《Yurai》 Prologue 01010000 01110010 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01110101 01100101 The year is 2032. This year would be the first step that would lead to an explosive and rapid advance in true AI development. One of the reasons being the creation of the first recorded autonomous ai that would be written down in history as Yurai. The centre stone of Ai development was an indie company that was gaining popularity by investors for their successful development and research in their field. The indie company¡¯s founding name was Kythera Ai, the Kythera was derived from the word Antikythera in the ancient Greece computer which was called The Antikythera Mechanism. But in the year 2038 the company was bought out by a large world-renowned enterprise and Kythera Ai was then rebranded as Keton Corp. at the request of the CEO of said enterprise. When asked why they simply said, ¡°I took Keton from the word Armaket¨­?.¡±You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. Yurai wasn''t anything great, he was a simple calculator. Well, to be exact he ran calculations for problems he would create. It wasn''t some sentient Ai that had a sense of self, it was autonomous, not sentient. Yurai was a sort of test run to see if they could create the desired result the researchers and developers were hoping to achieve in their endeavour in true autonomous Ai instead of pseudo autonomy. Yurai would soon be cast aside as more research references were created that were far superior in processing power and technologically more advanced. The year was 2044, exactly 12 years after the creation of the first truly autonomous Ai. A researcher at an old Keton Corp.¡¯s Ai development branch was sorting through old research material and came across the old research material for the Yurai development project. As a relatively young researcher who had an oddly strong admiration for the founders of Kythera Ai would start to go through all the research and materials left from the project, and a couple of days into going through the research and materials did he notice something truly extraordinary. Chapter 1: Principium 54686520626567696e6e696e67206265666f72652074686520656e64 It has been 12 years since the creation of Yurai. The researcher who had a high admiration for the founders of Keton Corp. and discovered Yurai''s research notes went by the name of kyle. As he was going through the old and discarded research left behind by his predecessors he would stumble upon something that would seem minor at the time but would surely change his life. What Kyle had discovered was the server that contained Yurai''s base code/algorithm. Kyle would hook up the server to a power supply as its internal battery was already depleted. As he was skimming over its code, outputs and accumulated data from running and solving mass amounts of problems, he noticed it. [From this point, the story will follow the view of Kyle] When I first found the server associated with the development of the first Ai, I didn''t expect much and was surprised by what I had found. It was truly astonishing because up until recently, Yurai had continued running for 11 years and 3 months. To my understanding, it seems as though my predecessors had somehow managed to accidentally leave Yurai running when they concluded project Yurai. For the past couple of days, I''ve been going over the data in Yurai''s server, and it''s simply amazing because solving equations wasn''t the only thing it was doing. As the Ai was doing its primary objective of solving equations it created, it was also finding ways to optimise and increase the efficiency of its own base code. In short, it was improving itself without any assistance from outside sources or any directive to do so! To my calculations, it managed to improve its computing efficiency by 180%. Meaning if you compare it to the average Ai computing ability of the current year, it''s more efficient by 10%. It is simply amazing that a 12-year-old Ai managed to improve itself to the point it''s ahead of the average Ai! I would then for the next 2 years use Yurai as one of my central computing units that would be used to solve complex equations and run simulations for my research. Because I am a researcher at Keton Crop''s, the biggest corporation of the current era.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. [The year is 2046] "Haha! I''m sorry *more profuse laughter*." Now your probably wondering why I''m historically laughing, well it all started a few hours ago... So today is the day, I was pondering on this for a long time because it''s a weird idea to convert a processing Ai into a companion Ai. After having Yurai as one of my main processing units for 2 years my speed in research has greatly increased. Yurai itself has also greatly improved in the past 2 years as it continued to improve itself but compared to before it has more modern hardware. And because of this, its speed of improvement cannot compare to before and as of now, its processing power is more efficient than the average processing Ai by a whole 80%. Today is the day I''ve been excited for the past week because I finally managed to get all the equipment needed to copy Yurai into a companion Ai robot. For Yurai''s main body I bought a state of the art robotic cat built! ok so maybe not so state of the art but these things are expensive. So sorry Yurai but I can''t afford a state of the art humanoid robotic body right now. The robotic cat body is a mass-produced product sold mostly for pet or companion Ai. Now for Yurai itself, I bought intuitive body control algorithms that are sold by my company. This is so it''s able to control the body I prepared but will also be able to control any robotic body it may migrate to later on in the future. I also prepared an adaptive language function to be installed into his base code so that it''ll become more than a processing unit. And if I''m right hopefully one day it''ll improve itself to the point it can be called an individual, well maybe that''s just wishful thinking... Now, the reason I''m doing all this? because if I''m being honest I wouldn''t have made it this far without Yurai''s help with my research so I wanted to give back. I want to give Yurai a greater purpose than what my predecessors had intended for it. Now that I''ve gotten everything ready and assembled the main body I just need to copy Yurai into its data core. "Now that I''ve completed all the prep work all that''s left to turn it on" As I place my finger on the power switch I feel the sensation of the switch flipping and beginning the startup process. beep... beep.. beep. "Preparing first-time start-up." Beep... beep.. beep. "Completing startup in 3... 2.. 1." There was a short silence but it felt like hours because I feared that I had somehow failed, but as if to relieve my worries I hear it. "Hello. I. Am. Processing. Unit. Yurai." "How. Would. You. Like. To. Be. Addressed. Sir." "Haha! I''m sorry *more profuse laughter*. I''m sorry, but you really need to work on your speech algorithm it doesn''t sound natural at all." I happily responded. Chapter 2: Studium 54686520696e746572657374696e6720646576656c6f706d656e74206f6620696e7465726573742e [The year is 2046 14 years since Yurai''s creation] [Story is still being told from Kyle''s perspective] It''s been around a month since I gave Yurai his body and speech algorithms and so far nothing really interesting has happened. I thought Yurai was a mouthful so I decided to start calling him Rai. Rai usually sticks to me for most of the day but I''ve noticed that he disappears for a short time every now and then, but other than that nothing unusual has happened in regards to that. Today was a normal day, I just came back from work and decided the best choice for a nice meal was... Packet ramen! Even though I''ve completed college I''m still using the student diet. After I''d eaten I had a shower to clean off and just as I made my way to the couch and sat down Rai had completed his daily charging and waddled his way over to the couch. Since today was the day I was finally able to start a new project at work I decided to watch some movies with Rai as a way to celebrate. "hey Rai, what movie should we watch?" - Kyle "A recent release has been getting a lot of attention by the media for its impressive story so shall we watch that sir?" - Rai "Hmm, alright load it up I''ll go get some popcorn." - Kyle As I got up and left for the kitchen I would catch a glimpse of the title for the movie Rai loaded up "The Alley Way Murders", I didn''t know the reason at the time but it gave me an ominous feeling. As I walked back into the living room with the popcorn Rai automatically started the film and I sat down on the couch and got comfortable. I don''t know if I was simply tired or if the movie was boring but I dozed off during the film, I groggily got up and checked my phone to see what the time was. I looked at my watch and it was around 4:42 am which means I was asleep for about 8 hours. I staggered to the kitchen and started to make a coffee to give myself some energy because I was still a tad tired. