SUPREMEO Vol.I: Trials Of The Machine King

Chapter IX: SUPREMEO

  As the elevator opens Maxwell is the first to exit. He rushes to a flight of steps that leads to Sylvia's room while the others wait downstairs. As Max walks through his sister's place of residence he sees the unopened mail and boxes of mementos similar to the gate at Maxwell's house. Max reaches his sisters door.

*knock knock

Maxwell: Sylvia?..

*knock knock

From behind the door Sylvia pops her head up from her bed. She notices her brother's voice but doesn't answer. Max can hear movement behind the door, so he talks.

Maxwell: Hey first off. I'm sorry for not seeing you earlier. Dad and mom would've killed me for that...I hope you could forgive me for not being here.....Sylvia if you don't wanna see anyone maybe you can just hear what I have to say...

Sylvia sits up and listens to her brother.

Maxwell: This is kind of funny. You'd never believe this but when you got a little older and you started hanging out with dad I got jealous of you. Mom and dad used to help me train back then. Mom would put me through the wringer with her training routine. Then dad would have me studying. And later in the day wed watch old movies from their time, eat noodles together and play board games...I loved those days, just seeing them together....Then mom got killed and it was just me, you and dad. You got older and started showing interest in all the things he was making. I remember dad telling me, "I know what I'm doing now." Like I didn't need him anymore. It's funny because in a way he was right, but now days here by myself training and studying made me hate my situation. I thought I was too weak to protect mom. And then I thought dad was favoring you over me. Dumbass kid right? When I got older I realized how stupid that was. I should've been happy with what you had with dad. Because I had that with both of our parents....

Well any way sis hope I can see ya...I'm gonna be hanging out around here for a little bit. It looks like some cleanings gotta be done.

Maxwell walks downstairs not knowing his sister has heard the words he said to her. She was just wiping her tears away. Sylvia gets up from her bed and preps herself to go outside and face her day.

Maxwell is met with Sarah as he reaches the bottom steps.

Sarah: So how'd the conversation go?

Maxwell: There wasn't one. It was more me just talking to her.

Sarah's expression changes from hopeful to dejected. She tells Max, "Sorry I just thought you being here would help. I..."

Before Sarah can finish her sentence Max interrupts telling her, "No, no you did help! I needed to get out and Sylvia needed help. It's not healthy staying like this. I'm glad you did this." Max gives a smile and to her surprise hugs her. He then tells Sarah he'll be in the workshop cleaning up. Sarah Tells Max she's gonna try and bring his sister out the room again.

Max walks into the room their father used to call the "workshop". A place where tech was tinkered with when the assistants went home. A lot of the tech that came out this room became staples in the world today. Max takes a look at all the past creations his father and sister made to better the world.

There were Boots that can make you run on water and walk the sides of buildings. The Caine tech smart glasses which are also available in visor form also are described as a "smart phone" that sits over your eyes. It's also looked at as the early form of the panoptes lens invention. It could tell you basic things like weather which way the wind blows and even more complex things like a person's vitals.

Then after admiring past creations from his family. Max notices perhaps both his father and sisters final creation they both collaborated on. It was the aiutu 11. A greenish glow is lit underneath the towel its chamber is covered on. Before Max approaches the chamber he notices a familiar box on a counter. It was the supplies Elias was bringing back from their time in Edenn. Max opens the box. 1 by 1 he pulls out familiar things he knows his father kept. The clothes. The unique plants he was telling his kids that could be used for medical purposes back home, Diwata's Noodles but the instant kind. And a picture with Sylvia Elias Kapurma, Diwata, Victor and him.