Heart Game: Intensity (Turn 5)

[idolpro]

In the beginning, there is nothing but darkness and silence. A sleep that gives no rest but one out of necessity in order to keep functioning. Behind closed eyelids, the numbers of a clock tick down - one painstaking second at a time.

TIME UNTIL REBOOT:


And then you wake up.

As you shift to a standing position, you feel something sharp and pointed press against your side. Digging into the nearest pocket, you will find two small puzzle pieces. And from their odd shape, it looks like they would fit into a 3D spherical puzzle. Odd. You've never seen them before, but you do get a sense that these are a currency of some sort. Spend them wisely!

Game start.

Comments

Central CPU Core

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

When you enter this room, it's very much like being transported inside the Future is Now dorm. All the surfaces are slick, silver, lined with fluorescent neon lights and, of course, cube-shaped. The center of this room is dominated by a large glass box with four screens overhead, counting down the time from the start of the game. The same timer you saw when you arrived here. And in that box, breathing but otherwise unmoving, sits Intensity. Numerous wires are coming out of the base of his neck and disappear down into the floor. He does not look over at you upon your arrival. In fact, he doesn't seem aware of anything around him. The rest of the room consists of three walkways leading to three exits, and the fourth leading to a large bulky 90s computer (much like the one in Intensity's lab) with two large dual flatscreen monitors that are much more modern by contrast. TIME UNTIL REBOOT: There are three exits: [ Heaven , Hell, and the elevator behind the glass box ] Beneath the walkways is a dark abyss. You cannot see the floor.

Re: Central CPU Core

[iamverybadass]

[ WHAT ]

[ Talon is PRETTY SURE he does not want to mess with...whatever is going on here. Yet. But he's going to go tap on that glass to assess how durable it seems and look for any access points before he moves on. Is this Intensity actually safe in here?? ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Lights are on, but no one is home. But it doesn't look like the box is particularly dangerous in any way.

The glass door is sealed shut.

And the only thing connected to this set-up seems to be the computer terminal. ]

[iamverybadass]

[ Going to inspect the computer terminal to see if there's anything other than the countdown that can be accessed from it ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ The screens come to life with a soft hum. The right screen remains blank, but on the left a menu appears: ]

Welcome, Mr. Intensity.

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - BIOS
[2] - Networking
[3] - Call Support
[4] - Abort Current Process

[iamverybadass]

[ Presses [1] ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

BIOS

Current Prime Directives:
1. Protect family
2. Acquire King of Hell title
3. Protect rival
4. Employee retirement plan
5. Protect unit
6. Protect priority people outside unit
7. Regain prior self
8. Pursuit of happiness

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - Add new prime directive
[2] - Delete existing prime directive
[3] - Re-order prime directives

Warning: Threshold change tolerance is 20%. Exceeding this tolerance may result in unstable system performance.

Press [ESC] to return to the previous menu.

[iamverybadass]

[ >> Add new prime directive
>>>>"Protect self"

>>Re-order prime directives
>>>>Swap "Employee Retirement plan" with "protect unit"
>>>>Enter "Protect self" below "protect unit" ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ I---

Talon, you are a good bean. ]

BIOS

Changes saved successfully!

Current Prime Directives:
1. Protect family
2. Acquire King of Hell title
3. Protect rival
4. Protect unit
5. Protect self
6. Employee retirement plan
7. Protect priority people outside unit
8. Regain prior self
9. Pursuit of happiness

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - Add new prime directive
[2] - Delete existing prime directive
[3] - Re-order prime directives

Warning: Threshold change tolerance is 20%. Exceeding this tolerance may result in unstable system performance.

Press [ESC] to return to the previous menu.

Re: Central CPU Core

[criminaljustice]

[HE'S GONNA SNAP HIS FINGERS TO KYDIOMOS DIN YOUR FUCKING ASS, KAIBA]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ ASSHOLE.

HE WAS WORKING!

But definitely staggering and falling to his knees. ]

[criminaljustice]

[MARCHING OVER TO KICK HIM DOWN FURTHER, FOOT SQUARE ON HIS BACK AND USING HYSMINE BLESSING TO KEEP HIM DOWN]

What. Did. I. Say.

[checking to see what the damage is.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Ow. His spine. ]

Fuck off.

[ The screen seems to be open to this page: ]

BIOS

Current Prime Directives:
1. Protect family
2. Acquire King of Hell title
3. Protect rival
4. Protect unit
5. Protect self
6. Employee retirement plan
7. Protect priority people outside unit
8. Regain prior self
9. Pursuit of happiness

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - Add new prime directive
[2] - Delete existing prime directive
[3] - Re-order prime directives

Warning: Threshold change tolerance is 20%. Exceeding this tolerance may result in unstable system performance.

Press [ESC] to return to the previous menu.

[criminaljustice]

[... pffff. just in time.



well. while he's here.

muttering to himself while he hits 3

>>Swap directives 2 and 4

>>Swap directives 6 and 8]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

BIOS

Changes have been saved!

Current Prime Directives:
1. Protect family
2. Protect unit
3. Protect rival
4. Acquire King of Hell title
5. Protect self
6. Regain prior self
7. Protect priority people outside unit
8. Employee retirement plan
9. Pursuit of happiness

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - Add new prime directive
[2] - Delete existing prime directive
[3] - Re-order prime directives

Warning: Threshold change tolerance is 20%. Exceeding this tolerance may result in unstable system performance.

Press [ESC] to return to the previous menu.

[criminaljustice]

[hitting [ESC].

and then digging his heel into Kaiba's back.]

For fuck's sake, I said I'd help you, didn't I?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

What?

And I'm supposed to trust you?

Just because you gave me your word!

The Reboot

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

The system is going down for maintenance NOW!
[1]+ Exit 1

root@intensity:~# sudo reboot now
root@intensity:~#
Broadcast message from root@intensity.home.fin
     (/dev/console) at 10:25 ...

The system is going down for maintenance NOW!
* Syncing personal assistant                                                    [ OK ]
* Starting empathy.exe                                                          [ OK ]
     /sbin/start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to start l337: No such process
* Restructing memory cache                                                      [ OK ]
* Asking all processes to save data...                                          [ OK ]
* Pausing all remaining processes...                                            [ OK ]
* Incorporating new state...                                                    [ OK ]
* Rebooting...                                                                  [ OK ]

[ The wires separate from Intensity with a soft hiss, disappearing in the ground of the glass box. He blinks once, twice, three times - before pushing himself shakily to a standing position.

Congratulations. The reboot was successful.]

Re: The Reboot

[criminaljustice]

[... hi. don't mind this guy who has Kaiba kissing the floor under his boot]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Kaiba is now sputtering curses at Joker. He was so FUCKING close, you assclown! ]

[ Intensity on the other hand is just very...

???

????????? ]

Problem?

[criminaljustice]

Nope. Everything handled here.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Looks at Kaiba.

Back at Joker.

Down at Kaiba.




And just shrugs as he heads to the computer console himself. ]

If you say so.

[criminaljustice]

One suggestion?

Get better security against rogue shadows and personas.

[HEAR THAT, KAIBA? YOU THE ROGUE ELEMENT.]

Anyway, which way to Blue Eyes, again?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I can call her here. Would you like me to do that?

[criminaljustice]

Uh... I thought it was an area where King was. So I can give him something.