Hello everyone, so I've decided to do a story on what may have happened at the end of Soma... That's, kind of it...
Simon was sitting in his lounge room in his new apartment, the one in the ARK. He knows none of this is real, yet it feels so much so, and he liked it. He looked out the window and out over the sea, knowing that the horizon was literally the edge of the world. 'Maybe we'd fall off if we tried to cross it', he joked in his head as he took another sip from his coffee. 'Man, even the coffee tastes so real, but also better at the same time'.
Right now, he was waiting for someone. A friend. He needed to talk to them about something that's been bothering him. He heard a knock on the door, and he got up to answer it. When he opened it, he was met with Catherine's familiar face and friendly smile. "Hey Cath, how are you on this finely generated day"? She rolled her eyes, and said, "I know, I know, 'we're on the ARK' hooray! No need to go on about it, and what did I tell you about calling me Cath". He stepped aside to let her in, saying, "To not to, but I like teasing you about it".
She walked over to the seating arrangement in his open lounge room, and asked, "Alright, I get it. Now, what was it that you wanted to talk about"? He gestured for her to sit down as he himself sat down on the lounge opposite to her. He asked her, "You comfortable, can I get you anything? Coffee"? She laughed, "I've already had three this morning, I don't think I could have any more". Simon laughed along with her, and then stopped when he remembered why he brought her here. She noticed his odd behavior, and asked, "Simon, is everything alright"?
He looked at her and asked her, "Catherine, do ever wonder what happened to Pathos-II"? She sighed, and said, "Sometimes, but I mostly wonder about the WAU and the proxies; did it achieve what it wanted"? He shook his head, saying, "No, that's not what I'm asking about". She raised her eyebrow, and asked, "Then what is it"? He took a deep breath, and asked, "Am I just another copy"?
Catherine stiffened when he said that, realizing that he's figured out how the scan works. "Yes, you are a copy", she said reluctantly. He leaned back in his seat and sighed, "I'm okay with that, I suppose it doesn't bother me, I just feel that we wronged the me in the Power Suit". She remained silent, trying to think of a way to sooth her friend's thoughts. "I'm sure he's fine", she began, "he's got the other me and the older you in the Diving Suit". Simon chuckled a bit, "Yeah I suppose… Hey Cath"? She narrowed her eyes and said, "Don't call me Cath". He rolled his eyes, "Fine, Catherine. Do you wonder what they might be doing down there"?
"Maybe, but I don't think it really matters anymore"…
Well, there's to the prologue... Next chapter... There's, really not much to say at this rate.