USH'S MATRIX GAME 2006 FOURTH ASSIGNMENT (PHILOSOPHY)- 'The Door'

Well, you were over-complicating again there.

"This virus works on a similar principle. The virus is a true virus. It is biological. It uses the Matrix as a delivery system. Those that go near the Carrier become infected inside the Matrix. But the virus has been designed so that it is very mentally... strong? Very real. So real, in fact, that within mere minutes of the infection in the Matrix, the real world body becomes infected. And that is in fact the killer. The more the real world body falls sick, the worse you feel inside the Matrix, and the more infected the real world body becomes. In a short amount of time, the real world body dies.

"And that is how it kills. It is entirely harmless to Artificial Intelligences."

Melkor is stunned.

"So it means that we are now infected as well? Is there any antidote for this?"

"Well, this is what I was trying to tell your friend here earlier, worrying about your ships being attacked. Like I said, academic, I am sorry to say... there's never an easy way to break this. You're all infected. You're all dying. And there is absolutely no cure. I'm sorry you became involved, of course. That was not the original plan."

"But what you said earlier indicated that we have hope of surviving! Is this virus 100% lethal? How much time do we have!? I can`t believe it.... Why did you want such a weapon to be free...."- Melkor`s voice brakes a bit as he seems to be at a verge of emotional collapse as he places his head on his hands.

"I don't recall saying you had such a hope. If I gave that impression it was a false one. As for time... it's hard to tell. It's never actually been used, of course. Hours at most, I believe."

"No, stop playing games with us! You have to know something more, it can`t be as....simple!"

"No game. This is dealy serious. Like I say, I am sorry you had to walk into it all. I had no intention of harming any of you. It is simply unlucky you came into possession of the key."

"lay/down/your/weap/ons"

The Hunter is pointing his gun in your general direction.

Melkor starts to laugh on the verge of tears when Hunter gives them his order.

"So now what, you will kill us so we don`t die in pain?! And now I see what the victory means for you! You hate your kind so much that you would like to defeat them through denying them the source of energy- us, humans!"

"To destroy the Matrix," says Lo Qi. "Isn't it what you have dreamed of?"

"lay/them/down"

"But the goal is to survive as free beings! And you think that death is better than slavery..... perhaps, but we were freeing them!

Now I assume that he will kill us if we won`t surrender our weapons? Perhaps he wants to help us survive the disease? Please tell us the truth!"

"I think you are letting optimism overcome your reason there," says Lo Qi.

"lay/down/your/weap/ons/or/i/will/kill/you"

"Yes, because I am a ****ing human!"

"Calm down Hunter. We do not need this to escalate out of control".

"Is he acting on your orders, Qi?"- Melkor asks as he tries to calm down, looking at Sirin. He thought they would die but she was hopeful.... giving yourself to despair would only make the situation worse.

"You know Hunter if we're dead already why should we listen to you besides I don't think anyone here really wants anything nasty to happen," Berserker says with a grin.

"So this was a virus designed to wipe out mankind from within the Matrix. I wonder what kind of being would create a thing?"

"If we lay down our weapons, will we be out of immediate harm?" Klez asks, indicating the Hunter's assault rifle. He lifts his guns into the air, aiming harmlessly at the ceiling, ready to drop them if he receives an affirmative answer, ready to aim them if he receives a negative answer. "We cannot fight with the injuries we obtained from the King's Sentinels."

Sirin returns Melkor's worried glance, then looks to Klez. When Klez asks if no immediate harm will come to them, Sirin prepares to drop her guns.

"No point in struggling," Sirin says to the others, though fear is apparent in her voice.

"you/will/still/be/dy/ing. but/you/have/no/choice. you/have/five/sec/onds"

"Better do as he says," says Lo Qi.

"We have no choice, Klez, we don`t want to die yet."- Melkor speaks gloomly, ready to surrender his weapon.

Berserker sees everyone else start to put down their weapons so Berserker does so as well.

"I still don't see why you want us to if we are already dead."

"By the way Lo Qi why exactly did you want that thing to be released knowing what it would do. I'm tired of all the wish wash we have to explain why we do things. I say it is someone else's turn and namely yours"