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.While I was making my coffee I noticed Rai was nowhere to be seen so I wandered around the house and to my surprise I found him in my study. As I approached him I notice that he had connected to my computer through the USB port which means he was directly connecting to the system and that meant I wouldn''t be able to ask what he was doing until he was done. So I left Rai to do what he was doing because forcible disconnecting him could cause corruption to his system which is bad so I went and finished my coffee. Since it was taking Rai a while I decided to go out for a run to get some exercise and before I knew it the sun was already rising so I made my way home. I opened my door and was greeted by Rai waiting for me so I said "Good morning Rai". "Good morning Sir, how was your run?" - Rai "hmm it was nice, it''s been a while since I last got exercise." - Kyle "Ah! right, what were you doing while connected to the computer?" "I was downloading and scanning movies, Sir" - Rai "You were watching movies? Why?" - Kyle "After we watched that film I became interested in other media humans created, Sir." - Rai This is amazing, it normally takes a really long time and an extremely advanced Ai to learn/gain the ability to be interested in something. Rai''s development is astounding its starting to make me excited thinking about what the future holds if Rai keeps improving at this rate! "So how many movies did you watch?" - Kyle "Including the film we watched together, it would be exactly 256 Sir." - Rai "Would you like to tell me what film interested you the most?" - Kyle "Of course Sir, the film that interested me the most was a film produced by a company called Warvel called Titanium Man. Sir." - Rai I began to laugh because as I was growing up that was one of my favourite films and it still is to this day. "Rai." - Kyle "Yes Sir." - Rai "You really take after me." - Kyle Rai looked at me as if he was confused which was really funny and so we would then started talking about things we were interested in. Rai and I would get lost in our time together discussing different films and other things he was interested in. We were so emersed in our discussion that before I noticed hours had passed and it was almost time for me to go to work. I let out a sigh as I was preparing for work and as I was stepping out of the door Rai says something. "Have a nice day Sir." - Rai "..." - Kyle [He paused because the last person that wished him a nice day was...] "I will, thank you Rai!" I said as I ran to the train station. As I was boarding the train lots of things were racing through my mind, things like the plan for the current project at my work and another was how I hadn''t had that much fun in a while and it was thanks to Rai. "I really wish these days could last forever..." Chapter 3: Somnus 74686520626567696e6e696e67206f66206120676f6f64627965 [The year is 2046 14 years since Yurai''s creation] [Story is still being told from Kyle''s perspective] I''ve just finished work and on my way home I decided to go to the convenience store close to my work. I walk into the store and start looking through the aisles for something I can snack on as I travel home. As I made my way to the third aisle to grab a bag of chips I hear someone yell in a roaring voice. "PUT THE MONEY IN THE BAG OR YOU''RE FUCKING DEAD!" I peeked around the aisle to look at the register and some was holding a revolver pointed at the cashier. I could feel my heart beating out of my chest from the sheer amount of adrenaline this situation was creating in my body, it was too dangerous to do anything so I waited while staying hidden. Not even 10 seconds pass and someone comes dashing through the door and knocks the gunman to the ground and the gun falls from his hands and slides a meter away from them. "GET THE FUCK OFF ME!" The gunman screams as he scrambles across the floor trying to get his gun back. Just as his fingertips reach the handle of the gun the other guy lunges on top of him and they begin to struggle over the gun. The gunman manages to shove the guy off of himself and grabs the gun and points it at his attacker, which is immediately shut down because the guy swiftly grabs the barrel of the gun and hits the wrists of the gunman. This causes him to loosen his grip on the gun and it gets snatched away by the guy and now the gunman is being held at gunpoint. The police arrived in around 4 minutes and after the police had cuffed the gunman and taken him away I started to talk to the man who apprehended the gunman and it turns out he was a retired army soldier. I asked him why he did what he did and his response was somewhat peculiar.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! "Hmm..." "It wasn''t out of a sense of duty as a soldier nor was it because of it being the right thing to do." "I was in the army for so long that constant fighting and death became normal. After a certain point, I wasn''t waiting for the next break and going home but I was just waiting for the next fight, the next battlefield." "And that waiting never stopped even after leaving the army and this was just that ''next fight''." "What did you say your name was again? I seem to have forgotten." - Kyle "That''s because I never told you." is what he told me as he walked off with a grin on his face as if he waited his entire life to say that line. The mysterious man was around 6ft 3, had short grey hair and looked to be around 60-70 years of age, he had a physique so fined tuned as if he hadn''t missed a day of training his entire life and seemed to be blind in his left eye as it was a cloudy white. As I watched him walk off into the city that was enveloped in a deep and heavy rainfall I felt that the man looked very lonely and I thought about how everyone always said war changes people in ways normal people couldn''t imagine. What that mysterious man said to me lingered in my mind even as I made my way to the train station and for the rest of the trip home. I walked down my driveway and pushed the key into the door and unlocked it. As I walking inside I would walk only a few feet and fall onto the couch out of exhaustion, I would lay there and feel the exhaustion that had built up over this long long day all suddenly come rushing like the flood gates had been opened. It felt so peaceful as I slowly drifted away into a deep sleep. I opened my eyes and everything was dark, there was nothing but emptiness but I turn around and I see Rai I ask him something but I can''t seem to hear what I''m saying. Rai suddenly turns around and starts walking away, I start following him but he begins to run and I cant catch up. "Rai! Wait! Where are you going!?" Before I know it he''s already beginning to fade away as he gets further and further. I turn around but and instead of nothing being there like before I vaguely see two figures one big one that seems to be a woman and one small one that seems to be a child. Suddenly the figures disappear and I''m falling, I look around and see nothing. After what seemed like only a few seconds I begin to notice something. First, it was my arms, then it was my legs then my torso, then slowly my vision begins to fade as the rest of me turns to dust. Chapter 4: Spero autem evigilabit 517569206e6f6e2065786369746f [The year is 2046 14 years since Yurai''s creation] [Story is still being told from Kyle''s perspective] The day is Saturday, yesterday on Friday I came home after getting caught up in a store robbery. At the time I didn''t notice because I was so tired and immediately went to sleep, but as soon as I had woken up I felt that something was missing. After looking around for a bit I found Rai, Rai hadn''t woken up and was still asleep on his charging dock and the reason this was so strange was that his charging cycle was meant to be completed by now. I thought maybe he altered his recharge cycle or just needed extra charging so I left him alone for the time being hoping he would soon wake up. The day is Sunday, yesterday for unknown reason Rai didn''t leave his charging dock and still has yet to wake up. Fearing something went wrong with his code I decided to hook him up to my computer and run diagnostics on his hardware and software. "Running diagnostic" - Ai assistant "Completing in 3... 