A Conversation for The CLI/STUMPED Mine
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Red (and a bit grey) Dog Posted Apr 20, 2004
*goes aspirin happy and finally thaws*
Pie, need pie 
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Afgncaap5 Posted Apr 21, 2004
I'm interested in Matina talking too. That's a possible sign that she's not mentally stable at the moment, really. Most of the ones that I designed were built to never speak unless they felt that they didn't have another option.
The more advanced security bots were the only usual exceptions to that rule, as they needed to speak in order to offer diplomatic solutions to potentially dangerous problems.
So for Matina to speak both frequently and in eloquent verse, she must be very, very stressed to say the least.
*Shrugs*
Or maybe she just took up talking as a hobby. It's not unheard of for sentient robots to reprogram themselves over time. She might be perfectly fine.
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Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") Posted Apr 21, 2004
Admin Level 2, nobody knwos where it is?
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Apr 21, 2004
*cuts a large piece of the still-hot apple pie into a bowl and scoops some vanilla ice cream over it, then tops it with caramel sauce and hands the concoction to Red Dog*
*makes herself a smaller portion, then pauses to look up at the spider* That is a bot. I'm sure of it.
Well, there isn't any reason why a bot shouldn't take up talking as a hobby, except that Matina has been alone here for so long. Who would she talk to?
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") Posted Apr 21, 2004
Another bot?
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Coniraya Posted Apr 21, 2004
Ampton? I wonder if he is around.
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Garius Lupus Posted Apr 21, 2004
Could be Ampton, I suppose, since they did have a 'thing' going for a while there. When we were last here, I think Lil left Ampton working away at the main servers, trying to open a rift for us to get back. For all we know, he could STILL be there. Or anywhere, for that matter. 
*Looks at Red Dog's pie concoction Makes one for himself, but adds a smiley face made out of aspirins.*
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Garius Lupus Posted Apr 21, 2004
*Takes his pie and makes his way over to a pile of debris to sit down*
Flap, drag
, flap, drag
*sits down*
Zeppo, drop it!
*tugs on shoe*
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Coniraya Posted Apr 21, 2004
*feeling 
after a surfeit of pie*
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Apr 21, 2004
I feel sleepy too, after all that food. I wonder if Chloe has cleaned the guest rooms?
*suddenly stands up and heads out through the library* I'm going to check out my apartments. Be right back.
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") Posted Apr 21, 2004
*Still eating*
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dElaphant (and Zeppo his dog (and Gummo, Zeppos dog)) - Left my apostrophes at the BBC Posted Apr 21, 2004
/* Zeppo tugs back, harder */
"Admin Level 2" -- could that be part of the abandoned CLI? Um, hopefully abandoned. Hey Affi, if you and GL are... Zeppo, no shoe! ...if you and GL are here in the future and never get back, which judging by the condition of the Atelier it seems very likely that none of us will get back, how long would it take before your experiments got... Zeppo, no shoe! ...got out of their cages? And how long would something like the Heart of Darkness live?
<-- still tugging
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soeasilyamused, or sea Posted Apr 22, 2004
*sea glances at the maid, then whistles innocently. Suddenly, she grabs the maid and shoves her back in the Pocket, zipping it shut and securing it with a combination lock*
You'll be paid when you've finished! The floor's still sticky!
*Advances on GL and RD*
As for you two, letting her out in the first place... 
*Pauses*
*Glances at other researchers*
*Mutters something about the difficulty of controlling evil impulses in the presence of others*
I'll get you two back elsewhere. 
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") Posted Apr 22, 2004
d'E, I've never seen Zeppo behaving like this. Have I just missed stuff or is there something wrong with that shoe?
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Apr 22, 2004
*returns from her apartments, showered, rested, and wearing fresh clothes*
I found my kevlar leotard and some other things I might need. Why don't y'all use the guest rooms to refresh yourselves before we push on? It looks as if these areas were never looted or anything, they just got all decrepit, but Chloe is cleaning everything up now. Thanks to the feisty maid for dusting her so she could function!
*looks around* Where's the feisty maid?
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") Posted Apr 22, 2004
sea didn't like her attitude or some such.
The abandoned and sealed-off second floor
Coniraya Posted Apr 22, 2004
*still feeling *
Hmm, I'd better have a shower too.
*goes off to the guest suites*
*calls back over her shoulder in relation to nothing in particular..*
We call hospitality suites 'hostility', just one of those silly family things..
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Apr 22, 2004
*drifting off towards the guest rooms to refresh herself*
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Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") Posted Apr 22, 2004
*Wanders off to clean up a bit.*
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Garius Lupus Posted Apr 22, 2004
*looks nervously at d'E, while tugging at his shoe*
Well, I'm very, er, confident that our, um, "permanent" containment devices would have worked, uh, as designed.
*loosens collar*
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- 161: Red (and a bit grey) Dog (Apr 20, 2004)
- 162: Afgncaap5 (Apr 21, 2004)
- 163: Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") (Apr 21, 2004)
- 164: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Apr 21, 2004)
- 165: Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") (Apr 21, 2004)
- 166: Coniraya (Apr 21, 2004)
- 167: Garius Lupus (Apr 21, 2004)
- 168: Garius Lupus (Apr 21, 2004)
- 169: Coniraya (Apr 21, 2004)
- 170: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Apr 21, 2004)
- 171: Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") (Apr 21, 2004)
- 172: dElaphant (and Zeppo his dog (and Gummo, Zeppos dog)) - Left my apostrophes at the BBC (Apr 21, 2004)
- 173: soeasilyamused, or sea (Apr 22, 2004)
- 174: Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") (Apr 22, 2004)
- 175: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Apr 22, 2004)
- 176: Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") (Apr 22, 2004)
- 177: Coniraya (Apr 22, 2004)
- 178: Titania (gone for lunch) (Apr 22, 2004)
- 179: Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") (Apr 22, 2004)
- 180: Garius Lupus (Apr 22, 2004)
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