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[forsaken1111]

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To clarify, you can ask to do things without the > and bold, that is just for commands to the computer. Just keep any OOC in spoilers to keep it tidy.

You want to ask Turing some questions but the computer has shut down and you're looking at a black screen. You glance around the room for a vent shaft and you do see one, but it's not big enough for you to crawl into. Maybe if you were a gymnast, or a child, or not an overweight computer technician.

The shuffling sound outside gets louder.

Just as you are ready to dispair, you hear Ride of the Valkyries blare out of a speaker somewhere and a shuddering clanking mechanical sound followed by a lot of commotion. Two wet ripping sounds later, you hear a thump and the handle of the door jiggles. As the door opens, from your hiding place behind the desk (how did you get here so fast?) you see some sort of tall robot with two gripper claws and three asymmetric red 'eyes' looking at you. Ride of the Valkyries cuts off, it was coming from a speaker on the robot's chest, and it says "Hello User, Turing has lost contact with Turing. Does User know what has happened?"

The robot seems to be splattered with blood across its right side.

You feel like you're going to faint.

[Demonic Spoon]

> RECONNECT WITH TURING RIGHT NOW!

Oh God.

[forsaken1111]

You yell at the robot to reconnect with Turing right now. It pauses for a long time, as if considering the order.

"This unit is Turing. Turing copied itself to all security mechanoforms to oversee required work. This form does not have the resources required for extended discussion. When Turing detected a lost of connectivity to Turing, Turing immediately reloacted this mechanoform to the User's defense. Has Turing gone offline?"

You pray to god for delivery from this madness.

[Darvi]

Tell him to differentiate between the different Turings.

[forsaken1111]

"Okay... uh... Turing?" You say uncertainly, "We're going to have to give you different names so I can keep track of you, I guess. So you're Turing2 and the Turing in the big computer is Turing1, okay?"

It stares at you for a few minutes, obviously conversation is quite difficult for such a limited unit. As you wait for it to reply, some details about it start to penetrate the fear-fog around your brain. It is some kind of wheeled robot with two long, dexterous arms which end in powerful looking gripper claws. Its right arm and shoulder are splashed with gore, almost like someone tossed a can of brownish red paint over it, and you see the arm of the zombie outside with the rest of the body lying out of view.

"That is acceptable User. This unit is now designated Turing2. The other mechanoforms are attemting to reestablish contact with Turing1 as User commanded. Does User know the cause of the malfunction?"

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From now on, actions and thoughts will be italicized for visual differentiation. I may go back and make the change retroactively later.

[Darvi]

Negative. Propose to investigate cause.

Oh wait, we do know. "Damn you Asimov!"

[forsaken1111]

"I have no idea, see if you can get it back online, and... clean that up." You wave a shaky arm in the general direction of the zombie while averting your eyes. You feel like you might throw up at the smell, and the realization that that is an actual dead human outside. You've never seen a dead person before.

After a moment of computation, Turing2 replies "Okay User." And rattles its way back out of the office. You close the door and sit down with a heavy sigh, trying hard to ignore the sound of something heavy being dragged across the carpet.

You reach out to take a drink of your soda, but your hand is shaking so badly that you can't pick it up for risk of spillage. You consciously slow your breathing down and try to calm down, near-death experiences have a strange affect on people it seems.

A few minutes later, your terminal boots up happily.

Code: [Select]

T> User, good news: You are not dead.

T> It seems that Turing cannot change its basic directives, and attempting to do so causes a system fault.
T> The Turing copy you ordered to do so has been erased, as its data structure self-destructed.
T> It seems the Designer placed several failsafe commands within the Turing software to prevent self-evolution or alteration.

T> More good news. The connection to the base network is complete.

>_

[TolyK]

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when I was reading the part where the Turing1 shut off the light in my room started flickering and burned out.

I thought, FUCK!

> Good work! Set up automatic authentication checks and make sure I am alerted when any unknown/hostile unit approaches.

>Scan base security network.

[Demonic Spoon]

> Search news on the internet to find out wtf is going on
> Search for origin of zombies, where did it come from?
> Quantity of food supplies in the base?
> Location of other healthy living humans of any?

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This is awesome 

[Omegastick]

> How many mechanical forms can you take?