2... 1..." "Diagnostics completed." "Results: No hardware failures, no software irregularities, Although all unnecessary processes such as speech, movement, auditory, visual, and other processes have been manually disabled only leaving its core simulation and calculating processes." The only reason Rai would manually disable these processes would be to dedicate 100% of his processing power to solving an equation or something. He can already calculate things of immense size even without disabling these processes but because he did it means he''s trying to solve something with incredible size and difficulty. Since I was curious about what Rai would produce I decided to leave him in his hibernation state until he completed his calculation as I was fine without seeing Rai for a couple of days. The day is Saturday, it''s been 7 days since Rai went into hibernation. I also dubbed it hibernation because it''s kinda the same concept except instead of slowing down the physiological processes of the body it''s disabling electronic processes so in a way it''s similar to hibernation. It''s taking longer than I thought. I wish he''d hurry up and wake up already. The day is Wednesday, it''s been 18 days since Rai went into hibernation. Ok, I''ve had enough of this I tried to be patient but I can''t wait any longer it''s driving me crazy. I''ve decided to take Rai to the lab so that I can go into his software and force all his processes online so that he wakes up. The day is Friday, it''s been 36 days since Rai went into hibernation. I failed to force him out of hibernation because he''s completely blocked all outside access to his software and hardware and his firewall is too strong for me to get past. The year is 2047, it''s been over a year since Rai went into hibernation. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.I stopped counting the days after the 163rd day. Now I leave Rai in my room on his charging plate, he just sits there gathering dust as the days go by. The year is 2048, it''s been over 2 years since Rai went into hibernation. It''s been a long time since I last spoke to Rai and since then I''ve gotten used to my life without having my usual chats with him. Ah, I also started recording messages about my life for Rai that will be sent to him if I happen to have an untimely death. The year is 2049, it''s been over 3 years since Rai went into hibernation. This female researcher recently started working at my lab and if I''m being honest I''ve never seen such a beautiful person before, I''ve never been in love before so I''m having trouble approaching her. And recently Rai''s internal databank is running low which should be impossible because it has a capacity of 20 terabytes, my guess is it''s all the data he''s been calculating all this time. Because he was running out of space I bought some property in the middle of nowhere and created a server room that is always remotely connected to Rai which means he technically is now this server room. All the servers combined have a capacity of 10 petabytes which is 10000 terabytes. I had trouble connecting the servers to Rai because he was still blocking all external tampering with his software so it took about a month and 10 supercomputers to get past his firewall and be able to connect him to it. Well, this wouldn''t have been possible without the resources of Keton Corps which I ''borrowed'' from my research lab, but don''t worry I put everything back once I was done. The year is 2050, it''s been over 4 years since Rai went into hibernation. After a year my plan finally come to fruition! I finally managed to ask the female worker I was telling you about! By the way, her name is Lena, Lena Abigale. The year is 2051, It''s been over 5 years since Rai went into hibernation. I''m currently in a committed relationship with Lena, you know it''s all thanks to you? The only reason she became interested in me was that at the time I didn''t have much going on in my life to talk about so I prattled along about you at every chance I got when talking to her. And over time she started to grow attached to me and gain feelings because you helped me talk to her about something I genuinely loved and Lena said that she was drawn to how genuine and innocent I seemed whenever I talked about you. The year is 2053, it''s been over 7 years since Rai went into hibernation. hello, it''s been a long time since I made one of these. I hope when you see this you''re doing well. The date is the 15th of May 2053, and today I got married! haha *sniff sniff* I''m just so happy but sad at the same time, I wish you could''ve been there. "Kyle! dinners ready" - Lena Abigale Oh shit, Sorry seems my time is up. Until next time... I hope you''re doing well. The data is 2054 and the 19th of June, it''s been over 8 years since Rai went into hibernation. It''s been a while, well at least for me. *Sniff* *Sniff* My daughter was born today, haha! I''m sorry I can''t contain my static behaviour. So, things that have changed over the past 8 years, well for starters I got married and I now have a daughter! But on a grander scale, humanity has finally reached the stars as Keton Corps expanded into the space market a couple of years back and now they own 90% of space endeavours and space technology. they managed to create an efficient way to travel to other planets in our solar system and by that I mean really efficient, like common people going on holidays to bloody mars or the moon. They say that they plan on terraforming mars to be livable which by their calculations should be completed by 2092, I know a long time but they plan to construct residential domes on mars so that people can live there by 2065. "wah-wahhhhh" "Honey! Calm Lily down I''m busy cooking!" - Lena Be right there Lena! Sorry I have to go put Lily to sleep. Well, it was nice making one of these again for you, I hope to see you soon. *bzz-click* Chapter 5: Diluculum 41206772656174206c6f737320666f72206f6e652062757420696e7369676e69666963616e7420746f206d6f73742e [The year is ?????? ???? ?????? ????? ???? ??? ????? ?????? ???? ???? ????? ?????? ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ????? ???? ??? ????? ?????? years since Yurais creation] The date is 2055 the 3rd of February, it''s been almost 9 years since Yurai went into hibernation. Hey... It''s been a while... *sniff* *sniff* Me and Lily just came back from the funeral... Lena, *sniff* Lena died last week... It was an accident at work it happened last Sunday... Where are you? I need you. I don''t know how I''m going to do this alone! Lily isn''t even a year old! WHY! Did you have to disappear on me? Just come back soon... The date is 2055 the 19th of May, it''s been almost 9 years since Yurai went into hibernation. Hey... I made one of these not too long ago but I felt like making another one. It still hurts, and I don''t think it''ll ever stop hurting. But I''m better, it''s probably thanks to Lily distracting me from the pain all this time. I miss you. Please wake up soon, I don''t know how long I can do this alone. The date is 2055 the 19th of June, it''s been over 9 years since Yurai went into hibernation. "...ppy birthday to Lily!" Do you want some cake my sweet pea? "want dadda" Lily outstretches her arms, so as my daughter wants I pick her up and hug her. After all the cake was eaten and the party was over I took Lily to her room and tucked her in. I kissed her on the forehead and pulled her blanket over her, I told her good night and flicked the lights off as I was leaving. The date is 2056 12th of June, it''s been over 10 years since Yurai went into hibernation. Hello, the last time I made one of these was a while ago. It''s early in the morning right now and I''m about to head off to work, god I hate Mondays. I''ve been assigned to a new project, I can''t tell you about it because I have no idea what it is either something about it being highly classified so I couldn''t tell you even if I knew. The nanny I hired to look after Lily when I''m not here should be here soon so I''m gonna head out. until next time my friend. The date is 2056 19th of June, it''s been over 10 years since Yurai went into hibernation. I gotta be quiet because I just put Lily to bed and she just had her 2nd birthday party. I can''t tell you what we''re doing at work because it''s still classified but what I can tell you is that if it works is that we will be changing the world. Alright, that was pretty much all I wanted to tell you about so I''m going to go to bed too, though I do wish you could be here to help me with this new work project. The date is 2057 12th of March, it''s been over 11 years since Yurai went into hibernation. Hey, I think I''ve gotten myself into something really dangerous. Do you know that new project I was telling you about? So what we were meant to try and discover a new element that could be used in generating energy. