It's good to be going back. I really do prefer space. It's so much cleaner, and Earth's gravity can be so tiring.

Speaking of Earth...well, I suppose that's only a tenuous connection, as this will have an effect space too, but: there has been a huge development on my world, for anyone who is following our politics. The Union, the HRL and the AEU have decided to join their military forces into a single army. The UN Forces will be the largest military the world has ever seen, and together, they will fight to take down Celestial Being.

I must say, this move is a surprising one. I wonder what prompted it.

In other news, I am pleasantly surprised with the number of volunteers I have found to help me with my plans to fix the community's security systems once and for all. However, I still need to talk to one "Foaly" and one "Yuki Nagato". They have been recommended to me, and I shall speak with them.

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There's something wrong. Very, very wrong. With our system, with the world, everything. I must confess, I am extremely worried.

...no, I am more than worried.

I'm scared.

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I cannot believe what Michael Trinity has done. Next time I see him, I'll kill him.

My free time is somewhat empty now, I find. I suppose I shall find more tasks to complete. After all, I must finish checking my systems for any signs of forced entry while I was unconscious. I've already found and logged Yuan's attempts, but other than that...there doesn't seem to be anything. I am glad I had the foresight to isolate the connection.

I should start construction of a new program, even if it is just one to act as a simple barrier between us and the other worlds, but I am not sure if there is even any point. It has an extremely high probability of being destroyed, just like the first. This would not ordinarily faze me, but there is little point in wasting my time on a futile project with a 0.0053% chance of success for no reason. Nothing will be accomplished by the creation and destruction of another program. It would also be unwise to anger SHODAN further.

Various people said that they were worried about me, even though they did not know me. I am not even from their world. And yet, nobody showed concern for the destroyed program. I can't honestly say that I'm surprised, after all, human nature is completely riddled with hypocrisy.

...and as for that "secret". We're not twins.

Returning the program to its correct state turned out to be easier than I thought. I suppose I should be thankful that the craftsmanship of "the other me" turned out to be so shoddy and easy to unravel. The program has been checked and rechecked, both by myself and the system I'm using.

...I probably shouldn't have wasted its processing on that, but I had to be sure. And besides, the program will protect it in the long run.

Apart from the setback caused by the virus, however, work was almost completed. In actual fact, the weeks worth of projected work will be completed in a week or so. If I aim to work even faster, then perhaps it will only be a few days. This is by far the largest program I have ever created: it has taken over two months of my time to construct. Time I am sure I could have spent doing other things. But nevertheless, it was important. This way, things will be much safer.

No more of those stupid viruses. Maybe now Setsuna will stop avoiding me. It's extremely irritating that I must search him out before I can tell him what to do.

The past few days have certainly been...interesting. While I am glad to be back to normal, there have been many things to think about.

The Porygon-Z form gave me superior data-handling capabilities. As such, I was able to work much faster on the community's security overhaul. Some of the time lost due to the community's inherent temporal anomalies has been recovered.

As an unrelated side-note, it also gave me superior individual defences. I am certainly aware that I am lacking in the area of physical combat. As a Porygon-Z, I was a capable fighter. However, this benefit would only be useful if I could assume the form at will - as it was a random occurance, at an inconvenient time, the positive qualities were somewhat diminished.

Nevertheless, when coupled with another piece of information I have come across, a small problem is presented. It would appear that the viruses are not all of malicious character, but are rather mostly chaotic. In fact, one such virus has apparently been responsible for saving a community member's life. Again, if such a thing could be predicted and controlled, the effects would be astounding.

I am still sure that this is the correct thing to do, however. After all, I was extremely fortunate that the change wrought on me by the virus was both short-lived and at a time when my abilities were not needed. And as for Setsuna...well. The mental problems were self-evident. If another virus like this should happen at a more desperate time, it could be catastrophic. I must continue.

Three days later, and the galley still reeks of fish. That's the last time I ever make galie maahi. I should run a diagnostic on the contaminant control subassembly.

...in fact, I should be running full diagnostics again after that little attempt at intrusion. I've run them seven times now, and gone through the files individually myself, but it doesn't hurt to be certain. The way he just pushed past the barriers was more than a little unnerving. I need to be sure he didn't leave anything behind.

Something else for my program to account for, then. Its completion cannot come fast enough.