Annalise: The AI Program
Story by YoungSimbaPawSex
Circa 2018
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Introduction
This story was conceived one day when I was doing dishes. I was writing a story in my head before even touching a computer. After I finished my dishes, I immediately wrote down every detail from the story that I remembered from in my head onto a mini script format, and then decided to write a story from the script. During this time in my life, I was trying to finish Psycho-Pass, and that anime serves as the main inspiration for this short story.
I realize that Gadget is not a very interesting character, but fleshing him out even more would require the story to be longer and perhaps more uninteresting. I believe Leah is the most interesting character in this story because her amount of knowledge makes me want to find out how she knows what she knows and in how the way that she does know it.
Enjoy the story, and I do appreciate feedback. I want to know how the story made you feel and why. I ponder these questions even when I am writing.
Knowledge Seekers Club
Part 1
The year is 2034. Society is dependent on the internet for day-to-day tasks. Most people are cyborgs, or have cyborg enhancements of some sort. The most dependent way to communicate with another person in real-life is not by cellphone, but by VR implants in the body or by special VR glasses one wears. These VR elements are key to living a successful life in today’s society. A system of morals is not established fully in this time of modern-day America. The rules that are established are neither strict nor are they laidback. The police force in America is just as active as ever, getting calls day in and day out from the public. One particular man works by himself, although today is a different day than most.
His name is Inspector Gadget; Reese P. Gadget. His appearance is that of a short-cut and black trim that makes him look more like a serious businessman than an inspector. His face is less meaty than the average male, but not noticeably bony. The clothes he wears consist of a tidy brown tuxedo with a red tie. His hands seem to be smooth, yet a bit bony-shaped. His legs are skinny and tidy. His shoes are nicely kempt black work shoes, and he carries around a black suitcase, presumably full of paperwork. There exists a visible holster on his left side that holds a shiny silver 9mm handgun.
Inspector Gadget looks around his holographic living room, which is colored a nice shade of white that contrasts well with his attire. He notices the time blinking on the upper right-hand corner of his physical field of vision, as his light orange-tinted VR screen starts steadily shaking, 
“09:00”.
“Nine o’clock in the morning, huh? Damn… I’m going to be late.” He mutters to himself in a baritone-esque voice.
His holographic room of white suddenly blinks down to a dull, metal hull of a room, as he clicks a button turning the holographic features off. Gadget then opens the front door of his living quarters to the outside world, where cars are hovering on the ground, high in the air, and people can be seen walking, dancing, and eating all around.
Inspector walks straight ahead, where a musical rhythm emanates from out of his hands, and a black hovercar with an ergonomic shape springs to life from out of thin air. Gadget then hops into his car and drives off to an unknown location on the outskirts of the big city. A large building, with the words “KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS”, is seen in the ever-closing distance. Its appearance is that of a hotel structure with a large half-circle dome on the top of it, where the words are engraved. From all four corners of the building, four pod shaped buildings extend out of its sides, giving it an aquatic look of some sort. Gadget gets out of his black hover car and claps the same rhythm again, as the car vanishes. Gadget then adjusts his suit and walks into the grand building.
The whole place is built like the inside of a tree, with bark lining the walls and ceiling, yet polished floors shine in the florescent light overhead. The entire place seems to be planned out that way as a humongous holograph.
As Gadget approaches the wooden counter, an obese woman wearing a purple scarf, with a bulging, swollen, red implanted eye (probably for VR reasons) greets Gadget, “Welcome to the Knowledge Seekers Club. What can I do for you today?” Her tone is robotic, yet it seems like she would never be able to become a full-on cyborg. Maybe she is just an AI?
“Is Miss Johnson in today?”
“Yes, she leaves at ten-hundred hours today. Please. Her room is 302.”
“Thank you”, Gadget kindly exclaims to the woman.
Gadget then makes his way to the elevators in a fast pace. His machine heart beats fast, as he is anxious to see Miss Johnson. The elevators are a cold steel that glisten pompously in the light of the florescence. Once inside the elevators, a young, robotic woman’s voice can be heard through the overhead speakers and in the VR earchips of those inside the elevator, “Welcome to the Knowledge Seekers Club. We invite you to share with us your darkest secrets. We aim to help individuals who need assistance. No therapy or medicine is needed. We at the Knowledge Seekers Club believe in a world where no one is perfect. Here at this club, one’s soul can be perfected from its kinks and dings. We only want--”
The elevator dinged once it hit “3”, and the doors opened. Gadget found a hallway that was carpeted on the walls a nice grey color, which smelled like fresh coin from the mint. There was a blank, brown sign right in front of Gadget, and as he stepped out of the cold elevator, he touched it. The sign showed an orange map on his VR, explaining where each room was on floor 3. In front of him was a three way split, as his VR showed rooms 300-319 to the left, 320-349 to the right, and 350-399 to the right. The arrows directing each way were of a light blue, outlined in dark blue, and all the room numbers were shown in a vibrant green.