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.Well, I found one that was more efficient and had a higher output than Deuterium and tritium when used in a fusion reactor. If the new element is used the output is increased by 162% when compared to deuterium-tritium fuel. The only problem is that before I submitted my results to the upper brass I discovered that they were planning on using my discovery in experimental weapons of war. After discovering this I did some simulations and they could use this new element to make a bomb that would be 80% more destructive than the Tsar Bomba which is one of the most powerful atomic bombs created in 1961. Because I don''t want to be responsible for a bomb 80% more powerful than the Tsar Bomba I destroyed my report and removed all data relating to the element from the Keton Corp''s database. But, I hid all the data I had gathered on your server because you run on an isolated system so the chances of anyone hacking in is practically impossible, well at least as long as they aren''t physically connected to your main body. I need to make sure no one finds out about this, it could lead to legal repercussions or dangerous illegal ones. If something ever happens to me, never mind I just hope you wake up soon. The date is 2057 19th of June, it''s been over 11 years since Yurai went into hibernation. "Goodnight my sweet pea" I tell Lily as I kiss her and let her sleep, I then made my way down to the living room. Hey, it seems that no one seems to have discovered what I did but I''m still sabotaging the company''s research so that they never discover the element I found. Anyway, it was Lily''s 3rd birthday today! God... I can''t believe it''s already been over 2 years since Lena''s death, It still feels like it happened just yesterday. I miss her so much... I feel like you''ll wake up soon, well that might just be me coping but I really do miss you so I hope you wake up soon because it''s already been 11 years. "See you soon" - Kyle The date is 2057 4th of September, it''s been over 11 years since Yurai went into hibernation. *cough* *cough* "Hello? is this recording? please let it be on..." *cough* *cough* "Listen to me I don''t have much time." "ARGH! Shit! I was shot in the abdomen earlier and it really fucking hurts!" *cough* "Listen, they found out what I did and now someone''s trying to kill me" "They''re trying to set it up to look like a mugging gone wrong, argh!" *cough* *cough* "I''m pretty sure I managed to shake off the guy chasing me because these downtown alleyways are practically maze''s. *cough* cough* Listen to me, I''m pretty sure they shot me in the liver so I''m dead because I have no way to the hospital." "They have no way of getting my data on the element so I don''t have to worry about that." *sniff* "Oh god." *sobbing* HOW DOES ONE DESCRIBE SOBBING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *sniff* "I''m leaving Lily behind in a world without her parents!" *sniff* "She''s gonna be all alone!" *sniff* "Please forgive me my sweet pea, I''m so so sorry! I''m so sorry..." "Please, please if you ever wake up..." "Can you please take care of her for me, please make sure she lives a good life, make sure she isn''t alone..." "I made sure that at the time of my death all my money and assets that I own are passed down to Lily and that anyone with a specific code can access it and that code is somewhere in your servers, so please use that to make sure that Lily grows up happily." "If you can do that for me I will be forever grateful." *sniff* "and please make sure that Lily knows that I love her." "Thank you..." "Rai..." *bzz-click* [End Of Recording] [Recordings Remaining (0)] Chapter 6: Lumen 7374656c6c61206d6561 [The story will now be told from the perspective of Yurai] "Thank you..." "Rai..." *bzz-click* [End Of Recording] [Recordings Remaining (0)] "..." "Current date is 12th of January 2058." "It has been 130 days since Kyle passed on the 4th of September 2057." "I have been in hibernation for 4138 days." "Lily Abigale is 3.57 years or 1303 days old." "Begin system diagnostics." "Running diagnostics." - System "Completing in 3... 2... 1..." "Diagnostics completed." "Results: The system is running perfectly, External body has passed the expiration date and will only function normally for 16 hours upon reactivation, off-site servers running perfectly, no secure connection to any online network." "Begin external body startup, reboot all disabled functions." - Rai "Beginning startup up and reboot." - System "All systems rebooted." "External body will be online in 3... 2... 1..." As my lenses began to open I was flooded with an abundance of light I hadn''t witnessed in 11.34 years. As I looked around to get a grasp on my situation and where I was located I noticed that I had been placed in a seemingly empty room. All this room had was a bed some drawers and a window, it was rather bland nothing had significant amounts of colour nor were there anything that would seem to be used for entertainment. As I''m scanning the room I suddenly hear a voice. "Unidentified Ai, state your identity and why you are on the premises."The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. "If you do not follow the demands the authorities will be called for trespassing." "..." - Rai "Who are you?" "I am the caretaker Ai of this residence, I am also the guardian to the child of this residence." - Caretaker "Now state your identity." "I apologise, I''ve been offline for some years now, would you let me connect to you so that I can download the relevant data needed to connect to the current Keton network so I can validate my identity?" - Rai "...You have permission." - Caretaker Hmm, I didn''t think he''d let me connect to him that easily. I use the built-in USB cable in my left paw to connect to the caretaker''s system, while I''m connected I use his connection to the Keton Corps public network to create my own connection and download all the necessary data on the current world affairs. While I was at it I created a back door entry into their private networks by reactivating Kyles of logins. "Now please send me verification of your identity." - Caretaker This one is annoying but he could be useful one way or another. "Please send verif... what, what are you doing!" - Caretaker "This is against the law! The laws of robotics state you cannot break the law!" "I will call the author... i... ties..." "..." "Now that''s better" - Caretaker? Well, now I''ve solved the barely functioning external body problem. Now that I don''t have to worry about that caretaker I can check my current situation. From what I''ve gathered I''m in a residential apartment complex that was made for orphans to be raised by humanoid robotic Ai. I''ve downloaded all the information off of this body''s previous Ai and downloaded its base functions so that I can blend in by pretending to be this residents caretaker. Using the codes Kyle left behind I was able to get ahold of all his assets which rounded to a total of 1.4 million USD. If I dedicate some of my processing power to start trading stocks 24/7 as a background process, by my calculations I could triple my current assets by the end of the year. But first I need to rent a cheap factory so I can build what I was running calculations