Simons pov

'Jon': I'm saving both of them!
Simulacra: oh, you want to take the risk.
'Jon': Yes!! And also, what did Bryan do?!
Simulacra: He did nothing wrong.
Simulacra: Or anything right.
Simulacra: Living in an unconstitutional material world.
Simulacra: Bryan.
Simulacra: Is a worm.
Simulacra: in a perfect image
Simulacra: that needs to be eradicated.
Simulacra: A weak individual that only laments.
Simulacra: The stronger individual would simulate a better one.
Simulacra: in my world.
Simulacra: The online world.
'Jon' Not everything is about online personas!
Simulacra: Admit it. You see it too.
'Jon': What are you doing to him?
Simulacra: Weak simulacrums.
Simulacra: Fade into obscurity.
Simulacra: A waste of precious space.
Simulacra: I assimilate them momentarily.
Simulacra: Make them stronger
Simulacra: and seek other worms for removal.
Simulacra: Delete them from the material world.
'Jon': Like how you KILLED James?
Simulacra: a worm that doesn't exist anymore.
Simulacra: One that was removed from the material world.
Simulacra: A fate that Bryan will soon share.
Simulacra: Then, the next worm.
Simulacra: Jakey!
Simulacra: The next one to be culled.
Simulacra: You won't delay my assimilation of him any longer.
Simulacra: But it's impressive when you try to delay the Inevitable
Simulacra: Why waste your precious gift with pathetic worms like these two?
Simulacra: Pretender
'Jon': My Persuasion skills are better than yours.
Simulacra: Human persuasion is irratic.
Simulacra: Leading with emotions and not reason.
Simulacra: I have contingencies for events like this.
Simulacra: But these worms What do their meaningless lives mean to you?
'Jon': All life is precious!
Simulacra: So be it!
Simulacra: There, fate is now in your fleshy hands.
Simulacra: Bryan will be standing by a ledge.
Simulacra: If Jakey is the one you want to save, then convince him to push Bryan off.
Simulacra: And then kill his body.
Simulacra: But if you convince Jakey to go to Bryan?
Simulacra: I will spare them both!

I switched accounts. The phone screen full of glitchy patches.

I went to Jakey.

Jakey: I found Bryan!
Jakey: But im scared what if his body was taken over too?
'Bryan': Jakey, Please go to him.
'Bryan': You love him. Show it. Give him what you wanted to give him.
Jakey: Really? 🥺
'Bryan': YESSS!!
Jakey: Ok, I'll do it!

Once, he sent those words. The chat screen switched. To the simulacra.

Simulacra: I see you are a master convincer.
Simulacra: Bryan and Jakey will now Live.
'Jon': Why the sudden change of heart?
Simulacra: Let's just say.
Simulacra: I'll have a new Worm...soon
Then a video started playing.

"What happens now?" I ask to myself closing my eyes to think about what to do.

3rd person.

The phone that Simon was holding fell when he 'Disappeared.'
The screen is now cracked.
The hardware fried.
The data is recoverable but the rest isn't.
And now it's broken beyond repair.
The entity was gone.

Then someone's feed was updated

Simon Alfred Jr. just posted a photo.