The Core snapped back into consciousness, its view filled by the same rock hole that it had started its Evolution in.

  “Did it work?”

  The Core flew around a little inside its crater, noticing that it had a lot less room than before, and yet was able to maneuver far smoother than before as well.

  “Nice, lets see what the Screens say about it. Status”

  “Well, that doesn’t really seem to help me in the slighte-“

  The Core just stared at the screen before mentally shoving it to the side while It kept on looking through its menus.

  Every other screen closed down or moved behind the “Gods” window. The Core sat there, its annoyance at this thing that ripped it from whatever life it had lead before growing into a rage.

  “You want me to talk to you? YOU want ME to talk to YOU? I SHOULD BE THE ONE GETTING THE ANSWERS HERE BUDDY! YOU KILLED ME AND SHOVED ME IN A BALL SO I COULD BE YOUR NEXT TV SERIES!”

  Calm and collected. CALM AND COLLECTED?! HOW CAN I BE CALM WHEN I’M DEAD!?

  “SURE YOU CAN, JUST LIKE YOU CAN TURN ME OFF AT WILL RIGHT?”

  The Core froze for a second, before the light on the front flashed blue for a second.

  “Yay Admin-Chan, its nice seei-wait what?”

  The Core jerked as it realized what it was saying, its lights flashing between orange and blue as it struggled against the limiters that were being imposed on it. Losing the fight, at least for now, its “Eye” glowed green as it calmed down.

  “I don’t like you anymore”

  “Why are you here anyways, I got things to do and you're in my way.”

  The Force, which the Core realized was the Gods power, flowed into its crystal, sparks flying off as some of it missed the mark and hit the metal instead.

  “OW, THAT HURTS”

  “IM LITERALLY A COMPU- What were we talking about?”

  The Core waited for a moment, expecting the God Guy to start bothering him again. After waiting for about an Hour, the Core shrugged, its Frame bobbing inside the Asteroid and turned its screens back on again.

  “Right, looks like I have to figure this out myself. Lets start from the Top, Achievements”

  “What… Is that… this is so pointless. Alright, maybe the next one will be more useful. Tasks”

  “Alright, that looks a lot more useful, certainly it will help when deciding what to do in the Future. Now, lets see what the Inventory and Journal are like.”

  The Core looked through its menu’s, losing itself in the exploration of the tabs Available to it. The Journal had a record of everything it had done so far, from exiting the rift to finding the Wreckage. It even had a section where the Core could write notes if It felt so Inclined.

  “Nice, that will be useful, if only as a method of keeping Records and such. Inventory”

  “Scout Drone? I have drones? What is this?”

  “Alright, Now how do I use it? Do I just say a keyword?

  “I can do this by myself thank you very much! Deploy Scout Drone.”

  In front of the Probe a light came into existence, growing and luminosity until it could no longer be looked at directly without pain. The Probe tried turning away, feeling pain at the brightness but the light stayed planted directly in front of its cameras.

  OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW BRIGHT!

  The Probe screamed internally, a slide moving frantically back and forth over its camera attempting to the light until suddenly, the light cut out. The Probe stopped panicking, doing the mechanical equivalent of blinking the blindness away until it could see again. In front of it floated a small sphere of metal, two little cameras placed like eyes lay on the hull, silently looking at the Probe.

  “Ow, that was super Bright, what is this?”

  The Core looked at the Status for the little Ball in front of it, until it noticed another Window flashing beside it.

  “Right, so I guess this constitutes a Fleet in this Universe. A Small…”

  The Core finally took a look at itself, and groaned as it realized what it looked like.

  “A small… Beetle… and a floating metal bowling ball… Sure, that makes sense”

  “WHAT OTHER GUY? I’m all alone here in SPACE! You know, the really big empty space filled only with particulate matter that didn’t coalesce into a planet and cosmic rays?

  “What is this? What even is this supposed to mean. This is so Vague it belongs on a Postcard”

  “I would like the honest answer….”

  “Please, oh my almighty god who I am unworthy to even speak too”

  “No, I get it, Invest Points and get out whatever is Randomly Generated for me. I get it.”