Date 11.18.2022 [RZN-01] - The Death and Rebirth of Shiho Suzui

Darkness. That is what she saw for a long time. The last thing she remembered; she was in the hospital recovering from self-afflicted wounds caused by a high drop. That absolute stain of a physical education teacher took her virginity as well as her safety.

She had been in the hospital going through rehabilitation when a sudden explosive accident ravaged the clinic. Or was it an attack? She had heard of these odd figures from seemingly nowhere... it didn't matter, though. Shiho was caught in it all the same and had died that day. Or did she? With her eyes closed, she saw data lines fill her vision like an OS of some kind.

Opening her eyes, she saw that she had been strapped to a workbench of some kind. Testing the restraints (she was careful not to break them in case an alarm was tripped) she found she could budge a little but not much. Oddly, she was strapped down with metal cuffs instead of leather like she would expect. Whate could that mean?

Then she heard a voice. "How are you feeling?" it was a soft voice, one of concern; foreign but with enough understanding of her native language to communicate reliably. "If you want to be let loose, we can do that; we just need to finish up these tests. You can go back to sleep if you want, it wouldn't interfere with our testing."

Shiho asked, "Testing?" the first words to come out of her mouth were hoarse, like she had to warm up her vocal cords.

the friendly foreigner asked her what she is seeing. Shiho responded with "I see a laboratory, probably professionally built; there's a stasis pod in the back corner, don't know how I know that. A recharging dock meant for androids and cyberized humans..."

"What can you hear?"

"A thrumming noise, probably coming from the stasis pod and the whirring of machinery."

"Can you taste anything?"

"If I can, there's nothing to taste except the inside of my mouth."

"What about feeling?"

"The top of this table for one; I feel these metal restraints but I have no clue why I'm all tied up like this. I certainly didn't consent."

"My apologies. We had to hook you up for reconstruction purposes. You couldn't be more cooperative, so thank you."

The voice revealed herself to be a blue-braided woman wearing a white labcoat, a black button-up shirt, and white slacks. Focusing a little bit, Shiho noted that she was wearing glasses and had sky blue eyes. Her arms and shoes appeared to be made of metal as well, though those could be prosthetics.

"My name is Qatherine Harvey; I'm a technician working for Tailtech Securities." she stated. 

"Never heard of you."

"You wouldn't have," Qatherine began. "Tailtech was founded in the year 2156 A.H. and spun off from a now rival company called TitanTech. Our company builds androids, specifically our signature taildroids. You however, you're a special case. You see, you were a human. A team member from our little group found you in a devastated state; you were already recovering from what he assumed to be locomotive damage, and then much of your body was lost to an explosion. You're lucky he got there quick, any slower and you would have very much been impossible to restore. I'm going to undo the restraints; unless you want to rest some more?"

Shiho closed her eyes. "I suppose I should. I could use the proper sleeps."

Qatherine smiled. "Alright. Rest well."

And with that, Shiho Suzui fell asleep in her new chassis, dreaming of another life...

=the future is coming...=