“Buddie, when’s her file coming in?” Ed asked, much to Masami’s confusion.

Masami looked around, trying to find another person, but couldn’t see anyone. She would freak out if there was another person in the room with them that she couldn’t see.

Ed looked at her reaction, noting that she was allowed to look and move around freely. Nothing stands up well in comparison huh. Looks like Buddie had it out for me from the beginning.

“It will be here shortly,” Buddie’s voice rang out, catching Masami by surprise.

Ed nodded and decided to explain a few things to her. “Buddie is one of the leaders of the company and is responsible for all things related to technology. He is also an artificial intelligence and is everywhere in the company’s territory. If you have any questions when I’m not around, feel free to ask him.”

Masami looked at him thoughtfully, taking in everything he said. So much had happened recently, and having someone constantly at hand that she could ask questions to was going to be very helpful. There was so much she was confused and terrified about.

A notification flashed on the screen, bringing everyone’s attention back to it. Masami clicked on it without any prompting from the others, opening the file.

Name: Elton Mayer

Age: 21

Occupation: university student

Biography: Born to parents Will and Samantha Mayer, Elton was the second of three children. He didn’t receive as much attention from his parents as either of his siblings got, and took advantage of this to sneak out of the house and have some fun whenever he could as a teenager. He also grew interested in photography. After graduating from high school, he took a gap year before starting his bachelors in Journalism.

He is currently apart of his university’s student run newspaper, where he helps by getting the photos for the articles. While collecting these photos, he often sneaks into places he is not supposed to be, including the homes of teachers and other students to gather stuff for his online gossip column.

He has ruined the relationships and reputation of many students, severely affecting their mental states.

-End of document-

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The two finished reading the document, and Masami looked at Ed, her question obvious even without her having to speak. “Figure out what he did wrong, then design something to punish him,” Ed said. He then pointed at another icon on the screen. “Open this here.”

“Okay.” She followed his orders while deep in thought. This wasn’t the kind of person she was expecting. She thought she would have to deal with a murderer or something. Not this. She thought back to what Ed said earlier. About how the person could die. She paled, thinking it was entirely unfair.

The application opened, leaving her with two new options to pick from:

* Create a room

* Design a trap

Ed went on to explain what each function did, and the differences between them. After making sure that she understood everything and seeing that she had started making something, Ed left her to it. “I’ve got other places to be, but I’ll be back in a while. Good luck.”

“Oh, okay, bye.”

Ed left the room under her distracted farewell, finding himself back in his hallway. Who to go for next? Well, might as well get the worst one out of the way. He walked up to the final door, the one that belonged to the crazed killer Roman Bernard. This is gonna be a hassle.

Pushing the door open, he was immediately met with a chair crashing down on his head. Roman was awake, and seemed to be lying in wait, ready to pounce on him the moment the door opened with the only weapon he could find.

Buddie’s having fun it seems. He could’ve just kept the guy asleep, or locked him in his chair, but nooo. Oh well, guess I have to deal with it. Ed’s body collapsed under the attack, turning into a pile of threads and negating the damage from the attack.

He caught the chair, and at the same time wrapped his threads around the legs of the surprised Roman. Ed returned to his human form, placed the chair back where it was supposed to be, and put a now tied up and struggling Roman on the chair.

Roman was trying everything he could to escape, even biting down on the threads, but it did nothing. Only his head could move as he viciously stared at Ed as he approached.

“Let go of me you bastard!” he shouted, looking like he wanted to pounce on Ed and rip his lungs out.

It looked ridiculous. Roman was tied up and completely unable to move, yet he didn’t seem to grasp the reality of his situation. He was threatening Ed, but the threat was diminished to the point of being comical by the fact that he couldn’t move.

He seemed to be completely detached from reality, believing that he had all the power in this situation and that he could kill as he pleased,

No wonder he was constantly kept away from other prisoners. I’m honestly surprised the cops didn’t catch him right after his first kill. He doesn’t seem like the type to think things through and plan. He doesn’t seem like the type to think at all.

Ed forced the man’s head to look at the screen while sitting down next to him. “Shut up and think for a second. You hold no power here and I could kill you in a second.” Things would be so much easier if Buddie just controlled him.

Roman continued to lash out at him. Since he couldn’t move his body, he cursed and insulted Ed until his mouth went dry.

Ed waited for him to stop struggling before starting his explanation. He repeated what he said earlier to Masami but without any of the niceties, just simply explaining everything to the man, hoping he would put some effort into understanding.