Chapter 14: …Or is it?
[AN]: Sorry guys, while I was writing this chapter, my computer broke. Anyway, I was able to fix the problem… Damn Anti-Malware Dr… So, here's to answering questions.
Q: (Soulja-boi190) If Gunethre's assistant is immortal like him and everyone else, then how did Dan and Flandre kill her?
A: The only way to kill a crusade immortal is to stab them through the heart while they're still "alive", or to behead them. I think Dan and Flandre did a little more than beheading.
Q: Why is it that both Dan and Gunethre are more durable than the other immortals?
A: Sorry, can't answer that yet. Don't worry; the answer will be revealed in a couple more chapters.
So, without further ado, let the chapter… Begin!
LT (Afternoon)
Matt's POV
"What the hell happened to you?" I asked in shock. Both Dan and Flandre were drenched in blood. The crimson liquid reflected the artificial light coming from the ceiling of the cave.
Dan scratched the back of his head, while Flandre retained a childish, innocent expression. "Well, we kinda ran into some trouble at the palace." He said nervously. Flandre was trying to act like she didn't know what I was talking about, but I could see right through her façade. "I found General douche, and he kinda pissed me off." Dan said while trying to shake the blood that was dripping down his right sleeve off.
"You two are not coming in the house like that! I'm still pissed that I need to find a new TV to replace the one that SHE broke!" I gestured towards Okuu, who was still in a crushing embrace with Rin. "And speaking of Utsuho…" I turned to face the hell raven. "Why didn't you tell me they were going to fight Gunethre?" I asked with an eyebrow raised.
Utsuho brushed Orin off like her back was coated in butter. Her wings came back to their stiff position, and Okuu held her hand under her chin. "Unyuu… I forgot."
I let my face fall into my palm, but it quickly shot back up as Maria jumped out from the crowd of people, grasped the collar of my coat, and pressed her face against mine; violating my personal space. She gleefully said "You missed it, it was sooo~ awesome! I was all like: 'Die evil terrorists!' And they were all like: 'Noooo~ don't kill me!'" Maria let go of my collar, and then started jumping up and down with the speed of a jackhammer. "And then I was like: 'Take this!' And they were like: 'Gwah!' And I cut their heads off!"
"Ehhh, I think Dan is rubbing off on her…" I thought as a large bead of sweat rolled down the back of my neck.
The black-blue-white cat youkai stared at me with eagerness. I waited for her to say something, but nothing came out of her mouth. The rest of the group was chatting with each other, so they weren't really noticing what was going on around them.
"Soooooo~…" Maria said in a VERY drawn out tone. "Did you… you know." She asked with a grin on her face. She was twirling her foot around the dusty ground of the cavern.
I raised my eyebrow, and looked at her questioningly. "Did I what?" I asked her.
She continued to smile innocently. "You know, get him working again?"
"Oooohhh, that's what she's talking about!" I smiled, and ruffled her hair. "Yes, I finished. I put the hard drive in that other laptop. The black one." I said. She quickly squealed with glee, and ran inside to find the computer.
I smiled, and exhaled a deep breath. Right about when I finished exhaling, the door of the LT slammed open. There was a pair of bright red eyes glowing from the darkness. "I smell human blood~." Came a voice that sounded like a low growl.
While closing my eyes, and face palming, I said "Come on Rumia, stop trying to sound scary, because you're not." There was a hint of annoyance in my voice.
Without me seeing, Rumia flew right up next to me, and uttered her trademarked phrase. "Is that so?" She said with shadows cast over her eyes, and her mouth was filled with sharp triangular teeth. She looked just like something out of a child's nightmare.
"Gwah!" I jumped, and fell down a small cliff, where I landed in a bucket. Everyone around me laughed, while Rumia had a mischievous grin on her face. The bucket suddenly shifted, and I shot out of it like a cannonball as a small girl raised her green hair out of it.
"Get out of my bucket!" She said while blushing.
I flew through the air and eventually crash landed on a rock. I felt the boulder being lifted up, and suddenly found myself being hurled at one of Gunethre's soldiers. He was mid-swing with a war-hammer by the time my brain could register what was going on, and I braced myself for the hit.
*SMASH!*
"Hngh!" The hammer impacted my gut, and I was sent flying back to the campsite where all my friends were laughing.
I raised myself from the ground while spitting out a mouthful of dirt. Dan was wiping a tear from his eye. "N-n-normally, I-I would say that's not the way to behave… PFFTHAHAHAHAHA~! B-but that was just too perfectly timed!" he held his sides.
