Chapter 3
After several days of research, I now have an idea of how I can start making 2D movies, but I'll need some equipment.
I spent the morning playing with Melissa, and after lunch I went to ask Mom to buy me a few things.
(I hope she doesn't treat me like a spoiled child asking for something she saw in the market, if that happens, I'll be forced to wear puppy dog eyes, that would be a big blow to my pride).
As soon as we'd finished lunch, I took the opportunity to ask for my equipment.
"Mom, I've discovered an AI to do 2D animation, but I need a creation table, you can buy one for me."
"Creation table? Why do you need it, if you want to play with these things, you can, but you don't need an expensive thing like this. "
" Please, I'll need it so I can tinker with the AI I found. "
" Alex... your father will be back this afternoon, so you ask him. "
( Shit )
"But, Mom..."
" No mom, go play with your sister, and wait for your dad to come back. "
( Even my puppy dog look didn't work, shit, I'll have to wait for Dad. )
....
While I'm playing with Melissa, the front door opens and my father walks in, with light brown hair, honey-colored eyes, wearing a military uniform, holding a travel bag, with an obviously tired face.
"Dad, welcome back. "
Melissa ran up to him to welcome him.
"Welcome back, Dad."
" Oh, I've missed you. "
He pulls Melissa and me into a hug, and starts kissing our cheeks, I'll say, it may be affectionate, but it's not at all pleasant.
"Hehe, Dad, you brought me a present."
Melissa broke away from the hug and reached for the bag he was carrying.
"Haha, of course I brought presents. "
" Oh, I hope you surprise me then. "
His mother appeared leaning against the door, watching the whole scene.
"Don't worry dear, you'll get a present too. "
We go into the living room and he hands out the presents while talking about the trip.
He hands Melissa a women's military uniform.
( What bad taste in presents. )
" Yesss, that's what I wanted, it's just like Rick's, thanks Dad, I love you. "
She jumps up and kisses him on the cheek, before running off to her room.
( I see, it's the female version of the protagonist's divine soldier uniform. )
" Looks like she likes it, haha "
" Alex, here's yours. "
I open the present, it's a replica of the weapon that the divine soldier protagonist uses.
" Oh, that's great, thanks Dad. "
" Haha, it's okay, Dad knows what you like. "
I stand back a little, and pretend to play with this toy gun, but I must admit it's well made, this replica must have cost a lot of money.
I stand playing nearby, waiting for a chance to ask for my equipment.
"So, was it as bad as you thought?"
" Not really, the scene of racism I was expecting didn't happen, when the tourists arrived it was quiet, but you know, there are still a lot of people who are unhappy with the Exceed. "
" Really, tomorrow it will be my turn to escort, I hope I don't have to break anyone's legs, but I won't complain if it happens. "
" Sometimes you're strangely brutal, but I love that about you, here your present. "
" Oh, a new holographic bracelet?! "
" Don't make that expression, this is the new military version, it can create melee weapons made of solid light, but it takes a lot of energy to do so, so try not to abuse it. "
" Really, I've been trying to buy this one for months, but those bastards from the exploitation always get it first, haha, look how beautiful it is. "
"So, am I the best husband in the world or what?! "
" Hehe, all it takes is one word and a dagger appears in your hand. Eh?! Oh yes, you're great darling, I love you very much, children stay with your father, I'm going to train you a bit."
The mother gives him a quick kiss and runs into the training room.
"....."
"....."
Solid light, this really is unbelievable technology for someone like me, when I found out about the creation table, I was already totally stunned...
( Wait, this is my chance. )
"Dad, I think you're going to have to take me shopping. "
"Hm? Why? What are you going to buy? What are you going to buy? "
" Mom said she'd buy me a breeding table, but I think she's going to be late for training, so you'll have to take me. "
"Creation table?! What's that? "
" Oh, it's equipment for creating movies and games with the help of AI. "
" Movies and games? Why do you... Oh forget it, I don't understand these things, since your mother is... Busy, I'll take you and your sister to buy this thing, but right now I'm going to take a shower. "
"Right. "
...
That day I finally understood what it meant to live in the future. Before I recovered my memory, I'd been out several times, but this is the first time I've left the house now that I've remembered the past.
We are a middle-class family, we live in the suburbs of the global capital, but even so, everything is simply unbelievable, there are androids walking in the street, they are not just ordinary robots, but you could say that they are a race that was created by humanity.
At some point during the war, androids were created to help in combat, but they gained consciousness, there was a small revolution, but it didn't last long.
Contrary to what you might imagine, humanity wasn't against androids having rights, obviously there were people against it, and also some who were totally disgusted.
But the war was consuming a lot of resources, it was impossible to deal with the war and a machine revolution, after all androids were integrated into the lives of people on all the worlds colonized by humanity, so you could say that things aligned in the best possible way.
Many laws and rights were created for androids, and on the whole this was a good thing, as a large market focused on androids was born.
As androids don't consume resources like humans, they didn't need credits, so a new currency was created exclusively for androids.
I don't really know much about them, just that they're great at almost every job, but it's really amazing to see such an evolving world.
Flying cars, giant buildings that disappear from view, when I saw these buildings I was amazed, simply because they don't cover the sun.
In my past life, I read futuristic stories where these buildings would create an area where the sun couldn't reach, making the area totally poor or overrun with bandits.
But that's not the case here, these buildings seem to have some kind of technology that allows the sun to pass through them, I can't even begin to imagine how this kind of technology was created.
We arrived at the mall in no time, as Dad had brought us in the family car, riding in a flying car is a great experience, I can't wait to be able to drive one.
As soon as we arrived at the store, I got lost, I'm like an old man who doesn't know anything about technology, and walks into a computer store.
(I guess that's okay, since technically I am old.)
I don't know even 10% of the things that are being sold here, after all I'm only 7 years old in this world, I don't know things very well.
( Yes, exactly, I'm not old, I'm too young, so I don't know these things. )
"Alex, that's what you wanted. "
My father shows me some models of the creation table, I don't have a model in mind, but I've memorized some of the specifications that I've read are the most important.
These creation tables are amazing, because with them I can make animations, music, paintings, and I can do all the game design on it. This thing is every designer's dream, but it's not used much because people prefer to use AI to do the boring bits.
"Why should I draw if I can give an abstract idea to an AI, and it creates what I want."
That's the thinking of most people, but they don't realize that they're pruning their own potential, since they never fully develop their ideas, and just give them to the AI to complete, settling for the result.
How many ideas may have been wasted by behavior like this, the easy result is always more attractive, and this is the main reason why there are no 2D animations in this world, no works with unique features, no revolutionary stories with deep meaning.
I think this screen in front of me is really right, this universe really is the best place to make my dream come true.