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Saya and Yulin stand outside the warehouse, taking a break away from the busy factory floor. In a short time, the floor was full of new employees eager to work on the next piece of innovation. Investors lined up eagerly trying to fund the next big thing from Ryusenji Technologies. The two women look tired, but happy as they enjoy the touch of the midday sun.
Saya turns to Yulin and flashes her new ring. She lets out an excited giggle as the diamond glitters in the sun.
Yulin lets out a laugh. “So it’s official. I guess I should say congratulations. I didn’t think that dope Kosuke could be bothered to ask for a ring size.”
Saya pulls the ring back to examine it lovingly. “Congratulations are appropriate, yes.”
“Well congratulations, I mean it. You’re good for him.”
“I know!” Saya says as she flashes the ring once again.
“Surprised you got a wedding in with how busy things have gotten. All the projects, the meetings, its exhausting.”
“Who would have thought Digimon would change things for us so quickly?”
Kosuke bursts out of the building with a VR helmet in hand and an excited look on his face. He is neatly groomed and is wearing clean pressed clothes under his lab coat. “Saya!” he shouts as he rushes to the pair.
“Where’s the fire?”Yulin asks playfully.
“Look at this!” Kosuke says proudly as he offers a VR helmet to Saya.
Saya takes it. She examines it for a moment before asking, “What is this thing?”
“You have to look into it.”
Saya puts on the helmet and begins looking around. “What is this?” Her vision fills with lofi compounded images of a distorted and strange world.
“That’s the first footage ever taken through a Digimon’s eyes! You’re seeing through a Digimon’s eyes right now!
Ryuseniji worked tirelessly towards his goal of experiencing the Digital World with all his senses. The theory stood that if Digimon were AI creatures, their sensory data should be easy enough to capture and interpret. All he had to do was imbed the human consciousness into the Digital World and link it to said data.
“This ought to keep me busy for the rest of my life,” Ryusenji says to himself as he looks over his notes.
Ryusenji Electronics had begun exploring the fundamentals of mindlinking technology in secret. They had to minimize the risks and answer the ethical questions later.
Saya was one of the first to successfully link her consciousness with a Digimon.
“Mindlink test complete,” Yulin’s voice buzzes over the PA system.
Saya lays on what looks like a repurposed dentist chair wearing a VR helmet. Wires and cables come down around her and wrap into her arms and helmet. Around her lay an array of monitors, computers, and stacks of notes.
“Vitals are stable. DS levels are dropping. Subject is regaining consciousness. Severing the mindlink,” Kosuke says calmly as he walks over to his wife.
Yulin walks into the room carrying a bucket. She walks over to the chair. Saya begins convulsing, letting out a soft grown. Her arms and legs flail as she slowly regains consciousness. She becomes still and sits up, carefully removing the helmet.
“Here.” Yulin hands her the bucket.
Saya looks uncomfortable as she fights the nausea. “I think….urp…I think I’m getting used to it.” She gives a weak smile as she holds back the vomit. She remembers the mess she made the first time she mindlinked.
Professor Ryusenji claps softly. “Magnificent! These results are astounding. Sufficient rest is required between sessions, and there are some serious side effects we need to address, but the experiment was a rousing success!”
Saya smiles weakly as she picks up the Digimon Dock with the word Agumon written under it. “Nice job Agu!” An image of a small bipedal dinosaur seems to jump in reaction.