ReBoot
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+ The Mouth of Mainframe +
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Broken At The Helm
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The silence in the room was definite. Dot looked at Bob quizzically. She was definitely worried
about him. The look on his face made her feel uneasy.
"Bob. What do you mean 'In this room'?"
"Exactly what I mean Dot. IN THIS ROOM."
"Ok but where? I saw no one when we Rebooted."
Bob looked around. He then listened very hard for any noise. A small click was heard.
"Ok. There was someone in here."
"But Bob, how do you know this?"
He didn't answer. Instead he began to search the room. Tapping on all the walls and using his
glitch to locate the intruder.
"Damnit Bob. Will you give it up? There is no one here."
"Look Dot, believe what you want but I HEARD a click."
He searched some more until his glitch picked up something. Dot, curious as to what was happening
walked over to Bob to see what the glitch had found.
"So? What did you find Mister Paranoid?"
Bob turned to her, smiled and said, "Secret panel." He turned back to the wall and slammed his
fist into it. The wall slid inwards. Bob turned to Dot and grinned. Dot let him have it.
"Ow! Why the hell did you do that?"
"Smug bastard. Go in and see who or what was there."
"Hello! Mainframe to Dot! It was the USER!"
"In either case, you go first."
Bob sighed and walked into the passageway.
* * *
(No clue. Where am I? Who am I?) The cube-shaped Binome moved as if it was in a dream. The
surroundings were vague and familiar. Voices could be heard from it's left. It turned the top of
it's body in the direction of the noises. (What? Not the same. Who are they?) The rest of its
body turned and began to move in the direction of the voices.
Phong floated down to the street next to the Chief of Police.
"Chief, where is the Binome?"
The chief pointed over to the grayish cube-shaped Binome that was...well...shambling its way
over to them.
"Oh my. Chief, have you gotten anything on his status?"
The chief looked down at his DigiPad.
"Hmm...It has no information on the status. Must be something new."
"We must find out before it spreads! Quick, get him under quarantine!"
"Yes Phong. No problem."
"AND MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T GET DELETED LIKE THE OTHER QUARANTINES WE HAD!"
The Chief sighed. I was hoping he would have forgotten about that. He thought.
* * *
A candleabra sat on top of the piano. Music floated in the air as Bob and Dot entered the room.
"Look! Someone's playing the piano! It must be the user."
"See Dot? I'm not paranoid now am I?"
Dot gave him a friendly kick in the ass.
"You just got lucky. That's all."
"Yeah," Bob rolled his eyes. "'Lucky.'"
They moved towards the figure who sat at the piano. Bob looked at his glitch. It said: USER N OF
POS.
"Dot, the user IS at the piano!"
When he said this, the figure stood up and turned around. The face looked sprayed on. A
carrot-like nose and blue eyes made up the face. The mouth was but a small slit. Jet-black hair
covered the head. Like Bob and Dot, he wore old fashioned clothes.
"Dot. We must eliminate the user and turn this ship around! We only have 30 minutes before crash
time!"
"Right. But how do we do it?"
As they talked about it, the user began to walk towards them. Bob looked at the user. A gleam of
light bounced off of his hand. He was holding a knife...
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+ The Mouth of Mainframe +
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Broken At The Helm
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The silence in the room was definite. Dot looked at Bob quizzically. She was definitely worried
about him. The look on his face made her feel uneasy.
"Bob. What do you mean 'In this room'?"
"Exactly what I mean Dot. IN THIS ROOM."
"Ok but where? I saw no one when we Rebooted."
Bob looked around. He then listened very hard for any noise. A small click was heard.
"Ok. There was someone in here."
"But Bob, how do you know this?"
He didn't answer. Instead he began to search the room. Tapping on all the walls and using his
glitch to locate the intruder.
"Damnit Bob. Will you give it up? There is no one here."
"Look Dot, believe what you want but I HEARD a click."
He searched some more until his glitch picked up something. Dot, curious as to what was happening
walked over to Bob to see what the glitch had found.
"So? What did you find Mister Paranoid?"
Bob turned to her, smiled and said, "Secret panel." He turned back to the wall and slammed his
fist into it. The wall slid inwards. Bob turned to Dot and grinned. Dot let him have it.
"Ow! Why the hell did you do that?"
"Smug bastard. Go in and see who or what was there."
"Hello! Mainframe to Dot! It was the USER!"
"In either case, you go first."
Bob sighed and walked into the passageway.
* * *
(No clue. Where am I? Who am I?) The cube-shaped Binome moved as if it was in a dream. The
surroundings were vague and familiar. Voices could be heard from it's left. It turned the top of
it's body in the direction of the noises. (What? Not the same. Who are they?) The rest of its
body turned and began to move in the direction of the voices.
Phong floated down to the street next to the Chief of Police.
"Chief, where is the Binome?"
The chief pointed over to the grayish cube-shaped Binome that was...well...shambling its way
over to them.
"Oh my. Chief, have you gotten anything on his status?"
The chief looked down at his DigiPad.
"Hmm...It has no information on the status. Must be something new."
"We must find out before it spreads! Quick, get him under quarantine!"
"Yes Phong. No problem."
"AND MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T GET DELETED LIKE THE OTHER QUARANTINES WE HAD!"
The Chief sighed. I was hoping he would have forgotten about that. He thought.
* * *
A candleabra sat on top of the piano. Music floated in the air as Bob and Dot entered the room.
"Look! Someone's playing the piano! It must be the user."
"See Dot? I'm not paranoid now am I?"
Dot gave him a friendly kick in the ass.
"You just got lucky. That's all."
"Yeah," Bob rolled his eyes. "'Lucky.'"
They moved towards the figure who sat at the piano. Bob looked at his glitch. It said: USER N OF
POS.
"Dot, the user IS at the piano!"
When he said this, the figure stood up and turned around. The face looked sprayed on. A
carrot-like nose and blue eyes made up the face. The mouth was but a small slit. Jet-black hair
covered the head. Like Bob and Dot, he wore old fashioned clothes.
"Dot. We must eliminate the user and turn this ship around! We only have 30 minutes before crash
time!"
"Right. But how do we do it?"
As they talked about it, the user began to walk towards them. Bob looked at the user. A gleam of
light bounced off of his hand. He was holding a knife...