When Evan woke up he didn't expect Connor Murphy to be staring down at him skeptically with the most judgmental look on his face Evan had ever seen. "So this is what I have to work with, huh?" Connor says disappointed.
"What are you doing in my house?" Evan asks back dumbly.
Connor rolls his eyes, "How dumb are you? I'm your SQUIP."
"My what?"
"SQUIP. Super Quantum Unit Intel Processor." Connor states, Evan's mind goes back to earlier that day in the computer lab. "It's called a SQUIP. It's a micro super computer. Take it and it'll help a lot, just do as it tells you to do. It activates with Mountain Dew." His eyes flash over to the can of Mountain Dew still sitting on his desk.
"It worked," Evan mutters in disbelief.
"Well of course it worked," Connor, or rather SQUIP-Connor appraises Evan. "You took me… You took me for little to no other reason than because some weird kid at you school gave me to you and you decided what could go wrong… you don't really trust this person and apparently, he took a letter self-addressed for therapy and you fear he will use it against you… you have a crush on his sister… and I am appearing to you as him…" Evan hears the SQUIP mutter under his breath, "I've got my work cut out for me."
"You're supposed to help me with my anxiety," Evan remembers.
"Yes, I have the ability to help with anxiety," SQUIP-Connor confirms. "I provide you with responses and answers leaving your life as carefree as possible."
"Cool…" Evan comments awkwardly. "Um, why do you look like Connor?"
"This… Connor Murphy…" the SQUIP begins to explain. "Seems to have great influence over you, my data shows that you would be most responsive of his mental projection."
"You can appear as other people?" Evan questions.
"Yes," the SQUIP nods, "which means that other people can't see me. So from here on out, only think to me. Don't speak out loud. I don't think that will be too hard for you, though."
"Who else could you be?" Evan presses, he didn't like the idea of his SQUIP appearing as Connor Murphy.
"I have access to the worldwide web," the SQUIP answers. "I can appear as anyone I have enough data on including people you know. My calculations show that you would also respond to: your mother, Jared Kleinman, Zoe Murphy" the SQUIP gives Evan another judgmental look, "Bob Ross," Evan was really starting to regret taking the SQUIP with the amount of criticizing looks he was getting, "and… a pine tree." By that point the SQUIP had to be making fun of him.
"Maybe you should appear as Jared, or my mom," Evan suggests. "No wait, never mind, don't do that. I don't want either of them to come across me talking to them, well not them."
"I just told you to think to me," the SQUIP says.
"Yeah, I also don't want to get them confused with you. I wonder what Jared would think of this. He's into tech himself-"
"First order," the SQUIP announces, "stop caring what Jared thinks. He doesn't give you a second thought, stop giving him your third and fourth."
"He's kind of my only friend though," Evan protests. "Our moms-"
"Anyone who treats you like Jared treats you is not your friend," SQUIP-Connor (as Evan was now going to refer to him as) crosses his arms and regards Evan for a second thoughtfully. "You also wish to have actual friends and work up the courage to win the affection of Zoe Murphy. I can help with that."
"Getting into a college would be good too," Evan adds. "My mom's kind of obsessed with all these scholarship essays. We don't have a lot of money-"
"I have access to all of you memories," SQUIP-Connor interrupts. "I know everything. No need to worry anymore. I can help with any and every goal. Calculating your goals and the rules that humans follow, low popularity and the affection of Zoe Murphy are the easiest to achieve." SQUIP-Connor looks at the clock. "You have homework to finish up."
"It was the first day of school today," Evan says. "Nothing's due for at least a week."
"Procrastination give you anxiety," SQUIP-Connor points out. "Best to do it now so you don't have to worry about it. Besides, you have me now to give you the answer."
"It's that cheating?" Evan asks timidly.
"Only if you let it bother you," SQUIP-Connor shrugs. "Besides, I don't have to give you the direct answer, just enough so you can copy it in your own words."
Evan gives SQUIP-Connor an apprehensive look. "Alright, I'll try you out, but I don't want to become dependent upon you."
SUIP-Connor grins in response. "That's the spirit! You know, I think you might be the only teenager in existence that's said no to a free pass on homework."
"I'm not normal, you're going to learn that real soon." Evan mutters.
"Trust me, I've already discovered that tenfold," SQUIP-Connor replies, making Evan bristle.
Evan sighs and gets up, digging a bottle of acetone out of his bathroom cabinet. He grabs a cotton ball and starts to try to wipe Connor's enormous name off of his cast
"Stop," SQUIP-Connor tells him. "You don't want to do that."
"Why not? Look at it, it's huge," Evan holds up his cast for SQUIP-Connor to look at. "I wouldn't want anyone's name on my cast like that."
"Just don't, you'll be wasting your time." SQUIP-Connor answers. "Now get to your homework." Evan gives SQUIP-Connor another look but puts the bottle and cotton balls away and returns to his desk, fetching his homework from his bag.
AN:: So this one was a little (a lot longer comparatively). I'm going to try to keep them at the same length which is ~670 words. Key word try.
We get a small introduction to the SQUIPs, I think the world in which Evan exists they're slightly more advanced than the one Jeremy took. Evan's is obviously nicer and hasn't shocked him yet. He actually gives some really good advice regarding Jared. Jared's an ass and doesn't treat Evan very nicely. I'm really proud of the line "He doesn't give you a second thought, stop giving him your third and fourth" partially because it's clever but also because it's true.
Anyway, that's all from me, what do you guys think? Also, I have a good amount of the beginning of the script written so there are going to be a lot of quick updates before it gets to the point that I'm at. Thanks!
