As you found yourself slowly trudging down the long and winding road, your legs throbbed a bit at the strain of having been walking for so long. It turns out escaping from government agents is a lot more work than you'd have thought, seeing as they nearly killed you no more than a few hours ago! Of course, that didn't happen, seeing as you're still here. Nobody would wanna hear a story about someone who's already dead, would they?

But that's besides the point. What's important is what ended up saving you; IC-0n. Or, as some may call her, "the literal devil". Ever since taking her away from the facility where she was kept, she's bought your whole "I'm your administrator" story perfectly, and that has thankfully kept her from trying to murder you just like everyone else. In fact, she's even helped you out in a pinch or two so far!

Anywho, enough of that exposition junk. You're exhausted, and honestly, taking a minute to sit down sounds great right about now. You eventually take a seat a little ways away from the road, moving to set your backpack aside...

...And hovering out of it comes the small black cube, which floated there in mid-air for a few moments, before suddenly transforming with a quick glitch or two into that familiar sight of the corrupted AI.

IC-0n's facial screen took a moment or two to boot up, but when it did, her bright-red face flashed to life as she plopped down on the ground just in front of you.

"Hehe , finally done walking for tonight ?" She spoke, tilting her head as she looked at you, her red digital eyes blinking twice.