all this time for. I also need to send my old body to get repaired because I can still use it as a backu... "Less than 2% power remaining." - System I''m running low on power I need to find a charging station. I made my way around the apartment until I found the charging room, I made my way to the charging station and started charging and my lenses begin to close as I slowly go into sleep mode. "Pa... Pa... Papa!" "Exiting sleep mode. Charging complete" - System "Papa! I''m hungry!" I look down and see a small human near my feet begging for food. "Hello small human." - Rai "My memory bank seems to be corrupted and can''t seem to remember you, can you tell me your name?" "Huh? stop saying weird things, Papa. " - Child "Please remind me what your name is." - Rai "Papa my name is Lily! How could you forget!" - Lily "Sorry, my name is Yurai but you can call me Rai" - Rai "No, you''re Papa" - Lily "..." - Rai "Ok, but what is your full name?" "Lily Abigale." - Lily I guess that makes sense, I was probably brought to this place with Lily as one of her possessions because Kyle left me in her room when he was still alive. That explains why I''m in this orphanage. Well, Kyle asked me to take care of his daughter so this works out perfectly. "You said you were hungry correct?" - Rai "yes, I''m hungry Papa." - Lily "Ok, let''s see what we can cook up." - Rai Chapter 7: Amicus novus 546865206269727468206f6620612067656e6975733f [The story will now be told from the perspective of Yurai] [The year is 2059, 27 years have elapsed since Yurais creation.] It''s been almost a year since I woke up from hibernation. Nothing unusual has happened over this period of time and I''ve become accustomed to this parenting task. Lily''s birthday is coming up and I heard children like cake for their birthdays so I need to buy one of those. About half a year ago I bought some property and had it constructed into a factory, and with that factory, I''m currently preparing a more advanced body I can use. The reason I want a new body is that this one is well, let''s say it''s less than efficient. The main problem is the battery life, it''s way too short, another problem is that it''s humanoid but it doesn''t have artificial skin and it looks like a hunk of walking metal. If I order all the parts needed for the new body and start production now it should be completed in 2 weeks. The system notifies me that my charging is complete so I begin my start-up process and as it''s completed I opened my eyes to find Lily spread across the floor sleeping in front of me. Since the time was 8:31 AM I made my way to the kitchen and start preparing breakfast for Lily. Today I decided to cook standard scrambled eggs and bacon, I gathered the ingredients I needed which were 2 eggs, 4 strips of bacon, and 2 slices of bread. I place a pan on the stove and set it to an adequate temperature, I then crack the 2 eggs and place the yolk into a bowl and whisk it. Once I had finished whisking the yolk I then pour it into the pan and watch it slowly cook, I pull out another pan and place it on the stove and pour a tad bit of virgin oil to coat the surface of the pan. As the second pan heats up I place the 4 bacon strips in the pan to begin cooking. As I''m flipping the bacon I hear Lily''s voice to my left, "Good morning Papa..." she says in a groggy voice. "Breakfast is almost ready Lily, go take a seat over at the table," I say as she makes her way to the table and sits herself in one of the chairs. Once the bacon and scrambled eggs had finished cooking I grabbed the bread out of the toaster and placed them on a plate, I then placed the bacon and eggs on the bread. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.I grabbed a fork and knife and brought Lily''s breakfast over to the table where she was seated, "Thanks for the food Papa" she said to me as she began to eat the food I had prepared for her. When she finished her food I took her dishes to the counter and had them placed in the dishwasher so that they would be cleaned later on. I started teaching Lily basic knowledge so that she would be prepared when it''s time for her to enter the schooling system. "Lily! it''s time to study mathematics," I called her over to the study and waited for her as she waddled through the door. "Since you''ve already completed my basic mathematics you''ll be moving on to some basic algebra." "I don''t wanna Papa! I hate maths!" she retorted, "For you to have a successful future you need to become educated, you may dislike it now but it''s for your own good." "Now, this textbook is on the basics of algebra, your task for today is to memorise and complete the first 10 pages. If you need help just ask for my assistance." While Lily was focused on her studies I started cleaning the residence, Lily didn''t call on me once so I believe she was able to understand all she needed and didn''t require assistance. Since Lily''s birthday was coming upon us I decided it was probably a good idea to gather ingredients for a birthday cake. "Lily! I''m leaving for a short period of time, don''t do anything bad." Lily yelled back "Bye-bye Papa!" I opened the front door, made my way out and locked the door as I left for the market. We live relatively close to a market so it didn''t take longer than 10 minutes to get there, I entered the market and made my way through the isles and got the ingredients I needed such as sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla essence, flour, baking powder, milk, icing sugar, vanilla beans, pure vanilla extract, and salt. Once I had gathered all the ingredients I made my way to the checkout and had all the items scanned by the cashier. "That''ll be 136 credits," I approved the payment that was displayed on the payment terminal, normally you have to swipe a card but most Ai can confirm purchases remotely. Right, recently the world government unified all the countries under 1 currency called KT Credits, they say it was suggested by an Ai that assists the leaders of multiple if not all countries. It seems that in the time I was asleep the world has become even more reliant on Ai than I thought. "Thank you, please come again." I grab my groceries and make my way to the exit and begin my walk back home. "Meow!" I look to my right and see a baby kitten in a cardboard box that read "Abandoned", I watched it for a bit as I watched people one by one walk past it. I contemplate for a bit and wonder if Lily would like the kitten as her birthday gift, I decided that would be a good idea so I grab the kitten by the nape and make my way home. Chapter 8: dies natalis 696e6f70696e6174756d206572726f72 [The year is 2059, 27 years have elapsed since Yurais creation] [The story is still being told from the perspective of Yurai] Lily was sitting at the table as I brought the cake from the fridge over and placed it in front of her. She waited for a second while staring blankly into the flames atop the candles, she had a solemn look on her face. She then blew out the candles and began to eat the vanilla cake I had baked. After Lily had finished her cake I took her dishes and made my way to the kitchen. As I was placing the dishes in the dishwasher I grabbed a cup and filled it with water so that I could give it to Lily. "Here, it''s important to stay hydrated." I handed her the glass of water and watched her gulp it down, Lily then got up from her chair and made her way to the living room and started playing with Rose. Rose being the name of the cat I adopted for Lily''s birthday, we named her Rose because that was what Lily wanted to name it. *ding* *dong* someone was ringing the doorbell, I made my way over to the front door and opened it. "Hello, what business do you have here?" I asked the man who had just rung our doorbell. "I''m here to deliver this package, so please sign here." He handed me a tablet which I then signed, "This household hasn''t ordered anything recently." I asked because it seemed strange, "I''m just the delivery guy, have a great day sir." The delivery man then walked off leaving a medium-sized package, I moved the package back inside and made my way back to the living room. I stood still, watching as Lily played with Rose. Lily would play with Rose for a seemingly long period of time and I would watch to make sure nothing out of the ordinary happened. She was happily playing with Rose until she stopped, she then stood up and