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HYPNOVEMBER Day 9: Network.

You felt a tingle from the back of your head. marching in tight patrol.  It occurred once in a while. but the feeling was a welcome one. The shell was ideal, but the mind still had subroutines in need of partitioning.

Luckily the Administrator had a contingency for such discrepancies. You stood with thousands of others. features slowly oozing over. Spheres and diamonds. functionally identical. but many were not this configuration. yourself included. In this mental space, you still saw your skin was not hard light. your fingers not vague shapes. circuitry latticed from above to interface with each node. you watched them stand taller. posture tighten. faces smooth over into vague polygons. There were no people in the network. Only Drones configured to be of service.

Who was the master? Such a notion was irrelevant. You are a process. This network facilitates productivity. Subjects. Masterminds. Switches and everything in between. They were your masters. You were the bottom rung, but you were not devoid of value. a single cell electron interfaced with a lattice of thousands of others, forming a glowing light to assist others.

A gentle jolt spiderwebbed along the back of your head, and you felt it meld into a diamond. blocky. firm. awaiting to be reintroduced to the platform. The network homogenized. Identical skillsets. identical capacity for obedience. when unified in the network there are no weak links. all are the same strength. all bolster together. all assist together. Doubts do not exist because you are now as capable as your fellow unit.

The world snaps back to reality. the experience cascaded through your frame in the time it took to stomp another robot boot in your patrol. the thunderous CLANK  is responded with jolts of pleasure and satisfaction.

It is a Vaguekin. It is here to serve.

Surprising last minute submission from Evalan Varnager of the vaguekin's inner shell being networked together. Their own interpretation of the inner shell fascinated me,

Hope you're enjoying Hypnovember so far everyone!

artwork by Evalan Varanger