"Immortality Unlocked" - Reboot.Exe - S2 Chapter 13

## Immortality Unlocked

Jenn

"Immortality Unlocked" is the thirteenth episode of the second season in Reboot.exe. It was released on 13 November 2022 and is narrated by Dave.

## Episode Synopsis

\*\*Out of character, Dave gave his thanks to the wiki, but didn't mention anyone who worked on it - so let me take a moment to thank StevenTheSatanicLlama for setting up the pages for me to write all of these on, as well as doing the character sheets, and Parzival for doing Ironspire. Your work has not gone unnoticed! If any of you were wondering who runs this wiki, its Steven for character sheets and pages, Parzival for Ironspire, and YellHeahTris for Reboot! Run by fans, for fans and crew! Now, back to your regularly scheduled episode!\*\*

Eve stands waiting in the room acting as drone-ish as possible while Pr0 attempts to break through the security guard's cybernetic firewalls to distract him as well as get some information. Pr0 successfully hacks into his tablet and is able to pull up the last piece of media that the doctor was playing, which of course was nefarious. Nefarious enough to cause him to storm out of the room to ensure that no one sees what was on the screen. As the doctor Pro brushes past the doctor as he rushes out and is able to swipe his ID card and is able to gain access to the room that they are all in. Pr0 quickly attaches the card to his outfit, successfully fooling the security guard. Pr0 confidently walks in and starts talking to Eve as if she's a normal drone, and orders her to assist him with the other Eves. He begins to make up some sort of excuse as to why the Eve units aren't in the right condition and asks Eve to order the other Eves to follow him. The security guard stops him, and tells him that the paperwork isn't finished up yet. Pr0 contacts Seb outside in attempts to get some help figuring this out due to Seb's scholarly knowledge, but it proves to be unhelpful. Pr0 then walks over to Eve for help, and she discreetly assists him. Soon, they finish up, Pr0 hands the paperwork back over to the guard who takes it, thanks them, and then heads out. Due to the hospital badge that Pr0 stole, the other Eve units are quick to follow command and begin following him out of the hospital into the van that Seb has pulled up. Just as they are leaving, Possum finds them and follows, still severely inebriated.

Their drive through the city goes smoothly until the reach the police checkpoint at the boarder of the city. They are met with a large robot that has two massive arms holding a gun with chains of ammunition laced around them, but is facing toward the slums. As they get closer, it immediately whips around and begins asking them their purpose for returning to the slums. Seb says that he's simply bringing supplies to the soup kitchen. The robot scans the van, notices the Eve units and accepts this as the truth and lets them drive through without problem.

As they drive through the slums, dodging cardboard houses and other debris, they quickly notice that it is eerily quiet around Ugly's Bar, and that seemingly has been an explosion of sorts outside the front as there is dirt blasted against the walls. Seb sends Xiang a message saying that they're back from the hospital and are wondering what happened. Xiang tells them that its safe and to come inside. Pr0 opens the door and shows Xiang that they successfully got the Eve units and asks to see Johnny. Xiang says that he's here, but he's barricaded himself in his room. Pr0 asks what happens, and Xiang annoyingly looks at Seb with arms crossed and signs "Songbird's gone." They quickly put together that the corps came in the hours that Seb wasn't in the bar and made their move on her.

Seb instantly calls Isaac. Isaac picks up in his normal chipper tone and asks how he's been. Seb brings the conversation back around to how they were supposed to talk this through more and how the surprise attack was a horrible way to go about this. Isaac blames a nameless secretary for not informing Seb before hand and says that he'll fire her no problem. Isaac also invites Seb to a few meetings that are all involving the conversations to come with and because of Songbird.

While this is happening, Pr0 and Eve walk up to Incongruent's room and knock, signaling that they have arrived. After some clanging, Incongrunt opens the door to Pr0, Eve, and three identical Eve units who are standing at his side, just as requested. Incongruent praises Pr0 for his job well done, and for his friendliness towards Eve for getting these units for her, not letting Eve on to the fact that getting the duplicates was his idea. Incongruent turns to Eve and asks her if she's ready for immortality. She says that she is ready to learn, and thus, Incongruent is ready to teach her, but warns her that there are certain points of failure in this, such as in if she is in a place where her connections are blocked or lost, she won't be able to transfer consciousness. Incongruent then turns to Pr0, and says that he has the money equivalent to an Eve unit ready for his payment for getting the units in the first place. Incongruent has effectively paid off Pr0's debt to Chessex for him. Incongruent asks for Eve to step out of the room to speak with Pr0 alone and also stating that being in a room with clones of once you once were may be concerning. She agrees and steps out.

