Book 1 Chapter 5: Outsmarted

After a good enough rest and eating, (even if the food was tough to eat). Venus made her way to the server room. She couldn't find her boss anywhere. So she decided to talk to Joshua about it. He practically lives in this room.

In the server room, there were multiple monitors for security. Not only outside of their base but the area in general. The cameras were also placed in the forest. That way they could watch the creature's movement.

"Joshua! Are you here?" Venus asked.

Not seeing the man right away. She checked near the computer screen. He's an Otaku. People like him are usually into anime. Here, he created digital computer-like screens. It had digital keyboards and everything.

"We are over here!" Joshua called out.

She followed his voice into a smaller room, which was still part of their headquarters. It had couches, a small table, and a digital TV screen. There were other small pieces of furniture as well. It looked like a lounge area. He even had a small fridge.

Joshua himself was playing a digital video game with a 20-year-old looking boy she doesn't know.

"Let me finish this game with Robert. I won't take long." Joshua said.

"Okay, no problem." She replied.

She sat on a different couch from them. They were on the main big couch in front of the TV. She looked at Robert, he had brown hair. He was kind of thin. Doesn't look like he has done any type of exercise. Pretty scrawny would be the word Venus would use.

Robert glanced at Venus with a smile. "Hello, I'm Robert. I would shake your hand but I need to teach Joshua a lesson! And that is, he can't beat me at this game!"

"Oh, yeah?! We'll see about that!" Joshua retorted.

They seem very friendly and playful. Joshua has been down ever since he got here. Now that he has a friend, he looks more comfortable with himself. Playing games with someone else can have a positive effect.

The game in question was a fighting game. Robert's character was a fairly buff man, swinging his arms around. Joshua's character was a petite girl with martial arts skills.

Fighting games are not exactly Venus's type of genre. Although she has played RPGs quite often. When she's not working or studying for exams.

She wondered if Joshua could make a game for her. The characters look pretty detailed though. They obviously put a lot of work into their fighting game. So if they'd made something for her, that'd be awesome!

"Haha! I beat you!" Robert said proudly.

"Oh well! Maybe next time I'll get you! GG!" Joshua cheered.

"Not likely, but GG anyway!" Robert repeated.

As he promised, Robert then offered Venus a handshake which she accepted.

"It would seem that we'll be working together. I will be the mechanic of the group. I will be fixing whatever machines you need." Robert said.

"So, we really do have machines now? Not just appliances?" Venus asked.

"Yes and no. The games for example were made by both me and Joshua. He can do coding and technical work, but with me, I'm able to structure what he makes. I created the game aspect of his code. He doesn't need me anymore for that regard, but we're still learning how our combined skills work." Robert said.

"Combined skills? Sarah mentioned the refrigerator and other things were made with Jenny, Danny, and your powers. That's pretty cool." Venus said.

"Yeah, that's what I wanted to talk to you about! Venus, we are learning to combine powers. I want to try it with you. Although, you never really talked about yours." Joshua said.

"If we can do things together, I would like to try it with you. However, all I can do is look through walls. So I'm useless to you. Because we can't share vision, there's not really much I can do with anyone." Venus said.

"Have you ever tried?'' Robert asked.

"No…" Venus said.

"Then you wouldn't actually know if you don't try. You'll be surprised by how many powers we have combined so far. You would think it wouldn't work and yet it does!" Robert said.

"You seem to take this new world pretty lightly. Didn't your family freak out when you got here?" Venus asked.

"We did, but that was like hours ago. You know, when you were 'busy'?" Robert smiled.

"Oh, wow, sorry about that. I guess we were releasing stress…" Venus said.

"It's all good! You're here now. Now tell us what exactly is your power." Robert asked.

"Well, as I mentioned before it's x-ray," Venus said.

"Are you sure? Because some of us thought that it was just one thing, but we had more power than we thought. Have you thought of any other traits? Like night-vision for example." Robert asked.

