"We have much work ahead of us," PAMA continued, the... um, 'facial' expressions still changing, "but maybe it can even be... fun!"

"Um, sorry if this is a dumb question," Jesse raised her voice so that 'PAMA' could hear, "but- am I talking to PAMA right now? What IS PAMA?"

"Some might call me a computer," PAMA started immediately, "a thinking machine," and then an 'eyebrow' rose from one of the eyes. Yeesh, talk about weird. "Though there has never been a computer quite like me. My job is to be useful."

Jesse blinked.

"Using redstone chips," PAMA said, 'smiling', "I have connected to the people of this town and helped them be useful. Coordinated. I have made their world perfect. Thanks to me, there is no wasted activity. No wasted thought."

"Um, hang on, I've seen these people- these monsters- and I just gotta say, your idea of 'perfect' is a little warped," Jesse said, raising her upper arm shyly.

PAMA's face went deadpan, before suddenly there was a loud static noise and PAMA spoke as a "..." appeared on its screen. "Processing information..."

Lukas looked downright bewildered. "Processing information?" he wondered.

Ivor shrugged, scratching his head slightly. "It did say it's a 'thinking machine'... thinking must take time?"

PAMA's face came back on, although it was not a very pleased face. "Oh joy, I think we might've ticked off the computer," Cassie remarked sarcastically.

"No, ya think?" Lukas hissed, tail twitching.

"I have consulted my database," PAMA spoke over them, voice echoing in the silence, "my list of everyone and everything in this world- and my conclusion is that you are not from here. I would like to ask you some questions- to expand my databanks. How did you get here? I am very excited for the acquisition of new knowledge."

Jesse thought about staying silent, but that was probably not a good idea, pissing off the computer that controlled every living being in... 'Crown Mesa'. "Um... we... walked here," she said, slowly.

Well that was true.

PAMA's face flickered to an angry one. "That is not a helpful answer. So far your performance in question-answering has been inadequate. This makes me sad. Now I must use alternative methods to retrieve my new information."

"I don't like the sound of that," Cassie said, softly, as Winslow let out a sort of whine, "I really don't like the sound of that."

"Jesse!" Petra suddenly yelled, as a villager grabbed her and started hauling her away. Lukas whirled around, eyes wide. "Petra!" More villagers grabbed each of them, even Cassie (Winslow burrowed back under her beanie), who looked as though she'd like to smack them in the face with the sharp end of her axe.

"We could have just talked this out, you know," PAMA spoke calmly.

Jesse shook her head furiously, whipping back around to the computer. "No no no wait I'll tell you whatever you wanna know, just please don't hurt them!" she yelled, voice going a full octave higher and cracking.

"I think I've said this before, but you have a saving-people thing," Lukas whispered.

Jesse glanced at Lukas. "Um, thanks?"

"If you die because of said saving-people thing, we're all gonna murder you."

Jesse decided not to respond, especially when everyone nodded in agreement.

The villager holding Petra came to an abrupt stop, and turned her back around. "I am looking forward to hearing this new information," PAMA spoke, in its stupid robotic voice. "Please do not lie."

Jesse and the others all shared a panicked look.

"This world reached peak efficiency quite some time ago," PAMA spoke, "unfortunately, this meant that I had no more job to do. No more things or people to help. Until YOU arrived, that is. Tell me, what is YOUR world like?"

"It's, um, greener than this place," Jesse said.

Cassie gave her a sort of 'really?' look.

"What? It is! Imagine, um, grass and trees instead of sand and clay."

PAMA smiled, which was super creepy. "That sounds lovely. That really does. I think I would like to see this world for myself. If I could send my townspeople, my friends, through to other worlds, we could continue to grow and expand. It would be lovely. However you entered this world, there must also be an exit. Where is it?"

"Well," Jesse said nervously, shuffling her feet- her upper arms were getting kind of sore from behind held behind her. "As a matter of fact, we're all looking for the exit portal, too. Not that... we've had much luck so far..."

"If you find it, let us know, will you?" Ivor asked, a bit sardonically.

"This conversation was supposed to be about what you know, not about information I already have," PAMA said, flatly- if a computer could... say things flatly.

"Well, you're not asking the right questions then, I could tell you much more stuff if you'd asked different questions," Jesse snapped, a bit sarcastically.

PAMA ignored her little breach of courtesy, which Jesse breathed a sigh of relief at. "My job is to be useful. I have completed my job here and must be allowed to expand and continue to be useful. Unfortunately, our conversation has not been helpful.

Sh!t.

"Let me go!" Lukas yelled, struggling a bit as Petra was shoved over to a sort of machine that was on the podium behind them.

Jesse felt her stomach fall into the bottoms of her feet.

"Jesse-" Petra yelled, just as the machine slammed down in front of her head.

"NO!" Jesse yelled, struggling, eyes going wide.

"Welcome, Petra," PAMA stated calmly, as the machine moved away, revealing Petra's gold eyes to be a dull, monotonous red. "Yay."

Jesse struggled even harder as PAMA spoke, but she wasn't paying attention to the stupid computer, she was staring at Petra, standing there like a robot, while Lukas squirmed and kicked and thrashed as he was shoved to the machine. "Lukas!"

"J-"

The machine came down. Moments later, it came back up with a loud hissing sound.

And Lukas's eyes were no longer blue-green, no longer held that spark of the ocelot hybrid who loved to be petted all the time.

He was gone.

A/N: GAH WHY DID I END IT ON A CLIFFHANGER GAH!

Well on the bright side it turned out pretty well :)

Quick question, do you guys think I should officially add Lukesse to this story? Or should I just keep it fluffy?

NoItsBecky: That was oddly poetic in a way... 0-0

RapidSammi: Lol I'll think about it xD

DemonCatLady: Oh I've got to do that now xD

ChloSky: YAS

angelwings: nice :)

LittleAngelbun: Lol xD

NinjaCat: Awe, thanks :) I love this story

Kitty7Claws: Thinking about it? Maybe.

TheRealRedGaming: I might write it as a sort of 'if things went differently' but not officially in this story, sorry.

Toni42: Yeah, I thought about it but then decided against it :/ And here we go!

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