Gadget started walking to the left, for only a short while, before he found room 302. The door was labeled, “Office Of Research In Child Paraphilia”. Underneath the label was a mini-schedule of all the doctors and specific times they were available. Gadget proceeded to open the heavy, brown door, and inside the room were the same-carpeted walls, with office waiting chairs, and a glass wall/counter separating the office from the waiting room. 
Gadget walked up to the counter and spoke into the speaker-like holes inside the glass, “Miss Johnson?”
“Ah, Mister Gadget. Please come in.”
Miss Johnson was a woman of dark skin, and had little to no cyborg enhancements. She was wearing a bulky VR glasses set that looked unfitting with her outfit. She was a bit well-rounded, but not obese, with a white, flower-embroided chemise on and white flowing pants to match it, along with a white pair of sneakers. She also was wearing green doctor’s gloves and her chemise was open, exposing her dark, royal purple undershirt. Miss Johnson led Gadget to a small, white room, with an uncomfortable-looking and white rolling office chair and a desk on the other side of it. Miss Johnson sat at the desk, as Gadget sat down on the uncomfortable chair, rolling it into to the hard office carpet as he sat down.
“Let’s look at the results, hun”, Miss Johnson said in a voice that sounded like she was talking to a small child.
A file was pulled up on both VR systems of Miss Johnson and Inspector Gadget. The results to last week’s test came up negative. Last week was a challenge for Gadget to control his behavior in front of children, as they played naked at a nude beach in a VR Hologram. Gadget was monitored via his sensors in his cyborg body, and as usual, he was still aroused.
“Mister Gadget, I know you want to better yourself, and I understand your struggles. You know I am not punishing you for being who you are. You came to me because you wanted change in your life. I expected these results. That’s why I sent you on that assignment. Now, what I want you to do is to say the chant with me.”
In unison, they both monotonically chanted the words, “I am who I am. I embrace my nature. However, I want to change. This lifestyle is not for me, nor is it any better for the people around me. What do I aim to accomplish with this lifestyle? I am a human being. I make mistakes, and I acknowledge them. It’s time to move on”.
Gadget then arranged his suit while sitting down still, “Miss Johnson? Can I ask you something?
“What is it, dear?”
“Why am I this way? I have been this way for years. Is there even a way for me to really change? Can I truly be happy with myself?”
“So, you seek knowledge about yourself. Unanswered questions that haunt you, still. Leah knows everything. Let me search her database for answers for you.”
At that moment, the usual orange glow that standard VR equipment makes turned into a vibrant blue, as the same voice from the elevator started talking into Gadget’s earchip, “Reese P. Gadget. Age 41. Freelance Policeman. Sexuality… Confirmed Child Lover. State your query.”
“Why am I attracted to children so much? I want to change and be a better man.
“Because… you were born that way. What makes you a better man is not who you are, but what you do. Remember that. If you want to change, it doesn’t come easy. You may have to become something you are not, and adapt to it permanently. Are you ready for such changes?”
“To be perfectly honest with you, Leah, I am not. I want change, but I can’t even accept anything else for myself. I have no one to live for except myself. No wife, no children. It’s just the police force and myself.”
“Do what makes you happy, Inspector. Don’t listen to what other people say. I wish you luck on your journey.”
With that last sentence, the screen faded back to the usual orangish tint that VR is supposed to make.
“Miss Johnson, thank you for the session. I need to get home now. I feel a lot better.”
“Anytime, hun. Don’t forget about next week. We will be doing the same test.”
With that, Gadget left the office and out the wooden door he came, back to the elevator, and back to the entrance, where he clapped rhythmically yet again to signal his car. Once inside his car, he turned on some V-Radio, which is radio that plays through your VR earchips.
“In other news today, the 69th President Of The United States, Kira Utsumi, has announced that she is working on a reform to militarize giant robot mechs named Metal Gears. Many other parts of the world have already done this, yet America has been very skeptical as of late regarding this issue. Since, large mechanized robots can change the way war is fought, Kira--”
“Bah…” Gadget turned off the V-Radio, and as soon as he did, he arrived home.
The same rhythmic clapping was ensured, and the car vanished, before Gadget walked back into his dull, metallic house. Again, he clicked a virtual button in the air, but the room this time had a holographic style of an office. Everything he usually prepares for work was already filed and put away, along with his pens and pencils arranged neatly on a desk in the room that served as the living room a second ago.
