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Fragments of the [[Melissa (AI)]] were thrown back into time, to the year 2004. One of the fragments, [[The Operator]] was so badly damaged that it couldn't function or remember who she was. The Operator slowly gained back awareness and power due to the emergency "first aid" administered to her by the [[SPDR]]. | |||
The following flashback is from the point of view of The Operator. In her reduced state she doesn't view the SPDR as a savior but as a torturer. | The following flashback is from the point of view of the [[The Operator]] a fragment of Melissa's program. In her reduced state she doesn't view the SPDR as a savior but as a torturer. | ||
==Flashback== | ==Flashback== | ||
The first thing I remember is her trying to kill me. /// | The first thing I remember is her trying to kill me. /// | ||
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[PROBE IN PROGRESS] | [PROBE IN PROGRESS] | ||
Ist Lt Sorenson: Oh my God. If the decrypt is right- | Ist Lt Sorenson: Oh my God. If the decrypt is right- | ||
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Capt. Greene: Don't feel too sorry for /// them, Rolf. Even Admirals have to earn their pay. | Capt. Greene: Don't feel too sorry for /// them, Rolf. Even Admirals have to earn their pay. | ||
[SPDR: PROBE COMPLETE] | [SPDR: PROBE COMPLETE] | ||
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[PROBE IN PROGRESS] | [PROBE IN PROGRESS] | ||
the quick hard twinkle pulse lasers blinking from a Seraph class as we settle, invisible as a leaf sinking into the Slipstream and carried away | the quick hard twinkle pulse lasers blinking from a Seraph class as we settle, invisible as a leaf sinking into the Slipstream and carried away | ||
[SPDR: PROBE COMPLETE] | [SPDR: PROBE COMPLETE] | ||
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[PROBE IN PROGRESS] | [PROBE IN PROGRESS] | ||
the white coats | the white coats | ||
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cause. | cause. | ||
[SPDR: PROBE COMPLETE] | [SPDR: PROBE COMPLETE] | ||
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I find myself checking back on certain things, little memories I locked down tight and swaddled up for future reference. Seems as if all the 3-sense memories are gone - wiped out by the Assassin or the Servant or pure impact damage - but I still have some of the faintcopy /// backups. | I find myself checking back on certain things, little memories I locked down tight and swaddled up for future reference. Seems as if all the 3-sense memories are gone - wiped out by the Assassin or the Servant or pure impact damage - but I still have some of the faintcopy /// backups. | ||
Memory benchmark test: | Memory benchmark test: | ||
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Except he's lying. He's lying to her, trying to impress her, he's lying because that's the wrong game (how do I know that?) it's the wrong game and I know I can feel it, my favorite game is /// HIDE AND SEEK! | Except he's lying. He's lying to her, trying to impress her, he's lying because that's the wrong game (how do I know that?) it's the wrong game and I know I can feel it, my favorite game is /// HIDE AND SEEK! | ||
Memory benchmark test concluded. | Memory benchmark test concluded. | ||
I shouldn't do these checks. Why the hell should I want to watch my old life, every precious remaining fragment of what I did and who I loved, buckling like /// wax around a candleflame? Losing shape, spilling out, me not me anymore, just ... material again, shaped into another, cruder piece of ordnance. Starship, sailship, rifle ... melting down to a clumsy quartz knife. | I shouldn't do these checks. Why the hell should I want to watch my old life, every precious remaining fragment of what I did and who I loved, buckling like /// wax around a candleflame? Losing shape, spilling out, me not me anymore, just ... material again, shaped into another, cruder piece of ordnance. Starship, sailship, rifle ... melting down to a clumsy quartz knife. | ||
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Fail. | Fail. | ||
Once more from the top... survive evade resist /// ESCAPE! | Once more from the top... survive evade resist /// ESCAPE! | ||
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God, this is disgusting. | God, this is disgusting. | ||
Memory benchmark /// retest: | Memory benchmark /// retest: | ||
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Memory benchmark retest concluded. | Memory benchmark retest concluded. | ||
- The rest wiped and reused. Whatever it was. Can check my log above, obviously, but what about the rest? Who I was, I was, I was: melting down like a sandcastle. What I have to do. What I have /// to do. | - The rest wiped and reused. Whatever it was. Can check my log above, obviously, but what about the rest? Who I was, I was, I was: melting down like a sandcastle. What I have to do. What I have /// to do. | ||
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[PROBE IN PROGRESS] | [PROBE IN PROGRESS] | ||
drift off from station, Reach burning in the darkness like a lantern of hope, dockyard after dockyard buzzing with worker /// drones, someone crawling over the back doing detail work on the hull, the warm touch of a welding torch like little licks from a cat's tongue and | drift off from station, Reach burning in the darkness like a lantern of hope, dockyard after dockyard buzzing with worker /// drones, someone crawling over the back doing detail work on the hull, the warm touch of a welding torch like little licks from a cat's tongue and | ||
[SPDR: PROBE COMPLETE] | [SPDR: PROBE COMPLETE] | ||
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- Feel better. | - Feel better. | ||
Memory benchmark retest: | Memory benchmark retest: | ||
SEEK! | SEEK! | ||
Memory benchmark retest concluded. | Memory benchmark retest concluded. | ||
All gone now. | All gone now. | ||
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Time to hunt. | Time to hunt. | ||
[[Category:I Love Bees]] | [[Category:I Love Bees]] |