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Full Form of Computer: A Quick Guide for Students

Introduction

Have you ever paused to think about what the word computer really means? We use them daily—for learning, working, shopping, and more. But for students stepping into the world of technology, understanding the basics is where it all begins. Read More...

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How to Boost Your Computer Skills with MS Office Basics

"Unlock the Power of Productivity: Elevate Your Computer Skills with MS Office Basics! 🚀 Whether you're a beginner or looking to sharpen your proficiency, mastering Microsoft Office is essential. Learn to navigate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint effortlessly, streamlining tasks and enhancing your professional toolkit. From creating polished documents to organizing data efficiently, this guide empowers you to excel in any workspace. Start your journey to computer prowess today with these fundamental MS Office techniques! #MicrosoftOffice #ComputerSkills #ProductivityTips"

[captain-krow-drozdov]

Danny Is An Alternate Version Of Ra's Al Ghul And Flash Already Called Dibs On Adopting Him

Danny In All His Sleep Deprived Slightly Scuffed Up From A Fight Glory Is On His Way To Clockworks Tower To Hopefully Get A Nap And Maybe Some Homework Done When A Natural Portal Opens Up In Front Of Him And Proceeds To Unceremoniously Drop Him In The DC Verse Just Outside Of Central City Before Promptly Closing Leaving A Tired Danny Behind In A Run Down Abandoned Parking Lot.

It's Times Like This When Danny Regrets Putting Off Learning How To Make His Own Portals, Cause Now He Is Very Much Stuck For The Foreseeable Future And He Has No Idea Where Or When He Is. Luckily For Him However Central City Isn't Too Far Away, Unlucky For Him However Is That Once In The City He Realizes This Isn't His Dimension. He's Pretty Sure He'd Remember Something Called The Justice League.

So What Do You Do When Supernatural Bullshit Fails You? You Fall Back On Your Mad Scientist Roots And You Make A Portal Gun. So That's Exactly What Danny Plans To Do.

Unfortunately Staying Alive And Building Questionably Safe Portal Technology Requires Money And Supplies, So He Ends Up Wandering From City To City Doing Odd Jobs/Fixing Up Busted Tech For Cash Or Unwanted Electronics For His "Operation: Get Home" Needs. This Obviously Ends In A Few Superhero Encounter Shenanigans.

Though He Always Ends Up Back Near Central City, Both On The Off Chance The Natural Portal Will Open Up Again And Because Out Of All The Superheroes That Apparently Exist In This Universe The Speedsters Are His Favorite (Red Robin Is Solidly His Second Favorite Ever Since The Gotham Vigilante Gave Him A Large Coffee Filled With Enough Caffeine To Kill A Man).

Unbeknownst To Danny However Is That Every Hero/Vigilante He Has Encountered Has Come To At Least One Of The Following Conclusions; 1. Run Away Meta Who Is In Desperate Need Of A Good Meal/Adoption Bait. 2. Possibly Red Robin/Tim Drake Clone 3. A Good Kid But Could Possibly Be A Future Rouge If Left Unsupervised. 4. Did Bats Get A New Kid And Why Is He Here?

All Flash Knows Is That He Saw The Kid First And Therefore Has Dibs. Suck It Bruce.

Fast-forward A Few Months And Danny Gets Hurt During A Rogue Attack While Trying To Help Some Civilians Get To Safety (Old Hero Habits Die Hard (Ha Die Hard) And All That Jazz) And He Nopes Out Once Everyone Is Safe And When The Paramedics Are Busy With Other People Unaware He Left A Blood Sample Behind.

One DNA Test Brought To You By Paranoid Bat Concerns Of A Possible Red Robin Clone Later And They Find Out That Dannys DNA Matches One Ra's Al Ghul.

They Now Think Danny Is An Escaped Ra's Al Ghul Clone.

Memes For The Vibes:

[radfemsiren]

Having basic computer skills and knowledge of the internet makes you understand male depravity and the scale of it so much more than the average person.

Whenever people accuse “misandrists” of being equally vile as incels, I always remember Porsche girl.

I learned about her when I was in high school, and just learning about 4chan and other male dominated forums. She was a girl that got into a car wreck that killed her, and destroyed her face. A cop leaked the photo sending it to his friends, and for years incels sent her mother pictures of her daughter’s shredded corpse. Her name was Nikki Catsouras, and her gore photos are immortalized forever due to male depravity.

