Aren would follow the text given to him to the letter. He rushed over to the little park Jude talked of as fast as he could, searching for Jude frantically. Once Aren found Jude he rushed over to meet up. “Jude! Did you find anything useful?”
The Hunt for Knowledge
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Aren was certainly excitable for someone who had gone through so much, and Jude immediately held out the hard drive for him to take.
"You should have this back," Jude said. "But you should also know it's... something."
What even was it?
"It's enchanted, I think. Or compromised to begin with. Something's handling stuff on it. But I did see your file. What do you already know?"
"You should have this back," Jude said. "But you should also know it's... something."
What even was it?
"It's enchanted, I think. Or compromised to begin with. Something's handling stuff on it. But I did see your file. What do you already know?"
Aren looked at Jude confused and took the hard drive from him. “Compromised? The hard drive is directly from the data banks of the facility I don’t think the data banks would be compromised.” Aren stared at the hard drive for a second before latching it back onto his necklace. “I don’t know much. All I know is I’ve been in the facility for as long as so remember, I know my powers, and I know I was used as a test dummy.”
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"Compromised," Jude confirmed. "It briefly flashed up a message that strongly indicated someone was on the other end, observing."
The Red King, apparently.
He didn't waste time though. He neatly recapped everything he'd seen about Aren, and the incident. He didn't leave it out. He didn't mention the stuff about Altizica, but he didn't see that as particularly relevant in this case.
The Red King, apparently.
He didn't waste time though. He neatly recapped everything he'd seen about Aren, and the incident. He didn't leave it out. He didn't mention the stuff about Altizica, but he didn't see that as particularly relevant in this case.
Aren listened to everything that Jude told him very carefully. It was actually very surprising they were trying to kill Aren but he wasn’t sure why. Then Aren heard about incident 13PA. “I remember that day....the research stepped out because of a emergency. In that short time period the subject cleaved me in half with chains.....but they died as well? It would make sense as I never went to see that subject again but my last moments I could clearly see the subject alive and fine.”
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There was something going on with Aren. Something not noted in the file. Written documents were nice, but Jude would have bet a lot of money that there were supposed to be video files included... video files that Aren hadn't backed up.
"Possibly they framed you," Jude speculated. "Or possibly you simply don't remember what happened. If they were willing to terminate you despite how useful you were for their research, that meant you must have been extremely dangerous."
"Possibly they framed you," Jude speculated. "Or possibly you simply don't remember what happened. If they were willing to terminate you despite how useful you were for their research, that meant you must have been extremely dangerous."
Aren was quiet, trying to wrap his head around the situation. “They were trying to terminate me....but they kept teaching me in person. After that day my meetings with subjects increased. It makes sense now...they were hoping one of the subjects could kill me permanently....” Aren spoke in slightly disturbed tone. “They wouldn’t have framed me. I was too valuable of an asset. Something happened in that room after I died.”
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Jude had some ideas.
He had a lot of ideas.
"I guess the question is... what happens after you die? Like, how does it work? I know you come back, but I don't really know much else. Sometimes people pop back up where they're standing, sometimes it takes a bit, sometimes things happen. So I guess something happens after you die, and that was what they were reacting too."
He had a lot of ideas.
"I guess the question is... what happens after you die? Like, how does it work? I know you come back, but I don't really know much else. Sometimes people pop back up where they're standing, sometimes it takes a bit, sometimes things happen. So I guess something happens after you die, and that was what they were reacting too."
Aren was quiet, trying to remember back to whenever he would die. “I woke in a little crimson field of grass and trees with scarlet leaves. There is nothing there, it’s just calm as the wind causes everything to lightly sway. Aren smiled a little thinking about it “It’s nice to think about. There I don’t worry about anything, sometimes I even forget I actually died.”Aren laughed a little. “From what I’m told my body turns to ash a little after I die. Then I appear in a safe area a couple hours later.”
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Alright. So it wasn't just regeneration, it was... what, respawning? He traveled into some kind of afterlife, a place unlike anything Jude had heard of, and then... came back?
What the hell.
"I... don't know what that is. I guess you're... I don't know. Passing into an afterlife. But it's not like one I've heard of. Is it just you there?"
What the hell.
"I... don't know what that is. I guess you're... I don't know. Passing into an afterlife. But it's not like one I've heard of. Is it just you there?"