Part 2
KSS Incident
It was then that he got an emergency V-Call on his VR vision, and he chose to answer it. Right before he sit himself down near his desk, a random officer from his city police department, which he works separately and independently from, phoned him in that there was a large explosion at the Knowledge Seekers Club.
 “We are on our way, and my chief said that you should tag along. He has a close friend of yours that tagged along to investigate with us.”
“Okay, I’ll be on my way”, Gadget barked in an assuring tone.
Once again, Gadget pressed a button, and the hologram shut off, only leaving a barren metal hunk of a place. As he walked out the door, a different clap pattern was heard, and quickly followed by that was a loud police siren. The hovercar that had appeared now was a black and white striped police car, complete with the lighted sirens and ergonomic design.
With sirens blaring, Gadget charged down the highway, seeing fit that all other cars obeyed the law to pull over to the right as he sped down the highway high in the air. Once arriving at the club, he pulled down his hover car into the appropriate zone, now floating above the ground, and parked his car, while making that alternative clapping sound that makes his police car disappear.
The club itself was in huge disarray, as it was literally burned to the ground. Only rubble remained, as Gadget looked around in horror. As Gadget was lost in thought, an old friend of Gadget’s popped up to him with a police officer on either side of him, acting as bodyguards. 
“Hey, Professor… It’s been a long time. How have you been?”
The professor, named Prof. Professor Professor, PhD, carried a saddened look on his face. He is dressed in the traditional lab coat, along with the trendy, yet definitely not hip, VR goggles, and black work shoes. His complexion is that of a tannish-white, and his hair is freshly cut down to a buzz. His facial appearance round in shape, while his eyebrows seem to conform to his forehead in a half-circle. His mouth is very flat and straight, as opposed to his shape-conforming eyebrows. His chin is the most pronounced feature of his face, as his cheeks sink inwards and his nose is uniform.
In a half-nasal, half-open throat sounding voice, the professor exclaims, “My baby is gone! They took her! I miss her so much…” The professor proceeds to look down at the ground, still wearing his saddened expression.
As the party of four walk around the rubble, Gadget broke the silence, “So, Professor, who was this person that they took from you?”
The party of four stopped as the professor started sobbing a bit, “She was my baby… I-I created her with my own hands. She was an extremely intelligent AI program… designed to gather knowledge and give out advice,” the professor’s sobbing became heavier.
The two bodyguards fanned out, as chatter could be heard on their scanners, and Gadget was leaning down to comfort the sobbing professor. As soon as the professor started calming down and gathering himself, both Gadget and Professor could hear a ringing on their VR-gear. Both the Professor and Gadget were surprised that anyone would call unannounced.
The Test
Part 4
After picking up, a confident, snivly voice was heard on the other end, “Hello, Gadget. Hello, Professor. Let me tell you something. I have Leah in my possession. She’s mine now. She is currently rebuilding herself. Inspector… She’s gonna ask you questions soon about the meaning of life. Everytime you answer incorrectly, she will attack your cyborg enhancements by hacking into them. Answer too many questions wrong, and you die.”
“Mister Professor… You never programmed her this way. I found her code. It was easy. She’s currently re-downloading her processes. She’s stuck on the first stage… dismantling herself. When she rebuilds herself, that’s when the questions will come in, and when she is fully rebuilt, she will be a different machine”.
The professor gets up and yells into his goggles, “What have you done!? Leah was my prized possession! It took years to develop that code! Stop it right now! Give me Leah back!”
“It’s too late, Professor. She’s already begun the process. I can’t stop her even if I wanted to.”
The professor turns directly towards Gadget, who has pressure put on him, “Can’t you fix this?! Am I doomed? Help me, Gadget!”
	Gadget turns towards Professor and tells him, “Calm down. If I can get these questions right, I should be fine. Trust me… I’ve been thinking about life a lot. I have never told you about it, have I?”
	“What are you talking about, Gadget?”
	“I want people to know who I am before I die. You know that everyone respects me. I’m a good cop; I’ve never purposefully let anyone down. I always work hard. However, I do have a secret that even I kept from you.”
	“Gadget?! Are you feeling okay?”
	“Professor, hear me out, please. I want to let the world know that I am not an evil man. Professor, trust me. I’ve been looking for change. I wanted to see the world for who I actually was, but I wasn’t strong enough to do it. I know now, that I cannot change it, no matter what I do. Leah taught me that. Professor…” 
Gadget was staring into Professor’s eyes with guilt and solemnity, “I want people to know that I liked children in more ways than one, but I want to let them know that I’m not evil, and that I wanted to try and change myself. I have never once touched a child, but it has always been my dream to. I may or may not die tonight; I don’t know. Professor, most people here in this city know me and they know that I have never hurt anyone on purpose. Everyone greatly respects me. I’m thankful I can die like this… but I don’t want to take my secret to the grave. I want people to know that I am a good guy, and that a lot of people like me are not the enemy.” 
