Free write- 2/19/1028 

"So, let's get started, shall we?" She leaned forward and grabbed my hand taking me out of the personal room into my virtual mind 

"Why are we here? The other people will not have access here" I asked while she had a face that was deep in thought probably thinking about what she was going to throw me against to train me 

After a few seconds, she suddenly said with a start "Alright! We're going to work on your active defense I will not teach you how to hack that’s outside of what is required, so I'll get started" 

She pointed to outside my space and a needle started to form there and it was pointed at my space, she looked at me again and cold sweat started running down my back while I looked into her smiling eyes 

"Now what you need to do is make a wall that will stop the needle from entering your space' don’t worry you're protected from harm right now" 

While watching the needle slowly move towards my mind, I started to experiment trying to get a new code to work I looked at the 'floor' I was on and realized I could easily edit it but most of all it was physical I studied it for a while then I looked towards the needle moving closer I noticed I tried to make a code from nothing but it was harder to do then I thought I then realized I had no canvas I was just trying to make code not really putting it on anything. 

I tried to picture a wall then I thought "what kind of wall? Maybe a brick wall naw brick is soft, metal? What kind of metal Iron? Naw too brittle how about steel, wait why not something we don’t know exists what about just a wall of code hmm but the code? What would it be hmmm... OH this will be interesting I wove a line of code that was so broken it did nothing but it wasn't the code that mattered it was the space it took up, the wall was a brightly colored lines of moving text kind of reminded me of the matrix after that thought the wall shifted and all the text started to flow in one direction now and the colors took on one uniform color the matrix green 

Monica looked at the wall that appeared with a slight head tilt she was probably confused about the weird wall it might be invisible but, it’s a real tangible wall with a matrix on it I don’t think she realized that things can be transparent yet 

I watched the needle speed up towards the wall and then with a very audible sound the needle got in one word 'absorbed' into the code of the matrix I realized that the thoughts ones have will affect the code I thought it looked like a matrix so it adopted some property like, this will be much harder than I thought 

I had a frown on my face while thinking and Monica watched the wall absorb her needle with close to awe 

I needed to set my thoughts in place, so I said out loud "well this is interesting but problematic" 

She looked at me still in awe "What the heck was that!" 

"Well it was originally just a wall of code then I thought it looked like something from a movie and then it changed it was then I realized that thoughts could change code and stuff, but I didn't notice until now that it actually absorbs code instead of blocking it" 

"Wow that is really handy you have no idea, but I would set up a way, so you can see if there is someone actually trying to find their way in because they might find a way past while you are unaware. Surveillance is still a part of a defense because your 'walls' are transparent you should have an easier time, but there will be times when a code to break in is invisible like your wall here. Having a wall to absorb the code is easy because of clean up but not knowing that it was there" 

"Hmm maybe let's start the next one then" 

I reach into the code of the wall and find the code it absorbed, it was like a piece of the floor only in a needle shape and a speed modifier so a physical projectile. I decided to put an output to my space to say how many codes were absorbed and how many lines each code had and an easy delete, so I can clear the storage in the wall, that should help with finding out if someone is trying to get in and how hard they tried 

I now needed to go for full protection and make this wall my passive defense, so I edited it to cover my whole mind and then I made a door that would allow people in or out that should work for passive defense now, now that I think about it active defense is attacking the enemy before it gets in 

I thought about how bases had people patrolling around bases and stuff then once something was discovered people would go out to counter it. Why go out when you can just shoot at it from in the base? I made a turret like thing but instead of shooting a physical projectile I made it, so it shot a modified bullet sized version of the wall that fed what was absorbed to the output and then deleted itself after a certain distance 

After I put a few copies around the perimeter I told Monica I was ready "Ok I went with active defense this time I also put the wall all over the place" 

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"It's not active defense yet, this current set up works all the time, Active defense works when there is a direct and clear threat to you, sure a stray code and occasionally hit your defenses but when a threat appears its different there are swarms of code and evolves trying to destroy your walls or try to hide from your other ones" 

Never thought it would be like that might need to edit the code a bit "Hmm Ok I'll see what I can do" 

I needed to find a way to get an observer wouldn't something smarter work? Doesn't have to be another person, but something with some intelligence is required I decided to look at my avatar code and noticed some interesting details on how it works but I was more looking for how the dying and reappearing worked I saw nothing about it in my avatar. I looked for details in my virtual mind I noticed occasionally, I saw a line streak across the black opaque floor or walls and all gather into one place at the center of the space 

When I approached I investigated it like looking at the code but instead of code, I found memories and thoughts, knowledge. Is this what I was trying to protect? it was, ME I didn't know how I felt about this anyone could edit this, then I realized if I wanted to have an entity to respawn with me I'd have to put it in there and then make an avatar for it 

I can't believe I am making a split personality of myself. maybe I'll model the personality to what I like? Hold on one step at a time I'll take- 

I got interrupted from my thoughts by a cat "What are you doing? You ready yet?" 