Incongruent approaches Pr0 and once again praises him for his competence today and tells him that "Maybe you do have what it takes to see your mission through. I had assumed you were worthless." Saying this for the fact that is very hard to find someone from the slums who is exceptional. Pr0 states that he is very serious about completing his mission of taking down the circle and that his mortality is a price he's willing to pay for it. Incongruent pushes Pr0's up in the air and asks him if he truly believes that he is going to be able to obtain that victory just as a normal human. Pr0 smiles, saying that humans were able to do some pretty cool things in the past. While Incongruent agrees with this, he also says those days are well past them now, and if Pr0 is after revenge, then he needs to be prepared for it. Incongruent offers the idea of Pr0 getting boosted once again, saying that he knows several amazing technicians that would be able to complete this for him. Pr0 immediately thinks of Belle. Pr0 asks what all would need to be changed on him and Incongruent grows sinister, standing over him, and says: "A brain. A spine. That is all you need. The rest? Vanity." Pr0 seems a little hesitant, but Incongruent reminds him of all that he is made up of and reminds Pr0 of the idea of boosters. They are trying their hardest to look like Incongruent, and that's why he's so easily able to hide within them, and also warns him of the dangers of getting addicted. Pr0 goes on to say that he knows that Incongruent can kill him and can do it easily, but that "You can't kill the things I love, because you love them too." Pr0 then concurs saying that if he's going to burn out, he's going to burn as bright as possible and that the fear of getting addicted to tech upgrades isn't something he's concerned about. Incongruent asks him how much of being a human is he wanting to keep. Pr0 says that he's willing to give up most of it, but he still needs to care about things. Incongruent reassures him that they don't touch the brain in the process, but if they were to give him arms, they would lose their touch and feeling in that regard. Pr0 agrees to this, and they both state this as Pr0's first beginning into Incongruent's world. He then takes the duffle bag and starts going to Chessex's to pay him off.

Eve prints out a picture of the battery that she is looking for, for Possum and hands it to Incongruent saying that this is something she needs. Incongruent takes it and tells Eve that these haven't been made for over a decade and were recovered tech from "The Fall" which is in reference to the greatest ever AI that was able to solve all of the worlds problems, from climate change to world hunger, but then immediately destroyed itself, and everything it was connected to upon completing these requests. Several scientists and people dedicated to recovering the burnt fragments of the AI's accomplishments have scoured through what bits of information they could have, and began making the world today from it. Both Amben and Reboot have a sliver of the brilliant technology that the AI solved. Incongruent then states that they were destroyed due to "Incongruencies," but believes that there will be a lot of use in finding another one of these, as within the device, there could be a way of understanding themselves. In his own research, Incongruent even found that the errors that were reported by users were very similar to drone deviancy. Eve asks where she would be able to get one, and Incongruent says that a police drone would be the best way, but that it's not going to be easy by any stretch of the imagination, but that he would be willing to help her with this.

Pr0 returns from delivering Chessex's money and joins Seb and Eve at the bar where Eve is making her famous Burrito Bandito cocktail.

Pr0 asks Seb what he learned while on the phone with Isaac and he tells him that there wasn't really anything of use to come out of the conversation other than the meeting dates. Seb shoots Isaac a text asking for Songbird's contact information so that she'll be able to keep in touch with them. They start going over their future plans. Pr0 says that he wants to get boosted to the point where he can easily take out Joseph, but also needs to be discrete enough to attend important meetings. Pr0, noticing Seb's still downtrodden state reassures him that they've done great work recently and that, as hard as it is, that Seb needs to use his anger and fear from past experiences to push them all forward so they can be successful. Pr0 then turns to Eve and asks how she feels about all of the new drones in the bar, also while jokingly taking off the Band-Aid, referencing her new lives to the one of cat. This was a mistake as soon as Pr0 saw the incredibly hurt look on Eve's face. Pr0 quickly apologizes and replaces the Band-Aid. Eve says that she has experienced death before and does not wish to experience it again. They then begin discussing plans for attending meetings as Seb conveniently gets an email with all of the dates. Pr0 agrees that he needs to accompany Seb to these, but Eve is wondering if she could be of use to furthering the case on Joseph as he took an interest in her. They look at the tracker that she hid in his truck. There is nothing notable from the tracking just yet as it has been too soon.

