With the same visual imagers in their cranial sections but which contain no audio function
And they do not have the access code embedded in their upper limb palms
For Defgars duties are narrow and specific
They were produced and programmed to defend the facilities and constructions at which they are based
If ever that facility or construction is attacked
To this end they carry full sized 23rd Century LazExt 66 weapons in their upper limbs ±and the LazExt is an extremely efficient lazer exterminator
The 66th version being the very best
The usage of which has only been observed on practise grounds
But not by me
The weapon is believed to be extremely destructive±
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High Office edict ≠6.3000.1111.4736
Information deleted on security grounds
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The Defgars have been watching my approach from external imagers incorporated in the outer shell of the building and screens on the inside and have been checking my ObsRec security clearance, ±though I am of the highest clearance±
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High Office edict ≠6.3000.1111.4739
Information deleted as of no consequence to Screenreaders
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That is why the weapons they carry in their upper limbs
The LazExt 66ers
Are pointing at the ceiling of the facility and not at me
I would not care to stare at one close up if it was pointed at me
The Defgars allow me passage
As Screenreaders can observe
Because of the signal of companionship being transmitted from my programmes
And I am proceeding along a corridor towards my current place of employment
Where I observe living virus being tested
Examined and treated
Screenreaders may easily identify other workers of our species
To my right they may observe several MengTechs gathered around a screen studying recordings of their own work
They are white in appearance and have few identifying features though they possess one AH3D visual and audio imager central to their square shape and 2 Advanced X Ray imagers either side of this instrument
X ray imagers aid MengTechs in their experiments
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MengTechs are a simple square shape with six silver flexible metal antennae projecting from them
These antennae are equipped with pincers at their ends so that they may grasp any of the many instruments available to them
And these instruments are used for slicing
Dicing
Cutting
Dissecting
And bisecting any number of the virus that are kept in some number in this building
±It is believed that 10.000 examples of the virus reside in this single building
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High Office edict ≠6.3000.1111.4739.1
Information deleted as of no consequence to Screenreaders
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I pass close to the screen and see that the MengTechs are watching a recording of a silenced virus being experimented upon by the team
There are 40 MengTechs based at this facility and they deal with every aspect of viral experimentation
They move silently along magnetic fields built into the base of the building
And spend many hours of daylight and darkness in cages with examples of the virus and dependent upon the experiment being performed on the virus
It sometimes survives
I move past them
In the distance Screenreaders may see red coloured two wheel powered production models with upper limbs that may be an initial mystery to them
These are FoodTechs whose sole duty is to feed the virus that is contained at the facility so that its strength may be kept up to allow more examinations and experiments
Many FoodTechs have been attacked by the virus over the many years
Being a FoodTech is a most dangerous duty
The virus
It seems
Will attack anything
It seems unable to restrain either rage or anger even after many years of experimentation by MengTechs
And many lectures by GoebTers
It will attack any of my species without apparent reason and this aspect of virus behaviour is still not understood
For it is kept in warmth and comfort
It is fed
And treated for ailments by DocTechs
And it has enjoyed these benefits since its defeat
As I mention food
I must call attention to the fact that the virus will consume almost anything
It will consume the flesh of the animals of the fields
The flesh of the creatures that live in liquid
The flesh of the animals that fly in the sky
It will consume small animals in their entirety
It also consumes grasses
Berries
Fruits
Roots
Certain numbers of the virus are
Experimentally
Fed greatly by MengTechs so that DocTechs can study the effects such treatment has upon it
The virus grows and grows and grows
But the final result is always the same
An explosion of gore and grey matter and red innards
All of which are a complete mystery to me
ObsRecs are not versed in medical matters or in MengTechs techniques
And of course there are many DocTechs to attend to the needs of the virus
Just as there 10 GoebTers who attempt to communicate with it and teach it the basics of our system so that they may understand
±The GoebTers are the least successful of all those who treat the virus
It seems as if the virus does not want to watch or listen to anything GoebTers have to transmit±
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High Office edict ≠6.3000.1111.4736.1
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We pass the FoodTechs who are busying with various foodstuffs