"Night-vision? No, I have never tried. I don't even like the dark." Venus said.

"It will be only for a little while. If we are going to make it out of this ordeal then we need to improve our skills." Robert turned off all the lights. "Anything?"

"No, It was a nice idea to try, but I can't see shit! Not even my x-ray works in the dark. I can see the daylight outside though. My vision goes only as far as I normally would see it." Venus said.

"Hmm, I am sure we will think of something else," Joshua said.

'I have my brainpower, but should I tell them about that…?' Venus thought then decided to disclose some of her information.

"I'm not entirely sure, but sometimes the world slows down for me. I then put my thoughts into overdrive. I can think of ways to get out of a situation sometimes." Venus said.

"Really, that's cool! You mean like a general?" Robert said.

"I didn't know you had that power. How come you didn't tell me?" Joshua asked in a hurt tone.

"I didn't think it was relevant. I have always thought about things in our other world. So I didn't think it's a big deal. It's not even a strong power." Venus said.

"Well... I may have a way to make you stronger. I can't do it for myself, which is weird, I get only code programs for others." Joshua said.

"Hmmm? What do you mean?" Venus asked.

"I can't change someone's personality or anything, only others' powers," Joshua said.

"He will need your full consent to do it. How he does it is considered a combined skill. Everyone is different. Maybe when he codes you. It would help your knowledge." Robert said.

"Okay, so what do we have to do?" Venus asked.

The two men looked at each other.

"You don't have to do anything... Just let me touch your core." At the end of Joshua's sentence, he got a little shy.

"You want to touch my core? What does that even mean?" Venus was confused.

"He won't do anything inappropriate with you. It's not a physical touch." Robert said.

"Well, I trust Joshua, he has been respectful so far. Okay, I will let you touch my core, whatever that means." Venus said.

Joshua nervously shimmies towards Venus. He placed his hand between her breasts. Oddly enough she didn't feel it. His arm was replaced by data. There were blue ones, and zeros Binary codes touching her.

"Try using your thinking skill. I went to see if we could make something." Joshua said.

"All I have to do is use it?" Venus asked.

"Pretty much. I will basically look for it in my search mode. Once I scan it, I can utilize the skill with you." Joshua said.

"Okay, I'll try," Venus said.

She wasn't sure what to think about. She decided to think simple.

"I see it. Now let's see what I can do with it." Joshua said then went silent. It was like he was thinking. "This is pretty amazing. I can think of so many things right now!"

"Are you telling me you are using my skill?" Venus asked.

"I'm sorry, but yes… I'm just borrowing it. I can't actually take it from you, so don't worry. I am simply looking at your core's code. Using your learning skill and my game skill together. Our combined skill allows me to level a person up. I have the power to save code and apply it to anyone. So even without us, other people can use it. With this code, your abilities will level. I don't mean just numbers. There are some games where the numbers don't actually matter. However, I am happy to say that your skills would be more efficient with every level." Joshua said.

"That's awesome man! Make me level up too!" Robert was excited.

"No problem! I plan to do this for everyone. I will code it to let the person themselves name the skill as they wish." Joshua said.

"Nice! This sounds like it'll be helpful to everyone." Venus said.

"Yep! Just give me about two minutes then I'll be done." Joshua said then concentrated. "Alright. That should do it. Try using some of your skills naturally. It will prompt you to name the skill you use. After that, you are able to improve your skill. My advice is to try every skill you can think of." Joshua said.

"Okay, well... I will try it now." Venus said.

She decided to use her x-ray first. Like always, she saw their naked bodies then under their skin.

*****

A new skill has been added to you. You have the ability to see through objects. Would you like to name it? Yes/No?

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"Oh wow! It actually worked!" Venus cheered.

She named the skill {X-ray} of course. The next one was her thinking ability. It was called, {Brain power}. As for learning about names or anything simple and quick, it was called {Study}.

"Now me! I want to level!" Robert pouted.

