RE: [TEXTUNA] Blindly finding your way to Fortuna
07-19-2017, 04:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-19-2017, 04:50 PM by Futurdreamz.)
One regretted just saying "whatever." It took FOREVER for the game to load. One considered just shutting that old piece of junk off, but it was the only system in here that seemed to have a braille input. Maybe there might have been more closer to the other end of the room, but One really did not want to get close to whatever that thing was. The computer seemed to glitch out and crash a couple times, and One could swear he heard screaming and what sounded like a bout of rage run through a sawtooth filter. Finally, while One was polishing off another one of those cans with unknown contents, he heard the computer chime and begin to narrate
"Cassy slowly woke to the sound of a keyboard clicking away. Dimly aware of the flickering heart of the main console, she slowly realized that once again her shouldermate has been cheerfully going about his day while avoiding her perpetual pessimism. She tried to pretend to be still asleep, but Martin could always tell."
"Goood morning Sunshine! Looks like we are nearing our wonderful destination, how exciting!"
"Destination?"
"Cassy was wide awake now. They couldn't possibly be at Fortuna already, how long has she been asleep? She gave up trying to follow the twisting crystals of the screen and went straight to focusing on the planet. They were still very far out, but she could still faintly make out the hum of billions of minds. This cannot possibly be Fortuna. She relaxed a bit."
"But not our final destination?"
"...I'm sorry to disappoint you but no, we're not separating quite yet."
"Cassy winced, she had touched on a sore subject. Martin was very carefully trying to avoid thinking about their destination and what has to be done, and he really doesn't like it when that subject is brought up. He takes a few moments to count his breaths, then puts back on the insufferable veneer of cheerfulness that helps him cope with dealing with the crewmembers and what was left of the AI."
"Ok, so what planet are we about to land on?"
"Oh right, I'll be delighted to tell you all about it. It's going to be amazing!"
"Please enter a planet description and a landing site"
One was caught off guard by the unexpected prompt. This game was sounding a little dreary, and with everything else that was happening right now he really wasn't happy with that."
#One: "What? Otter? what's going on?"
"Invalid response. Please enter a planet description and a landing site"
#One: "Come on, this isn't funny."
"Invalid response. Please enter a planet description and a landing site"
One tried pleading with the computer to no avail. Eventually he accepted that Otter will not be responding. He considered restarting the game, but the keyboard had stopped responding - seemed it had finally given up the ghost. One considered pulling the plug, but in the end he is still stuck in here and there's no guarantee he will get any of the computers running - and he really did not want to go near that thing on the other side of the room. Looks like he had no choice but to answer the demands of that prompt.
"Invalid response. Please enter a planet description and a landing site"
>One:
"Cassy slowly woke to the sound of a keyboard clicking away. Dimly aware of the flickering heart of the main console, she slowly realized that once again her shouldermate has been cheerfully going about his day while avoiding her perpetual pessimism. She tried to pretend to be still asleep, but Martin could always tell."
"Goood morning Sunshine! Looks like we are nearing our wonderful destination, how exciting!"
"Destination?"
"Cassy was wide awake now. They couldn't possibly be at Fortuna already, how long has she been asleep? She gave up trying to follow the twisting crystals of the screen and went straight to focusing on the planet. They were still very far out, but she could still faintly make out the hum of billions of minds. This cannot possibly be Fortuna. She relaxed a bit."
"But not our final destination?"
"...I'm sorry to disappoint you but no, we're not separating quite yet."
"Cassy winced, she had touched on a sore subject. Martin was very carefully trying to avoid thinking about their destination and what has to be done, and he really doesn't like it when that subject is brought up. He takes a few moments to count his breaths, then puts back on the insufferable veneer of cheerfulness that helps him cope with dealing with the crewmembers and what was left of the AI."
"Ok, so what planet are we about to land on?"
"Oh right, I'll be delighted to tell you all about it. It's going to be amazing!"
"Please enter a planet description and a landing site"
One was caught off guard by the unexpected prompt. This game was sounding a little dreary, and with everything else that was happening right now he really wasn't happy with that."
#One: "What? Otter? what's going on?"
"Invalid response. Please enter a planet description and a landing site"
#One: "Come on, this isn't funny."
"Invalid response. Please enter a planet description and a landing site"
One tried pleading with the computer to no avail. Eventually he accepted that Otter will not be responding. He considered restarting the game, but the keyboard had stopped responding - seemed it had finally given up the ghost. One considered pulling the plug, but in the end he is still stuck in here and there's no guarantee he will get any of the computers running - and he really did not want to go near that thing on the other side of the room. Looks like he had no choice but to answer the demands of that prompt.
"Invalid response. Please enter a planet description and a landing site"
>One: