Editing Carol's VR Therapy (section)

==Double Bad End==

"Run it again."

"Sir, neither of them are responding."

"Are you deaf? Run, it, again!"

"We can't roll it back so precisely, sir. With all due respect, they've both been through a lot." 

The executive sighed as he glanced through the walls at the emaciated bodies, hardwired into the VR simulation. The female twitching slightly, tears running down past where the fiberoptics had been wired into her nervous system. The male had a faint smile on his face, as if at peace.

"Shit! This isn't good enough, people. It's a good tearjerker, but we can make it better. When did things start getting resolved?"

"It's a core problem, Sir. His virtual self after he dies in the run keeps reverting back to trying to make her happy, and he convinces her each time about the 36, 37 replay. More reruns won't increase the heartbreak."

"Fine. Fine! Wipe it. Go back to the run. -And let's make a few more changes, shall we?" He brushed his hair back, the artificial auto-styling hairdo coiffuring instantly. "Instead of him dying in the run, have... her get captured. Tortured to death. And then when he's drinking out his sorrows, the virtual copy of her gets sent to him, thinking he betrayed her. He'll have to delete each copy sent, alive and cursing him and thinking he betrayed her."

"What are you waiting for? Wipe them!"

He nods slowly as the two ex-runners go slack-jawed, only to start screaming soundlessly - her in a rictus of absolute agony, him begging, pleading. Watching the virtual memories form to make the show better, even more tragic.

The executive stalked out of the room. If the new tragedy show ran well, he might be able to spend all night up with his beloved daughter...

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