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Violet CLM

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Dec 14, 2002, 02:02 PM
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Ok, here we are.. be warned that it now gets very weird, a prime example of what a good idea it is to know what you're going to have after a cliff hanger before you put one in.

>AMY, I AM NOT SPAZ.
She takes this news fairly well, but says "you mean, all this time you've been saying you are it's been untrue?"

>AMY, IT'S A LONG STORY.
"Start at the beginning."

>AMY, I AM PLAYING A COMPUTER GAME IN WHICH I CONTROL SPAZ USING A TEXT PROMPT. I HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND ACTING MOSTLY LIKE SPAZ DUE TO THE PROGRAMMING OF THE GAME, HAVING VARIOUS ADVENTURES ON CARROTUS.
Amy stares at you for a while. Then "Oh, come on. You can't expect me to believe that."

>AMY, IT'S TRUE.
"As true as 'I am Spaz'? Prove it somehow."

>PROVE IT SOMEHOW
I think you're on your own with this one.

>AMY, HOW SHOULD I PROVE IT?
"Oh, I don't know. Those games have save and load functions, right?"

>YES
Yes, what?

>AMY, YES.
"Well, save the game. I'll say something, then you load it, write what I said down, and I'll say something. If I say what's on the paper, I'll believe you."

>WHAT IF SHE SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT IF SHE SEES ME WRITING?
Then you're in trouble.

>IT'S JUST A GAME, RIGHT?
Of course!

>SAVE
Your game is saved.

>AMY, SAY SOMETHING.
"Do you like Hyperbolia?"

>RESTORE
Your game is restored.

>INVENTORY
You are carrying the following items:
5 Tiny carrots
Airboard
Dangerous Gun
Key to End of Game
Note
Rabbit fur parachute
No contents
No Coatrack
Red Key
Knowledge of where End of Game is

>WRITE "DO YOU LIKE HYPERBOLIA?" ON BACK OF NOTE
You do as you instructed.

>AMY, SAY SOMETHING.
"Do you like Hyperbolia?"
Yes, I agree, that was convinient.

>THANK FROGS
They screw up their faces in huge smiles.

>GIVE AMY NOTE
"A list of phone numbers?"

>AMY, READ OTHER SIDE.
She turns the note over and stares for a long while.
"Oh. My. God."

>BE GOD
Be serious.

>WAIT
Amy suddenly speaks. "I'm.. not.. real?"

>AMY, I'M AFRAID NOT.
"But.. I must be real! I've lived before now.. I can remember things happening...."

>AMY, CAN YOU FOCUS ON THE MEMORIES?
She concentrates. "Yes.. they're not implanted in me or anything.."

>HOLD ON..
You hold onto your consciousness, despite not being in any danger of losing it.

>I'VE PLAYED TEXT GAMES BEFORE.. THEY DIDN'T HAVE NEARLY THIS MANY THINGS YOU COULD DO..
Have I mentioned that people who write their thoughts in text prompts are weird?

>YOU BE QUIET.
Look, if I were quiet, you wouldn't be able to do anything!

>MY POINT IS, HOW COULD THEY POSSIBLY HAVE PUT IN SO MANY OPTIONS FOR SO MANY SITUATIONS?
Why ask me? I'm just part of a game.

>AMY?
What about her?

>AMY, AMY?
She looks at you. "What is it?"

>AMY, YOU DO SEEM REAL.. SO DOES EVERYONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW A GAME COULD HAVE SUCH A VARIETY OF COMMANDS SO AS I CAN TYPE IN ABOUT ANYTHING AND IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN EFFECT.
She looks at you hopefully. "So I might be real, somehow?" She apparently is quite appreciative of this idea, for obvious reasons.

>AMY, MAYBE. I'M GOING TO ASK THE AUTHORS OF THIS GAME ABOUT THIS.
You know, you're a very suspicious person. Do you believe in conspiricies?
Anyway, Amy nods.

>SAVE
Game saved.

>EXIT
Bye bye! Remember that your doctor is really an alien in disguise!



>RESTORE
Game restored.

>AMY, I'VE SENT AN EMAIL TO THEM.
"Email?"

>AMY, IN THE RE - IN MY WORLD, EMAIL IS A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION.
"Oh."

>WAIT
If you plan to type >WAIT until you get a response to your email...

>AMY, I'M GOING TO GO FOR A WALK UNTIL I GET A RESPONSE.
"All right, have a nice time.." she seems a little sad, but wouldn't you be?

>GO OUTSIDE
You begin to exit the room, but she stops you.
"Wait a minute.. on Carrotus?"

>AMY, YES.
"But... if I, and the other rabbits, ARE real.. every time you load your game, you're erasing parts of our lives!"

>AMY, THEY'LL JUST DO THE SAME THINGS THEY DID ALL OVER AGAIN, WITH NO MEMORY OF DOING IT BEFORE. LIKE YOU AND THE HYPERBOLIA.
"But it's unfair to just erase pieces of lives, even if they'll do it again! How would you like parts of YOUR life to be destroyed?"

>SHE HAS A POINT.
No, she doesn't. Go out and get yourself killed a few times.

>AMY, ALL RIGHT.
You say that, then continue standing there. Go have fun! Better then typing >WAIT over and over.

>SAVE
Game saved.. come on, go outside!

>I'M PLANNING TO.
Oh, good.

>EXIT
Game exited.. but I want an adventure or two when you come back!



(continued in second post due to character limit)
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