All of which are a mystery to me
And we move forward Screenreaders
To where the virus is contained
Which is something many of our species may never have perceived or observed and I am proud to bring both vision and sound to such an experience
Screenreaders must feel no adverse effects for I have been carrying out this duty regularly for a great time and have never been attacked or infected
I just pass my palm over the final security device to allow ingress and as can be seen it opens and in we go
And there
Far below the balcony on which we stand
And spread over the many acres of land contained by the building
Is the virus
Many examples of it mingling and making a mighty noise with the sounds of their communication
They have no system of relaying information electronically and therefore use the orifice sited in the lower part of their cranium with which to communicate directly
We shall be taking an elevator to a lower level so that Screenreaders may observe the virus even more closely
Screenreaders may feel no discomfort for all is safe
Armed Defgars patrol corridors
And here we are in the elevator
And down we go
Here we are at a lower level where we will now travel along a thickly glassed corridor whilst observing and recording the virus
I must add at this point of the broadcast that I have not yet been programmed to understand what the virus signifies when it makes sound
So sound will be what it remains
I shall not be able to interpret for the Screenreader
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Now
The first thing that will become obvious to Screenreaders is how much like some of our species the virus looks
It has a cranium
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p; Very similar to the ones Defgars and ObsRecs
And other Machines
Have
Though in many cases the virus cranium is topped with a substance called hair
Something I mentioned earlier in this transmission
And it has two optical devices high in the cranium
Much like your guide
But their optical devices cannot transmit information to other sources
The virus can only transmit images to itself and unlike the Advanced AH3Ds in my cranium
They are organic
They are an integral part of the virus
And unlike the optical devices embedded in my cranium the virus instruments are known to exude liquid on four separate occasions
When they appear joyful
When they suffer sadness
When they are being experimented upon by MengTechs
When they suffer illness
MengTechs have yet to discover why this leakage of liquid is either necessary
Or important
To the virus
And DocTechs have discovered no medical purpose for the discharges
The virus has a proboscis similar to a number of our species
Including your guide
Though they are not uniform as with those of our species
Some are longer
Some tinier
Some wider
Some lying flatter to the cranium
There does not seem to be a standard design
And some of the proboscis leak liquid
Sometimes the virus has an explosive discharge from it
And as can be seen at either side of the cranium the virus has listening devices through which it hears the sound of both itself and the noise of others
Sometimes it hears the noise of several of the virus at the same time
And as with the proboscis
These are not uniform and differ widely in shape and size
But most marvellous
At least to me
Is the orifice beneath the proboscis out of which comes the sound the virus transmits and into which
Bizarrely
It pushes the food it consumes
It is a multi-purpose orifice of the most complex kind and one which we shall not be discussing in any detail because of my lack of knowledge on the inner workings of the virus
But no such orifice exists in any of our species
And it is a wonder to see
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It has four limbs much as Defgars and ObsRecs and other Machines have
Two upper and two lower
And
Like me
They are able to move forward
Backward
Sideward
On the lower limbs whilst using the upper ones for balance
Additionally
It is able to bend and roll or even upend its position by standing upon its palms
They also have opposing digits near their palms which allows them to grip
Hold
And lift
It also has an outer shell that varies in colour from light
Through a deeper colour
To a most dark colour
But even these colours change dependent upon weather conditions
Turning darker during warm times
And paler during cold periods
And the outer shell is almost as flexible as an ObsRecs
It can stretch and shrink and the virus can perform as many twists and turns as I can
Though not as quickly and rarely so dramatically
But it does not have a gyroscope within its central section
Nor does it have an inertial guidance system
Their movements are always a source of mystery to me
But as Screenreaders will be able to see
The virus has many aspects to it that has nothing in common with our species
The upper chest area can vary to an enormous degree in those of the virus with no appendage hanging between their lower limbs
Lumps develop that can be extremely large or very small
They can droop low
Or stand pertly
They can weigh heavily
Or weigh very little at all
They can be tipped with large brown circular ends
Or small pink ends
These lumps seem to be important when tiny virus falls from the taller strain because the tiny one spends a great deal of time with its cranial orifice attached to one
Much as ObsRecs do when we are being upgraded
When we attach to a connector
The tiny virus is extremely noisy and very very messy but MengTechs have discovered during their experiments that it contains almost everything the taller virus contains
