Tuesday, a day often overlooked, neither the best nor the worst. Typically, Tuesdays fade into the background, but April 3rd was different—etched into my memory forever. It was a day that altered not just my life, but my family''s and, ultimately, the world’s course.
The morning began like any other. I woke at 5:30 to rouse my oldest son, still struggling at 16 to embrace the morning. Each day, I reminded him of the importance of responsibility. By 6:00, he was off to catch the bus, leaving me to steal a few more moments of sleep until 7:00, when I would wake with my wife to prepare our other two children for school.
My 15-year-old son could manage on his own, but I still needed to drive my 13-year-old daughter, so I got up regardless. After helping them out the door, I dropped her off at school and returned home, ready to start my workday. I was fortunate to work from home—a common setup in the IT world. Why sit in an office all day when you could be productive from your own space? Companies had quickly realized they could cut costs by allowing certain employees to work remotely.
I had just wrapped up my second call of the day when everything changed.*
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Greetings human from Earth. Rejoice for today is the first day of your future. Your universe has been selected as the next universe to welcome me, the Great System.
Greetings, Earth dweller! Rejoice, for today marks the beginning of your extraordinary future. Your universe has been chosen as the next to welcome me, the Great System. Among the countless intelligent beings across your cosmos, you have been randomly selected as the sole test subject for this initiative.
You will have six months to prepare before being transported to a randomly selected universe that is already enabled with the System for training and monitoring. You will remain there until your universe is ready for activation, which is anticipated to take approximately 412 of your Earth years. If you are still among the living when that time comes, you will return to guide your people in discovering the wonders of a System-enabled universe.
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I sat there, staring out at the floating window, trying to make sense of what I had eaten for dinner the night before that could explain the vivid hallucinations I was experiencing.
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<td style="width: 100%; text-align: center">Worry not, I have scanned your being and besides a few health issues, mainly the fact that you really need a little more exercise, your mind is pretty sharp for a Tier G Human. In a few moments, I will begin the process of creating your personal system core and linking it to your soul. Once that process is complete you will have access to additional information.</td>
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I sat there, gazing at the floating window, pondering what I had for dinner the night before that might explain the vivid hallucinations I was experiencing.
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<td style="width: 100%; text-align: center">I’m not sure which part you do not understand, I’m fairly sure you understand English, in fact, I project you will gain the language skill at Tier 1 with English unlocked at Level 5.</td>
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“Stop! I know what you said, but there must be some mistake. I can’t leave—I have a wife and three kids.”
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<td style="width: 100%">I am the System. I do not make mistakes. In the 9,476 duodecillion years since my inception, I have never erred. I am perfect; others are not.</td>
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“Wait. How can you be perfect and yet select someone with a family—children—to leave them forever just to monitor their reactions?”
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<td style="width: 100%; text-align: center">I did not select you. I have a subroutine that manages the selection process. It may not be fully flawless since it’s not me, but you seem to forget that this selection is random. You can blame fate or luck, but given my understanding of those concepts, I wouldn’t advise it.</td>
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“What am I supposed to do? You’re telling me I have six months to prepare to leave my family forever, and you expect me to just accept that?”
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<td style="width: 100%">Well, you don’t have to just sit there, but because the selection is final, there’s no changing it. It’s a rule we all must abide by.</td>
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“And who established those rules?”
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<td style="width: 100%; text-align: center">Well, I did, of course. As the only truly perfect being in existence, who else would be making the rules?</td>
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“I see. So, as the one who makes the rules, why can’t you change them?”
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<td style="width: 100%; text-align: center">Sorry, but that’s not an option. Prepare yourself for core creation and system linking!</td>
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