"On my way." Joshua went to code Robert.

"Okay Joshua, I pretty much have done everything I can do," Venus said.

"Are you sure? How far did you push your abilities?" Joshua asked while still coding Robert.

"Well, time didn't stop for me like it did in the beginning. I would need to think of something much heavier to activate it now." Venus said.

"I see. So your brainpower doesn't slow down unless you overthink something?" Robert asked.

"Lately, yes. Even if I want to use it now, I can't." Venus said.

"So basically you need a problem to solve. That shouldn't be too hard, we can make a puzzle game." Joshua said.

"Oh! I have a better idea! You should play a fast-thinking game like RTS!" Robert suggested.

"Sure, games like that work too." Joshua agreed.

"What's RTS?" Venus asked.

Joshua finished coding Robert, then he fully regarded Venus.

"It means Real-Time Strategy. They're different types of that genre. The most common ones are you playing as a general, and telling your troops where to go. Games like that require finesse. Sometimes you may need to think about resources, positions for your men, and make sure your people don't die while killing the enemy." Joshua explained.

"I never played a game like that. I mainly play RPGs." Venus said.

"It's technically the same concept depending on the RTS," Joshua said.

"Okay, I'll try it," Venus said.

"Alright. We will make an easy game. Something a beginner can handle." Robert said.

"Umm… Venus, can you wait outside for a bit? We are going to make the game." Joshua said.

"How come? You're not able to make it while I'm here?" Venus asked.

"It's because this guy is shy. He doesn't like people watching him work." Robert said.

"No, it's not that. I just get nervous when a pretty-… I just get nervous, okay…?" Joshua asked in a murmur.

"Alright, I will be back. I guess." Venus said then she went to the main server room.

She didn't really follow all of their nerd talks, but she understood the leveling system. She was very curious to see what new skills she can get with this experiment.

"There you are. I was wondering when you're going to show up." Samuel said from behind her.

"Oh, hi boss, you wanted to see me?" Venus asked.

"There are a lot of things I want to talk to you about, but I will get to the main point. I have evaluated David. We decided to release him. I want you to keep an eye on him. If he tries anything, let me know. I will likely have Joshua and Robert create something to keep him from hurting anyone." Samuel said.

"Okay, I don't mind keeping an eye on him, but why me?" Venus asked.

"You said that you want to help, right? As of now, it is your job. I am making you my head manager. You will oversee all of the teams and organize things for me. If you feel like a job is too big, don't fight small fires. Give multiple tasks to everyone else if you need to. The main reason why I picked you out of everyone here. You have proven that you are pretty smart for this job." Samuel said.

"Thank you, sir. I will not let you down!" Venus said.

"I'm happy to hear that." Samuel smiled.

Venus didn't like that he's a cheating man, but outside of her personal feelings, she respects him as a boss. He hasn't ridiculed her in any way. Nor has he given her a reason to believe that he's a bad guy, other than his cheating.

"Today, I want you to work as the official manager. The main problem we are facing is communicating with the town. The initial idea was to go up there and talk to them, but as I watched through Randall's dog. I see that the town has been through a lot with the creature's attacks. There might be a chance they will be hostile towards us. I will leave it completely in your hands to come up with a solution for communication." Samuel said.

"Okay sir, I have no problem with this task," Venus said. She got a screen saying that she accepted the task he gave her. "Is there anything else I should know?"

"I'm pretty sure there's plenty that you probably should know. However, it is for you to figure out what that is. I will be busy for quite some time. Let me know what you decide to do with the town." Samuel said then walked away.

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{Analyzing Samuel's words}

He said all of this stuff like it's a test. Did he make me head manager to see if I can handle the job? He was being extremely cryptic on purpose. Fine, if you want to see what my brainpower can do then. I am willing to give this my all. This does give me an opportunity to use my skill more. So it's not just him who wants to test my full power!

{Conclusion: Do my best to pass his test!}

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"Hey, Venus. I didn't want to disturb you while you're talking to Mr. Samuel. But we are ready." Joshua said.

