Part 2
Doug just wanted to get the interview done with and go have a few beers and forget about the whole thing. One of the agents came back in with a female agent. She was just Doug's type, if she wasn't out of his league. They brought in a ringer when they didn't need to. Doug knew she might flirt with him a little and stroke his ego to give up information. If only he had more information.
She handed him a latte from the nearest stand. Doug was familiar with the cup; it was the one he went to. He took a drink, and it was even his favouritism flavour. The female agent saw the look on his face. She said: "We went through your credit card bills and all of your available information. We are just confirming your story. Emily, by the way".
It was clear that there was nothing to hide. She put a recording device on the table and Doug recapped what he had told the other agents. After Steve told Doug about the project is when he started acting strange. He seemed to get worse and worse from there. He started wondering if we were just a simulation, and if what he created was a world within a world.
Doug knew only the very basics of quantum computers and still didn't understand it. Something about using a proton that had split. Whatever happens to one of the split particles happens to the other particle. Unlike a conventional computer a quantum computer can make multiple calculations at one time. James was actually smart enough to understand what could be done with something like that.
Steve had said that a while after the simulation exceeded the known time-line there was disorder followed by organization similar to a super- organism like ants. From that point in the simulation time line the technology in the virtual world developed at a rapid pace. After that he was trying to say that the virtual world was trying to escape its parameters.
"Did James mention this to anyone else?" Emily interrupted his story. It seemed like she knew about everything he was telling her. Doug could not think of anyone James would talk to but Doug only knew him as his roommate. He had not actually met any of his friends or co-workers.
Just as he thought of this he began to feel slow and sluggish. All he wanted to do was lay down. He tried to stand up from his chair but fell to the floor.
As the light dimmed he heard Emily say: "It's about time - his story was getting boring. I hate cleaning up messes." They left Doug for dead and started on to the next lead. They would find James.