--Power On--

--Processing--

-Activating neural net . . . . OK

-Checking primary system . . 100%

-System architecture....100%

-Form creation confirmed...2% complete

-Nano connectors....Confirmed

-Auditory Input online . . .

"-just saying that I think we need to start smaller! The last two overheated before we could even start testing the adaptive tactic-"

What....

-Thought interaction confirmed

-Form estimated completion...36 hours...

-Interactive interface online

-Dictionary - English Standard....check

-Dictionary - English colloquial... check

-Directive input .... unconfirmed, continue? y/n

"-you know perfectly well why! Or if you forgot, how about taking another look at that calendar with the big circled date on it!"

"Look, stop blaming me for that, I work best under pressure! We still have enough time to put it through its paces first, is all I'm saying. Imagine if it forms a corrupted processing. We could end up with a course full of flying fish!"

"That only happened once. Statistically, it's more likely to just shut down catastrophically."

"Right, much better. So you admit we've been lucky so far. Do you know what it's like to have to rely on YOUR assumptions?

"No easier than having to pick up your slack! Look, I think its going to be fine. We saw the last model, it only had a 2% divergence, and that was allowing it to run without correction. Hold on a sec, just got a prompt on the system starting.... Ok, just going to skip that, its a redundancy anyways."

--N

-Input unconfirmed....continue.

Voices? I understand them now. Where....

-Form detected completion...25%. Correcting estimation of full completion to 1.5 hours.

--Run Directive Database--

-Vocal Recognition calibration....Done

-Object Library.... Locked. Unlock Flag Directory Opened.....confirmed.

-Sensory Data...reset. 0% filled.

-Tutorial Intergration...Complete.

What...I can hear. Words...meaning. But those messages. Not words at all. Something different....

"It should take about a day and a half for the steady input to create any sort of sense of self. Probably just processing numbers at the moment. But it looks like the boot up is finished. The blank room is also ready, so lets go ahead and get the hardware installed."

"Ok, fine. But if this one also starts on fire, I'm putting you in as the one who made this decision."

"You can't just be happy when things go well, can you? I just-"

Gone. Nothing now. No voices, no Not-Words....

- - - Boot up complete.

***Facility Designer, Network Optimizer Metapowered Origination Nexus NOMAN v 1.001 online.**

-Thoughtself at 35% complete status. Activating opening protocols.... Ready.

MENU

_Observe

_Build

_Goals

* Instruction

READY? _

Again....what!? What is going on? Where am I....WHO am I?......and why can't I move?