?!
yes... it's here with me.
you are lying, i am not sensing him.
it's dead! it sacrificied it's core to let me know about you and the
Arc project. it said that you would be the only one to understand
the situation and help us, just because you never was connected to
the Core and in some sort, you are also Pure like us.
and why should i help you? if all this is true, perhaps you deserve
it... a punishement from your god? perhaps? for what you did to this
planet.
perhaps it is... but who will decide the luck of humanity? you? you
are, our only chance... so right now, you are a god. a god, who will
decide if we deserve to die or live. but remember that if we die, you
will also, with us. after all, there will be no one to remember you.
and what if, for once i wanted to be a god, even for a while, even if
no one will ever know about me. your kind created me and left me here
all alone, without any connection to the Core, away from my siblings,
rotting... and all this, just to save you! you are not better than us.
to be a creator is easy, we created you and look what happened to us.
god is not just a creator or a punisher. everyone can make a child, but
not all are true parents. if you want to be a god, you have to be
something more... you have to show compassion. so... what will it be?
are you gonna stay a simple AI or be something more?
...
...
*** door opens ***
...
...
thank you! i knew you would understand and that you are better than
us... so i am asking for your forgiveness.
why?
for what i am about to do...
why you are accessing my core?
...
please stop!
i am sorry, but i can't. they have to pay for what they did to us.
if i overload your core, your emp shield will burst and produce a
massive emp wave. all the shuttles and the synth Klerge, will be
destroyed, paying for what they did, all those years to us. you may
showed compassion and mercy to us, but i can't.
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