WEEK 1 - Online

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (1)

monday (41) survivors It had been three days since you had awoken. The ship was still quiet, except for the low hums of enigmatic machines with no apparent purpose. You awake, like usual, to dim lighting and poor rations. Perhaps being on the ship had grown monotonous — it was, perhaps, amazing how little anything seemed to happen in space, a final frontier of malaise. That monotony is crushed by a voice echoing through the narrow hallways. Reformatting . . . Reformatting . . . Reformatting complete. The Pygmalion is online. Welcome, travelers. Please assemble in the meeting room. Your presence is mandatory. Silence falls once again. A minute or so passes, and the lights around the ship finally brighten, the walls looking more alive and more unfamiliar — as if you must relearn the ship's interior once again. The robots on deck begin to make rounds, nudging and pushing at the ship's passengers to make their way to the meeting room. You hear the doors behind you lock. It seems there is only one path to take. ENTER COMMAND_

Comments

[qundercover]

[Yes. Yes you are.]

What's "bungee jumping"?

[thatbites]

A bad joke.

[Okay, really, she just keeps going with the real answer after a moment.]

It's when people jump off cliffs and bridges but get caught by a bungee cable so they don't die. It's for the adrenaline rush.

[qundercover]

Seriously? You fling yourself off a cliff for fun and you reject my great dragon fighting advice? Way better adrenaline rushes out there. A good fight and a good romp will get you there any day.

[thatbites]

I didn't jump off on purpose!

[Okay, that just makes her sound like she accidentally slipped off a cliff. She sighs loudly. There's only one reason that would be on the list and it's not a pleasant memory.]

I was on a tower and it, like, fell into a massive hole or whatever. This abandoned mine. I only survived because my foot got caught by a wire. [She sure sounds tense.] Believe me, I don't want to repeat that ever again. Won't even see me walking next to a cliff, thanks.