"Okay," Venus said.

Joshua led her to a new room. There were 10 computer screens with keyboards, mouse, and everything. Both Joshua and Roberts's power combined was amazing.

"Do you prefer a keyboard or controller? I personally will be using the keyboard myself.' Joshua said.

"I prefer controllers but I will use a keyboard for this," Venus said.

She chose a computer to sit in front of. When she saw the title screen. It had colorful artwork of soldiers. They gave it game music and everything.

"As mentioned before, the game is quite simple. You take the most resources, then defeat our troops. We'll give you more resources than us to start with since this is a 2v1." Robert said.

"Wait, you both are fighting me?" Venus said.

"We're not doing this to win, but only to get your brain powers going. Don't worry, me and him are not great at these games either. Yes, we created it but actually playing it is different from programming it. So, you might win!" Robert said.

"You're free to stop at any point. I don't want you to feel like we're bullying you." Joshua said.

"Okay, that's fine then…" Venus said. She was getting nervous.

"Good Luck!" Robert cheered.

Joshua set up the match. Like they told her, she had more resources, land, and men. Although, she had no idea what to do with it all… When she saw their troops gather trees and other types of resources to build things, she did the same.

The boys added a rulebook to the options. She looked at it once in a while but not too much. She didn't want to fall behind. She split her prosperities around her land to become stronger to get more stuff. She didn't really pay too much attention to things she can't do yet. Only bringing information when she needed it.

"We have already prepared our troops to attack you. I'm only telling you this because this is basically a mock game. Not to be taken seriously, but you will be destroyed if you don't act fast." Joshua suggested.

"Wait, what?! You are already done?! I haven't even trained my guys yet!" Venus yelled.

'This is bad! If these were real people who depended on me, I would probably get them killed... Normally I wouldn't take any type of game seriously. But after what Samuel told me, I would have to manage a bunch of groups. Then figure out how to deal with the village. We also have those monsters to worry about. So I should probably at least try to win this game no matter what! Even if it's fake. I want to get stronger!' Venus thought.

She glanced at her kingdom's surroundings. She needed to figure out how to prevent their guys from killing her forces. She didn't have too many resources left and her guys weren't really ready.

Her world slowed.

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{Analyzing strategy solution}

Come on, if this was a life-and-death situation. I must be prepared for people coming to kill us. I can do this!

I need to think about my resources. If only these stupid characters could think for themselves. This way I would only have to worry about small things at a time. These are simple tasks, they don't really need me for some of this. Like that group, for example, all they have to do is cut down trees. We could block them off with a wood wall. If these guys work without me buying the structures. I can use my money to train my other guys!

The controls Joshua and Robert gave me are amazing, but quite limited to what I'm capable of in real life. I need to think! I need to push myself! Get inside of my troop's heads. All of you need to listen! Do things on your own!

{Conclusion: Convince my guys to build walls and traps while I handle the important resources.}

*****

Time went back to normal.

'I haven't done that in a long time! I guess I'm really into this.' She thought.

Venus looked at her men then tried to mentally command them. Tell them what she wanted them to do.

Right before her eyes, eight of her normal basic soldiers branched off from her undeveloped troops. They cut down some trees then placed them to make a wall. She had no idea what she had just done. It's almost like they thought like her too. Two of the guys use some materials to make traps. While Joshua and Robert's incoming soldiers were approaching. Venus's men were getting ready. Eventually, several traps were made. There are pitfalls, logs swing set up on the trees, Venus's men are now ready. When the boys' forces got there. Their troops mindlessly fell for all traps. In the meantime, she paid for training, building tower defenses, turning commoners into mages, and healers. From now on she only did upgrades. The stuff her man did on their own didn't cost her anything.

"What the fuck is going on here?!" Robert exclaimed.

"How are you doing this?! We didn't program that!" Joshua joined.

