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The dream started as it always had.
Error messages
Red, blinking error messages
[REDACTED]
He was [REDACTED]. There was so much noise and [REDACTED] was laughing and oh First Master it burned.
His chest
His hands
His face
Burned
Burned
Burned
Burned
And unlike the frostbite that pricked his code and pounded against his neural processors, this burn shocked, stabbed; it ran from his core outwards like tendrils. It ate at his synthetic skin and tore his wires so that they hung as vines.
His vitals were displayed behind his eyes for only him to see,
PQRST waves erratically danced as his power-source overloaded until-
The beats went still.
A shrill ringing in his ears as the burning finally stopped and he fell, fell, fell.
Into the beautiful snow of his own creation.
He was d̺̭́̀E̲̭̼̍̓͠@̰̜͍̓͘͘d̥̗̗́̍̂
He was d̖͂eă̢̛̺̱̯̖̝͐̃̃̉d̳͇̙͈̽̔̀̓͐͜
D̝̫̈́͗e͚͔̅̐͟͠ą̛̥̞̼͉͊̅͌̎͗͜d̩̖̯̭̟̈̔̂̑͛
[REDACTED]
D̡̞̩͙̗̳͍̼͔͖̝͗̃͂͊̾̍̅̆̿͡͝E͙̎͂ͅÄ̢̡̮̜͈̯̯͚̫̟͍͎̤́̓̐̃̇̃̽͗͛̅́̕̚͜͝͠ͅD̡̩͖͔͍̝͓̬́̄͒̎͑͐͗̋
D̡̫͙̼̓̊̂́͐ͅË͇͈̥̗̟͒̌͘͘͟͞A͍̳̥̥̞͆͑͋͆̃͢͠D͚͡
D̫̮̮̭̹̑̒̓͑͝Ẻ̢̢̠͓̌͛̏Ǎ̢͖͈͚̌̅̕D̻̫͘͞
[REDACTED]
[REBOOT]
[RḚ̥̪̤͉͊͂̂̓͛D̨̼̺͐̀̑Ä̛͇͎̯́̀͊͢C̹̀T̥̹̲̓̋͆Ȩ̦̟̄͌́̕͜͠ͅD]
[Ŗ́Ĕ̀͢ͅD̜̬̋̓A̡̿C̤̿Ț͋E̞̞̎͠D̡͈̝̻̥̑̊̌̈̔]
[REBOOT]
[SEQUENCE: 1- 2- 3- 4-]
[REBOOT COMPLETE]
[ERROR: MEMORY FILES 97.3%]
- [BACKUP HARDRIVE?]
- [Ē͖̥̓R̡̛̥̜͈͙̆̃̉̆R̛̙O͖̩̊͠R̖͡] [NO]
[WARNING: SELECTING “NO” RISKS PERMANENT MEMORY DAMAGE. PROCEED?]
• [YES] [E̖̙͛͒RR̢̿O̝̝̔̊Ṛ̠̊̿]
[HARDRIVE BACKUP DENIED]
[FUNCTIONS RETURNED TO USER]
[WELCOME BACK, Z͈̼̏͋A̳̖͛̃N̦͒Ę̞̿̕]
Romantic pinks and oranges from a vibrant sunrise painted the room in long lazy strokes as it fought the night away; the rays settling across the bed and accompanying nightstand, pressed into fluttering eyelids.
Brilliant blue LEDs caught the ruddy rays, shadows cast across them from the thinnest of eyelashes spun from silver-colored wire
It is a beautiful day, and Zane Julian can’t wait to get it started.
