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Nerwen · 01-11-2014, 07:16 AM

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It seemed their captors had mined enough data for the microsecond, for that day the Downers were put to work diverting the course of a river of gushing radiance- an input/output stream. Gruelling though their task was, the slaves worked at it readily, waiting for a spare moment to attend to the real business of the day.

None of them had forgotten the way Blind Guardian, alone of the group, had refused to believe S.E.E.R. or take part in dismantling tomtom's brain. All agreed she must be an enemy of some kind- the question was, what?

"Clearly the Hacker," Shasta declared. "So the last bot is either Lottie or Kitanna."

Someone- no-one was quite sure who- whispered, "Lottie's dead..."

"Well, Kitanna, then."

"You mean Shasta," said Kitanna.

"Nah, I've got you down as the Hacker," said Morsul, "and BG's a bot pretending to be a hacker."

"Probably," Kitanna agreed. "Or she could be a hacker pretending to be a bot pretending to be a hacker. Or a bot pretending to be a hacker pretending to be a bot pretending to be a hacker. Or a hacker-"

"Why are you doing this to me?" Blind Guardian wailed. "I'm not a bot. My name's Blind Guardian, not Bot Guardian."

"Let us finish this," said Legate, and pushed her into the stream. There was a tremendous splash.

"Help!" cried Blind Guardian, treading data. "Help me, lucyyenic! I don't know which you are, but I'm on your side! I could be useful to you. I can hack my way into any database! No firewall can keep me out! Please, all I ever wanted was to become post-human- to be one of you. Lucy, please...,"

But Lucy, whichever of the four she really was, looked on with the impassivity of a true AI. With a final shriek of despair, Blind Guardian was swept under by the current.

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Living
Legate
Kitanna
Morsul the Dark
Shasta

Dead
Coppermirror, Lommy– seized by Adult Friend Finder.
Nerwen, Aganzir– poisoned by webcrawlers.
Rune– lashed to death with overseer-bot’s light whip. (Ordinary cyber-slave.)
Inziladun– ICE pick to the head. (Ordinary cyber-slave.)
Sally– pushed down a data-mineshaft. (R.A.N.G.E.R.)
Lottie- rubbed out. (Ordinary cyber-slave.)
Boro- brain unplugged. (tomtom.)
Galadriel55- incinerated by firewall. (S.E.E.R.)
Blind Guardian- drowned in I/O stream. (The Hacker.)

01-11-2014, 07:16 AM	#251
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	101010001010100101001010100001010 It seemed their captors had mined enough data for the microsecond, for that day the Downers were put to work diverting the course of a river of gushing radiance- an input/output stream. Gruelling though their task was, the slaves worked at it readily, waiting for a spare moment to attend to the real business of the day. None of them had forgotten the way Blind Guardian, alone of the group, had refused to believe S.E.E.R. or take part in dismantling tomtom's brain. All agreed she must be an enemy of some kind- the question was, what? "Clearly the Hacker," Shasta declared. "So the last bot is either Lottie or Kitanna." Someone- no-one was quite sure who- whispered, "Lottie's dead..." "Well, Kitanna, then." "You mean Shasta," said Kitanna. "Nah, I've got you down as the Hacker," said Morsul, "and BG's a bot pretending to be a hacker." "Probably," Kitanna agreed. "Or she could be a hacker pretending to be a bot pretending to be a hacker. Or a bot pretending to be a hacker pretending to be a bot pretending to be a hacker. Or a hacker-" "Why are you doing this to me?" Blind Guardian wailed. "I'm not a bot. My name's Blind Guardian, not Bot Guardian." "Let us finish this," said Legate, and pushed her into the stream. There was a tremendous splash. "Help!" cried Blind Guardian, treading data. "Help me, lucyyenic! I don't know which you are, but I'm on your side! I could be useful to you. I can hack my way into any database! No firewall can keep me out! Please, all I ever wanted was to become post-human- to be one of you. Lucy, please...," But Lucy, whichever of the four she really was, looked on with the impassivity of a true AI. With a final shriek of despair, Blind Guardian was swept under by the current. 001010100010101011100000010101010 Living Legate Kitanna Morsul the Dark Shasta Dead Coppermirror, Lommy– seized by Adult Friend Finder. Nerwen, Aganzir– poisoned by webcrawlers. Rune– lashed to death with overseer-bot’s light whip. (Ordinary cyber-slave.) Inziladun– ICE pick to the head. (Ordinary cyber-slave.) Sally– pushed down a data-mineshaft. (R.A.N.G.E.R.) Lottie- rubbed out. (Ordinary cyber-slave.) Boro- brain unplugged. (tomtom.) Galadriel55- incinerated by firewall. (S.E.E.R.) Blind Guardian- drowned in I/O stream. (The Hacker.) __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.