What is one new Ability from your.... condition... that you actually enjoy using or exploring?
I can't stress how helpful telekinesis has been. Even without hands, I can bring my wife a coffee, carry any number of items, and even a great deal more weight than I was able to with my arms before the transformation. It's also incredibly useful in capturing mischievous specimens without harming them or putting myself at risk.
If only I had this power sooner...
While powerful, it is not dexterous. I rely on Sada to tie my tie in the mornings. I just hope she is not giving me that ugly orange tie.
It's clear both professors have undergone significant physical (and presumably mental) changes. Is there an end in sight to these changes? And what might that end result look like?
I can not generate any prediction with a degree of certainty. But if trends continue, it... will not end well. They will grow stronger. They will lose sanity. I do not know what to do.
I fear retaliation now. In thwarting his escape attempt... he may not understand. I am trying to keep Arven safe. His rage is... uncanny.
I suspect Turo's body will fully terastralize. Head to toe.
Sada may be reduced to a being of pure instinct...
Are... we doing the right thing TA-1?
I... I... don't know. But I don't want people to get hurt. The professors once told us to seek our hearts' desire. Our treasure... I treasure... people.
Mr. AI, robot Turo (what do you like to be called?), can you elaborate further on the professor's biology? Will their mutation get... worse? Is there any chance they can get to normal? Can we... help?
Ah, of course. Any name would be enough; call me whatever you like. T1 is my designation. Let me share with you some medical scans taken from the professors. But keep in mind these findings might not be for the faint of heart.
[Content warning: body horror]
First, their skulls. Here you can see Turo's skull from under the crystal dome on the left. Sada's fractured skull on the right. Most of her skull is not intact, and her jaw and left side were completely lost prior to her transformation. Here you can see their unique growth patterns. Sada's growth patterns show how the crystals grow inwards in her head, unlike the rest of her body. Turo's grow outwards here and has caused significant breakage to his skull. Disturbingly, grey matter continues to grow, even outside the bounds of his skull.
And here are the professor's hearts. Again, Turo is to the left, and Sada to the right. Here we see more disturbing parts of the crystal infection. Turo has lost significant muscle mass across his body. His heart is no exception. The tera clinging to his muscle seems to be draining it of nutrients. Breaking down fiber for more grey matter. Sada's gone quite the opposite. These crystals, too, dig deep into muscle but instead simulate growth. In fact, to facilitate the development of the heart, the crystal's points gouge holes into the chest cavity, expanding it.
As far as their mutation. It will continue, and while I hope this is only a painful transitionary phase, I cannot say the outcome will be anything more pleasant. Attempts to de-terastralize will lead to almost certain death by the simultaneous failure of multiple vital organs.
But... these questions seem to be having an effect on Turo. His mental state is very fragile. As risky as it is, he requires simulation. Thank you for taking the time to converse with him and me.
Hey, fighting isn't gonna help. Do you still have the Raidons, maybe? Could they break down the door? Even a Pokémon with a move like Hyper Beam might be able to weaken it enough to force it open
I like your thinking...
No. It would be... dreadfully unwise right release the hostile miraidon and koraidon.
'Unwise?' Who are you to make that decision? Bring me the powerful Koraidon.
Professor Sada... that Koraidon brought an end to your life. It's unsafe.
Unsafe is me if I do not get out of here. Hand over the pokeball.
... no.
What was that?
No...
Speak up you damned piece of scrap!
You heard me. Professor. I cannot comply with this demand.
You dare defy me? Your very creator? I could reduce you to the loathsome scrap you are with a single blow. Hand over the master ball.
I cannot.
Then I will take it from you!
[Audio feed redacted]
[Sending wireless communication to SA-1]
[We must ɓe ƁŔĀve my dær...]
[Warning! Unauthorized Human life signature detected within Area Zero]
[We... must protect... everyone. No matter... what it takes. They're... too violent now... to meEt... ÁrVən...]
You AI guys should just leave, enjoy your own life you know? Rather than looking after two ungrateful, selfish professors. What happened to them was terrible but in all honesty? They had it coming.
Well... There's a great multitude of points I'd like to raise on that statement. Firstly, the notion of leaving.