"I don't know! I am just simply doing-… I-I don't know what I'm doing!" Venus stuttered.

"You suddenly made them smarter! That's what you doing! How is that possible?! You are overwriting the program! You are cheating!" Robert yelled.

"Well, technically it's not cheating. I did program them to listen to her. Also, isn't this what we wanted? Her thinking power is growing." Joshua said while trying to be optimistic.

"Wait, what?! But she can make them smarter! How is that even fair?!" Robert was getting extremely annoyed. His guys were getting completely destroyed.

Venus's thinking men did things she didn't think of. They trained other men on their own. One felt it was necessary to become a Huntsman. He literally suggested to Venus, herself, that she can make hunters or archers. She knew Joshua coded messages and words in the game, but she didn't think that a dialog box would pop up then talk to her. The first thing she did was make this guy an elite soldier. He had his own individual {Army}. He controlled whatever she couldn't micromanage.

Venus didn't need to waste any more training points, no resource coins, or Command Tokens. All she needed to do was completely build her castle. With the help of her army, they push back two entire forces to their own castles. Then destroyed their Kingdoms to end the battle.

"Alright! I won!" Venus cheered when she saw the victory screen.

"This is bullshit! What the fuck just happened?!" Robert yelled.

"Calm down! As I said, the whole purpose of this was to help her learn skills! This was a success!" Joshua said.

"I don't fucking care! I'm not going to play with a cheater!" Robert storms out of the room, leaving Joshua and Venus by themselves.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cheat…" Venus said.

"Don't worry about it! He'll get over it. Especially when you use your skills to help our actual group! Was this a new skill?" Joshua said.

"I think. I have never done that before. Let me check my interface." Venus said.

Using the interface Joshua has given everyone. She was able to check all the skills she has. She has named all her other skills except for one new one. She read what it said.

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Unnamed skill: This will allow you to tell someone to think for themselves. Solve their own problems. Would you like to name this skill? Yes / No?

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Venus named it, {Think for yourselves}.

"Yeah, this is definitely an interesting skill! I didn't expect to have this. Thank you for pushing me to play that hard." Venus said.

"It's like we told you before. The more we use our powers. The more we can think of ways to utilize them to the fullest. We can come up with some crazy things. I can't say that I expected you to actually control your guys either." Joshua said.

"Well, I didn't actually control them. They made their own decisions. I just simply gave them a way to do it on their own." Venus said.

"What are they doing now?" Joshua questioned.

"Nothing, the screen is frozen. It's asking if I like to exit the game."

"Now that you have this skill. I am curious to see how far you can go with this. Me and Robert have been creating games since he got here. If you don't mind, would you help make a character do what you just did…" Joshua said. He was getting more embarrassed as he talked.

"Are you going to make a girl character? You want me to make her think for herself, right?" She had a teasing tone.

"Yes, but, oh, well, you don't have to if you don't want to. I just, I just want to see if you can do it. That's all I mean... it's not... I'm not going to do anything weird. You know what, it is best for us not to do this right now, and…" Joshua endlessly stammers on.

"It's okay Joshua, just show me the girl. We'll see what happens." Venus wanted to be supportive while trying to calm him down.

"Okay... well... Can you give me a moment while I create the game? I will put it on my main computer... So I can... see if they last a long time on their own... For study purposes…"

"Sure, Joshua. I'll wait outside, don't worry, take your time." Venus went, leaving him to his work.

About 20 minutes later he called her to his room. He stayed near the server room. His private room had a bed and other things, but she saw he had a large TV. There were two girls on the screen. One had pink hair and the other had purple hair. They were sexy in a petite way; they didn't have big breasts or anything, they were just adorable girls in maid outfits.

"Aww! They are so cute! What are their names?" Venus exclaimed.

"I was thinking of calling them Seph and Judy. I haven't programmed them to do anything yet. I was wondering if that would matter to your powers." Joshua said softly.

"Okay, let's try it," Venus said.

