Wastelander Page #4

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Yeah. Just drop it already.

You better head

back in the morning.

I'm gonna go on alone from here.

I'll check up on you later.

[DRAMATIC SCI-FI AMBIENCE

WITH SYNTHESIZERS CONTINUES]

[LIGHT AIRY ELECTRONIC AMBIENCE]

[BUZZING SOUND EFFECT]

[MECHANICAL DOOR OPENING SOUND]

[ELECTRONIC

AMBIENCE CONTINUES]

COMPUTER:

Welcome.

Messiah Corporation. We

have your salvation solutions.

LIGHT AIRY:

ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES

MUSIC GETS MORE DRAMATIC

[COMPUTER SOUNDS]

I know this place.

C.A.I.N:
Yes sir, you

are a former resident.

Where am I?

You are in Messiah Corporation

Arc 257, and you've just

logged on to the E.D.E.N

simulation program.

Who are you?

A 3-dimensional avatar

designated for human interaction

A VR program....

I'm the Central

Artificial Intelligence Node.

CAIN for short.

You can change my

appearance, voice, or gender,

in the options menu.

The simulated reality

offers an unprecedented

sensory stimulation.

In time, it becomes

indistinguishable from reality.

Of course.

What's the purpose?

To make the prospect of

indefinite cryogenic sleep more

pleasant.

So they knew the

end of days were coming.

It was prophesized

in the early 24th century.

This shelter was built to ensure

the survival of its members.

What happened to me?

That information is

classified. But, in a few

moments you will

recall the override.

They only saved themselves.

It would have been impossible to

obtain enough resources to save

the masses.

There was another purpose

for this simulated reality.

Override Solidor 766 Delta.

Confirmed.

Suggestive implementation.

Explain.

A process in which all

combat and survival training

ever documented, are recorded

into the subjects mind during

hibernation.

Did I know of this?

You were the creator.

Me? Why did I leave the shelter?

Because you did not

take to the process.

What do you mean?

A lucid awareness made further

implementation impossible.

The only solution was to purge

and start the process on the

next subject.

How come I can't remember any of

this, and yet I remember all the

codes?

I would attribute the

selective memory loss due to the

fact that gestation stopped at

83%. Your memory was erased and

then repurposed in

fragments at random.

No sh*t.

You were aware of this

possibility when you went in.

Why?

Because eternal cryogenic

sleep is equally damning.

The Messiah Corporation needed a

savior, one that could travel to

the surface and tame the land

so the others could follow.

[AIRY SCI-FI AMBIENCE ENSUES]

[CAR DRIVING SOUND]

[CAR CAN BE HEARD

UNDER THE SYNTH MUSIC]

[LASER SHOT]

[CLINK OF HIS SPURS]

[DRAMATIC SCI-FI

AMBIENCE CONTINUES]

[EERIE AMBIENCE]

If the human race is to

survive this calamity, then it

is imperative men like us

prevent the Scourge from being

the sole progenitors

of the human race.

It was conflicting nonsensical

dogma that destroyed the Old

World.

Be that as it may.

We must rely on ourselves

and our creations.

ELECTRONIC:

SYNTHESIZER MUSIC BEGINS

The ability to manipulate and

perfect the human genome has

rendered the

belief in god obsolete.

If you're talking about

E.D.E.N. I don't care.

I'll give you all the codes,

you can have everything that's

there, just let us go.

I do not need the

codes, I already cracked the

security,

there's nothing there of value.

You are here for one reason.

This is your last chance Rhyous.

Join me, or die!

I already said no.

And threatening to kill me

doesn't usually end well.

This is why I like you and why

you should join me Rhyous.

We are men of a superior breed.

We are meant to work together.

The only desire that you

have is to live forever.

Naturally.

Do you really think

this world has any hope if

we do not take charge,

or any sort of initiative?

No. The foolish masses

are meant to be led by us.

The centuries of breathing

through a hose has turned you

into a narcissistic madman.

Then, unfortunately

you will have to die Rhyous.

Bring it.

HEAVY DRAMATIC:

SYNTHESIZER MUSIC BEGINS

[SOUND EFFECTS OF STRUGGLE]

Ugh! Uh.

Ugh!!!

CINEMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES

[STRUGGLE SOUNDS RESUME]

[BAM!]

[PISTOL SHOT]

[MUSIC STARTS TO SLOWLY FADE

INTO DRAMATIC AMBIENT SOUNDS]

[STABBING SOUND]

(breathing is heard)

[ROBOTIC

MALFUNCTIONING SOUND EFFECT]

[GUSHING LIQUID SOUND EFFECT]

[SYMPHONIC

INSTRUMENTAL AMBIENCE ENSUES]

[CRYING SOUND EFFECT]

[COUGHING AND STRUGGLED

BREATHING SOUND EFFECT]

[MELANCHOLY AMBIENCE WITH

SYNTHESIZER SOUNDS ENSUES]

MELANCHOLY:

ELECTRONIC MUSIC ENSUES

[CINEMATIC SOUND EFFECTS]

[CLICK SOUND]

ELECTRONIC MUSIC FADES IN

UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC

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