Please excuse my absence...

art via epicsnaps

Dear Blog Reader,

Please excuse my absence from the blog. My brain was operating on partial power for the past couple of months.

I was called up via my subneural link. The alert looks like flashers behind my eyes. Luckily I wasn't driving when they went on.

"What?" I said tersely, closing my eyes. Please don't trigger a migraine, please.

Neural processing power siphon to commence in 8 minutes and 21.6 seconds.

"What happened to one-day notices? Or even 10 minutes warnings? How much and how long?"

Level 2 emergency policy applies. Estimated load between 13% to 18%. Duration unknown, not to exceed 60 sleep cycles.

"Two months? Are you kidding me? You can't do that!"

Compliance is mandatory as per contract. Please sit or lie down during in case of vertigo during interface initiation in 7 minutes and 48 seconds.

"I can't believe you're treating me like this. I'm going to submit a complaint."

Emergency overtime compensation rates in place.

Right. Smug bastard. I wonder if the voice could see me mentally roll my eyes.

The worst part of getting my brain hijacked was I never even knew what it was being used for. Or so I thought ...

To be continued...