Cold and crowded, the Alpha hover barge held about fifty people. Most of them jacked in at once doing their "jobs" within the matrix. Wither it be for the Merovingian, Machines, or Zion itself. Working for the Merovingian came rare to redpills. However, barely anyone admitted to working for him, though he pays well. Erin layed with his head firm up against the mess hall eating table in the lower section of the hover barge. Noises. Continuous noises. No ever sleeps, all they do is jack in and jack out. Constant movement. Pulling his head away from the cold metal table he stares into the bright light shining above him. Squinting his eyes only helped for a moment, but his eyes were still stuck onto the light.
"So this is the truth, huh?" He slides his arms across the table reaching for the dirty cup filled with water. A man then enters the room, catching Erin's statement he said to himself. The two have never met before.
"Yep this is it. The truth. It's great ain't it?"
Erin turns his eyes away from the light. Eyes still trying to focus it's contrast as the man he looks at only looks as a shadow.
"Mhm."
"They say at least 45% of us on this barge will die before the rest of the 55% will manage to get onto a crew."
Erin looks at the man. "Do I know you?"
"Oh sorry.." The too reach out their hands to greet. "I'm Seesil." Erin looks around the room trying to find his own name, but only one stuck. "Erin, Erin Thomas."
"That isn't your name."
"Its the only name I know. I honest, just then, forgot my own name."
"Yea, man, that is your name when you were a bluepill. Ya know, stuck in the system."
The two men sit next to eachother as they both ponder.
"You honestly do not know your alias name?"
"Alias name?"
"Yea your alias name. It's actually called your handle name but whatever. Like my bluepill name is Steve Stalion, I went by Seesil when I was..er.. thats a long story, but anyway.."
Scratching the cold table in thought, Erin silently whispers the name Erin repeatedly.
"Look, I'll give you one, it isn't too bad, but I remember when I was young I used to read these crazy comic books. I was a huge fan of this guy named Erythnul. I think that should suit you.."
Erin still in deep thought slowly nods moving his eyes back into the light mysteriously, "Yea.. Erythnul. I guess thats fine."
"Look, you need to lighten up Erythnul.. " Seesil laughs at himself. "Ya see, that sounds good already.."
Seesil tries to snap Erin out of his gloomy stare into the light by patting him on the back. "Man you need to lighten up.. Take a chill pill. "
Erin turns and looks at Seesil, only catching his back as he leaves the mess hall.
"My name is Erin."
"So this is the truth, huh?" He slides his arms across the table reaching for the dirty cup filled with water. A man then enters the room, catching Erin's statement he said to himself. The two have never met before.
"Yep this is it. The truth. It's great ain't it?"
Erin turns his eyes away from the light. Eyes still trying to focus it's contrast as the man he looks at only looks as a shadow.
"Mhm."
"They say at least 45% of us on this barge will die before the rest of the 55% will manage to get onto a crew."
Erin looks at the man. "Do I know you?"
"Oh sorry.." The too reach out their hands to greet. "I'm Seesil." Erin looks around the room trying to find his own name, but only one stuck. "Erin, Erin Thomas."
"That isn't your name."
"Its the only name I know. I honest, just then, forgot my own name."
"Yea, man, that is your name when you were a bluepill. Ya know, stuck in the system."
The two men sit next to eachother as they both ponder.
"You honestly do not know your alias name?"
"Alias name?"
"Yea your alias name. It's actually called your handle name but whatever. Like my bluepill name is Steve Stalion, I went by Seesil when I was..er.. thats a long story, but anyway.."
Scratching the cold table in thought, Erin silently whispers the name Erin repeatedly.
"Look, I'll give you one, it isn't too bad, but I remember when I was young I used to read these crazy comic books. I was a huge fan of this guy named Erythnul. I think that should suit you.."
Erin still in deep thought slowly nods moving his eyes back into the light mysteriously, "Yea.. Erythnul. I guess thats fine."
"Look, you need to lighten up Erythnul.. " Seesil laughs at himself. "Ya see, that sounds good already.."
Seesil tries to snap Erin out of his gloomy stare into the light by patting him on the back. "Man you need to lighten up.. Take a chill pill. "
Erin turns and looks at Seesil, only catching his back as he leaves the mess hall.
"My name is Erin."
