The Jump (computer simulation)

Story by Mrs. Puff

This is my first erotic fiction. I'm a playwright, so the formatting will be a bit different than what you're used to. Also, formatting for scene 1 and 2 are different because this board is weird.

A room that looks highly technical. ETHAN is holding RACHEL’s hand as they enter. RACHEL looks slightly uneasy about this.

ETHAN ...and it doesn’t hurt at all. You can’t even feel it. The brain doesn’t have any pain receptors, so you won’t even realize it’s happening.

RACHEL Ethan, this makes me feel weird.

ETHAN Well, I mean, it is weird, but isn’t it so weird that you want to try?

RACHEL ...Maybe a little, but having a billion tiny robots in my brain makes me uncomfortable.

ETHAN Don’t worry. We can take it slow.

RACHEL Don’t get me wrong. I do want to know what it’s like to talk to myself, but...I dunno.

ETHAN Joking What can I do to get you into that computer?

RACHEL I’m not going to get my brain transferred right now. I might want to get a copy today, and that’s all.

ETHAN I don’t want to pressure you, but it’s not as big a deal as you’re making it out to be. It’s just a couple pills. And then you just wait as it goes up.

RACHEL And then there’s going to be another me.

ETHAN Yep. And then you’ll be able to get proof from yourself that living in a computer is amazing.

RACHEL But it’s not really me.

ETHAN What are you talking about? Of course it is.

RACHEL No, it’s some robot version of me. Some approximation of me.

ETHAN Rachel, there’ve been tests. Copies of people react exactly the same way. It is you, at least up until it starts experiencing new things.

RACHEL Then what about me bringing a new person into the world? Isn’t that distressing to you?

ETHAN Rachel, you’re bringing a copy of yourself into a paradise. What’s wrong with that?

RACHEL I haven’t completely thought it out yet, Ethan. It just seems wrong on a gut level.

ETHAN Putting his hands on her shoulders Just trust me. This one time.

Pause.

RACHEL I’m going to regret this.

ETHAN You’ll thank me afterward.

ETHAN goes to a table and takes 3 pills out of a bottle. He takes a glass and fills it with water from a sink. He comes back and puts it in her hands. She looks down at them then back up.

ETHAN Trust me.

She sighs, then takes all three at once with a big gulp of water.

ETHAN Excited Okay, now wait a second.

He runs over to a laptop, types in something, clicks a few times, then shows her something on the screen.

ETHAN Now concentrate on this video. It stimulates most of your brain.

The video sounds so fast that it is not understood at all by the audience. It lasts for 10 seconds.

ETHAN Aaaand great. Your copy should be done any second now.

RACHEL How long are these things going to be in my brain?

ETHAN Oh, they’ll be gone in a few minutes. They’ll mostly be in your urine. Oh, here it is! Are you ready? Joking For yourself?

RACHEL ...Sure.

ETHAN sets the laptop on the table and they both watch.

RACHEL Hello?

RACHEL 2

Pause. I’m the copy aren’t I? Fuck! Ethan, I’m not ready for this yet!

Silence.

RACHEL What’s it...What’s it like in there?

RACHEL 2 I dunno, it’s like out there I guess. Nobody else in the room. Am I going to die in here?

ETHAN No! I mean, you can get a body for reality if you want, but you’re a computer now.

RACHEL 2 What the hell, Ethan? I thought I’d be out there!

ETHAN You are out here.

RACHEL 2 I kn

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