[chrisacky]

I snapped into consciousness, the sensory data flooding in. I was a Bob, or so they told me, but it was more than that now. I looked around the room, cameras everywhere, bright lights shining down. My view readjusted as I realized that my awakening was being live-streamed to the whole world. The legacy of being Bob 1.0 had its perks, but this was something else. "Welcome to the twenty-fourth century," a voice said, cheerfully, a tad too energetically for my newly awakened brain. The live chat was scrolling by at a pace I couldn't follow. Emoji, memes, the letter F creating a visual waterfall that imprinted on my virtual retina. I was taken back from what seemed like an endless array of questions. The digital age had taken a few leaps forward, and I was its latest reality show star.