~
@
@@@,, ~
, @ ,,,,
,,,, @@@@@@
~ ,,,,@@@@@
@@@@ ~
,@@@
, @@
@ , @
@@ ,
@@@ ,
@@@@ ,
@@@@@ ,
, @@@@@@,
,@@@@,@,@@ @ ,@ @,@@@@@@,@
,,@@@,@,,@ @@ , @@ @,,@@@@@,@
,@,@@,@,@, @@@ @@@ @,@,@@@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, @@@@ @@@@ @,@,,@@@,@
,@,@@,@,@, @@@@@ @@@@@ @,@,@,@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, @@@@@@@@@@@@ @,@,@,,@,@
,@,@@,@,@, @,@,@,@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, ######################################## @,@,@,,@,@
,@,@@,@,@, ######### ## ## ## ##### ######## @,@,@,@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, ######## # ## ## # ### # ###### @,@,@,,@,@
,@,@@,@,@, ####### ## ## #### ####### @,@,@,@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, ###### # # ## ## # ### # ###### @,@,@,,@,@
,@,@@,@,@, ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### @,@,@,@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, ######################################## @,@,@,,@,@
,@,@@,@,@, @,@,@,@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, THERE IS ANOTHER COMPANY. A CLIMBING @,@,@,,@,@
,@,@@,@,@, AND PENETRATING VINE. IT'S IN THE ROCKY @,@,@,@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, PLAINS, IT'S INSIDE THE HILLS, IT'S @,@,@,,@,@
,@,@@,@,@, DEEP BELOW. GLISTENING SILVER BURROWS, @,@,@,@@,@
,@,,@,@,@, RED-PINK LOGO, UNCLEAR NATIONALITY, @,@,@,,@,@
,@,@@,@,@, VEILED MOTIVES. @,@,@,@@,@
A CAVE COMPANY, A MAGICIAN COMPANY.
, SHARPEST KNIFE, CUTEST KNIFE. ~
WE WILL GROW HUMANS IN PEA-PODS
SHIMMERING SOUND-CARD EMERGENCE,
SOMETHING THERE ON THE SHORE OF
TURTLE BEACH. THE PRIMORDIAL SOUP OF
THE DIGITAL, WAVES IN DITHERING OF %
% THIRD-RATE DAC'S, CARESSING THE SAND,
, BRINGING THINGS UP FROM THE DEPTHS OF
, THE CIRCUIT. AND THERE, DEPOSITED: THE
, FIRST SEED CRYSTAL OF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, OF COURSE.
%
########################################
THE COMPANY IS NAMED FOR IT'S FIRST
PRODUCT, THE ORBITAL MIRROR, BOTH A
PASSIVE SENTINEL AND AN ACTIVE TORCH:
SET TO IT'S WIDEST CONFIGURATION IT
WILL LIGHT UP A WHOLE CITY AT NIGHT, %
AND AT ITS NARROWEST IT BECOMES A LASER
TO CUT THROUGH MOUNTAIN AND METAL.
STILL UNSOLD PROTOTYPES BY THE TIME
WHEN THAT SOMETHING WAS FOUND ON THAT
~ BEACH, NOW THE MIRRORS ARE ALL USED TO
BEAM ENERGY AT DIFFERENT MIRR
IMPLEMENTS, AS A RATHER STATIC AND
BORING POWER SOURCE. (AND SUBTLE THREAT
OF VIOLENCE.) %
%
, ########################################
THE AI IS A CORAL. THEY GROW IT
(CRYSTAL OIL, LEAD GLASS, GENTLE LASER
, CURTAINS) ONLY TO CARVE IT APART AND ,
SECTION IT. TO BECOME CONDITIONED, ~
REFRACTURED, GROWN AGAIN. DELICIOUSLY %
HONED. MIRR SINKS FURTHER BELOW THE
, SURFACE. %
, WHISPERS NOW, ABOUT FEATHERBITE... IS
SHE A REAL PERSON? OR IS THIS THE MIRR
AI, BEING UNLEASHED UPON THE YOUTH? AND
ANOTHER CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT THERE
NOT ACTUALLY BEING ANY HUMAN EMPLOYEES
LEFT. ,
, IN THE MEANTIME, DUBIOUS CREATIONS.
CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN. ,
,
, ######################################## ,
####################### ,
~ ###################### ,
##################### ,
, ####################
,###################
, ##################
, , #################
, ,################
, , ###############
, , ############## ,
, , #############
, , , ############ ,
, , ###########
, ,##########
, , ######### ~
, , ########
, , ####### ,
, ######
, ##### ,
, ####
, ###
, ## ,
#
~
,
,