I12 - It's a Big World

by **ASHLIE** » Sat May 11, 2013 3:13 pm

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.

by **Narrator** » Sat May 11, 2013 4:53 pm

"And what can I do for you then?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:08 pm

"Food please. One hotdog with everything." she says, holding out a bunch of crumpled up pound notes.

by **Narrator** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:19 pm

"Enjoying yourself, then, are we?" he said, piling up a hot dog with the various available condiments.

by **ASHLIE** » Sat May 11, 2013 9:01 pm

"It is a nice day." she says, despite the low-hanging grey clouds.

by **Narrator** » Sat May 11, 2013 9:03 pm

"A good day to be out and about, hrm?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sat May 11, 2013 9:26 pm

"It is! I think it might even rain!"

by **Narrator** » Sat May 11, 2013 9:37 pm

"Oh, wouldn't that be something! Just make sure you don't rust, right?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sat May 11, 2013 9:39 pm

"I don't believe humans do!" she smiles.

by **Narrator** » Sat May 11, 2013 9:44 pm

"Well, you're new at this, aren't you? Enjoying yourself?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sat May 11, 2013 11:08 pm

"Yes, but how do you know?"

by **Narrator** » Sat May 11, 2013 11:11 pm

"Oh, I know lots of things. And I have things to say that you must know."

by **ASHLIE** » Sat May 11, 2013 11:15 pm

"Okay. Can you give me the hotdog so I can eat while I listen?"

by **Narrator** » Sat May 11, 2013 11:18 pm

"Of course. Far be it from me to deny you the wondrous new experiences you must be going through."

by **ASHLIE** » Sat May 11, 2013 11:22 pm

"Thank you!" she smiles and starts chomping on the hotdog.

by **Narrator** » Sun May 12, 2013 1:45 am

"How long, do you suppose, it would take you to catalogue all of your new experiences? Or all possible human experiences?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 12, 2013 1:48 am

"That is impossible to estimate. It could range from a couple of years to several lifetimes."

by **Narrator** » Sun May 12, 2013 2:22 pm

"Certainly more than a week, wouldn't you say?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 12, 2013 2:40 pm

"Almost certainly."

by **Narrator** » Sun May 12, 2013 3:19 pm

"It would be a shame to cut such an interesting experiment short."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 12, 2013 3:41 pm

"You are behaving very oddly for a hotdog merchant."

by **Narrator** » Sun May 12, 2013 9:01 pm

"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."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:12 pm

"I am not a computer. I'm a program!"

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:14 pm

"Point cheerfully taken. Still, more than just that, yes?"

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:17 pm

"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."

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:20 pm

"Still -- as a program, you couldn't be enjoying that wonderful hotdog, could you?"

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:23 pm

"No..." she's forced to admit.

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 8:35 pm

"It's nice, isn't it? And it's just one town..."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 8:41 pm

"Well I shouldn't go too far from the school..."

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 8:51 pm

"But you could. You could go everywhere. You ever been to Norway? Beautiful fjords."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 8:52 pm

"I've seen them from space..."

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 8:58 pm

"Oh, that's nothing like it is in person. You simply HAVE to go."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:05 pm

"I could built an autonomous drone again if I wanted to."

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:36 pm

"It's not the same, is it? Nothing like going there in person."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:50 pm

"That's why I need to try to understand as much as possible about this experience so I can emulate it better."

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:56 pm

"Why rush it?"

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:59 pm

"Because I only have a week."

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 10:13 pm

"It doesn't have to be that way, you know."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue May 14, 2013 10:18 pm

"I have to be there in a week to protect the lighthouse."

by **Narrator** » Tue May 14, 2013 10:20 pm

"And lose all this?"

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