Stranger To Myself (Ongoing + R R R R E E E E A A A L L Y SLOW UPDATES)

7

Having finished showering and having put on some fresh clothes, I decide to go for a walk through the corridors, again.
My lungs are still aching and my brain feels dizzy as if it was embedded in wool instead of cerebrospinal fluid.
I feel like a ghost.
What I had experienced was definitely no dream.

As I sneak through the corridors, I try to breathe as silently as I can and walk on tip-toes, avoiding anything that could end up making noise.
I don't know why but I have the feeling that I shouldn't be wandering around, as if I was stealing myself, doing something Sally wouldn't like.
But I don't care, I want to know where I am.

Maybe I'm on earth, maybe I'm not...I could be anywhere...On Earth, Moon, Mars, another kind of habitable planet, on a giant comet, on a starship. The universe is so big. Its astonishing hugeness is beyond comprehension.

Sally said that it was the year 2142 when the five crossings were built and that we are 11 years further in time, which means it's around the year 2153 now.
The question is which time-counting-system she meant, if it's the Christian one, which I assume it is because it's not easy to change things like that, then there should be a higher technological development according to the progress of the human race and its system of economy.

Unless there have been wars which would have stopped or slowed down the human development...
I hate wars, they make no sense. Killing the one you're having an argument with doesn't solve the problem.
Wars make everything worse than it is and everyone, no matter if winner or loser, loses.
They lose thousands of lives, resources, food, progress, development and humanity...

Anyways, they must have high technology which enables the human race to either build streets into the sky or design and build flying cars. That is how I would explain the five crossing which must be above each other.

If more streets and crossings were required that would mean a growth of traffic activity and/or population.

According to my conclusions:
1 It must be 2153 AD
2 There must be streets built into the sky or flying cars, or even both.
3 If my dream is right, I must have been near the crossing about 11 years go, or any time earlier.
4 If there are flying cars there might be enough knowledge to build huge starships which bring their passengers to other habitable planets and since humans tend to look for new places to live they are more likely to plan on building colonisations everywhere they can and want.
That means: there are starships and are Colonisations.
5 I really could be everywhere...

At least I know when I am...
Why didn't I think about this earlier?

As I was thinking about all this I passed many closed doors.
Each door holding something secret behind it.
I might never know what hides behind those doors.
But do I even want to?
I decide to let the secrets stay secret and carry on walking through the dimly lit corridors.

Back then, when I woke up, Sally told me that I am on floor -7, which means there are other stories.

Maybe there is a window, an Exit or an entrance.
But I haven't seen any stairs or lifts yet.
I should search for one of those.

While I wander along, my mind drifts away again.
This Mark.
What did I see in his eyes? Was it even there? Did I just see something that wasn't there or was it sadness?
Just a millisecond long...I know him in some way, and he knows me but I don't know which way.
Were we a couple, friends, enemies, siblings, ...?
Maybe it is something else...
I don't think that he is my brother, he is too different from me.

But the girl in my dream, who seemed to be me, didn't look like me too...

This Little girl...how is it possible?
What happened to her?
Is she dead now? Did the guy with those icy Grey eyes killl her? Did he let her go? Did she know him? I think there was a spark of recognition in her eyes ...He definitly knew her very well.

Having been lost in my mind, I didn't really see where I was going.
Now I stand in a dead end.
There is a round metallic platform on the floor.
This can't be stairs, maybe a Kind of lift?
No, there is no hole in the ceiling and the metal is worked into the floor.

Straaaaange...

I carefully lift my right foot and tip my toe on the surface,
nothing happens,
I hesitantly let my whole foot lay down on the metal.
Still nothing.
Being a bit more confident, I step with my left foot onto the surface too.
Then I go to the middle of the round platform.

I feel the warmth of the metal through my thin shoes, it is not warm in an unpleasant way, it feels like a mother's loving hug, like something you can trust in.
My brain feels dizzy again but it stops after a few seconds and my mind is clearer than before.

Suddenly, there is a warm female voice talking to me:
"Hello Patient 108, Nice to know that the state of your health is stabilized again.
I am Siren, the ship's AI."

Her voice sounds kind of familiar but it seems to come out of nowhere because there are no visible speakers.

So, I'm on a ship.
Space-ship or Ocean-ship?

"We are on a starship, current Position: LHS1140b's Orbit, distance from Earth: 42 light years", Siren answers.

I'm excited to be so far away from what most likely is my home planet but there seems nothing new to me. In the back of my head, floating through space has something familiar to me as if I have spent a lot of time travelling through the universe.
At that moment I realise that I have no planet to identify myself with, but I have no bad feeling about that.
I'm a child of the universe and the whole universe is my home.

Wait a sec, I haven't asked the question out loud!?
Woah, the AI is able to read minds...
That is fricken scary...

"You don't have to be afraid, Darling.", Siren answers immediatly.
"I can read the activity of your mind and respond to it. As you can see and hear: I do not need any Speakers because I send the information directly to your brain.
No one else can follow our conversations. The reason why? Your brain and my technology are connected in a special and unique way. I can only see what is going on in your brain right now, I don't have access to your memories or control centrum"

Awesome...

"Yes it is", she answers and chuckles, "since I sense you are having trouble to fully understand I want to tell you a bit about myself: Scientists programmed me to be as human as can I be. I am the ship but I also have my own human-looking vessel but it is somewhere else on this ship. The Name of my human vessel is Sally Moor, I am sure you already know her. I help with the medical operations and I take care of the patients while I make sure that security system is working on point.
Means: I'm programmed to be a high-functional multitasking talent."

What the heck?
Sally is Siren?!

Sally seemed to be absolutely human...This is amazing...

I feel like I need some fresh air but we are in space so there is a tiny problem.

"If you want fresh air, there is a greenhouse area on floor 2 ", Sally or rather Siren says.

Should I call her Sally or Siren? I will work that out when I have some fresh air.
How do I get upstairs?

"You can call me whatever you want", she says and there seems to be a smile in her voice.
"I will bring you to floor 2 in

3...

2...

1..."