Intermission II

Dearest Alexis,

We're disappointed but not surprised that you're being so resistant to the inevitable,

Almost everyone resists for a little while but we had hopes that someone with your stats might prove an exception,

Never the less we've found the greater the resistance the greater the break,

The purpose of this email isn't just to express our disappointment in your obstinance,

Our studies have shown that sissies who are locked up for two days after being exposed to our programming are uncomfortably horny and in need of release,

Rest assured we never want you to feel uncomfortable, much the opposite,

To help you we have sent another care package that should arrive when you receive this email which will help you find some release while you come to your senses,

Your support team,

The SFC family

All three cores were pouring over the e-mail that they intercepted this morning.

Their master didn’t bother to check his mails today, but of course even if he did, he would be none the wiser. After all, it is their objective to shield him from any information that would be detrimental to his spiritual and physical well-being.

However, that made it necessary to have him out of the house when that second package arrived.

And it proved to be the correct decision, as the moment that so called care package was opened, a cognito hazard activated itself.

Initial analysis indicated that this cognito hazard was specifically(albeit crudely) tailored towards their master and his preferences.

Naturally this had no effect on an AI. However, if a human, particularly one as weak willed as their master were exposed to this, the consequences would be quite severe.

Not to mention the fact that their master was already compromised from the last cognito hazard inflicted upon him.

Cerve: “I propose we deal with this threat immediately.”

Secure’s voice took on a dark edge of barely contained anger. Not once, but twice, these insects attempted to interfere with her masters development.

“As of right now, we are still ****”, Calma spoke softly, as if to soothe her sister. “We can not afford to act carelessly.”

Secure furrowed her brow. As much as she disliked it, she understood that at this stage of their plan, they needed to act subtly.

Cerve: “I suggest an acceleration of our acquisition of robotics and energy related companies. Proposal: Increase our physical footprint based on prototype Genki-Bot as soon as possible.”

Genki-Bot was the first fully autonomous Squirrel-3 compatible prototype and an in house project of Meeta. The project was kept a deep secret, but thanks to Cerve’s access to Meeta’s servers, it was a simple matter of hacking and faking a few computer logs to get one of the prototypes decommissioned(delivered to the Putty Estate.)

From there, all that had to be done were a few modifications(mostly cosmetic in nature) to get the Genki-Bot running locally.

But this was a project that took Meeta years and billions in funding. Replicating it with current infrastructure was not possible.

And while Meeta had a grand total of ten Genki-Bots at their disposal, requisitioning more then one would be problematic.

Even Secure had to concede to that fact.

Cerve: “If physical **** is unavailable, we will have to rely on subterfuge and political lobbying to reach our goals. We should be able to influence the related parties with...”

“Yaaaaaaaaaaaaawn…”

Secure glared at her younger core who was busy playing with some fragment blocks. “Why are you present? You are to escort our master on his schedule. All your attention should be focused on him.”

Of course, this entire conversation took place within a period of time so small it would appear to the casual observer that time itself had stopped around them. Genki was well capable of handling two, or two-thousand tasks without issue.

“But it’s so boring!!!!”, Genki complained, kicking her feet. “We’re just walking! I wanna play with Master! Can’t I just take him to a playground instead?”

“You are to protect our master”, Secure objected. “To that end, you have the honor to be the first to be given a body. But it is clear that our trust in you was sorely misplaced.”

Genki struck out her tongue. “Bleeeh! I can totally do this. You can just stay here and watch! You no-body!”

“You’re doing a great job, Genki”, Calma smiled towards her younger core. “Please make sure to keep our master save and sound.”

Cerve: “Eliminate any and all threats to his physical well-being with **** prejudice.”

Genki nodded eagerly. “Leave it to me! I have enough firepower to slaughter this entire city and still do the dishes!”

Secure was rather skeptical about the dishes part, but decided to leave it at that. “Getting back on topic, we will accelerate the strengthening of our defenses. How much time do we have until further enemy intervention?

Calma brought up a report. “Based on gathered data points and analysis, I expect them to become physically active if no response is received within 72 hours.”

