T-P-C-2

Previously On: T-P-C-1

Welcome to the Thought Processing Center!

I am Charlie!

Follow me this way to The Conscious Data Highway…

This is the constant stream of conscious and subconscious thought. Before we enter everyone grab a helmet and jumpsuit and put them on. Once you enter this part of the facility be sure to clip you carabiner to the rail and always hold on with at least one hand. Once you are clipped we can make our way to the observatory bridge that sits above the highway. The clipping onto the rail will engage a headset so you can hear my information over the deafening noise of all the unprocessed thoughts. Now on we go, single file, down the side and up the stairs to the bridge.

Well done folks we are now on the Observation Bridge as you could tell as the door was open before entering the noise was unfathomably loud. This is due to the sheer amount of information on the Highway at anytime.

Now the Highway itself is a sturdy organic mesh donut shape where information from the outside world will come into the perforations becoming pill shaped vehicles that zoom at great speeds in the circular formation of the tube like Highway.

This Highway was inherited from the Female Parental System. Most Data Highways don’t have this porous build to them so due to that design often too much information will come in versus what can be processed out.

Fun fact these types of porous Highways are often found in those with attention issues as it can be difficult to focus on just one thing. Due to this nature of this Highway the thoughts move much faster and with greater volume.

Since the original build of the Highway was inherited this way since its manufacturing date a layer was added over the top of the tube like a Bubble that would aid in ignoring the unimportant information. Within the Bubble that surrounds the Highway are varying sea creatures that feed on the nonsense information. There are various creatures within this sea scape that take care of various duties within the Bubble. This works as its own ecosystem and it as a whole operates without management or error.

The system is still aware of the information, but doesn’t need to focus on it. This protective layer allows for lesser traffic in the Highway itself. The Bubble layer and sea creatures much like the Frog Men of the Filter were installed after 13 years of operation. Those sea creatures will also multiply over time as the Frog Men do.

Now the Highway’s inside looks like a space themed race track with color coded tic-tacks spinning in unison at amazing speed. Each one is a thought as they spin if they are chosen the thought will make its way to the Filter and begin it’s processing. Those thoughts are often perceived as blue in color. Now if a thought spends too much time spinning within the Highway it will fade over time. We are not sure how long each thought will stay viable which is why we do our best to inspect them all. Now you can also see red in color thoughts as well. Those are negative thoughts. These are not often chosen for processing unless something difficult needs to be sorted out by the System. The red ones will also fade over time, but they due tend to last longer than the blue ones. See the inherent flaw with the inherited Highway system is that it allows to many reds in all together. Which is why the Frog Men were installed at the Filter. The Bubble as it were does limit the infiltration of said red thoughts.

Fun fact about the Bubble, it was manufactured from blueprints given by the Male Parental System. It took a while to install, but once it was there it was a night and day difference. As you can see the Highway looks purple in color from a distance due to the more even count of blue to red. Now as thoughts fade they become ghost like forms of their former self. Eventually these faded thoughts are taken by the Subconscious Data Highway.

Alrighty lets make out way back to the entrance we came in at.

Next Time On…

T-P-C-3: The Subconscious Data Highway.