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Spaz: /* Chapter 9 */

2021-02-10T00:17:33Z

Chapter 9

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	Smiling back at her beautiful face and reaching up and gently cupping hers. “Till tomorrow and the next and the next.” I answered.		Smiling back at her beautiful face and reaching up and gently cupping hers. “Till tomorrow and the next and the next.” I answered.

			==Epilogue==
			Nearly four weeks weeks had passed since Katelyn’s party. Along with the team of engineers,
			programmers, designers and technicians that had arrived, Cy-Gen Corporate had also dispatched a regional VP executive; Veronica Palmer, to personally oversee the investigation and analysis. With an MBA in robotics, cybernetics and micro motor control and articulation, she wasted no time in getting things started and being thorough. At age thirty nine, with sandy blonde hair and a perfect tan complexion, she stood about 5’8” tall with a modelesque figure to rival that of any Cy-Gen companion android unit. She had also set up residency on the estate taking the master en-suite for herself.

			I had floated between here and my apartment while acting as an intermediary between her, Josh and Katelyn on several occasions. Overall Veronica was more than understanding of my relationship with Katelyn and my concerns regarding her well-being and that of the others. In fact on more than one occasion she had allowed Katelyn to stay with me at my place under certain restrictions of course.

			Veronica has sent me a text a little over an hour ago asking me to meet with her in the dining room of the home, and to be here by 9am.
			As I approached the wide open main door of the estateI could see the buzz of activity within. Boxes and equipment were being secured and placed on carts. A cleaning crew appeared to be tidying up the few visible rooms that I could see, vacuuming and general housekeeping, things were wrapping up and Cy-Gen was clearing out.

			Seeing myself in, I entered the hallway off the dining room and turned the corner. I saw Veronica seated at the head of the table reviewing some paper work. Upon seeing me she shuffled the papers into a folder, stood from her chair and extended a hand out to me. “Thank you for being prompt in meeting with me. I’ll keep this short and sweet as I’ve a flight to catch in a little over two hours.”

			I shook her hand then took a seat off to her side, noting that she had a firm grip for such a beautiful woman.

			“First off Tim, I’ve made a note in your personnel file and included a recommendation for your immediate promotion to field project manager.” She paused, watching me closely.

			My mind was on fire. Holy shit! How did I earn that? I wondered. “Thank you very much. Field Project Manager. Wow, that is most appreciated and unexpected.” I responded with gratitude to her statement smiling wide.

			“You’ve earned it. After careful study and examination of all the data regarding the particular evening in question, reviewing Josh Parker's written report of the events, and my personal inquiry and examination of Katelyn. You handled everything both expertly and professionally. We’ve been discussing realignment of some of the area districts for a while and believe you’d be a welcome addition in that area.” Veronica explained.

			“Thank you, things were a bit challenging that evening and you can count on me.” I said nodding to her.

			“Of that I have no doubt. So you’re aware Tim, there are some added benefits that come with this position. An expense account, a company vehicle, some required travel is expected of course, and Katelyn.” Veronica paused for effect raising her eyebrows. “Along with overseeing other and newer models in conjunction with their respective handlers. There is of course the additional load of paperwork also. That’s the downside” she finished looking me in the eye.

			Releasing the breath that I’d been holding as she explained the benefits of my soon to have position, the only words I could think of were; “Wow, thank you so much. Katelyn means a lot to me, more now than ever. Thank you for your confidence in me.” I humbly stated.

			Taking a deep breath herself, Veronica relaxed somewhat in her posture, bringing her hands together and interlacing her fingers on the table. “Tim, I wanted to inform you personally of what we had found and concluded. I’ve emailed you a detailed copy of the findings, but I felt I owed you a face to face. You’ve only asked once about what we were finding, and at that time things were still a little hazy. You’ve been patient with us in the process as well as helpful in other areas. I’ve also really appreciated your honesty and bluntness in regards to Katelyn. Your feelings towards her and the other units.”

			Then leaning forward in her chair a little and taking a breath she continued. “We found two lines of code within Faith’s programming that linked to a very well hidden executable file deep in her OS. It was designed to open and activate once a return ping and link had been initiated and established between another companion series android.”

			“We believe we know who is responsible for this and are pursuing the proper course of action, as well as checking any other software systems this individual may have had access to.” She stated.

