Post by Tweaker on Aug 27, 2004 0:37:38 GMT -5
Tweak was a little upset when his trusty tricorder led him right back to the office he'd just left. He banged on the door. "Hey! Anybody in there?" This time, to his great surprise, the door popped open. Inside, he found a very odd sight: A Kernel-type program was flat on his back, thrashing around the floor, while Darth Vader stood over him, wagging one finger. Tweaker very nearly burst out laughing. Instead he cleared his throat. "Excuse me...?"
The Vader-like figure turned slightly, his cloak rippling. In perfect Vader voice, he said, "I shall return shortly. Do not fail me again." With that, he faded to transparency and vanished. Tweak was impressed with the realism this User had put into his avatar. He'd seen an .avi of the original Star Wars film, and this User had gotten Vader exactly right, right down to the specularity on the helmet and the hissing voice. Must be a big Star Wars fan. The vanishing trick wasn't authentic, but within the rights of a high-level User. "Who was that?"
The MCPP thrashed over to the wall and began to pull himself up. "That was my User. He gets very dramatic at times. I'm sorry, have you ever worn a mobile shell before? I have no idea how to use this thing..."
Tweak, despite his irritation, smiled slightly. "You'll get used to it. I've been mobile since my first compile; you learn fast. Listen, my friend Harpo989.exe has gone missing in your base here and I really need to find him. I'm afraid he may have been hurt. Can I speak to your sysadmin?"
The MCPP waved a hand. "That was him. Probably won't be back for a while. You want to file an alert?" Tweak nodded. "It's right over there," the MCPP waved.
Tweak thanked the command program, walked quickly to the terminal, and sat down. Inserting his disc into a read/write field, he spent a few more minutes finishing the letter and double-checking it. Using bad grammar before a sysadmin was not wise. When it was perfect, he pressed a key and the alert vanished from the display, to be dropped in an alert folder in some far corner of the operating system. Tweaker sat back in his seat. Now all he had to do was wait for the Admin's reply.
The Vader-like figure turned slightly, his cloak rippling. In perfect Vader voice, he said, "I shall return shortly. Do not fail me again." With that, he faded to transparency and vanished. Tweak was impressed with the realism this User had put into his avatar. He'd seen an .avi of the original Star Wars film, and this User had gotten Vader exactly right, right down to the specularity on the helmet and the hissing voice. Must be a big Star Wars fan. The vanishing trick wasn't authentic, but within the rights of a high-level User. "Who was that?"
The MCPP thrashed over to the wall and began to pull himself up. "That was my User. He gets very dramatic at times. I'm sorry, have you ever worn a mobile shell before? I have no idea how to use this thing..."
Tweak, despite his irritation, smiled slightly. "You'll get used to it. I've been mobile since my first compile; you learn fast. Listen, my friend Harpo989.exe has gone missing in your base here and I really need to find him. I'm afraid he may have been hurt. Can I speak to your sysadmin?"
The MCPP waved a hand. "That was him. Probably won't be back for a while. You want to file an alert?" Tweak nodded. "It's right over there," the MCPP waved.
Tweak thanked the command program, walked quickly to the terminal, and sat down. Inserting his disc into a read/write field, he spent a few more minutes finishing the letter and double-checking it. Using bad grammar before a sysadmin was not wise. When it was perfect, he pressed a key and the alert vanished from the display, to be dropped in an alert folder in some far corner of the operating system. Tweaker sat back in his seat. Now all he had to do was wait for the Admin's reply.