It was a dreary night when 20 year old Electrical Engineer, David Schneider, had to stay late at Fionorai Labs to work over time. He was assigned to a task that involved clearing a dead employee’s files of the company’s server. Though it seemed like a tough job to do, David had no problem with it.
You are the best archivist in this company,†said his boss, General Norwell. “We need these files off our server ASAP.â€
David nearly had been “eyeballing†his computer for two hours getting rid of emails, program files, and documents Professor Angela Zen Smith left behind. She had died in a fire when Section 28 of Fionorai Labs went up in flames during one of her experiments.
Boring, boring, boring…†David says to himself after sighing. “I don’t know why I even volunteered for this job.â€
“Eh? What’s this?†David comes to a complete stop as he looks an email file having a huge file attached to it, labeled “Important,†that is addressed to General Norwell.
The Email reads:
To: norwell@fionorai.labs.org
My experiment was a total failure. The matter animation process did not work out like it was supposed to. You were right; it was another one of my “stupid experimentsâ€. I’m very sorry for not listening to you. This time, I probably will not be able to tell you in person. At the time I sent this email to you, Section 28 is going up in flames. If I do not make it out alive, give this message to all who have not run my program:
THE PROGRAM WILL CAUSE A CHAIN REACTION MAKING THE SYSTEM OVERLOAD AND CATCH ON FIRE. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RUN THE ZEN KINESIS SYSTEM.
-        Professor Angela Zen Smith
“So, could this be the event that caused section 28 to catch on fire? All because of a faulty program error. I must see how I can fix this.†David says.
David hears some footsteps coming toward his workroom and quickly hides the email within the taskbar on his desktop.
His boss opens the door and pops his head in saying, “Schneider, are you finished yet?â€
“Almost, sir.†David replies after clicking on a button that sends the email home to his private e-mail’s inbox.
“Good.†General Norwell replies as he closes the door behind him.
David finishes the last of his work and goes home. When he gets home, he sets up his lab ready to correct what Professor Smith did incorrectly.
After hours of searching for the one “error†that caused Professor Smith’s death, David stumbles upon something in the program that makes him choke on his coffee.
“What!†David exclaims. “No wonder why Angela’s system caught on fire! The size of the entity overloaded the processing unit’s thinking process. Hmm… I’ll think I’ll change the size of the entity to 18x18x18.â€
David then finds another error in the program that did not supply a “targeting point†for the entity. Without the targeting point, the entity is free to show up anywhere in his house. After doing that, David clicks on a button telling the program to run and looks to a small stool in front of him. This is where he set the entity to show itself.
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"I, master engineer Cid has something in store for you Golbez... As well as my middle finger." (Escape from underworld scene in FF4)</p>