֍ 9th of February 2008 ֍

֍ 9th of February 2008 ֍

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'"AHHHH!!!!"'

Esmond and Carter were both screaming their throats hoarse as Esmond woke up to Carter staring at him from the end of the bed.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM CARTER!!"

"TO TELL YOU MUM HAS BEEN CALLING FOR YOUR DUMBASS!!"

"IF NEITHER OF YOU QUIENTEN UP I'M GONNA COME UP THEIR AND SHUT MY FOO - … HONEY STAPH!!"

Daniel hadn't made it halfway up the stairs before his darling wife through her slippers at his head from the kitchen.

Because of the bath in the essence their bodies had significantly changed from their reflexes to strength and how fast their minds worked.

The moment Ruby heard Daniel bad mouth her boys, she kicked up her leg and caught her slipper mid-air before launching it with her body weight behind it.

Daniel had to take a serious dive forward and use the railings of the stairs as a guard for his body.

His hands covered his head, shaking after he heard the THUD made by the slippers as they head the wall next to him.

"Say another word to the boys… and I'll end you fool…"

"… Boys… food is ready…

Don't fight…"

Daniel cautiously got up, and slowly moved back, making sure not to stick his head up higher than the railing… just in case.

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"Carter, tell me why you were standing by my bed like that?!"

Esmond was sitting beside Carter at the dining table outside, as they enjoyed the morning and beautiful serenity of the space.

Ruby had a cheerful smile as usual watching her boys eating and chatting together, ignoring the hateful glare Esmond had for Carter who seemed nonchalant, and her own husband was massaging his chest that was sore from her solid punch.

"… Because I can…"

"Because you fucking can…?!"

"Language Esmond…"

"Sorry mum…"

Esmond looked at Carter hateful, who smugly ate his breakfast, filling his face, as his eyes said, 'eat shit Esmond'.

Not wanting to deal with Carter right now, he thought about asking Echo instead.

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>Affirmative, last night the Necthea Institute was given access to the Virtual Labs as we were finally able to match the number of virtual gear sets with the current scientists and future additions to the Institute<

'How have they been doing?'

Esmond was chatting with Echo through the mind connect that was automatically established once the A.Is entered the space.

It was connected through Carter's system connection, as he was an artificial system spirit so he knew everything that was happening, even the conversation Esmond was having with Echo, but he couldn't care as he was focused on eating.

>The scientists have opened 9 new projects that were accepted by the library, as a majority have focused on completing the projects you have opened already…

However, I believe that's down to Sir Carters suggestive actions<

Esmond looked up at Carter, wondering what he had done, but his sly face wasn't going to open and let Esy know…

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>The users worked on finishing the partly started projects that needed finishing, such as the ships, aircrafts, helicopters, tanks, trucks, and many the military vehicle variations you created.

So far, the G.A.E humans and Zadrisians have recreated weapons from their past while also developing a new range of pulse cannons that use the power cells.

They've also created a new radar system that works through a low radio frequency that resonates through the ogryx alloy or infused materials that make up various items and objects<

Esmond was delighted to find out the scientists were making the most of the opportunity they were given and weren't wasting time.

After he finished his breakfast with the family, Esmond left for the institute first so he could chat with Janet, a G.A.E human who'd established two projects during here 9 hours dived into the Virtual World.

One project was the possibility to recreate some of the enhancements they'd experienced so they could improve the genetics of the Zadrisians.

The lab library had accepted her project however it still needed to be refined so it wasn't ready to be brought out into the space to be created however the second project she created was mind boggling.

Esmond was actually anticipating 2012 so he could go ahead and watch the marvel film, The Avengers, so he could possibly learn the schematic designs of the helicarrier, but Janet had created her own version with some help from the other creative scientists.

They used the engines Esmond created plus the knowledge they already had to make it an operational vehicle that could fly within the air, as well as land on the sea or ground and continue operations without a problem.

He had to look over it closely and inspect her design before finalising everything and asking Carter to create it within the space, however he wanted to meet with Janet first as Esmond wanted her opinion on some matters.

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"You would like me to lead my own team?" Janet was trying to understand why her lord was asking her to take on such a role without any previous experience under her belt, however Esmond insisted on her to take the role he created for her.

"Please Janet, I would be delighted.

