Chapter 1: Dust Number

Maybe I'm a robot. I have seen this long code since I got these OptiGaze enhancers. "17'2 |\|07 .-34|_. 3V3.-`/7|-|1|\|' 12 P|-|4|<3. 7|-|3` |\ |4|)3 73|-| \| 0.-|_|)."< p>

 I have to remind myself. My name is Enya Ishi. I'm from Profile and living on the first megastructure, Brurn 4R4L. It's like Earth, but that's just a rock now.

From lessons, I learned going to school. It was a bunch of people called The UTopixs They were ill and dubbed as being drug addicts. But nobody knows what drug. We have new ones. 

I take Zero-G. It's a simple synthetic narcotic. I don't think they do anything. It does soothe my eye pain when I take my OptiGaze out. I can change my eye color. Today they are a sparkly orange sunset. They have these little anime animations, if I smile, they pop little bubbles.

They cost 100,000. So I spent 400,000 to get the colorful ones. I don't have my own eyes. I have to buy eyes. 

Fancier versions of OptiGaze have better picture quality. On top of reality, you can see ways to talk to other people. They cost more money.

These are the OptiGazes A Plus because of the anime. I wanted the OptiDirty because of the X-ray feature, but they were 510,000 Giqola. It hard to say Giqola that is 100,000 is cheap.

Profile is a copy of Asia. I was born in Player Fall, Profile. Or delivered. I don't remember what it was like on Earth which is now a dead city and I live in this pseudo America. 

Neo Impetus. At least the Asia regions got bigger and now form like this Pangaea.

Profile is a state on Brurn 4R4L. I'm in class learning about milk. "To prevent milk from spoiling, it's important to store it properly in the refrigerator at a cold temperature." states Miss Awe. "But it's not just bacteria that can spoil milk. Mold spores can also land in the milk and start growing if it's left out for too long."

I scribble on my paper. "What is the chemical compound for it?" I asked without raising my hand. "The formula would be Lactic Acid, which is found in NeonNourish." she looks at the ceiling and taps her pen in her palm. "Also, Butyric Acid. It could also be used in the synthesis of plasticizers or solvents for industrial purposes."

Miss Awe is German but she works in New Dirt City way in Neo Impetus. She has white and blonde spotted hair. She's 5'8 and I'm a 5'9 asian. 

I dribble on my paper, "What about the chemical compound?"

"Hexafluorophenylneonate." says Trick. He is cute, especially his light up mohawk. I have no crush. "The long version Trick."

She turns to the board. "C12F6Ne." we swipe glances bit I flick my head quickly. "What does C stand for?"

"Carbon," he yawns. "Flurine, nitrogen."

She writes on the broad in chalk. "Thank God it wasn't made with Chrono Vapor."

"What's wrong with that?" asks Piety Kincaid. 

She put the cap on the piece of chalk. Miss Awe leans on the holo board. "Well, the Psi Brotherhood said it fucks with reality. It causes memory loss, has dependency, and it effects the sense of time." she scratches her lip. "Chrono Vapor is a drug. Ironically, it has time perception alteration which invented this new illness. TDS is crazy." she scratches her shoulder.

"Are you addicted?" asks Trick. "No." she furrows. "What about the rumoured time psychosis?"

"Yes and No. Brurn 4R4L gave us ChronoCortex Interface. It delivers neurostimulations. So that helps."

"Oh..." Trick scribbles on his paper. "Why are we talking about milk?"

"It doesn't actually help but some say that it does. Also milk caused seizures in patients at NeuroNexxus."

"They must be giving that SynthoMilk... it's whole company went down." states Gothic Session. "Have you heard of Neural reflex syndrome?"

Miss Awe raises her brows, "No..." she averts her gaze. "The Psi Brotherhood didn't say anything about the explosion near LUXT."

"That is true..." she says. "LUXT or Lust is now walled off. It moved to Dirt."

"So, we moved a terrible cause to another terrible location for more terrible ass shit to happen." he grimaces. "yes." she says. "I hate this shitty planet."

