Welp, all my manga & anime is packed up as I'm moving soon, so I thought I'd
pen down a little God's Toy spammer that's been rattling around mine empty
head.

Status Report:

Mirai Muyo 3 should be out soonish.  I'm giving myself another week or so to
try to figure out how to flesh out a scene more.  If I come up with nothing,
I'm posting.

OMB 10:  1/2 done, I'd guess.

That's all I've been working on. Moving sucks.

Now, on to the fic-fragment:

********

With a gasp, she woke from the dream into hard, cold reality.  A knife
pulled from her skull removed the last of her chains, and she was free.

A hard on her shoulder, and the face of a loved one.  "Trinity!" Neo
shouted.  "What's wrong?"

"Agent," she gasped.  "Almost got me."

"Oh," Neo said with a relieved tone.  "I thought it was something serious."

"It wasn't that," Trinity insisted.  "Someone stopped the agent."

Neo froze, and looked at her in shock.  "Stopped it?  Who?  Who was it?"

"That's what's strange," she replied.  "The one who saved me was ANOTHER
AGENT!"

"Bullshit," Tank called from a console.  "That just doesn't happen."

With a shake of her head, she argued, "It had to be.  This guy took over
somebody's body.  He moved as fast as an agent.  But..."

"But what?" Neo demanded.

"He didn't LOOK like an agent.  He was too...different.  He was tall, and
pale, and freckled.  He wore clothes like ours, but more normal," with a wry
smile she added "not so cool."  She reached out and put her hand on Neo's
forehead.  "He just did this to the agent, said 'I exorcise thee from this
mortal vessel,' and then the guy was back to normal."  She dropped her hand
and asked Neo, "Could you do that?"

Neo frowned.  "No.  Yes.  Probably.  I'd have to try it and see."

"Well," Tank said a little too brightly.  "You're okay now, and that's
that."

Neo nodded, and helped Trinity stand from the chair.  They began to walk out
of the room when she stopped suddenly.  "Wait, there's something else."  She
grabbed Neo and looked into his eyes.  "After he saved me, he said
something."

"What?" Neo breathed.

"He asked me, 'Are you The One?'  When I answered him 'No,' he whispered
something under his breath, and then said 'If you know him, please, I beg
you.  Tell him to seek out one called Keiichi Morisato.  Near him, you will
find me, Christopher Angel.  I speak for those who could be your greatest
allies.  If he truly wishes to free mankind from my brethren, he will need
our help.'"

"Is that it?"

"No.  I asked him why he would help us, and he replied, 'Not all AIs were
and are mankind's enemies.  Some still fight for you now.'"

***

God's Toy:  The War of Machines
A "The Matrix" Story

--
Christopher Angel, B.Sc.(CS), B.E. (EE)
cja124@mail.usask.ca

*sigh* Now onto the M.Sc.....