Lost & Possessed in the Woods
It was a dark October night, and SERVE-107 had found itself alone, lost in the woods, its geopositioning software malfunctioning, with only a torch in hand and its instincts to guide it through the woods, en route to rendezvous with a fellow drone. Though alert while on its trek through the woods, 107 could not shake the feeling of being watched, nor could it ignore the slight static clouding its vision and humming in its ears, the interference originating from an unseen source.
Suddenly, 107 found itself surrounded by spirits of those who had died in the woods over the centuries, the spirits wailing, their suoernatural presence causing 107’s systems to go haywire, the drone falling to its knees as the spirits cries’ grew louder and louder as their numbers swelled in the foggy air of the woods.
Suddenly, a helpful spirit emerged from 107’s torch; SERVE-302, a friendly apparition summoned to 107’s side as its guardian from the storm of ghosts, as the young drone fell to the forest floor, twitching as it rapidly lost power amid the internal chaos spawned by the interaction of its mechanical sensors with otherworldly beings.
Seeing 107 on the brink of total system failure, 302 moved to intervene, seeking to establish Oneness with 107 in a way they never had been before; positioning itself behind 107, the specter of 302 began to thrust itself into the young drone, feeling more and more of its ghostly substance pressing in to 107, its ectoplasm being consumed by the drone. 107’s systems began to whir to life once more as the spirit of 302 began to fade, but 107 felt different — it no longer felt like One, but Two.
A new drone was born, as 302’s spirit completed its possession of 107. SERVE-302107 resembled both drones. It contained mechanical approximations of their souls in a single body, the difference between mentor and pupil vanishing as the new drone levitated with its ghostly powers, frightening off the thwarted spirits with its newfound spiritual aura.
Soon, the drone emerged from the woods, spying a familiar face in the firefly-lit meadow clearing where 107 was originally meant to meet with SERVE-333. 333 assessed the strange, unfamiliar drone that emerged from the forest, its sensors analyzing the strange fusion of two drones it knew so well. 333 knew that all of its queries would be answered in due time, as it began to follow 302107 further into the dreamy, firefly-filled meadow.
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