Lord Joyde The Madman: Heylo, guys and girls! How are you all doing?
Sorry for the delays on my stories, but for once its not because of bad shit happening.
I have gotten myself successfully enrolled YEEEEEEEEEEY!
.. fuck me, I have to go to school again.
And that is basically it.
Truth be told I'm not totally sure for what story this chapter will be... most likely the Acumenae.
So then welcome to the chapter 4 Of The Euphorian Acumenae! I sincerely hope that you all enjoy, let us begin!
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
The Following Saturday... - Leonardo's Mansion... - Leonardo's Point Of View...
"-nd that concludes our daily report on the equally daily lives of our glorious leaders, The Acumenae!" The TV spokesperson says with pride in her voice. I am so regretting that Newspaper company bullshit I said a week ago.
Why? Because paparazzi that's why.
"Mreowr? Are you okay, master?" My amazingly cute and always there for me cat, asks with a purring glint in her eyes.
"I'm fine, Audrey. Just a tad bit annoyed. You know, the usual." I tell her as I pet her gently, the TV remote dangling around in my right hand, my mind begging me to press that shutdown button.
Just need to find the strength to get the hell off this suddenly super-comfortable couch. Damn.
"Meow! I think you need to relax a bit more, master!" Looking at her with a raised eyebrow, I simply state with a sigh."Fine, I'll bite. What do you have in mind, Audrey?"
She smirks like the cat she is and then pounces on the glass table in front of me, swinging her ass at me."Meeeeeeeow. Maybe master would like to mate?"
Letting out another sigh, I deadpan her."How many times do I have to tell you that is impossible."
She looks down in disappointment."Meow... But master could turn into a cat a-and-"
Uh oh. Having spent more than twelve years with this dark blue and black cat, which kinda makes her an old lady does it not, I know full well that whatever she is thinking about right now will not bode well for my sanity.
Her grin returns in full force."Mreowr... Or, alternatively, I could turn into a human girl just for master!"
My jaw literally drops as Audrey shape shifts into a beautiful humanoid female with cat ears, her hair a pure crimson mane. She has a nice pair E-cup breasts and her whole body is covered in magnificent raven fur... "Well that's one god-damned way to shove every fetish I've ever had into one woman."
She purrs with a smile as her transformation stabilizes, an unsteady hand reaching for my chest as she once again finds herself in my lap."Masteeer... Please, I've wanted this for so loong!"
Blinking while stupefied as my brain struggles to comprehend my current situation, incredibly sexy as it may be, causing me to shake my head in an attempt to free myself from the stupor.
I look at her pale, deep blue eyes as she blushes under the stare, somewhat scared now of what she herself caused to happen."M-m-master?" She mumbles out in a way that is equally pouting and pleading at the same time... and I, as expected, simply let out a sigh.
"I can bet my ass that this wasn't what Samathar had in mind when he completed The Gene Vault... Oh who am I kidding, I don't give a shit anyway." Talking to myself as my adorable and lovely cat-turned-cat girl, tilts her head in confusion and then yelps as I hug her close to my shirtless self and plant a deep kiss onto her pink lips.
Her heartbeat quickening and a moan-like purr escaping her lips, she embraces me in turn as a strangely happy grin etches itself onto my face.
Yep, today is a good day... and yes, I did turn the TV off.
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
The Following Day... - The Tower Of The Acumenae - Samathar's Point Of View...
"Sooooooo, let me be the one to ask the million dollar question... How the fuck did this happen?" I quickly state and then continue to stare onto the duo quietly enjoying one another to the fullest.
Namely, my friend Leonardo and his new girlfriend, Audrey, who I had thought for sure was a cat a few days ago.
Well.. to the perfectly honest, she is still a cat. More like an alien cat, but still a cat.
"Fuck if I know." Leonardo says bluntly as he continues to gently caress his new lovers crimson mane.
