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Metamorphosis
He woke up with the sound of suction he emitted as he opened, the glass door that held him captive inside that species of cocoon, witness to his metamorphosis. A young human nurse reached out to him to help him get out of that tiny enclosure in which he was, a kind of coffin, with a different purpose than these.
He stretched out his arm to take the girl's hand, and to his astonishment, he could see a white, synthetic limb that seemed foreign to him, but strangely he felt it to be his. With help, insecure and staggering, he took his first step into this new world. He walked a short distance, hand in hand with that young woman, and they stopped in the middle of the room, seeing around him another ten buds, coffins or modern bellies, digital life givers, adorned half of the circumference of the enclosure.
-Good morning, David Rivero, welcome to Avalon, -said a sweet female voice, the origin of which he could not pinpoint, but it was not the nurse standing in front of him holding his hand.
―B… ―. He tried to speak, but could not utter more than an indecipherable murmur.
-Please don't speak, your voice modulator has not yet been adjusted, -said that melodious voice that seemed to come from all directions. -Please make adjustments to David's modulator.
The young woman let go of his hand and left him alone in the middle of the room, for some strange reason he felt helpless, as if naked in the middle of a crowded street. It was when under his gaze to see his white and synthetic nudes, nothing was missing in his body, he was a man with all the parts and accessories that that represented. But it was not flesh, what formed it, nor skin what covered it, its white and satin exterior was more like the whitish opaque glass that diffuses the light of the lamps, leaving scarcely between seeing its interior formed by mechanisms and circuits.
The beautiful nurse waved provocatively to an interface on a desk next to the room door. After pressing a few commands on the projected controls, she spoke for the first time.
-Say something David - she said, with a voice as sweet and melodious as the one I had spoken to her before.
-Heeeeello, whaaaaat's yooouuur naaame? - His voice sounded strange and distorted. - Whyyyy doooes my voooice sound like that? ―. As he finished the sentence his voice adjusted, until it ended up being normal -. Oh that's enough... - he said surprised.
-David please come with me so that your avatar is covered in synthetic leather and you can start your visit to Avalon, -said the beautiful and provocative young woman. Oh and my name is Miranda.
More than five hundred light years away, in Cerbero, David Rivero, a worker at the Iridio mines, was resting inside a suspended animation capsule, his brain was connected by a quantum link to a newly awakened robotic avatar in Avalon, an entertainment space station aimed at satisfying any kind of non-violent fantasy.
-Remember, my name is Miranda, you can call me with your interface whenever you want, I'm here to serve you, -said the girl, after leaving him lying on his bedroom bed, checking the space station's activities directory.
Other stories from the Time and Space series
- El Destino de Fenrir / The Fate of Fenrir
- Mundo Océano / Ocean World
- Realidad (1/2) / Reality (1/2)
- Realidad (2/2) / Reality (2/2)
- Púlsar / Pulsar
- Esferas / Spheres
- El Laboratorio de la Isla / The Island Laboratory
- Rescate de Chatarra / Scrap Rescue
- Mares Eternos / Eternal Seas
- El Reactor (1/2) / The Reactor (1/2)
- El Reactor (2/2) / The Reactor (2/2)
- Terror Nocturno / Night Terror
- Criaturas de Agua / Water Creatures
- Mi Día Entre Gusanos / My Day Into Worms
- La Masa Gris / The Grey Mass
- Colisión / Collision
- Los Bosques de Perséfone / The Forests of Persephone
- Osiris / Osiris
- Metamorphosis
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