Into The Wind

By

Dave Overgard

 

Mark has just rejoined Red down by the lake when his time transforming suit starts visualizing what Red had seen the night Blue disappeared.

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           As Red was describing all of the wonderful changes that OBedienent Servitude “OBS” would have on Mark his time transforming suit over powered all that Red was promoting.  Going into what appeared as a transfixed expression his imbedded sim card recorded all that Red was saying so he could pick right up after his suit returned him from his transfixed state.  Repeating what she was saying was a special talent that Mark had developed to recover when his suit took over . 

 

           It was apparent from his time travel thru Red’s memory that both Blue and Red were at the lake the night Blue disappeared.  His vision depicted Blue on the low over hanging branch of the large oak tree beside the lake.  Blue’s pose was reminiscent of Kate Winslet’s pose as Rose DeWitt on the bow of the Titanic.  As she faced into the wind her transparent  blue gown blowing behind her just covered her nakedness in the most alluring manner.  It seemed this was the last place to haunt before she disappeared.  Along with the vision a multitude of drivers licenses and false ID’s were registered.  Thankful that Mark had set his sim to record any and all visions he experienced.  He would down load the visions if and when he ever escaped the clutches of Red.  The vision terminated with Blue fading and the blue gown left entangled with the branches. Rapidly replaying the sim conversation Mark is able to pick up the conversation as Red says"I can make you one of the most subservient beings to walk the face of this planet."

Mark trying to feign disbelief.  "Don't be ridiculous, Even if my disease could be cured, even if the OBS was successful my body would still grow a beard and loose my hair..  

 

Red leans in and softly states “eventually, simple items like that can also be altered.    As you saw at the club there are many life forms acceptable today. You would make a stunning Amazon. It would not be too much of a stretch."

Mark finds myself shaking internally.  This will be the toughest hurdle to cross, and if she falls for it, he'll be surprised; His sims gave fair warning, of course - a 43% chance that she would figure out by this point he had an clandestine motive.- but he needed to solve this case.  Flashing one of his driver’s licenses and false ID's he asks to see the lab.

 "Mr. Smith is it? Chuckling as she  continues "you doubting Thomas, like almost every other male, you have yet to fully grasp the pleasures and implications of OBS technology.  

Listen:"  And she proceeds to explain, in a summarily oversimplified manner, the mechanics of OBS. 

Red taps a finger on the watch; it gives a faint bluish glow. A hologram of her lab appears.

 

The updated dungeon is a masterful work of modern day behavior modification devices.

 

“Do I have your agreement for performing your OBS?”

“How will it work? Mark questions.

A digital model of you brain well be etched but not directly into the circuitry, but in the mechanics of a piece of software that, when running, will emulate the workings of your new OBS  flesh-and-blood brain down to the sub-neuron level.  This model, will run on a supercomputer, until we can achieve the behaviors I desire. Then it will be connected to your body through a cranial implant (the technology to splice nerve endings in much the same way that the receiver of a 20th century cordless phone was connectend to its base.   

To be continued