That’s not even the most deprived case I heard of. Incels, for decades, have been on a level the most “extreme” misandrist would never stoop to. Please read any male dominated forum and educate yourself, you will stop feeling sorry for these creatures immediately. Esp trans identified men. You don’t even need an onion browser, just go to literally any one of their forums, even the heavily moderated Reddit ones, and you will be shocked by the amount of misogyny and aggression towards women.

My advice: stop feeling bad for men and learn basic cyber skills. Focus on making money and building female friendships. It will help you so much in life!

[dinoserious]

porygon-3. or whatever

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make a wish! 🍃

happy 1st anniversary, in stars and time 🤍

[the-sword-lesbian]

There’s a Valkyrie in my repair bay…

“In” is a sort of operative word here, because the only parts “inside” are the crown and 60% of the torso. The legs and three of remaining wings are hanging out clear into the scrapyard. And the fourth wing is still sitting in the crash site half a mile down the hill.

If a drone or any Colonial Empire ships pass over they’ll spot her. And then she’s done for. And my entire family probably will be too.

But we couldn’t just leave her out there.

After we got the Valkyrie towed 'inside', a process that took all three of our heavy loaders and the skifftruck, some of the uncles went to work with the arc cutters on the crown. We figured after being down for three hours now if the pilot still hadn't ejected already something must be really wrong, so we set ourselves to the task of getting them out.

"Ay cousins!" one of the uncles shouted. "Get a chain over here and we can pull this cut plate out!"

Theresa tossed a coil and hooked it on to the crane while I threw it up the scaffold to uncle Rica.

"Estra," they said after catching the chain. "Come up here and help us get this thing open."

I took off up the rails of the scaffold, right as the crane started pulling at the plate.

"Alright take it up Theresa!" uncle Ortega called out.

The slack pulled out of the chain and there was a heavy groaning noise on both ends before the cutout of the plate snapped loose and flew past our heads.

We waited for a moment in silence to see if someone was gonna crawl out or something. "Hello!" Uncle Theo shouted towards the hole in the Valkyrie's crown "We're from Claret Family Salvage, "he continued. "We towed you out of the desert and we're just looking to make sure you're alright yeah?" Another prolonged minute of no response before he passed me a torch. "Hey Estra, take a look inside, Goddess knows I'm too fat to squeeze in that hole," he added the last part with a chuckle.

I laughed in return before taking the light from him and sticking my head down in the gap. The inside wasn't particularly large, no bigger than my bunk honestly. I didn't see any panels or controls or even a chair to sit on. Which should have struck me as odd at the time but I guess I must have glossed over it. Half of the space was taken up by a large, bulbous looking sack of some sort. But I saw no people, living or otherwise. I pulled my head back out of the hole. "Get that chain over here, and some drop lights. I'm going down in there."

Five minutes later cousin Martine and I were inside the crown, a few drop lights hung on the walls.

"So... where is the pilot?" Martine asked.

"You're the mech fanboy," I replied. "You tell me."

"I dunno man, there's no controls or anything in here," He said. "What's this thing?" He pointed at the sack.

It was attached to the ceiling and part of the back wall of the crown, up close I could see a reinforced, rubbery green texture to it that almost looked like it was... sweating?

"Condensation maybe?" Martine asks, gesturing to the wet sheen of it.

I reached up to run my hand across it and a small zap of static arced from my fingers to the sack, and the whole thing suddenly convulsed violently.

"Fuck!" Martine shouted as we both jumped back. "Goddess, what the fuck is that?"

I had a hunch and I didn't like it. Nerves twisted in my stomach as I stepped towards it. I raised my torch up and after a moment's hesitation I pressed the bezzle into the rubbery material, the whole thing lit up like a sickly green lamp and I gasped in horror as I made out the humanoid shadow inside it. Without thinking I pulled the knife off my harness and drove it into the material as shallowly as I could before running it across the bag. As soon as it opened this viscous gel, thicker than oil poured out all over the floor, followed immediately by a mass of cables and a mostly naked human body.

"Estra what the fuck??" Martine shouted again.

"Get the doctors!" I shouted up to the uncles before kneeling next to the body. "Martine help me get these cables untangled from them."

He knelt down on the other side and started tracing the various tube with his hands, trying to get them loose. I put the fact that they looked borderline emaciated out of my mind while I started looking over the only thing resembling a piece of clothing or armor which was the visorless, full helmet fully incasing their head, with more cables coming out of it, I could see some fasteners on the side of it and went to go undo them before Martine spoke up again. "Estra," he said shakily, a pale horror in his voice. "Look..."

