Carlie’s Chapter 1—Dear Tiger: I Don’t Think I’m Human Anymore
LAST WEEK, Simone opened her package, and Book 1 ended. This week, we begin Book 2 and discover where Simone ended up.Chapter 1 – Bubble Bound
Dear Tiger
So, they let me send my last letter—all properly decontaminated and all—and I guess you might be worried.It was really dumb of me to keep those jars. Mum and dad said there was this guy who sent a whole bunch of stuff out in other people’s names. Some dude from another corporation.He didn’t make it.But I did. But… and you hafta know, Tiges, that I’m not the same person I used to be.It’s really hard to say this, ’cos you might not like me, anymore, but, well, they’re still trying to work out if I’m even human, any more.I’m living in a bubble, so, this letter is outside the bubble, and I get to use a keyboard, which sits in with me, while the rest of the computer stays on the other side of the plastic wall. I can’t use speech recognition any more—well, at least, not yet, because I kinda can’t talk at the moment.I know, you’re probably asking, ‘What about the birthday card?’. I mean, how could that be in the box, when the box was sent out by another guy. Turns out, he kinda hacked into the FedExplore computer systems, as well. He figured sending people’s kids presents was the best way ever to really mess with the company and its employees—and he made the packages look official so they’d go through the check-points faster.I’m not sure why he did that, because it’s not the bestest ever recruiting method. I mean, why would anyone want to go work for your company, if you contaminate their kids? Yeah, well, some people are just stupid, I guess—and then they grow up and get to run companies.Well, not any more. FedExplore got together with Odyssey, and the two of them are going to take that sucker, down. And I’m going to help them.Will you help me?Anyway, this whole being in a bubble thing, sucks the big time, except I don’t have to go to school any more. Which means I don’t have to put up with Marrietta and all her meanness, which is kinda good, but kinda bad, at the same time. I mean, I was just starting to talk to the other kids, and they were just starting to talk to me, and, now, I don’t get to do that.In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m not even on Terra any more, although I’m not sure if I’m supposed to tell you that. Oh, and you have to know, Tiger, that there might be black bits in my letter. Bits you can’t read, And you shouldn’t worry about them. That’s just the company’s way of protecting me.Personally, I think they could have done that a whole lot better. That way, things wouldn’t have gotten to this stage. I might still be stuck in Melbourne, and having to put up with Marrietta, but I wouldn’t be here… in a room with walls made of super-strong plastic wrap, and only able to hug my parents using arm gloves moulded into the plastic.It’s stupid. And I hate it! And I wonder how long it’s going to take before I go crazy in here.And there goes the bell.Even in a plastic box, with no other classmates, I still have to go to school.They give me heaps of stuff to do, too. I mean, I don’t just get the ordinary school stuff, but now they’re giving me some kind of course in xenobiology. Maybe they’re hoping it will help me work out what’s going on inside me. I guess I’ll know by what questions they ask me, the next time the doctors come around.That’s always fun—NOT!I’m so sick of being poked and prodded that it’s not funny.Oops. Screen just flickered.I guess that’s the computer’s way of telling me, I need to switch over to class stuff, now.
You take care,
and, thanks for being around,
Simone.
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Dear TigerSo, they let me send my last letter—all properly decontaminated and all—and I guess you might be worried.It was really dumb of me to keep those jars. Mum and dad said there was this guy who sent a whole bunch of stuff out in other people’s names. Some dude from another corporation.He didn’t make it.But I did. But… and you hafta know, Tiges, that I’m not the same person I used to be.It’s really hard to say this, ’cos you might not like me, anymore, but, well, they’re still trying to work out if I’m even human, any more.I’m living in a bubble, so, this letter is outside the bubble, and I get to use a keyboard, which sits in with me, while the rest of the computer stays on the other side of the plastic wall. I can’t use speech recognition any more—well, at least, not yet, because I kinda can’t talk at the moment.I know, you’re probably asking, ‘What about the birthday card?’. I mean, how could that be in the box, when the box was sent out by another guy. Turns out, he kinda hacked into the FedExplore computer systems, as well. He figured sending people’s kids presents was the best way ever to really mess with the company and its employees—and he made the packages look official so they’d go through the check-points faster.I’m not sure why he did that, because it’s not the bestest ever recruiting method. I mean, why would anyone want to go work for your company, if you contaminate their kids? Yeah, well, some people are just stupid, I guess—and then they grow up and get to run companies.Well, not any more. FedExplore got together with Odyssey, and the two of them are going to take that sucker, down. And I’m going to help them.Will you help me?Anyway, this whole being in a bubble thing, sucks the big time, except I don’t have to go to school any more. Which means I don’t have to put up with Marrietta and all her meanness, which is kinda good, but kinda bad, at the same time. I mean, I was just starting to talk to the other kids, and they were just starting to talk to me, and, now, I don’t get to do that.In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m not even on Terra any more, although I’m not sure if I’m supposed to tell you that. Oh, and you have to know, Tiger, that there might be black bits in my letter. Bits you can’t read, And you shouldn’t worry about them. That’s just the company’s way of protecting me.Personally, I think they could have done that a whole lot better. That way, things wouldn’t have gotten to this stage. I might still be stuck in Melbourne, and having to put up with Marrietta, but I wouldn’t be here… in a room with walls made of super-strong plastic wrap, and only able to hug my parents using arm gloves moulded into the plastic.It’s stupid. And I hate it! And I wonder how long it’s going to take before I go crazy in here.And there goes the bell.Even in a plastic box, with no other classmates, I still have to go to school.They give me heaps of stuff to do, too. I mean, I don’t just get the ordinary school stuff, but now they’re giving me some kind of course in xenobiology. Maybe they’re hoping it will help me work out what’s going on inside me. I guess I’ll know by what questions they ask me, the next time the doctors come around.That’s always fun—NOT!I’m so sick of being poked and prodded that it’s not funny.Oops. Screen just flickered.I guess that’s the computer’s way of telling me, I need to switch over to class stuff, now.
You take care,
and, thanks for being around,
Simone.
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The complete series is available as short, individual ebooks, and will become available as an omnibus, later this year. In the meantime, you can find them on this blog, until one week after the last chapter in the last book of the series has been posted, at which point this series will be taken down, and a new series serialised on site.
books2read.com/u/4Awrze
books2read.com/u/mgrxdR 
books2read.com/u/4DoG8D
books2read.com/u/b5Mng1
books2read.com/u/3GYBla
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