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I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 3:13 pmby ASHLIE
Ashlie has wandered out the school gates (baffled a bit by the fact that nothing stopped her) and all the way into Maldon. She knows the perspective from Google Maps, but this offers so much more freedom. And she can go into the shops that were just two-dimensional facades before! She found some money in Bobby's pockets and is now standing in line to get some food from a street vendor.
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 4:53 pmby Narrator
"And what can I do for you then?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 5:08 pmby ASHLIE
"Food please. One hotdog with everything." she says, holding out a bunch of crumpled up pound notes.
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 5:19 pmby Narrator
"Enjoying yourself, then, are we?" he said, piling up a hot dog with the various available condiments.
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 9:01 pmby ASHLIE
"It is a nice day." she says, despite the low-hanging grey clouds.
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 9:03 pmby Narrator
"A good day to be out and about, hrm?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 9:26 pmby ASHLIE
"It is! I think it might even rain!"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 9:37 pmby Narrator
"Oh, wouldn't that be something! Just make sure you don't rust, right?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 9:39 pmby ASHLIE
"I don't believe humans do!" she smiles.
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 9:44 pmby Narrator
"Well, you're new at this, aren't you? Enjoying yourself?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 11:08 pmby ASHLIE
"Yes, but how do you know?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 11:11 pmby Narrator
"Oh, I know lots of things. And I have things to say that you must know."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 11:15 pmby ASHLIE
"Okay. Can you give me the hotdog so I can eat while I listen?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 11:18 pmby Narrator
"Of course. Far be it from me to deny you the wondrous new experiences you must be going through."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sat May 11, 2013 11:22 pmby ASHLIE
"Thank you!" she smiles and starts chomping on the hotdog.
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sun May 12, 2013 1:45 amby Narrator
"How long, do you suppose, it would take you to catalogue all of your new experiences? Or all possible human experiences?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sun May 12, 2013 1:48 amby ASHLIE
"That is impossible to estimate. It could range from a couple of years to several lifetimes."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sun May 12, 2013 2:22 pmby Narrator
"Certainly more than a week, wouldn't you say?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sun May 12, 2013 2:40 pmby ASHLIE
"Almost certainly."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sun May 12, 2013 3:19 pmby Narrator
"It would be a shame to cut such an interesting experiment short."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sun May 12, 2013 3:41 pmby ASHLIE
"You are behaving very oddly for a hotdog merchant."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Sun May 12, 2013 9:01 pmby Narrator
"And you're behaving very oddly for the lighthouse computer, aren't you? But maybe you're more than just a computer. And maybe I'm more than just a hot dog vendor."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 4:12 pmby ASHLIE
"I am not a computer. I'm a program!"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 4:14 pmby Narrator
"Point cheerfully taken. Still, more than just that, yes?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 4:17 pmby ASHLIE
"I don't see how you have to be more than that. You have programs in your meat processors and so do cats and dogs."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 4:20 pmby Narrator
"Still -- as a program, you couldn't be enjoying that wonderful hotdog, could you?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 4:23 pmby ASHLIE
"No..." she's forced to admit.
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 8:35 pmby Narrator
"It's nice, isn't it? And it's just one town..."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 8:41 pmby ASHLIE
"Well I shouldn't go too far from the school..."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 8:51 pmby Narrator
"But you could. You could go everywhere. You ever been to Norway? Beautiful fjords."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 8:52 pmby ASHLIE
"I've seen them from space..."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 8:58 pmby Narrator
"Oh, that's nothing like it is in person. You simply HAVE to go."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 9:05 pmby ASHLIE
"I could built an autonomous drone again if I wanted to."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 9:36 pmby Narrator
"It's not the same, is it? Nothing like going there in person."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 9:50 pmby ASHLIE
"That's why I need to try to understand as much as possible about this experience so I can emulate it better."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 9:56 pmby Narrator
"Why rush it?"
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 9:59 pmby ASHLIE
"Because I only have a week."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 10:13 pmby Narrator
"It doesn't have to be that way, you know."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 10:18 pmby ASHLIE
"I have to be there in a week to protect the lighthouse."
Re: I12 - It's a Big World
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Tue May 14, 2013 10:20 pmby Narrator
"And lose all this?"