It's always time to back up

Story by onewhoknew on SoFurry

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It's dangerous to go online without the proper protection. Make sure you have all your files backed up, because this one has a bit of a dark ending...


Content warning for lots of things. Cybernetic dystopia, nanites, porn, non consensual mind editing, what is effectively kidnapping, mind drain, identity death and ends up pretty horrific.

"Hi folks! Welcome to the stream!"

An androgynous looking young person waves into the camera, sitting back into their chair in a darkened room. "So most of you guys have seen a few of my previous streams, and know what I'm about. For those that don't - I've had a full nanite treatment, so my body is pretty malleable and I've been showing off how I can change - normally into someone with big tits and bimbo looks."

They bite their bottom lip, and glance to the side before back at the camera. "I've also been playing with the mental controls. The nanites can be used to control neurotransmitters, and make and break connections in the brain. You basic mind control and editing! Last week I dropped my IQ and made it so I could only think about sex." They fan their face with a hand and roll their eyes. "Whew, that was a fun afternoon!"

They look into the camera with a more serious expression. "But today I'm going to try something different. Something very stupid - and that's with my IQ at full. Don't try this at home, kids!"

They lean in close and say, "Actually, kids, don't watch this at all! I'll get in a lot of trouble if you do!"

"Okay, so, what I've done is, I've turned off my firewalls and the nanite/interface barrier. That's the stuff that's supposed to stop any changes being made without me being in charge of it. Right now, if someone knew my access, they could get into my head. Do all kinds of things to me. I could still stop it, unless it goes too far - and I'm too far gone."

They lick their lips, breathing a little faster. "Now, I've got my mind and memories back up with a trusted partner. I-If something goes wrong, I can be restored, with just the memories of this day missing." They pause. "At least, we think. Not tried it yet, but it should be possible. And that's only if something goes really badly."

They shiver a little. "O-Okay, I'll level with you, this is a nasty little fantasy I've had for a while. A long time. Just getting fucked up by the worst viruses I can find on the web. Until all that's left is a husk of a person. God, I'm turned on now."

"So!" They lean back and clap their hands together. "Let's go find some disreputable porn sites and wipe 'me' from existence!"

A new screen pops up, showing a new browser tab. "So I'm showing you my mental browser, which has all those protections I've turned off. I'm about to become an object lesson in why you shouldn't do that."

The browser loads up a webpage. It takes a couple of seconds, then images start to appear - pornographic ones. Gifs of people fucking. Cocks, tits and pussy flying around. "Hmmm, where to start... Let's try this one!"

One image is clicked on, and a video starts to play. It's obvious the video is cut from a longer one, getting straight to the fucking. The actors start playing with each other, hands slipping round genitals and into holes. At the same time, a column of advertisements appears on one side. "Okay, some of those ads have warnings on them - I think they're just showing for me. Another safety feature I'm going to ignore! Let's try... Oh! Is that an enlarge my dick one? I though those were gone now we do have nanites that can change your dick size. Maybe it's just trying to catch the body purists who are also hypocrites..."

They click on it. "Who knows, maybe it'll be more - given that I've got a null bulge right now, this ought to be interesting."

The site reveals itself. "Oh god, they're actually selling pills! Not even short term, localised nanites, but honest to goodness sugar pill fakery! Hah!"

There were more adverts. "This one..." They hovered over an ad that didn't stand out. It just read, in white text on black, 'Want to feel the ultimate pleasure?' "I'm not getting a warning about it, but... something tells me it's the one. Maybe we should flag it. Once I'm done here."

They gulped. "Okay, this is it."

They clicked.

A black screen loaded. Then, a few images started to load. "Ach, why's it being so slow? It's not like it's -"

Their eyes went wide. "There's a lot of data in my buffer - coming from a different site. That would be blocked, too, if I hadn't allowed cross site scripting. It-it's starting to unpack."

A note of fear started to enter their voice. "I can feel it, it's doing something! I could still stop this. I-I should. I need to shut down all-"

They blinked, eyes jittering a little. "E-except, the whole point of this is to show you what happens. To do this to me. Yeah." They smile a little. "I-I'm going to let it continue. Ha."

Their eyelids fluttered. "Oooh, that feels good. It's like, all my doubts and worries, their just getting washed away. Trimmed away." They smile widely. "In fact, I'd recommend this to everyone, if it wasn't such a bad idea. Yeah, it's - my pleasure centre's getting pounded right now! Oh, they weren't lying!"

They lean forward, gripping the armrests of their chair. They laugh out loud, eyes half lidded. "This is the ultimate pleasure!"

They grind their crotch against the chair, legs pressing together. "Maybe the site wasn't lying! They must be good people, to make me feel so good! In fact, I-I should thank them!"

Another browser tab opens up from the first. They start to enter banking details. "Yeah! I'll - I'll give them my money! To say thank you! To make sure they keep this site and it's great work going!"

Money transfers. There isn't much.

"Oh, that's all I had?" They slump back, breathing heavily. "I thought I had more..." they mumble. "Still, feels so good..."

They relax into their seat, muscles going limp apart from occasional twitches. Their eyes close, but it is still possible to see their eyes moving constantly behind the lids. "Oh, what's happening? Did something - what was I doing?"

"Uh, I was, I was talking?"

They start to mumble, slurring their words together. "I wus, wustryin ta, uh... summin tu say... whur am I? Uh, who'm I?"

Their mouth starts to make random sounds, lips slapping together meaninglessly. "mubuhvu. anaaabuvavvah. muuuuh."

"Uh."

"Uh."

There was a pause, and they made another grunt, like they knew they had to speak, but had forgotten why, or what to say, or even how to speak.

"Uh."

Their body lay still in the chair for a while, its only movement being the rise and fall of its chest as it breathed. Then, after about a minute, the jaw began to work, and lips began to move, testing its ability to make shapes.

Then, its eyes open and it speaks.

"Hi. This person's mind, personality and memories have been encrypted. There is no way of recovering them without our help. Please transfer on hundred bitcoins to this person's wallet, and they will pass them on to us. Then, we will release the encryption key that will allow you to recover them."

The room falls silent. A shadow can be seen moving. As it falls over the face of the body in the chair, it begins to speak again. "Hi. This person's mind-" The camera cuts off, ending the video.