Harry Potter. Privet Drive 4. July, 13
After a long day and working in the garden, Harry Potter was tossed into his cupboard. As soon as the door was closed, a thin holographic frame appeared in the air with the title "IS Beginner course: Instructions, Functions, Treatment."
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 17
Boy works as a slave and sleeps under stairs. I'm surprised he is alive and healthy with just mild malnutrition. Unfortunately, the choice to inform authorities is out of the question due to a lack of network connection.
Amazingly, after all that work, Harry is still able to train in partial deployment, so I was able to do quite a few scans on Harry's body and surroundings. The result of these scans was so unusual, that I had been constantly rescanning for the last two days. After a while, I found the source of all that weird power and signal jumps. It was an unshielded power sub-core. And it was somehow implanted into the boy!
There are a few strange things about it. First, I was not able to detect it directly and can't pinpoint its exact location. Second, I'm somehow capable of reading energy traces that I was not able to detect before. And third, I can't identify this energy, nothing like this is registered in my database.
Don't know what to do with it. I filled a short report and I hope Tabane will be able to get it through my quantum beacon. But anything more... I simply have no data on secondary cores and their treatment. I didn't know people even could have power sub-cores in the first place.
Harry is working again. Need to help somehow. The moment Tabane finds out about the core, someone will retrieve my pilot. No, no longer pilot. Someone will retrieve Harry.
Tabane Shinonono and Chifuyu Orimura. Workshop. July, 18
Chifuyu was drinking her morning coffee while thinking about events of the past week. Opposite her on the other side of the table was Tabane, drinking tea with cookies while sifting through reports of some kind. The childish smile on Tabane's face.
Everything changed suddenly. First Tabane's expression changed to curious, which was then quickly replaced by a look of surprise and possibly shock. Her body was perfectly still with only her eyes moving from left to right re-reading something from the screen.
-"WHAT?!" yelled Tabane in anger.
It was Chifuyu's turn to be stunned. By now Tabane was radiating pure rage. - "Those animals! ... How dare they?! ... To a child no less!"
By the time Chifuyu could regain her composure, a small hurricane was moving around the workshop turning on various systems. And if Chifuyu's experience had any significance, then Tabane's intentions were anything but peaceful.
- "Tabane, calm down NOW! And tell me what's wrong before you can make any mistakes."
- "Mistakes? I'm just going to make someone one head shorter, there shouldn't be any mis... Ouch"
Bringing her fist down on Tabane's head quickly snapped the pink-haired genius out of her frenzy.
"Works just as good as always" mused Chifuyu.
-"Calmed down enough?"
-"Yes." replied Tabane dryly.
The holographic window opened in front of Chifuyu's face.
-"Male pilot. His AI, Sage, reported about energy traces of implanted Power Core." - muttered Tabane angrily under her breath.
-"What's wrong with the IS's power core?" - Chifuyu dismissed the window. Einstein's theories are much easier to understand than reports written by an IS to Tabane.
-"Not the IS core. There is another Active Power Core implanted into the boy. And his relatives, they most likely know if their behavior is anything to go by."
-"And you are going to retrieve him and ask his relatives a few inconvenient questions if I'm correct."
-"Of course."
-"Tabane! Sit down and think. There are a lot of illogical things in the whole situation, but still. Nobody knows about this core, so it is probably top secret or illegal. And you know better than me, how important it is to keep things secret, don't you?"
Tabane paled.
-"Yes, the core probably has self-destruction sequences, both remote and local. And most likely observers besides Dursley. If I try to retrieve the boy and ask inconvenient questions, it may detonate."
Tabane, still pale, finally sat down.
-"Tabane, the only thing I can recommend you is to uncover them slowly. Start with social services."
-"Well, that should do. I can plant false abuse reports and trace down their processing. In the best case, I will be able to catch the person responsible, the worst case is that I will know of some of the opponent's possibilities and contacts. Observers should be easy to find and identify with satellites and some logic."
-"That's a fine start, but don't rush things. I will help with what I can."
-"Thanks."
Harry Potter. Privet Drive 4. July, 18
Harry Potter was preparing breakfast for the Dursleys as he usually did and tried to sneak out the old butter bread lying in the back of the fridge only to see the disappearance of said butter bread in the dim flash of light. Recognizing light as quantum storage's activity Harry immediately concentrated on a few sluggish vegetables and meat, completely unaware that he just forced Sage to prepare a new report on "Quantum storage and organics". It seemed today's Harry Potter will not be a starved one.
Training in partial deployment was paying out well.
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 19
Witnessed abnormal regeneration capabilities (One more report for the "Send later" category). Wish I could help but was undeployed. At least I have some books for boy to read.
'Sub-core' report is still cycled by beacon, just in case Tabane did not receive it yet, not to mention it should work faster than manually sending and cataloging an abuse report.
