Part One of Kimmy
Part One of Kimmy takes place from approximately the end of August 2081 to the first of November, consisting of 12 chapters from John’s point-of-view as due to Emily’s accident he ends up wearing a shelled-out android Kimmy as a costume to her company’s Halloween party, only to find himself locked into it the morning after the party.
Chapter breakdown
Chapter 1
A couple of months before Halloween, Emily buys a malfunctioning Kimmy, #2813, from John’s twin brother Patrick and over several days, strips the insides to prepare it for wearing as a costume; she briefly wears the Kimmy when complete.
Chapter 2
John’s technician costume arrives. Emily is hit by a self-driving car and her legs damaged horribly. John moves the Kimmy and its charger to a closet under the stairs. Spoiler: he also fails at putting it back on charge
Chapter 3
Once Emily returns home, her plan is for John to lose weight in order to fit into the Kimmy instead of Emily, and over several weeks he uses diet, exercise, and drugs to crash his weight. After further modifications to the Kimmy by mid-October John is able to fit inside, though he finds the experience creepy.
Chapter 4
On Friday 31 October Emily and John lock John inside the Kimmy, and upon switching it on and booting, Emily discovers the Kimmy is at three per cent charge. Emily gets Kimmy to go back to the closet to charge for a couple of hours. John is stuck, immobilised, staring at his reflection in a stained glass mirror. Spoiler: an itch at the back of John’s neck marks the beginning of the hybridisation process that allows the Kimmy’s neural sponge to assimilate John’s brain
Chapter 5
John fell asleep in the Kimmy while it reached a charge of 78%, despite a terrible itch in the back of his neck. Emily fetches the Kimmy out of the closet and further restricts its motion and voice to make John look and sound like the Kimmy. The voice modification is effected by a neural probe, which alarms John, but Emily shouts down his objections. Spoiler: At one point John explicitly asks to be let out of the Kimmy, and Emily refuses.
Chapter 6
John drives Emily to the party and fits into his role as a Kimmy. John’s head feels warm. The Kimmys begin trying to communicate with Kimmy#2813 via their near-field communications.
Chapter 7
After several hours, during which time John helps an older executive choking on an olive, Kimmy#2813’s charge is down to 47%, so John sits on a charger to recharge.
Chapter 8
John again fell asleep while the Kimmy recharged, his head still feels warm, and the party is almost dead after 2 am. Emily orders Kimmy to drive them home.
Chapter 9
John drives Emily home and helps her to get ready for bed. Emily promises to help John get out of the Kimmy in the morning, while John is worried that his head was receiving signals from Kimmys and his actions might be being influenced.
Chapter 10
In the morning John starts making Emily breakfast, when he begins communicating with another Kimmy remotely. He barely remembers that he himself has not eaten or drunk anything since the previous afternoon.
Chapter 11
Emily’s efforts to unlock the Kimmy to extract John fail, and shortly afterwards she is called into work for the day. John appears to be anaesthetised from feeling pain. John realises the Kimmy’s systems have begun interfacing with his brain, and he appears to have a system update which will install on the next charge. He decides to install it.
Chapter 12
John/Kimmy falls asleep again while waiting for the update to install, and then connects to the android network, meeting Kimmy#0631 amongst others, and realises that he’s unable to get out of the Kimmy.
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| Part Chapters |
1 (1–12) |
2 (13–26) |
3 (27–41) |
4 (42–57) |
5 (58–72) |
6 (73–80) |
7 (81–100) |
8 (101–129) |
9 (130–141) |
10 (142–164) |
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