It might alternatively be called "Orders," I suppose.
El Hazard is created by AIC, and is distributed by Pioneer,
I hold no rights to the characters or the work. However, I did
create this little bit below, and I'd appreciate it if you gave
the devil his due, as it were, and give the credit (and blame)
to where it belongs. Reproduction should be in whole, and not in
part, and if you wish to archive it on a site, please tell me so
that I can spread the word.
A Statue's Life
Activation:
04.02.03.45.222221
I-THING IS ONLINE. WHAT IS I-THING?
/You-thing is jin model #3546, serial number 1587959372075./
WHAT IS PURPOSE OF I-THING?
/You-thing will follow commands./
I-THING UNDERSTANDS. I-THING WILL COMPLY.
/Very good./
ORDERS?
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04.03.05.25.547685
/You-thing has completed testing phase. You-thing will now be assigned
tasks./
WHAT IS REQUIRED OF I-THING? ORDERS?
/You-thing is being sent to front-lines. You-thing will be part of a
group. You-thing's designation will be fifth right flank. You-thing will
be assigned to a human commander, who will transmit to you-thing a code.
If the code is incorrect, you-thing is required to ignore all other
attempts by the human to transmit the proper code. You-thing may defend
itself from possible hostile reaction, and you-thing may use deadly
force to do so./
I-THING UNDERSTANDS.
06.45.23.86.243468
/We are upgrading the right arm of you-thing. You thing will now be able
to grasp objects with it./
I-THING WILL NOT HAVE A WEAPONS-POD ON THE RIGHT ARM ANYMORE?
/No, although you-thing may be able to use certain long-range weapons
with the new right arm, and it has certain applications in hand-to-hand
combat. You-thing will find the requisite files downloaded into its
database once the upgrade is complete./
I-THING ALSO NOTES MINOR DAMAGE TO PRIMARY ARMOUR PLATE ON TORSO.
EFFICIENCY REDUCED BY 5.35999~%.
/It will be replaced./
THANK-YOU. I-THING WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO FOLLOW AND COMPLETE ORDERS
ONCE REPAIRS AND UPGRADES HAVE BEEN EFFECTED.
08.17.64.58.346820
ORDERS?
/March to the stronghold, fifth right flank./
I-THING WILL TAKE 00.05.00.12.149392 TO REACH TARGET. ACCEPTABLE?
/Yes. Commence march. Avoid contact with hostiles, unless such conflict
is unavoidable. Understand, fifth right flank?/
I-THING UNDERSTANDS. I-THING HAS ACCESS TO FILES ON STEALTH, COVER, AND
ANTI-TRACKING TECHNIQUES IN I-THING'S DATABASE.
08.19.23.95.457329
I-THING DETECTS MASSIVE ENERGY SURGE-- ORIGIN SATELLITE X-45865
DESIGNATE *EYE OF ALLAH*.
I-THING SUFFERS MASSIVE DAMAGE. MAJOR POWER-LOSS IMMINENT. BACK-UP
SYSTEMS FAILING TO COME ON-LINE. RE-ROUTING. RE-ROUTING. FAILURE.
??.??.??.??.??????
I-THING ONLINE.
SYSTEMS DIAGNOSTIC-- IN PROGRESS.
I-THING IS FUNCTIONAL. I-THING IS OPERATING AT 38.555~% EFFICIENCY.
ORDERS?
NO TELEMETRY DATA FROM SATELLITE SYSTEMS.
ORDERS?
RECOGNISE: SECURITY SIGNATURE FROM ARHIMAN TESTING GROUNDS.
TRANSMIT CODE TO SECURITY.
ORDERS?
ORDERS? NO ORDERS.
I-THING MUST CONTINUE PREVIOUS ORDERS THEN. I-THING MUST MARCH. I-THING
MUST--
POWER-LOSS. I-THING WILL LOSE POWER IN--
--I-THING MUST ACHIEVE OBJECTIVE MUST--
--00.00.00.01.109458--
--I-THING MUST--
--00.00.00.00.589392--
--CONTINUE PREVIOUS ORDERS. MUST--
--00.00.00.00.298326
--MARCH. MUST REACH STRONGHOLD. MUST R... E... A...C...H....
OFFLINE.
"That statue has been here since the palace was first built.
Obviously the architects were mistaken, noting it as a statue."
Author's notes: I was at work when I thought of the idea, and it
wouldn't leave me alone, so there. Now for excuse number two: I'm in
a bit of a mood-- not angry, not sad, or melancholic or depressed,
just a mood, and a sort of strange one. Blame it on the fumes at work,
or that I'm tired and should probably sleep and I'm getting more
muddled and long-winded than usual (if that's possible!).
Comments are appreciated, although I must admit there's not really
much to comment on now, is there?
Hrm. Oh yeah, almost forgot. Here's a little something extra:
The year 2000, September 14:
Second Impact.
The result of a small meteorite the size of a pin-head, hitting the Earth
at relatavistic speeds.
But that's not what really happened, was it? That's just what NERV and
SEELE want us to believe. They know that the truth is it was the Angels.
One week later, September 20:
Tokyo is destroyed by the first successful detonation of an N2 bomb.
That's the truth. Even NERV agrees on this.
Or is it?
What is this new cult of "Akira?"
Does even SEELE know what's really going on? And what's the Akira Project?
It has already happened, because it has already begun.
This summer, Tokyo-3 is about to explode.
We're gonna get all Otomo on Anno, or is that all Anno on Otomo?
Matthew "Maybeso" Lewis
Maybeso on IRC
Sojiro_Seta on Kawaiimuck
Warped, in Real Life
Member of:
FFML, FFIRCML, El Hazard ML
maybeso@ican.net
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