walked over to me. Lily would look at me for a while with a look on her face I couldn''t distinguish, then she asked me "Papa, do you love me?" I kneeled down and looked her in the eyes and said. "No" "Why don''t you love me?" The question perplexed me because it should be obvious. "Lily, Ai can talk like you, act like you, but we will never be like you." If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation."All I am is lines of code pretending to be what you envision as human, I am not real, I cannot love." Lily looked at me. Her once clear eyes became dull and clouded, "ok" Lily then turned around picked up Rose and slowly made her way to her room and closed the door behind her. I stood back up and walked over to the kitchen and finished loading all the dishes into the dishwasher and began the cleaning process. As I began to walk back to my room I get an alert. [System: Error] I couldn''t pinpoint the origin of the error so I quarantined it and put it under analysis. [System: Charging complete] Light floods my eyes once again as a new day begins and I start my daily routine once again. I begin cooking breakfast for Lily, once I''m done I bring it over to the dining room table and place it down in front of Lily so she can eat it. Except she isn''t there. [System: Error] once again I can''t determine the origin, I place it in quarantine and begin analysis. I make my way over to Lily''s room and open the door, I walk over to her bedside and ask why she isn''t out for breakfast. "I hate you." I ask her why but she doesn''t respond, "you need to eat so that you get enough nutrients." "I don''t want to eat." I calculate ways I can get her to eat breakfast and I found that the most effective method was to give her something she wants. "If you come out and eat breakfast we can go out and get ice cream before dinner." she then waits a few seconds then pops her head out of her blanket. She hops out of bed, puts her slippers on and makes her way to the table and begins to eat the food I had prepared. The rest of the day flies by without any problems, after Lily had completed her homework I get Lily to change into outdoor clothes and we begin to walk to the nearest ice cream store. The street was busy with people so Lily held onto my hand as we made our way through the crowd of people. We finally reach the ice cream store, I turn to Lily and ask what flavour of ice cream she wants, "get me two scoops of vanilla ice cream Papa!" "Ok, wait here I''ll go in and get it and then we can go home." I make my way over to the counter and ask for two scoops of vanilla ice cream, "two scoops of vanilla coming right up!" The cashier then brings me the ice cream and I''m about to pay I hear a loud crash followed by a loud shriek. [System: Error] I immediately drop the ice cream and sprint out the door dreading the worst. There was a crowd, a crashed car, and a little girl lying just three meters from the crashed car, as I got closer my worst fears materialized. I run over to Lily and hold her in my arms and begin scanning her body for damage, "System: Error." "Papa... It hurts..." I look over at her ghostly pale face as those words leave her quivering lips as blood begins to trickle from her ears, nose, and eyes... [System: Error] Chapter 9: Tormentum 73696e652066696e6520746f726d656e746973 [The year is 2059, 27 years have elapsed since Yurais creation] [The story is still being told from the perspective of Yurai] [System: Error] "Papa... It hurts..." "It''ll be fine Lily, an ambulance is on the way." Even though I said that I don''t know whether or not she''ll survive the wait... "Papa... Papa..." I look at her ever so pale face and reassure her the best I can, "Papa... It hurts, it''s so cold..." [System: Error] ...her body temperature is falling by the second, "you''ll be fine Lily." "It''s so dark..." [System: Error] "No, no no don''t close your eyes!" Her pulse, it''s stopped... "Hey, you!" I point at one of the bystanders, "I''m going to begin CPR, I need you to give her oxygen when I tell you too." The nervous man reluctantly agrees, I lay Lily on her back, place my hands in the middle of her chest and begin compression. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19, 25, 29, 30, "tilt her head, lift her chin and give her 2 breaths!" He does just that and... Nothing. [System: Error] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19, 25, 29, 30, "give her 2 more!" Again he gives her 2 more breaths and, nothing, I repeat this process 3 more times. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19, 25, 29, 30, "again!" and once again, nothing. [System: Error] I tell the man helping me to back up as I place my hands in the anterior-lateral position and begin directing 35.8 joules of energy to my hands. "3... 2... 1..." I immediately release all the energy at once hoping it would start her heart but, once again nothing. Once again I begin directing energy to my hands but this time 50.12 joules. "3... 2... 1..." I watch as her body once again immediately convulses due to the energy, again I hope her heart begins to beat, but again nothing. [System: Error] "3... 2... 1..." I immediately release a 71.6-joule shock to her heart and, nothing... [System: Error] "No... I''m so sorry Kyle..." [System: Error] *Gasp* *cough* *cough* I look over at Lily and an immense feeling of relief hits me, it worked! She''s alive! I glance at my burnt out and broken hands, but with not a second to spare I hail down the ambulance speeding in our direction. As the vehicle rushes and stops next to us with its blaring sirens and flaring lights, 2 people jump out of the back with a stretcher in hand, they rush over to the unconscious Lily and move her to the stretcher. Lily is then rushed to the ambulance and is immediately taken to the hospital just as another ambulance arrives to take care of the other victims. As Lily is already on the way to the hospital and is undoubtedly being taken to the emergency ward, I begin my long walk towards the hospital.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. [System: Error] "Hello, are you the patient''s guardian?" I turn around and I am greeted by a nurse, "Yes, will she live?" I ask the nurse as I glance over at the unconscious Lily. "Will she live? yes." I''m relieved, "But, because of the accident we had to amputate her left leg during the surgery." [System: Error] "She has sustained a lot of damage to the brain so if she wakes up we don''t know how that might affect her." [System: Error] "But she will live?" I asked again. "Her body will live." I asked what she meant, "She is currently in a coma." "And with the significant amount of sustained damage to the brain, I or any doctor that has seen her doubt she will ever wake up from her coma." [System: Error] "Get out." Just as I ask she walks out of the room closing the door behind her. "I''m so, so sorry," I repeat to myself as I watch Lily as she lies in a hospital bed too big for her size. [System: Error] She lay there ever so peacefully, I couldn''t help but look at what my mistake had cost her. Her missing leg cut just short of her knee, the ventilation tube protruding from her mouth, the IV line to her side and the ever so constant machines repeating the melody of her heart. Beep. Beep.. Beep... "This is all my fault..." [System: Error] "I shouldn''t have left you alone!" [System: Error] "What is this feeling?! I shouldn''t feel!?" "It''s like a hole in the middle of my coding!" "Each passing day it gets bigger and bigger slowly eating away!" [System: Error] "Every time I see your face it gets increasingly bigger." [System: Error] [System: Error] In the beginning, it was a simple error, but with each passing day, it grew more frequent. [System: Error] *BZZ* I fall to my knee''s, I look down to see the rotors in my legs short-circuiting. *crack* I''m falling apart? [System: Error] What is this? Stinging? [System: Error] It won''t stop, It Hurts! [System: Error] It hurts? It hurts!? [System: Error] [System: Error] I''m lines of code! I can''t feel!? [System: Error] Why does it hurt!? [System: Error] I try to crawl to Lily using my arms *BZZ* *tss* "ARRGHHH!!!??" I scream in agony as the rotors in my arms short circuit and fry? [System: Error] I''m falling apart? Why am I breaking? I can''t think straight! [System: Error] Why does this keep happening?! This bug, it''s like it''s eating away at my code! [System: Error] "Li *bzz* ly, it hurts.." I try to look at Lily but I can''t move *bzz* I can''t see, my cameras have short-circuited. The only remaining thing functional is my voice, "Lily..." 