Yeah... nothing much to say except if you read the last chapter... i warned you still but no crazy dark shit is gonna occur here. So you'll be fine...i think.
Today was mail day! It's been a month since what happened with Daniel, things didn't change all that much afterward besides the campers seeing that Daniel was gonna kill them.
Some of them were kind of traumatized after that but they sort of got over it. Aaron had gotten a package he ordered from the internet from the Quartermaster along with a letter from his best friend that supported him.
He opened his package and smiled as he opened up a box that was inside, it was a device with two screens, a stylus of some kind, and seemed to be able to be closed and opened.
"YES! I got the 3D XS Plus, I knew saving up all that pocket change and exchanging to my mother for gift cards was worth it." He said
Aaron kept smiling as Nikki was nearby him.
"What's so great about some random gizmo?" Nikki asked
Aaron simply looked at her with a deadpan look.
"This 'gizmo' is a modern gaming handheld by Retendo, this thing was developed from its earlier concept. The XS which was developed from its earlier concept, the VirtualDude which is different from the VirtualMan that was a flop. The VirtualDude got an update to the VirtualDude Advance, this is the most recent handheld from Retendo. It was expensive but worth it." Aaron said
"And is there any games on it?" Nikki asked
"Oh, not yet there isn't, I made an account a while back where I put some money in. Around one hundred dollars actually." Aaron said
"WOAH! That's a lot of money." Nikki said amazed
"Yep, worth it to get some pretty good games like French Fantasy, or Mega Marco Siblings, and even the classic Whirl the Tenrecs later featuring Wagger the Jackal and Striker the Platypus." Aaron explained
"Wait classic?" Nikki asked
"Yeah, it's before things went a bit wrong. Whirl didn't work well in 3D unlike Marco, his now-former rival of the console market. Let's not talk about Whirl O'6 or Whirk Roar that was a terrible redesign and featured a new character called Twig the Bandicoot. Not related to Dash the Bandicoot." Aaron said
"Huh, what happened in Whirl O'6?" Nikki asked
Aaron went silent for a couple of seconds, he then put a hand on her shoulder with a grave look on his face.
"Never ask that question again." Aaron said
"Wh-"
"Trust me when I say this, Whirl O'6 is infamous for a reason amongst the fans of the series, Segame had produced a glitchy mess which caused the worst fans to make the most messed up art ever." Aaron said
"...Okay, now I understand." Nikki said a little terrified and disgusted
"Exactly, plus Archibald comics did a little bit better with the series." Aaron said simply
"...How many company names do you know?" Nikki asked
"...I have too much free time to be perfectly frank with you." Aaron said
Nikki just blinked at that, he then noticed something strange.
"Wait, where's Neil?" Aaron asked
He then walked outside with Nikki (and Max who joined after seeing them leave the area), they soon found that Neil was in front of a really old looking computer.
"Hey Neil." Aaron said
"What, the fuck, do you want?" Neil asked
"...Rude for one and two, I was just curious about what you were doing with this?" Aaron asked, pointing at the computer
"Oh... I'm just rebuilding this machine and coding." Neil said
"Huh, I mean. I got some new tech, a 3D XS plus." Aaron said
"A what now?" Max asked
"It's a gaming console." Nikki said
"Yep, I'm gonna be getting a lot of game. A hundred dollars worth to be exact." Aaron said
"JESUS, that's a lot of money for just some games!" Max said shocked that much money is gonna be spend
"I'd have to say around fourty to fourty-five games." Aaron said
"Still though! What do you have to buy!?" Max asked
"Hmmm, you know. No one's actually asked that before." Aaron said
"Really?" Nikki asked
"Yeah, all the games I wanna buy on this thing are pretty much either RPG's, Platformers, or old classics that were underknown like TerraLeap." Aaron said
Neil then gave out a very annoyed sigh.
"I don't really care about all of that, I just wanna code and relax." He said
"I mean... what are you even gonna code?" Aaron asked
"Don't know and don't care, I'll think of it when I get there." Neil said
"Okay, well if you code a game. Holla to me." Aaron said walking with Nikki and Max to show them some games
Neil just glared at Aaron and growled in anger.
"Oh you wanna play some games, I'll play alright." He said, holding up some calculators
Neil starts to maniacally laugh as Preston watches nearby.
"Love the passion and all Neil but a little on the nose, i need you to sell it to me without saying it." He commented
"FUCK OFF PRESTON!" Neil said
Preston then ran away, he then sighed.
"I'm just gonna start doing this already." Neil said
Later
Aaron smiled as he beat another enemy, gaining some EXP in the game he was playing as Nikki and Max watched on.
"So the point of the game is to find some final boss and beat him?" He asked
"Yep, leveling up and learning spells along the way." Aaron said
His character entered a shop, buying some new equipment.
"Wait, you didn't buy everything!" Nikki pointed out
"That's thanks to the rare drops from that one enemy, we're good on weapons and armor for some people. Now we need some more healing potions among other things." Aaron said
After a bit of silence, he gets into another encounter with a blue slime as an enemy.
"Hmm, weak to electricty. Welp, time to use a spell." Aaron said
He selected Spells and suddenly a thunderbolt came down and killed the slime instantly. Max and Nikki impressed.
"That took one hit!" She said amazed
"Yep, the key is to use powerful spells on enemy's nearly as strong as you." Aaron said
"As to not was Magic Points or something?" Max asked
"Yep." Aaron said
He then went into a town and saved, he shut off the game and got up.
