Author's Note: Read Chapter 5 of The Clier Path before reading this! Warning, this does contain strong language.
The white void surrounded them once more, but this time, two rustic red armchairs were positioned for them, both pointing towards the screen of the television before it. Stepping forward, Morpheus took his seat at the newer armchair, offering Edward to sit at the more scabbed and tattered chair next to him. His eyes widened to the sight of the box in front of him; a plastic box with a dark, reflective glass screen and encased in deep red wood. He hadn't seen anything like this before.
"What is that?" Edward crouched down to it in awe, looking into the dark screen.
'Oh, I almost forgot you were technologically uninformed. This is a Television or TV for short. It transports images from a camera to this box for people to view. So, you could be looking at the very jungles of Borneo while sitting in your chair and watching it from New York.'
"Oh, wow! I can see myself in it!" Edward glared into the dark screen, almost mesmerised by his own reflection. "Hello, Morpheus!" He giggled, waving at Morpheus's reflection.
'Yes, hello,' he sighed waving back. 'Now, if you'll please pay attention, we can begin with your education. Now, please, sit down.' Edward got up from in front of the TV, chuckling softly as he sat down in an armchair next to Morpheus.
"Oh, right, sorry."
'Now, let's begin.' He flicked the TV on via a remote. 'This is the world as you know it. As far as our data is concerned, it is the beginning of the 20th century, or more technically-. Edward! Sit back down in the armchair!'
"Hey, it's Central! But what the hell is it doing in a box?" He glared at the picture that appeared on the box, the great city scape with a large military HQ that stood at its centre with rows of houses, apartments and shopping squares surrounding the HQ in circular rows. "Hey, I think I can see the Colonel's apartment from here!" He grinned widely, pointing at the almost minute apartment not far from the HQ. "I bet all he owns is that one couch in his living room or something! It'll not be much anyway."
'Good, I'm glad, now, if you'll sit dow-.'
"HEY, COLONEL BASTARD! GET A BETTER JOB YOU FUCKING LAZY ASS PUSSY!" He screamed at the TV, cupping his hands with a wicked grin on his face. "Hey, do you think he heard me?" Edward asked, turning to look at him.
'Yes, he did! NOW FOR FUCK'S SAKE, SIT DOWN!'
Author's note: I came up with this one while writing the TV part of Chapter 5 (this was written in 2009, by the way), and I decided I just had to do this. It was very hard not to since Edward has never seen a TV before, so it seemed right to have a play around with that fact. This is an alternate reaction to Edward's first view of the TV; the original one in Chapter 5 was a lot more mature, but this one is a childish version.
Technically, this isn't a new story; rather it's a collection of omakes that I wrote for The Clier Path, hence why it's called Zion Archive (because in The Matrix concept, this would be a library of information in Zion, or at least, a library of what was available), so each omake will correspond with a chapter of The Clier Path, unless of course I write an omake inspired by the concept of the story (I have my limitations though, I can only write using as much of the concept that has been revealed. I couldn't reveal new things in here; otherwise it would spoil the actual story).
The reason I decided to do this was because, recently, it's been taking me ages to update The Clier Path, and since, so far, I have only written omakes as I've updated a chapter, it means that ideas I do come up with are forgotten through the course of writing the actual chapter (or in the time that I leave the chapter to contribute to life, as I have been doing recently through my A Levels, fingers crossed I get good grades!).
As a note, you should read the actual story before reading this one, but if you decide you want to read The Clier Path after reading these omakes, then I guess that's good too.
I hope you enjoyed that, and I shall update The Clier Path with Chapter 22 as soon as possible! Thank you for your patience!
Ophelia Davis