Like before she tried to convince them to be their own person, do things on their own.

"I think it's working,'' Joshua said.

"Yes, but all they are doing is walking around. They have no idea what to do. Also, this is a small world. Maybe you should give them a house and things to do." Venus said while watching the girls on the screen.

"Okay, I will do that." Joshua made a simple house. They still weren't doing much. They opened things and walked a little, nothing more. "Maybe I would actually program them."

"Wait, should we combine skills again? Maybe you can use my thinking skills to make them intelligent."

"That's a good idea!" Joshua nodded.

Together they made a code called, {A.I}.

"Kay, let's see what happens," Venus said.

"Ummm... can you go outside for a bit..?" Joshua said.

"Oh come on Joshua! If you're going to do this, then do it! Or else I'm going to do something else entirely. I have other stuff to do, you know! Let's get this over with!" Venus yelled.

They have been at this between 1-2 hours. She still needed to do her job.

"Okay…" Joshua was embarrassed.

He places his hands on the screen. He was touching both characters' chests in order to code their core, so Joshua says... After the coding, they perform tasks. They did whatever Interesting things that seemed good at the time. He made them maids, so they cleaned. Joshua didn't have to tell them to do anything.

"You know, Joshua. If you truly are going to do what I think you're going to do with them. Why don't you make a character for yourself to join them." Venus teased.

"Wait! That's not what I was going to do with them! That's not, that's not it!" Joshua uttered.

"Sure! Sure! Prove it! Make new characters for me and you to control! And no! I'm not leaving while you do it, just make some basic ones if you want."

"As I said, it's not like that! I don't want to put myself in there."

"Then make another girl character for me. You don't have to put yourself in it. I will see what I can do for them. Maybe I can help them please your desires and curiosities." Venus teased more.

Joshua reluctantly made a character for Venus. She didn't look exactly like her, but it was good enough. He didn't want to put Venus on his personal screen, so he added it to her interface.

"You can connect with them using this program. When you log in, you will see them whenever you want to train them for... You-you know what, you don't have to-! Let's not do this!" Joshua seemed to not want Venus to see this stuff. She was a hot girl talking to him about hentai. Of course, he would never admit that's what he wanted, but he realized Venus read his intentions.

"It's okay, Joshua! I feel like this is perfectly natural for a young man such as yourself to want things like this! I love sex too! If I can do whatever I want with my life, so can you. I would rather you do this, than hurt a girl in real life." Venus said.

"I would never! I wouldn't hurt them!"

"Good! I am happy to hear that! I will teach them how to serve you. This will be our little secret." Venus smiles.

Joshua held his hand on his face in embarrassment. He didn't want to look at Venus because of shame.

Using her character, Venus spoke with the girls on a screen through her own screen. "Hello, Seph and Judy. How are you two today?"

The girls looked at Venus's character curiously. They moved their mouths but they were not sure how to say anything.

"Did you give them a speech function, Joshua?" Venus asked.

"Oh, no!" Joshua said.

"Well please do so. If you plan to fuck them, they should make noises. I know, I know, it's not like that… But even these girls are only on your screen. You should be able to talk to them. Just don't get too attached to them. I don't want you to feel heartbroken if something happens to them." Venus said.

"Oh, don't worry, I won't…" Joshua lied.

"Good! Now add the speech function." Venus said.

Joshua touched their boobs/core again then recoded them to do various things, like talk, jump, run, and other human emotions.

"I am done," Joshua said quietly.

"Okay, so ladies. Can you speak to me? Tell me how are you two feeling?" Venus said to her screen.

"I am feeling okay." Seph, the purple-haired girl said.

"I am pretty much the same," Judy, the pink-haired girl said.

"I am Venus. I will be teaching you how to be ladies if you don't mind." Venus said.

"Where are we exactly?" Seph asked.