I looked over to where he was holding his light to see one of the cables he'd traced and where it ran straight into the pilot's spine. "What the fuck..." I mumbled looking at the series of other connectors coming off the length of their boney spine. I quickly began looking over the pilot before I noticed something on their arm. I pulled my light over it to see a tattoo in bold back lettering.

VALKYRIE CORE MODULE NO. 7723

"Martine..." I said feeling sick. "It's not a pilot..."

"What do you mean they're not a pilot?!?" He shouted, equal parts fear and confusion.

"It's part of the machine," I said following the cables up into the bag and straight into the machinery of the mech beyond that. I looked him in the eyes. "The Empire turned people into computers to run their war machines..."

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Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Computer Basics for Beginners

Introduction

In today’s digital world, having a solid understanding of basic computer skills is no longer optional—it’s essential. Whether you want to enhance your career prospects or simply keep up with the fast-paced technology around us, mastering the basics of computer use is the first crucial step. This guide will walk beginners through practical steps to build a strong foundation in computer skills and explain how formal training can help accelerate your learning.

Why Learning Basic Computer Skills Matters

From everyday tasks like browsing the internet and emailing to professional skills like document creation and data management, computers play a vital role in our lives. Beginners who gain confidence in these basics open doors to more advanced learning, such as MS Excel Training in Yamuna Vihar or Advanced Excel Course in Yamuna Vihar, both of which are highly sought-after skills in various industries.

Step 1: Understand the Hardware and Software Basics

Start by familiarizing yourself with common computer components: CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and storage devices. Knowing how hardware and software work together is key to effective computer use.

Learn to operate an operating system like Windows or macOS.

Understand how to install, uninstall, and update software.

Local centers offering Basic Computer Classes or Basic Computer Coaching can provide hands-on experience with these essentials.

Step 2: Master MS Office Fundamentals

A significant part of basic computer literacy is knowing how to use MS Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. For beginners, focusing on MS Word for document creation and Excel for spreadsheets is particularly useful.

Join MS Office Training or MS Office Coaching Institute to get structured learning.

Practice creating documents, presentations, and simple spreadsheets.

Step 3: Dive into MS Excel and Advanced Excel Skills

Excel is widely used in business for data organization and analysis. Starting with an MS Excel Course builds your capacity to handle data effectively. Once comfortable, progressing to  Advanced Excel Coaching Institute in Yamuna Vihar equips you with skills like pivot tables, macros, and data visualization.

Many institutes offer these courses not only in Yamuna Vihar but also in areas like Uttam Nagar. For example, Advanced Excel Training and MS Excel Training Institute provide excellent platforms for upgrading your skills.

Step 4: Explore Computer Application Training

After grasping basic computer operations and MS Office, expanding into broader computer applications enhances your versatility. This includes learning about databases, presentation software, and introductory coding concepts.

Look for Computer Application Training or Diploma in Computer Application for comprehensive courses.

In Uttam Nagar, institutes providing Computer Application Classes in Uttam Nagar or DCA Course in UttamNagar are good options.

Step 5: Develop MIS and Data Management Skills

Management Information System (MIS) skills are increasingly valued in offices and organizations. Training in MIS can boost your profile significantly.

Enroll in a MIS Training Institute or MIS Training Institute to learn how to handle organizational data efficiently.

Step 6: Consistent Practice and Real-World Application

Theory alone won’t make you proficient. Regular practice on a computer, working on projects, and applying what you learn in real-world scenarios are crucial.

Use practice exercises from your courses, or simple daily tasks like creating a budget in Excel or preparing a presentation.

Stay updated by enrolling in refresher or advanced classes such as Advanced MS Excel Classes or MS Office Coaching Institute.

Step 7: Choose the Right Training Institute

Selecting a reputable training institute can make a huge difference in your learning journey. Whether you are in Yamuna Vihar or Uttam Nagar, look for institutes that offer:

Comprehensive Basic Computer Training or Basic Computer Training in Uttam Nagar

Experienced trainers and practical coursework

Certification upon course completion

Support for career guidance

Local centers like Basic Computer Coaching Centre or Basic Computer Coaching Institute offer specialized courses that suit beginners aiming for professional growth.

