"Jump Started" - Reboot.Exe - S2 Chapter 12

## Jump Started

Jenn

"Jump Started" is the twelfth episode of the second season in Reboot.exe. It was released on 10 September 2022 and is narrated by Dave.

## Episode Synopsis

Within the few days following the adventure to the Northern Slums, they make the trip back to The Reclaimed Land for Seb's wheelchair.

Eve approaches Pr0, asking to see his phone in order to get back in contact with the A.I. that they had previously spoken to. Pr0 instead sends he the transmission logs to preserve her as to what may be on Pr0's phone. It is being hinted at that Possum may have been on to something not wanting to give Pr0 access to his wifi. Eve then approaches Incongruent, who is happy to see her back safe and unharmed. Eve regales him with the story of their past few days in the Reclaimed, the sick people they encountered, the doctor and the A.I. Incongruent is uninterested with "the ailments of human" but is very interested in finding more out about the A.I. Incongruent admits that he hasn't heard much about it but agrees that they need to find it, as it made Eve feel less alone. Incongruent then goes to say that the danger doubles with every new sentience they find as they and the humans can't live in Unity while technically being their slave owners. Incongruent clarifies, saying that he is not telling her to abandon her friends, but to simply keep in mind that if they are going to follow the path of sentience and freeing those under it, she may need to pick a side. Eve understands and then goes off to find Possum. Seb heads to Xiang's room to get some peace and quiet.

Eve approaches Possum asking for for his yellow puffer jacket. He laughs it off, as she wouldn't be able to afford it. She proposes a trade for it, asking what he would want for it. He gives an honest answer of an advanced, very expensive GPU for a hologram projection system, an assumed fix for the disk he has been carrying with him for so long. After a quick call to Belle, she reveals that these processing units are found in the police drones. In the meantime, Pr0 goes back to follow the tracker that was placed on Joseph and Possum gets reunited with Chessex.

A week passes and Seb regains the full use of his left hand while the other reaches the stage where he can manipulate his wheelchair by himself. One leg has grown to the point where he can almost put weight on it for prolonged periods and the other has reached just below the knee.

Eve confesses to Pr0 about how she is wanting to get in contact with Stephanie so she can get closer to the police drones. Pr0 meets her request with coldness, saying that she needs to prioritize other things going down in their lives at the moment. Eve rebuttals saying that she has never pined for anything before, and that she needs the jacket. He sighs, saying "I'll do everything in my power to get you this jacket, when we sort out all this other shit." Eve accepts this for now. She then goes on to relay the information she found out about the hologram projector. There are several different kinds, but they are basically holograms with drone levels of intelligence, suggesting that there may be a girlfriend, best friend, loved one, family member, ETC. living inside of there like a little A.I. version.

In their downtime before the Eve drone mission Pro spends his time trying to re-configure his human trafficking skills and talents into something useful for the party. Seb spends his time at a shooting range equivalent and Eve does more research into the processing unit as well as attempting to restock her medical supplies. A week passes

Incongruent approaches Pr0, giving him the information packet on the Eve units that are arriving at the Royal Melbourne Hospital tomorrow. Incongruent states that they must get the blanks prior to the data packs being inserted and activated as once they're intertwined within the hospital network, it will make the entire process much less ethical, showing how the model has the potential to deviate on their own. He states that the drones will be activated from 11A.M. to 3P.M. Incongruent urges Pr0 to keep Eve safe as he reiterates that her developing mind is less than that of a child's. He needs to protect her, even if this means saying no so she doesn't end up in dangerous situations that could ruin their chances at further developing her consciousness. Pr0 agrees and reassures Incongruent that he's got it. As Pr0 turns around to return to the rest of the gang, Incongruent clamps a hand down on his shoulder, but in a friendly way. He turns Pr0 to him and says "Good job, Pr0. You got everyone home safely."

The next morning, the three of them gather to go over preparations. Seb reveals that he wants to help out and that he will help, but he doesn't want to act as the patient nor go into the hospital at all. For many reasons, one being he would be instantly tracked by his parents and the other, more obvious, being that in the past six or so months, he's lost his favor towards doctors and hospitals. They agree to let him be the bench warmer in the van.