			As she paused, my eyes briefly caught a glimpse through the top of her open blouse, first to the thin gold necklace she wore, then to just below her neckline, to the top of her exposed and ample cleavage. She was very attractive and I couldn’t help but notice it as she sat there.

			“Katelyn’s near mishap somehow triggered an outdated and forgotten response algorithm within the monitoring system, causing it to form a link with her and assist in a saving shutdown. With her newer programming and OS, she was able to incorporate a permanent link within the monitoring system after restarting and observing everything that it was designed to see here in the house. Including a type of unobstructed eavesdropping. I'm referring to the incident with Sabrina.”
			Are you following me with all of this Tim?” She asked with a slight frown.

			“Oh yes, I appreciate you telling me this in person Ms. Palmer. If I appeared to lose focus I apologize, it’s just how I process what’s being explained to me.” I quickly said, hoping to recover gracefully realizing that I’d broken eye contact with her.

			Her frown disappeared and a slight smile replaced it. “Very well, and please call me Victoria.” She nodded.

			“Ok, thank you, Victoria. Please continue.” I said.

			Victoria separated her hands as she leaned back somewhat relaxing her posture. “Surely you must have some questions for me. What can I answer or explain further? She asked genuinely.

			Clearing my throat as I nodded. “Sabrina? Were Faith and Katelyn actually able to rewrite her OS in that short amount of time? When I had discussed her with Katelyn in the following days she said that I should wait to ask that question.”

			“The answer is both no and yes Tim. No, it would be difficult at best for two companion series androids to rewrite and reformulate Sabrina’s OS. Yes in the fact that in that hidden executable file was a mask like OS overlay that assumes control of the unit's cognitive programming. While in control of Sabrina via Katelyn, the file within Faith copied and transferred itself to Sabrina.
			That is essentially what happened to Faith once her link with Katelyn was established. It took control while her antivirus protection systems spun its wheels trying to rid itself of it. A partial cause to her losing control.” Victoria explained.

			“Ahh! Alright that makes more sense now. I couldn’t believe that they could’ve done that in such a short period of time. So why didn’t it copy over to Katelyn’s systems as well? If it’s of a malicious nature I would have thought it would copy from host to host.” I asked as I furrowed my brow curious as to how she would explain this.

			Victoria shifted her jaw from side to side before answering as if trying to decide the best way to respond to my inquiry. “Putting it simply, Faith and Katelyn had already established a direct link. With no direct link from Faith to Sabrina, that’s why it went that direction, hopscotching so to speak. There is more detailed information in the email I’ve sent you.” She stated, then smiled at me. “Don’t be afraid to go with your gut when questioning things. If it’s in regards to this event or any circumstance you may find yourself in. I believe you’ll be right more often than wrong.” She stated, pausing. “Ok, anything else?”

			Placing both my hands on the table in front of me, I stared down at them for just a second as I contemplated if I had any more to ask.

			“Don’t worry Tim, if you can’t think of any right now, please feel free to send me an email or give me a call as needed.” Victoria reaffirmed as she pushed her chair back and stood up. The obvious cue that our meeting was over.

			“Yes of course, I certainly will do that.” I said as I stood up as well.

			Victoria walked over to me and extended her right hand to me again. As I took her hand to shake it, she pulled me even closer to her as she reached up with her left hand placing it firmly on my shoulder. “Tim, one last thing, I don’t believe I need to remind you at this point, but I will regardless. Whether you’re a technician, a handler, manager, supervisor, or even a VP, don’t delay in testing the product when given the opportunity, that’s the business we’re in.” She said with a coy smile and a wink of her eye.

			Looking at her directly, I faked a smile and nodded as I was trying to decide if she was just being more relaxed and friendly towards me all of a sudden, or was she hitting on me, or implying that she too was a companion android. Was this some sort of test? I gave her right hand a quick yet firm shake.

			Tilting my head slightly and taking a chance on that gut feeling. “How much time do you have before your flight out?” I asked.

			“Plenty of time now that I think about it. Plenty of time.” Victoria replied smiling.


