Jace was laying back on the temporary infirmary bed. Shilla was inserting a needle into his arm before releasing a sigh. "Okay, it is inside." She told him and he watched as the liquid moved from a container through the clear tube to his arm. "Good luck." She told him before turning and running quickly out of the room. Leaving him mostly in the dark. With the only thing lighting up the room being the liquid that was giving off a glow.

As soon as the liquid entered into his veins he could feel it. An intense pain spread throughout his body. His vision went blurry as if a white light was flooding the room before he eventually fainted. But as he fainted he could feel that he was able to rein in control of the electricity in his body so none of it left him.

He took one last look at his system status before he passed out.

[General Information

Name: Jace Hex

Chronological Age: 18

Compatibility Rating: S

Spouse: Salem Wintry

Bound: Shilla Aphri

Lineage: Electricity Warlock

Bound Items: Gladius, Longsword, Spear, Katana, Khopesh, Shortsword, Dagger, Spectre Knife, Spiked Mace, Flail, Spectre Magnus Revolver, Spectre 2.0 Armor, Spectre Hover Bike, Spectre Spider Tank, Wisp Rifle, Storage Box

Talent/Ability Understanding: 97%

Evolution Stage: 70% Spectre, 30% Hex

Technique(s): Spectre Meditation, Bloodline Mindspace, Mental Home

Physique: 67%

Mind: 51%

Spirit: 32%

Soul: 29%]

[Astral Beast Companion

Name: Cho

Age: 1

Imprinted on: Jace Hex, Salem Wintry, and Jordan]

As he passed out he felt like his body was falling into water. Then he opened his eyes. But he very clearly was not actually opening his eyes. He was just awakening in his own mind. He was not in any place he remembered being in his mind.

He looked down at his body. But instead of seeing skin or armor like he did at his own places. He saw code in the shape of his body. Light blue 1s and 0s that were only visible because of their flowing form and the background of water that was all around him.

[Mutation being stabilized. New Information Acquired. Stabilization: 01%]

It was visible in large text in front of him. But even with it visible he could also feel the words. Like they were a physical construct. As he reached up his hand to touch the floating text he saw his hand. The light blue code was still visible. But hidden between them were symbols. Symbols he could not recognize.

Which in a way found him worried that his mind had been violated somehow when he was unconscious. Because if there was something he was certain of. There should not be anything in his mind he should not know.

Then again, he learned in the Bloodline Mindspace the various fighting techniques of his ancestors. This could be something similar. But for some reason he felt something was wrong. As he thought this another symbol appeared in between the code. Just as inconsistent as the first one.

[Stabilization: 02%]

The text changed. The way it changed was to fall into lines and then move to make up the new message that was larger. But what was he supposed to do now just wait?

Why should he wait though?

[Because he needed to be patient.]

Okay that was new. How is he hearing another of his own voice in his head and seeing a third in the manner of a red text box? Which was much different from the system’s normal gray and white.

I feel like the explanation is obvious.

[I will give you three guesses.]

Looks like I have my own split in personality. A threeway split. I am guessing the one talking through red text boxes is my logical and ruthless portion of my personality? Then what is the voice I hear?

Hmm... I suppose I am the passion and curiosity you constantly set aside. I guess that makes you- the one with the body- what remains after you remove our curiosity and ruthless natures. Although that does make you the majority of behaviors and ideas.

[Am I the only one worried about what this will result in? What happens to the rest of us when one of us inevitably takes control?]

Nothing. That is not how this is going to go. We are likely going to be remerged once the process is done. There is no point in resisting it. Logic knows it. While curiosity should ponder the idea of whether we will still be Jace Hex. Or we will be something else.

[Stabilization: 03%]

The endless water around him began changing. Almost like it was rapidly flowing around him. In a way it felt similar to when-

Hyperspace.

[It is more efficient. Something is projecting this into our mind.]

Should I reject it?

No.

[Yes.]

Then we wait to be prepared to reject it.

The scene changed again as he stopped floating and a platform appeared below him. While in front of him covered in darkness was another platform. It had a spike going downwards and upwards in the center of this other platform. He moved forward and the moment he stepped on it thin yellow lines began appearing throughout the platform and then up and down through the spikes before going into the darkness that surrounded them.

Oh god. Is this what it is like to be in my own mind? How does Salem like me if I monologue this much?

I would roll my eyes if I could. This seems like some type of control station. Actually looking at the design now. It looks like an idea for a stationary satellite I had. Although writing and other designs are-

[Reminiscent of the other text. Foreign to us. But not foreign to our blood.]

It has taken an idea of ours to project the concept it is trying to generate. What was the purpose of this satellite?

[Stabilization: 04%]

It was a design to help control robots. Basically a single person or AI could give a massive amount of robots or automations orders. It would have been my radical idea to exert control over anything and everything electronic. I abandoned it because I could not secure it. Any other AI connected to the network would have free access.

What can this version do?

No clue.

[It is a version of the satellite in our mind. Then we can assume that it allows us control over something. Try it.]

He moved to the center of the satellite and a panel was visible in the shape of his hand. He looked at his hand and then moved it to the panel as it lit up yellow. The moment he touched it he felt a pull.

Suddenly he was looking through something. No, not just something-

Oh? Are we looking through Cain’s eyes?

[Not just Cain. But he is the only thing with a camera that is currently operational.]

"What the hell?" Cain spoke and looked around.

"Is something wrong Cain?" Shilla asked from her position as she looked at data on a screen. She was watching the progress of Victor and Valkyrie as they underwent stabilization. Apparently Valkyrie was floating.

"I think I just heard Jace’s voice three times over but in my core." Cain explained.

He focused and pulled himself back as he realized what it was. The other two fractions of his consciousness came with him.

[It is clear what it does now.]

I mean not completely. We could experiment and test the limits a bit more.

No, we are not going to do that. We are keeping ourselves contained in our own mind. We are still undergoing change. We should refrain from possibly putting others in danger.

[Stabilization: 05%]

[Agreed, there is something stirring and we should not tempt fate.]

He went to respond when suddenly the satellite and everything around it moved away. He was back in the endless water from before. Now the code that made up his body was littered with not just those unknown symbols but with a set of symbols he did recognize. They were cultural in nature, they did not have much purpose beyond that.

That is not necessarily true. These are hexes just like our namesake. Each one is a piece of language that turns into a spell or something else. We have avoided it, but perhaps we should revisit the old texts again.

[They could provide a new path for power and strength. I agree.]

We might not need to.

[Stabilization: 06%]

Almost to prove his words correctly the scene began moving again. This time they appeared on a dark green swamp with a cabin floating inside. He stood above the swampy green water for a moment before suddenly falling in partially until his feet hit the mud. He then blinked in surprise and looked to either side of him.

He was still made up of code. But to his right was another figure made of red flowing blood and shards of something crystal. To his left was a figure made of roots, sand, and flowing white water.

[We each get our own body now?]

How curious...