Post by Skyscream on Feb 27, 2015 18:18:30 GMT -8
Slasher stared at the open door in white wall in front of him. The long hallway beyond it was still empty and had been for what seemed like a very long time. A moment of eternity that stretched on as his mind travelled through the fog of his memories. There were many things that he wondered about. His name was lost in that fog. Where he came from was also a bit of a mystery. He had no memory of growing up. Even intelligent programs technically grow up. There should be something but the earliest memory he had was of this room and waking up in it. He knew he was insane but he had no idea why. Slasher actually preferred to be in the Matrix over Machine City unlike so many other programs he talked to. He just didn't feel connected to this place at all. Like shouldn't be here. It wasn't even so much that it was the matrix. It was that there were people there. The mix of human and programs was interesting. He felt it was probably because it wasn't this place. He hated this place. The endless years in this damn room, not knowing why. He still didn't know. The Machine was far too powerful and took no notice of his questions the first time he escaped. They killed him like he was a bug that got stepped on by an elephant and he woke up back here. Always here.
Then one day he discovered that a Machine had gone Exile. Disappeared into the Matrix. But by the time Slasher actually made it into the Matrix this Machine had disappeared. Something that wasn't mentioned by the Merovingian during their original deal to get him there. The Frenchman did eventually give him answers but he still didn't think it was a very nice thing to do.
He had to admire this Machine. It was clever. Escaped from the Matrix into the Real and hid among the very people opposed to the Machine. Became an integral part of a fleet that followed this Morpheus fellow he heard so much about. He would find it though, somehow, and get the answers he was looking for.
One way or another.
He needed answers.
He was also tired of this room.
Slasher stood up and slowly stalked towards the door with single minded purpose.