			-The End- .. .. .. For now 🤫
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2021-02-09T22:32:07Z

Chapter Nine

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	My legs began to tingle as the motion of the room increased, I was dizzy, yeah dizzy. The thought of food crossed my mind and then the darkness started to take over my vision as I felt my legs buckle and I began to fall. The phone fell from my hand as I realized that I’m naked, Katelyn was lunging forward with her arms outstretched towards me, but then the darkness consumed me.		My legs began to tingle as the motion of the room increased, I was dizzy, yeah dizzy. The thought of food crossed my mind and then the darkness started to take over my vision as I felt my legs buckle and I began to fall. The phone fell from my hand as I realized that I’m naked, Katelyn was lunging forward with her arms outstretched towards me, but then the darkness consumed me.

	==Chapter ~~Nine~~==		==Chapter 9==
	My body ached as I slowly regained consciousness. There was a dull ache on the back of my head, yet it felt soft where I lay. Had I hit it on the wall as I fell? How long was I out? I asked myself.		My body ached as I slowly regained consciousness. There was a dull ache on the back of my head, yet it felt soft where I lay. Had I hit it on the wall as I fell? How long was I out? I asked myself.
	I could tell that I was laying on a bed, propped up slightly with at least two pillows under my head and shoulders and that I was under the bed covers. I didn’t want to open my eyes yet, my throat was still dry as I attempted to swallow. The room was dim, but not fully dark, that much I could tell.		I could tell that I was laying on a bed, propped up slightly with at least two pillows under my head and shoulders and that I was under the bed covers. I didn’t want to open my eyes yet, my throat was still dry as I attempted to swallow. The room was dim, but not fully dark, that much I could tell.

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2021-02-09T22:31:38Z

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Spaz: /* Chapter 6 */

2021-02-05T22:59:29Z

Chapter 6

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Spaz: /* Chapter 5 */

2021-01-25T06:20:19Z

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Spaz: /* Chapter 4 */

2021-01-21T22:58:52Z

Chapter 4

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	My inspiration and muse for Kimberly is Jacqueline Neubauer. Fitness and fashion model. See her Instagram @ms_jacklyn		My inspiration and muse for Kimberly is Jacqueline Neubauer. Fitness and fashion model. See her Instagram @ms_jacklyn

			==Chapter 5==
			I had slowed down my pace as I entered the home through the French double doors into the dining & kitchen area. I took a quick glance to see who all was around. Sabrina was in the Kitchen, bent over the island and talking to a couple of young guys, obviously giving them a good view of her assets. She hadn’t noticed my entering.
			A few others were deep in conversation standing around the dining room table. I recognized two of them from Katelyn’s previous parties.

			I quickly navigated my way through her home and to the stairs, just off the living room area. Another couple was seated on the loveseat along the far wall kissing passionately. I recognized the male as another Cy-Gen companion model. The woman had her hand resting directly over his groin.

			As I took the stairs, two at a time, making my way to her bedroom, my phone chimed again, another alert from Katelyn. I pulled it out again pausing halfway up. ‘Emergency shutdown successful, Restart with Safety Boot Up Initiated’

			I took a second to process the information. Katelyn’s systems were restarting, that was good right? “Ok, that’s good.” I softly said aloud to myself. My emotions were all over the place, I couldn’t decide if I was fearful, angered or just annoyed at the fact that something had happened to Katelyn.

			Upon reaching the top of the stairs, and peering over the bannister I saw Faith and Josh hurriedly rushing through the dining room. I didn’t know if I’d need one, both or neither of them, but better to have them with me nonetheless.

			I turned to the right and headed down the hall. The second floor consisted of the master bedroom and en-suite, two smaller bedrooms and a separate guest bathroom. Katelyn’s master bedroom was at the end of the hall with the door closed. I reached for the doorknob and went to turn it. Locked. I leached up and felt over the top of the door frame for the pin key and found it on the far left.

			I inserted the pin key into the knob and pushed, hearing the lock clear.
			“Tim! What is the emergency?” Josh said louder than I thought necessary.

			I turned to look at the two of them as they approached, still holding the door knob.

			“I got an emergency shutdown notification from Katelyn, along with multiple errors and warnings. Somethings happened to her.” I said, watching for a reaction from Josh. He didn’t disappoint.

			“Oh shit!” Was all he could say. Faith's reaction was a bit more subdued as I knew it would be. A look of concern crossed her face. Knowing who and what she was, I figured she’d be in a more serious frame of mind going into an unknown potential emergency.

