Whether it was designed that way as a deterrent or if this is Qod’s recent addition to dissuade me, I don’t know, but the glaring red of the sphere, indicating its classified nature is already enough to convince me of its danger. A danger to my sanity. A danger I am choosing to ignore. But more than that, the deep red reminds me of Castor’s World and the brooding Pandora watching from above. Subject 9.81713E+44: Select. Subject 9.81713E+44: Security authorization Alpha required. Subject 9.81713E+44: Security override processing. Subject 9.81713E+44: Override authorized. Subject 9.81713E+44: Activate. Immersion commences in three minutes. The silence preceding the lecture is longer than usual, and when she delivers it, her tone sounds final somehow. “Protocol compels me to warn you that once you have been immersed you will not be able to withdraw until the moment of … Oluvia Wade’s death. Protocol also compels me to dictate that whatever you experience, however terrible, you must endure without possibility of extraction.