The flying aircraft carrier you've created is amazing and I have to say that I would like you to continue producing such amazing projects, if not train and manage the team in your control…"

Esmond also told her about his plans to work on the aircraft carrier since he wanted to make some adjustments or improvements which Janet didn't mind.

However, he wanted her to get started on the clone technology.

Carter had already download Star Wars: Attack of the Clones onto his laptop, which he eagerly wanted to play so he could steal some Kaminoan tech that could help him out with expediting the work on producing Hitman Agents.

But he refused to focus solely on fictional worlds as he had a crapton of information in his mind anyway, though it might not let him create certain items from science fiction, it would still be enough to blow anyone's mind.

Esmond continued to chat away with Janet while some of his newest employees were being hounded by Eddie and Echo as they dealt with the merger of their company.

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"Louis… didn't I say this would fucking happen…

OUR FUCKING PROJECT IS GONE!!"

"Calm down…

There has to be something going on…"

Louis looked at his friend and business partner, Felix, who was shaken to the core because of the actions of the new company they were a part of.

They were currently working under the management of Primal Management that had complete control over the company, taking control over the servers Gloomy Shadow Games own or rented.

Not only that, but the games also they'd made and sold so far.

Esmond planned to purchase more gaming studios and add them to his various companies that would be owned up his various alias so he could create some healthy challenge to increase the quality of games.

He'd asked Carter to copy the work of GSG so far and get to work editing some of the errors affecting their projects if they were worthwhile.

One such project they took away was the major project of the company that they wanted to debut at the upcoming E3 event in America however it had too many bugs they couldn't fix nor did any publisher want to take them on.

Primal Management had bought out a collapsing electronic company that couldn't compete alongside the giants like Sony, Tencent Games, Microsoft, and others so Primal was currently working hard to rebrand the company and improve operations before entering the market again.

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They'd created a space faring story that sent a lowly person from earth who was kidnapped during the days of civil war in America and became lost in a huge empire building story that gave the player a number of choices to customise their empire.

You could choose not to build a massive empire and work as a mercenary or join another empire, but the number of choices and freedom offered to the player came with a huge number of problems that couldn't be solved by the studio before E3 and led to their collapse in the past from Carter's info.

Echo was working through the bugs and improving the game so it could work on the latest generation of consoles, but it was working to streamline the game so it could be presented before Louis and Felix.

Esmond knew they had a project invested within the company that was their heart and soul which would lead to their failure because they wouldn't be able to deliver the game.

He wanted to show them several versions of the game, from what they could release now with the current generation of consoles and PCs out on the market, but also what it could be if they waited and let it develop.

A VR game that would be like no other in a decade's time.

There was no way Esmond planned to release the VR system, more so the one he planned to release to the general public.

So for now, he was going to make it available for the citizens of the space and also the A.Is so they could play around too.

They had their own personalities and wanted to develop them, so Esmond felt it was fine for the to join the game once it was ready.

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"Should I call the head office and talk with that annoying brat, eto or edick bullshit his name was…"

Felix reached out for his hand phone, ready to call the number of the head office however just as he was about to make the call, Eddie came calling instead.

>Hello Mr Felix Astor, this is Eddie speaking. I've called to inform you about the project codenamed: Stellar Wars which has been confirmed for production, however Mr Manston would like to discuss another option with you.

For that reason, your flights have been booked for Thailand on the 14th of February.

Itinerary will be sent to your email as well as Mr Louis Basset.

Mr Manston is excited to meet you, and he hopes on time, on the 15th of February<

Eddies clear and charming voice came from its clear British English speak patterned that made it sound like Mark Strong, making it hard for Felix to argue or refute against as he felt like he would be killed through the phone somehow.

"Who was it, Felix?"

Louis tried to not sound anxious however he could already feel things might not go how they planned.

"… Seems like they found our project… and the boss is fond of it…"

"That's… great!! We should be celebrating!"

Felix scornfully looked at his old friend and wondered for a moment why he ever got into business with him.

Wondering why Louis, someone who would usually pick up things before him, was currently behaving like moronic idiot who knew no less than the difference between an egg and a stone.

'Tch! Better to not say anything for now… hopefully he doesn't claim it as his own or completely mess up what we envision for the game…'

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