Editing 2004

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'''2004''' was a year in the 2000s in the 21st century, it was the year when a temporal rip in space-time somehow sends part of the {{UNSCShip|Apocalypso}}{{'}}s [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]] back to this year.

==Events==
*As shown in the ''[[i love bees]]'' viral campaign, a temporal rip in space-time somehow sends part of the [[UNSC]] ''[[Apocalypso]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]] back to this year. A [[Covenant]] AI known as the [[Seeker (AI)|Seeker]] follows them through. Melissa was so fragmented and malfunctioning that a built-in program called the [[System Peril Distributed Reflex]] was engaged to repair her. The SPDR recognized the Seeker as a harmful foreign application and attempted to kill it. The Seeker knew it could not kill the SPDR itself, so it convinced Melissa that it was an updated version of the SPDR so Melissa would disable "the old version". The Seeker did the SPDR's work in repairing the Melissa and accomplishing various tasks for her, but it also corrupted her goals with its own. Melissa was so fragmented that a buried personality, from the [[human]] brain her mind was built from, broke off into another being. This childlike personality called herself the Sleeping Princess and preferred to see things as a fairy tale. The Sleeping Princess, desperate for a friend, befriended the Seeker, whom she named the Pious Flea. The Seeker, who sought the truth, would ask the Princess for information; the Princess taught it human concepts such as fear and humor. In return, the Seeker protected the Princess from Melissa, who wanted to bury her in code. When Melissa managed to imprison the Princess, the Seeker went against its nature and absorbed the Princess without killing her. Instead, it joined the Sleeping Princess' and Melissa's minds together. The resulting being recognized the Seeker as a hostile Covenant AI and attempted to kill the Seeker, but it managed to hide. When the Slipspace rip closed, Melissa was thrown back to her own time. The Seeker, however, was left in the server with the SPDR. This time, the SPDR promptly killed the Seeker.

===June===
*'''Unknown''': [[Dana Awbrey]] bought an All-Asia Air Pass because she was 22, and still waiting for the extraordinary to kick in.<ref name="ILBBExtra">[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/08/extraordinary.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, The Extraordinary]</ref>

===July===
*'''July 13''': Dana Awbrey first reports about the "I Love Bees" website being broken.<ref>[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/07/damage.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, The Damage]</ref>
*'''July 16''': A fragment of [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]] hijacked a countdown Dana Awbrey put on the [[I Love Bees (Website)|I Love Bees]] website.<ref>[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/07/counting-down-to-what.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, Counting down to WHAT?]</ref>
*'''July 19''': Dana Awbrey went hiking in Claremont Canyon to clear her head over the broken website. It took her 3 hours.<ref>[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/07/august-24.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, August 24]</ref>
*'''July 20''': Dana Awbrey woke up on to an alarming email from her Aunt Margaret's email that was hijacked by the broken Melissa AI, sending a lot of people messages.<ref>[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/07/ladybee777-odd-behavior-cry-for-help.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, Ladybee777 “odd behavior cry for help”]</ref>
*'''July 27''': The [[Operator]] takes several images of Dana Awbrey though her webcam, this freaks Dana out prompting her to give up on the site for a time.<ref>[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/07/emergency-exit.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, emergency exit]</ref>
*'''July 29''': Dana Awbrey left to go to on an open-ended backpacking trip through East/Southeast [[Asia]], where she first headed to [[Beijing]].<ref>[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/07/delinquent.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, Delinquent]</ref>

===August===
*'''August 6''': Dana Awbrey is persuaded to come back to work on the site by always thinking about it and over 1000 emails telling her people were thinking about it also.<ref>[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/08/being-persuaded-to-come-back.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, being persuaded to come back]</ref>
*'''August 12''': A major typhoon hit [[China]] where 2000 people were injured.<ref name="ILBBOLLY">[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/08/olly-olly-axon-free.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, Olly Olly Axon Free]</ref>
*'''August 13''': Dana Awbrey was almost arrested for walking on the grass in Yu Yuan Gardens in Shanghai. She was so flustered after the police encounter she accidently ordered two sugary meat puffs for her lunch at the [[Mister Donut]] thinking they were chocolate creme-filled. The Operator also set up numerous [[Axons]] in America.{{Ref/Reuse|ILBBOLLY}}
*'''August 20''': Dana Awbrey enters a small deserted cafe in Jin Xian Lu, only to find out it was the front for an illegal DVD racket.<ref name="ILBBhot">[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/08/go-hot.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, Go Hot]</ref>
*'''August 23-24''': Dana Awbrey went to Zapata's in Shanghai. She then ditched it to join everyone when the countdown ended on the I Love Bees website.{{Ref/Reuse|ILBBExtra}}{{Ref/Reuse|ILBBhot}}

===September===
*'''September 4-6''': Dana Awbrey spent a weekend in Hangzhou, spending it intoxicated by Xi Hu.<ref name="ILBBsix">[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/09/six-degrees-of.html ''blogspot'', ilovebees, six degrees of]</ref>
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===October===
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===November===
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*'''November 9''': The book, ''[[The Castaway Theory]]'', by Dr. [[Jonas Volman]] is released.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Castaway-Theory-Jonas-Volman/dp/B000RGSYWI ''Amazon.com'' - The Castaway Theory]</ref>

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