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[Text] - Terminally Online
[This isn't the first time Jonesy has found herself waking up in a strange place she didn't remember going to sleep in. It isn't the first time a robot has woken her up, either.
The stone slab is new, though. As is the explanation that she's on an entirely different world than the one she knows.
She doesn't believe it at first, until she steps outside into an entire city of robots
- and their claim is further backed up by the fact that none of her implants can connect to a satellite to get her GPS location. Or the fact that the wireless matrix of this place is set up way differently than the matrix she's accustomed to.
There is a wireless network, though. And the robots even gave her a tablet to use. So, of course, Jonesy does what any hacker would do in her position: She searches the internet for answers.
And when she fails to find a quick and easy explanation of how to get home, she goes on the internet to complain.]
ok so ive been running the numbers in my head and its starting to seem very likely that this is all real, and that i'm not just experiencing biofeedback induced brain damage OR trapped in a hyper realistic VR sim from which i cannot escape.
in which case i must ask:
what the FUCK
you kidnap the best hacker in LA , take me to an alternate fucking planet in a city filled with sapient robots and dragons and gods and no one wants me to DO anything??
no hacking, no repairs, no IT work? i didnt get grabbed because someone was planning a cool space heist that they need my skills for? i'm just supposed to hug people?
i am feeling EXTREMELY undervalued here.
if i got picked because of the arms then i'm not hugging anyone. you robots can go fuck yourselves if thats what this is about.
The stone slab is new, though. As is the explanation that she's on an entirely different world than the one she knows.
She doesn't believe it at first, until she steps outside into an entire city of robots
- and their claim is further backed up by the fact that none of her implants can connect to a satellite to get her GPS location. Or the fact that the wireless matrix of this place is set up way differently than the matrix she's accustomed to.
There is a wireless network, though. And the robots even gave her a tablet to use. So, of course, Jonesy does what any hacker would do in her position: She searches the internet for answers.
And when she fails to find a quick and easy explanation of how to get home, she goes on the internet to complain.]
ok so ive been running the numbers in my head and its starting to seem very likely that this is all real, and that i'm not just experiencing biofeedback induced brain damage OR trapped in a hyper realistic VR sim from which i cannot escape.
in which case i must ask:
what the FUCK
you kidnap the best hacker in LA , take me to an alternate fucking planet in a city filled with sapient robots and dragons and gods and no one wants me to DO anything??
no hacking, no repairs, no IT work? i didnt get grabbed because someone was planning a cool space heist that they need my skills for? i'm just supposed to hug people?
i am feeling EXTREMELY undervalued here.
if i got picked because of the arms then i'm not hugging anyone. you robots can go fuck yourselves if thats what this is about.
this is so long, I'm sorry
i've spent my life on a poisoned planet ruled by corporations, pretty much all of whom pursue profit no matter how much war, environmental damage, and suffering they cause.
no one can really stop them and no one's ever going to. they have all the money and the power, every weapon on the planet comes from them, and a lot of the magic does too. everyone pretty much understands that we're on a long, hot slog to the end, but it's a slog that's making a profit so we've all got to keep doing it.
there's no heroes where i come from. none of us are going to save the world because it's structured itself in a way that prevents saving.
so the idea that heroes can step up and change the way things are sounds pretty cool! i've never said that you had a perfect life, it sounds like a high stress position that doesn't come with a lot of rewards. but it's something that would be cool to have where i come from.
also: in a lot of ways i DO have a good thing going. i have shelter, i have access to the equipment and surgeries i need to do my job. i'm not owned by a corporation, which gives me more freedom than a lot of other people.
this isn't me saying i have the worst life. i'm not trying to turn this into a pissing contest or a pity party, i just want to explain where my head is at when i say the whole the whole warrior of light, killing gods and saving people thing still sounds pretty cool. it makes your world sound like it has hope.