Raphium Series~Dare

 
tilt the slide and grin  
it's madness my old friend...  
 
cunning deceiver I see you true, do you wish to brag?  
 
I hear the powers that be whisper  
 
I am admonished by my commander  
bragging gives away knowledge about us  
so though I do wish to gloat, I won't  
 
sinister stirring from the North tell me hush  
I hunker down for the moment  
my enemies are prowling  
I'm on the grid, bots are looking all too human  
and scenario 51 promises more torture  
 
I am content with my position under my Captain  
 
chaos just confessed to killing Jade the darkest star in the infinite  
we will mourn her loss  
I gather her memory keys and smile with the knowledge  
her energy will transform and I will see her on the grid again  
perhaps in another dimension  
 
my next stop is dimension X  
I will travel via wormhole  
I won't transmit my portal  
but because I want to boast  
I will tell you, I prefer the blackest of holes  
 
for now I rest time jumping as the overseers insist on review  
I know this game,
 I'm ready though I protest  
then with a side shift I am transported against my will  
to the eighteenth century  
a witch I was discovered doing magic that healed the sick  
I was burned as a heretic  
 
they query what did you do wrong?  
 
I smile wryly and say I didn't enforce the dark arts  
I will do better this time  
my magic is traceless  
yours is petty parlor tricks  
though you feel overseer  
you are but a bot to provide a scenario  
 
if you act otherwise he will clamp down on your head  
and you will do as commanded  
this is war if you fail to be an amusement to him  
you are dead weight and dispensable  
 
ally, ally oxen free  
 
I will lay low for the moment  
communications out  
 
come find me if you dare