Cycle Zero
Ch.1
Sunnyside, Houston, TX | Apartment 7
Kyren
I want some strawberry jam
Kyren
There's barely any left.
Kyren
Guess I gotta hit the groceries.
Tensions continue to escalate across the nation as civil unrest spreads in major metropolitan areas.
Government urges citizens to stay calm and patient while emergency protocols remain in effect. The White House has not issued a new statement as of this morning.
Kyren
Of course they haven't.
Reports indicate rising instability near key infrastructure zones.
Kyren
(Citizens are advised to remain...)
Citizens are advised to remain indoors
Kyren
(and avoid nonessential travel.)
And avoid nonessential travel. More updates at the top of the hour -
Kyren
Well, that was boring.
Kyren wears his shoes and heads out.
Kyren
(I think I'll just get some instant noodles for now.)
Cashier
I'll ring these up for you.
Cashier
Your total is $18.75
Cashier
All set! here you go.
Kyren
(Wonder how it feels to die in a slide.)
Ch.2
𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦
Kyren
(These fucking dings)
System
[You can refer to me as 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺.]
Kyren
Of course they'd send a new one.
System
[Target has successfully been born once again.]
Kyren
All thanks to you fuckers.
System
[Current cycle: 30]
System
[Due to repeated failures to complete past assigned missions, you have been authorized one final attempt.]
System
[Failure will end all cycles.]
Kyren
Yeah? and let me guess.
Kyren
It was those "higher ups" who decided that?
System
[Target cannot access that information yet.]
𝘒𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩
Kyren
So it's my final attempt.
Kyren
Alright, yeah that sounds nice.
Kyren
From now on, don't talk inside my head whenever you please.
System
[Request deemed unreasonable.]
Kyren
Talk only when I ask you something.
Kyren
If only you could die too.
System
[Action cannot be executed]
Kyren
You won't die before I do what your maker wants me to do.
Kyren
(Though I don't think it'll die, even if I do that.)
𝘒𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯
Ch.3
Song: Nightrider - Arizona Zervas
"𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑗𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑡?"
"That's your third time asking me that."
"Yeah alright, you look great."
Kyren
you're not hiding anything, are you?
System
[That would not be possible.]
Kyren
generally, yeah it wouldn't
Kyren
got it, go back to being off.
System
[System shutting down]
Kyren
it's hiding shit, alright.
Elvira
oh, hi – um, sorry if this is a little weird.
Elvira
I'm from down the street, and we had a pretty big tomato harvest this week.
Elvira
and since there's so many more than we'd expected, I've been going around asking if any neighbors would-
Elvira
yes, they're straight out of the garden.
Elvira
we didn't want them going bad, so I thought I'd ask around to see if anybody might be interested.
Elvira
they're fresh, I promise.
Elvira
would you maybe want some?
Kyren
what am I supposed to do with them?
Kyren
that's a lot for just one person.
Elvira
(so he lives alone.)
Elvira
then would half of this do?
Kyren
It'd still be too much.
Elvira
If you tell me how many you'd like, I can bag them for you.
Elvira
let's see, I'm pretty sure I had a plastic bag here–
Kyren
I appreciate you doing this.
Kyren
and I'm sorry about your tomatoes, but I don't have the time.
Kyren
even if you gave me these, I wouldn't know what to do with them.
Kyren
they'd just sit in my fridge and end up going bad, which I'm guessing isn't what you want.
Elvira
that's okay. You can give them to your family and friends.
Kyren
I don't have family or friends.
Kyren
think you can leave now?
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