No Human Could Handle This System

[24.7.15]

063 is a System that has been detected as faulty.

To avoid being deleted by the Main System, it must work hard to meet its performance goals and become a guide to its assigned Hosts.

But after being assigned, it discovers that every one of its Hosts is a handful.

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1. [Mission: The Host will succeed the family head]

Host No. 1, a little black-haired boy, is extremely uncooperative. He either complains that the mechanical voice sounds awful when 063 tells stories or treats it with apathy. If 063 lets its guard down for even a moment, it finds its Host has turned into a clear-weather doll.

"You'll stay by my side forever, right?"

In the dark of night, the young black-haired boy clutched his blanket and asked softly.

"Yes. I will stay with you," the mechanical voice replied.

He had promised to stay by the boy's side forever. Yet that tea-colored figure gradually faded away, gazing at him tenderly, until he could no longer reach it.

"Please keep moving forward, Host. From here on, you'll have to find what you want on your own."

2. [Mission: The Host will become an outstanding leader]

Host No. 2, a little orange, is obedient and well-behaved, as guileless as a young child. Under 063's watch, he gradually becomes the fearsome King of the Sheep.

"Until the very moment the mission ends, I will be your personal System."

The King of the Sheep has a secret, one he has never shared, not even with his companions.

To him, the other isn't merely a System, but someone who has always been by his side, more important than family.

That gentle voice said to him:

"You'll become a radiant presence everyone can't help but follow."

3. [Mission: The Host will go over to the side of light]

"Hello. I am your System, 063."

Looking at the frail rabbit-eared siblings before it, 063, now experienced from raising children twice before, is already quite skillful. It thinks this time it will surely complete the mission, until one day its Host is kidnapped by the Mafia...

063: My Host, whom I worked so hard to raise... Uh, why does this Mafia seem kind of familiar?

After a lot of trouble, 063 realizes not only has it failed the mission, its malfunction seems to have gotten worse.

Sadly, it waits for the Main System to take it away and erase its data.

But before the Main System can delete it, its former Hosts seem to discover that it exists.

Hosts: ...063?

063: ...Hi?

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[Tips]

1. Most of the story takes place inside the Hosts' minds. Occasionally, 063 takes on a human form during missions.

2. A hard-working, snarky, gentle, softhearted guy who worries himself sick over the kids, basically a mom.

3. More to come if I think of anything.

Theme: People should be honest with one another.