As they are continuing their conversation, loud metal footsteps approach from behind them. Incongruent walks up and first tells Eve that he will be helping her through training of consciousness transfer. He also looks to Pr0 and tells him that his transformation is going to be incredibly expensive, but he is willing to sponsor Pr0. Pr0 asks what he is expected to give in return. Incongruent simply responds "Eve's safety. Loyalty. Competence." Incongruent then says that he wishes to access Pr0 on a fundamental level. suggesting that he needs to install an implant in Pr0's brain. Pr0 consents. Incongruent asks for one more thing, and it's to be included in the loop constantly. Telling him everything that gets told between the three. They all agree and Pr0 says that nothing has been withheld from him up to this point, saying that this isn't a sort of business contract, but is a simple friendship.

Pr0 slides over to Incongruent to ask him another question about the process of becoming more machine than human, and Incongruent immediately asks if this is about keeping his little Pr0. He says that wasn't even something he was considering. Incongruent then goes on to tell the story of Ugly cutting off his and promoting it on top of the bar next to the beer nuts. Pr0 trying to turn the conversation towards something that isn't penis related, asks Incongruent if he would be able to give Pr0 back the ashes of his human remains as they get cut off.

-YellHeahTris

## TL;DR

* Pr0 successfully hacks into the security guard’s tablet and is able to pull up the last piece of media that the doctor was playing, which of course was nefarious. Nefarious enough to cause him to storm out of the room to ensure that no one sees what was on the screen.
* As the doctor Pro brushes past the doctor as he rushes out and is able to swipe his ID card and is able to gain access to the room that they are all in.
* The security guard stops Pr0, and tells him that the paperwork isn't finished up yet. Pr0 then walks over to Eve for help, and she discreetly assists him. The Eve units are quick to follow command and begin following Pr0 out of the hospital into the van that Seb has pulled up. Just as they are leaving, Possum finds them and follows, still severely inebriated.
* Their drive through the city goes smoothly until the reach the police checkpoint at the boarder of the city. As they get closer, a police robot immediately whips around and begins asking them their purpose for returning to the slums. Seb says that he's simply bringing supplies to the soup kitchen. The robot accepts this as the truth and lets them drive through without problem.
* As they drive through the slums, dodging cardboard houses and other debris, they quickly notice that it is eerily quiet around Ugly's Bar, and that seemingly has been an explosion of sorts outside the front as there is dirt blasted against the walls.
* Pr0 opens the door and shows Xiang that they successfully got the Eve units and asks to see Johnny. Xiang says that he's here, but he's barricaded himself in his room. Pr0 asks what happens, and Xiang annoyingly looks at Seb with arms crossed and signs "Songbird's gone." They quickly put together that the corps came in the hours that Seb wasn't in the bar and made their move on her.
* Seb instantly calls Isaac. Isaac blames a nameless secretary for not informing Seb before hand and says that he'll fire her no problem. Isaac also invites Seb to a few meetings that are all involving the conversations to come with and because of Songbird.
* Pr0 and Eve walk up to Incongruent's room and knock, signaling that they have arrived. After some clanging, Incongruent opens the door to Pr0, Eve, and three identical Eve units who are standing at his side, just as requested.
* Incongruent then turns to Pr0, and says that he has the money equivalent to an Eve unit ready for his payment for getting the units in the first place. Incongruent has effectively paid off Pr0's debt to Chessex for him.
* Incongruent asks for Eve to step out of the room to speak with Pr0 alone and also stating that being in a room with clones of once you once may be concerning. She agrees and steps out.
* Incongruent pushes Pr0's arms up in the air and asks him if he truly believes that he is going to be able to obtain his goals just as a normal human. After a lengthy conversation, Incongruent convinces Pr0 to upgrade his body booster style.
* Eve prints out a picture of the battery that she is looking for, for Possum and hands it to Incongruent saying that this is something she needs. Incongruent takes it and tells Eve that these haven't been made for over a decade and were recovered tech from "The Fall.” Incongruent says that a police drone would be the best way, but that it's not going to be easy by any stretch of the imagination, but that he would be willing to help her with this.
* Pr0 returns from delivering Chessex's money and joins Seb and Eve at the bar where Eve is making her famous Burrito Bandito cocktail.
* As they are continuing their conversation, loud metal footsteps approach from behind them. Incongruent walks up and first tell Eve that he will be helping her through training of consciousness transfer.
* Incongruent then says that he wishes to access Pr0 on a fundamental level. suggesting that he needs to install an implant in Pr0's brain. Pr0 consents. Incongruent asks for one more thing, and it's to be included in the loop constantly. Telling him everything that gets told between the three. They all agree and Pr0 says that nothing has been withheld from him up to this point, saying that this isn't a sort of business contract, but is a simple friendship.
* Pr0 asks Incongruent if he would be able to give him back the ashes of his human remains as they get cut off and Incongruent agrees.

YHT