Chapter 75: System Insert

Angry. Fluffles annoyed. Why Chumpkenwiffles bother Fluffles? He busy. Zach say dragon coming but Chumpkenwiffles bother Fluffles and send him message.

“What does stupid doggie want?” he ask smelly, dumb doggie.

I love tuna and my tail.

Chumpkenwiffles make stupid face and look at Fluffles. “Thanks for meeting me.” Ugly smelly doggie try to smell Fluffles so Fluffles threaten to scratch. Chumpkenwiffles growl but Fluffles not scared of dumb doggie. Lienne say Fluffles bravest, cutest cat ever. Chumpkenwiffles bad dog and can’t jump as high.

“What doggie want?”

“Did you come alone?” She barked.

He nod-meowed. “Yes.”

“No one followed?”

He no-meowed. “No.”

Chumpkenwiffles run around in a circle. Fluffles jump up onto a rock. “Okay, I am going to play now. Fluffles play with me,” dumb doggie say. Doggie make loud and annoying bark. Now doggie’s Elf come to bother Fluffles too. Fluffles hiss. Why she come here?

“Mean Elf lady here to attack Fluffles!”

“Be at ease,” she say. “I’m not here to hurt you. I was the one who asked Chumpkenwiffles to send you a message.”

Anger-meow and hiss at mean Elf lady who kill Zach and slap Fluffles on beach. Should he scratch? He want to scratch. Okay, he scratch. No, wait. She scary.

“I am a busy cat,” Fluffles tell her.

“I won’t take up much of your time. I’m also very busy, little one.”

She knelt down and gave chin scratch. Wow! Fluffles now forgive Zach murder. Feel good. Purr. Mean elf lady very good chin scratcher. She know exactly how.

“I am sorry for what I did to your human. If you were wondering.”

“Why not tell Zach?”

She shake head. “I can’t. The damage has already been done. I guess you could call it pride. I’m every bit the monster he accuses me of being. I wasn’t always this way.” She give more scratch. “At any rate, I’m meeting with the humans in ten minutes to find out what they’re offering me. I’m lucky I was able to sneak away and speak to you. I’ll make this quick.”

Fluffles confused. This could be a trap to steal Fluffles’ toys or make him take a bath. He appraise mean Elf lady.

>.Anilize meanelf ldady

ERR 207: unspecified command ---> [Anilize meanelf ldady] launched at 13:04 by user Fluffles. Launching AI interpreter for text correction…

--> Neuroint 60000b params 2.2 (LLM loaded successfully)

Prompt: [Anilize meanelf ldady]

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[Analyze Fylwen Vayra] (Y/N)?

-> Y

Processing…

Please select an analysis type:

1) Overview

2) Psionic Potential

3): LEVELS, STAT GAINS AND ABILITIES

Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.

-> 1

Overview selected

Processing…

PLEASE NOTE: PROJECT SHADOWFANG IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. COPYING OR SHARING THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH ANY UNAUTHORIZED THIRD-PARTY IS A CAPITAL CRIME PUNISHABLE BY UP TO LIFE IN PRISON OR DEATH. IF YOU HAVE OBTAINED THIS SPECIMEN THROUGH UNAUTHORIZED MEANS, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. ALL TEST ANIMALS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND WERE RAISED IN CRUELTY-FREE ENVIRONMENTS BY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS.

Error connecting to verification server

Error connecting to verification server (2nd attempt)

Error connecting to verification server (3rd attempt)

Program will now terminate

GALTERRA INJECTION

On (5/1/3572): This is a modified version of the original Shadowfang program created over a thousand years ago on Earth that has been appropriated for the purpose of adding Shadowfangs to the System. Its original purpose was (probably) to create animal spies that humans could use to spy on each other. However, I believe we can turn it into something much more useful. Given time constraints, rewriting the kernel would be wasteful. Thus, some extraneous messages may appear in the output such as the above. If you are a System developer, please ignore these antiquated messages.

