Dead by Midnight story
A man's personal identity comes into question when he finds out that his brain is implanted with false memories and that he is 38 percent machine.
16 total · 4 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cyborg | major | John was 38% cybernetic. |
| government secrecy | major | A secret government agency revived Sam Ellis from the dead, turning him into 38 percent machine in the process, replaced his memories with false ones, called him John Larkin and set him up with a fake family. |
| revival long after death | major | Dr. Jonas Reilly succeeded in reviving a man who'd died in an automobile accident from the dead by making him 38% cybernetic, and then implanting him with a lifetime of false memories. |
| romantic love | major | John and Sarah fell passionately in love with each other. |
| artificial body part | minor | Dr. Sarah Flint informed John that he was equipped with artificial lungs, an artificial heart, and an artificial stomach. [lung] |
| artificial body part | minor | Dr. Sarah Flint informed John that he was equipped with artificial lungs, an artificial heart, and an artificial stomach. [heart] |
| artificial body part | minor | Dr. Sarah Flint informed John that he was equipped with artificial lungs, an artificial heart, and an artificial stomach. [stomach] |
| artificial body part | minor | Dr. Sarah Flint informed John that he was equipped with an artificial brain among other organs. [brain] |
| coping with being tortured | minor | Drake threatened to cut off Sarah's eyelids unless she provided him with the information he wanted. |
| coping with the death of one's entire family | minor | John yelled "Why!!!" at the top of his lungs upon being informed that Drake had had his wife and only child, a daughter, killed. |