The dawn broke over a world which almost appeared to be frozen in anticipation. Standing there, I realized the gravity of it all. For an entire week, the enemy would be attacking us. Seven days to determine the future of not only human beings, but the existence of the whole universe as well.
I shut my eyes and stretched my field of perception for the whole planet with the help of an augmented mind. It is quite remarkable to reflect on the great mass of human feelings and emotions that has panic, wonder, fear and hope at its core. Each of the improved individuals had been informed by each one, bear the sight of the given option. And now, billions of unenhanced humans are waking to a reality that has been altered fast and forever.
But Brianne. ” I was jolted from my thoughts back to the present moment by the tensed voice of Zoe. This is the question that most probably had popped into the minds of the characters soon after the climax of the show.
I woke up and saw my team, my buddies. The weight of responsibility was on all our shoulders personally. It felt like it pressed me down a lot, but I could see that everyone was waiting for my lead.
‘We need to coordinate,’ I said quickly, thinking of all the potential scenarios. “The whole world just got thrown upside down,” We must stop panicking, assess the information, and … Lord, where do we start even on this decision?
The master planner, Chase, never closed his mouth. “Someone needs to protect the big tear areas. If these windows are opening up to another reality, they have to be defended or at least not allowed to be used in a destructive manner.
I nodded. Nice one. Global thinking Alessandro, could you please coordinate with the Global Security Forces? The platforms should also help in mobilizing forces to hotspots.
Alessandro was literally ‘skin deep’ within global systems as the sparkles of various datafeded info coarse through his body. “Got it. I am also putting up notification routines on all the tear sites we are aware of; if anything gets through, we will know. ”
Morris raised an eyebrow and looked at them thoughtfully, ‘But what about the rest of you normal folks out there,’ he asked pointedly. “I bet they are scared to death?”
“You are right”, I responded with an uncomfortable knot in my stomach. It suddenly occurred to us that in our effort to address the cosmological ramifications of the Synthesis we had almost overlooked the majority of the people who were not included in it. “We can’t ignore it, have to talk to them, we have to try to tell them what is going on as much as we can. ”
I inhaled deeply then prepared myself for the next scene that was going to unfold. “I will give a global address instantly, is that okay?” Every screen! Every speaker! Every enhanced mind! We have to look at everyone, as soon as possible. ”
My friends nodded, and I could sense their encouragement for me, and it gave me strength to close my eyes again and plug into the Synthesis, to touch the global broadcast net. I began to see everything and anything in a matter of seconds. I smiled a little because if Lucy had seen me now, I am certain she would be proud. I was about to address a whole lot of populations.
“Citizens of the Earth, ” I said, and my voice went round in heads and through loudspeakers across the globe. “I know you are scared. You’ve been offered a dose of the impossible in the past few hours. Let me reassure you, what you’ve seen is real, but there is no need to panic. ”
As coherently as I could, I outlined to them what had happened: the rent in the fabric of existence, the entity born from it and the decision that had to be made. I explained that we had the time, 7 days would be available for the decision and no action would be taken hastily.
“In the coming days there will be live presentations in person and on the internet about this situation where your opinions, both with added and missing features, will be heard. This decision involves all of us and will be made by all of us. ”
While delivering this speech, I could sense that the planet was moving into a certain phase. As with the instinct of fear, curiosity was still strong and was trumping the instinct of curiosity as the unique and inherent quality of humankind.
“Please, do not panic at the moment, please, stay in your homes if it is possible, and do not come close to the reality tears that you might encounter. We are trying to deal with and study these phenomena. More updates will follow, stay tuned. ”
I stopped the transmission just to feel the exhaustion of connecting with billions of people at once. Zoe immediately kneeled beside me to assist me.
“That was perfect, Brianne,” she said softly to her sister, imitating the character played by
. “You gave them hope. ”
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I could barely utter the words and when I did I could only manage a feeble smile. ‘We need hope, but we need a plan,’ said Chase. We have seven days to save our species, to save the reality we live in. ‘ Then where do we start?
“Information is what we have,” said Alessandro, staring in blank as he seemed to scan through streams of data. “The tears are stabilized for the time being, but they’re still increasing gradually. I am supervising research groups in each of the principal locations. ”
Chase nodded approvingly. “Okay, you see we have to identify the precise nature of what we are up against, but we also have to think about what this means philosophically, as the question is not only a scientific one, it is a question that gets to what it means to be human. ”
“I agree with you,” I responded and got up to my feet as my muscles gained strength. “Yes, we need philosophers, ethicist, religious leaders… but we also need to listen to the average man, woman and child. This is their hope, this is what they fear, this is what they dream. ”
Morris, who had been fairly silent, then stood up to speak. Of course, by now, the architect must have something to say or maybe some idea about all this. That will test us to our core.