			Faith reached up and placed a hand on my shoulder. “It’ll be ok Tim, go ahead and open the door. Let’s all get inside before we draw a crowd.”

			I nodded, then turned back around, opened the door, and stopped. Katelyn was just barely inside the room. I motioned for Josh and Faith to enter and then followed behind them. I closed the door, locking it again for our privacy.

			Josh and Faith had moved past her to the foot of the bed and were now facing her. I just stared and looked her over from head to foot. Standing there like a statue. Her arms at her sides, her hair slightly disheveled, staring into nothingness, still wearing her blue dress and heels, nothing seemed out of place physically.

			Cautiously I moved to her side and gently grabbed her arm. There was no reaction from her. I noticed that Josh had pulled out his cell and was attempting a link to Katelyn’s systems. Faith stood patiently by his side. I pulled out my cell and began to do the same, gaining access to her system wirelessly, then following along with Katelyn’s boot up process.

			“Holy Fuck Tim! I think you broke her.” Josh exclaimed not looking up from his cell.

			“Josh! Tim’s been outside with the rest of us. This isn’t his fault.” Faith exclaimed in her southern drawl.

			I looked over to Josh. “What’re you saying? What did you find?”

			Josh looked up at me, then thrust his cell in my direction so I could see the screen. “5,483 warnings and errors! How did you not see some of these? Wasn’t your scheduled session with her yesterday or today? You have seen her recently right?!” Shooting me multiple questions and staring me down.

			I clenched my teeth, then took a deep breath. “Earlier today actually. And no, she had nothing out of the ordinary to report other than a moderate spike in her processor usage. Nothing! Nada! I did a thorough once over of her A.I. and primary systems. She came back clean I swear!”

			“Tim’s not lying Josh.” Faith said, giving me a small smile.

			Josh just shook his head in disbelief. “Then how? It just doesn’t make any sense.”

			“Safety reboot completed. No errors detected. Reinitializing personality and character emulation programs.” Katelyn announced in a monotone voice.

			I turned back to face her, Josh took a step forward while closely watching his cell. Faith stood by naturally, observing the whole exchange.

			Katelyn blinked twice, then her autonomous systems engaged. “Resuming all autonomous functions.”
			She took a breath, turned her head to face me and softly smiled.

			“Hello everyone, I’m ok. Really I am.” She said in a more natural tone, as she reached out, placing a hand against my upper arm. “I’m sorry for any worry I may have caused you.”

			“Katelyn! What the hell happened?” Josh blurted.
			“Are you sure, what caused your shutdown?” Faith asked.
			“Don’t try to pacify us, what happened?” I attempted to ask, but my frustration came through in the tone of it.
			All three of us asking in unison simultaneously.

			Katelyn looked at each of us, her posture relaxing some, then she adjusted her dress. I could see that she was somewhat hesitant.

			“Keeping it simple, I was running too many background scenarios, so many in fact I couldn’t keep them from blending together and affecting my physical systems. I initiated an emergency shutdown procedure and a reboot to avoid a core critical failure and compromise.”

			I looked over at Josh, then back to Katelyn. There was a long silence between all of us.
			Faith finally spoke up and asked the question I believe we all were thinking.

			“Why? And what type of scenarios specifically?”

			Katelyn looked down at the floor, took a deep breath then looked back up at the three of us. She smiled and appeared more confident.

			“Look, there’s a party going on downstairs and outside. I’m supposed to be the host, and right night now I’m in here playing twenty questions with you.” She turned to face me directly.
			“Tim, will you stay by my side for the remainder of the evening? You’re the best person to keep an eye on me.

			“Absolutely.” I answered with no hesitancy.

			“Josh and Faith, I’m deeply touched and humbled by your concern for my well being, but for now, can you help me with the remainder of the festivities? Let’s entertain our friends and guests and I promise to answer all your questions later if you’ll permit. We can end the party early.”

			Katelyn searched their faces next.

			“But you’ve just experienced…”

			“No ‘buts’ right now Josh, please. I know you want to know what I did and how I recovered from it.” She said cutting him off.

			“Faith?” She turned to her with a slight nod of her head.

			“Josh, I think I can answer most of your questions. Let’s go.” Taking his hand in hers and heading towards the door.

			I looked between all of them trying to understand what Faith had meant. When it finally dawned on me, Katelyn had answered her, wirelessly. Or at least had given her enough information as to what had happened to help alleviate some of Josh’s questions.

