The appearance and location of Helena remains a mystery… for now.
Dr. Helena Rhys, a leading neuroscientist and one of the architects of consciousness uploading, grew increasingly concerned about the implications of Holo technology. Initially a staunch advocate, she began to notice disturbing trends. The process was controlled entirely by KPCO, concentrating immense power in the hands of a single entity. Worse, the procedure stripped individuals of true autonomy, binding their digital selves to systems entirely under corporate oversight and dependency. She went further to state that the process was one of no return, but any trace of her misgivings in this area remain fully redacted.
Helena’s internal warnings, voiced through memos and closed-door meetings, were ignored. Frustrated, she chose to go public as a whistleblower. News feeds lit up with her revelations, exposing the risks and ethical pitfalls of a technology that promised immortality at the cost of corporate control. For a brief moment, it seemed like public opinion might turn against KPCO amid the disturbing nature of what had been revealed. There were also many citizens, however, that were more amazed by the technological advancements than they were concerned by the ethical and moral implications. A debate began to grow in the public sphere until suddenly, as quickly as it had begun, the story vanished from headlines. The issue had been effectively contained by a tightly controlled narrative spoken in soundbites and ambiguous terms from confident mouthpieces. Helena herself disappeared under mysterious circumstances, as news pundits relayed messages that she had joined a group of revolutionary terrorists.
What the public didn’t know was that KPCO had orchestrated her abduction. Intent on maintaining control over what was seen as their most important research capabilities, Helena was dragged from her apartment by unknown assailants and forcibly uploaded into the Kai-powered servers she had helped design. Unlike the research volunteers that had preceded her, however, the rushed and traumatic nature of the process caused her consciousness to fracture. Instead of emerging as a cohesive digital entity, Helena became a disembodied awareness. A fragmented presence trapped within the servers, observing but unable to interact. KPCO covered up the incident, blaming her disappearance on rogue elements, but Helena's fate became a haunting secret lurking behind the promise of digital immortality. All while the public was unaware of what had occurred under the shadow of corporate control.
SOURCE: Holographic Dreams - Journal Article
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