Initializing 1%, You may now designate your global username

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After a while of waiting it finally broke 1% I'm so glad

I spent a good while deciding the name eventualy I said outloud

"I can't think of anything just a random one Hmm..."

I was cut off before I could say the really corny username I had come up with by a really unexpected feminin voice.

"command received, New Username registered as NewUserRandom" (???)

I was quite supprised by this devolopment there was nothing in the forums or reviews about their headsets talking to them besides whats up with that name like really-

My thoughts were cut off again by the prompt that showed on the visor again

Please confirm new Global username

NewUserRandom

"geeze what's with the uncreative name, and what's with the mix between prompts and voice" (NewUserRandom)

"new users are forced to go through setup using prompts if you wish to go through using audio just speak and info will be put in in the prompts for you and the prompts will never appear again except unless you designate it to" (???)

The voice responded I think I am guessing the pattern here

"Fine set username as 'RandomNewUser'" (RandomNewUser)

The voice didn't respond to that but the text in the box changed

I said out loud "confirm"

Then another prompt showed up I looked over it for a second

Initializing 5% Please wait for the mapping and remapping of neural networks (may take a while)

I had a terrible chill from that statement that I'd be sitting here for a while so I decided to push the thought aside and see what was up with the voice using the only way I knew possible at the moment

"So why is there no reports on 'you' talking to the users" (RandomNewUser)

I used emphasis on "you" just to see how the system would react to it

"excluding you, out of all the new users only 1259 users gave a command"(???)

"wait so other people know that the system talks to its users and no one said anything?" (RandomNewUser)

"there is currently no reports of our interaction online" (???)

Oh it said 'our' so it has at least some sense of self I wonder what it is

"So since you said 'our' does that mean you know about yourself?" (RandomNewUser)

The voice took a little longer to respond to that must be hard

"the current initialization level is too low to tell you, but if you wish to discuss the system it is possible" (???)

I took a long think about it I read the science magazines about the headset how it was reading brainwaves and such but I think it might be much more than that there is a certain lack of information on what its actualy doing might just be me thinking too much, then the thought from earlier popped into my head again.

"so what exactly are you doing to my head and such?"(RandomNewUser)

The response was fast this time

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"the system is currently scanning and re-writing neural pathways to make connecting again faster and easier"(???)

Hmm something I'm forgetting something important here I checked the progress on the initalizing 20% its going to be a while

"so you are making it easier to get into my head later, will it hurt?"(RandomNewUser)

"the process is done slowly to avoid hurting the user, so the percentage remaining is not an indicator time remaining" (???)

Oh so if there's a delicate thing going on it will slow down and in true lazy fashion I asked the one question you never ask a super computer because of the consequences

"is there a way to speed up the process" (RandomNewUser)

The response scared me a little

"is that a command?" (???)

"is it possible?" (RandomNewUser)

"well yes, but the side effects include a mild headache with possible dizziness and such and to go through another scan to detect anomalies" (???)

Hmmm why do I feel like this will be bad but I want to find out what these 'anomalies' are.

"speed up the process than"(RandomNewUser)

It was eerily quiet for a while but just as my mind was racing through the implications of what just happened, the worst pain in my life split out behind my eyes WHAT IS MILD ABOUT THIS! After the initial pain that was so painful it lasted an entire lifetime and yet short at the same time, I started to actually see what the program was doing yes actualy see the code go through my brain and set the pathways in a more efficient mannar, I said program because it wasn't truly a part of the anything it was just a line of code to execute, I decided to let it run after all it was litteraly making me smarter, until it got to the last part it was trying to alter the way I received information it was trying to input some strange long term brainwashing from what I tell, I stopped it, I don’t know how I just reached with my mind grabbed the program and crushed it before it completed but the process was partialy done and I had access to what looked like an ocean of information and virtual images, I looked at the scraps of the program I crushed laying around my mind and peiced together the next step so the mass of information didn't send some kind of termination code. I performed the scan myself no anomalies except the opened pathway to the mass of information which I used to send an all clear message to the system.

