#the AI is obsessed with the one person on board whose details were not programmed into it on day 1

[lillyjen]

You joined the crew 6 months ago as a replacement for an elderly mechanic who finally retired after a lifetime of serving on stations the galaxy over.

It was hard to fit in at first; everyone else on the crew has been here since day 1, after all (that's the thing about deep space outposts, they're not exactly easy to get to, so the station & the crew are usually assembled together) but over the last couple of months you've really started to find your niche.

You expected the feeling of being watched to fade over time, as people got used to you & stopped side-eyeing the newcomer (not that you ever saw them doing this, but that's what it felt like was happening). Instead, the closer you get to the rest of the crew, the more the feeling increases. It's a good job you bunk with 3 other crewmates or you don't think you'd ever get any sleep. As it is, you still wake up several times a night in a cold sweat.

You didn't even consider the AI as a possibility until that day in the breakroom when everyone was joking around with it & telling it it was the best AI ever & you realised the AI you knew was completely different to the one everyone else knew. Ingratiating & helpful, yes. But also strangely nosy, like it needed to know highly specific details about your motivation before it would do anything for you. Everyone else says it seems to know what they're thinking without asking. Of course, it was programmed with them in mind. It wasn't programmed for you. You're not Greg. (Not that that should make a difference, but no matter how you look at things apparently it does.)

Last week you tried to get a message out to a pal of yours who's an expert in AI. It wouldn't send. The messages to your family got off just fine. So did the one to your friend in a different department at the same university (you felt a bit guilty about using them to test your theory - after all, you probably would've gone another 5 years without talking if not for the current situation - but it's not like anything you said was a lie, it just wasn't the whole picture).

You don't dare tell anyone on board; they'll either think you're crazy (& you do really need this job - there's always a reason people end up in the deeps), or you'll be putting them under the AI's scrutiny, too, & you can't risk that. Not while none of you can leave.

For now, you'll just have to watch the AI as closely as it's watching you. But carefully. You don't want anyone thinking you're obsessed with it....

Writing Prompt I'm Not Going To Use But You Can If You Want:

Aboard the Space Station, the Station AI is everyone's friend. They're kind, understanding, funny and a good listener.

Except, they're obsessed with you.

They are the Station, so you have no way to get away from them, and their advances are getting more and more unwanted. They do not take no for an answer, and you're pretty sure they're watching you wherever you are.