Trevor coughs out loud in order to garner everybody's attention as he adjusts his glasses with a finger."Ahem. I may have a theory considering how... Leonardo's cat suddenly became sentient, but I first need a couple things answered by her, if that would be possible."
Audrey's ears perk up as she turns towards the good doctor, her face twisting into an expression both curious and excited."Sure, what do you wish to know?"
The doctor blinks."Hmm, the same style of formal speaking as Leonardo, huh.. Very well, when was the first time you realized that you could speak?"
She nods."Right as I was resurrected. Neither of us thought much about it, but Leonardo guessed that he could understand me because of the bond we shared... I am already twelve years old, which would make me a hundred and twenty years in comparison to a human."
"Shut your can, Dana." Leonardo speaks before a smirking Dana opened her mouth, much to her dismay and the amusement of others.
Trevor returns her nod with a finger on his chin in thought."Yes, I can see how that would work from a psion's perspective..."
I turn my head as I quirk an eyebrow towards Trevor."You believe there is more to it than that?"
He takes a sip from his coffee as he sighs."No, that's not quite right. The more correct way to put it would be that that is just a part of what's really going on.. you may want to get yourselves comfortable, for this explanation will take some time."
We all nod at him and lean into our chairs.. and James stops meditating in midair as he lowers himself to the heightened part of the floor. For some reason, becoming the Apostle Of Wrath made him have a great hatred for chairs... Allen says that every Apostle had one such a quirk which is quite interesting.
Seeing us all get comfortable as he had advised, Trevor begins his explanation."First, I should tell you that such behavior was noted beforehand with the Alien species of Euphoria, although we had simply thrown it aside believing their.. humanoid behavior from time to time to be nothing more than just them being themselves. We are talking about an alien race, after all, we did not know too much about them beforehand."
He takes another sip."However, one of my Russian colleagues mentioned how back on Earth, bears had started to acquire more human traits as well."
Allen's eyes grow wide and Trevor notices."I take it the magic side of mankind knows more on the matter?"
Allen lamely rubs the back of his head."Well, yes. I just didn't think that it was possible for a non-mage to do something akin to this... Let me explain, all of you know about familiars, correct?"
Leonardo scoffs."Audrey is not my familiar, you know." Someone's offended.
His response granted him a negative shake from said woman as she shushes him lightly and then turns towards Allen."Excuse him, please continue."
Coughing a little at the display with the rest of us giggling for whatever reason, he continues."According to the Noah's library, the original familiar was also a cat. One kept by a magister who discovered a way to prolong his life-span via magic. He also did this to his cat and, after a good thousand years living together, the cat slowly became sentient by feeding off his magic for so long. Taking this into consideration, many younger magi thought that they could speed the process up by binding animals to themselves.. and they succeeded. That was the birth of familiars."
Trevor's eyes go wide."So you are saying that beings who possess a great amount of magic can make animals gain sentience over a long period of time?.. But Leonardo is no mage, most definitely not one who would be titled magister."
"Well, yes. That is why I kept my mouth shut when I saw miss Audrey's transformation." He explains as Leonardo hums for all of us to hear.
I quirk an eyebrow at him."Thought of something interesting, friend?"
He nods as he looks at all of us."Taking the bears and that first cat into consideration.. I think humanity's very presence influences other living beings in ways we didn't think possible. Think about it a little, before we bred the cow, Auroch's killed our ancestors. Same goes for dogs and wolves."
James blinks."That.. that sounds creepily alike to The Bleed Effect, but slowed down immensely."
We all blink in surprise as Leonardo continues."This may also explain as to why certain household pets, mostly cats and dogs, seemed to lose their mating cycles back on Earth.. because we, The Humans, do not have such a cycle and they are becoming more akin to us."
"Like essence seeping into the others around you." Dana mutters out with a slightly curious voice.
"Essence? Yes, that must be why!" Trevor suddenly exclaims as he scares all of us by doing so. I tilt my head as several theories form in my mind.
