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(Public announcement)
My name is Ginger and I haven't exactly been the person of the year...
I've done something wrong...
I know, you know, we all know...
See I've been a bully, well no I've done worse than that, I've hurt my friend and now it's too late. Too late to get his forgiveness, too late to tell him that I'm sorry, too late to make it up to him...
It's just too late...
Or that's what I thought at first, I know the answer, the answer to getting his forgiveness.
You see, I've been the problem, I've always been the problem, he said so himself but what can I do about that? I... I love him, they say that if you've had a friend long time and that friend becomes more than a friend, it becomes...weird.
That's not true... I've never been more sure of what I have to do. I know that if I gave him the choice he'd choose never to see me again. So I'll make him... I'll make him love me, I'll make him see the real me. Who I really am under this mask.
I'll make him love me if it's the last thing I do.
Don't worry this massage isn't sponsored by any of the investment schemes or gia corp. It's an illegal broadcast, and if I'm ever caught it'd surely mean life in prison. But my skills are unparalleled, even the NVNs maintainers can't compare.
This is purely a result of my hacking skills... yes... I've hacked the NVN countless times and in a world where everything is digital, getting rid of anyone who interferes with
my plans is a trivial matter. Just imagine what i can do with a stove and a microwave. Sounds fun doesn't it?
Simply put, the world is my plaything and you are all my toys. Do what I say and you won't be hurt.
And baby, if you hear this message, I want you to know I love you and everything that happens, no, everything I do from now on is for your sake, Jake... No.. Until you recognize me as your girlfriend, no your wife, I'll call you by your full name. Jake Wright.
Oh and one more thing, anyone who dares lay a finger on Jake Wright will Pay the price.
Just so you know how serious I am, I will tell you a little secret. Right now at this very moment there is a talk-show on channel '6'... The politician there, will be executed by me.
~G~
[End of broadcast]
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I was stricken, I felt a pang in my stomach, a knot of sorts. What the hell? Did she really just call my name? No that must be another Jake Wright and another ginger, she couldn't do that. She wouldn't even be bold enough to attempt to broadcast that message. I was in the kitchen, my mom looked at me, "Jake?" She asked softly "What's this about?" She seemed confused and surprised, "That's a crime Jake and that girl called your name."
I didn't have any more answers than she did, but I had a feeling that things were gonna get a lot worse.
Using my neuro-link I brought up the link menu and connected to the television then gave the channel change gesture.
Chanel '6'
Equalism with robots just lets children make bad decisions.
People feel love.
Robots don't.
Sign up with the anti-android Equalism foundation and make the right choice today.
-And now we return to the people's choice,-
The camera rotated to show a live audience applauding before it completed its rotation and paned left.
"So how do you feel about the recent change in the senator position and how it affects the unemployment rate in the twilight district?" Asked a blond woman wearing way more make-up than was necessary.
The slightly grey haired and plump man in a suit who sat across from her responded with a laugh and "well I've always thought that the best achievement in life is an education and being a 'working girl' or more straight forwardly a 'prostitute' is entirely the opposite of achieving anything. So these 'working girls' have no-one but themselves to blame for their unemployment."
Suddenly the someone from the camera crew hurried onto the stage handing something to the politician who seemed a little confused. As soon as the camera man let go the, the politician fell to the floor convulsing and gyrating in a fit, twitching and spasming all the while white foam like spittle froth bubbled from his mouth until he fell silent.
The blond woman seemed at a lost for words, shocked by what she'd just seen. Then as people rushed to the scene someone signaled for the feed to be cut and then...
Static.
My mother and I exchanged confused and worried glances. Then with her neuro-link she switched to the news Chanel.
-Breaking news!-
-it has just been announced that the senator for the mid Atlantic united nation has just been allegedly assassinated on a live talk show-
The my mom turned the tv off, and looked at me with a questionative expression. She seemed to want an explanation. The same thing I wanted only she seemed to think I knew.
"Jake tell me your not involved with that girl..."
"I'm not," I responded. I wanted to be more convincing but I was just too worried. I hurried to my room.
I was hyperventilating, and was about to take off my neuro-link when a message popped up. It was from 001 and she was asking me to connect to the NVN. My breathing was choked with panic, but I managed to sit at my desk the welcome sign came on and faded but nothing happened.
That's when a thought crossed my mind.
She's doing this! She doesn't want me to go see 001 so she's blocking me and any minute now the police will be here to question me. Since she did mention my Full name.
What should I do?
What should I do?
Suddenly a familiar voice called to me from behind, I jumped up and spun I my heels.
"H-how?" I asked "how are you here?"
It was 001, not her in person but her avatar.
"Augmented reality" she responded quickly and then "I just heard, what happened what are you gonna do?"
"I-I don't know, I don't know." I responded practically tugging at my hair.
"They're here!" She said suddenly "I know a place were you'll be safe, come on."
"What?" I asked "you want me to run from the police?"
"Look a politician died and the murder is tied to you there are people in high places who are gonna be angry, so safe is your only bet right now."
A choice.... What do I do?
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