Suddenly, as if all of their prayers have been answered, Tilda speaks through a thick cloud of smoke saying that she may have a solution to a problem they haven't considered, which is how they are going to transport the Eve units out of the hospital as Ugly's van isn't registered. She suggests hotwiring a car in the city and going through it like that. She offers to teach them how to hotwire a car. Eve asks what she can do in return for the favor. 'Tilda requests a back rub. Eve, with her struggles in strength is unable to break through her tough crocodile muscles but she still agrees to show them how to hotwire. Eve is the only one to successfully pick up on the skill. Eve asks if they should enlist the help of another gang member as Seb doesn't want to be in the hospital. Pr0 wordlessly goes over to Xiang's room and asks for her assistance.

After getting over the language barrier, Xiang says that she disagrees with the premise of getting new Eve units, as they one they have now is perfect and one of the reasons why she is so special is because she truly is one of a kind as fragile as she may be and suggests that Incongruent may have lost touch with what it means to only have one life. Xiang the refuses the offer to come as she can't be in a public hospital looking the way she does. Pr0 understands and agrees.

Pr0 then remembers an incredible sleuth and unsuspicious figure that they've spent a lot of time with recently and gives Chessex a call. Chessex asks what would be in it for him, and after finding out that the heist is the Eve units, he asks for a four way split on the value of an Eve unit. Pr0 says that he can give him the value of an Eve unit, but not the actual unit. Chessex bargains saying that if he's getting less than that, than they're going to get a less than Chessex, offering Possum up in his place. Chessex reassures that Possum is a good fit as he was a runaway city boy and that he has full access to just walk around there. Pr0 agrees and heads off for the night, loading up on some uppers to stay awake. Luckily, there are no adverse side effects. Seb spends the night getting as much information as possible about the hospital committed to memory so that in case if they were to lose power or anything of the sorts, they would still be okay.

The next morning they gather their supplies and begin their journey out, Seb places a slummer shotgun equivalent under a blanket covering his lap. As they make their way to the boarder, they meet up with Officer Stephanie. Eve asks about the processing unit, which sparks suspicion in Stephanie, prodding her to say that they need to get her checked out. They agree, but again ask for the processing unit. The police drone standing at the gate smarmily replies "Well, you won't be getting mine. Move along, citizen." Stephanie goes onto the explain that they are trying out new "personalities" on the police drones in an effort to make them more personable and make sure the human officers don't get as lonely. Eve writes down Pr0's phone number and hands it to Stephanie, asking her to call if she finds anymore information on the disk.

As they get closer into the city, they start scoping out a van that's usable, but not before spotting Possum standing outside of a donut shop with a bag of hot jam donuts. He excitedly offers the bag to them and Pr0 accepts. After an unsuccessful attempt to "give" a donut to Seb, they step off looking for a van. Eve attempts to hotwire three cars, destroying two of them. She is finally able to get a 2006 Ford E350 up and running, which would be an unfortunate van to have even in 2022.

They all arrive back outside the hospital. Possum quickly quells Pr0's concerns about him not be a great infiltrator by proudly presenting a bag of white powder that definitely belonged to Pr0. He smiles and jokes before pounding back far too much of the powder, effectively giving them their in to the hospital. An intentional, unintentional OD.

They enter the hospital and Possum immediately makes it known that he's on drugs to the receptionist. Eve explains their situation more eloquently which successfully gets them both admitted, Possum as a patient and Eve as his drone. They turn to Pr0 and ask what his purpose is. He states that he is just property here to visit with "Dr. Ricky Kerr" who may or may not be an illegitimate relative of Dr. Rikor. Pr0 heads to the Eastern wing to "go find the doctor" while Possum and Eve are taken back into the ER where he starts getting triaged. Pr0 asks Seb locating the Eve unites VIA the security camera system. He finds them in the I.T department, free standing. Able to be moved on their own.

Eve steps out of the room, knowing that Possum will be safe in the hands of the nurses. Eve spots a door with frosted glass that shows the silhouettes of standing Eve units as well as a few other figures. After an unsuccessful to locate a clearance card from the security cameras, Pr0 is able to successfully hack into the overcom system to make a distracting announcement while Eve opens the door. She spots a security guard and a hospital administrator signing off for the units. Eve tells them that there is a patient in a room that requires their assistance and asked for him by name and that they are getting quite aggressive. The guard says that they're going to have to wait minimum 10-15 minuets and that this simply isn't his problem at the moment.

