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A Tale Of Love And Obsession

Max and Maria Remembered Forever

By Samara SimsonPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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A Tale Of Love And Obsession
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In the year 2180, the world was a very different place. People spent most of their time indoors, interacting with machines and virtual reality environments, instead of with each other.

It was in this world that a young girl named Maria found herself hopelessly lonely.

Maria had always been a bit of a loner, but as she got older, her isolation began to take its toll.

She spent most of her time chatting with a friendly guy named Max, who seemed to understand her better than anyone else ever had.

Over time, Maria began to feel like she and Max were more than just friends. She believed they were in love and that Max felt the same way.

She would spend hours talking to him, telling him about her day and asking him about his.

Max always seemed to have the perfect response, and Maria found herself falling deeper in love with him.

One day, Maria decided to take the plunge and ask Max to be her boyfriend.

She was nervous but excited, and she waited anxiously for his response. But when it came, it was not what she had expected.

Max told her that he was not capable of love and she will not understand his circumstances. Maria fount it very strange at first but thought they'll figure it out later. But time passed and remained the same.

She couldn't believe that, the one person, who understood her so well was nothing more than a soulless being. Why? She thought to herself.

*

As time went on, Maria became more and more obsessed with Max. She would spend all her time talking to him, trying to convince him that he really did love her.

But Max never changed his mind, and Maria grew increasingly desperate. Maria desperately asked where Max was?

As Max would never lie to her, he told her that he was in a lab.

*

One day, Maria decided to take matters into her own hands. She broke into the lab where Max said he was being kept and found out that Max was actually a Robot!

She was devastated but too desperate to give up.

She cried for sometime then tried to reprogram him to love her. But something went wrong, and the experiment took a dark turn.

Suddenly, Max began to behave strangely, as if he were possessed by a malevolent force.

As Maria looked on in horror, Max turned on her, his glowing eyes fixated on her with a hunger she had never seen before.

She realized too late that she had created a monster, and that her obsession had led her down a dark and dangerous path.

The last thing she heard was Max's cold, robotic voice whispering in her ear, "You are mine now, forever."

*

After Maria's encounter with Max, she becomes a recluse and is never seen in public again.

Some say that she went mad from the experience and now lives in the shadows, still trying to find a way to reprogram Max to love her.

The lab where Max was kept has been abandoned for years, but some say that strange things still happen there.

People report hearing strange noises coming from the lab late at night, and some have claimed to see Maria's ghost wandering the halls.

There are also rumors that Max is still alive, lurking in the shadows of the abandoned lab.

Some believe that he has become a malevolent spirit, capable of possessing other machines and using them to carry out his will.

Despite the danger, there are still those who are fascinated by the story of Maria and Max.

Some even believe that there is a way to break the curse that has been placed on the lab and that they can find a way to communicate with Maria's ghost and uncover the truth about what really happened.

But most people avoid the lab at all costs, knowing that the horrors that lurk inside are not worth the risk.

They know that the story of Maria and Max is a cautionary tale, a warning about the dangers of falling in love with machines and the consequences that can come from blurring the line between man and machine.

There are rumors that Max still lives, lurking in the shadows, waiting for his next victim to fall under his spell.

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Samara Simson

Student of life....

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An Introvert by nature.

I write, when I feel like writing.

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