Having said that, still whispered in her ear about what he really wished for.
I enjoyed watching the story in the pool and really wouldn't mind doing it again, and everyone before and after too.
She, looking at Rutra with eyes still red from tears, finally said:
If you lie to me, my revenge will be severe.
Lying about wanting to do it again? You'd have to be crazy to lie about something like that," Ruthra said with his trademark smile.
I'm not kidding, I'm gonna kill you. I'll kill you both.
What are you talking about? Didn't you ask your friend to act out a scene like this? I thought it might happen.
So it's true?
Of course not. We played you, too. It's a montage.
You're lying.
Uh, no.
You're lying.
Come on, lie down. Not everyone can take your fantasies.
Don't be afraid of your desires, be afraid of mine," she finally said her favorite slogan firmly and confidently.
You've got someone to scare. Let's go. I'll just get ready for the inspection," Ruthra said, smiling and pulling her against him.
Noticing this, everyone applauded, which cheered up YatSan and she smiled back.
How long are we going to admire the lovebirds here? As always jokingly, the scientist reminded about the purpose of coming to the laboratory.
All the fantastic realities of the new world were realized by the group as commonplace, but the relationship between Rutra and YatSan was perceived as very unusual.
YatSan lay down in the rig, and the lab staff began the process. Ruthra sat down with the girls on the far couch; Andrian, seated separately, was already unrolling the "air" chess pieces, and the scientist was working on the monitor. Rutra smiled at Iulia, but crossed his arms and said:
Game over, girlfriend. Friendship is friendship, but this is serious. I respect you, I like you as a friend and a coworker, but
But you've developed feelings," Catherine said modestly.
Yes, I confess, I'm having feelings.
We'll check them out," Iulia was in her own style.
We mean.
We mean we.
You think she'd be interested in that?
Why, did you convince her?
Loading the memory back up will be without this plot. She won't know anything about it. So, my dear, I hope you don't have to erase your memory too.
They glanced over to Catherine.
It's dangerous.
Behave well and this place will be fine. It was a fun game before and everyone had fun, and since it is now please justify the concept of "friendship". If we're friends, then we're friends. And if it was pretend, then it's strictly a working relationship.
Friendship," Catherine said.
Friendship," Iulia said boldly and firmly, but it didn't sound the same coming from Catherine.
Still, she wanted a special role for herself.
Chapter 3: Where do we dream?
Meanwhile, YatSan "woke up."
What did you dream about? Ruthra asked, helping her up.
Oh, my God, is it true?
Ruthra looked at his friend and coworker "witching" behind the equipment.
What did you tell her? He asked me bluntly.
Nothing unreal. She remembers everything," he said with a sly smile.
Lied down in one setting, got up out of another, argued a bit, and back again. Right, YatSan?
So close. I was dreaming of another world. Now I realize it was a dream.
Which one? Iulia asked with a mixture of hope and fear that wasn't entirely clear, even to Ruthra.
I dreamt it was like you were the president and I" she said, looking at Rutra without finishing her speech.
You what?
It's like I'm your wife," YatSan finished with a smile, and there was joy in her voice.
Oh!" he said. What an honor.
Those present also smiled, laughed, and began clapping their hands, encouraging Rutra.
Rutrue for president, Rutrue for president.
Oh, wait a minute. There's a war going on," YatSan said worriedly.
Ruthra glanced over to the scientist.
It's not me. It's real.
So it's bad.
What's bad? Andrian asked.
Ruthra looked at him and said in a way that made it clear to everyone: this was no joke.
There is such a version that dreams are reflections of the mirror world. That is, these twin particles affect us in such a way. First on the dream, then we perform an action on the basis of a thought, which may well appear due to brain changes in the dream. So we decipher dreams one way or another. Otherwise they would mean nothing to reality at all. We, on the other hand, after watching cartoons, do not consider them somehow realizable.
Wait, let me rest. I can't take it anymore.
YatSan walked toward the exit.
All right, we'll rest for an hour. Tea, coffee and your favorite goodies are on the house.
The hour passed quickly, which meant that time could be different, but it could also be felt differently. Ruthra, the luminary of science, and Andrian were thinking about the dream, how identical it could be in our world, and whether it was real? Or is it all just an assumption on their part? Rutra argued that everything is real, because if you explain to an ignorant person that a mirror can reflect it would be difficult for him to understand, without seeing the reality of it. And cloned animals and genetically modified products bear the stamp of Satanism. What to speak about cloning a human being and transferring consciousness into him. Any miracle ceases to be a miracle when our brain gets tired of thinking about it.
Ruthra stood up, clapping his hands for attention.
