GAME ON

Day 5 The installation crew stared at the screen. Were they really being invited to participate in the reality game? “We could be rich and famous on Earth,” Pip whispered. “We know how to play the game. We would have absolutely no competition.” “Yes, we would,”...

SYSTEM ERROR: HUMAN AWARENESS DETECTED

Day 4 Vex slammed his clipboard onto the console. “This was supposed to be a routine Gallbladder-meridian installation.” But at that exact moment, the human began sending another command through her machine. The words appeared: I reclaim my life-force. I restore inner...

UNINSTALLABLE

Day 3 The crew arrived early. The mood: for Vex and Quibble, frisky. Mischievous. They remembered the mating-program experiments. For Pip, the mood was different. Anticipatory… but also, for some reason, a slight knot of dread. Quibble opened the archives, ready to...

THE INSTALLERS GET INSTALLED

There was little to say as the crew gathered to begin the day. The previous assignment had not gone well. In fact, according to the official report filed with the Department of Predictable Human Limitation, the mission had gone: “Unexpectedly, alarmingly, and...
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