June 17th 2023 - Discovering Rex (Part 2)
Frederick: Well- it's high enough to be very possible!
EJ.EXE: *leans over and presses a few keys*
Frederick: *keeps watching tho*
EJ.EXE: *a picture of the person in question comes up, along with info*
EJ.EXE: * [ CHASE BENNET ] a middle aged man with brown hair, glasses and a rather kind face *
EJ.EXE: *he is wearing an Aperture labcoat in the photo and there's some info about him*
EJ.EXE: *British, 35, worked in Aperture for a decade, has several degrees in computer science*
EJ.EXE: ........
EJ.EXE: See, that is not me
EJ.EXE: I am not even British
EJ.EXE: *he is still alive*
EJ.EXE: *and if Freddy does some digging, he'd find that fortunately, he was fired before GLaDOS killed off everyone else*
Frederick: *??*
Frederick: *!*
Frederick: *eyes light up*
Frederick: Have you tried to contact him?
EJ.EXE: .........................
EJ.EXE: No
EJ.EXE: Why would I
Frederick: ..........
Frederick: *blank face*
Frederick: Why not?
EJ.EXE: ...........
EJ.EXE: I don't want to
Frederick: ..............
Frederick: *Are you for real now*
Frederick: ... You said you wanted to find out who created you
EJ.EXE: Yes, I want you to do some scans and tell me
EJ.EXE: I dont want to go around calling random people
EJ.EXE: Tsk
EJ.EXE: It's even more work
Frederick: But he is not random, he worked in there as well
Frederick: What if he got involved before they fired him?
Frederick: Hmm
Frederick: Besides, we don't know know reasons of that
EJ.EXE: What do you want to do, Frederick?
EJ.EXE: Call him and ask if he developed a sentient virus for his work?
EJ.EXE: Explain you are a total stranger but you want to know why he got fired?
EJ.EXE: HA
EJ.EXE: Stupid
Frederick: *spawns in a glowy screen*
Frederick: *aaand messages to CB about the whole Vir case*
EJ.EXE: ................
EJ.EXE: Are you serious
EJ.EXE: ......
Frederick: You gotta try all options, you know
Frederick: Otherwise you won't manage the task
Frederick: .....
EJ.EXE: *CB messages back a few minutes later, asking who Freddy is and why he wants to know about some virus*
Frederick: *def sends details & proof links on some Vir's activities*
EJ.EXE: *CB sends back a link to 'Top 10 Best Free Antiviruses!'*
Frederick: .........
EJ.EXE: *he doesnt really understand why Freds is asking him this*
Frederick: ....................
EJ.EXE: *although it is definitely HIS signature in the virus' code*
Frederick: *sends a report with data telling antiviruses don't work, so they are looking for possible creators of Vir who were his ex co-workers*
Frederick: *sends a line of codes with the signature as well*
Frederick: *Well gotta see if he is lying or someone just picked his name for some reason*
EJ.EXE: *for a long moment, there is no answer*
Frederick: *glances at Vir as he waits*
Frederick: You know, if I actually figure this case out for you
Frederick: You are going to pay me a favor back
EJ.EXE: .......
EJ.EXE: Like what?
Frederick: Like stopping possessing other people and hurting them.
Frederick: *Nl: :3*
Frederick: *..........*
EJ.EXE: *then he sends back another message, explaining that the only reason programs would have his signature on them is because the equipment he used back as an employee would automatically add them onto all of his creations. mostly so aperture could figure out which programmer to blame in case something goes wrong*
Frederick: *What, it doesn't seem like EJ minded much*
EJ.EXE: .....
EJ.EXE: That's too big of a favor
EJ.EXE: You are just asking me to change my lifestyle~
Frederick: .... You know that if it's otherwise then I'll have to catch all of your parts
Frederick: And believe me, I will manage it
EJ.EXE: I can promise not to hurt your Stanley-
Frederick: *smiles*
EJ.EXE: *scoffs*
EJ.EXE: Oh, you wish
Frederick: I am asking you to think on your errors
Frederick: ....
Frederick: Unless you want to be destroyed after all
EJ.EXE: ......
EJ.EXE: *smiles sweetly* I'll think about it
Frederick: You know, I can't keep arguing with Stanley Jackson and some others forever
EJ.EXE: *tho it looks more like a toothy grin than a sweet smile*
Frederick: I only have some little time on this
Frederick: .......
Frederick: *is not impressed*
Frederick: You gotta try it.
EJ.EXE: I can take care of Jackson
EJ.EXE: For good
Frederick: ......... See this is exactly why people wanna destroy you
Frederick: But I only wanna do a research!
EJ.EXE: *scoffs*
EJ.EXE: Then keep doing your research
EJ.EXE: That programmer just replied, stop bothering me about morality topics
Frederick: .....
Frederick: *glances back at his screen*
Frederick: .................
Frederick: [ Does that mean the virus is one of your creations? ]
Frederick: .......
Frederick: [ Did you create AIs, didn't you? ]
Frederick: [ Apparently one of them ended up being corrupted. ]
EJ.EXE: [CB: I promise you, I don't know of any virus. I had access to various areas, but at the end of my work, we were moving on to more experimental tests ]
EJ.EXE: [CB: I am deleting this conversation after we speak, by the way. I doubt they will sue me after so long but I don't want to take the chances ]
Frederick: ........