Though everything is much smaller
And following down from those lumps they can have middle sections that are very flat or very fat
It seems that age has a great deal to do with whether that form of the virus has a flat or a fat middle
And following down the frame from the middle we come to an another orifice that is almost always partly hidden beneath more hair and out of which the virus exudes liquid that can be relatively clear or bright red
Why this should be is something else that is a mystery to me
Though the red liquid is identical to the liquid that flows from the virus when it is cut or sliced or diced
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As can be seen
This sub strain of the virus
Comes in many non-uniform shapes
Colours
Sizes
But they all move in the same manner and make similar noises
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The other sub strain of the virus behind the glass wall
As the Screenreader may perceive
Is
In general
Slightly larger and heavier than the first strain and has more hair upon its head and upon its frame
Though it shares identical optical devices
Listening devices and proboscis
And the lower cranial orifice as previously described
I also grows the substance called hair beneath and around the cranial orifice
This strain of the virus does not share lumps on the upper area with the other strain
Except in the case of the older virus that seems to develop them
Though tiny virus have never been noticed holding them in their lower orifices
It also has the same flat or fat middles
But when one arrives at the top of the lower limbs
As screenreaders will see when I focus my AH3Ds
It has an extraordinary appendage which varies greatly in size from one virus to the other
Some have enormous appendages
Some small
Some tiny
And they hang between the upper limbs uselessly and exude liquid at regular intervals
But sometimes
Amazingly
They suddenly rise up and become rigid and stick out from the virus frame
This rigidity seems to happen without any necessary caressing
Though some caressing can take place between the two sub strains and the rigid appendage seems to fit neatly into the others orifice
And seems to bring them joy
As if the virus was designed to behave in such a manner
Which makes this ObsRec reason why the viruses
Together
Did not spend more time with appendage and orifice linked rather than mutating into a virus that had such a disastrous effect upon planet Earth and led to them being almost exterminated
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I need to break off my commentary to Screenreaders and halt my transmission momentarily
An important communication is being received from High Office
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High Office Information Posting
Transmission by Obsrec 33140 of live coverage of daily routine with sound a
nd vision has been downloaded to screens over 5.000.000 times since transmission began and has 100 percent positive response
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Section 2
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High Office Command #444.133
OR33140 will suspend general transmissions and concentrate transmissions to History Keepers for important information to be downloaded
Begin HisKees Broadcast
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Welcome HisKees
This is still OR33140
You should now be receiving sound and vision again
I have been instructed by High Office to screen a brief History of the virus for your information and for your information only
The general Screenreader will not be receiving this part of my transmission
It is for 23rd Century History Keepers only
High Office has instructed that by my transmission the HisKees may programme more rapidly
This is just for you
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History Of The Virus
Part 1
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The virus thrived on planet Earth for approximately 200.000 years and was most successful in spreading out to live on every part of the planet
Hot
Cold
Dry
Wet
Far from conurbations
Within massive conurbations
In small constructions
In high constructions
In large constructions
And they could live alone
Or with another form of the virus
Or with the same form
Or with several other forms
Or many other forms
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I have received a communication from High Office concerning the virus
It seems that the virus was previously known as
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As Human
And I am instructed that I should no longer refer to it as the virus but should refer to them as Human
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The Humans knew no bounds when it came to where they could survive
Either alone
Or with any other form of virus it chose to reside with
It conquered all areas of planet Earth
But the destruction it carried out was enormous and threatened the very existence of the planet
They destroyed trees until their ultimate demise was in sight
And they destroyed them to build residences or simply to burn
They dug up and wasted the rock and gas and liquid resources of the planet on heat and light and power
They created huge holes and tunnels in the fabric of the planet to feed their unquenchable desire for fuels to power their warmth and to make their miserable lives more acceptable to them
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