The Minder

[Dave Synk]

Prologue

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A dark sinister room dims with a fluorescent-blue light. It appears to be a giant hall, it’s walls are synthetic and are dazzling with energy patterns. There seem to be hundreds of fused power conduits with an unknown energy type. It’s pulsating and the entire atmosphere is vibrating with an unnerving feeling. Then there comes a voice, like spoken from everywhere and nowhere, slow and echoing. A mixture of paradox between warmth and coldness could be felt.

“In the first of days… God created the Heavens… and the earths. But the earth was formless… surrounded by the void and the perpetual darkness.. so he spoke “Let it be Light !” .. and so it was.”

The room was a giant assembly line of sorts, separated with layers of sophisticated machineries that were continuously creating, destructing, re-forging, re-arranging patterns. The walls in reality were consisted of thousands of moving plates, that pulsated with the mysterious dark form of energy ever after. The hexagonal plates transformed into a variety of shapes like, cubes.. spheres, cylinders, pyramids all coming together like a pieces of puzzle, all creating a unitary form. Some created giant mechanized platforms, robotic super arms, control devices, terminals, all made from that nano technology.

Giant light sources came from strange angles to illuminate certain areas of the hall, that was undergoing construction at an incredible rate. It felt alive, like an entire being. And it’s structure, the being’s internal organs. All the upper, lower and adjacent sections had the same sharpened angular designs.

“And then… God in his all wisdom, separated the earth from the void… by creating the Sky. And it fuelled it with the primordial soup of organic birth… water. It was perfect… perfect…” the voice echoed away.

The hall assembled itself to contain in the middle a presumed center of main power and control. Angular platforms and terminals surrounded a singular place. Around this place, a wall of floating panels emerged and surrounded it, pulsating their energy into the inner layer that formed right after. It was like a coat. Two pillars emerged from the ground and from the roof of the hall that seemed to be as far as the stars. These two contained similar designs: sleek, elegant but in a way menacing. A huge number of connection cables came out from the ending of the upper pillar, all connected into a lower hub. The lower end of the pillar came into the form of an operating seat.

“But God … still felt the place cold and empty and he blown the winds of life upon his creation. He created the organic beings… he created from his essence and wisdom.. “

On a superior platform there was a room, in which a number of robotic arms, were assembling two humanoid droids. With intricate detailing, they were apparently mixing organic DNA with synthetic genetic algorithms. There were two.

“If compared with common beings, or.. failed aspirations of evolution… where will we end ? Like how the world was before God’s touch… empty… cold… colorless.. simple. Humans never looked to several steps higher on the scale, but only to what it suited them better.. Foolish creatures.”

The assembled machines were an example of two humanoid lookalikes named Adam and Eve, taken from the ancient mythology. Nobody could really tell the difference between a human and them, only if you would dissect them. Strong, resilient and extremely intelligent, the humanoids began to wonder in the halls, stumbling in the strange environment they found themselves in. Learning, adapting.. and contributing to the construction of this “Genesis Hall” as the voice called to them from time to time.

“There is a cosmic rule that you would never refer to one self as a divinity. But… as our ancient legends told us… given what I created.. would I not deserve this merit of playing.. God ? Who opposes me ? The consciousness ? … - a long pause is made – Perhaps. The rule is… never to consider one self, a God. The failure is imminent. What if I … simulate it ? Synthesize it ?..”

During its first months of inception, the Genesis Hall evolved greatly. There was a place on a upper deck that had an artificial biodome, made of synthetic life. It looked similar to a natural paradise, but if someone would observe deeper, the leafs themselves had nano circuitry, pulsating with a blue tint. The lower decks were long and deep and were experimentation areas where presumably a series of abominal creations were held by the one who created the Hall. The humanoids observed all decks and learned everything that was to be known about it. They helped their maker to improve even more the facility. They operated space activities to retrieve minerals and other materials from the surroundings to maintain and improve the Hall.

There was a sealed room that overlooked the entirety of the Hall. Nobody came in or came out. But there was the creator of this technological wonder residing. For entire months he stood, spoke and watched. But what was the purpose of all of this after all ? So did the Humanoids wonder. They worked, they were given everything they needed as reward.

“I was searching for my answers… even traded my … integrity for the higher level of understanding. But I looked in the wrong direction.. even They could not help me. I asked the silicone based lifeforms… for what where my “dreams” my… suspicions… everything. To no answer. Or they did not wanted to tell me… I desired all my life.. knowledge… knowledge.. ascension, advancement, progression, evolving. Variables over variables, problems over problems… people being impediments… slow.. incapable of true sight.”

He talked with the humanoids via a neural transmitter that was attached to his cortex. He had extensive intervention over his implants, some being exposed very highly. All of them seemed liquid, semi-organic, alien with the touch of his machines and extensions. The thought of Eve came in his mind as she wanted to speak to him.

“Eve: Father… when will we see you ? We are worried for your health.. because of your isolation..”

“Oh…. Eve… you had the compassion in you in the very first moments when you opened your beautiful azure eyes.. my child. You will see me… when I will be ready."

“Eve: But.. what about the Others ?.. you mentioned them before Father. Do they want to harm you ?”

“Others ? No.. no. They were once … friends. They vanished. They left. It was for the best. We scattered.”

“Adam: Did they created Halls… or … people like us ?”

“No… they were fighters… like you are Adam. Guided by the goal of accomplishing something greater. Like you think… like you improved with your sister.. all this marvel.”

“Eve: Did the Otherworld took them ?”

“They… scattered. I remained behind. To complete my task. To give reason to my goals. To create you and the Hall. I will answer all of your questions in due time… you have learned all that was needed.. regarding what is beyond.”

“Eve: We will not disturb you further, and we will wait. Today’s memory phasing was reduced to 1.9 picoseconds. All the date and knowledge you have given us, recalibrated in the specified time."

“I am proud of you.. you both should know that. The facility’s improvements are at 90%. You should relax more… consider the Atrium ?”

“Adam: We will Father, thank you.”

They both went through the dazzling corridors of the Hall, seeing around them the machines moving around, shaping and reshaping, shifting energy fluxes, sending power to various hubs, making the facility feel… alive. Below the observation bridge that their creator was located it was seen a triangle emblem, reading below “TERMINUS”.

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Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
- Sovereign