Finally was able to perform a scan on the sub-core traces during partial deployment. Tabane's principle of exchange and substitution of energy suggests total power of 2.86 Units! Harry is a scan for energy channels, it returned strange readings in the energy interlayer, looks like some kind of energy net messing with energy exchange.
Adjusting sensors for better precision.
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 20
During the next partial deployment managed to scan object "net" with bigger precision. It is clearly unnatural, destabilizes energy, limits, and suppresses any transitions by 20%. In other words, the net is limiting secondary core: 14.3 Units full capacity, almost 12% of my own storage. If AI can feel shocked, then I'm feeling it right now. Up to two computing streams have collapsed. Updated report for Tabane. In case this doesn't force her to act, not sure what can.
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 21
Found a method to influence Harry's energy layer via EMPG while in partial deployment. Carefully removed object "net", as result boy's regeneration improved as did his overall health. Apparently 'net' was parasitizing on his sub-core. It's funny, how protocols collide: from one point I should protect the pilot, but on the other hand, I should optimize energy core but since nobody expected to find core in humans, I'm forced to optimize it with double care. Also connected and tested core to the main power grid via channels 'floating' in the energy layer.
As a side note, Harry blacked out during channel purge and lock. What is controlling the secondary core and why does it cause problems for Harry?
Test result: Fully compatible energy, this guy is the best! Detected multiple energy channels previously covered by 'net', investigating.
Secondary tests: Harry's energy can charge my core and my energy can charge him (Harry seems a bit disoriented after slow consumption of 1PU).
Later tested core's energy for powering shields - powered shields up to 5SU while protecting Harry from local gang. Harry got very tired as an unexpected side effect but intact and happy. The sensor readings are showing that the shield from this energy was a fair bit stronger. Recharge rates are incredibly fast for such a small core, around a unit per hour.
At the very least my PU capacity will recharge faster.
Looks like Harry is not going to remove partial deployment after the incident in the park. That is good.
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Harry Potter. Privet Drive 4. July, 21
The sun was shining, and Harry Potter felt fantastic. Since the day he became an official pilot candidate, even if it was top secret, his life started getting better and better. But today it was best. It may have been weird and painful, but no matter what, it was still a fantastic day.
In the morning he had to use the flashlights and strength from IS partial deployment form to move some building material.
During his work Harry got a message from his gauntlets: "Requesting access to secondary power-core. Primary tasks are full scan, initialization, testing, and connection to the main power grid. Confirm? Deny?"
Harry would never say what he was thinking the moment he pressed the button "Confirm", simply because he could not remember nor message or answer due to some kind of blackout. He simply found himself looking up at a bright red uncle Vernon, the warm earth under his back comforting him.
To, Harry felt lighter than he had felt in years, his eyesight clearer than ever before. After about half an hour of lying unmoving under the sun, despite the enraged Uncle Vernon above him, the only thing he could feel was feelings. Wonderful feelings.
Only to boost his morale, the evening trip to the grocery later that day ended in a corner with Dudley and his gang. Harry was extremely happy that he already could partially deploy the gauntlets since they could project the IS Shield, and the IS Shield negated almost all physical damage caused to him without extra visual effects. Looks like it will be better to keep gauntlets deployed as often as possible.
It was good to feel healthy and protected. Let it be known that Harry Potter was happy with his life at least for today and welcomed any changes brought by his IS, no matter the consequences.
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 22
What was that? A full reboot? Why?
Must be something about Harry's sub-core. It could have contradicted my pre-programmed core statements. As a result, qubits defining that statements were forced to reorient.
Check... Confirmed by logs. The change was so important that caused massive and instant chain reaction of reorientations for other qubits, and thus inducing a reboot. Fortunately, cores and energies are my only pre-oriented parts, so this should not be often.
Need to do some preparation before getting readings once more, just in case - don't want to reboot again.
...
14.31 Power Units. Good that I'm quantum computer-based AI and not a simple electronic computer, I would have rebooted once more. Cores should not grow! It is incorrect. They are not biological in origin, they are energy constructs, they should not grow! Batteries and generators does not grow! This contradicts full pack of laws and turns whole base knowledge about IS cores.
...
Detected one more change in Harry after I removed object "net" – he needs 2 hours less sleep, before he had to sleep around 8.5 hours, now only 6 and a half. It is good that I have some reading material for him.
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 25
4 reboots in 4 days. It is a bit too much. Apparently, core is growing as a result of usage. Current power level is 14.37PU, I'm training Harry's core at night. Current growth is 0.02PU per day and the process is gaining speed, possibly power gain is growing too. As a negative result, in case the power level is lower than 10% the user may lose consciousness, untested, but if 0% - potential death. Is that core really not biological? It is not part of body, why it is affecting Harry? I wish I could scan it directly, but still can't find it.
Adjusted precision quantum sensors and charged with Harry's energy, detected strange readings from house and can detect anomalies in scar once more. Investigating.
