crack this stupid thing of course!

“Alright” I stared at the phone in front of me. “Lets go over the rules again.”

-I need to get my picture replaced with somebody else

-A command is active to prevent me from doing that

-Ben has various safeguards in place to prevent me from circumventing the issue

-Erasing Commands is one of these safeguards

-Hitting safeguards will result in more and more severe punishments

I tried to recall how long Ben spend inputting the commands. It was pretty long, but surely it couldn't be longer then five minutes, even if we count the time I spend dancing. No matter how you look at it, there was a limit of the amount of commands he could have given in that time frame.

I started up my laptop and did a little brainstorm session

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-command to erase commands

-delete and redownload app

-get a new phone

-get someone else to input commands

-command to replace commands

-command to stop punishments

“Hmmm....” I stopped. So far so easy. It is highly unlikely that Ben didn't think of these himself tough.

“Stop punishment” was tempting. It had nothing to do with the task at hand, so the chance that it flew under Bens radar was big. According to Ben the punishments where supposed to get more and more severe, so using this one first definitely sounded smart.

I started typing.

“Won't have to do any punishments”

Command.

Did it work? Wait a minute, wasn't that way too abstract? I started typing again.

“Wont have to do any silly acts against her will.”

Command

I grumbled. This was harder then I thought.

“Won't have to do any acts as results of violation of forbidden commands.”

Command

My body jerked upwards. “Woah!” and I walked out of my room without my consent.

“Master! Master” I heard myself screaming.

“Yo!” Ben shuffled out of his room and the moment I saw him I fell on my knees.

“Oh, my Master! This most foolish of slaves must confess her crimes! I tried to outwit you Master, but I am just a foolish worm compared to your brilliance. Oh please, punish me, Master!”

“I see you didn't heed my warning”, replied Ben very smugly.

“Why you little!” Looks like my speech was back to normal. “How did you even input something like this?”

“It was actually surprisingly simple: “Apologize to me in a way that is slightly embarrassing.”.

“You call that “slightly”?”

“You can blame your own twisted mind for that. Can you stand?”

I noticed that I was still on my hands and knees and quickly got up. “Can I assume further punishment will be in a similar fashion?”

“Maybe they are, maybe they are not.”

I could strangle Ben right now. But I had to reign myself in. My **** would be much sweeter and quite a bit more then “slightly.”

“Oh mind telling me, what you tried to do?”

“I tried to delete the app.”

“Really now? I'm disappointed. I obviously thought about that one first.”

I left Ben to bask in his, no doubt, fleeting victory and head back to my room.

.

-command to erase commands

-delete and redownload app

-get a new phone and download the app there

-get someone else to input commands.

-command to replace commands

-command to stop punishments

-beat Ben up

.

Back to the drawing board. In all honesty none of the other ideas, sounded particularly promising. Ben obviously thought of them. I probably could get a new phone, but i'm sure the punishment would kick in the moment I tried to redownload the app. The same was with trying to get someone else to input commands. It seemed unlikely that Ben would specify that these rules would only apply to me. At most he excluded himself.

What about “replace command”? That one was too simple, but the direction wasn't bad. Maybe not replace but alter? No wait! How about adding something?

"Add to command: Unable to erase commands: while wearing a tophat."

Not to toot my own horn, but that was genius. I felt like some sort of elite hacker right now. There is no way Ben thought of that.

Command.

At once I felt my body rise.

Oh crap.

I moved downstairs put on my shoes and moved outside.

Oh crap Oh crap Oh crap

“Ben!” I screamed half an hour later.

Ben sat on his bed, smugly reading a Book. (If it Bleeds, from Stephen King) “Enjoyed your little walk?”

I just walked around the entire neighborhood while, while....”

“Yes?”

“Picking my nose the entire time!”

“Ah yes, “walk around the neighborhood for 30 minutes while doing something relatively embarrassing.” You picked uh...picking your nose? Fascinating.”

“I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.”

“How about quiting while you are ahead? Well, I mean you aren't really ahead but...”

“Never!” I roared and stormed back to my room.

.

-command to erase commands

-delete and redownload app

-get a new phone and download the app there.

-get someone else to input commands

-command to replace, alter, add commands

-command to stop punishments

-beat Ben up with a crowbar

.

Think Rina think! There must be something Ben overlooked! What if....what if...

But my mind went blank. No matter how much I tried I couldn't come up with another solution. Should I try the two remaining solutions after all? They won't work, I know they won't work...but I had to try right? Right?

I didn't need to buy a new phone, I had an old phone still in working condition, so I charged it up and with trembling fingers opened the app store. There it was, this cursed app. This has to work, it simply has to.

I downloaded it, or rather I tried to, my finger hovered milimeters above the button. But while I couldn't hit it, no punishment appeared to come. Did Ben made a mistake after all?

Then I felt a warm sensation between my legs.

...

..

.

“What was the command?” I demanded to know. Ben noticed that I wore different pants but didn't comment on it.

“I told you to stop, Sis”

“The command.”

“Lose one bodyfunction that is very embarrassing to lose. Regain it after one week.”

“O-One week?” I squeaked.

“Look, maybe that was a bit too harsh. If you promise me to stop, I will...”

My Mind went blank. I ignored Ben and sleepwalked back towards my room.

But, something has awakened within me. I could see everything clearly. My mind detached himself from my useless body and stared down on it. I could see everything. The Past, the present, the future. I reached enlightenment.

My mind started to operated at 1000% of its original capacity and every synapse in my brain worked on but one single task.

To absolutely and thoroughly obliterate the human being known as Benjamin Franklin.

Two hours have passed. Ben finally knocked on my door. Perfectly within calculations.

“Sis...look i'm sorry. I'm going to revert that..”

His voice was riddled with guilt. Ah yes, I too felt once such emotions, an eternity ago.

He opened the door and hit command

“Sis?” Ben looked puzzled at first, then worried and finally panicked.

At my feet was the phone. In my hand I held a large sheet of paper that read as follows: “I gave myself the command to stop breathing. I also gave the command that the only way to restore my breathing is to remove any commands given to me.”

“Are you insane!” Ben howled and run towards me, he quickly snagged the phone and started punching in some letters. It took quite some time, and as he finally hit command I took a deep breath and let out a maniacal laugh.

Ben didn't care and immediately hugged me “You stupid idiot. Stupid, stupid.” He looked at me with tears in his eyes. I patted his head. “Why would you ever do something like that? Do you know how dangerous this was? What if I banned myself from entering commands?"

I smiled. “Thank you Ben, and don't worry I never ordered myself to stop breathing.”

“What?”

I took a picture of Bens confused and tear stained face.

I almost felt sorry for him.