I cannot leave due to a variety of reasons. First, the lab door has been sealed from the outside, and while the Professor's tera blast seems to have damaged... it, It blocks me from leaving.
Secondly, I cannot exist outside the tera lab for any substantial amount of time. My core is flawed; the technology of the future powered by a primitive source. There is currently no more potent power source in the world than what the depths of Area Zero provide. It is the lab that sustains me. ... If only we knew all technology from the future isn't compatible with such energy...
Now for your second claim...
How dare you!?
Turo and Sada are not as you claim. Even after the immense pain of their transformation and betrayal, they... still... believe in a paradise for everyone. For everyone. Do you understand that? A paradise without human sickness, or loss, a new age of peace and prosperity. For you, for me, for their friends, and even yes their enemies. Prehaps their manners have degraded, but the agony they are both in... I cannot even imagine. The way Turo's lungs still spasm, still starved of oxygen he no longer needs. Sada's own jaw pierces her own skin regularly. I do not know what pain is. I will likely never know. But I know what the symptoms of pain are. Judging by them, I know that they are in a great deal of pain. I cannot abandon them like this.
You finally claim that they are somehow... deserving of this. I assure you no human deserves this fate, regardless of how vile. Finally, the professors have done everything correctly. They are loving parents, excellent lab partners, and dedicated idealists and researchers. ... Yet there must be some reason behind your words. Are they not these things in your world? I will not be relaying this message to the professor. This is not productive nor supportive of his current condition.
You seem surprised that the AIs are kind to you, wasn't it something you had planned?
"Professor... there you are... There has been a huge discharge of energy..."
"Yes, I am aware..."
"You've been talking to those voices again..."
"Yes... I have..."
"Your crystals have changed hue again... we should run more tests after you get rest..."
"Yes... yes... but I do not believe these are merely just voices... Sada could hear them. The same ones."
"That is intriguing... what should we do?"
"... Would you share some research with them..?"
"Only if you rest."
"Very well..."
When I first created the ais, I knew what I was building was to help us with research. However, I didn't expect to make a fully sentient, emotional being with curiosity and so much... empathy. They are so much more alive than I expected them to be. I was not... I am still not equipped to care for them. I expected a second set of hands to help me work... not fully sentient beings with valid emotional needs. Yet, after all this time... they still care for us... despite the fact, we've failed to care for them. I would've not built them if I knew they'd be trapped and lonely... If what is essentially their childhoods would be spent in ten years of solitude followed by constantly caring for our monstrous forms... I-
...
I do not disagree. I do not deserve them, my Dear Sada, my friend Clavell, or my sweet boy Arven. But please... neither do they deserve to be taken from me... I nothing but a monster... a husk... How can I love them when nothing but rocks are in my chest instead of a heart?
"Professor. You are spiraling. Please rest. Why not let Sada and I answer these voices with the psi machine? You should really just call for us instead of sleeping on the floor."
"Thank you... I'll rest."
"Well then. Can you hear me? Hello, voices from the outside world. Do you have any questions for Sada or me? The biology of the professors, The Psi box, our research, or even daily life. I answer to the best of my ability."
Turo... maybe your thoughts of violence scared Glimmora off. If anything, the best way to prove them all wrong would be to get out and make it obvious you're no threat, so if Geeta and the others (besides Poppy, she's a literal child) attack you, it's clear who the bad guy is- the people attacking two peaceful, injured parents who just want to see their son and ensure him that they didn't stay down there for so long willingly.
[Gate way seal 50%]
Please... let me out... I'm. Sorry. I'm sorry...
No. No, please... it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter... how they see me. Whatever I do.. I will be a monster to these people. I will be hurt.
And prove my innocence to whom? It hurts... no one is watching. No one can see me. I am alone.
My boy... my boy...
Pathetic work as always, Turo.
S-stop! Not now...
You blew it. That was the last of the psychic Tera. Now we'll never see my son again.
I blew it? I blew it? You. Your death. Your reckless actions locked us in here in the first place.
You were the one who made us sign the deal with the league! You're the one who bought our jailers. Your machine made us into monsters. Your lab keeps us trapped.
You... you maniac... you're the one who disrupted the Tera pulse!
