George was a Convert: George no more. His old life, personality, name, all given up for the Common God.
The cGod chip buzzed in his brain, advising, admonishing and administering pain. The voice of cGod gave him direction, and dampened that bad spark which drove him to crime.
He was blissfully servile, till he fell, banged his head, and cGod began to speak in tongues.
He picked himself up, brushed himself down. Remembered. George again.
Now to stay free, evade the law. Dig up the loot, buy a new life.
He swatted the side of his head. A quiet life.
Author bio: As technology advances the world becomes weirder. Talking to yourself, seeing things that aren't there, capturing fragments of the world in little boxes - all these things are normal now. John Xero thinks this is brilliant. Bring on the weird.
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Unsettling.
ReplyDeleteThank you. =)
DeleteLove the last line and cGod is a really cool name. Weird to think I'm glad George is (almost) back to his old horrible self.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pete. It's interesting who we consider the 'bad guy' sometimes, isn't it? ;)
DeleteWoah... This reads like the prologue to what would be one heck of a dystopian novel. Awesome stuff! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks! =D
DeleteThat's great, the back story, the whole society, all very nicely implied. I like it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dave. =)
DeleteConversion by technology? Apple finally went too far. This is one of the neatest 101's I've read in a while, John. Very much enjoyed the notions of it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, John. ^_^
DeleteFelt like A Clockwork Orange in 100 words, but much simpler to administer.
ReplyDeleteThere will always be people with notions of how to 'fix' other people. The simpler they are to administer, the more likely they might happen, I think.
DeleteThank you, Beverly.
Feels like the beginning of something interesting and much longer. I like.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sonia. =)
DeleteExcellent, loved it. And I agree the tech advancements are just going to get weirder and more invasive. Bring them on but leave me out, except as an observer, ha! Is there more to this story?
ReplyDeleteThere is no more to it at the moment. The ideas might always find their way into something else though. =)
DeleteThanks, Inky. =)
I always wonder what we're going to end up doing with technology. Seems like something someone would try to create! Loved (& chilled by) this idea. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Zaiure. Technology's an adventure, isn't it? And that means bad guys and monsters as well as treasure and heroes... ;)
DeleteBring on the weird, aye! Well in a structured, neatly organized way that is (as if)
ReplyDeletecGod is pretty neat, I do root for his intrusion here. Loved this flash, John!
Thanks so much, Cindy. =)
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