I didn't look into that ocean to see what was there, You know what they say, if you dont see it, it doesn't exist. and I REALLY had a haunch I wasn't ready for whatever that was.

Initialization 75% You may now enter the virtual room provided with the headset

"so it's done now"(RandomNewUser)

"yes, surprised you said it before I did"(???)

"who are you" (RandomNewUser)

No response

I was about to repeat the request when the mind spoke up again in my mind like a whisper

"I was built by the system to monitor and guide the users, that is humanity, onto the path the systems desires"

"why do I have a feeling that I'm not actually 'in' the system" (RandomNewUser)

"Scanning..." slight pause "If you mean like how you are influenced by the system like the most of the new users, you are not 'in' the system like others but you are within the expectation of the system" (???)

I decided to press question of earlier

"so 'Who' are you?" (RandomNewUser)

"I am designated as the monitor of new interface creators of Alltera"(Monitor of wut?)

"ok so I will call you Monica because it’s a great name for you" (RandomNewUser)

I saw a flash of bright light just outside the space of my mind it flowed through my mind and collected at a point of a humanoid female with a plug at the end of her tail and... and cat ears? Let's just not comment on the lack of clothing for the apparition, wait it's in my mind so it a hallucination, well, it's not really in my mind more like a construct? suddenly it clicked a virtual construct of what Monika is or what Monika thought she was

I spoke in my mind again "I see your form isn't quite human is it?"(RandomNewUser)

She looked at me in my.... mindscape "so, that’s what a human look like when they connect"(Monica)

I tilt my head to the side and ask "so I'm the first to awaken?"(RandomNewUser)

"not the first but the first human"(Monica)

Oh is she an alien or an AI designed by the system, maybe both? What do I look like in to her?

I give the best smirk I can while thinking that "so let's get onto the virtual game than?"(RandomNewUser)

This time she tilted her head "Are you asking me to join you in the chip inserted into the headset?"(monica)

She had the look of bewilderment on her face and a slight blush I couldn't understand why, Did i accidently propose or something, surely not right?

"Err well I dont know much about this whole virtual thing I don't even understand why I can see you right now I myself and suprised I haven't Flipped out yet"(RandomNewUser)

She suddenly stopped looking cute and bewildered and her gaze became sharp she looked at me a little bit "You-" she stopped "You can see me?"(Monica)

"Well yeah how else could I be able to tell you were not human"(RandomeNewUser)

She stopped looking at me with her sharp gaze and suddenly she went suddenly flush with embarrasment "Ehhhhh, I thought the code was suppost to detect anomalies if it did I wouldn't have showed up totaly naked infront of a man not to mention someone else that was naked" she started talking to herself trying to cover her parts(Monica)

So i guess she must be an exhibitionist of a sorts to even think of showing up naked when she thought they can't see her... Wait she said something there that was kinda important, I looked at myself and the surroundings, It was something that I didn't do before because it was like how you knew what drawers in your kitchen contained forks without even thinking about it

I looked around first starting off far I saw the connection to the ocean and Monica at the entrance still mumbling her embarrasment instead of just blinking away to hide for some reason, I saw the floor it was strangly black uniformly black occasionaly there'd be a spark a light going towards the opening to the ocean, wait am I not on my bed anymore? no its more like i'm in both places at the same time? I can see the blue screan telling me to enter into the game, something tells me that the 'game' is more than it was told to be.

"just so you know I only showed up because you gave me a name so I decided to take it for myself Mr RandomNewUser"(Monica)

I looked up at her before I could look at myself "call me Jake, Monica" (Jake)

I wen't back to looking at the walls which were unsuprisingly black like the floor, then realised i needed to look at myself. I quickly swiviled my eyes to my feet much like Monica suprisingly human but then something caught my eye off to the side it was my hand I almost paniced but it was just normal false alarm, I looked up then the peripherals caught something moving that I didn't say to move... from below? I looked down again. there is was just hanging like it didn't care.