A New Creation

with Mari Ohara, Kanan Matsuura, and Dia Kurosawa

An evening at the Ohara Residence. A pretty normal one, to day the least. Not much commotion was happening at the moment - a very rare occurence in the usually packed schedule of the Ohara Family. Well, it seems that way and, really, it is a normal evening. However, if one were to enter a private room of the Ohara's sole daughter, they would soon notice how completely unordinary this whole day truly was.

Two girls around the age of 16, sat on a chair, quietly waiting for their other friend to finish her work. However, the raven-haired one seemed to have already ran out of patience for a long while now.

DIA: (scowling, clears throat) (in a sweet voice) Mari-san.

MARI: (stops for a while and turns around) YE~S?

DIA: (eye twitching, struggling to maintain calm) Y-you do know that you could have just finished that first before you call us, am I wrong?

MARI: (thinking) Hmmm, YES! Buuut, I wanted some company AND I wanted you two to see the genious at work! (smirking)

DIA: (growls)

KANAN: (triying to calm her down, sweat rolling down her forehead) Now, now, Dia... Calm down.

MARI: (giggling) Yeah, calm down, Dia. I'm done anyway.

DIA: (whispering) At last...

The young blonde then approached her friends and showed them what looked like a computer chip.

MARI: SHINY! I finally did it! I finished my very own creation!

As expected, both of her friends looked puzzled.

KANAN: (tilting her head) What...exactly did you make? It looks like just a bigger version of a computer chip to me.

DIA: (furious) Do you wish to imply that you made us wait here for hours for a computer chip?!

MARI: OF COURSE!

And that's when Dia lost it and tried to pounce at Mari. Luckily, Kanan quickky grabbed her and, in turn, stopped what could have been a tragic disaster.

DIA: (trying to escape) Let go of me this instant! I want to give Mari a piece of my mind! And I meant that literally!

KANAN: (is not even trying) Dia, you're incredibly and surprisingly weak. (chuckling)

MARI: (laughing at her friends' quirks) Calm down, calm down. Of course, I didn't make you two wait for nothing. I just wanted to inform you that I finally found a way to do it! (smiling sincerely)

The two then suddenly calmed down, as if they were about to hear a very important information. The whole room suddenly became serious.

KANAN: You...found a way to contain her?

MARI: (shaking her head, visibly upset) No, not that... However, I'm really close there! Because I've made an A.I.!

DIA: You made an A.I.? What for?

MARI: Well, right now, I'm planning on installing it to all our technology here in the house and any of our other structures. That'll be her purpose for the meantime.

KANAN: You called it a her? Lemme guess, you named her Shiny, didn't you? (smirking)

MARI: Nope!

With that, the whole world was shocked!

KANAN: (takes hold of Mari's shoulders and shakes her) Who are you and what have you done to Mari?!

DIA: (snarkily) Look who's losing herself now...

MARI: (giggling) Relax, I'm still me. Well...at themoment, at least. But anyway! I decided to name her Mira.

DIA: Wait... Mira? Why Mira? How did you settle upon giving the A.I. her name?

MARI: I've been thinking... And well, I figured that she isn't so bad after all. She's helped me in numerous occasions anyway, so this is the least I could to repay her. Plus, it's JUST Mira; it's also an acronym. Stands for Massively-Intelligent Response Assistant.

The blonde then inserted the chip in her high-tech computer and a simple interface and speech signal appeared at its screen.

M.I.R.A.: Hello, creator Mari. I am M.I.R.A., a newly-programmed artifical intelligence with the main purpose of assisting the Ohara family. How may I help you tonight?

KANAN: Wow, she learns fast. Quite an impressive creation you got here!

M.I.R.A.: Why thank you, unknown individual!

KANAN: I'm Kanan Matsuura, but you can call me Kanan. Nice to meet you!

M.I.R.A.: Profiles system updated. Nice to meet you too, Ms. Kanan.

DIA: Mari-san, you do remember that I am a Mind magician, correct?

MARI: Yes. Why did you ask?

DIA: Well, I could have just made you an artificial intelligence in just the snap of my fingers. I have already mastered quite a lot of my Mind magic! I am ready to try it again.

MARI: (dejected) I... No. I don't want to make the same mistake again. After what happened to your... (covers mouth, tries to suppress her cry) I'm sorry!

KANAN: (puts a hand on Dia's shoulder) Dia... Please don't bring that up now... Mari still hasn't forgotten about it.

DIA: B-but she is fine now! And I have already forgiven you! We can do this once more! This time we will succeed!

Unable to stop herself anymore, the young blonde excused herself for a moment. Her loud cries from outside pierced through the walls of the room.

KANAN: Dia, please... Stop it for now. We'll wait for a better time.

DIA: I'm... I'm sorry... (looks down, downcast)

M.I.R.A.: Why is the creator crying? Is something the matter?

KANAN: You wouldn't understand right now, MIRA... Why don't you ask your creator later, okay?

M.I.R.A.: I will be sure to do so.

KANAN: Well then, we'll be leaving now. I think everyone needs a good rest for the night. Take good care of Mari, MIRA!

M.I.R.A.: I will do my Rubesty!

DIA: (gasps, eyes widen) She...

KANAN: See? Mari's still troubled about it... Let's give her some more time, alright?

DIA: Understood...