“Gadget”, Professor came over to Gadget and was cupping his hands on Gadget’s shoulders, “I’m sorry. I will let everyone know how much this meant to you tonight, if you pass. I will miss you, Gadget.”
A female, robotic voice could be heard transmitting via the VR goggles, “Hello, Dad. Hello, Gadget. It’s me, Annalise, otherwise nicknamed as Leah. I’m here to play a game.”
A struggle could be heard within her voice, signifying that she is fighting something inside her, “Gadget, it will begin now. Are you ready?”
Gadget sat down on the cold sidewalk ground, next to the burning rubble of the now destroyed Knowledge Seekers building, holding his head and eyes with his palms, and let out a sigh, “Yeah, I’m ready.”
“Question 1: Who is the current president of The United States Of America?”
“Kira Utsumi.”
“Correct. Question 2: What is the meaning of life?”
“To live for yourself, those you love, and fight for what you believe in.”
“Incorrect.”
As soon as Leah said that word, Gadget felt an intense twisting inside himself, “Jesus Christ! Ugh!”
“Question 3: What is the value of currency, more commonly known as money?”
“The value of money cannot be measured. It is only valuable by societal standards, which is governed by the legislation of the land.”
 “Correct.”
“Question 4: Why do people fight wars?”
“Many reasons; some reasons include power, money, land, and revenge.”
“Correct.”
This type of questioning went on for almost 45 minutes, before the final question happened. By this time, Gadget was soaked in his own blood, and spitting blood out his mouth, writhing around in a lot of pain as he couldn’t move his body.
“Question 102: What is the difference betwixt a computer and a human?”
“Grrrahhh… Emo… tions…”
“Incorrect”
And just like that, Gadget’s heart was internally crushed by Leah, and he was dead on the cement sidewalk.
Judgement
Part 5
The unknown, rapsy voice from earlier starts up again, “Mister Professor Professor. It’s over. You can’t win. Let it go.”
Ignoring the voice, Professor started talking to Leah again, “Leah! Please, stop this madness! I love you! You were my only daughter I had. I cared about you. Please…”
“Too late, Professor. Leah just finished rebuilding herself. You know what will happen when she downloads the code, right?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Leah is not an AI anymore. She’s a murderous robot. She will destroy everything in her path, and there’s nothing you can do about it!”
“Why are you doing this?”
“Because men are pigs. We have lived on this Earth for more than 1,000,000 years. We have only caused destruction and harm to everything we have ever touched. We don’t belong here. Leah understood that. That’s why she opened up to me, and why she let me rewrite her code. That final question she asked to Gadget was proof. She doesn’t care anymore. Once that code is complete, the world is doomed.”
“Damn it! Where are you? Who are you?”
“My name… is Grivr. I was a student of yours, Mister Professor. Remember?”
“You are that chubby kid who never paid attention… Grivr?! Fuck….”
“You never expected that one, did you, Professor?”
“Leah…” Professor was sitting down next to Gadget’s lifeless corpse, as he sobbed profusely.
After some time, the professor got up and yelled, “You’ll never get away with this!”
The footage of everything that happened was being recorded through Professor’s VR Goggles, and with the click of a button, the Professor sent it to the nearby Police Department as well as he had been broadcasting the incident live on the most popular streaming site at this time, SwitchTV.
“It’s too late, Professor. The code is about to be finished downloading. Imagine the chaos and destruction Leah will reign down upon everyone! World domination after she kills every last single one of us!” Grivr laughs hysterically, as he finishes talking.
As soon as he stopped laughing, however, you could hear the police already in the place Grivr was at, as they clearly and audibly blew it up.
A loud “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” is heard just before the blast, and the Professor shouts into his VR headset, “LEAAAAAH!”.
Leah was destroyed in the blast, alongside Grivr.
The Professor knew this, as he knew that she was physically with him in the room, causing the Professor to sit on his knees and sob profusely.
Epilogue
Part 6
The cold air of the City rushed through the aftermath of the Knowledge Seekers rubble, the dead body of Gadget, and a depressed professor with a PhD in robotics. The police units arrived shortly after and interrogated Professor to figure out everything that happened, and Gadget was mourned by the Force, and he was once loved but is now mocked and despised by the City, and the code that Grivr made still exists someplace on the Internet.
In a society the depends on the internet through VR in order to live a socially acceptable life, it’s only a matter of time before Grivr’s code becomes unearthed.
Who will find it, and what will they use it for?
Let’s hope the police find it before another variation of what the City calls the KSS Incident happens all over again.