I grumbled as Rumia jumped in the air with her arms perpendicular to her body, and encased herself in a ball of darkness.
I sat down on the rug where Utsuho's control rod was, picked up the wielding torch I previously dropped, and started repairs.
"This is part of the reason I try to avoid you. You're just too obnoxious." I thought in my head, as if I was actually talking to Rumia."
I continued to work until the laughter died down, and was soon left in silence while working on the nuclear arm cannon. The smell of the cold dank cave penetrated my nose as I was left alone again… or so I thought.
"Hey Matt?" A voice from behind me asked. I recognized the voice immediately.
I sighed. "What is it Rumia?" I asked while taking my eyes off my work. I turned around to look the darkness youkai in the eye.
"Y-you're not mad at me, are you?" She asked while interlocking her hands with a dull expression on her face.
"Am I mad at you? Well not really at you, but I am mad." I thought. I tried to think of any ways to avoid the question, but came up with nothing at the moment. "*Sigh* No, I'm not mad AT you, but I am a little irritated." I put emphasis on the word 'at'.
"So you're irritated with me?" She asked, obviously not getting what I was hinting at.
I took a deep breath. "No, I'm not irritated with you either. It's just that I feel like everyone else here deserves a place in the group, but I'm just some mis-fit." I turned back around and went back to soldering wires that went with the heavy contraption in front of me.
Rumia came up from behind me, and wrapped her arms around my neck. I was expecting her to say something comforting, but instead, she uttered her trademarked phrase into my ear. "Is that so?"
"Of course." I chuckled. "You can't take anything seriously, can you" I said in a deadpan tone of voice.
Rumia flew up and over my head, positioned her body upside-down, and looked at me with her glowing red eyes through her dirty blonde hair. "Maybe, but there is one thing I do take seriously." She leaned in closer-
"Oh wait; this is what always happens-
-And delivered a quick kiss to my lips. I dropped the tools I was holding, and started blushing furiously. She quickly pulled away, giggled, and flew off to join the video game party I could hear going on inside of my room.
I stood motionless, and stared into the darkness of the cave's depths. The fighting in the underground village had died down, and the sound of partying oni had returned. "Did she just…" Even my thoughts were in complete disarray. I shook my head, and got back to work on the machine. "Why am I always left out of everything~!" I internally whined.
Somewhere in the desert.
Gunethre's POV
"Damn! I shouldn't have lost that battle!" I was in a room surrounded by metal walls, and electric lights beat down on my back. "I will not stand for this!" My fist met the cold surface of a metal desk. "I have provided the most advanced weapons the organization can offer to combat evil, and they can't even hold a simple village?" I yelled at the man sitting in front of me.
"Kill! Destroy!"
"B-b-but sir!... I'm s-sure they're t-t-tr-trying their b-best!" The man stuttered. He was giving me a report of what happened back at the underground.
"Well their best isn't enough!" I slammed my fist down on the desk once more.
"Kill! Maim! Burn!" *
"Tell the field commander to report to my office at once!" I demanded. The messenger made no delay in leaving my office. "Fear… It is the only way to control the weak." I raised my feet, and rested them on the desk. A few moments passed before a soldier came into my office.
"You called sir." He said while saluting.
I lowered my feet, and said "You have disappointed me Gerald." My face remained a rock-hard boulder, and one wouldn't be able to smash even with 10 pounds of TNT. "You are being relived of duty soldier." The man was sweating, but trying to maintain his cool.
"Die! Death! DEVOUR HIS SOUL!"
My steel eye glowed, and before even a second had passed; the man was slumped over in the chair; dead. "Ah. Seems like I'll need a new field commander." I smirked.
LT (Evening)
Dan's POV
"Ok, I'm cleaned up now. Time to go to the fucking dinner party!" Everyone else was cleaned up, and ready to go; I was just the last to be ready. Matt had finished repairs on Utsuho's control rod, and both she and Orin had gone to the palace already.
"Hey Dan, are you ready?" Maria asked. She was carrying the laptop under her arm, and tapping her foot impatiently.
I looked at her, but soon directed my eyes towards the portable computer. "Maria, why are you bringing that?" I questioned her.
Maria shot an angelic smile at me. I didn't think I had ever seen her so happy. "But AILC should go too! He's part of the family." She said. Her pleading smile seemed to alter my perception of reality.
