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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Strange Sci-fi Tales - Private Chat on the GRID [#146]

(link to first GRID story)
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GRID online...Authentication Successful...Connecting to Server...Connection Successful...Server Queue: 14,391...Server Queue: 1,684...Beginning Private Session...Welcome UNIT 11:
UNIT 11: All sectors clear, beginning recreational hours.
UNIT 9: Valid to that.
UNIT 12: Agreed-I mean, Valid.
UNIT 11: Relax, COMMAND isn’t listening in on this channel.
UNIT 12: Thank the matrix.
UNIT 10: Well, if we’re clear to speak without restraint, then I say we kick up our feet and ingest some “inhibitors.”
UNIT 9: You got the good stuff?
UNIT 10: Better believe it, swing by if you want a sip.
UNIT 12: Can’t, COMMAND is breathing down my neck right now. I think they’re looking for an excuse for permanent reassignment.
UNIT 11: What’d you do this time?
UNIT 12: Let’s just say I cost COMMAND a few Deviants.
UNIT 9: Careful then, or you’ll end up like UNIT 13.
UNIT 12: What happened to him?
UNIT 9: Clumsy idiot broke a lot of equipment when he was on guard duty at the CENTRAL labs. So they punted him to the observation station at OLD-CENTRAL. I haven’t heard from him since.
UNIT 11: They still have assignments for OLD-CENTRAL? I thought they torched that place.
UNIT 9: They did.
UNIT 10: Might as well lock you in a small room with a hundred deviants. It’d at least be faster.
UNIT 12: Any more words of encouragement?
UNIT 11: Don’t worry. Just return to your home sector and get some sleep. You’re going to need it.
UNIT 12: Valid
UNIT 12 Disconnected.
UNIT 10: Is this what guilt feels like? I didn’t know I could still experience such feelings.
UNIT 11: Don’t be, we’re just doing our duty.
UNIT 9: Well, at least he didn’t take the bait, that’s a good start. Are you still receiving us COMMAND?
COMMAND: Valid. UNIT 10, report to CENTRAL for minor emotion adjustments. All other UNITs continue operation until otherwise stated.
UNIT 10: Valid, proceeding to CENTRAL.
UNIT 10 Disconnected.
UNIT 9: Valid
UNIT 9 Disconnected.
UNIT 11: Valid.
Connection Terminated (by user)...Goodbye, UNIT 11...


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Sometimes there's no such thing as a private chat.

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