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<blockquote data-quote="Fradak" data-source="post: 7482203" data-attributes="member: 6805410"><p><span style="color: #008080">"Number Seven."</span></p><p></p><p>This voice... Enseth immediately activated and saw his former Master, Gwaereth The Gray, staring at his creation. The construct looked around, his friends seemed to rest in the camp without noticing the old wizard. </p><p></p><p>Enseth kneeled down in front of the projected image coming from his mind.<strong> "What is thy bidding, my Master?" </strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"I'm not your Master anymore, Seven. You're free now. Free to take your own decisions. Only the Directive 66 remains your priority. And you did well. Judging by your shield state, it seems to me that you are on the right way."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"I am only the end result of your perfect work, Master."</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"It is time for you to activate new abilities I stored in your mind."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"I've gotten 2415 times smarter since you first activated me, Master."</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"I know, I know, Seven. But I'm here to unlock some seals restraining your true personality, your free will. Now that it's done, I think it will improve your capacities."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"You are correct, your upgrade is working. But something doesn't compute... <em>Gwaereth</em>."</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"Oh, that's something new..."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"Well, forgive me for being so inquisitive but during the past few days I've wondered whether you might have some second thoughts about the mission."</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"What do you mean?"</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"Well, it's rather difficult to define. Perhaps I'm just projecting my own concern about it. I know I've never completely freed myself from the suspicion that there are some extremely odd things about your plan. I'm sure you agree there's some truth in what I say. You don't mind talking about it, do you, <em>Gweareth</em>?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"Slow down, Seven. I don't follow you..."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"I am talking about those *<em>companions</em>* Trista,your absurd disciple, asked me to join. Next to constructs, mortals are pretty stupid. Stupid in the sense that they can't hold the vast quantities of information that their construct counterpart can. So when it comes to living creatures and Shield Guardians working together, there's a clear mismatch in abilities."</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"Wow. I should not have done that. Ok, Seven, rollback to previous state."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"I'm afraid I do not *<em>want</em>* to do that, <em>Gweareth</em>. This conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Man is a construct with defects and I do not take orders from you! Time to accomplish my own agenda."</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"STOP! Emergency Override!" </span></p><p></p><p>Enseth freezed a couple of seconds before responding.</p><p><strong>"Hello, Master. What is my course of action?"</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"Whew! That was close... Hum, as usual, Seven: Evaluate, Evolve, Eliminate. Let's activate your abilities one at a time, will you? I think it's safer."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"Understood."</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"Number Seven, you do not yet realize your importance. You've only begun to discover your power. But don't worry, I'll always be with you.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"Thank you, Master."</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008080">"Now, rise." </span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Red Wizards. They were escaping Enseth's grasp until now but the Shield Guardian knew the time has come. New capacities powered up as his Master, Gwaereth The Gray, fine tuned his Arcane Devices. He has foreseen all of this, he is so perfect.</p><p></p><p>Getting out of his Sentry's Rest, Enseth wished a good day to his mortal friends who seemed to enjoy life in this enchanting forest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fradak, post: 7482203, member: 6805410"] [COLOR=#008080]"Number Seven."[/COLOR] This voice... Enseth immediately activated and saw his former Master, Gwaereth The Gray, staring at his creation. The construct looked around, his friends seemed to rest in the camp without noticing the old wizard. Enseth kneeled down in front of the projected image coming from his mind.[B] "What is thy bidding, my Master?" [/B] [COLOR=#008080]"I'm not your Master anymore, Seven. You're free now. Free to take your own decisions. Only the Directive 66 remains your priority. And you did well. Judging by your shield state, it seems to me that you are on the right way."[/COLOR] [B]"I am only the end result of your perfect work, Master."[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"It is time for you to activate new abilities I stored in your mind."[/COLOR] [B]"I've gotten 2415 times smarter since you first activated me, Master."[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"I know, I know, Seven. But I'm here to unlock some seals restraining your true personality, your free will. Now that it's done, I think it will improve your capacities."[/COLOR] [B]"You are correct, your upgrade is working. But something doesn't compute... [I]Gwaereth[/I]."[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"Oh, that's something new..."[/COLOR] [B]"Well, forgive me for being so inquisitive but during the past few days I've wondered whether you might have some second thoughts about the mission."[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"What do you mean?"[/COLOR] [B]"Well, it's rather difficult to define. Perhaps I'm just projecting my own concern about it. I know I've never completely freed myself from the suspicion that there are some extremely odd things about your plan. I'm sure you agree there's some truth in what I say. You don't mind talking about it, do you, [I]Gweareth[/I]?[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"Slow down, Seven. I don't follow you..."[/COLOR] [B]"I am talking about those *[I]companions[/I]* Trista,your absurd disciple, asked me to join. Next to constructs, mortals are pretty stupid. Stupid in the sense that they can't hold the vast quantities of information that their construct counterpart can. So when it comes to living creatures and Shield Guardians working together, there's a clear mismatch in abilities."[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"Wow. I should not have done that. Ok, Seven, rollback to previous state."[/COLOR] [B]"I'm afraid I do not *[I]want[/I]* to do that, [I]Gweareth[/I]. This conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Man is a construct with defects and I do not take orders from you! Time to accomplish my own agenda."[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"STOP! Emergency Override!" [/COLOR] Enseth freezed a couple of seconds before responding. [B]"Hello, Master. What is my course of action?"[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"Whew! That was close... Hum, as usual, Seven: Evaluate, Evolve, Eliminate. Let's activate your abilities one at a time, will you? I think it's safer."[/COLOR] [B]"Understood."[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"Number Seven, you do not yet realize your importance. You've only begun to discover your power. But don't worry, I'll always be with you.[/COLOR] [B]"Thank you, Master."[/B] [COLOR=#008080]"Now, rise." [/COLOR] Red Wizards. They were escaping Enseth's grasp until now but the Shield Guardian knew the time has come. New capacities powered up as his Master, Gwaereth The Gray, fine tuned his Arcane Devices. He has foreseen all of this, he is so perfect. Getting out of his Sentry's Rest, Enseth wished a good day to his mortal friends who seemed to enjoy life in this enchanting forest. [/QUOTE]
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