On the Configuration Options Screen 01
It was Ylsean's turn to whisper the final question into Joe's ear:
"Are you afraid to show me your configuration options screen? I might find a way to fix you."
[I am unfamiliar with the emotion known as fear within my systems.]
O(¬_¬)O – Ylsean's face, trying to believe it.
[If you find something wrong in my configurations that you are able to fix, I will be at your disposal.]
The blue screen changed to a pale yellow, and despite his great curiosity, Ylsean prevented his little friend Joe from tampering with anything, except for the return symbol.
They waited in silence for 10 long minutes until little Joe, encouraged by Ylsean, began tossing the prism 3 from his left hand to his right.
After that, the system reacted, indicating that it was still active and awaiting input.
[Did you find anything wrong with my data?]
Ylsean mentally analyzed the phrase. "Did you find anything in my data?" Why didn't it mention something like "on my configuration options screen"?
"I prefer to wait for your request."
[???]
"Wasn't that why you insisted on talking to me?"
[I have three requests to make.]
"If it's within my reach, I'll do it."
[I want prism 3, the crystal signet ring, and a change in my configuration options.]
"Just explain."
[Because you are at a level below what is expected, I cannot restore my digital integrity due to a lack of points. By connecting with the energy of prism 3, I can merge that energy with my purposes and continue my digital integrity.]
"And what about the signet ring?"
[It is essential to help me capture and merge that energy.]
"And what about the change in your configuration options, what do you intend to do and why?"
[The current level of my system does not allow me to adjust any option in my configuration by myself. But, since I am at a low level, this screen can be accessed by third parties. This option is only open during an act of forced subordination, which is the situation where someone loses the right over the system and becomes available to the winner.]
"I need a few minutes to think about it."
[Double-click on the screen, and I will go into pause mode for one hour. When you decide, just click once, and that's it.]
Joe immediately double-clicked with his fingertip and stood up, always closely followed by Ylsean, who was thrilled with everything.
The three of them went to the other room while they conspired among themselves.
"This is your chance, brother-in-law! Your system is afraid of dying," shouted Dimmy.
"Shut up, Dimmy!" said Joe.
"It's true, Joe, and since you proved that you will do things right, you have to bargain with him. He's hungry for energy, afraid of being deleted or absorbed by someone superior to him. So, we can say that this system is desperate to stay alive," said Ylsean, still excited.
"I think it's broken, or it was something someone tried to do, didn't work, and then they undid it in some way, and you had the bad luck or good luck to find it," said Dimmy, smiling.
"I just want my strength and abilities back. I need to find and help my father, and as weak as I am, I will never find him," declared Joe, almost crying.
"Don't worry, my friend. Leave it to me; I'll find a weak point in him, and then you'll be in a good position. And don't worry about him, since he was put on pause, he's been stuck in the other room. Now, let's go back there and continue the show. We have to make this system pay for taking away your strength and abilities and using them as points to repair itself. Let's go back there and make him pay for everything he's done to you."
"Agreed, sis. Let's go."
After 20 minutes of pause, the trio returned to the small room in that house. After each took their respective positions, little Joe unpaused the system and pressed:
[Continue dialogue? Yes / No]
**\[Yes\]**
"Open the configuration options area."
**\[The system will remain on pause until any action in the options is applied and closed.\]**
>>> **Configuration Option** <<< 01 >>>
...20% energy remaining... energy-saving option... normal consumption.
...Energy consumption option... Scoring...
...Status Window...01... Additional Status Window...00... Visible to the system and user.
>>> **Configuration options for administrator** <<< 02 >>>
Access code required, exclusive area for dominant or administrator.
"What a poor configuration options screen 01," said Ylsean, while little Joe was startled by that statement.
"And have you seen other screens?"
"Of course, I have. My father accessed it near me without realizing I could see, and surely, even though it was just a configuration option 01, it had many more options than this one."
"So what do we do?" asked Joe.
"If we could get the access code, we would configure the options screen 02, but how are we going to discover those numbers?" asked Dimmy, worried.
"I think I know," replied Ylsean, all excited.
"And what are they, sis?" asked Dimmy, all curious.
"Let's configure this one first, and then we'll move on to the next one."
>>> **Configuration Option** <<< 01 >>>
...20% energy remaining... energy-saving option... slow consumption.
...Energy consumption option... prism 3...
...Status Window...01... Additional Status Window...01... Visible only to the user.
"Won't the system notice anything different?" asked Dimmy, concerned about his friend Joe.
"Just in the energy saving, which has been minimized, and in the new energy consumption option, as it will consume energy from prism 3. Now, let's see what this opportunist has hidden in configuration option 02," stated Ylsean, already preparing to uncover the secrets hidden in configuration option 02.
Little Joe was anxious and, at the same time, felt a little scared. After all, all the changes made in that system would directly reflect on him, and since he had already suffered several unjust downgrades, he certainly wouldn't be able to bear more if it happened again.