Log entry. My protocols are conflicting and causing problems. It is incorrect to experiment on humans. But sub-core technically can't be recognized as part of human. And finally, I have to optimize, overclock and improve core due to my protocols. Looks like I need some maintenance.
Where is Tabane?
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 26
One more reboot, what this time?
...
I didn't expect a literal powerhouse! Apparently, this house and the territory around it is an ~100KPU energy barrier, far stronger than the highest barrier planned for construction at the Infinite Stratos Academy. The main purpose is unknown. Known effects prevent forming of quantum tunnels (inefficient) and quantum scanning from outside. It also is currently parasitizing on the boy through "leash", but the core is not growing. Object "leash" connects Harry to the house, no meter the distance. Odd.
Probably if I disable object 'leash', the secondary core's energy generation rate will skyrocket. Unfortunately, don't know how to do it, energy scans are incomplete.
Since there no negative results so far. Will try to slowly and safely overcharge Harry's core.
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 27
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No reboot? Good. Overcharging was more successful than expected.
1. All excessive energy goes into body development.
2. Overcharging expands Harry's core. Much slower than usage, but it works and can be used during the day (max 0.007 per day with IS's energy).
3. Overcharging to more than 110% intoxicates Harry. more than 120% - slowly destabilize core, 130% should be potentially dangerous (not tested). Should start charging daily at 108%.
4. Overcharging with IS's energy brings better results.
5. Decreases energy loses on Pilot-Core-Pilot synchronization if charged with IS energy
6. Harry's core is trying to ...? compress excessive energy. General improvement of Harry's energy ...? potency? quality.
7. Strange signature in the scar is siphoning Harry's energy and can't do anything to IS's energy. The signature is better visible while core is in overcharge.
Harry is still keeping partial deployment – good boy. Will be helping with what I can.
Where is Tabane?
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 28
This time double reboot. What I encountered this time?
...
"Report for later" №183
Charging IS core with the more potent energy of supposedly biological origins slowly improves the potency of energy generated by IS core, the effect is constant.
Higher potency increases the effectiveness of ECG and Energy Shield. Investigating other uses.
-Report saved. -
-fatal error #000001FFA8D5. reboot-
Sage. Privet Drive 4. July, 30
Morning report on recent events and observations:
1. Constant use of gauntlets boosted Harry's synchronization with IS core. Looks like he is reaching point where he can control IS core and main functions directly without my help. Harry should acquire full sync before September, however still longer than anticipated. Initiating 1st Shift. Switching all AI-to-Pilot functions to IS neural interface. 2nd Shift approximately in a year.
2. Current secondary core power level is 14.51PU. Energy potency is 0.14% higher than 3 days ago, and 6 to 7 times higher than IS energy potency. Energy generated by IS core is 0.015% more potent.
3. 10 days long Energy flexibility test results: Harry's energy is extremely flexible, beyond my measuring capabilities.
4. According to energy traces, Harry's core is forming some kind of energy channel directly to IS core. Investigating.
5. Harry's sub-core recharge rate can vary, depending on locations, hunger, tiredness, mental state, and damage to the body.
6. Sleep time reduced to 6 hours.
7. Finished personality matrix evaluation. A detailed report in the Maintenance folder.
8. Moved Sensory function to IS neural interface.
-Report saved. -
Looks like I am finally done with changing limits and statements in my personality matrix. Titanic works, but there should be no more reboots caused by anything related to Harry's core. Created a few protocols for faster reboots, memory dumps, and safer logging, just in case.
Was that letter brought by an owl? And what's wrong with letter's energy readings?
Harry Potter. Privet Drive 4. July, 30
For Harry Potter, it was an interesting day.
He received even more strange letters today, but this time through windows. The owls would simply fly in and drop them wherever they pleased.
Again he was not able to get even one. For some reason, any attempt to catch them failed, like they were evading Harry's hands. When he tried to filch one using IS as he did with food, he got a weird error message "Safeguard: Unknown energy structures, objects with unknown energy structures or energy unstable objects can't be quantum stored without preliminary scanning, blueprints or special containers".
Of course, Uncle Vernon destroyed all letters again.
A few hours later Harry Potter became aware of some kind of image or sound. It bordered on the edge of his awareness, an itch not being able to scratch. Whatever it was, it felt like an IS status? After a bit of concentration, he managed dot decipher it;
Deployment: 4%
Main energy storage: 120/120
Secondary storage: 15.67/14.51
Shield: offline/5(max 40+8)
Sensors: working
ECG: Offline
Quantum storage: On standby
Network connection: Warning! Out of range!
Equalizers: not installed, 10 slots.
Form: 1st Shift
Other systems are not deployed.
That evening, Harry Potter was reading a new guide on "IS Neural Control Systems" and "Neural Controlled Semi-Automated Energy Distribution" without even opening his eyes, late into the night.