"I would love to go to Dirt." says fat ass Happy Park. "They have pools, video games, and robo whores."

"There you go..." Trick frowns. "I got one at the pawn shop. You know Byte Bazaar?"

Trick glowers at Happy. "What did you steal this time?"

He looks at him bewildered. "Porn."

"That's all you care about?"

"It's robots!"

"Aw, how cute. You like plugging robo pussy?"

"Leave me alone man." he frowns and pretends to write. "Can't get Piety to go out with you?"

Happy smirks but grumbles. "You can't get Onyx Riddle. With robo legs and a detached head—" 

"Prosthetics."

"And the titties..." he smirks. Trick gets up and walks to his desk near the wall. "You aint never touch one."

Happy faces the desk. "So..."

With no warning. Trick punches Happy in his jaw. He flies to the wall hitting his head. "Stop!" Trick forces his head to hit his desk multiple times. "I have fantastic name for you, Snuffles!" Trick thrusts his fist so fast toward Happy that his neck snaps. "Fuck!"

"Listing things you can't do!"

He drags him out of the desk to stomp on him. 

Wow.

"Ok, ok. Trick, enough. Everybody knows about Onyx." Miss Awe rolls her eyes. "What the fuck! He disrepects my girl and you want me to be lazy!"

"She's not in class." Miss Awe retorts.

Onyx Riddle has that new Augma Tech. She has the Phantoms of her former limbs and hard body. It is called a Hard Top. It fixes her like a leotard. Even her head has be summoned and her legs put back up. Happy is an asshole. He hit one of her buttons so he could grab a boob and Trick never forgot. He had to fix her and replace any batteries. Now she runs on charges.

Miss Awe coughs and goes back to the lesson without acknowledging the class of 40 bodies. Trick returns to his seat. "Didn't you get like a new mind?" he purses his lips

Happy is all teared up. "I hate you..."

"Right." Trick nods, "Amen."

I snort. Miss Awe talks about poison again. "Acetaldehyde!" she smacks the board. "CH3CHO," Tricks says. "a colorless liquid with a pungent, fruity odor, often described as resembling that of ripe fruit or vinegar."

"I HAVE PAIN!"

"They made these really cool bandages. CyberWrap bandages, are the future of wound care." he smiles. "I fucking hate you!" he yells.

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After school let out, we headed to the Cybernetic Zoo. It was just a mile from Brurn 4R4L High. It even has these genetically modified dinosaurs. My favorite is the Stegobots. They look like mini trucks. Onyx Riddle attaches to Trick's side. She pushes her collar and her head pops out, "Oh, well, hi pretty lady." Trick jest. "You flatter me. I hate walking towards the zoo." she says.

"Why?" asks Piety, "Tricera-techs stank. I think one of them died and they just let it run loose." she fumes. Tricks puts a hand around her waist. "It's probably malfunationed. Tech does that." says Piety. She pulls out her cell phone and starts to grimace. "Why did Earth have cell phones but they haven't upgraded."

"I got HoloComm." says Tricks.

"I have Verizon!"

"I got Black Market Cellphones. I love the BMC."

"Because your poor." Trick laments. "Because I was a child of God. My parents don't believe in technology."

Trick blinks, "Luddites?"

"And apart of the church. You heard of Divine Machinery."

"No. Which one sells that new ice cream?"

"Liquid Nitrogen Churners?" Happy sighs. "The Circuit Diagram."

"I like them." he looks at Onyx,. "You want ice cream?"

"No. I don't like articfical shit."

"They got NexaNibs."

"Lame. I don't eat nanobots."

"They do have nanobot free chocolate." noted Happy. "It's also sugar free."

Onyx stuck her tongue out, "I have CD Syndrome."

"He does too." says Trick. "Happy has DSM-5. some mental health professionals acknowledge that excessive or compulsive consumption of pornography can lead to negative consequences and may require intervention or treatment."

"Do you hear yourself?" Happy's mouth hangs open. "You like nanobots too. Is what I said."