I may surprise you, but I only want you to be surprised because of the urgency. Or maybe there's no urgency, but how do we know? Let's just say that Yat-San's dream will definitely spur me to speed things up, or rather, experiment. I want to do it tomorrow. Yat-San is ready. I'll tell you, you're a beauty, I'll give you a round of applause.
Everyone clapped.
I admit, I thought it would be much harder to get through, and in some ways, I was afraid of the disruption and failure. You did a professional job. What do you think about tomorrow?
YatSan, looking around at everyone, with an ironic smile, said:
Yeah, I was more afraid, too. Is it gonna be the same?
It's even easier. You go into the session and come out in your body.
Go on, then.
We're resting today.
Oh, that's great. Why don't we fight in person? Andrian suggested, referring, of course, to chess.
I accept," Ruthra said.
Then, walking over to YatSan, he took her under his elbow and, escorting her to the exit, asked caringly:
So, you ready? You ready to go?
Let's go," she said firmly.
I'll give you time to rest," Ruthra said to the team. Tomorrow will be the end of our doubts.
He fixed his gaze on the doctor. Iulia said thoughtfully:
Distant worlds," and turning to YatSan, her face expressed both pity, apparently because of the danger, and envy and a kind of joy.
The latter, mixed with jealousy, spoke not of joy at Rutra's choice of a girlfriend for the first role, but more of the absence of a first lady performer at his side. After all, YatSan now carried the unspoken title of first lady, and here it turned out the holy place was empty. Not everyone would realize this, though everyone could understand it. Ruthra had grasped that fine line.
YatSan, reading the messages on her friends' faces, met her gaze with Iulia's. At that moment, they realized what their eyes were saying to each other. Ruthra, on the other hand, saw their thoughts. They were especially emotionally vivid in Iulia's: "Yes, you, my dear, are honored to fly to distant worlds, but I am staying here." They looked at each other for a long time. YatSan, herself calm and sweet, sometimes acted a little reckless and naive, but she was quite firm of character, self-assured. After realizing the unspoken message from her friend, she didn't react at all, only gave a haughty, willful smile. It wasn't that YatSan didn't value the friendship or wasn't happy with her friend, it was the power that her status as a pioneer gave her. YatSan had often been in the second role, guided by her friend's advice, but now she was absolutely sure of herself, or rather, she believed in herself, and even more precisely became sure, having realized that she was not chosen for her pretty eyes. IuLia understood this too, and signaled back about her first role in the rest of the group. That here on Earth, Ruthra would be waiting only for her, Iulia. She wanted to tell her friend that no matter how hard you tried, it wouldn't work. That's what happens between women when they want to remain friends, but nevertheless show with a slight arrogance who has the power in a rivalry.
Chapter 4. YatSan in a parallel world
The next day came quickly.
"Let's begin the first part of the process," Ruthra commanded silently. Now YatSan is being connected to the supercomputer."
So, Mrs. Yat-san, are you ready to fly? This time, it's going to be grown-up.
You always spoke with irony, as if you were making a movie in which I was the main character.
You're no picnic either. Let's see how you do in there.
Don't scare me with the "you" thing. I know what it means.
Rutra continued in his own spirit.
All right, guys, let's go, shall we?
It was romantic for me at first. A form of self-affirmation. Then I was attracted by the status of the first role. And now, after all these transmigrations of souls and life in virtual reality, I'm more attracted to your true attitude toward me, despite my fear," YatSan said.
Ruthra let out a heavy exhale.
And I'll find out how you really feel about me. I'm sorry, the program, although based on personality interactions, still has a scientific purpose.
Why is she the only one flying? Iulia asked. There were other options in the program.
Exactly the options," Ruthra explained. The first test is with one person. We observe. This is also done so that it doesn't feel unreal. So that all of you can confirm that the events were real.
Are you ready, Yat-san?
I'm ready.
Is the body prepared? Ruthra asked whether it was the staff or Irene.
Ready, ready. Empty as a drum," Yatsan said before anyone else.
Let's get down.
It's all so easy for you.
I have to admit, I'm not sure we're gonna make it the first time. You think this isn't fantastic to me? And what's fantastic to me is not the existence of these worlds that makes sense not the transmigration of consciousness. It's the distance itself. When something happens, but it is absolutely incomprehensible how it happened that is the miracle, the magic. It takes a week to fly to the Moon, which we see every day, and there is such a jump in speed that even the second that light flies to the same Moon does not give an idea of the speed of reaching those worlds.
Rutra, I think you are contradicting yourself. You say that one gets used to a miracle if it is repeated constantly, and then you talk about these distances.
