The marionette drop down – Tales of the Courier
It was a rain delivery. Not the worst kind, but not the best either. 1courier checks the rear view mirror, and takes the next lane. The traffic is heavy for this late in the evening. However, it has been that way since the seasons changed. The new season is a favored time of the year. Therefore, the roads are always busy. This is as much fun as it is thought provoking.
Particularly with this type of delivery. 1courier grimaces when he thinks about what is ahead. The task will be unusual. Furthermore, this type of delivery is still in its trial phase. There are a lot of unknowns with this new technique. He downshifts the ride and floors the accelerator. Time to make some time.
HQ experimented with the marionette delivery once before. In fact, it didn’t go well. After the third courier disappeared, they scrapped the whole program. There were no more volunteers anyway. Only the most experienced couriers received consideration for the experiment. With this in mind, they scrubbed the program, after the third courier vanished.
The Marionette Drop Down
Not every courier is a mastermind. Sometimes the mission is about more than point A to point B deliveries. Sometimes the courier has to get his hands dirty. The marionette delivery is one of these. Not only does the courier get his hands dirty, but also everything else. However that wasn’t the drawback. The drawback was worse.
The pickup area is where the fun will happen. After that, if he survives or does not vanish, the delivery completion is a standard one. In other words, all he has to do, is complete the drop-off. Furthermore, the marionette delivery is much like its name. The courier arrives at the pickup location. However, it is the courier that must assemble the delivery cargo. Likewise the assembly of the cargo, is the actual delivery.
1courier feels confused just thinking about it. The material was too specialized to be handled by anyone other than a pro. Therefore the courier is the pro. But only through an AI interface. In fact, it is the AI that does all the work. The courier is merely along for the ride. So to speak. The courier is the marionette, and the AI, is the string controlling the marionette.
Tales of the Courier
1courier arrives at the laboratory just a few minutes late. There is no activity on the outside of the structure. However, he knows the interior is where he must handle the pickup. At this point he wonders if he will vanish. The thought crosses his mind, and then it is expunged, by a loud and startling noise. The main door of the structure, opens with a loud working of hidden gears. The sound echoes all around him.
The interior is well lit, and he feels surprised by the clean look and simple architecture. The podium is in the center of the room. There are no attendants. Furthermore, the place was not meant to be comfortable. Additionally, the AI interface sits atop a podium in the center of the room. He will have to wear the headset and the goggles in order to have a virtual link with the AI. Then 1courier becomes the marionette.
As he dons the headset and goggles, he can’t help but wonder if they worked out all the bugs. Then there is a slight pinching sensation, behind his eyes. Then the world dims. One second later, light erupts in front of 1courier’s eyes, and the scene of a strange world forms all around him. The air is no longer transparent, but mist-like instead. Furthermore, there are atmospheric storms all around. 1courier has time to think ‘how odd’, and then the ground disappears and he is falling. Free falling, into a darkness deeper than night.
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