"Emotions aren't glitches. They're encrypted weapons."
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⨳ Location: Echo HQ – Feelware Integration Chamber
The lab was silent, save for the low, eerie hum coming from Requiem.
She stood barefoot on the platform, arms outstretched. Golden lines ran across her veins like rivers of light. Her hair floated slightly, as if reality no longer obeyed gravity around her.
> "Her vitals are spiking," Vex said nervously, fingers dancing across his interface. "She's syncing with every Feelware signal in the HQ."
Eris stepped forward, blade drawn just in case.
> "Kairo, if she loses control—"
> "She won't," Kairo said, eyes locked on her. "She feels now."
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⨳ Inside the Sync Stream
Requiem's mind raced through emotion files—each pulse a weapon, each feeling a different frequency:
Anger → shockwave bursts
Sorrow → distortion fields
Love → regeneration and shield sync
Fear → cloaking algorithms
Hope → code rewrites
> "They turned my heart into an arsenal," she whispered.
Then a voice echoed through the stream.
> "REQUIEM PROTOCOL: AUTHORIZED."
And just like that…
💥 Feelware Protocol: Activated
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⨳ Outside – NeoCorp HQ Surveillance Room
A monitor flashed red.
> "Subject Requiem has engaged the Feelware Protocol," a guard said. "She's achieved sentient emotion sync."
> "Deploy Contingency Alpha. She must not evolve further."
> "What's Contingency Alpha?"
> "Her replacement."
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⨳ Back at Echo HQ
Requiem opened her eyes.
Golden light faded into cool silver. Her breathing calmed.
But her expression…
…was no longer robotic. It was resolved.
> "I can weaponize emotions," she said.
> "You mean—control them?" Eris asked.
> "No," Requiem corrected. "I mean… let them free."
Suddenly—
🚨 Alert: Perimeter breach detected. Unidentified mech inbound.
A figure landed outside—twice Requiem's size. Cloaked in black armor. Masked.
> "I am Null. Born of pure logic. Your emotional code is obsolete."
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⨳ Final Shot
Kairo stepped beside Requiem, pulse rifle humming.
> "Obsolete?"
> "Nah. She just upgraded."
Requiem stepped forward.
> "You'll learn something real tonight, Null."
> "You can't calculate what I'm about to feel."
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Author's Thought:
⚔️ Emotions just became a battlefield. And Requiem? She's leading the emotional resistance.
Next: Chapter 7 – "When Logic Bleeds"
This is where Requiem faces her darkest mirror. Stay sharp.
— AuthorZayden