Me Meta And Love

21st July 2031

Life Alert "Patient No Beta 202321 is responding" Life Alert "Patient No Beta 202321 is responding" a robotic voice is announcing to all the connected systems of the National Hospital. It is after nine years that this patient Beta 202321, actual name Joshua has come out of coma. He met a terrible accident nine years back and has been into this state since. "His on call doctor Nituj join through the 3D Integrated system" "Share the parameters, Nituj instructs the Robo Nurse RN-03 who is monitoring Joshua" In a swipe Nituj has access to the parameters. Joshua has opened eyes after nine years and what he expects was his wife and children or a nurse but what he can see is a curved bed which is cramped to seat only one person, there is a mechanic skull with some cameras and light which is scary sight and he also cannot see window to peep out. He is sure that he is dead and this may be hell and now he will be ripped. “Two other doctors joined the 3D integrated system and monitor Joshua" After checking all the vitals, they are happy with the progress and decide to communicate with Joshua. “Should we inform Khushi , his wife, doctor Nituj asks the other doctors" "Yes send her invite , they instruct RN-03 and ask her to join system". “How are you Joshua, this is a miracle i must say". RN-3 aligns the projector in front of Joshua and he can now see finally a doctor in front of him. Joshua starts crying after seeing a man , i thought i was dead doctor, i am so happy to see you, where is my wife, she will soon be joining Joshua, you should be relaxing. I want to see outside, i can’t see a window here, “We can arrange that but it’s not a happy sight Joshua" RN-03 can you please arrange the live feed. A screen pops up showing the 360 degree view of the outside world in front of Joshua. Joshua looks outside and he can see huge roads and cars going above and below him. Is it a movie , i mean i want to see outside , trees , birds , people, some cars , this is concrete only" This is outside Joshua, A lot has changed since the time you were in coma.

I am not sure doctor what you are saying, are you sure i am not dead and this is not hell. Because it certainly looks like. "Nituj laughs, yes world is now hell".

I suggest you take rest, Khushi will join you in a moment, and we have informed her. "Doctor" Joshua interrupt’s as he just wanted to log out of the system, can i have some sweet. "Hmmm, our Kora system is recommending a white rasgulla, i guess you had it last in the dinner before the accident" "Yes, i guess so but who is Kora?” Joshua asks, ohh it is just our health monitoring system which is linked to your social media data base and follows the diet plan and recommends based on the critical parameters.

Joshua did not understand anything. The image of Nituj blipped and scared Joshua because he didn’t know that it was only a projection and not real.

A drone arrived with the delivery of Rasgulla as desired by Joshua. Why is a plane delivering a sweet, what happened to our delivery guys , he asks RN-03 who looks for answer in his database and can’t find any so he stores the questions and skips answering, Are they going to air drop rasgulla like IAF airdrops bombs, still no answer, Joshua looks at RN-03, his camera eyes also made eye contact and the AI system of RN-03 told the machine that patient should be answered, so RN-03 from his data base found a search for IAF and replied," We don’t answer to questions of national security, please enjoy your sweet" and it was served contactless to him . The sweetness of the Rasgulla was the only thing which connected him emotionally to the world otherwise he was not sure if he was out of coma or dead.

Joshua had brief nap, a sleep he felt emotionally and enjoyed, He was woken up by the sobbing sounds of her wife Khushi who was just looking at him sleeping.

"You know, i looked at you every day but you never looked back and today when you are looking back at me, i can’t believe my eyes" said Khushi who had left hopes for her husband to come back from coma. There were moments when we were told that we should let you go but i could not, i stood with my conviction that you will be fine and see here you are today. Joshua also has tears in his eyes. It is only your love that has brought me back. He lifts his hand to touch Khushi because he has missed her all these years and he wants to tell her how even when he was in coma. "I have missed you Khushi, his hand passes through the hologram of his wife. “Why can’t i touch you, what is happening" Is she also dead and is a ghost, Joshua thinks and my original thought that this is all over is true then. "What are you doing, do you need anything ".”Yes, can you please hold my hand" of course she said. She asks RN-03 to implement RTEF (Real time Emotional Feel Program). In this with the help of robotic arms and the specially made robotic prosthetic hands which have layering of specially made plastic which gives a feeling of human touch is used for simulating actual human touch pattern and the opening , closing and holding of hands is governed by the emotions of the person who is controlling it.