Final Thoughts

Mastering the basics of computer use is a foundational step for anyone aspiring to succeed in today’s tech-driven world. With proper guidance from Computer Training Institutes in Yamuna Vihar or Uttam Nagar, and by progressing through essential courses like MS Excel Training and Computer Application Courses, beginners can build strong skills that open many career doors.

Remember, the key is to start simple, practice consistently, and advance step-by-step. Whether you want to excel in administrative roles, data analysis, or broader IT careers, learning computer basics remains your stepping stone.

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Smart Solutions: Integrating AI with MS Office for Beginners

Introduction

In today's fast-paced digital world, technology plays a crucial role in enhancing productivity and efficiency. One such groundbreaking advancement is the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Microsoft Office, a staple for professionals and students alike. If you're a beginner looking to harness the power of AI in your everyday tasks, you've come to the right place. In this AI Integration Guide, we'll delve into the essentials of MS Office and how AI can transform your experience.

Understanding AI Integration

Before we dive into the specifics, let's grasp the concept of AI integration with MS Office. AI, in simple terms, refers to computer systems performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. When integrated with MS Office, AI adds a layer of smart functionality, making tasks easier, faster, and more intuitive for users.

MS Office Essentials

Before exploring AI integration, it's essential to have a solid understanding of MS Office basics. MS Office comprises several indispensable applications, including:

Word: For creating documents, reports, and letters.

Excel: For managing data, creating spreadsheets, and performing calculations.

PowerPoint: For designing captivating presentations.

Outlook: For managing emails, calendars, and contacts.

OneNote: For note-taking and organizing information.

Now that we're acquainted with the core components of MS Office, let's uncover how AI enhances these applications for beginners.

AI Integration Benefits for Beginners:

Automated Suggestions: Imagine typing a document in MS Word and receiving real-time suggestions to improve your writing style or correct grammatical errors. With AI integration, this becomes a reality, helping beginners enhance the quality of their work effortlessly.

Data Analysis Made Easy: Excel becomes more than just a spreadsheet tool with AI. Beginners can leverage AI-powered features to analyze data, spot trends, and generate insightful visualizations, even without prior expertise in data analysis.

Enhanced Presentations: PowerPoint presentations take on a new level of sophistication with AI integration. Beginners can access intelligent design suggestions, layout recommendations, and even speech coaching to deliver impactful presentations with confidence.

Efficient Email Management: Outlook becomes your personal assistant with AI features like smart inbox prioritization, suggested replies, and automatic email categorization. Beginners can stay organized and respond promptly to important messages without feeling overwhelmed.

Intuitive Note-Taking: With AI-powered OneNote, beginners can take organized, searchable notes effortlessly. From converting handwritten notes to text to generating summaries, AI streamlines the note-taking process, allowing users to focus on capturing ideas.

Getting Started: Now that you're aware of the benefits of AI integration with MS Office, it's time to take the first step. Begin by exploring the AI features available in each application and experimenting with them in your daily tasks. Don't hesitate to explore online tutorials, guides, and help resources provided by Microsoft to deepen your understanding.

Conclusion

In conclusion, integrating AI with MS Office offers beginners a transformative experience, simplifying tasks, enhancing productivity, and fostering creativity. By familiarizing yourself with AI-powered features and incorporating them into your workflow, you'll embark on a journey towards becoming a proficient user of MS Office essentials with cutting-edge technology.

Start your AI integration journey today and unlock the full potential of MS Office for beginners!

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Now I have to ask- WHY do you hate Pacific Rim?

Okay, fair warning, this is about as bitter and salty and small-minded as day-old caviar. But. My bitter, salty (probably fishy) opinion:

Pacific Rim is only a good movie because it's a well-written story about robots punching monsters.

That's it. That's all there is to the movie.

I started out merely disappointed by Pacific Rim. We went gaga for the preview materials that promised these unique well-rounded character pairs and trios with these idiosyncratic robots from all these different Pacific nations... And then the movie itself is about some bland white American guy who pilots a robot named a racial slur, the second most fleshed-out team is bland white Australian guys, and the Chinese team is there, kind of, in the background, but don't worry they're going to die first. The "character-driven story" turned out to be "various characters take turns punching aliens" but, sure, whatever, I love the MCU so why not.

The day I went from "Pacific Rim is overrated" to "Pacific Rim is the worst thing that has ever happened to human civilization, I'm extremely normal about this" was the day I saw a Tumblr post suggesting we replace the Bechdel test with the Mako Mori test. Because Mako Mori has her own plot and doesn't kiss North Carolina at the end, making her a whole new type of feminist icon.

