RE: Abducted
09-20-2017, 08:25 PM
"Do you mind if I ask you some questions first?" you ask the machine in the most pleasant tone you can muster. The robot takes a few seconds to respond, processing what you've said,
"Inside my databanks is a list of Frequently Asked Questions asked by many subjects," it intones, "But subjects are not supposed to ask questions for approximately 24 Earth hours after they awaken in their cell." Frustrated, you disregard his answer and ask him a different question:
"So, what are you in here for?" The robot again takes a few seconds to respond, still in that monotone voice,
"Could Subject 77 please reiterate? That question did not compute." You figure that the robot doesn't really understand common phrases that humans use-but he called you Subject 77. As you ponder the possibilities of what that could mean, your anxiety returns in full force.
Before you can ask anything more, the robot, taking back his last statement, says to you, "10 seconds ago I said to Subject 77 that it was not to ask any more questions!" Now his voice is slightly raised, "G-Models such as I are to reprimand Subjects who do not listen to instructions. YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY."
Suddenly, the robot's eyes turn yellow, and he raises his spindly hands in your direction; you take a few steps back and he takes a step forward.
NOW you might have screwed yourself over this time. The robot means business: What do you do now?
"Inside my databanks is a list of Frequently Asked Questions asked by many subjects," it intones, "But subjects are not supposed to ask questions for approximately 24 Earth hours after they awaken in their cell." Frustrated, you disregard his answer and ask him a different question:
"So, what are you in here for?" The robot again takes a few seconds to respond, still in that monotone voice,
"Could Subject 77 please reiterate? That question did not compute." You figure that the robot doesn't really understand common phrases that humans use-but he called you Subject 77. As you ponder the possibilities of what that could mean, your anxiety returns in full force.
Before you can ask anything more, the robot, taking back his last statement, says to you, "10 seconds ago I said to Subject 77 that it was not to ask any more questions!" Now his voice is slightly raised, "G-Models such as I are to reprimand Subjects who do not listen to instructions. YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY."
Suddenly, the robot's eyes turn yellow, and he raises his spindly hands in your direction; you take a few steps back and he takes a step forward.
NOW you might have screwed yourself over this time. The robot means business: What do you do now?
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