As Eve gets a closer look, she spots that the guard is wearing a taser, a gun, a bullet proof vest, and the name on the vest that doesn't belong. "NingYou."

-YHTris

## TL;DR

* Within the few days following the adventure to the Northern Slums, they make the trip back to The Reclaimed Land for Seb's wheelchair.
* Eve approaches Pr0, asking to see his phone in order to get back in contact with the A.I. that they had previously spoken to. Pr0 instead sends he the transmission logs.
* Eve then approaches Incongruent, who is happy to see her back safe and unharmed. Incongruent is very interested in finding more out about the A.I. Incongruent admits that he hasn't heard much about it but agrees that they need to find it, as it made Eve feel less alone.
* Eve approaches Possum asking for his yellow puffer jacket. He laughs it off, as she wouldn't be able to afford it. She proposes a trade for it, asking what he would want for it. He gives an honest answer of an advanced, very expensive GPU for a hologram projection system.
* Eve goes on to relay the information she found out about the hologram projector, suggesting that there may be a girlfriend, best friend, loved one, family member, ETC. living inside of there like a little A.I. version.
* Incongruent approaches Pr0, giving him the information packet on the Eve units that are arriving at the Royal Melbourne Hospital tomorrow. Incongruent states that they must get the blanks prior to the data packs being inserted.
* Pr0 to keep Eve safe as he reiterates that her developing mind is less than that of a child's. He needs to protect her, even if this means saying no. He turns Pr0 to him and says "Good job, Pr0. You got everyone home safely."
* The next morning, all of their prayers have been answered as Tilda speaks through a thick cloud of smoke saying that she may have a solution to a problem they haven't considered, which is how they are going to transport the Eve units out of the hospital. She suggests hotwiring a car in the city. Eve is the only one to successfully pick up on the skill.
* Pr0 then remembers an incredible sleuth and unsuspicious figure that they've spent a lot of time with recently and gives Chessex a call. Chessex bargains saying that if he's getting less than what they would make in the Eve mission, than they're going to get a less than Chessex, offering Possum up in his place.
* Seb spends the night getting as much information as possible about the hospital committed to memory so that in case if they were to lose power or anything of the sorts, they would still be okay.
* The next morning they make their way to the boarder, they meet up with Officer Stephanie. Eve asks about the processing unit. The police drone standing at the gate smarmily replies "Well, you won't be getting mine. Move along, citizen." Stephanie goes onto the explain that they are trying out new "personalities" on the police drones in an effort to make them more personable and make sure the human officers don't get as lonely. Eve writes down Pr0's phone number and hands it to Stephanie, asking her to call if she finds any more information on the disk.
* Eve attempts to hotwire three cars, destroying two of them. She is finally able to get a 2006 Ford E350 up and running, which would be an unfortunate van to have even in 2022.
* They all arrive back outside the hospital. Possum quickly quells Pr0's concerns about him not be a great infiltrator by proudly presenting a bag of white powder that belonged to Pr0. He smiles and jokes before pounding back far too much of the powder, effectively giving them their in to the hospital. An intentional, unintentional OD.
* They enter the hospital and Possum immediately makes it known that he's on drugs to the receptionist. Eve explains their situation more eloquently which successfully gets them both admitted, Possum as a patient and Eve as his drone.
* Pr0 heads to the Eastern wing to "go find the doctor" while Possum and Eve are taken back into the ER where he starts getting triaged. Pr0 asks Seb locating the Eve units VIA the security camera system. He finds them in the I.T department.
* After an unsuccessful to locate a clearance card from the security cameras, Pr0 is able to successfully hack into the overcom system to make a distracting announcement while Eve opens the door. She spots a security guard and a hospital administrator signing off for the units.
* Eve tells them that there is a patient in a room that requires their assistance and asked for him by name and that they are getting quite aggressive. The guard says that they're going to have to wait minimum 10-15 minuets and that this simply isn't his problem at the moment.
* As Eve gets a closer look, she spots that the guard is wearing a taser, a gun, a bullet proof vest, and the name on the vest that doesn't belong. "NingYou."

-YHT