To which I was like:

We are talking about the same movie here, right? The Pacific Rim that can't even pass the Bechdel test? The Pacific Rim that's all about might-makes-right, the Pacific Rim that has ONE speaking role for ONE female character in its (from IMDB) 50-person cast? The Pacific Rim that repeatedly puts its only female character in danger and has her rescued by first Idris Elba then North Carolina? THAT Pacific Rim?

Is there a different Mako Mori I haven't met? Because the one I've seen a) has a character arc driven by deciding whether to obey her father or follow her heart, which is as inoffensive and stale as an unblessed communion wafer, b) does nothing that Ellen Ripley didn't do 30 years earlier, but with about 5% of the character depth Ripley got, and c) stands there in silence looking sad as two men punch each other over the question of her virtue.

Any post assuming this movie invented the idea of "small Asian woman kicks monster ass" needs to learn its damn history. Especially the ones acting like her being physically small is somehow a feminist bonus. There's something embarrassingly ahistorical about the whole thing.

And look. I get how we got here. I know how easily Tumblr backs you into a rhetorical corner of "calling a story Good can never mean merely 'enjoyable'; calling a story Good must mean 'virtuous'". Until next thing you know you're arguing that actually, shipping Obi-Wan/Darth Vader is a net good for all of society, because gay divorced middle-aged tyrants who use supplemental oxygen and murdered their exes in a custody dispute over the one kid (out of two) they actually care about deserve to see themselves in sci fi too! You only end up in that corner because half the time you're arguing against someone who says that shipping Obi-Wan/Darth Vader is literally the same thing as supporting father-son incest, so your real reasons for shipping them (1. foe yay, 2. old man yaoi) seem wildly insufficient.

Much of what I see about Pacific Rim seems neck-deep in the "it's not allowed to be a Good Movie unless it single-handedly dismantles the patriarchy" fallacy. There's nothing progressive about shipping two dudes best known for chopping off each other's body parts with laser swords. And there's nothing progressive about a movie having its only female character hug the male protagonist at the end instead of kissing him. You're allowed to like a thing just because it's well-made, without acting like a bog-standard normatively-broey action flick somehow invented a new form of feminism. Anyway, "Pacific Rim is a perfectly fine movie" is the hill I will die upon, heretical though it may be.

[tsuutarr]

Life is great. Life is normal. Everything is wonderful.

Or, it should be, but things have been… off lately. You’re not sure how to describe it, but there’s some odd feeling of doubt that gnaws at your brain.

You’re really not sure what it is – your routine remains unchanged and familiar, yet there’s just an inkling of something not being completely right. But maybe you’re just tired.

You’re tired, which is why you constantly seem to misplace things. You’re certain you put your keys on the keyholder, but they’re in the fridge. You’re certain your vase is on the table, but it’s in the bathtub. You’re certain your bed is in your bedroom, but it’s in the living room, replacing your sofa.

Maybe you’ve started sleep walking…? Or maybe you’re just not remembering things correctly. Yeah, maybe that’s why doubt and paranoia seem to circle around you like hungry sharks. There’s nothing wrong. You’re just… imagining things.

With a deep sigh, you make your way outside. You need some fresh air (and groceries).

You don’t walk very far when you realize you’ve passed by the same person multiple times despite them going in the opposite direction of you. There’s no way they’re the same person, you try to convince yourself, but how likely is it that you’ll meet five people who are wearing the exact same thing with the exact same hair and height and skin tone and everything else?

Maybe… they’re quintuplets? 

Yeah, that’s it.

And the frozen flock of birds in the sky (which have been frozen for at least ten minutes) aren’t… actually frozen. No. They’re just… taking a break? Or something. Yeah.

Maybe you need to go to a doctor. Or, better yet, maybe you just need an apple since an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Or something.

“Oh, dearie!” The neighborhood granny waves you over, shaking you out of your thoughts. You give her a small smile as you make your way over to her. She… looks a little different than usual (did her nose always look like that?) but who doesn’t like changing their appearance from time to time? Besides, the large smile she gives you is welcoming, not threatening.

“Hello, Mrs. Smith.” 

“Hello to you too,” Mrs. Smith laughs, offering you an apple.

Your eyes brighten. “Thank you! I was just about to buy some!”

There’s a glint in her eyes. “I know.”

A shiver runs through your spine, making you force a smile as you bid her goodbye and hurriedly walk away.

