Re: Inexorable Altercation [Round I- The Sleeping World of Rock]
05-25-2010, 03:25 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Zaffa.
INITIATING REBOOT...
Complete. Battery charge at 80%.
Initiating damage check...
No damage sustained. Artificial Intelligence online.
The pulse of battle flashed out of existence, lost to black. A crackle of energy, slight squeaking of joints and OTTO was upright again. His artificial mind was already brimming with questions-- Where was he? What had happened?-- None could be answered immediately. All OTTO could tell was that he was in a chamber of stone, all of varying age and emitting drastically different amounts of radiation. A slight wave of relief washed over the robot. Perhaps he was finally free of--
--O'rlyath? No, unfortunately for both. The Being was, as always, locked into the form of the accursed machine. He almost immediately returned to his old routine of mentally prodding the device. "I don't suppose your scans are picking up anything? Aside from the eleven-o-clock news?"
OTTO grunted. "Great, he's back. I almost thought I'd lost you. No, nothing unordi-" OTTO was cut off by a sudden radio contact, quite a ways off but still visible through the obscuring stone. "Hold that, I'm picking up something. Kind of a dark spot surrounded by some really intense radiation."
O'rlyath chuckled. "That didn't take long, hmm? I think I know what we might be facing already!" He chuckled again, then pushed OTTO to get a move on. "We can't just stand around rusting all day, now can we? Though you seem to have been doing a good job of that."
Groan.
INITIATING REBOOT...
Complete. Battery charge at 80%.
Initiating damage check...
No damage sustained. Artificial Intelligence online.
The pulse of battle flashed out of existence, lost to black. A crackle of energy, slight squeaking of joints and OTTO was upright again. His artificial mind was already brimming with questions-- Where was he? What had happened?-- None could be answered immediately. All OTTO could tell was that he was in a chamber of stone, all of varying age and emitting drastically different amounts of radiation. A slight wave of relief washed over the robot. Perhaps he was finally free of--
--O'rlyath? No, unfortunately for both. The Being was, as always, locked into the form of the accursed machine. He almost immediately returned to his old routine of mentally prodding the device. "I don't suppose your scans are picking up anything? Aside from the eleven-o-clock news?"
OTTO grunted. "Great, he's back. I almost thought I'd lost you. No, nothing unordi-" OTTO was cut off by a sudden radio contact, quite a ways off but still visible through the obscuring stone. "Hold that, I'm picking up something. Kind of a dark spot surrounded by some really intense radiation."
O'rlyath chuckled. "That didn't take long, hmm? I think I know what we might be facing already!" He chuckled again, then pushed OTTO to get a move on. "We can't just stand around rusting all day, now can we? Though you seem to have been doing a good job of that."
Groan.