Rutra wanted to scold her, to reprimand her, but this was typical YatSan. There was no point in warning her before the flight. Nevertheless, Rutra suddenly thought seriously about it, why her? Why had YatSan been chosen for this role? Could it be that the main parameter that the AI chose people for was their mentality? Maybe people were chosen for Rutra's character, way of thinking, moral and ethical standards? It's true: if it wasn't so, Rutra wouldn't be able to work with them. At the very least, their behavior would cause conflict. And friendly relations wouldn't even work at all. You have to understand yourself first of all.
These thoughts distracted Ruthra a bit. On one channel was the board and council, on the second was the staff and control center, and on the third was YatSan and the team. To be honest, despite all the experiments, few believed that Rutra's program was real. Rutra himself didn't really care. He was confident of success. His idea had to work.
YatSan was already in the rig, her brain being plugged into the program. Ruthra walked over to her, leaning in a little.
Well, I look forward to coming back.
I'll see what you're like, maybe I'll stay.
Believe me, I'm probably of more status there than you might realize.
Why don't you tell me who you are?
You'll see everything. The main thing is, don't forget the moral guidelines, the goals of the assignment. You passed the psychiatrists and psychoanalysts with flying colors, even though I had my doubts. Calm down, calm down. You realize that sometimes you're very emotional.
Okay, wish me a good journey," YatSan said when her eyes were already closed by the installation.
Bon voyage, happy return," said both staff, staff and Irene.
And Ruthra thought to himself again: "There couldn't have been anyone but YatSan. Why am I slowing down again After all, in that world, a person has already been approved. I can't change the worlds that have gone forward. So Irene has found exactly the right one. It's YatSan." And then he wondered: how in those worlds (or at least in that world) did YatSan become his wife?
Here Rutra's memory rolled back to when he was just beginning to carry out trials on the experiment. It would be foolish to think that he (much less a "luminary of science") had not conducted the first trials. Of course, the participants were directly them Rutra and the scientist. Ruthra had already been to those worlds, which was why he was so confident. The staff and the scientific community knew about all of this. The council and the board did, too. Only they all took their word for it. Ruthra had been very involved in the creation of this community. He was a member of a super-secret international organization. It was a secret behind seven seals. This organization united all the intelligence services of the planet, manipulated and ruled the world. It seems at first glance that it is impossible, that it is a global conspiracy. But all intelligence agencies, all governments cooperate on all kinds of control programs, they have a coordinating center. They cooperate and "fight" officially. So those who control all this, one day thought: why should we interfere with each other? Let's agree to play by our own rules among ourselves. Let's unite and share the world. That's it. It seems like something unrealistic in the current state of politics and international relations. But there's a UN? Yes. Is there a World Bank? Yes. Check. There are recognized freely convertible currencies? Yes. Check. International counterterrorism programs are in place? Yes. Check. And this item is very interesting because it includes undesirable religious and national-patriotic organizations. And the main thing in the modern world is a nuclear club, where some can do everything and others can do nothing. And the global communications network. It's completely under tight control. Rutra, investigating the failure in controlling the automatic launch of the Perimeter system, which is controlled by artificial intelligence, studied all these systems and came to the conclusion that now there is a new force to be reckoned with. It is the artificial intelligence system itself. After all, humans control everything from the trigger pulled to the artificial life support machine. So what is so surprising about AI control, if such systems and mechanisms will be controlled by a supercomputer. Artificial intelligence is what brought everyone together secretly. So, knowing all this, having a very high rank in that system, Rutra created an even more secretive organization, the centerpiece of which were the scientists. They were the only ones who could create what was supposed to be secret. Or rather, they created all the things that were classified and guarded by the secret services. For example, secret technologies and equipment for controlling society, penetrating into human memory, suggestion and intimidation. And to be even more precise those who created special services, i.e. power. That is, they created what the power forced to classify, to keep secret in order to realize their power with the help of these discoveries and inventions. And power has historically been transferred or seized by individuals. But the world had come to a point where a single personality could not mean so much against artificial intelligence. The world became a different world in itself, and one day a group of scientists decided to use their discoveries to control those, that is, power, who, using their work, controlled people. The power has always created and used special services to control the people, including with the help of these same discoveries and inventions. The most annoying thing for the scientific community was that the power also controlled them with the help of special services, using their own inventions. That's the way it is. Rutra changed everything. And he did it in such a way that few people realized what had happened. More precisely, neither the intelligence services, nor the governments, and even less the masses of people did not realize that the world was different, that the real power was not with those in power. This was yet to be revealed to the world. However, it was not yet time.