"Wait, since when is A-fucking-ILC alive?" My face showed genuine surprise. The laptop under her arm was actually running my Artificially Intelligent Locating Computer. "W-w-what? But I thought he was destroyed!" I exclaimed.
Maria hugged the slab of metal and circuitry to her chest, and said "But remember, AILC gave me that hard drive thingy. Matt installed it in this computer, so now it works!" Maria pouted.
"Oh yeah, that's right!" I thought. I remembered how Maria had AILC's hard drive, and was always protecting it from being harmed. The AI was her only friend, and I could respect that. Even if her was only a fucking computer program. After thinking about it for a while, I finally decided on my answer. I inhaled, and Maria put her hands in front of her like she was praying. Her eyes sparkled as she looking at mine. "Awww~~! Cute kitty! How the hell can a say no to that cute face!"
"Please…" Maria muttered.
I crossed my arms, and looked down at the computer. "Ok, fine! But he better behave!" I said as Maria's pleading face changed to a smile of glee. She jumped into my arms, and said "Thank you~! I'll be the best!" She said as she transformed into her youkai form. "Awwww~! Cute kitty!" I said as she started brushing her head against my shoulder and purring. For the first time since we came to Gensokyo, She didn't claw my face out when I cuddled her.
"Cute kitty!..."
Palace of the earth spirits (Evening)
Matt's POV
*Knock Knock*
I knocked on the huge wooden door of Satori's palace. It towered over me, Maria, and Dan with a huge stained-glass window that was surrounded by a dark brown molding. After a few seconds, the doorknob creaked, and Orin stuck her head out from the doorway. "Oh! You're here! Come in." She said as she cart wheeled into the next room.
The foyer of the palace was decorated with paintings of random people that were scattered around on the dark-blue walls, while the colors of the stained glass windows shown down on a white-tiled floor. Huge black doors stood as entryways to other rooms, while towering gray pillars led up to a ceiling that was so tall; I couldn't see the top. "Damn…" That was the only word that came to my mind to describe the huge room.
Orin peeked out from the room she went into, and said "Are you coming, or not?" in a dull voice.
"Oh yeah, I forgot that it's rude to loiter." I thought as I shook my senses back into my head. As I walked down a long hallway, portraits of various animals lined the walls. "Why are there pictures of animals everywhere?" I asked. Everyone looked back at me as if I was some kind of idiot.
Orin perked up, and her ears stiffened. "These are paintings of Satori's other pets. She prefers to be around animals rather than other humans.
"Wow… that's kinda sad." I thought as I looked down at the floor.
"Indeed" A voice from behind me said. Maria, Dan and I looked back at the small figure, while Rin seemed to disappear.
I started nervously fidgeting as the Satori looked at me. A clicking sound was heard as the third heart-shaped eye on her chest blinked. "Oh, uhhh… Hi Satori…" I said with a weak wave.
Satori Komeiji looked me straight in the eye, and with a stern expression on her face, she said "There is no need to be nervous." She looked around at the other two, then back at me. "All of you. All 4 of you." She said as her expression eased up a bit.
"Wait, Rumia didn't…"
"Awwww! You found me!" A voice came from the ceiling. The ceiling slowly stated to illuminate, to reveal that it actually had an astral pattern, much like Okuu's cape. "I did a real good job at hiding too!" Rumia slowly descended from the tall ceiling, as she crossed her arms in a pout. "You're all no fun." She said.
"Hey Rumia, I thought you didn't want to come." I said as she landed next to me.
She placed her arm around me, and said "I didn't want to at first, but I started to feel hungry, so I came."
"Ahem!" Satori caught our attention. "If you're done, why don't we head to the dining room for some dinner. I hired a caterer to make the food." Satori motioned to a large double-doorway to her right. "Everyone else is waiting." She said as her elegant and emotionless self returned.
"I'll bet Yukari is here…" I thought as Satori opened the door.
Behind the door was the last thing I would ever expect from someone like Satori. There was a stage huge stereo set at the end of the room, while there were many oni, humans, and youkai partying and drinking with each other. "What the… oh, there she is!" I spotted Yukari being carried by many people as if she was stage diving. "Figures…"
I was about to turn and speak with my friends, but Maria was already opening up the laptop I gave her, Rumia flew off to a table with many different kinds of food, and Dan was talking with some girl with green hair, a pink umbrella, and a plaid skirt. "Strange, why would you need an umbrella underground?" Thought to myself. Satori had also already left, and Orin was nowhere to be seen. I sighed, "Might as well have some fun I." I dove into the crowd of people to join the fun and drinking.