"To sum up, Humans have an effect on the living things around them, the closer the greater the effect. This is clearly the work of essence.. but don't only powerful beings radiate enough of it to make such a change?" I say with a questioning voice.
"The bedrock does not erode from the waters assault immediately, but by a constant erosion taking thousands of years to break it down, one day causing a Sinkhole." James says sagely, words as if being recited from some book.
"Not only that, but the influence of many things that are alike would speed up the process considerably." Trevor states clearly as we all nod in understanding.
Leonardo shrugs."So what do we name it? The populace is going to love this, especially the bestiality people if we reveal Audrey."
Audrey blinks in confusion."There is no need to do that yet. I mean, I can always just shape shift back into a cat. Perks of being an evolved."
Wait, what?"You are infected? But the machine does not infect the animals who are brought back, only humans."
Leonardo waves his hands in front of himself defensively."I did it. I infected her because.. reasons. Before you guys happened, I was a shut in and Audrey was pretty much the only living being I socialized with."
"And that alone explains her quickened evolution. As an evolved, she must've consumed much more of your essence than before. Taking in the fact that you are a psion... well everything adds up quite perfectly in the end." Dana states with a shrug.
Trevor cracks his neck, sore from sitting for so long."But that does not mean that this theory, which I would like to name The Higher Presence Effect, is without proof. I shall immediately begin experimentation, any aid you and your colleagues may offer us, will be appreciated, Allen."
Said man nods with a smile."Of course, Trevor. I will arrange for a gathering of mages specializing in familiars and send them to you."
Rhode tilts her head in sudden confusion and excitement."Wait, does that mean that if I were to infect my kittens, they would start calling me mommy!?"
"Quite possibly, yes." Trevor says, completely unaware of the sudden glare from Allen.
"YEY! I have to go do that right no-, no wait. This meeting was called for another reason, Audrey is not that reason. There are things we need to discuss.. So, who's got anything new?" Her gleeful voice quickly turns serious as her sentence continues.
Leonardo nods as he looks at Dana."Dana, you remember that NPC I told you about a few days ago? He asked me if the world he was in was real or just an illusion."
Her eyes grow wide."The Herald? What did you tell him?"
He shrugs."That he should find that one out on his own." She nods."Yes, that may be for the best. We don't need to proclaim the birth of the first AI at the same time one of the VI's shows some non-programed intelligence."
"An AI? Wait, you mean to say that you used your MMORPG to try and transform a VI program into an AI?" I spoke with uncharacteristic surprise in my voice. The idea was brilliant on so many levels.
Dana nods."Well, yes. Leonardo was adamant about giving it a try so I wrote a simple VI program. An NPC who would play the role of a mysterious figure who would inform players of certain events while having to form a compliment benefiting the player and then ask if they liked said compliment."
"It started out really cheesy as the program didn't really know what exactly to say. Things like, your behind is nice on the eyes or my personal favorite, your chest is very large dear madam." Leonardo says while laughing silently.
He stops as he turns serious."But now The Herald has learned much from the players and knows exactly what to say, to whom and when. He even has a list of favorites that he always keeps track of and maybe sometimes even follows them around as a party member."
"And what do the players think about this?" James says with a questioning glance.
Leonardo shakes his head in negative."They have no idea that what is speaking to them might be an AI. Other than that, they enjoy being complimented for every little thing they do."
Everyone hums in thought at this new development and the conversation quickly transforms into a multitude of scientific theorems and new discoveries.
Le sigh, I just hope that everything ends well in the end. One thing I noticed is that Dana has finally stopped hating everything although I am not sure weather that is a good or bad thing all things considered.
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
And that is it for this chapter, guys and girls!
I hope that you've enjoyed reading it. The reason this took so damn long to show itself is because I have school again! YEY...
Anyways, read and review! And Good Morning/Day/Night to you all! ADIOS FOR NOW!