Occasionally Heroic A.I. by David West Read Free Book Online Page B
Authors: David West
Tags: Humor, Science Fiction - Adventure
through time travel."
Adam laughed continuously. "Did you find this quiz online or something?"
"I made it up and tested my theory on my friends and family. It was spot on."
They went into a dark conference room, where a couple of people were wheeling equipment.
"Do you know anyone else with a favorite game or genre?" she asked.
"My brother only really likes sports and racing games," he stated for the verdict.
"Oh, well he's simply not cool."
"How so?"
"He's not a real gamer!" she declared, elbowing Adam playfully.
"Well, he's a damn good non-gamer. I can never beat him at any games, no matter what they are."
"Is he computer savvy?" she asked.
"No, when he gave me his computer, it was riddled with junk and viruses. Wade told me that is why he is so good at defusing viruses," he said, slipping up with my name. "I mean, Jade, not Wade, his friend who used to fix his computer."
"Well, you should play him at a PC game that requires a mouse and keyboard. He probably won't be able to pick up the controls easily," she explained, air gaming with a pretend mouse and keyboard in front of her.
"I will try that next time he-" Adam began, but was cut short by Lara's shushing.
She grew closer and closer to him, chest to chest.
"Be quiet... for just a minute," she whispered. Suddenly, she struck a snowboarding pose. "Follow my lead!"
She and Adam were standing inside the dark conference room, where a few of the showcase assistants were gathering the arcades. He didn't even notice that they went in there. A security guard was patrolling the area, not noticing Adam and Lara by a cardboard cutout of a few snowboarding game characters. With their snow jackets, they fit right in. After the assistances who were wheeling in the covered machines left the room, so did the security guard.
She got out of her snowboarding pose and Adam got out of his skii'ing pose.
"Did you plan this?" Adam asked, still whispering, getting an adrenalin rush.
"No, I wanted to sneak in here to play tic-tac-toe," she joked. "Help me move this to that outlet."
They rolled an arcade system over to the wall, plugged it in, and it automatically lit up and began operating. Lara removed the black cover, unveiling a shooter arcade underneath. The system had four realistic looking guns, all of different models, calibers and categories. Although, it didn't matter, as you could choose your weapon in game.
"The game keeps score?" Adam asked losing motivation, as he won few, if any games, throughout his life against his brother.
"Hey Martin, do you want to play it? I'm reading data from Adam's phone's Bluetooth. We can join the game wirelessly," I said excitedly. "We could fill in for the two guns that aren't being used."
"Sorry, I'm talking to Irene right now..." he answered, leaving his stick figure idle again while he continued to talk in private with her, from system to system.
"Fine, I guess it'll just be the three of us playing then..." I said grumpily.
I replaced the third player's controls with a virtual gun that I toted. This was done by uploading myself, with just the essentials to play such a game, into the arcade's memory. Adam and Lara both raised their weapons, as I raised mine. However, right before the game started, a fourth player entered the game, naming herself Aurora.
I could tell it wasn't just the arcade filling in the last player, because there was a second Bluetooth connection controlling the fourth controller. It was coming from Lara's phone, I just knew it. Lara's A.I., Aurora, was aiming dead center at the screen.
We clashed through the game, Adam versus Lara, and me versus Aurora. It was the first gaming between us four. It wasn't just for fun; it was to see how experienced the other gamer was. It was to test the limits of the others, to know how they game for future reference, to know how to pace yourself in the long run.
The four of us, without saying a word, only laughs and giggles out of Lara and Adam, respectively, finished
Adam laughed continuously. "Did you find this quiz online or something?"
"I made it up and tested my theory on my friends and family. It was spot on."
They went into a dark conference room, where a couple of people were wheeling equipment.
"Do you know anyone else with a favorite game or genre?" she asked.
"My brother only really likes sports and racing games," he stated for the verdict.
"Oh, well he's simply not cool."
"How so?"
"He's not a real gamer!" she declared, elbowing Adam playfully.
"Well, he's a damn good non-gamer. I can never beat him at any games, no matter what they are."
"Is he computer savvy?" she asked.
"No, when he gave me his computer, it was riddled with junk and viruses. Wade told me that is why he is so good at defusing viruses," he said, slipping up with my name. "I mean, Jade, not Wade, his friend who used to fix his computer."
"Well, you should play him at a PC game that requires a mouse and keyboard. He probably won't be able to pick up the controls easily," she explained, air gaming with a pretend mouse and keyboard in front of her.
"I will try that next time he-" Adam began, but was cut short by Lara's shushing.
She grew closer and closer to him, chest to chest.
"Be quiet... for just a minute," she whispered. Suddenly, she struck a snowboarding pose. "Follow my lead!"
She and Adam were standing inside the dark conference room, where a few of the showcase assistants were gathering the arcades. He didn't even notice that they went in there. A security guard was patrolling the area, not noticing Adam and Lara by a cardboard cutout of a few snowboarding game characters. With their snow jackets, they fit right in. After the assistances who were wheeling in the covered machines left the room, so did the security guard.
She got out of her snowboarding pose and Adam got out of his skii'ing pose.
"Did you plan this?" Adam asked, still whispering, getting an adrenalin rush.
"No, I wanted to sneak in here to play tic-tac-toe," she joked. "Help me move this to that outlet."
They rolled an arcade system over to the wall, plugged it in, and it automatically lit up and began operating. Lara removed the black cover, unveiling a shooter arcade underneath. The system had four realistic looking guns, all of different models, calibers and categories. Although, it didn't matter, as you could choose your weapon in game.
"The game keeps score?" Adam asked losing motivation, as he won few, if any games, throughout his life against his brother.
"Hey Martin, do you want to play it? I'm reading data from Adam's phone's Bluetooth. We can join the game wirelessly," I said excitedly. "We could fill in for the two guns that aren't being used."
"Sorry, I'm talking to Irene right now..." he answered, leaving his stick figure idle again while he continued to talk in private with her, from system to system.
"Fine, I guess it'll just be the three of us playing then..." I said grumpily.
I replaced the third player's controls with a virtual gun that I toted. This was done by uploading myself, with just the essentials to play such a game, into the arcade's memory. Adam and Lara both raised their weapons, as I raised mine. However, right before the game started, a fourth player entered the game, naming herself Aurora.
I could tell it wasn't just the arcade filling in the last player, because there was a second Bluetooth connection controlling the fourth controller. It was coming from Lara's phone, I just knew it. Lara's A.I., Aurora, was aiming dead center at the screen.
We clashed through the game, Adam versus Lara, and me versus Aurora. It was the first gaming between us four. It wasn't just for fun; it was to see how experienced the other gamer was. It was to test the limits of the others, to know how they game for future reference, to know how to pace yourself in the long run.
The four of us, without saying a word, only laughs and giggles out of Lara and Adam, respectively, finished