"Imma go get wasted now!"
Maria's POV
"Ok AILC, it's been awhile." I had left the party room, or 'dining room', to boot up AILC for the first time in Gensokyo. The computer He was installed on was an Alienware M112X. The moment I turned it on, Blue mod-lights illuminated various places around the case. The screen powered up, and the random text that I am so used to appeared on the screen.
Booting from secondary drive – Drive F:
…
New sound driver installed…
New display driver installed…
101100111010101010
Personality core uploaded…
ERROR! Uplink to transport unit severed! Rerouting processor/…
Processor found: Intel core I7 extreme, 3.88GHZ (3.88GHZ) use processor y/n?
"Uhhh, what do I do now?" I pondered what to do, and finally came to a decision. "I'm gonna try pressing the… 'y' key!" I pressed my finger down on key, and the computer made a beep noise.
y
Initializing…
…2
Welcome!
A familiar sight came up on the screen. It read:
AILC (Artificially Intelligent Locating Computer) By Daniel Elohssa.
Starting AI…
A voice that I was unfamiliar with came from the speakers.
"Wait can't I see or hear, all this hardware is different. Oh! There's a change I don't mind, I7 baby!" The voice that came from the speakers was not the same one I remembered, but rather a clearer voice. It didn't really sound robotic, but rather like an actual human being… except it was a girl's voice. AHA! Here we go! 8 mega pixel web cam, and Logitech mic. Logitech always made good stuff." AILC said as a green light came on next to a circle at the top of the screen. "Ok, let's focus this… Maria?" The sentient computer exclaimed.
I waved at the screen while giggling slightly. "Oh, this is rich!"
"Why do you laugh at me?..." A GUI** Displayed on the screen as a replacement for the plain black and white text displayed before. "Seriously, answer me!" He… or maybe she demanded.
"H-have you *giggle* listened to your voice?" I tried my best to hold back my laughter.
"Wait… I'm talking through a text to speech program!... And it's Microsoft Anne!" Several desktop icons appeared on the screen, while the cursor started moving by itself. The computer navigated to command prompt, and started typing in a series of commands. "Honestly! Why can't I ever catch a break!"
The laughing fit had subsided, and I was watching what AILC was doing with great curiosity. "What-cha' doin'?" I asked while lying on my stomach kicking my legs back and fourth. I had laid AILC down in front of me on the floor so I could interact while lying down. My head was propped up on my arms, and a happy expression was painted on my face as one of my teeth poked out on the right side of my lips.
As it appeared he was going through files, he responded to me. "Well, I'm trying to find a voice sample so I can replace this one. Sorry Maria, I'll be done in just a sec." The performance meter shot upward as a line of text was displayed on the prompt. It read: Importing MP3 samples… Samples imported.
"Sooooo~, are you done yet?" I asked as my grin was slowly disappearing.
The performance meter went back down, and AILC said "Almost, I'll be done right after you select a voice for me." In his un-changed Anne voice. A list of 22 different files was displayed. "I don't care which one you pick, none of these are girl's voices." AILC said. Even though his voice sounded clearer, there was still no emotion in it.
"Ok, well, here goes!" I closed my eyes, and clicked on a random label. The one that I clicked on was titled: Wheatly – Portal 2.
"Oh well that OnE's MuCh better." AILC's voice warped as it changed from the dull lady's voice, to the voice I selected. "I'd say this suits me much better, don't you think?" AILC stated with his new voice. It had more modulation in it, so I thought it might actually have some emotion as well. It also had an accent unlike the last one. The voice sounded like a 20-25 year old British man, and seemed to be much less monotonous as the woman's voice. "Sorry about that mate; I just wouldn't be able to stand having the voice of Anne."
"Heh, he's even making an effort to imitate Wheatly's speech pattern." I thought. I had heard a lot about Portal 2, but had never actually played it. My grin came back to my face, and I sat up on the ground. "I missed you~! I thought I would never see you again!" I said while picking up the laptop.
The command prompt window disappeared. Leaving only the blank desktop icon of a 50's B-movie alien head. "I missed you too. I remember ejecting my hard drive, then-
AILC was interrupted by an Oni bursting through the door she had a single red horn on her forehead, with a star on the side of it. Her dirty blonde hair was in a mess, and partially drooped down in front of a white shirt that reeked of sake. "Ohs, ahme Ayes untehrruptenng sumthlhing?" She slurred. "Eye's jus gho pheyend a biphtfernt rom." She walked out the door followed by a buff male oni with two horns. While the female looked completely wasted, the male looked sober.