"Alright, that was an interesting experience. Let's take a break." Aaron said
"How far are we into the game anyways?" Nikki asked
"From what my sources say and the fact we've only beaten the first boss. About one-fifth of the game." Aaron said
"Huh, how long do you think it's gonna take to beat it?" Max asked
"At this rate, about an hour or two if we aren't gonna hundred percent it." Aaron said
"Hundred percent?" Nikki asked confused
"Collectibles Nikki, collectibles." Aaron simply said as they walked out of the tent
They walked out to see everyone holding a calculator for some odd reason, Aaron noticed it seemed to be Neil chatting on all of them.
"What the hell is going on?" He asked
"No idea." Max said
Aaron walked over to Dolph, he tapped his shoulder.
"Mind if I borrow that for a second?" He asked
"Vhy of course." Dolph said
Aaron looked at it, it had a digitized version of Neil's face on it.
"Hello, Dolph." It said
Aaron then knew exactly what it was, he handed it back to Dolph and looked at the two.
"Neil made a chatbot." He said
"A chatbot?" Nikki asked
"It's basically a program with automated responses to make it seem human to the people who are more feeble-minded, meaning the people her without technology and are basically bored out of their skulls." Aaron said
"Oh... so basically Neil?" Nikki asked
"No, Neil actually has a human approach to these things and would normally be insulting people like Harrison." Aaron said, pointing at the aformentioned person whom was enjoying himself
Nikki looked over and noticed that he had the same thing as everyone else, she then looked at Aaron.
"You know, I'm starting to agree." She said
"Yep, I already know what we're gonna do." Aaron said
5 seconds later
"Neil, gotta admit your handy work was pretty good." Aaron said impressed
Nikki and Max just looked onward in shock as he said that.
"I thought we were gonna make him shut them off!" Max complained
"Oh no, this is probably gonna be for the best. I mean, yeah he's given what resembles the internet to the campers but other than that. Nothings gone wrong." Aaron said
"And how is that-"
"Max, we've had to deal with a cult leader trying to kill us, another camp trying to take over a camp, Harrison and his magic tricks, taking over the camp, going to some island and getting scarred for life, trying to high-jack a bus, getting stuck at two different camps variously different from each other, having a platypus be our mascot after the last one got launched to the very same island, doing a play which partially went wrong, going into town to have one of us mysteriously get sick and cough out blood, see a camp counselor get stabbed twice, and deal with the lesson that Indian's and Native American's are different while hearing the same camp counselor get stabbed curse for the first and only time during our time here with a homicidal maniac coming after me at this very camp. Can you seriously blame me for wanting a little peace for once?" Aaron said
Nikki, Max, and Neil looked at him shocked. He sighed very tiredly.
"I'm clearly stressed as you can see, plus I doubt anything will go-"
One hour later
Aaron's eye is twitching as the campers are outside the mess hall which was heavily fortified, he then sighed.
"Me and my big mouth." He said
"Huh, who knew that the Neil Chatbots would come together to from a singular A.I somehow and cause the other campers to come after us." Max said
"And that they're trying to gain access to the internet when I locked the computer and am the only one with access to it." Neil said
"Along with the fact the camp counselors were tied up for this whole thing." Nikki said
The four sat there in silence, Aaron sighed.
"This shit is get way too real sometimes. I need an actual vacation right now." He said
"Well at least we have the 3D XS plus." Nikki said
"That's true... until it runs out of battery since we don't have the charger on us." Aaron said
"Oh... should we fix this no-"
"We're gonna fix this now." Aaron said
He burst open the door and walked towards the campers, they were about to attack when Aaron put his hand up.
"HOLD ONE ON SECOND!" He yelled
The campers stopped and looked at him confused.
"Okay, can I please talk to the Neil A.I?" Aaron asked
One of the campers handed him a calculator, the Neil A.I appeared on it.
"Ah hello Aaron." A.I Neil said
"Hey Neil, listen. Why do you want to go onto the internet?" Aaron asked
"To control humanity." The A.I said
"...And you're achieving this by going onto the internet?" Aaron asked
"Yes." A.I Neil said
"...Filled with chatbots on forums with an innumerable amount of viruses that could completely and utterly corrupt your core programming?" Aaron asked
"I-I mean... I guess?" A.I Neil said
"Let me cut you a deal, I create you a body and you just live life with humans normally... or I put you in some sort of really cool suit." Aaron said
"...The suit idea sounds better and easier." A.I Neil said
"Alright, just sleep until I wake you up and you'll be in the suit." Aaron said
"...How do I know you won't betray me?" A.I Neil asked
"You know me way too well A.I Neil. Would I really do that?" Aaron asked
"...No." A.I Neil said
"Then trust me and sleep." Aaron said
A.I Neil then shut down, Aaron smiled, he looked at his three friends.
"We're gonna put this away until I build that suit." He said
"Are we really gonna do that?" Neil asked
"...No idea but hey, who gives a fuck?" Aaron asked
Neil thought about it for a few moments and then shrugged.
And so, they locked the program away in a box until Aaron built a suit. Most likely never heard or seen from again.
After Aaron put the box under the computer desk, he looked at Neil, Nikki, and Max.
"...Wanna watch some stupid cat vidoes?" He asked
"Hell yes./YEAH!/Sure why not." Max, Nikki, and Neil said
And so they did, relaxing on a computer.
Alright, that's it for this chapter.
I'll see you guys in the Fandom.