Antonio was rooted in place, unable to move, unable to do anything apart from stare out into the endless expanse of the white void and the machine like text Infront of him, floating like a hologram or something else out of a science fiction movie, something about it drove an electric shock up his spine, making every hair on his body stand on end, curiously Antonio stretched out his hand, raising his index finger to the text and flicked his hand up.
In an instant the previous displayed text shot up into the void, faiding into oblivion as new text scrolled into view.
[GRID SYSTEMS:ACTIVE]
[CYBERNETIC: ONLINE]
[DIGITAL RESILIANCE: ONLINE]
[CYBERPSYCOSIS RESILIANCE: OFFLINE]
[IMPLANT RESILIANCE: OFFLINE]
[INTERGRATION: ONLINE]
[SELECT AVAILABLE SYSTEMS AND CYBERNETIC IMPLANTS]
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Antonios eyes whent wide as he stared at the text, implants?, cybernetics?, what the hell was this..... whatever it is gonna sent him?.
Curiously he began looking through his options, carefully reading what each component, software, hardware and implant did and the reprocusions of each piece, until finally he settled on his set choices.
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[HARDWARE: Bioconductor(4 slots)]
[1: Optical camo plates]
[2: Bionic joints]
[3: Second heart]
[4: Smart Link MK2]
[SOFTWARE: EX-Disc(2 slots)]
[1: Limb system enhancement]
[2: Visual cortex support]
[IMPLANTS: Bioplastic blood vessels(4slots)]
[1: Kerensikov MK3]
[2: Drive storage]|
[3: EMPTY]. |
[4: EMPTY]. |
[Chronivac.EXE]
[Cybercard storage MK2]
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Antonio considered it to be wise to leave at least two slots open for future tweaks and trials, looking over his choices with pride he smirked at the potential, sure there were improvements to be made, upgrades to be bought, or stolen, but if this system was willing to give him all this choice right off the bad, then surely this new reality would be his own personal playground, before hitting accept on his choices Antonio scrolled down on the white void to see a final spot available.
[UNIQUE AUGMENTATION: ONLINE]
[SELECT AUGMENTATION:__________________]
Considering his limitations and his current equipment set Antonio grinned as he finally stopped on a choice set of cyberware.
[SELECT AUGMENTATION: Cyberware interlock MK1]
finally satisfied, his greedy eyes once again scanned through his choices, his body, or rather his new body would be holding all this tech within himself, man and machine, the best of both, chuckling into the echoing expanse of the void Antonio hit accept, all forms of the text vanishing in an instant and a distant feminine voice piercing the silence.
" HOST FORM PREPERATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED, PREPARING FOR HOST BODDY INTERGRATION INTO NEW REALITY CONSTRUCT.
ENGAGE WAKE UP SEQUENCE"
As soon as the voice cut of Antonio watched in amazement as the white voide seemed to move towards him, the sound of wind whipping past his ears could be heard as colour and shapes began to pull towards his center of vision, coupling into a fish eye lense before blasting outwards and flattening out into the unmistakable shape of an alleyway, the ringing in his ears that had replaced the silent empty void came crashing into a sonic boom of noise and commotion before settling into the heavy sound of rain.
Antonio clutched his ears after the sound hit in pain, his body crumpling to the ground, the feeling of water, or what he hoped was water filling the fabric of his clothes was all too familiar from his burglary days, the cold wet feeling against his skin getting more and more uncomfortable by the second.
But then another feeling began to take root, almost like he wasn't comfortable in his own skin Antonio knew something was wrong, but just what he wasn't sure of exactly what.
His curiosity was sated however with blinding pain throughout his entire body, his mouth open in a silent scream as he lay on his back, his spine arching skyward as the vision of the dark city, and neon lights above began to fade into darkness, as if his own body was trapping him within itself, the blood in his veins now feeling like his heart was pumping fire through his body with each heartbeat, his heartbeat fast and erratic, pumping twice with each beat.
Until his mind could not take any more and began to fade into unconsciousness, when a muffled sound called out from somewhere close, and then seemed to race to his ear, the muffled thuds of multiple footsteps.
"Mia get the fuck over here now!" He heard a voice call before darkness finally took him.