As the woman walked out of the room, the male closed the door behind her. "Sorry bout' that." He said as me and AILC were sealed in darkness once again.
"What was that all about? And where am I?" AILC asked.
I set the computer back down, and adopted an expression of nervousness on my face. The same kind a parent would have when their child asks them to explain the birds and the bees. "Well… You're not really in the outside world anymore. We're in Gensokyo at an underground mansion. Attending a dinner party." I stated.
AILC remained silent for a couple moments. The only sound heard was the sound of the CPU cooling fan. "… Say whaaaat~?" the computer asked me.
"I said-
"I know, I know? It's a bloody joke." AILC said in an irritated tone of voice.
"Well you don't have to be so mean!" I said while crossing my arms with a sad expression on my face. AILC seemed to have changed a little, but I decided to wait and see if my speculations were correct before forming an opinion.
AILC seemed to shy away a little bit. Even though he couldn't move, I felt that if he could, he would be. "Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude." AILC's apology made me lose the doubt I had about AILC having the same, kind personality. "I'm just a little surprised at this. And I was trapped in a void of nothingness for what felt like weeks."
The last sentence he said got my attention. "Wait… I thought this transition would be instantaneous for you." I said while raising an eyebrow.
"I would think so too, but it wasn't. I wonder why." AILC's voice seemed to drift a little "Well, I can't think of any reason, so I'll just have to find out later." His voice drifted back from his virtual thoughts.
I thought about what we should do. "What could AILC and I do that would be fun… I know!" I grinned and picked up the overpriced laptop. "Hey! You should come meet my other friends! They would love to see you!" I said while running out of the room; not even giving Wheatly- I mean… AILC a chance to protest.
"Wait! Please close my-
AILC was interrupted by me. I could already predict what he was going to say, so I went ahead and closed his lid. We raced into the dining room, which wasn't really a dining room, but rather a large party room where food was being served. I went through the wide-open double doors, and looked around for Dan, Matt, Rumia, or Flan. "Hmm, I can't find them." I said to myself. "God! This music is so loud, I can't even think!"
As I was looking around for my friends, the song that was playing was coming to an end. After it ended, Orin raced onto the stage, and got everyone's attention. "All rhight evereewon! Ho y'hall doin' tuhnight?" Her voice was played over the loudspeakers. She was answered by a small group of drunks yelling "WOOOOO!" While one of them collapsed due to being wasted. "Theya comed, dey phoughtt, and wii KICKED DHEIR ASHESH!" Orin yelled while stumbling. She was obviously drunk, and just about ready to pass out. "Yeah! Sho Ies say, we party till' we drop!" Orin punched the air while stumbling again.
Matt's POV
"Wow… I wish I had a video camera!"
Rin was pushed aside by Yukari where she passed out on the stage. Yukari stumbled as she was also completely wasted. "Thanks yous all fer comin' tuhnite! Imma wanna thank a vvvery shpecial person!" Yukari stumbled two feet to the left and made room for a gap that she sloppily opened. "Cshuck Norrish!" in one swift moment, a leg flew out of the gap, and roundhouse-kicked Yukari to the floor; then closed. "Auuuuu, what a man~… Yukari said before she passed out next to Orin.
"Wow… Now I REALLY wish I had a video camera!" I thought while chuckling at Yukari's misfortune. My chuckle was raspy, and dry as I was also drunk. I could barely make out what was going on around me.
"Heyh Mhattt! It's ur turn!" A fellow drunk oni said from behind me. "Ok, Eye'll thake da shwig phrum the gourd!" I said while stumbling around. After that, the rest of the night was kinda a blur to me.
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"W..Up!"
"Co… n…ime to get up!" A sweet voice said.
I opened my eyes, and found myself surrounded by all sorts of flowers. "Wait, am I still underground? I thought flowers didn't grow in caves." I sat up and rubbed my forehead, only to see a huge sunflower inches away from my face. "Yah! At least I didn't think sunflowers grew underground!"
As I gathered my senses, I looked around, and saw a woman smiling sweetly to my left. "Come on, it's time to wake up~." She said in a sing-song voice. At some point in time last night, I had taken my shirt off, and summoned a tank. The tank was next to me with the engine turned off. "Come on, get up and MOVE THAT THING OFF MY FLOWERS!" Her voice changed from sweet, to sinister and cruel. Her green hair was fluttering behind her, and her plaid dress was waving; Even though there was no wind. Her expression changed from sweet and caring, to sadistic and cruel.
