>>5262563After a few healthy minutes of screaming and clutching your eyes in agony, your senses slowly return starting with your hearing. Aside from a mishmash of inarticulate screeching from Ly, Lil’ Stanley, and Syb, you also hear another voice–one that echoes with an otherworldly ring!
“<span class="mu-s">PRALGOT?</span>”
The deep, alien voice gets your limbs working pretty darn quickly! Scrambling away from the noise, you inadvertently stumble over Sybil’s prone form and topple to the ground in a heap! Damn it, Syb!
The Goth responds by kicking you with one of her knee-high boots! OW! Wincing in fresh pain, you scramble to your feet as the voice repeats its question once again.
“<span class="mu-s">PRALGOT?</span>”
Yea, yea, you snarl, <span class="mu-i">pralgot!</span> Friggin’ <span class="mu-i">voice</span>... Blinking a few more times, you find yourself staring at a stack of surprisingly humanoid pyramids on the monolith’s surface!
“<span class="mu-s">DOBLE. CRESHOLE TAR M-</span>”
WHO ARE YOU?!
Pausing at your interruption, the shapes float in place for a few moments before uttering something familiar:
“<span class="mu-s">DIALECT RECOGNIZED: CALIFORNIAN. SIMPLE. ADJUSTING LEXILE PARAMETERS.</span>”
About damn time! Tapping your foot impatiently, you wait for the shapes to do something while Sybil rises to her shaky feet! “I-It c-can detect our language? Incredible…”
“<span class="mu-s">WELCOME, NEW USER.</span>” Greets the shapes in a slightly more-welcoming tone, “<span class="mu-s">IT HAS BEEN-</span>” A series of unhealthy-sounding whirrs and grinding noises emanate from within the monolith, “<span class="mu-s">SINCE THIS TERMINAL HAS BEEN ACCESSED. WARNING–LOW POWER DETECTED. RUNNING IN SAFE MODE. PLEASE CONTACT AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR ASSISTANCE.</span>”
“Fascinating…” Sybil whispers as she sidles up next to you, “It’s a construct of some sort, isn’t it? An AI, perhaps?”
“<span class="mu-s">I AM…</span>” The monolith groans and clicks like a washing machine, “<span class="mu-s">... KELLY… YOUR TERMINAL ASSISTANT! PLEASE ISSUE A COMMAND.</span>”
Before you can inquire further, a list of glowing purple phrases appear on the monolith, each one flickering like a bulb about to short out. Guess that battery’s not long for this world, huh?
<span class="mu-b">WHAT WISH IS KELLY’S COMMAND? PICK TWO AT MOST!</span>
>SYSTEM STATUS>INTERFACILITY TRANSPORT>USAGE LOGS>SECURITY SYSTEMS>BIRTHDAY>IT’S A SPY! KILL IT!>OTHER QUERIES (WRITE IN) 