“She didn’t just steal identities, she took their faces too; here is the tale of Cindy Cypher.”

The drone began, displaying images of a smiling teen on the wall for its students.

“She was born in 2358, and from a early age grew up around Cypher Industries, most known for the ‘mind chip’, and of course, ‘face changer’.

“Her parents, Stephen and Greta Thinns, were attentive parents: we can see from birth reports and their own ‘mind chips’ that they cared very much for her.”

The image on the wall changed, showing graphs. “See the dopamine levels when interacting with family.”

The few students that were in the room took images of the screen by blinking twice.

“At the age of 17 she was involved in a gravity pod crash wherein the person next to her died. Blunt force trauma caused the ‘mind link’ to override the brain and cause their death. It is believed that seeing a death up close made her want to kill.”

“From that point on she took Cypher lessons, seemingly wanting to work in the factories that made them.”

A new image of a young boy with implanted eyes. “At 19 she would go on to kill this man, Tyler Jones. As you can see, he was outside the classroom when she said something to him in passing, making him follow her.”

“Cypher industries say that two days after this, a body was discovered in a nearby locker with flayed skin and removed face. She was not a suspect until much later.”

Three more images appeared on the screen. “Then, three more were found in the same year, in the same class as Cindy. All with missing flesh.”

A series of names and dates.

“In the next five years, ten people would be found in varying places ; city sun centres, in synthetic trees, one was found inside a store.”

“Then, in 2386, she made a mistake.”

A video of a crying girl with bandages on her head. “She tried to kill me, said a load of numbers and I don’t know what happened- we- we were suddenly in the pod when I woke up to see her cutting my face off!”

“Luckily for Tiff Gubbins, the Cypher mind chip had updated, causing a reboot.

Cindy Cypher, as she came to be known by news outlets, “ police images of Cindy being booked in, looking panicked flashed across the screen. “Had discovered a method that caused the mind chip to deactivate, turning victims into mindless people that didn’t know what was happening until they died from blood loss.”

More pictures of Cindy, of her neat room, of the knives under the mattress and the names on a crossed-off list that matched up to the victims.

“Police still don’t know where the faces of her victims are, or why Cindy behaved like this in police custody;”

A slightly tilted chest camera shows a shocked looking Cindy talking to a police interviewer. “I’m not Cindy! I’m tiff! Tiff gubbins, chip number 35790!”

The drone continued, showing images of her in court, wailing. “She belived she turned into her victims once she had killed them, and behaved in this way until she grew violent and had to be sedated.”

“Cindy Cypher was sentenced to 6 lifetimes in Rixby penetatary, where she is still under her illusions. She became the most prominent killer of the 2300’s, and Cypher industries have updated their Mind chips to a point that this can never happen again.”

In the back of the class sat a girl who silently smiled under the face she was wearing. It was difficult to remove her face and swap them around; but so worth it to be free to kill again.

“Let’s see how much the Mind chip has improved…” she silently mused, looking around the classroom for her next victim.