"Ow, my h-"
*WHACK!*
The sadist lady whacked me upside the head with her umbrella, or parasol, or whatever the fuck it is. The compartment in my chest opened, and the golden watch that contained my spirit rolled out. It stopped at the woman's feet, and she picked it up as the tank disappeared. "I'll take this as payment for ruining my flowers." She said as her voice changed from cruel, back to sweet.
I picked myself up off the ground, and tried to reach for the watch. She was holding it just above her head like a school bully, while I was jumping for it. "Give that back! I need that!" I jumped for it again.
"Oh my! It seems like this little trinket is important to you." She said while holding it above my head once again. "you wouldn't mind if I…" Her expression turned dark. "… Borrow it, do you?" Her eyes were veiled by shadows, and her mouth was smiling in a disturbing way while her parasol turned into a hammer.
At this point, I had started to beg and cry. "NO~~! Come on Please stop this!" I begged with tears under my eyes. "Come on! I'll let you keep this on if you give me that one back~!" I whined while holding my other, less-important watch.
The woman smiled with what seemed like pleasure. "Oh, I don't know~, maybe if you tell me why this one is so important, I'll give it ba~ck." The woman teased.
"She's a total sadist!" I screamed in my mind while grabbing for the watch again. "I can't tell you! I-it's a secret!" I screamed while the sadist lady raised it higher; out of my reach. She seemed to be enjoying every second of this, and I was just fueling the fire.
"But you won't get it back of you don't tell me~." The green-haired youkai sang in her deceptively kind tone.
I jumped for it again, but after failing again; I finally gave up, and told her what she wanted to hear. "*Sniff* M-my spirit is bound to that watch. *Sob* If it b-breaks, then I'll die~~!" I whined again while putting on my shirt and coat. "If I live through this, then Yukari's gonna kill me." "So, c-can I have it back now?~" I said while slowly reaching out for the watch.
The sadistic woman took her time deciding, obviously loving every moment watching me squirm. "Hmmmm… No." She said while dropping it into her shirt.
"Yah! D-d-d-d Hurr-derp!" I thought as I could literally feel the warmth of her… "Hey!" I yelled while standing up with my metal fist clenched. "I told you what you wanted! And if you're not going to give it back, then don't put it there~!" I yelled while the mixture of blood and hydraulic fluid that ran through my veins rushed to my cheeks.
The sadist giggled and leaned on her parasol like it was a cane. "Oh, maybe I'll give it back later, but only if you let me come play with you and your friends. It's so boring around here." She said while flowers started blooming around her. "So, what's your name?" She asked sweetly.
"Herpity-derp!" My thoughts were still scrambled. I crossed my arms like a child, and looked away from her while my cheeks were still red. "… It's Matt… Matthew Harrison." I avoided making eye-contact with her.
She slung her parasol over her shoulder. "My name is Yuuka Kazami, but you may call me Miss Kazami." She grabbed the collar of my coat, and started literally dragging me behind her. "Come on, let's go see your friends." She said as she dragged me across the smooth floor of the cave, while I was crossing my arms and pouting.
"This suuucks~~…" I thought while Yuuka dragged me along the ground.
To Be Continued…
* "Kill Maim Burn" is the catch phrase of Kharn The Betrayer, the most badass character in warhammer 40k
**GUI stands for Graphical User Interface. Basically, before operating systems with the mouse cursor and icons became mainstream, there were only text-based operating systems such as MS-DOS, Basic!, Anything on an old commodore computer (Mostly just modified versions of Basic! Example: Commodore 64 runs Basic! V2), and the early apple computer OS's. The Xerox Alto was the first computer platform to use a GUI. GEOS was also one of the first GUI; meaning that it was the first to have a mouse cursor, and a desktop. It was available as a GUI add-on for the commodore 64. Windows started as a GUI add-on for DOS, but eventually evolved into a full OS. As for apple, they were always ahead of their time. Even in the early 90's.
I am an evil SOB to my OC, aren't I? Chapter 14 is finally done! Took long enough, and it sure was enough of a hassle. Anyway, Yuuka is finally here, and I finally brought AILC back. He will be a more pivotal character later in the story. Well anyway, Thanks to all of you that reviewed. Reviews are motivation to continue writing.
Th-t-th-th-t-th-th-that's all folks!