Lies and Misperceptions to Entertain and Distract You: Europa Toplovsky, #2

By Ryan Dever

“Hello, I am sorry, yes. I was unaware of my role in our immanent demise at the time. My name is Xióng Déhuá, to clear my family name in the little time left I open all my logs from the period in question. To the many of you not reading this in Mandarin I apologize, I am using the least expensive translator.”

The above is the preface to the document’s fist release as raw files: GPS, ToDo lists, calendar, comm logs, image caps, etcetera. They immediately underwent a wiki-edit to “add clarity and context”. A fine example of people en mass (1,739,862) keeping their minds off their mortality. The original files were lost in the conspirator’s attempt at data sterilization. What follows is accepted as the most accurate reconstruction.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Ryan Dever
• Release date: May 27, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386880769

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Hello, sorry, Yes. I don't know my role in the demise of us at the time. My name is d e Hu á, less for the rest of my family name I open all of my logs from the period. Mandarin reading of the you're not here to apologize for this, I used a cheaper translation.

"Hello, I am sorry, yes. I was unaware of my role in our immanent demise at the time. My name is Xióng Déhuá, to clear my family name in the little time left I open all my logs from the period in question. To the many of you not reading this in Mandarin I apologize, I am using the least expensive translator."

The above is the preface to the document’s fist release as raw files: GPS, ToDo lists, calendar, comm logs, image caps, etcetera. They immediately underwent a wiki-edit to add clarity and context. A fine example of people en mass (1,739,862) keeping their minds off their mortality. The original files were lost in the conspirator’s attempt at data sterilization. What follows is accepted as the most accurate reconstruction.

Earth, Terra, Gaia, Ard, Ersetu, Prithivi, Chikyuu, Diqiu.

Canada, Ontario, Toronto

She’s a pirate copy, for sure. Antiquated gear, matte black alloy box, 9cm x 4cm x 1cm, physical switches, holo-specs with actual screens like old-time TV. There in the free toilet, not a pay one, of the bus station he thumbs the switch expecting standard SSS™ Companion Sim™ blah, ‘Hi, baby, I’ve missed you. Do you want to play with me?’ or ‘Hey there, buddy! Wanna play?’ like his childhood DigiDogTM, but certainly not, Tommy! ...? Confusion, a nice touch by skilled programmers.

Europa’s onboards translate Xióng Déhuá’s rural Hui response into Mandarin, the closest language she knows, as Holly shit, a Europa sim? though there’s a funny inflection on excrement. Through box and spec sensors her image glances around. Assessing her sitch’ in English, Bathroom stall. Free. Transportation hub? Earth. Locking eyes with him, in Mandarin, How did you get me?

Pupils starting to dilate he reflexively switches her off at the box.

What the hell was that?

Sims don’t ask questions like that. Different. Well, naturally Europa would be.

Slipping box and specs into one of many cargo-sized Faraday pockets he feels her bounce against his bicep as he preps for exit. Even the least surveilled city on Earth has to monitor transpo-hubs, that’s a Security Council ruling. Bathroom stalls are off limits to imaging in this country and transmission proofed, though they monitor waste for disease vectors. The bowl is flushless; it’s bio neutral oil accepting, covering, and odiferously masking all that passes through it.

Habitually, he considers if it’s processed in-cubicle for resale or goes to the city’s waste system. This being a public building the later is possible.

A tap vaporizes exactly 10 cubic cm of pure water and a surfactant on his hands but no anti-microbial agent, those having been banned for non-surgical use in this country ten years back.  All surfaces, even the ceiling, are covered with microbial growth resistant SharkSkin™ texture nano-tipped with copper, and they glow softly white from behind, making any irregularities (urine, water, soap, other) obvious. The floor appears to be a generic AutoClean™ system. He’s never used a pay bathroom and wonders what addenda to basic bodily functions one gets for $3.50 Cdn. The floor would probably be a digester.

Cap low, collars up, hood on, wrists