			What also was surprising to me was how Faith could go from so bubbly cheerful to dead serious. The personality programming of these sophisticated androids sometimes left me in awe of just how human-like they could be.

			As those two left the room Katelyn walked up to me and wrapped me in a tight embrace. “I was afraid, really afraid that I may have done some irreparable damage to myself, another fraction of a second and I wouldn’t have been able to activate my shut down.” She whispered.

			I returned her embrace, holding her firmly. I smelled her perfume as she nestled her head against my shoulder, the heat of her artificial breath against my neck. The softness of her body. She felt so real, she was so real to me, so...human in this moment. I had suddenly realized that Katelyn was more than my job, more than an assignment, she was a part of my life. Our conversations, everything we’ve done together, all tied together.

			“I’m so sorry about this afternoon, our argument, my rejection of your advances this afternoon, my disagreements, all of them. Our relationship means so much to me and I’ve been a fool. I hope I wasn’t the reason for all of this. We’ll find out the cause and a way to prevent it from happening again.” I softly said.

			She gave me a quick squeeze and sighed. “I’ve long forgiven you Tim. I’ll explain in detail what I meant by multiple scenarios I promise, but we’d better get going, be visible, socialize, have fun and finish this evening strong.” Then she pulled away, gently brushing the back of her right hand along my cheek while staring into my eyes.
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2021-01-08T05:49:19Z

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	==Chapter Three==		==Chapter Three==
	This chapter contains a reference to another story written a while back by Hlprhlpr - [[Sparx: Troubleshooting A Design Flaw]]. Thanks for the inspiration.		''This chapter contains a reference to another story written a while back by Hlprhlpr - [[Sparx: Troubleshooting A Design Flaw]]. Thanks for the inspiration.

	Also for my muses in this story. (Muses meaning persons I find intriguing, physically attractive and of body type to what I like in an android) Katelyn is based on Katelyn Runck. a WBFF pro model. Her Instagram is @katelyn_runck		Also for my muses in this story. (Muses meaning persons I find intriguing, physically attractive and of body type to what I like in an android) Katelyn is based on Katelyn Runck. a WBFF pro model. Her Instagram is @katelyn_runck
	Sabrina is based on Katharina Mazepa, an Austrian model, see her on Instagram @katharinamazepa		Sabrina is based on Katharina Mazepa, an Austrian model, see her on Instagram @katharinamazepa
	Faith is loosely based on Abby Dowse, see her Instagram @abbydowse.		Faith is loosely based on Abby Dowse, see her Instagram @abbydowse.
	All of these beautiful women are inspiring in their own ways. I hope you enjoy this chapter, and that you’ll be patient for the next. Merry Christmas to you all, and happy holidays. Enjoy this season regardless of beliefs, life is to be enjoyed.		All of these beautiful women are inspiring in their own ways. I hope you enjoy this chapter, and that you’ll be patient for the next. Merry Christmas to you all, and happy holidays. Enjoy this season regardless of beliefs, life is to be enjoyed.''

	~~Chapter Three~~		-----------------

	I decided to take advantage of having Sabrina with me as her plus one. We walked arm in arm through the gate and up to Katelyn’s residence.		I decided to take advantage of having Sabrina with me as her plus one. We walked arm in arm through the gate and up to Katelyn’s residence.

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2020-12-25T18:05:17Z

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	==Chapter Three==		==Chapter Three==
	This chapter contains a reference to another story written a while back by Hlprhlpr - Sparx Troubleshooting a Design Flaw. ~~(Read it on Stories on the wiki)~~ Thanks for the inspiration.		This chapter contains a reference to another story written a while back by Hlprhlpr - [[Sparx: Troubleshooting A Design Flaw]]. Thanks for the inspiration.

	Also for my muses in this story. (Muses meaning persons I find intriguing, physically attractive and of body type to what I like in an android) Katelyn is based on Katelyn Runck. a WBFF pro model. Her Instagram is @katelyn_runck		Also for my muses in this story. (Muses meaning persons I find intriguing, physically attractive and of body type to what I like in an android) Katelyn is based on Katelyn Runck. a WBFF pro model. Her Instagram is @katelyn_runck

Spaz: /* Chapter 2 */

2020-12-25T18:04:22Z

Chapter 2

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