Evans felt a sharp pain in his head as the memories of his past faded away. He gasped for air as he looked around, trying to understand where he was.
He realized he was in a private jet, the same one he boarded earlier to go back to his home. But he couldn't remember how he got here.
As he tried to stand up, his head started spinning and he fell back on the bed. His vision started blurring and he felt his consciousness slipping away. The last thing he heard was the pilot's voice calling for an emergency landing.
When he woke up, he found himself in a strange house. The room was decorated with bright colors and toys were scattered all over the floor. He heard a loud crying noise and realized it was coming from a nearby room.
Evans slowly sat up on the bed, trying to shake off the grogginess. He felt a sense of disorientation as he looked around, still unsure of where he was. The crying noise grew louder and he got up, following the sound to a room with a crib.
There, he saw a baby crying uncontrollably. The sight of the child made his heart race as he realized he was the father which brought tears to Evans's eyes.
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It is the month of June 2023, and the day after the incident in the hospital, the family had been relocated to a small apartment in Ji-Woo's hometown Bucheon for safety.
Ji-woo was born in Korea and then later moved to New York for further pursue a nursing career, and later being the vice guild leader of the Peace Guild, the members of the guild decided to send them to Ji-Woo's hometown in Bucheon.
The baby, just one day old, had spent most of his time sleeping, but as he slowly opened his eyes, he saw something strange in front of him.
A message had popped up in front of his eyes which was the same one he saw in the hospital before dozing off, seemingly out of nowhere.
"System Initialization." It said.
The baby didn't understand what it meant, but the message was accompanied by a small, female AI voice.
"Initialization completed. Scanning Host for body condition and details."
Then suddenly after some time, another notification popped out of nowhere.
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[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]
Initialization complete. AUTOMATA is now live for the host.
Name: Unknown
Scanning the host body.
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The baby didn't understand what was happening, The one-day-old baby boy, blinked his eyes as he looked around at his surroundings. He had just woken up from a long nap, and he was feeling a bit disoriented.
Suddenly, the AI voice spoke up again, and his eyes widened in surprise. He didn't know what the voice was saying, but it sounded funny to him. As the voice continued speaking, he couldn't help but giggle and coo, making cute baby noises like "gu ga ga."
Unbeknownst to his mother, who was still sleeping because so much happened, the AI was detecting small injuries in the baby's body, injuries that even Ji-Woo could not heal.
The AI's voice announced, "Initiating and tending to host injury. Now it will tend to those injuries."
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[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]
Scanning complete.
Detected internal wounds.
Starting the healing process.
Please wait while AUTOMATA works on healing the wounds.
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As the AI worked to heal the baby's body, he continued to giggle and coo, completely unaware of what was happening to him as babies continued to heal.
After AI had finished scanning and healing the baby boy's body, a notification appeared on the screen.
"Initialization complete. Scanning and healing process successful. Please enter the name". the voice echoed in his ears.
(Ahem Author here: If I would have been there, I would have not asked such a dumb question, but you know right it's AI, what more you can expect" Ahem ahem)
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[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]
Healing complete. AUTOMATA is now ready to use.
Name: Unknown
Please enter the hostname to proceed.
[ENTER HOST NAME]
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The baby boy looked up at the screen, but he didn't understand what the voice was asking him to do. Instead, he just giggled and cooed, completely oblivious to the situation. (Author here: That's what I am talking about, dumb AI" ahem ahem)
The AI repeated its request, but the baby boy still didn't understand. The AI decided to take matters into its own hands and announced,
"Auto-updating name. Please wait a moment."
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[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]
No response was received. Auto updating hostname to Unknown.
Please wait for a moment
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As Ji-Woo woke up from sleep, she looked over at her baby boy, who had just woken up and was giggling and cooing happily. Her heart swelled with joy at the sight of him.
After watching his little bundle of joy, play happily in his crib. She leaned in closer to him and spoke in a soft, gentle voice.
"You know, little one, I've been thinking about your name. I want to give you a name that represents your joyful spirit and the happiness you bring to our family." She paused for a moment, thinking carefully.
"I've decided to name you Hee-Joon".
'Hee' means happiness and 'Joon' means gracious or gentle.
"I hope you'll grow up to be a kind, happy, and gentle person, just like your name." Ji-woo smiled down at her son, feeling a sense of peace wash over her.
As Hee-Joon continued to coo and laugh, Ji-woo couldn't help but feel grateful for his presence in her life. Despite the harrowing incident at the hospital the day before, she knew that everything would be alright as long as she had her precious little boy by her side.
As soon as Ji-woo finished giving her baby boy the name Hee-Joon, the tiny voice spoke again in his ear. He couldn't understand what it was saying, but it continued nonetheless.
After a few seconds, a new notification appeared on the screen. The AI voice spoke up once again, saying,
"Name update complete, the Hostname is Hee-Joon."
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[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]
The host detected the name as Hee-Joon from the mother. Updating the name...
Name: Hee-Joon
The name is updated successfully. AUTOMATA is ready for use.
[PROCEED]
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