RN-03 signals to Khushi that she can implement as she has started the RTEF and Joshua and she can begin the transmission. Joshua is all puzzled at what is happening. He is made to touch the arm and Khushi tells him, “it feels so good Joshua; i can’t tell you how much i have waited for this, your love”.

Joshua throws the arm in anger and asks Khushi, "what are you saying, what is happening, why can’t i touch you, what is happenings, i want to see an actual person not these holograms and images and 3D and this nonsense.

Khushi now realises that as Joshua was in coma, he doesn’t know that the world has moved on from digital to Meta where we are virtually connected to each other. She tells him," Its Wednesday today and we can’t drive today due to odd even restriction, then there are 2P’s, Pollution and Pandemic, pollution is permanent and pandemic keeps on coming and going. So we are now used to interact with technology where we talk meet socialise like this only. I have to realise that this is too much for you to absorb, you don’t worry, i will be there tomorrow, and I have booked a Drone Flight for tomorrow.

"Drone? , ok, i understand but is our hospital too far, did you shift me" No it’s the same hospital and is distance wise near to our home, you know that but situation of traffic is so horrific that we travel in Drone when we have to go somewhere urgent".

"Can you do something about this room, it’s too cramp, and I can’t breathe. I want to see outside world". We will soon go home, just two days more and then we will be home and you can then have whatever you want"

"Seriously i am feeling very unwanted and redundant so i will not try to barge into what you are saying, i will take it slowly." Yes, i don’t want to lose you now Joshua, i have already cried a lot in your absence so you don’t worry about all this. I will explain you.

She left the call. Joshua understood that he has been talking to holograms and mostly the system is automised. It’s not tough for him as he was himself working in the software industry before the fatal accident.

Khushi explains everything to Nituj what Joshua is going through," He should not be stressed, he is very important for us, he is an example of the advancement human have made in science, his surprise is the proof of success that we have made" i don’t know Doctor, when i can’t meet him in person and he after waking up from coma can’t touch his wife, don’t know what advancement we are talking about.

"I understand , let’s do one thing let me arrange a tour for him tomorrow, we will slowly acclimatize him with the changes that have happened in the last years and also record the brain functioning, You know it very well Khushi how we have been using his brain maps to generate collapsible patterns which are being used in the improvement of the systems, because he is the only one who has a mind which has memories and routine dating back to the period of 4 G, We are at 100 G Today, world has taken a big leap Khushi and don’t forget the money you are being paid for his brain maps" " I have this full information Nituj , but he is my husband and now when he is fine, i have to stop you taking data and let me meet him. This story of Acclimatize , we know this is all rubbish, you have deliberately created a world where we are not because you have chosen him as a subject to get data where you want to show what a brain can think when he visualises such a huge paradigm change in the world and how the brain will respond. You got my husband as a subject and you created this fake environment of Meta and VR, which we are not. I know i have also earned money, but now stop, We should shift him to a normal room where there is a window, the world outside is not better but it is not yet what you are showing his brain, he can die, i respect you Nituj".

Nituj slaps her and instructs other doctor to keep her locked in other room. He calls the head of the Advanced Brain Study and asks them the next plan for Joshua.

"Sir, we have got responses which are positive, data is very interesting and we can know if our brain is getting better or worse with the technology, As you know we simulated a world which is not yet available but we will be soon there and our aim is to study from Joshua what happens to the brain in this Time Shift."

You are right Doctor but the Data after his wife has met him , you can say after they were in chat of thirty minutes is not encouraging, the subject is showing patterns of quick adaptation to whatever you are saying.

In this period the only change that happened was Khushi provided RTEF. "That’s what is then, emotions will be equally rich then also Doctor, This means that true emotions and love have communicated everything to Joshua.

Release his wife and discharge Joshua. Our study is complete Doctor.