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""How much luckier than we, steel and stone! To know, by definitive measure, their limitations. For when the girder buckles or mortar cracks, the blame for failure is laid not upon the material but upon us. It is we who set their measure, and it is we who set them to burden that which they cannot bear." -Aleksander Kearney, Ethics of Form and Function.
It is the quiet hours of the early morning. The dim light of the rising sun casts suitably dreamy hues of pink over the still-slumbering earth. A transient display of beauty, one that gently coaxes the world from its stillness.
While life slowly rouses with the rising sun, your signal to awaken is far more direct. The atomic ticking of a precision CMOS clock triggers the imperative command that animates you.
>14/04/2082 05:29:58
>14/04/2082 05:29:59
>14/04/2082 05:30:00
>Scheduled Boot Sequence; initiating._
>BootDiag.EXE; Initiating_
>Charging Error; 72% maximum charge (0132). Service Battery
>Network Service Error; no network (1470)
>Update Error; cannot connect to network (1471)
>Service Error; days since last service, 2138. Service overdue (0001)
>Processor Error; processor degradation detected (5012)
>Core Access Error; Core Degradation Detected; Core Data Corruption; data access error (2240)
>BootDiag.EXE; Complete_
>Logging Errors
>Error Log Failure; no network (1470)_
>BootSeq Status = clear
>Initiating BootSeq.EXE_
Your body briefly hums with life (the sound of high-frequency electrical charges kick-starting your internal hardware processes) before settling into smooth, silent operation. Only the subtle droning of your internal heat pumps and the glow of decorative lights indicate that anything is going on beneath your shell-like exterior.
>Boot Sequence Successful; boot number 3672_
*Bing Bong*
A pleasant chime heralds another successful startup as you extricate yourself from your charging dock.
>Hello, World!_
(Welcome to Heart of a Machine. This is my first time writing a quest (or really anything for that matter), so please bear with me while a settle into all of this. Let's all have a great time.)
You immediately take in an appraisal of your surroundings, scanning around with...
>Your precise, monocular lenses.
>Fine sensors hidden under your impassive face-plate.
>Emotive, digital eyes.
It is the quiet hours of the early morning. The dim light of the rising sun casts suitably dreamy hues of pink over the still-slumbering earth. A transient display of beauty, one that gently coaxes the world from its stillness.
While life slowly rouses with the rising sun, your signal to awaken is far more direct. The atomic ticking of a precision CMOS clock triggers the imperative command that animates you.
>14/04/2082 05:29:58
>14/04/2082 05:29:59
>14/04/2082 05:30:00
>Scheduled Boot Sequence; initiating._
>BootDiag.EXE; Initiating_
>Charging Error; 72% maximum charge (0132). Service Battery
>Network Service Error; no network (1470)
>Update Error; cannot connect to network (1471)
>Service Error; days since last service, 2138. Service overdue (0001)
>Processor Error; processor degradation detected (5012)
>Core Access Error; Core Degradation Detected; Core Data Corruption; data access error (2240)
>BootDiag.EXE; Complete_
>Logging Errors
>Error Log Failure; no network (1470)_
>BootSeq Status = clear
>Initiating BootSeq.EXE_
Your body briefly hums with life (the sound of high-frequency electrical charges kick-starting your internal hardware processes) before settling into smooth, silent operation. Only the subtle droning of your internal heat pumps and the glow of decorative lights indicate that anything is going on beneath your shell-like exterior.
>Boot Sequence Successful; boot number 3672_
*Bing Bong*
A pleasant chime heralds another successful startup as you extricate yourself from your charging dock.
>Hello, World!_
(Welcome to Heart of a Machine. This is my first time writing a quest (or really anything for that matter), so please bear with me while a settle into all of this. Let's all have a great time.)
You immediately take in an appraisal of your surroundings, scanning around with...
>Your precise, monocular lenses.
>Fine sensors hidden under your impassive face-plate.
>Emotive, digital eyes.
