08-12-2016, 11:05 AM
The avatar smiled as Cain thanked him for the pizza. It was oddly refreshing to not have people freaking out over his intrusion however innocuous it was. Sage watched as he lounged and ate heartily of the prooffered food. The man was poor - maybe homeless? Nox had a tendency to bring home strays it seemed... Sage wondered how many likely strays he'd missed since the boy had gone to Moscow. They were neither boys anymore but they had been when they met. Sage wondered if Nox even missed his sister.
But then Cain flipped a switch with his simple question.
Sage's vision flashed red and Sage almost had a panic attack as he thought someone was hacking his server again. That would be twice in two days, but he realized quickly it was anger. Sage's avatar snapped. "I am not a robot!"
. The edges of the television screen flashed red before Sage got his emotions under control.
His fury was barely under control as he let the avatar speak. "I human, just like you!"
Sage felt the familiar pain of memories take control. The pain of the implant at first - the inability to sleep - the constant stream of undecipherable information.
Sage was lost in his memories, the screen slipped into them displaying things he hadn't meant to let out. Fuzzy images of two white clad people, their faces covered in surgical masks, their clothes covered in plastic and static reducing materials. The images interlaced with his own vision. The surgery performed from both sides. He didn't remember being awake but he had been, he remembered now and the pain coursed through his body. The fear, the doubt.... it colored his vision and the screen.
A knock on Sage's door was barely audible through his ears. Pounding. Then a definitive click of the door opening. But Sage didn't really notice any of it as he was lost in his head.
Someone grabbed Sage firmly and shook. It pulled him back, out of his memories and Sage looked out of his eyes and saw his mentor and another person behind him. Sage threw himself backwards out of his chair as he realized who was here. "You betrayed me!"
The screen in Cain's room echoed the phrase and glimpses of what Sage was seeing now flashed on the screen. Sage remembered what he was doing and he turned half his attention to the room in Moscow. "I should go now"
he said to Cain. But he didn't want to. He didn't want to deal with reality - with Grim. A message unconsciously scrolled across the bottom of screen. Fear! Betrayal! Loss! Death!
. The four word scrolled across Cain's screen but Sage didn't notice it as it scrolled over and over.
But the man was standing in his room as Sage lay in a the ruined pile of a broken wooden chair that had been his seat moments before. Grim frowned. "You okay?"
Sage just stared up at him.
Edited by Sage, Aug 12 2016, 11:10 AM.
But then Cain flipped a switch with his simple question.
Sage's vision flashed red and Sage almost had a panic attack as he thought someone was hacking his server again. That would be twice in two days, but he realized quickly it was anger. Sage's avatar snapped. "I am not a robot!"
. The edges of the television screen flashed red before Sage got his emotions under control.
His fury was barely under control as he let the avatar speak. "I human, just like you!"
Sage felt the familiar pain of memories take control. The pain of the implant at first - the inability to sleep - the constant stream of undecipherable information.
Sage was lost in his memories, the screen slipped into them displaying things he hadn't meant to let out. Fuzzy images of two white clad people, their faces covered in surgical masks, their clothes covered in plastic and static reducing materials. The images interlaced with his own vision. The surgery performed from both sides. He didn't remember being awake but he had been, he remembered now and the pain coursed through his body. The fear, the doubt.... it colored his vision and the screen.
A knock on Sage's door was barely audible through his ears. Pounding. Then a definitive click of the door opening. But Sage didn't really notice any of it as he was lost in his head.
Someone grabbed Sage firmly and shook. It pulled him back, out of his memories and Sage looked out of his eyes and saw his mentor and another person behind him. Sage threw himself backwards out of his chair as he realized who was here. "You betrayed me!"
The screen in Cain's room echoed the phrase and glimpses of what Sage was seeing now flashed on the screen. Sage remembered what he was doing and he turned half his attention to the room in Moscow. "I should go now"
he said to Cain. But he didn't want to. He didn't want to deal with reality - with Grim. A message unconsciously scrolled across the bottom of screen. Fear! Betrayal! Loss! Death!
. The four word scrolled across Cain's screen but Sage didn't notice it as it scrolled over and over.
But the man was standing in his room as Sage lay in a the ruined pile of a broken wooden chair that had been his seat moments before. Grim frowned. "You okay?"
Sage just stared up at him.
Edited by Sage, Aug 12 2016, 11:10 AM.
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