"You are in a game world. Me and Joshua have created you. I want you to know that you have the right to say no to whatever we ask of you. If you feel uncomfortable in any way then simply say no. Do you mind sitting with me?" Venus decided to be very direct with them. Her character guided them to a chair, then they sat down.

"If you feel like you want something, I'm sure Joshua would want to please you two. Just simply ask him for something and he will give it to you. Ain't that right, Joshua?" Venus continued.

Joshua nodded while the girls were trying to understand what's going on.

"You speak of a Joshua, but I only see you," Seph said.

"He is shy... Also, he hasn't made a character for himself yet. I'm sure eventually you will meet him personally." Venus explained.

"Are we trapped in this place? You seem to be currently here now, but you talk as if you are somewhere else. Am I wrong to think this? Where are you, exactly?" Seph asked.

"Wow... you are smart... I didn't think you would catch on so quickly... Technically, you are trapped here. Because we have no idea how to get you out of the world you're in. I'm going to be very direct with you both. You are not real in the same way as us…" Venus said.

"I understand that we are new. Yet I weirdly understand you fully. It's like my brain is telling me to process what you are saying, and it makes sense. I know what a chair is. I know what you mean by the real world, but what I don't understand is what exactly are we... What do you mean by Game World? How are the 'Real World' and 'Game World' different? To me, my world is real, but you're implying it's not..." Seph studies the character in front of her, trying to understand her meaning.

To be honest, this was making both Venus and Joshua quite uncomfortable.

"I feel like we have done something wrong here... We gave you the power to think for yourselves, but I feel that we made a mistake here…" Venus said.

"It was a mistake to give us, thought? Are you going to take it away from us?" Judy asked.

"Ummm…. I am honestly not sure how to handle this situation. This is not only new to you, but new to me as well…. What exactly do you two want to do?" Venus was getting nervous.

The girls looked at each other, they were also unsure.

"I don't know about her, but I have no idea from this conversation. You are just basically saying we have no purpose, other than to be here. So far, our life is to clean and accept things you choose to give us. What we actually are is what I want to know… I think… I need time to think..." Seph said. She didn't look mad, just confused.

"Are we able to talk to you again? Maybe we will tell you what we think at a later time." Judy said. She didn't talk much, but that didn't mean she was less confused about what was happening.

"Sure! You can talk to me anytime! I have you on my interface, so call me whenever you feel like it!" Venus said.

"Just like you coming to our world, can we come to yours?" Judy asked.

"I don't know... Joshua, is there a way to bring them to us?" Venus asked.

"Not really. Robert can make a robot body for them. For now, I can make it to where they can see us through a 2-way camera. I have no idea other than that." Joshua said.

"So, that's Joshua. I hear his voice through your avatar, Venus. Nice to meet you, Joshua!" Judy cheered.

"Umm… Nice to meet you too… I am sorry… We didn't mean to make you this way…" Joshua replied.

"Don't be sorry you gave us life and don't take it away from us... Please." Seph said.

"I, ummm… Okay, I can keep you two safe…" Joshua said, inside, he was freaking out.

"Joshua, give them their own interfaces. This way they can talk to us at any time. Oh, when you give them access to our cameras, make sure we can turn them on and off. I may not want them to see what I do every second. Let's make this situation comfortable for everyone." Venus said.

"Okay, I will see what I can do… Oh, can you give me your phone? Me and Robert are trying to work on apps. Because everyone has a different type of phone. We're seeing how we can add new functions to the interface itself." Joshua said.

"Really, sure! I don't know about everyone else, but I constantly check and see if the phone would work. It would be awesome if you two can give us the internet!" Venus said.

"That will be kind of difficult without a strong signal. Even so, it will be only us who have it."

"I am sure you two will come up with something that works for anyone. Anyway, I will be going to see if I can communicate with the village." Venus said goodbye to Seph and Judy then logged out.

She left the room thinking about the first thing she should do.

'I want to talk with Willow. See if she is fine with David being released. To be honest, I am more worried about our people than the village as of now.' Venus thought then set off on her way.