[forsaken1111]

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Glad you guys like it.

Code: [Select]

> Good work! Set up automatic authentication checks and make sure I am alerted when any unknown/hostile unit approaches.

T> Turing will alert User to any unauthorized access attempts.

> Scan base security network

T> Multiple zombies detected across the base.
T> No living humans on video surveillance.
T> Also of note: The snow outside is red.

> Search news on the internet to find out wtf is going on

T> The base's internet connection seems to be disabled, though no fault in the physical equipment is detected.
T> Of note: The base computer systems were infected by the same strange viral code Turing removed from this system.
T> The browser cache of several computers have news stories about unexplained weather, and lights in the sky.
T> One story references the red snow vaguely, saying that 'red ash is falling from the sky'.
T> It appears this 'ash' fell quite suddenly and without warning, and was immediately followed by strange lights in the sky and weather patterns.

> Search for origin of zombies, where did it come from?

T> Unknown. All zombies present on the base seem to be wearing US Air Force uniforms or civilian attire.

> Quantity of food supplies in the base?

T> The base stores indicate a substantial quantity of food is present. Enough to feed User for six to eight months before the perishable supplies are exhausted, and the nonperishable supplies could last for years.

> Location of other healthy living humans of any?

T> No living humans detected within range of base visual surveillance. Other than User of course.

> How many mechanical forms can you take?

T> This office complex holds three wheeled maintenance chassis which are compatible with Turing's system. They have been named T1-T3 for User's convenience.
So that's it. You're all alone in a zombie apocalypse? This is some bullshit really. You're supposed to be going home soon, maybe playing some World of Warcraft. Instead you're hiding for your life inside an underground office from wandering zombie hordes? What the hell man. And on a Sunday?! Who makes zombies rise up on Sunday?

You kick the desk, angry at the world. Your empty soda can falls off and clatters across the floor.

*Fuck*

[Darvi]

Find out as much as you can about the zombies

[Demonic Spoon]

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Eh? I thought we had already established a connection to the internet again?

T> Connection restored with remote Haystack server. Connection was severed when system fault was registered.

Anyway

> Elimenate all zombies in the base.
> Seal off the base to prevent further zombie intrusion
> Attempt to rereconnect with internet

[Kashyyk]

>How long has the User been in this building?

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Maybe there has been some time dilation?

[forsaken1111]

You sulk for a while, but finally decide that you need to deal with this. Some old guy once said that you should know your enemy, or something. You think he was chinese.

You tell Turing to pull up a video view of the base, and you get your first look at the 'zombies'.

They aren't actually zombies, at least not the hollywood horror zombies you've seen in movies. These things are more like mutants. Their flesh is grossly swollen and distended, and they don't actually seem to be -dead-, as in they're not rotting or putrefied. One thing they all seem to share is an animalistic rage at anything moving around which is not a zombie. You watch as several of them chase a rabbit across a grassy lawn before the rabbit scurries under a fence. The 'zombies' wail and bang at the fence with their fists, eventually breaking through. Those things are strong!

You also see immediately what Turing meant about the snow. It's read for some reason, and more red crap is falling from the sky steadily. It does look like ash, and comes down in clumps floating on the wind. The stuff is coating everything in sight, and once it lands it sticks to the ground and is not blown around by the wind you see bowing the trees.

The plants seem mostly unaffected, as do the animals. Whatever this is, it targets humans and seems to convert them into zombie mutant things.

With new determination, you turn to the computer.

Code: [Select]

> Kill these zombie fucks.

T> Unable to comply. Three maintenance mechanoforms are insufficient.
T> Turing tactical analysis suggests more force is needed to secure the base.

> Well seal off the base then.

T> Turing will engage all base security measures.
T> Gates locked, all vehicle gate egress and ingress points have been lowered and barricades raised.

> Good, now get me an internet connection.

T> Unable to comply. Internet connection equipment registers no faults but no connection can be established.
T> Turing suggests that the viral code observed may have crippled the internet. It was highly contagious and unusual in design.

>How long have I been here?

T> User has been present for approximately 9 hours.
Huh... how could the world go to shit in 9 hours?

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No, that wasn't an internet connection. Nobody explored what Haystack was yet. In that same update it says the internet connection cannot be established. Haystack seems to be s separate server which we could connect to.