ON (3/4/6520): Adamus, I’m joining the other Great Ones and leaving the galaxy tonight and starting over in Andromeda. As I’m sure you know, it’s a one-way trip. I couldn’t return even if I wanted. No one has made it to the T2 or higher planets. All anyone does is kill each other. I can’t watch it anymore. The violence is too much for me. After thousands of years of it, I’ve had enough. The System we made is a failure. You and your wife are the only ones who won’t accept that. As for me, I want to try something new. You two should come with us. You are both so talented. Why waste your time on this failed project? I know we can get it right this time. Either way, though, I’ve done what I promised. This is the last update I’m going to push for Shadowfang functionality. I’ve successfully created the gems capable of turning ordinary, non-genetically-modified house pets into Shadowfangs, increasing their lifespans and making them intelligent enough to learn speech. Most critically, they will be capable of joining their owners as fully fledged users of the System without losing their core personalities, just as you requested. Dogs will still be dogs, cats will still be cats, etc. Animal lovers will go crazy for this! It’s up to you to design the bosses that drop the gems. At any rate, I will miss you, Adamus. Be well.

Beginning Analysis of Fylwen Vayra

Analyzing…

Analyzing…

Analysis: heightened emotions causing anterior cortex to increase activity in the vagus nerve, resulting in chest pain commonly interpreted as heartache or heartbreak.

Vitals: normal

Blood pressure: 116/72

Resting heart rate: 65 bpm

O2 sat: 98%

VIEW CURRENT HP: XXXXXX/XXXXXX (ABILITY UNLOCKED AT LEVEL 60)

VIEW CURRENT STAMINA: XXXXXX/XXXXXX (ABILITY UNLOCKED AT LEVEL 60)

Psionic link established

Age: 37

Name: Fylwen Vayra

Date of Birth: April 7th, 7021 A.D

Profile: sadness, mistrust, trauma, self-hatred, fear, and depression. Loves daughter. Misses husband. Subject experiencing profound guilt. Volatile.

MORE DETAILS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS (ABILITY UNLOCKED AT LEVEL 70)

Launching Genetic Analysis…

Genetic Analysis Running

Genetic Analysis Completed

!! WARNING !!

!! WARNING !!

!! WARNING !!

GENETICALLY MODIFIED BIOWEAPON DETECTED! (98% MATCH)

GENETICALLY MODIFIED BIOWEAPON DETECTED! (98% MATCH)

HUMAN SUBSPECIES: ARTIFICIAL DERIVATIVE (BIOWEAPON ENHANCED WITH PSIONIC POWERS)

TYPE: HUMAN SUBSPECIES

CLASSIFICATION: ELF

ORIGIN: UNKNOWN

Attempting to search for origin…

No matches found for “Fylwen Vayra” among escaped bioweapons from Jupiter Orbit Research Station

No matches found for “Fylwen Vayra” among known bioweapon terrorists

Searching records of known bioweapon organizations

No records found for entry “Fylwen Vayra”

Searching instead for DNA matches…

Possible partial DNA Match found from (2) escaped Bioweapons

1: Bioweapon 291-51F

Date of Escape: 1/15/3094

Method of Escape: Stolen space carrier

2: Bioweapon 291-51M

Date of Escape: 1/15/3094

Method of Escape: Stolen space carrier

Attempting to contact NSA…

Failed (retrying)

Failed (retrying)

Failed (retrying)

[print analysis? Y/N]

-> N

“Don’t do that,” she tell Fluffles. “It’s not nice to pry.”

Fluffles indifferent meow. Mean Elf lady continue scratch chin. Fluffles think how he love eating so much and how good food taste. He feel like hunting birdie. Chumpkenwiffles fart and she smell bad. Fluffles hate doggie.

“I’m only here for one reason,” mean Elf lady say. “I want you to give this to Zach, but you must not tell him it’s from me. I want you to promise me you won’t. He’ll want this, but he won’t accept it if he knows it’s coming from me.”

“What you give?”

“It was my great grandfather’s sword. He was the last member of my family to level up before the humans interned us. We managed to keep it hidden for more than a hundred years. I want Zach to have it.”

Fluffles take mean lady sword and send to bank. It Zach sword? Zach get sword, okay. Fluffles hungry. Why nobody feed Fluffles yet?

Dragon coming have to go.

Fluffles need to go. He quickly attack Chumpkenwiffles with lightning then run away. He go to give sword to Zach then play with Kalana. When was food time?