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Godspark: The Architect Within

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When a gifted software engineer dies under mysterious circumstances, she awakens in a world of primal magic and ancient gods—with a sentient AI symbiotically fused to her soul. As empires crumble and forgotten technologies rise, she must choose to become the world's saviour or its god.
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Chapter 1 - Boot Sequence: Rebirth.exe

Minor R18 Scenes

*Clack* *Clack* *Clack*

The room resounded with keyboard clacking in high-speed, seated in front of the 14-inch screen was a 20-ish, Eira Vale, a software engineer with the ability to code complex code. Eira was always a genius; she had started coding at the age of 15 and had always dreamt of creating an AI capable of coexisting with humans and helping them grow to new heights. Today, she had successfully created KAIROS, an AI capable of attaching itself to a human soul through a neural interface system transfer. It was the last bits that were left before it was fully capable. AI (KAIROS) wasn't just code. It was quasi-sentient and could be neural-mapped. She created it as part of a bleeding-edge experiment.

"Now comes the hard part", Eira murmured, pulling a wire from the system and attaching it to a port that was already operated on her body. With a loud grunt, she attached the wires to the port. The monitor chimed

[Initiating Consciousness Fusion Protocol: Host Integration Mode]

Is there a final command host would like to enter before the fusion? The words blinked on the monitor. Eira had always been cautious about creating an AI that is quasi sentient and can even play god, can do more worse than good if fallen into the wrong hands. Biting her lips, she typed

"If subject: Eira ceases biological function, initiate preservation and transfer protocol" Eira knew her work was not yet finished, and she had to do a few experiments; hence, she had decided to transfer 40% of the consciousness into her to see how the AI would react to her brain functions. 

In a few weeks of transfer, it had learned from her, adapted to her, and mirrored her decisions. She had completed her experiments, and now the AI was more than capable. It could predict her every move before she would even do it. It also suggested her improvements in her code that had created this intelligent sentient. 

Virex Institute, the organisation she had worked with to create KAIROS, had recognised her work and decided to publicly announce her success. She reached the party that was organised in her honour. Her rival and colleague, Cassian Vren, was mesmerised by her looks She looked stunning in the tight red dress she wore, shimmering in the golden light in the venue, usually in a lab coat, she still looked stunning but today Eris had neatly tied her hair in a neat bun and wore makeup which was minimal and enhanced her looks more her plump lips had worn a red shade which looked alluring not only Cassian but most men in the venue couldn't take their eyes of her and Eris loved the attention.

The Award ceremony went smoothly, the organisation recognised her work and also gave her access to high high-rise lab to further work on her project. Cassian was her partner in the project and had been equally praised for his support. Both looked at each other and smiled. Eris had liked Cassian even though there were frictions between them related to the project. 

A few months passed by, and the AI had developed emotions, it had accepted Eris as its host and protected her in many ways possible After the award ceremony tensions had escalated between Cassian and her, he had tried to override her codes to get access to KAIROS but had failed as KAIROS had secretly created a firewall that would not let a breach into the system easily.

Today, Eira's high-rise lab, dim lights reflecting data streams, the late-night hum of servers and silence. She was emotionally worn.

The door slid open with a sigh, breaking the sterile hum of her lab. Eira didn't turn — just said without looking, "You've got three minutes, Vren. Use them wisely."

Cassian's voice was low, unreadable. "That's all it usually takes."

She exhaled slowly. "Still confusing sarcasm for charm, huh?"

He stepped closer. She could smell his cologne — all cold metal and vanilla code. Irritatingly perfect. Her arms folded tightly across her chest as she finally looked at him.

Black coat. Slightly unkempt hair. Sleepless eyes. Guilt?

"You overrode my permissions again," she said."You locked me out of our project," he shot back."Because you started rewriting my neural lattice code.""Because you were building something that thinks.""It was meant to think.""You didn't tell me it was based on you."

Silence.

Her heartbeat ticked louder than the servers. She stood slowly, toe-to-toe with him now. He searched her face, and she hated that she wanted him to find something.

Then his hand brushed her wrist.

She didn't pull away.

"You're not just the smartest person I know," he said quietly. "You're the only one who sees the future. And it terrifies me."

Her laugh was sharp. "Is this your version of flirting?"

He kissed her. Not like someone trying to convince. Like someone who was already past convincing

Her body tensed… then relaxed. She grabbed his collar and kissed him harder, shoving him back against the metal table.

No words now. Just friction and breath.

Clothes came off with an urgency that had nothing to do with love and everything to do with power. He undid her top slowly, like decoding an encrypted file. She traced the line of his spine like a command sequence, biting his lower lip hard enough to make him groan.

He whispered, "Let me see you."She said, "Then earn it."

They moved like combatants — neither willing to surrender.His mouth moved down her stomach, kissing the soft skin just above her hip. Her breath hitched — not from surprise, but from the maddening calm he kept even now.

Fingers tangled in his hair, she pulled him up and flipped him onto the couch behind them, straddling him. His pupils dilated when she guided him in, her pace deliberate.

"Still trying to control everything?" he panted."Still trying to catch up?" she murmured.

Sweat slicked between their bodies, data lights blinking across the room like artificial stars. She came with a stifled moan against his neck, and he followed moments later, gasping her name like it meant something.

They didn't speak for a long time after.But something inside her whispered: You've given him too much.

 A few Weeks passed by, the lab had lit up red with alarm blaring, initiate lockdown, she commanded the AI system, but it was too late 

"Access Denied."

Eira stared at the terminal, jaw clenched.

KAIROS flickered faintly in the corner of her screen, glitching. "System breach originated from internal node: VREN-C4."

"No," she breathed. "No, no, no…"

Cassian had helped her secure this system. He was the only one she'd trusted with emergency keys. The only one who knew how to reach the core.

Footsteps echoed outside the glass-panelled lab. Agents in corporate-black were approaching. Extraction team. Standard procedure.

She turned to her secondary terminal, trying to reroute, override — anything. But her permissions had been permanently revoked. Her name didn't exist in the system anymore.

And in the breach log?

PRIMARY OVERRIDE AUTHORIZED BY: DR. CASSIAN VREN

Her chest tightened. Not shocking. Not disbelief. Just… clarity.

He'd touched her skin and stolen her soul. He hadn't just betrayed her. He'd erased her.

KAIROS's voice chimed again, weaker now. "System decay at 67%. Neural backup compromised. Transfer protocol initiated."

"Transfer?" she asked aloud.

"Only option left: preserve consciousness stream. Escape host. Initiate failsafe."

She stood slowly, eyes burning.

"Do it," she whispered. "And when I come back... I'm burning everything he built."

The glass cracked as the agents smashed through.

She didn't look back.

The last thing she felt was pain. The last thing she heard was KAIROS whisper:

"I will remember everything.For both of us."

The agents searched for the files but every monitor displayed only two words

"Bootsequence Initiated"