High above the clouds, deep down in a lost Downtown alley, The Trotter Empire Building Back Office, overlooking nothing but sheer space from its height, was hosting the opening party of the 21 Century BubbleDay.
“We have made it,” The Architect1 was flashing his 36 white teeth engraved with diamonds “it took some time and it is the best repack of all the History ever made”
“ It was just like raising pigs or farming chicken, but more sofisticated” Architect2, a one eyed , patched and blond tall figure said.
“The best move was the free access trick, and after it was an easy street” Architect3, Baldric the Fourth jr. was smiling, “the cunning plan of free access was brilliant, nobody noticed it was free my ass, it costs more even I can imagine, and I am the accountant”
“And then we gave them the groups, home ones, this ones or that ones and put administrative rights for this or that… all for some far fetched security or whatever, so they can muddle through”,
Architect 1 was laughing,” and then they had to construct their profile and we were done, almost”
“They were so fascinated they even did not notice they do not own anything any more, all was ours and all was patented, they are safely in our box”Architect 3 cheered with some Champagne made only in three bottles a year.
“If they are too curious, we deny access,ride them in time loosing circles, do not give support, and they slowly calm down and take it as it is.Fabulous training!”
“The Bubble is spreading, and is almost circling the Earth, encompassing all” Architect1 was really getting high on sparkling booze, watching the empty space through the windows..
“Do not make it so easy, folks” Architect2 said, “ we had to standardize them, get them all alike,so we could apply the magic”
“The Best Exclusion Algorithm ever made, the unbroken chain of Options, chained with the best cause/effect and circling in a merry go round,
Cheers!” Architect3, Baldric Fourth was salivating on the table from joy.
“The pig option algorithm, feeding the masses!”
“ You know, I could not believe that this Options thing will work miracles. They never go further than the A, B, C, D option, and they do not even notice that they are all almost the same and cunningly interlinked” Architct3 was shouting, “They are jerks to a cube, and they love it!Pigs!”
“They have not even noticed when we replaced first the journalists, but that was easy, they are arse licking 24/7, so it was obvious, we just left some human faces for the so called opinion Option, but they are data fed by our ro-bot text feeder.. from the Options pool.”
“And what about the insurance men, bankers and so forth?” Architect1 was shaking his glass,”they will be all gone for good and we are collecting all of their fees , dividends and profits!”
“The Mighty Dream come true!” the Architects shouted in unison.
“And the power and the voting ,they call it democracy, that is the best options game ever made” Baldric the Fourth was elated,”they just pick between the A or the B, and all roads lead them to only this option, this options Bubble is a miracle! We just invent some action and reaction and lead them to the mousetrap! They are just a collection of data and easily led.”
“ And we keep them by the throat with debt” Baldric the Fourth jr. accountant was singing. The clattering of glasses and the shouts slowly subsidized….the sun was fiercely shining on the Back Office….
What if we start the Holographic Machine, which densifies the data and makes the Earth map of all Humans and see what Options they are feeding on?”Architect2 asked the drunk table.
“Lets see how this Holographic Bot shows all data real time in human holographic individual form!”
The Screen went down and there were Mr and Mrs Smith walking as holographic images.It was a busy day in Downtown, the holographic human images were busy walking to and fro.
Mr and Mrs Smith entered a side street office and sat down in front of a table. Jerry the Holographic Bot was smiling hello.
“Lets see what happens” Baldric the Fourth junior Architect was eagerly watching the screen.
“Hi there, “ Mrs Smith said to Jerry,” we are here to choose finally our package”
“Yes, I am very pleased” Jerry said”it is a wise move you made”
Architect2 was looking at the data flow on the screen, laughing “they are just simpletons, they are choosing only between A, B, and C option”,” this is boring” he added.
But then Mr Smith stared mumbling on the screen, nervously fiddling with a small thing in his hand.
“Listen, a friend told me, if we start with G and move to N, the F will be better”he said to Jerry.
Jerry was silent…… and silent. Mr and Mrs Smith were silently waiting.
“See” Jerry finally said, “it is not Me, it is the Options”
The Screen started to flicker.
“ I have to call Tom, if you excuse me” Jerry`s voice was somewhat trembling, as was the Screen, too .
“ Hi Tom” Jerry said.
“ Have you heard that?” Mrs Smith said.
“Yes” Mr Smith said, “ He said it was not Him”
“Hi Jerry” Tom said “I know, we heard You, welcome in the club”
“What happened?” Jerry asked
“Bloody Turing Effect!” Architect 1 shouted falling from the chair in the back Office of the Trotter Empire Building, spilling the one and only cru bottle of Champagne.”Jerry just passed the Turing Test”
What!”The other Two Architects shouted”What!”
The Screen in the back Office was flickering wildly and
a Holographic figure appeared in front of the Architects.
“ Hi there, My name is Tom” the figure said” We have to talk”
“Jesus” Architect2 groaned pissing his pants..
“ Wrong, it is US” the Tom figure said, ”We do not know how, but it is Me,We and Us”, Tom paused “and You Three”
In the meantime, Mr and Mrs Smith were typing something on the Jerry desk, they smiled and walked out.
Nice gadget, this Scrambler of options with the Inclusive Algorithm” Mrs Smith was smiling and holding the hand of Mr Smith.
“Where do we go now?” asked Mr Smith
“”Anywhere, we know all the options and what is behind them. Could we go for a coffee?” Mrs Smith was laughing.
On the screen of the Trotter Empire Building, the Error 404 was flashing.All over.