I shake my head and tell her to be quite 

I take the knowledge I have and put it together and take out the lecturing part freeing up some memories I left the important bits, Like the time when a girl passed a note to me during class, I copied the knowledge and inside another part I placed them together then I looked for what made up my personality I was really careful with this I didn't want to turn into someone else I copied it entirely, I wasn't about to play around with something as unclear as a personality, I put the new copy next to the knowledge I took my personality and removed almost everything just enough to have morals and understand write from wrong, a self-preservation, I also added a simple thing to allow it help me, if it's going to live in my head it's going to help me, I also set a gender for it making it a girl cause who doesn't want a girl to talk to all the time. I debated adding memories, so it would have some experience, but I realized that it would not be living the same way I did so I put no memories there and just strung the knowledge to the personality now it was a smart baby that understood not to kill people... what have I created... some would say an artificial intelligence but this one was in my head and would be there forever it was more of another person in my head 

After a few seconds, I saw more lines flashing around my virtual mind. She was watching. "Hello" 

Monica looked at me like I was crazy "What you are just now sayin-" 

She was interrupted by a very neutral voice feminine voice "Hello, are you me?" 

I realized then that I also included the knowledge I used to create her she must have analyzed the knowledge and decided she was created "Yes I did, but you are not me or a thing but you are Yourself inside of mine, I will create your virtual avatar for you, be glad no one else will get a free edited avatar 

I then took the code of my avatar and copied it, but I made the connection code not to me but to the other person inside my head and started editing the code, so it looked different from me and more feminine I also sneaked a peek at Monica who was still watching me with bug eyes and got the code for the parts of the female anatomy, I wanted her to live a life not just watch mine, she needed a complete body I noticed a few things about the female code it was different I applied that to the whole body I wouldn't want her to have the impulses of a man's flesh now would I? 

After a long time, I realized she wasn't bound to be human, so I asked her, since she had all my knowledge was there anything else she wanted 

"well Monica's ears are cute, but I don’t know, I still want to feel human, maybe less feline less fur on the neck and shoulders and just more hair instead, and a bushy tail like a ragdoll's that would be great! Oh, and definitely not the eyes they creep me out." 

"HEY! I would have you know I happen to be one of the most beautiful of my race I am a-" 

I decided her rant about herself would be useless to listen too I needed to finish this fast I didn't want her to feel constricted too much, I quickly copied her features, but I make the ears fluffier (can't be a ragdoll without the fluff) I thought. I then made the ears dull white with grey tips. I made the hair long going down to the small of her back while making it dull white and then fluffed it while making it softer. I applied the tail changing the tail to one that was always fluffy out and made it a soft grey tail with a grey tip, for my own sake I made it soft as well like the hair. I looked at the face it was like my own but more like girls I didn't want her to be me, so I changed it a bit changing the nose to a smaller, cuter nose. I then made the eyes a pale blue, but I added a depth to them making the eyes have some slightly darker blue streaks in them. 

I stepped back and realized that this body was much too old for someone who was just born a second ago and made her younger I made her about 13 before realizing something else was wrong, the parts of an adult, I made the sizes down to B and then restored the virgin status, who would have thought I'd have to do that, now that I think about it if I did do her it would be no different than doing Monica because I haven't changed anything down there, so without trying to think too much I changed the shape to fit a 13 year old and then narrowed the walls a little so it would be the same as others her age. 

While I am thinking about it I should ask, "Hey Monica, what happens in the virtual world when you have sex? Is it possible to have children in the virtual only?" 

Monica was snapped out trying to figure out what was going on and laid her eyes on the body I was creating "well is this the body for the one you created? And only those who don’t have a material body can procreate, though it is programmable to have someone who has a material body and wants to have a child that doesn't have a material body. Are you planning to have children already?" 

"No, no, I am not I am wondering because I am making a body for someone who doesn't have one, but I don’t have any knowledge about the world outside yet" I then notice that there's a line of code inside the body that has a toggle allowing it 'Procreate' as Monica stated I turned it on and felt that the body is finished and then connected it to the new person in my mind. 

She blinks a few times before falling on her butt and with a small voice "Oh, my body. Hello, I am... I am. What is my name?"