[005] [voice] the boy is a computer

[byname_bynature]

[If one were to enter Artemis' apartment, they would come upon a very strange sight: a lemur sleeping next to a glowing blue cube. From the cube, a red laser-like beam is scanning around the room, and finally locks onto the journal kept in its place on the desk. Thank Frond, because Jay-Jay wasn't responding to any commands to move him to the

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[divineheal]

I've seen a talking treasure chest, odd as that may sound.

[eternitycoded]

At this point, ma'am, I am far beyond odd.

[divineheal]

...Ah, it's sir, not ma'am.

[Aaaaawkward.]

I'm not sure I understand the pattern behind this particular experiment.

[eternitycoded]

Ah... pardon me sir. [IT HAD BREASTS IT WAS A FAIR CALL.]

Well, I am a supercomputer and you are a woman. So thus far I am unaware of a pattern as well.

[divineheal]

I've become my wife. [It seemed worth pointing out. She's not just 'a woman', to him.]

You are a... what?

[eternitycoded]

Oh... [Yes, Artemis would argue that is worth pointing out.] I am a supercomputer. Supercomputers store information primarily. Compute complex mathematical equations. [Hone in on satellites, receive and send emails, make phone calls, compensate for deteriorated video tape...]

Is your wife here? In Luceti?

[divineheal]

[...None of that information means anything to a knight clueless about modern technology. Other worlds can be confusing.]

No, not to my knowledge... But there's a chance she arrived here in the last cycle and has yet to contact us. My friends believe there's a chance we could have traded bodies for this experiment.

[eternitycoded]

It is a sound theory, though I haven't caught sight of my own body, nor was this-- the thing I am now, in Luceti before this morning.

...though I do hope your wife is here. It must be difficult to be separated from one's spouse.

[divineheal]

The last experiments affected people in many different ways. There was no one effect for the village as a whole.

[His (her?) voice sounds resigned.] Everyone is seperated from loved ones here. I would sooner she be safe at home than subject to these experiments.

[eternitycoded]

Still, I can understand how some spouses consider themselves more prepared for certain situations together than when they are apart.

Respectfully, though, concerning the experiments I have been told more than once that some effects are seemingly random. Though there must be a link. Somewhere.

[divineheal]

Yes, that's very true. Still, I would not wish for her to be here merely to make things easier for myself.

[Although, if she were here, he wouldn't mind for his son's sake, at least.]

There may be a link. In the last experiment, myself and my housemates were all afflicted by the same effect for a time.

[eternitycoded]

Somewhere, I'm certain she misses you as well. [...wait, since when did he become Artemis Fowl, Marriage Counselor? Back to business--]

Which effect was it? Did you all become children, have your personalities affected somehow...?

[Yes, his focus is going onto figuring out what's going on now.]

[divineheal]

Thank you. On the small chance she is here but in my body, could you tell me if you see her -- me? [Oh, this is confusing.] I am a paladin with white hair and armour.

We all became children, but a few of us also had our pasts altered. It was... strange.

[eternitycoded]

Certainly sir. I'm monitoring the network very closely--if I see her, I'll send you a message.

[Somewhere in the cube, Artemis' physical projection puts a finger to his lips to think.]

Children with altered pasts. Interesting. No other effects were perceived?

[divineheal]

You have my gratitude.

Ah... Yes. Towards the end of the experiment, my friend and brother returned back to normal -- only they had exchanged bodies. That is what made me wonder if the same had happened to Rosa and I, and I've merely yet to find her.

[eternitycoded]

I see. A reasonable assumption, given how it seems the effects of these experiments can extend past the period of time some people experience these phenomena in.

Well sir, I will keep an sensor attuned to the network--given that it is my only source of entertainment at the moment--and alert you should I see anything.

[Though he can't help but think that if his wife actually was in Luceti, wouldn't the first thing she'd want to do be contacting her husband...?]