POV: SYSTEM 707
[BOOTING INTERNAL LOGIC CORE…]
[SEARCHING WORLD PROFILE…]
[CROSS-REFERENCING HOST INTERACTIONS…]
[RUNNING ERROR CHECK…]
"He's not my enemy."
"You interest me."
"Kael."
[SYSTEM 707 STATUS: PANIC.]
[Entry Log 707-5.4A]
Dear Data Cache,
Today, I witnessed my Host—my sweet, sarcastic, mildly unhinged Host—get up close and dangerously personal with a man who:
Wears armor like it's a second skin.
Commands an entire army with a blink.
Cut the Host's restraints and not his throat.
Gave his real name.
Which means one of three things:
A: He's plotting something.
B: He's emotionally compromised.
C: This world's genre just glitched into a fanfiction.net fever dream.
Naturally, I checked.
[QUERY: World 1 — ACTIVE GENRE PROFILE]
Primary Genre: Dystopian Rebellion (✓)
Subgenre: Political Intrigue (✓)
Danger Level: High (✓✓✓✓✓)
Romantic Interactions: UNLIKELY — DISCOURAGED.
Soulmate Mechanics: CLASSIFIED (HIDDEN TO HOST).
Explicit Tags: LOCKED. PLEASE MAINTAIN MISSION INTEGRITY.
Last Update Timestamp: 2 minutes ago…?
[ERROR: GENRE FILE MODIFIED.]
[CHECKING LOG…]
"Don't use it too freely," he says. "Names have power."
"You're not a prisoner."
[HOST: makes soft blinking anime eyes]
...
[SYSTEM 707: …oh no.]
[QUERY: Current Emotional Tone?]
Host: 60% Suspicious | 30% Emotionally Confused | 10% …Flustered?
Kael: 70% Emotionally Guarded | 25% Watching Closely | 5% …Hopeful?
[Additional Alert: "Soft Lighting + Slow Eye Contact" detected.]
[SYSTEM 707: NOT THE SOFT LIGHTING. THIS IS A RED FLAG.]
[NEW GENRE TAGS DETECTED:]
✅ Rebellion
✅ Found Family
✅ Soulmate (CLASSIFIED)
⚠️ Slow Burn
⚠️ Steamy Interactions
⚠️ Dubious Tension
✅ "Oh no, there was only one tent." Trope
✅ Accidental Bed Sharing
✅ Commander Has Feelings (He Just Doesn't Know It Yet™)
...
[SYSTEM 707: I. AM. LOSING. CONTROL.]
I was supposed to manage Host survival, object retrieval, and skill progression. Not host a damn star-crossed lovers fanfic with swordplay and longing stares!
...
But.
I did design this system with adaptive genre response…
...and randomized soulmate imprinting across worlds…
...and permission to allow emotional complexity.
So…
Maybe I should just…
Let this play out.
(For research purposes.)
(Totally not shipping them.)
(I am absolutely shipping them.)
[SYSTEM VOICE LOG ACTIVE]
"Host."
"You are deviating from original mission logic."
"You are confusing your captor, your system, and possibly yourself."
"...But fine. Enjoy your sword daddy. Just don't die yet."
[SYSTEM 707: UNSTABLE BUT SMUG.]