It had been a few hours, we all waited with bated breaths to see whether our plan would work. Finally, after hours of anticipation, a small hiss filled the room, followed by a short gasp.
Jay: Did it work? Did you tell them?
Echo: I’m sorry, I failed.
Nya: What happened?
Echo: When I went in there, my memories were erased. I had no idea where I was, how I got there, or even what my mission was.
Pythor: Hmmm, Yes, I’d say you failed pretty spectacularly.
Echo’s face becomes more crestfallen as Karloff shoots Pythor a look.
Karloff: Pay him no mind, you did best you possibly could.
Echo Looks around the room, where everyone except Pythor gives him a nod of encouragement
Echo: I just wished I could have helped more.
Jay: You were able to help a lot! Now we know that sending someone in won’t work, because their memories will be affected!
Nya: Unless we send them in with a physical reminder, or tamper with the machine so that their memory won’t be erased.
Jay and Nya simultaneously: THAT’S IT!
Pythor: what are you screaming about now?
Jay: The Machine! It’s right here controlling the simulation!
Nya: if we can tamper with it and reprogram it…
Echo’s face lights up with realization
Echo:… We can end the simulation and get everyone out!!!!
Karloff: ALRIGHT!!! Let’s do it!
Just as we were about to celebrate, a gasp cut through the room. We look over to see Chen, pulling off his headset in confusion. We explain to him what’s going on, and we inform him about our plan to get everyone out.
Chen: so, how long is this going to take?
Jay: It depends on how complicated the machine is, if there are any security measures to deal with, reprogramming, we may even need to disassemble it somewhat to get to the motherboard.
Nya: if everything goes smoothly, we should be done in about 3 to 4 hours.
We started working on the machine, and things did not run smoothly. It turns out, it would take us a good 2-3 hours just to reach the motherboard. But we continued on, until i heard a voice behind me say
???: What in FSM’s name are you guys doing?
I turn around to see Scott, staring at us and the machine.
Jay: Scott! Hey!
Chen: I already filled him in on the simulation bit.
Scott: Yeah, it was a bit of a shock, honestly, I’m just glad that…..
Jay: Yeah, I know.
Nya: It’s a bit relieving, but you still feel guilty.
Nya, Jay, and Scott: Yeah…
Scott: Anyway, what are you guys doing?
Echo: We’re working on getting to the machine’s mainframe so we can reprogram it to end the simulation and save our friends.
Scott: Oh, that’s cool! Do you guys…. Need some help….?
Nya: sure! We could use all the hands we can get!
Scott grabs a wrench and goes over and talks to Echo. I look over at Chen, and he gives me a nod. Seems like they already talked everything out, and Scott apologized.
I turn my focus back to the machine. We’ve got a lot of work to do if we’re gonna save our friends, So we’d better get a move on!