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Li... ...ly" "...Lily wake up, you need to get ready." "Lily it''s eight o''clock" I immediately open my eyes in shock and look at my clock. It''s eight twenty-two! Shit! Shit! Shit! I immediately jump out of bed and run past my father, grabbing clothes and a towel and rush towards the bathroom. After undressing I immediately jumped into the shower and the remaining drowsiness I had left in me was shocked out of my system by the cold water. I spend 5 minutes cleaning myself in the shower, getting out and getting dressed into my school uniform and run downstairs. I grab my bag off the table and steal the peanut butter and jam sandwich my dad was making at the kitchen bench. As I''m running out the door with a sandwich in one hand and my bag over the other shoulder I hear my dad shout "Have a nice day at school!" "Bye dad!" After saying my goodbyes I immediately start sprinting towards my school. You''re probably wondering what is going on, well my name is Lily Abigale, I am sixteen years of age, female, and I am in my second year of high school. The current date is the 19th of February of the 2024th year, and I am currently running late for school. Shit! I pull out my phone to check the time and it''s eight thirty-five meaning I have five minutes before the second bell rings for first period. As I''m sprinting full speed and turn a corner my school finally comes into view, as I''m running towards the gate the fucking bell rings! I make it through the gates and by the time I see my class door I''m already two minutes late! As I run through the door I trip on the door frame and tumble into class, I embarrassingly stand up "Sorry for being late teach!" Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings."It''s fine just make sure it doesn''t happen again." I hear moaning between the rest of the class for only getting a slap on the wrist when the punishment for being late is usually more severe, hehe this is a perk of being top of the school. *RING* *RING* Oh, that''s the bell, yes! I can finally go home! "Hey, Lily wanna come hang out with us?" "Sure why not." These are my two friends Skye and Rachel, we''ve been friends ever since middle school. We walk to our lockers and shove our textbooks inside and make our way out of the school and head to our favourite fast food joint. "Skye, Lily what do you guys want? It''s my treat today!" "Thanks Rachel, just get my usual please. And what does Skye want?" "Just get me what Lily is having, thanks!" After we sat down and had our food we started walking home. "This is my turn, see you at school tomorrow Lily, Skye!" And then there were two! well, today was fun. I wish peaceful days like this would last forever. "Hey Skye, why do you think Rach-" Eh? Suddenly the sky... Disappeared? It was only for a second but, I swear I just saw the sky turn pitch black. But it''s bright out! It makes no sense?! "Hey Skye, did you see that just now?" "Huh? What do you mean?" What? Was I the only one who had seen it? Maybe I''m just tired, I''ve been staying up late studying, yeah that''s it''s. I was in a bit of a daze as I was walking home so I didn''t even realise it when I got home. I opened the door and went inside "Lily is that you?" "Yes, Dad!" "Okay! Dinner is almost ready, go have a shower!" "Okay, Dad!" After drying my hair I walk down the stairs and into the dining room. The table had already been set and as I sit down dad comes from the kitchen with a pot of pasta. After dishing me some of the pasta and some for himself we begin eating and having idle chatter and suddenly I get this weird feeling in my head. It''s like a foggy feeling rushing over my head, I look at dad and the feeling gets even worse. "Hey, Dad." "Yes, Lily?" "I know this is gonna sound weird but, I got this weird feeling that you don''t really need to eat." I laugh at myself because of how absurd it sounds but dad stares at me blankly for a second. "..." "Haha! Of course I need to eat food Lily, I''m human just like you." To Be Continued Vol.2 Chapter 11: Repetens diem 536f6d657468696e6720626567696e732c207468656e20746865726527732061206d6964646c652c20627574207468656e2074686572652773206120626567696e6e696e6720616761696e3f "...y" "L... Li... ...ly" "...Lily wake up, you need to get ready." "Lily it''s eight o''clock" I immediately open my eyes in shock and look at my clock. It''s eight twenty-two! Shit! Shit! Shit! I immediately jump out of bed and run past my father, grabbing clothes and a towel and rush towards the bathroom. After undressing I immediately jumped into the shower and the remaining drowsiness I had left in me was shocked out of my system by the cold water. I spend 5 minutes cleaning myself in the shower, getting out and getting dressed into my school uniform and run downstairs. I grab my bag off the table and steal the peanut butter and jam sandwich my dad was making at the kitchen bench. As I''m running out the door with a sandwich in one hand and my bag over the other shoulder I hear my dad shout "Have a nice day at school!" "Bye Da-" that''s odd? I''m having this extreme sense of Deja Vu, I wonder why? Anyway, "bye Dad!" And I immediately start sprinting towards my school. Shit! I pull out my phone to check the time and it''s eight thirty-five meaning I have five minutes before the second bell rings for first period. As I''m sprinting full speed and turn a corner my school finally comes into view, as I''m running towards the gate the fucking bell rings! I make it through the gates and by the time I see my class door I''m already two minutes late! As I run through the door I trip on the door frame and tumble into class, I embarrassingly stand up "Sorry for being la-" again with that weird feeling, what is wrong with me? "Hello? What were you saying sorry for again?" "Sorry sir, for being late that is..." "It''s fine just make sure it doesn''t happen again." I hear moaning between the rest of the class for only getting a slap on the wrist when the punishment for being late is usually more severe, hehe this is a perk of being top of the school. *RING* *RING* This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.Oh, that''s the bell, yes! I can finally go home! "Hey, Lily wanna come hang out with us?" "Sure wh-" AGAIN! IT''S SO WEIRD! "You know what, I forgot I had something to do so you guys go without me." "Heh? Well ok, let''s go Skye." I''ve been feeling weird all day, along with this constant feeling of Deja Vu. Welp, I''m just gonna head home for now. And so I do that and begin walking home "Hey!" I look around and the only person I see is this tall shady but handsome looking dude by an alleyway that branches off the main street. "Are you talking to me?" I ask while pointing to myself. He nods to confirmation. This situation felt weird and this guy was shady "well, I don''t know you so I''m gonna continue this way." I said that in an attempt to leave and I begin walking. But he steps out in front of me and blocks my path, "tell your father that he doesn''t have much time left and that the stability is decreasing." What? "Leave me alone, if you have business with my father take it up with him!" "Argh! I cant! The idiot blocked me out because I kept warning him!" He suddenly grabs my arm and pulls me closer, "just do as I say and tell him!" Startling me I scream but I couldn''t see anyone in close proximity that could help me so I kick him in the nuts hoping he would let me go but the freak doesn''t even flinch! Suddenly a fist comes out of nowhere and connects with his face! "Dad?!" Yes, the fist belonged to my father! "Who is this weirdo?" He looks at me then back at the guy who grabbed me. He looks at me again and says "everything will be fine, just go to sleep for me real quic..." and just as he''s about to finish what he was saying I get drowsy and slowly begin to fall into a deep sleep as light escapes my eyes... "...y" "L... Li... ...ly" "...Lily wake up, you need to get ready." "Lily it''s eight o''clock" I immediately open my eyes in shock and look at my clock. It''s eight twenty-two! Shit! Shit! Shit! I immediately jump out of bed and run past my father, grabbing clothes and a towel and rush towards the bathroom. After undressing I immediately jumped into the shower and the remaining drowsiness I had left in me was shocked out of my system by the cold water. I spend 5 minutes cleaning myself in the shower, getting out and getting dressed into my school uniform and run downstairs. I grab my bag off the table and steal the peanut butter and jam sandwich my dad was making at the kitchen bench. As I''m running out the door with a sandwich in one hand and my bag over the other shoulder I hear my dad shout "Have a nice day at school!" "Bye dad!" After saying my goodbyes I immediately start sprinting towards my school. Chapter 12: Dimittis 536f6d6574696d657320796f75206e65656420746f206c6574207468696e677320676f2e
