Topic: Mitch's BlueBerry: Strange Experiments
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Mitch's BlueBerry: Reality Alterations Made Convenient
Meet Mitchell Jenkins. 21-year-old, 5'10", gray-eyed, brown-haired pervert. Not that he was a bad guy... Just a pervert. But at least he kept it private, making sure nobody was able to see his Internet history, bookmarks, and hard drive. Because if anybody ever did, well, that would just be embarrassing!
It was about 11:30 on a Saturday-- a fine early-summer day, sunny and hot but not too hot. But rather than doing something outside, or at least out of his bedroom, he was currently hunched over his desk, drumming his fingers as he looked over the interface on his new phone.
The BlueBerry Soothsayer III, supposedly the most powerful personal reality-altering device since the World Processor. Mitch had heard stories on the Internet of similar, less advanced devices. Enchanted notebooks that made true whatever was written in them. Typewriters that performed the same function, albeit a bit easier to use. And then there was the Master PC, which may have had a limited area of effect but the menus and 3-dimensional representations of targets made it a powerful device indeed. Finally the World Processor, as its name suggests, eliminated the range limitations with the compromise of a simpler command-line interface.
But, time moves on and technology advances at an astounding rate. In this day and age smartphones are all the rage. It began with the original BlueBerry Soothsayer Global Edition, which was released about the same time as the surge in popularity of the early BlackBerry models. Its touch screen was operated by a stylus, text entered through the use of specific gestures for each character. Admittedly, this may not seem a great improvement over the standard smartphone implementation, but the BlueBerry was far more advanced in correctly recognizing what was being entered.
Its key feature: the Soothsayer application, which seemingly altered reality at the command of its user. He or she would simply enter what they desired, and thus reality was altered accordingly. Of course, what was actually happening was a bit more complicated, and less controversial than blatantly changing the structure of reality. The phone itself was (and still is, with current models) a multi-verse transportation device. When assigned an owner, the BlueBerry creates a physical link with the individual, and upon the execution of a command, the BlueBerry connects to a central processor with which it requests the destination of the parallel universe in which only the specified changes are present and all other aspects identical to the user's current universe. Said user is then transported either immediately to the destined parallel universe, or through a series of "routing" universes, depending on the type of change requested. Alterations such as items being present in one universe but not in another, or differences in numeric values, for example, do not necessitate routing universes, as said alteration is only represented by a "1" or "0" value. Conversely, physical changes to a person's body, for example, would require routing, as there is a gradual scale of difference between neighboring universes. To the user, then, it would simply appear as if the change was occurring gradually over a (usually short) period of time. It is also important to note that the central processor's database, which is present and identical in all universes, contains the "travel history" for each of its users, so that revisiting previous universes can be accomplished easily.
Granted, none of that is truly important, as from the user's perspective, reality is being altered around them. The travel system worked (and still works) perfectly, but there was one major flaw with the original BlueBerry Soothsayer Global Edition: security. There was only one security system in place. Upon activation, the phone created a mental link with its user to install compatibility software into his or her subconscious. In other words, only the phone's owner could understand how to navigate its user interface. It prevented literally everyone else except the owner from using it, but it did not protect against theft, separation, or any other means by which the owner could be prevented from using it.
Thus the next incarnation was developed: The BlueBerry Soothsayer II (the "Global Edition" was dropped, as it was rather irrelevant considering there were no other variations). Enhanced security features mainly involved a mental link with everyone in its vicinity which inhibited the desire to as much as touch the phone without the owner's permission, or interrupt him from using it. Upon misplacement, the phone would emit a subconscious command to anyone within range to ensure that it would find its way back to its owner. As well as the extra security features, a keypad was added to the physical interface so that text may be entered more easily, and the Soothsayer app itself was upgraded with menu "quick-select" options that mostly dealt with the "awareness" of individuals within range, whereas with the previous model it was required that the user specifically enter the desire for another person to be aware of the alterations into the Soothsayer app's command line.
More improvements were made with the current model. The phone's chasis was upgraded to nigh-indestructible levels of sturdiness, for one thing. But the most noticeable upgrade was with the Soothsayer app's interface. It still prominently featured the command line implementation, but it also included a graphical display of the alteration (when appropriate). The mental link that was used by previous models now conferred to the user a heightened sense of sight when viewing the BlueBerry's display screen, which allowed the user to literally see more detail than would normally be physically be impossible for a screen of its size. Thus, more information about the desired alteration could be displayed as the user entered a command. As far as programming, the third generation also used a much more advanced "intention recognition" A.I. software, which used the mental link with the user to analyze his or her intent while entering a command. In this way, the BlueBerry virtually always knew what its user wanted and ensured the desired result was attained.
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Author's note: Didn't feel like reading all that? I don't blame you.
What to take away from all of that:
The BlueBerry Soothsayer can alter reality. All you have to do is enter a command into the Soothsayer app.
It knows what you want. It is never wrong. Vague commands, however, may still produce unforseen side effects.
It won't break, it can't be stolen, and the owner won't lose it.
Only the owner can use it; nobody else can understand its GUI.
The owner won't be interrupted while using it, and people will wait patiently for him/her to finish.
By default, only the owner is aware of reality changes, but that can be adjusted through menu options.
The Soothsayer app opens up a text/graphical display of a change as the owner is typing it. Specific values/sliders can be adjusted that way.
It stores command history, which can be accessed and changed if necessary.
Physcial changes to a person's body happen gradually over a short period of time, while most other changes happen instantly. Author's judgment.
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And so, Mitchell Jenkins had a new toy. It's not important how, when, or where he got it, just that he had it. Also, he's a pervert, and as he sat there at his desk, his eyes glinting in anticipation and excitement, he pondered what fun, perverted things he could try to do with his new toy...
*6. He doesn't know what to do yet, so he searches for inspiration elsewhere.