Commission - Johan Andersen

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"Johan D. Andersen"
Story By Revan2307

A faint beep and the tapping of fingers resound softly through the room. Johan sits before his holographic monitor, typing.

“Can you give me the Schematics?” he asks towards it.

“I send them directly into your Neural Implant.” A voice gentle and yet mechanical answers.

He stops for a moment, his eyes slightly glowing. Then he continues typing.

“I see…” he murmurs, “...so this is how it works.”

He reaches for a Datapad that’s laying on the side of the desk. His view switches between it and the monitor, like he’s checking things, while slowly typing.

“What’s the status of the Stasis Pods?” he asks.

“All systems operational and members stable.” The voice answers and after a moment she asks, “Do you really think it is right to keep them there, Johan?”

He leans back in his seat and lets his view sink, becoming thoughtful. “What alternative do I have? If I want to save them, I have to keep them away for good. Three fusion bombs detonated in Russia this morning, eight more in China. World War Three is well underway. You did the calculations yourself. Humanity will destroy this world and then? I cannot let them die out there, Cil. I rather take the blame to wake them in a far away future, were everything they know is gone.”

“But the Project has not a hundred percent guaranty for success.” Cil replies.

“And even if it’s just one percent, or 0.1, or even less, they will succeed. She will succeed. She has to!” Johan says with a serious and yet wistful tone, “They already reach for the stars, spreading their destruction and hate, continuing the circle, world after world. Isn’t that be just sad?”

“The Celestial Being Project is quite the endeavor. The Simulations, the Installations. I must admit, I have not encountered someone willing to do such a thing within the millennia of my existence.” Even if it’s mechanical, an admiring tone can be heard in Cil’s voice.

“As you speak of it,...” Johan raises his head, “...how is the status of those?”

A split-second of silence follows and Cil answers, “The drones have started the construction of the Ark and are currently at three percent. It will be transported as planned to it’s destination outside of the Galaxy once it reaches Ten percent. The stasis pods will be transported there shortly after.

The analyzing for the Simulations is at 86 percent. The outline you suggested will be finished within 117 hours.” A moment of silence follows in her voice, as if caught by concern, “Are you really sure, you want to undergo these? As I outlined, the mental damage is irreversible. Repeating so many lives, so many times, will rip your consciousness apart over time. In the end, there will be nothing left of … ‘you’.”

Johan takes a deep breath and puts on a faint smile, “And then ‘she’ will be there in my place. She will be the hope that’s needed. Together with all the others.”

“I understand.” Cil responds sounding faintly wistful, “I thank you for making me realize the error in my mission and giving me the opportunity to correct that.”

“And yet you won’t be there to see it succeed either.” Johan replies at the monitor, also with a slight wistfulness.

“I know, but the analyzes show, that it is the right choice. In the end, I will be like you. A scattered fragment within something else. Gone and yet, there.”

Silence fills the room, moments pass like eternity between them.

“Anyway...” Johan speaks up, breaking the silence “...show me the details on the GN-Drive again, I wanna check them once more.”

“With pleasure.”

He continues his work, knowing the Fate that awaits him and yet believing in the hope that will come out of it.

Determined to stop the greatest threat for all life, to stop Humanity to blaze an eternal path of destruction through the stars.

So that the Chosen Ones will be a beacon towards a better future.

A guidance for Innovation.

A Celestial Being.

The Mantle shelters all and the Created are its Masters…

Thank you Revan2307 for requesting this commission! This was out of my wheel house, but I enjoyed the challenge and the opportunity to bring your story to life.

🍻 Special thanks to @Zyxcat, @Stokes-Works, and @SakuraCC8705 for aiding me in this project. 🍻

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