"Okay, I have seen the environment nearby through the car's autopilot camera," Agnes tells Dillard. A slight adjustment to the mission is required".
"Wait, what? What do you mean?" Dillard asks. He stands next to the car, talking to Agnes using earphones. The Trevio phone is inside his shirt pocket on his chest. The car is parked outside the cemetery gateless entrance.
"I just scan the nearby environment for any kind of signal, and with exception of the grave-keeper, we are alone. But I don't know for how long."
"Okay, your words seem ominous. Don't keep me in the dark please." Dillard folds his hands on his chest. He leans his back on the car's back trunk on the left side.
"Dillard, this is Trevio's private cemetery," she informs Dillard. "And its location is not exactly secret."
"Oh lord, so those people will appear here? But like you said, we are alone. And we are not being followed right?"
"I did not see any other car following us. The GPS road traffic advisor app also didn't show anything except our car," she explains. "But it won't stay like that for long. The grave-keeper possibly have informed the family that there are visitors."
Dillard sarcastically responds, "Great! Now what?"
"We go to the exact location where the coordinates point. But stay inside the car. Only go out when necessary," she tells him. "And one more thing, Dillard. This is the most important."
"Yeah, what?"
"If you find yourself in mortal danger, use the Trevio phone as leverage. Trade it for your safety," she suggests.
"Okay, okay," Dillard quickly responds.
Dillard goes back inside the car and drives it into the cemetery. There is a stone road that leads into different parts of the area. He tries to find a path that is closest to the point designated by the coordinates. The closer to the point, the slower Dillard drives, until finally, he stops the car at the left side of the road. "I think this is as close as we can go," he tells Agnes.
"Okay, let's get out and find the headstone with some writing on it."
"Wait, just any writings? Almost every headstone has a name and dates on it," Dillard argues.
"It should be something unique and should be around the GPS point. So it shouldn't be a lot"
Dillard steps out of the car. He puts the Trevio phone inside his chest pocket and proceeds to look at his surroundings. There are some headstones lined with considerable distance between each other. They all look clean and well preserve. He starts walking toward the coordinate the GPS points while Agnes guides him.
After walking straight for a few meters, Dillard's eye something. He tells Agnes, "Well, I think this one is unique."
"Unique how?"
"It's bigger and there is a poem written on the headstone."
The sun invigorates my hungry soul, gives me the strength to endure
The moon illuminates the dark paths, telling me to press on
And the earth always supports my every step forward, never giving up
When I'm broken, the gentle breeze of wind whispers encouragement
And when I'm in rage, the cold river calms my heart
Here lies my sun, moon, and earth
Here lies my wind and my river
My Everything
"But no name or dates. Weird," he comments.
"Point the Trevio phone camera to the writings," she asks Dillard. "I'll take a picture."
Dillard does as she requests.
"Okay, please wait a moment Dillard," Agnes says.
The Trevio phone screen suddenly goes blank. Agnes disappears, replaces by a series of text.
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Processing Image ...
Activating Deep Learning Super Sampling ... done
Beginning image enlargement and cleaning process ... done
Activating Deep Learning Character Detection and Recognition ... done
Extracting text from image ... done
Generating Custom MD5 HASH from extracted text ... done
Generating One Time Passkey ...
Connecting to MOONBASE ...
Passkey accepted, connection established
Uploading System Operation Upgrade pay-Load (S.O.U.L)
10% ...
15% ...
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Moonbase? Yeah, I remember
This going to take a while is it
Might as well look around
Dillard is intrigued by the absence of a name and dates. He checks the other side of the headstone and he sees them.
Here lies Agnes Trevio
Beloved daughter of Joseph Trevio
2009 – 2019
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