[It takes time for a monster to travel. It arrives on a day no one imagined that it could have.
And sad to say, it also arrives at a day when our planet is filled with fear, when its co-inhabitants fill that fear, and when a seemingly figure of the one who will save us All, seems to have arrived.
This is the short earth story of the arrival of Aster.
Do not be fooled.
He is here to destroy us.
It is 2009.
I have a year to tell you a story.]
Easter.
On this merry holiday agents of the planet earth's top anti-viral organizations have been called to an alert.
But not to address an emergency of the public.
But an emergency of their own.
"Gentlemen."
Everyone is incensed. Why call them out of a day with their families when there is no emergency, there is no claim to anyone's seat.
"Set aside your anger. I won't take more than a few minutes. I have called all of you here to make an announcement that threatens our business."
"Let me make that crystal clear."
"That means your vacation will not be there next year or anytime after that."
The listeners quiet down but still protest. This has got to be a wild gimmick to make them sell more of the company product.
"For lack of a better project code, we are calling this The Easter Child."
The crowd loudly protests.
"No need. I will state the fact now."
They are stunned by the honesty. A corporate affair is not carried this way. Not since they have been here.
"Moments ago, code has been released to the world. It is heuristic, it can adapt, it can change. It lives. It is in fact artificial intelligence, as our top analysts have so far been able to see."
The audience stops its murmurs.
"What does it do?"
The managers, agents, executives. All of them here.
They listen.
"It kills all viruses. All trojans. It prompts all users to install this free software and promises to protect them."
"Forever."
The audience goes wild.
The presenter gives them proof of concept.
"Watch. On your screens is a viral monster we have been grappling with for months but have not been able to fight."
The audience is held captive. On their screens they view a simulacrum of this virus their customers have been plagued for months, with no solution.
"Now, we will release The Easter Child."
The code is released.
The virus is devoured.
"Now you see why you have been called. Our business is threatened. Your lives are threatened."
"We must find out who made this. We will not be made fools."
"We must stop The Easter Child."
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