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Post by Zai Shukko on Aug 13, 2008 19:54:22 GMT -5
Phase just stared blankly, but didn't say anything just followed. It appeared through that the virus had been here, or still was... There were little red infection spots, little and randomly scattered, they kept growing.
A floating around were tiny little spheres, about the size of gumballs, they floated in groups and moved like schools of fish.
"What the...? It's everywhere!" There were little tears in the air too, rifts, inside them was darkness with green and yellow binary leaking on, they were not only absorbing. But causing damage.
"This is too much even for me to fix!"
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Post by Black Swan on Aug 13, 2008 21:31:27 GMT -5
"Then tell me what to hurt." The bow and quiver of arrows were back, and Berry already had an arrow nocked. "These things aren't going to have free run in my systems. Let's start spring cleaning"
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Post by Zai Shukko on Aug 13, 2008 21:34:08 GMT -5
"Attack the spheres, the red stuff and the rifts aren't important right now!" Phase's arm changed back into a sword, and she began hacking away at them. They didn't seem to do much to defend themselves, just making tiny little spikes to jab and their attackers but they were too small for any real damage.
"Is your emergency line active right now?"
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Post by Black Swan on Aug 13, 2008 21:38:19 GMT -5
Berry began loosing her arrows upon the spheres. "Nope. I shut it down when I went into Deep Sleep, that's when I get time to recover my energy, so that I could get the rest I need each day undisterbed. Why do you ask?"
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Post by Zai Shukko on Aug 13, 2008 21:43:08 GMT -5
'Because if it's active then they could escape, but in that case!" She sliced through the last batch, which faded away and disappeared, leaving them in the room, which was infected and had several tears of damage. But the corruption was small, so it was nothing to worry about.
"Will, everything's fine then... Damage is done, but all you should get is a little werid background noise... Nothing more." She looked around, inspecting the damage and seeing what she would have to fix.
"This'll be easiest for me to do... Do you have any other machine in this building that your connected to? A robot? Electronic door? Scanners? Something that would be useful in someway? I wanna make sure it doesn't spread... It'd be bad if you couldn't do anything..."
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Post by Black Swan on Aug 13, 2008 21:47:02 GMT -5
"I'm connected to any working electronic piece of equipment in this building: elevator, heating, doors, cammeras, smoke detectors, you name it. If it's electronical and works, I'm connected to it. Even the automatic toilet." Berry's voice lost its enthusiasm at that. "I still don't get why the softshells have to have their own toilets flush for them."
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Post by Zai Shukko on Aug 13, 2008 21:53:35 GMT -5
She ignored the part about the toliets."Everything? Well... That's great, the virus could be anywhere then, absorbing data and becoming it... It's gonna be impossible to find without seeing it..." But, even through what Phase was talking about was bad she smiled.
"But! It's inactive, so it should stop spreading and doing damage... So you should be fine! Unless it's already in major areas... Then, it's not so good..."
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Post by Black Swan on Aug 13, 2008 21:59:10 GMT -5
"Well, we've been to the most important areas. So, as long as this thing doesn't go active again, we don't have to rush at getting the rest of it out, right?" The bow and quiver had disappeared again. Berry seemed a bit calmed, having loosed her rage upon the virus pieces. "We'll take a break, then clean out another spot, and then another break, alternating like that. Sound like a plan?"
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Post by Zai Shukko on Aug 13, 2008 22:28:19 GMT -5
"Yeah, you should send a message to Aura too. It might take awhile, but she needs to know that the virus is here... We need to contain the damage..." She smiled again, and started breathing a little heavy, even through she was just data, she was an AI, and she did get tired and weak.
"A break sounds like a really good idea... How many systems are there?"
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Post by Black Swan on Aug 14, 2008 13:25:43 GMT -5
"There's a lot of them." Berry repplied, setting up the message. "But some are unimportant enough for me to shut off. For example, I can close off access from the automatic toilet. There are plenty of manual ones. Let's see...." She sent the message though, then began pondering. "Cammeras, doors, elevator, and heating I all need. There's no way I'll break off connections to any of the smoke detectors or carbon monoxide sensors." She gave a sigh and leaned back. "I'm really not sure exactly how many systems there are. The important ones right now are the smoke detectors on all levels, the heating, and the carbon monoxide sensors on my 'home' floor and the ones above it. We'll start working on those, after the break. You can take a nap, if you need it. I've had a few hours of Deep Sleep, so I'll be fine."
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Post by Zai Shukko on Aug 14, 2008 16:14:19 GMT -5
"Thanks... But I don't want rest like that, I don't need alot of it..." She closed her eyes and sat down, leaning her back againest the wall, her breathe slowing down as she managed to rest.
"You know... They should've put you in a smaller building... But, the problem is this virus... Might even try to modify your systems... I still don't know if it's a bad or a good thing."
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Post by Black Swan on Aug 14, 2008 16:56:21 GMT -5
"I'd rather be rid of it altogether." Berry replied. "Viruses and shellpeople never get along." She went into her laying position, with her legs folded under her body. "This would be easier if there was some help..." A lightbulb went off in Berry's head. "Of course! That's probably how it was able to spread without detection!" With that, Berry opened another door, and walked though, leaving the door open for Phase. "If I can get some simple programs made, we can send them to all the systems. They can be early warning programs. If they send out a signal, stop functioning, or get attacked by a virus, the I'll get an alert, and we'll know where future viruses are. For now, though, they'll be sent out to locate the virus pieces in the different systems." There was a clicking noise as she began work on a computer in the room.
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Post by Zai Shukko on Aug 14, 2008 17:01:17 GMT -5
Phase got up slowly and smiled. "Great idea!" But her smile suddenly disappeared and she stared down at the floor as she walked into the room. "But what if the virus just becames part of it? Or absorbs instead of attacking? Will you still know?"
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Post by Black Swan on Aug 14, 2008 17:30:53 GMT -5
"Well, if the virus absorbed it, then the program wouldn't be running, right?" Berry stopped typing and grinned. "And if the program's not running, then the alarm goes off." She turned back to the computer, and began typing even faster. "The downside is that they can't do anything else, and they're hard to make, so replacing them could take a bit. I won't get this one done for about another hour, but I can open doors for you and lend you a hand, unless you need me to be with you."
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Post by Zai Shukko on Aug 14, 2008 17:34:42 GMT -5
"Oh no, I'll be fine alone, but I think I should check the important places first. Smoke dectectors most of all, don't want them malfuctioning." Even through Phase wasn't fully ready right now, she could still handle it on her own, even through this virus was a new one and she wouldn't know exactly how to completely remove it.
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