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~ Earth, Somnium Lab, 3666

On a particular day of the year…

“Ares! Are you ready? It's going to start in just a few minutes!”

“Alright! I'm almost done! I'm just not used to wearing these suits!”

Why do we have to wear suits anyway? I know it's a thousand year old tradition, but still! We are scientists and researchers, shouldn't we appear in our working attire, especially for an event like this?

Opfh- Aph is going to get real angry if I contemplate any further. I quickly fastened my belt and did a last swipe across my smooth, glossy hair as I stepped out of the toilet.

Aph scanned my body, then her eyes stopped on my necktie, pushing it up until I almost choked.

Afterwards, she gave a last scan before dragging me to the main lab, the large lab where the main event is held.

“Let's give a huge welcome to Mr. Ares, who shall give the opening speech.”

The crowd exploded in applause, all the eyes looking at me and reporter bots turned all their cameras to me in sync.

Hoo… haa… hoo… haa… take a deep breath… it's all going to be fine…

I walked up the stage to the podium, which is just in front of a large mechanical robot hanging from the roof. That's the main body of our creation, Earth. It's turned off and still, but today shall be his first day of operation in the real world.

I turned back to face the daunting crowd. Silence... but anticipation and suspense grew in the air. I am his father, I shall not give shame to Earth!

“H-hello everybody, g-guests from all over the w-world.”, I gulped. Aph was already facepalming.

I gulped again. “W-we, the researchers and scientists of Somnium Lab, a-are very honoured to have s-such guests for this fateful e-event.”

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Small bits of laughter can be heard from the crowd, and Aph was almost already cowering in shame. She swiped her hands, signalling me to go to the next part.

I took another deep breath and tried to believe in myself. Afterall, this is our creation and I should be proud of him. In fact, I can say without a doubt that I am most proud of him.

“A-alright, we will skip the introductions and get to the main event.”

I got ready as everybody fell silent and watches in anticipation. Even a slight coat shrug could be heard from across the room. The reporter bots were very focused at this critical moment. However, the ones that were the most excited and sitting at the front rows are our own researchers and scientists.

I walked to the center of the stage where there is a control panel, and everybody watched as I pressed the large, green “ON” button.

And… nothing happened.

The anticipation grew to an all-time high, and people started to whisper and talk about how Earth was not working… though I knew it was all part of the plan- no, a prank of Earth.

I clenched my teeth as I tried to keep my face straight, and all of our scientists and researchers already knew what was going on through the many virtual simulations that we ran.

Unable to take the joke anymore, one of the critics was going to stand up from his seat ready to launch his barrage of skeptical, biased remarks at us and the lab.

All of a sudden, the lights flickered for a bit, before completely shutting down and turning the whole lab pitch black.

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“BOO!”

Out of the blue, the lights turned on as the sound resonated through the hallways and boomed through the main lab. Earth’s large main body had moved up to the crowd, catching the reporter bots, the guests and the critics off-guard, some people even fell of the seats, especially the critic that stood up. The reporter bots had fell on their backs from the shock, and were struggling to get back on their feet.

I’ll bet on my ten dollars that everybody else on this world watching this event fell off their seats too.

And thus, by the prank that shook the whole world, Earth, the most advanced A.I. ever created was introduced to the world.

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