Phones are some of the most interesting devices. They have evolved through the ages, and have changed in both shape and size as the years have gone by. Yet most humans take their phones for granted. They complain about how their phones can't get service in some areas rather than enjoy the fact that a phone can connect so many people! What makes phones even more fascinating is how they have started to be able to use the internet, and even have games can be downloaded onto them!
Yet there are some who like to abuse the gift that they have been given.
Take Dudley for instance; he uses his phone to show how wealthy his parents are and to get his gang to be in the right (wrong) place at the right time.
He especially loved to bully his younger cousin Arachne, who had nothing to her name but the clothes on her back. She was fated to have a horrible life being oppressed by her family till her eleventh year of life.
But that doesn't make an entertaining story does it? No, this is the story of how Arachne's fate was changed, merely by accident. All it took was for a small blue flip phone to fall on her head.
~~~POV Change~~~
Although Hibiki Kuze became the new Administrator for the Akashic Record, things weren't going as well for him as their group would have expected. They had to battle other Administrators who wanted control of the Akashic Record constantly. It was extremely tiring for Al Saiduq to protect Hibiki so often!
So Saiduq came up with a plan. Humans have an amazing rate of adaptation when they start something at a young age, especially when it came to games. If his plan helped a lonely little kid, then all the better.
To accomplish his plan, Saiduq looked through the records of human children whose fate seemed bleak. In the end, he decided upon a small child who had obsidian like hair, and eyes of the brightest Emerald imaginable.
Once he decided on the recipient, he made a small blue flip phone like what Hibiki owned. Rather than using Tico, he made a copy of his data and adapted it for the new Nicaea app. The result was an interesting AI that nearly always smiled, and would hopefully be a good companion.
With the prep work done, he finally dropped the phone onto the human world.
~~~POV Change~~~
Arachne was extremely surprised to be woken up by a blue phone drop onto her head. The phone came out of nowhere, while she was in her tiny room under the stairs. Once Arachne's head stopped hurting, she picked up the annoying device.
The phone had a black sticker across the tilt that said:
Nicaea
A dead face (small white heart made of squares) delivery site
(It looks like the stick in the record breaker box)
After she read the top, she turned it over to find a white engraving that said, "Property of Arachne Lilith Potter" in a loopy script.
Finally done with examining the exterior, Arachne listened for her relatives snoring. Hearing them fast asleep, she opened the phone. It had a dark blue and black screen. (Think about what it looked like on DS2). Soon after she opened it, the phone showed a screen that was asking for a name.
'My name?' Arachne wondered, not knowing what her name was. Looking at the back again, she entered; Arachne Potter.
It then went to a screen with a white haired boy wearing a red and black striped dress shirt. The man on screen wasn't a picture either. He was waving and said, " thank you for signing up for Nicaea, my name is Al Saiduq," in a friendly manner.
" Um… Hi,"Arachne greeted shyly.
" It's a pleasure to meet you, Arachne," Al Saiduq began, " would you like me to show you how the new Nicaea app works?"
Arachne was surprised that it seemed to understand her so she tried saying, "Yes please." The page changed from showing just Al Saiduq, and showed three squares and half a square on either side of the page. Each square had a different image. The one in the middle was highlighted with a blue glow, and had the image of a phone.
"This is your phone, you can call people by opening this app and dialing their number," Al Saiduq's voice said.
The squares moved to the right by one revealing that they were in a list. The newly highlighted image was of a letter, "this is your mail, you can access your messages and email from here. When you signed up for Nicaea, we made you a new email to use."
The squares moved again, and now showed what looked like the top half of lined paper with an upside down triangle topped with a circle taking up the left half of the page. " this is the Fate app. It shows how close you are to people and information about them, including contact information."
The squares moved again, now showing three upside down triangles topped with circles. " This is the team app. It shows your stats, how to add to them, and your demons," he continued, not pausing in his near robotic description.
The boxes shifted right yet again, showing a heart with two sides. The left half was dark grey while the left was a nearly white shade of grey. " this is the Cathedral of Darkness. You can fuse two demons together to make a new one here. You can also see what demons you can make if you looking for something specific," he introduced.
The next one was an image of a mallet with a thin oval under it. " this is the Auction app. You can buy and sell on the demon market here. The common currency is called Macca. Normally demons are sold here, but we have now been updated to display demon made items now. Tico-Tico can help guide you if you wish to hear more."
Without pausing, the boxes shifted to the right again displaying what looked like a large sack style backpack, " this is the Inventory App. You can store and remove your possessions from here."
He then got to what looked like a stylized u-turn symbol that was on its side. "You can go back to the main screen from here. If you'd ever like to talk to me, you open this button," the AI said at the end of his tour.
Arachne, using what little curiosity she had left clicked on this last option, hoping to get to ask Al Saiduq a little.
" is there something you need?" He asked.
Arachne timidly asked, " why did this phone land on my head?"
Al Saiduq had an odd look in his eye that Arachne had never seen before, then replied, " I'm not quite sure," making Arachne drop the subject.
" would you like for me to summarize your day before you go to bed each night?" He asked. Tico use to do that and Hibiki didn't mind, so Al Saiduq decided to see if that would be good to continue.
" Summarize?" Arachne asked, not knowing what summarize means.
Al Saiduq was not too surprised to see that he needed to teach Arachne. The program had been given the necessary information about his charge, making it easier to help her grow and adapt. Her natural adaptation factor was a boon as well. One of the main factors that made Arachne the one to get this phone was how her magic gave Arachne a high speed adaptation, both mentally and physically. " A summary is short description about something big or long."
" That makes sense... You can if you want Al Saiduq," Arachne said.
" Duq is fine," the AI remarked, " if we're going to work together, then you shouldn't need to keep repeating my name."
" Duke?" Arachne asked, trying to pronounce the new name. The late hour was starting to get
" Close enough," he sighed, " you should get some sleep Arachne. It's still late."
" Alright," she finally mumbled sleepily. Placing the phone on one of her shelves, Arachne curled up to sleep. Al Saiduq decided to try making sure it was a good night for her by playing some angel songs. The angels were amazing singers when they got the chance. Their songs tended to invigorate humans when they were awake, and give sleeping humans pleasant dreams.
