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THE NEWCOMER
Path A1A by John
[Path A1A to forget it and wear the bikini anyway.]
"You must learn to face your fears if you want to truly escape The Matrix. But, the greatest obstacle to fighting your fears IS to face them. So, by taking this red pill I also want you to think of it now and always whenever your heart starts clanging against your rib cage, OK?"
The words of her savior, Kan-Chiang, comes at her like the building in the Jump Program. She will always remember his soothing voice, it was like a soft breeze come to cool you off on a hot summer day.
This is another of her fears -- exposing herself. Here, in the construct, even though it was not The Matrix proper, she still saw herself as too fat. The strange thing was, when she first saw herself in a mirror on the Nos she looked more normal.
She looks at herself, almost gags at the flab, but then follows her Captain's advice and closes her eyes and changes her breathing. Soon the red slightly translucent pill comes into view, turning slightly. Now she opens her eyes again and looks at herself. She looks fine! It is weird, but her body seems to have conformed more to her liking! Hmmm, is it even possible to change your "residual image"? She had not heard of anyone doing it before, but she was still new to the real world. Interesting enough, her bikini also seems to have shrunk a bit and become a brighter yellow. Huh!
"Nothing is impossible unless you believe it is impossible." said her Liberator. But then, as is his way, he added "Just don't go jumping off any skyscrapers in the Real World, huh?" The joke being, of course, multi-fold. Sometimes his own cleverness would break through his modesty like An Agent through dry-wall and his smile would create twin dimples in his cheeks. His earthy brown eyes would get their own micro-wrinkles around them and would seem to light up from within and dance to his own inner music.
Maybe bulimia and anorexia and all that is caused by a glitch in the "residual image" created in The Matrix by some people! Wow, I wonder if people write papers or hold symposiums on these kinds of things back in Zion.
She feels more at peace for facing her fears, so she stretches out on the recliner more and adjusts her top to reveal more of her cleavage. She laughs at her naughtiness and her newly-found confidence.
"Nice day for tanning, huh?"
Cy starts at the sound! "Who are you?"
Choose Path A1A1 for "Nice day for tanning, huh?"
Choose Path A1A2 for reclining more in peace without the interrupting quote
Choose Path A1A3 to request more privacy, (maybe with company?)
Choose Path A1A4 to finish your food and request ending the Construct
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