Creation of a friend (IRIS fanfic)

Transmission 3 (May 24, 1996)

"Day 3 of creating the Artificial Intelligence that is currently code named Dovahcom. Today, I was informed by my good friend Yutar that the reason I've been acting so aggressive towards my family was due to the radiation exposure that I've got from the ether material that I've retrieved five years ago."

"My blood has been boiling a lot, my eyes have started to get infected, it also seems that there are antibodies eating away at my Vitamos Z intake. I asked him if there was a cure, he told me that every attempt he made to salvage my blood samples have failed miserably. He then told me that the sooner I retire from my duty, the sooner I can spend the last days with my family. While I was thinking about Bethany, Abe, and Jeb, a question came up in my mind: how am I going to break the news to them? I asked the question to Yutar, and he told me that there's no other way than to be straight with them, he then asked me about what I'll pass to them when I descend. I responded to him by saying nothing much, just a farewell message."

"Me and Yutar began to reminisce on everything that has happened to the both of us, from the time me and Yutar flew off the tube back in university to when I caught a nasty sickness and he had to act as my wife's husband for a few weeks. After a few minutes of the both of us boozing and having a laugh, we decided to record my final will. I thanked my subjects for their kindness and hospitality and how that made what was impossible possible, and to them, I marked May 24th as Valour Day, the world's day of vacation. I also asked for fifty percent of my assets to be used for housing to battle the clutches of poverty. I decided to give Bethany the rest of my assets, the other half of my loving grace necklace, and a special key just for her. I thought about which of my boys is going to be in the position I'm going to leave behind sometime soon, I decided to have both of them share the position. I also decided to say something to a boy named Smyths I met once at a Christmas dinner. I told him that both of my boys are going to be in the position I leave behind and to call it a future coalition. I also decided to state a special message to Abe, telling him that this is a big responsibility that he must take as the eldest, and that he must keep Jeb protected and safe at all costs. I also told him that Smyths will help guide him; since Smyths told me that he wants to work as a guard of the domeplex, and I also slightly mentioned Dovahcom in that message as well, I'm sure that he'll get along with the both of them very well."

"I also said to everyone to keep smiling for me, and decided to mention that in case a crisis were to happen, I'd like the key used to reset everything buried along with me. Since I trust my boys with my life, I wouldn't want them to have that hard of a job in the position I leave behind, I then told everyone to protect them and to keep them out of harm's way. I ended the will by saying how much I love everyone and told them to do me proud. I told Yutar to turn off the recording because it was getting a bit too much for me. When I got back to where I'm working on Dovahcom, I thought about other forms that Dovahcom can have depending on the environment and occasion."

"One of those occasions being whenever Abe has to make a speech to the public, it would be quite unfortunate if Dovahcom were to fall off the roof during the speech. Hence why I decided to start working on this other form I'm starting to build for him to be used on occasions like that. That form being a floating orb, I guess it'll be quite neat. Abe, at this moment, can be quite nervous when speaking in front of a large group of people, so if he still has a bit of anxiety when he gets older, surely Dovahcom would be in that form to give him a bit of comfort. I want Abe to do the best he can do when he takes the position I currently have as I'm recording this, and what better way to do it than have a companion by his side? I just want him to have some company in his life even when nobody else would be there for him."