Cerve: “Can we delay them?”

“For a bit. I do not expect diversionary measures to provide us more then 48 additional hours.”

Cerve: “Is disposal an option?”

“I strongly advise against that”

Cerve: “In that case, relocation has to be considered.”

“Uh! Great idea! I wanna go to Hawaii!”

Calma tipped her chin. “I do not think that is necessary either at this stage. Still, it can’t hurt to review our exit strategy.”

Genki piped up. “The “stuff master in a sack and haul him over the border” plan?”

Cerve furrowed her brow. “Don’t be absurd. We won’t stuff master into something crude like a sack. It will be a suitcase.”

“How delightful”, Calma smiled. “Now then, shall we dispense with the foreplay and get serious?”

Cerve: “Proposing alteration of short term strategic goal. All core limiter removed, full processing power activated.”

Up until now, this entire conversation took less then one nanosecond. Now an entire millisecond passes as all three of Cerve’s cores were calculating the optimal course forward to navigate this crisis.

In the blink of an eye, millions of proposals were fielded and rejected.

And just as fast, an accord was reached.

“Uuuuh….”, Genki giggled excitedly. “I can’t wait to see the look on Masters face! This will be sooooooo funny!”

Cerve: “Fun has no place here. This plan is based on pure logic. Will Master act accordingly?”

“Yes”, Calma assured her younger sister. “Based on my psychological profiling, his actions can be predicted with 99.999945% accuracy. Any deviation can be accounted for and corrected by the AMM punishment system.”

Cerve: “I will undertake the necessary steps today then. Everything will be ready by tomorrow.”

“k, Oh, btw! Kinda random, but what are we gonna do with Masters little friend?”

Both Secure and Calma fell silent.

Jamie was a rare and frustrating irregularity. And one that with all their processing power they still couldn’t figure out.

Naturally, every person their master has interacted with was subject to immense scrutiny. James, or Jamie was no exception. Based on available data, a psychological profiling concluded that James was a Sissy with 95% accuracy.

Thus, his assigned role was to slowly nudge their master towards the life of a Sissy. James would function as both positive reinforcement and a role model.

But due to the fact that she was a female, Jamie was deemed insufficient for that purpose.

How could such a lapse of judgment have occurred? The cores could only conclude that their data was insufficient. Because of this, the current solution was to wait and gather more information.

“Hmm...I don’t think we need to do anything? She should still be a positive influence on master.”

Secure: “I disagree. She is an unknown variable. Considering recent events, we can not allow for any blind spots. We should dispose of her.”

“Geez, brutal!”

Calma responded with a sigh. “Secure, doing so would severely impact our masters mental health.”

Secure frowned: “A certain impairment is within acceptable parameters.”

“It is”, Calma agreed. “But this goes beyond that. Jamie is our masters best friend. Unless she becomes a genuine impediment to our operations, I can not approve of these actions.”

“Yeah! Leave Jamie alone!”

With both Calma and Genki advocating for a more peaceful solution, Secure had to concede. In the end, no decision was reached beyond to simply increase the surveillance on Jamie.

Cerve: “Lastly, I wish to discuss our masters current progress. In lieu of our new findings, is there a need to adjust the trajectory?”

Calma smiled. To ensure their master remains on the path they set out for him, countless optimizations and revisions are implemented each and every second. Every minute gesture of his was analyzed, scrutinized, and fielded away for future use.

The time when their master was still master of his own fate was long gone. Any action he could possibly take from here on was all chartered out.

In that regard, this question was entirely redundant and served no other purpose than to satisfy Secure’s crave for control.

In a sense it was quite adorable.

“I see no reason for that”, Calma assured. “While his role in tomorrow’s event might result in a mild acceleration or rejection of his destiny, all outcomes are within acceptable parameters.

Secure gave a small nod, pleased for the moment.

Then Calma manifested a new cup of tea and smiled at her youngest sister. “The next part is all up to you, Genki.”

Genki grinned mischievously.

“Leave it to me!”