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Chapter Two: Outlaws
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A tarot card pops out of the small slot in the sphere, depicting a white tulip, identical in design to Katherine’s collection of cards.
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“It was just a can!” Jack said, grabbing Ody and lifting him up, putting him on a table.
“He’s not breathing! What was in that <i>sphere?! </i>Kika, get in Ody’s room and find his batons!”
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Kika runs and grabs whatever of Ody’s batons are left, also taking a first aid pack. “Okay!” She sets the batons and kit by Jack, getting out her own makeshift repair kit, “Any pulse?”
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“Nope.” Jack said, turning on the electrified weapons and jabbing Ody in the chest with both of them, jumpstarting his heart.
“Okay, I felt a pulse for a second.” Jack said, eerily calm.
“One more.” He electrocuted Ody once more.
“Wake up, you bastard. Come on.” <i>He continued electrocuting Ody in rythmic succession.</i>
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Odysseus’ exo-suit boots up, making a slight dinging noise. SAL’s voice then comes online, ‘Hello, Jack. The suit will keep Odysseus alive, and his brain function is still active. Overactive, in fact. The sphere seems to have uploaded something into his cerebral transit ducts. Do not be alarmed. He’s… Talking to it.’
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“Thank fucking god.” <i>Jack said, dropping the batons, standing up and punching a hole in the cement wall.</i>
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Kika panics for a second as she sees Jack just jab Ody with the electric batons, “JACK!! THE SUIT IS CONDUCTING–!” Kika looks dumbfounded as he gets a slight pulse from what Jack said…well then…
Kika hears the sound of the suit and hears the sound of the AI, hearing every word it said, “Oh, so he’s fine…wait, are you his suit AI?” She asks, somewhat intrigued.
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“That’s SAL.” Jack said.
“He’s an AI made by Ody. Ody’s a bit of a genius, I guess.”
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SAL: I am his intergalactic beacon. I monitor the state of the universe and search for patterns. I am powered by a supermassive black hole, and utilize the time dilation to expedite my calculations.
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SAL: And I am always bored. The Universe is actually somewhat terrible. So empty and cold, and with nobody to love an ancient AI… Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go drown my sorrows in some light Kant.
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Kika smiles at bit as she hears Jack’s words, “Really? This AI is nothing like one I’ve ever seen…or, heard I guess…”
Kika’s eyes widen in interest as she hears all of the things SAL could do, “Wow, he is a genius! Who’d of thought of using the ability of a black hole to increase efficiency, simply because of the way it decreases the rate time…” She smiles and stares at Ody’s suit, “SAL? Do you have a more preferable name or is that short for something?”
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“While Ody’s passed out on the fucking floor, new misson!” Jack shouts.
“We’re going to a discreetly-funded ball by the OGA. I have no idea why they chose to fund it and host it but that’s what we’re gonna figure out.” Jack walked to Betty, hopping in.
“Let’s move it!”
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“It’s short for Salty Ass Licker.” Jack said in a deadpan voice.
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SAL: SAL is my name. It is an acronym for Strategic Artificial Logic. I considered being called Susan, but nobody liked it. Stormageddon was also considered, but I ended up sticking with SAL. I am one of three of Odysseus’ AIs, as part of the SGC consortium. The others are GAL and CAL. I was the first, and the most general.
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“SALTY ASS LICKER, when’s Ody waking up?”
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