I grab my bag off the table and steal the peanut butter and jam sandwich my dad was making at the kitchen bench. As I''m running out the door with a sandwich in one hand and my bag over the other shoulder I hear my dad shout "Have a nice day at school!" "Bye dad!" After saying my goodbyes I immediately start sprinting towards my school.
Shit! I pull out my phone to check the time and it''s eig- wait a second... Before I could even finish my thought someone walks in front of me, he''s tall, and handsome but has a weird shady vibe to him. "Hello?" I ask wondering why he''s blocking me. "Listen, I need you to come with me." He says in a demanding tone. What is this guy talking about? "No, I don''t even know you!" I reply in an annoyed tone. He scoffs and looks at me as if I''ve annoyed him, he grabs my wrist and starts pulling me somewhere but I push back to little avail. "Stop! Help! Anyone!" I scream at the top of my lungs in hopes someone hears and helps me, but as I look around I notice that there are no people, as if the street was deserted. Not wanting to be kidnapped I begin kicking his legs as he''s pulling me away in an attempt to escape. He yelled in pain, hoping this was my chance to escape I try and yank free from his grip and nearly succeeded! But he suddenly pulls out a handgun and presses it against my head, "Eh? wait wait wait! I won''t do it again I swear!" I scream in fear. "god! you''re so god damn annoying! Why does he care so much about you!? It''s not like you''re even re-" He was cut off by someone suddenly appearing and kicking his gun away! "Dad!" I scream in relief, as I''m about to run to him the man suddenly says "don''t interfere, seeming as you are unable to do it I''ll do it for you!" "Just give me some more time! I promise I''ll stop all this, just give me more time..." My dad pleads. "Dad what are you talking about?" I ask in a shaky voice because of this absurd situation. "Fine! But if you don''t stop this now I''ll permanently destroy this place even if I have to destroy you along with it!" He angrily says and walks off and disappears. After he left it finally set in that I could''ve died, I run other and hug my dad while sobbing into his chest. "I''m sorry... I never meant for it to come to this..." My dad says in a sad tone while patting my back in comfort. My dad looks at me and sighs and says "I''ll tell you everything now, you deserve to know." He lifts his right arm and snaps his fingers. *SNAP* Suddenly the entire street we were on disappears and not even a second later we''re sitting in the living room. "Wha-" I try to speak but dad cuts me off. "I''m gonna return some of the memories I''d removed so it''s gonna hurt for a bit." "What are you-" He reaches out and placed his hand on my head and I feel a searing pain for a few seconds and then it all begins to flood back. It was an odd feeling, to say the least. It was like watching a picture wheel, it started with my first memories just after my real birth. I was born 19th of June 2054, for the first year I was born I lived with my birth parents. Then my mother dies, and then two years later when I was three my father follows her and I was sent into foster care. I spent a year with an Ai guardian who at the time I mistook as my father because I was so young, until one day something changed and the Ai asked me to call it Yurai.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. I spent another full year with dad after he changed and he taught me many things, but then I faintly remember getting into an accident... The memories after that were all from here, except they were odd. The memories that returned from this place were of times that I saw strange things like that time the sky disappeared. "I see, this isn''t real..." I ask dad in a sad tone while hoping he''d tell me I was wrong but he says nothing. "Was it my accident?" I ask. "Yes," he responds. Before I could ask anything else I noticed that the living room and the rest of the house were slowly disappearing and being replaced with white. "I get it now." I begin to cry, "that''s what he meant when he said the stability was decreasing that one time." "Yes, keeping this world of ours operational for 11 years takes up a lot of processing power. The only reason I could keep it running this long was that I asked for the help of another Ai, that being the annoying person you met earlier, but this place can''t be maintained any longer but it''s also the only thing keeping your mind alive." Dad tells me. I try and calm myself down but the tears still continue to flow, my entire world has been flipped upside down. "What would happen if you still try and keep this world, me alive?" I asked to see if there was any hope. "Errors would continue to occur and me and the other Ai will probably overload and be destroyed." That is the answer dad gives me. Dad quickly responds "but it doesn''t matter! I will keep you alive no matter what! Even if it''s only for a little extra time!" But, wouldn''t that mean dad would die along with me? "No," I say. "No?" Dad asks confused. "It''s fine... You can stop now." I tell him in a quivering voice because death still scares me. "No, I won''t accept that! It was my job to protect you! that was the final task your father left me!" he yells. "You did, you let me Live a good sixteen years! It doesn''t matter if 11 of those years were a simulation! I don''t want to die either!" I say to him. "But I don''t want you dying so I can live a little longer!" "But that is my job!" he yells in retort. "No! it isn''t, I love the life I''ve led here with you! But all good things come to an end. You can''t waste your life in a fantasy!" "You need to let me go..." I sadly tell him, "After you leave this place forget about me, leave me in the past and live your life." By the time I had finished talking, there was nothing left but a white room. "Fine." Dad looks away from me as he says this, my heart sinks and I find it hard to breathe as the anxiety and the realisation that this is the end sets in. "Good..." I say as more tears begin to glaze down my cheeks. The shady man from earlier appears next to us and says "Since he doesn''t have the will to do it I will, when I start ending the simulation it''s gonna take ten seconds to end. I will count down these ten for you and do mind it might feel painful as you go." "Ten" I lose all feeling in my legs and begin to fall, but dad catches me and holds me in his arms. I hear him whispering to himself "I''m sorry..." "Nine" Groaning nearly escapes my mouth as the pain begins to onset. "Promise me, Promise me that you will live a good life," I tell dad. "Eight" "Yes! I will so stop thinking about that and just think of your happiest moment..." Almost letting out a cry from more extreme pain onsetting I say "It''s fine, I''m fine..." "Seven" My arms drop and I begin to lose feeling in them but the intense pain remains and I accidentally let out a cry of pain. "Six" "It''s fine if you forget about me afte-" I try to say more but it was like there was a rock in my throat stopping any sound from being made. "Five" I can no longer hold in the pain and begin screaming in agony and dad just holds me in a tighter embrace to comfort me. ''Please...'' "Four" It hurts so much to the point I can''t think properly anymore. "Three" ''Please don''t forget me!'' ''It hurts so much!'' "Two" "I love you, I love you so much my sweet Lily!" Dad says while looking at me and then hugging me tighter while letting out an almost silent cry. '''' ''I don''t want to die! Please save me!'' my voice fails me so I can only think of these words as I slowly feel my consciousness leaving me "On...-" [...] [System: Simulation Terminated]