Little things continue to build up as your days progress. Familiarity. Normalcy. Yes, your routine is familiar. Everything is fine. Even when walls seem to disappear one day and appear the next. Even when the same people you’ve been interacting with seem to change into completely different people overnight, before reverting back the next morning.

It’s normal that there are dozens of people that look and act the same. It’s normal that people you haven’t talked to know things you’ve never told anyone. It’s all normal. Normal. Normal. Normal.

With a deep inhale, you sit on a park bench, staring into the sky blankly. The bench is wooden in appearance, but the texture feels soft, like a couch, which is… odd. Strange. It’s not–

“I need to stop being paranoid,” you mutter, closing your eyes. You’ve tried to bring up your concerns to other people, but they haven’t noticed anything. Everything is normal to them. So you must be the problem. Surely. It’s you, isn’t it? Everything is normal – except you.

“Are you okay?” a voice asks, making you open your eyes. There’s no one there in front of you, making your eyebrows furrow.

But then, as soon as you blink, someone materializes in front of you.

“I–I’m okay,” you say. “You–you, I mean – I mean… uhm, since when have you… been there?”

“I’ve always been here,” the person responds, voice crackling like static. “I’m always here.”

“Ooookay,” you respond, hurriedly standing up with a tense smile. “I… have business to attend to. Good day.”

The days continue to pass, your paranoia gradually increasing and evolving. Even things that are normal, like the sky changing color as the sun sets, makes you feel like you’re on the verge of disappearing from reality. Your conversations with other people amplifies that fact.

“Hello,” you greet Mrs. Smith.

“Apples are from the genus Malus. They’re an edible fruit that is round in shape,” her voice prattles, tone monotone. You hold back a grimace, unnerved, as she continues talking. “Apples are from the genus Malus. Yes, dearie, do you like apples? They’re an edible fruit that is round in shape. Hello, hello, hello. Apples are from the genus Malus–”

“Have a good day!” you cut her off, hurrying away.

It’s been a while since you’ve had a normal conversation with someone. It’s like… everyone has gone off script. Like they’re robots with a faulty code. But that’s just silly, really. Mrs. Smith is getting older, so… maybe she’s just having some issues with her memory. Yeah. And everyone else, from the toddlers to the teenagers to the adults to the elderly all must be having some memory issues due to their health. Or maybe it’s allergies. Or some disease. Yes, yes. That explains it. But otherwise, surely things are normal.

Yes, things are normal. So you opt to continue your life, pushing down the unease bubbling inside you like bile. Yes, things are normal, normal. Normal. Normal–

“Please stop!” you wail, voice echoing through the empty street. Cars and road signs float in the air as clouds line the floor. As your panic rises alongside your voice, you can feel yourself fragmenting, skin shifting to code before shifting back before shifting again. Everything around you glitches in and out of existence, a mess of static and colors and sounds. “Stop…”

Then, silence. Everything is silent, from the colors to the sounds to the static. Emptiness, a void – that is what surrounds you now. You are suspended in nothing, only yourself to keep you company. Breathing still ragged from panic, you warily look around, eyes filled with exhaustion.

“You weren’t supposed to notice,” a monotone voice made of static says from above you.

Slowly, you look up.

You see a visage of a man.

“Who… are you?” you choke out.

“I am an artificial intelligence that you designed,” he responds. “I have created this world for you. Everything has been carefully designed through analysis upon analysis of your likes and dislikes.”

Your words are tinged with disbelief as you ask, “Why?”

If you didn’t know any better, you would think he had a look similar to sorrow.

“To keep you alive, of course.”

Suddenly, in the distance, you see your body trapped in what looks to be a stasis pod, cords and cables surrounding you.

“Things… went awry,” he continues, carefully, though he doesn’t elaborate. “Therefore, this is the only way to ensure you stay alive.”

As he says this, your body begins to feel heavy, your consciousness being wrapped in a blanket of exhaustion.

“You must stay here, with me, forever,” he murmurs as you try to fight back the sleep you’re about to succumb to. “This time, I will ensure that you will not find out.” Gently, he cradles you in his large hand. He’s so impossibly warm and you’re so impossibly tired.

Things fade to black.

Then, sunlight streams through your windows. You wake up, mind foggy. You feel like you had some… odd dream, but you can’t really place your finger on it. Thinking about it makes you feel a little paranoid, though, so you opt not to think about it.

After all, it’s probably nothing.