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Disclaimer: (Does anyone know if we actually have to put these stupid things in?) I
don't own Metropolis, or any of the characters or concepts (Except perhaps Aki, Koh,
Kenichi, and the Metropolis network idea). Bah.
Well, this is a real short one. It's been three weeks and I thought I'd better put this
chapter up before I get cut off down at my boarding school again. The firewall down
there is such a pain, more then half the sites get filtered, and FF.net only loads about
half-way before it says something about 'A system call that should never fail has
failed' (?). Not to mention, it's probably far more appropriate to write the entry into
the Ziggurat's mainframe as a separate chapter.
Anyway, one short (and relatively pointless but for continuity's sake) chapter coming
up. Enjoy!
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"Not far now Kenichi!" Aki said cheerfully.
"Oh that's great Aki! Did you hear that Koh?" Kenichi asked, turning to his
companion.
"Huh? What?" Koh jumped, startled out of his reverie.
"Aki says we don't have much farther to go."
"Oh, that's good…" Koh looked ahead.
"What's the matter anyway Koh?" Aki asked.
"What?" once again Koh hadn't been listening, "Oh, I was just wondering what we
might find when we reach the Ziggurat."
"Don't worry. I've already scanned ahead," Aki sounded confident, "All that's left of
the Ziggurat's mainframe is a lot of corrupt memory, with Tima right in the middle."
"What bothers me is why the Ziggurat's still there at all." Kenichi said looking
thoughtful.
"There's probably a low priority server running in a basement somewhere. By my
guess the Ziggurat was at least seventy five percent computer, and fifteen percent of
the tower is underground." Aki answered.
"You know Aki, ever since I came in here, you've been the one with all the answers,
and I've been the one with little understanding." Kenichi said laughing.
"Well, from your terminal I do have access to pretty much the entire network, well
what's left of it anyway, and with all those security override codes you compiled from
the throne's memory I can enter any system I need to." Aki once again had the
answer. Her authoritive tone very nearly set Koh off laughing. Even though the
group were having to keep to dark alleyways and side roads to avoid being swept
away, for some reason it never did seem to affect their spirits.
"Just around this next corner!" Aki said expectantly.
What awaited the group around that corner was hardly what the group had expected
for one of the major access points to the Ziggurat. Instead of the hundreds of robots
pouring in and out of the huge tunnel, there was almost nothing moving. All that was
there were piles of dismembered programs.
"It looks like this port's dead." Kenichi said forlornly.
"But if it's dead how are we going to get in? This server isn't going to survive long
enough for us to find another!" Koh looked more than a little worried.
"Don't worry you two!" Aki said calmly, "This port isn't dead. It's just that the
shockwave came through here recently, that's all."
"Oh." Koh said, embarrassed.
"Well come on don't just stand there!" Kenichi turned and walked towards the port.
"Whatever you say Mister knight in shining armour." Koh jibed.
"Hey!"
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Hope somebody out there enjoyed that. I think it was okay for a get from A to B
chapter. Actually this chapter was going to be longer and more interesting, but
somehow it just didn't work out. I think I ran out of ideas. Don't worry;
chapter six will be up pretty soon now that they're in. 'Can't say exactly how long
though.
Reaalis
Disclaimer: (Does anyone know if we actually have to put these stupid things in?) I
don't own Metropolis, or any of the characters or concepts (Except perhaps Aki, Koh,
Kenichi, and the Metropolis network idea). Bah.
Well, this is a real short one. It's been three weeks and I thought I'd better put this
chapter up before I get cut off down at my boarding school again. The firewall down
there is such a pain, more then half the sites get filtered, and FF.net only loads about
half-way before it says something about 'A system call that should never fail has
failed' (?). Not to mention, it's probably far more appropriate to write the entry into
the Ziggurat's mainframe as a separate chapter.
Anyway, one short (and relatively pointless but for continuity's sake) chapter coming
up. Enjoy!
*********************************************************************
"Not far now Kenichi!" Aki said cheerfully.
"Oh that's great Aki! Did you hear that Koh?" Kenichi asked, turning to his
companion.
"Huh? What?" Koh jumped, startled out of his reverie.
"Aki says we don't have much farther to go."
"Oh, that's good…" Koh looked ahead.
"What's the matter anyway Koh?" Aki asked.
"What?" once again Koh hadn't been listening, "Oh, I was just wondering what we
might find when we reach the Ziggurat."
"Don't worry. I've already scanned ahead," Aki sounded confident, "All that's left of
the Ziggurat's mainframe is a lot of corrupt memory, with Tima right in the middle."
"What bothers me is why the Ziggurat's still there at all." Kenichi said looking
thoughtful.
"There's probably a low priority server running in a basement somewhere. By my
guess the Ziggurat was at least seventy five percent computer, and fifteen percent of
the tower is underground." Aki answered.
"You know Aki, ever since I came in here, you've been the one with all the answers,
and I've been the one with little understanding." Kenichi said laughing.
"Well, from your terminal I do have access to pretty much the entire network, well
what's left of it anyway, and with all those security override codes you compiled from
the throne's memory I can enter any system I need to." Aki once again had the
answer. Her authoritive tone very nearly set Koh off laughing. Even though the
group were having to keep to dark alleyways and side roads to avoid being swept
away, for some reason it never did seem to affect their spirits.
"Just around this next corner!" Aki said expectantly.
What awaited the group around that corner was hardly what the group had expected
for one of the major access points to the Ziggurat. Instead of the hundreds of robots
pouring in and out of the huge tunnel, there was almost nothing moving. All that was
there were piles of dismembered programs.
"It looks like this port's dead." Kenichi said forlornly.
"But if it's dead how are we going to get in? This server isn't going to survive long
enough for us to find another!" Koh looked more than a little worried.
"Don't worry you two!" Aki said calmly, "This port isn't dead. It's just that the
shockwave came through here recently, that's all."
"Oh." Koh said, embarrassed.
"Well come on don't just stand there!" Kenichi turned and walked towards the port.
"Whatever you say Mister knight in shining armour." Koh jibed.
"Hey!"
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Hope somebody out there enjoyed that. I think it was okay for a get from A to B
chapter. Actually this chapter was going to be longer and more interesting, but
somehow it just didn't work out. I think I ran out of ideas. Don't worry;
chapter six will be up pretty soon now that they're in. 'Can't say exactly how long
though.
Reaalis