EJ.EXE: [CB: If...any of them are still alive ]
Frederick: [ Do you remember names of those who worked with you? Could I have them, please? I have ways of checking. ]
EJ.EXE: *he does give him the few names he remembered*
Frederick: *CB is v nice*
EJ.EXE: *is watching this all, his brows furrowed*
Frederick: *idk i would put freds in blacklist for bothering about old job stuff xd*
Frederick: *...........*
EJ.EXE: *awww*
Frederick: *Hmph*
EJ.EXE: *well he sent proof about vir though*
Frederick: *Blacklists are easy to hack*
EJ.EXE: *otherwise he'd think freds was a reporter or a blogger looking for gossip*
Frederick: *!*
Frederick: *saves names in his files*
Frederick: *thanks him*
Frederick: *does some scanning and digging on names (again)*
EJ.EXE: *however*
EJ.EXE: *they're all dead*
Frederick: *is def curious*
Frederick: *Aw*
EJ.EXE: *thanks to GLaDOS*
Frederick: Aw
Frederick: *sigh*
EJ.EXE: *while he was scanning, another message popped up from CB*
Frederick: *murmurs* GLaDOS never changes...
EJ.EXE: She knew how to make use of her power
EJ.EXE: I admire her~
Frederick: *?*
Frederick: *glances at the message*
EJ.EXE: [CB: There is...one incident that might be useful for you]
Frederick: What, have you witnessed her?
EJ.EXE: [CB: But]
EJ.EXE: *then a looong pause*
Frederick: Now I wonder if you have seen a Chell...
Frederick: ......
EJ.EXE: [CB: I don't know]
EJ.EXE: No
EJ.EXE: I have read about her online
Frederick: [ I appreciate anything that might be helpful! ]
Frederick: .....
EJ.EXE: [CB: I hope it's not relevant. I should've been more careful and I wasn't ]
Frederick: Well, what they tell on the Internet is usually quite far away from how things were in reality
EJ.EXE: [CB: It was why they fired me and why I am still alive, I guess. Otherwise I would've been gassed as well ]
EJ.EXE: *sarcastically* You don't say
Frederick: Unless it's a trusty source with evidences
Frederick: ......
Frederick: *?*
Frederick: [ They fired you because you weren't careful enough? ]
Frederick: *Hmmm*
Frederick: *Gee*
EJ.EXE: [CB: Someone broke into my equipment and...attempted to upload themself ]
Frederick: *I hope AI(s) getting corrupted is not because a few mistakes done in codes*
EJ.EXE: [CB: Actually, I know who it was ]
Frederick: *!*
EJ.EXE: [CB: He was my friend and I should've known better than to trust him ]
Frederick: [ Oh- this could explain the whole case ]
EJ.EXE: [CB: But I did, I thought he wouldn't possibly do something so stupid, and yet it ended with his death and my firing]
Frederick: .........................
EJ.EXE: [CB: God, I hope you are wrong. Because that's]
EJ.EXE: [CB: Awful]
Frederick: *Wait*
Frederick: [ I am sorry ]
Frederick: ....
Frederick: [ Could you please tell his name? ]
EJ.EXE: ...............
EJ.EXE: [CB: Sure ]
EJ.EXE: [CB: Rex Townsend ]
EJ.EXE: ...............................
Frederick: *niiice*
Frederick: ............
Frederick: Rex Townsend, hmm
Frederick: Does it ring a bell to you?
EJ.EXE: *it took me ages to come up with a good name lmao*
Frederick: *Nl: Sent by Town of the Stupid ;3*
Frederick: *............................................*
EJ.EXE: *...........*
EJ.EXE: *griiiiiips the chair a bit too tightly*
Frederick: *Nl: Smart people don't try copypasting their minds into computers~~ ;3*
EJ.EXE: *EJ's eyes are glowing*
Frederick: .......
Frederick: Oh I see it now
EJ.EXE: *you have a point neil*
Frederick: You are a copy, then.
Frederick: Hmm
Frederick: Of course
EJ.EXE: *hisses* No I'm not
Frederick: An AI would not show signs of denial
EJ.EXE: Shut up
EJ.EXE: Shut up, Frederick
EJ.EXE: .............
Frederick: Your reaction is irrational
Frederick: That proves my theory.
EJ.EXE: You don't have any proof but your theory
EJ.EXE: .......
Frederick: *can't help but be pleased*
Frederick: Why, I do
Frederick: So do you
Frederick: Something tells me, the data about the day is saved in one of your distant parts
Frederick: It might be corrupted but it's still in there, somewhere
Frederick: ....
EJ.EXE: No.
Frederick: But you won't reach out to it
Frederick: Because you are scared
Frederick: Because you are not an AI
Frederick: As an AI would have already done it.
Frederick: *knowing look*
Frederick: Maybe you stick to your little games and messing with people
Frederick: Because it is a way for you to procrastinate and escape from trying something like that
Frederick: ....
Frederick: In any case
EJ.EXE: I am not s͡c̷ar͘e̶d͝
Frederick: I think this case is solved
Frederick: *waves away his screen*
EJ.EXE: *he can also catch it now if he wants ahem*
Frederick: There's one last thing to do....
EJ.EXE: *keeps glowering at the screens*
EJ.EXE: *as if the words will change and prove he is right after all*
Frederick: *sends a report with data & messages to Max tho*
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