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"I wish I hadn't thrown my glass into the fireplace," Hauke thought to himself. Unexpectedly forced to stay in a simulation while the determination of whether a crime had been committed while still being a bit too polite to just guzzle wine straight from the bottle, he folded and unfolded his fingers and looked around for unclaimed cups of water or other unused wineglasses that he could commandeer.
Was FromTheDead really dead? Was it just a mannequin or some other surrogate? Was it the true avatar of the living writer that had just idled out for some reason?
"Use mine," said Lu-Man as he pushed his glass across to Hauke. "They glitch through your beak when you drink, did you know that? It's cool to watch." He watched the questioning of Walt, and wondered "Will an interview with each of us really take that much time, if it's an AI? Couldn't it do some parallel processing?"
"I was busy trying to look at people," Hauke answered. "It's kind of funny-I noticed the clipping, did you see that dragon over there? With the tail that sticks through the chair?"
"I'm not really a dragon," SpottedHyeness said shyly. "I'm a Deh-"
"If our body models clip through physical objects, do you think this simulation bothered to give me any sort of special deadly abilities? Please." He raised his empty glass toward a certain pig who was giving him a look from the bar, and then filled up his glass with wine. "I'm not sure if I'm actually getting a buzz from this but it tastes great.
"In any case," he continued, "it'd be a relief if that guy took a break from writing. I'm ashamed to admit this but I'm not really caught up on what everyone's been uploading. I try to read all the prompt submissions and I try to read other stuff people upload, but...I mean, it's hard enough to keep on top of all the stuff Vixxy and Walt upload, and at least a lot of theirs are short. FromTheDead uploaded a few things that were 11 or 12 pages just in the last two weeks!"
"Quite an output," said Walt.
"I'll say. So if he's 'offline' for a bit, maybe I'll finally be able to catch up! Or..." Hauke tapped his wattles thoughtfully. "Or, do we have some sort of built-in idle animation if we happen to be holding really still focusing on something else? I'll bet he's writing something new right now and just sort of idled out here."
"Let's worry about being idle later," a certain someone oinked.
And I swear, that's all I remember!
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"I wish I hadn't thrown my glass into the fireplace," Hauke thought to himself. Unexpectedly forced to stay in a simulation while the determination of whether a crime had been committed while still being a bit too polite to just guzzle wine straight from the bottle, he folded and unfolded his fingers and looked around for unclaimed cups of water or other unused wineglasses that he could commandeer.
Was FromTheDead really dead? Was it just a mannequin or some other surrogate? Was it the true avatar of the living writer that had just idled out for some reason?
"Use mine," said Lu-Man as he pushed his glass across to Hauke. "They glitch through your beak when you drink, did you know that? It's cool to watch." He watched the questioning of Walt, and wondered "Will an interview with each of us really take that much time, if it's an AI? Couldn't it do some parallel processing?"
"I was busy trying to look at people," Hauke answered. "It's kind of funny-I noticed the clipping, did you see that dragon over there? With the tail that sticks through the chair?"
"I'm not really a dragon," SpottedHyeness said shyly. "I'm a Deh-"
"If our body models clip through physical objects, do you think this simulation bothered to give me any sort of special deadly abilities? Please." He raised his empty glass toward a certain pig who was giving him a look from the bar, and then filled up his glass with wine. "I'm not sure if I'm actually getting a buzz from this but it tastes great.
"In any case," he continued, "it'd be a relief if that guy took a break from writing. I'm ashamed to admit this but I'm not really caught up on what everyone's been uploading. I try to read all the prompt submissions and I try to read other stuff people upload, but...I mean, it's hard enough to keep on top of all the stuff Vixxy and Walt upload, and at least a lot of theirs are short. FromTheDead uploaded a few things that were 11 or 12 pages just in the last two weeks!"
"Quite an output," said Walt.
"I'll say. So if he's 'offline' for a bit, maybe I'll finally be able to catch up! Or..." Hauke tapped his wattles thoughtfully. "Or, do we have some sort of built-in idle animation if we happen to be holding really still focusing on something else? I'll bet he's writing something new right now and just sort of idled out here."
"Let's worry about being idle later," a certain someone oinked.
And I swear, that's all I remember!
Mysteries are a bit out of my element, I think. I may have to work on that some more. But since I got a shout-out in the original Thursday Prompt I thought I had to put at least SOMETHING up.
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Incidentally, someone taking out writers so that their reading backlog stops growing makes for a rather plausible motive! This might be a break in the case.
Me going "idle" at a party sounds about right really (I'm not very good at conversation and therefore not exactly fun at parties).
You don't have to read my stuff if you don't want to, y'know. It's not exactly good, I just have fun making it. Regardless, I'm very grateful you'd at least click on my nonsense to find out just how many pages I'm torturing you with! Thank you much for that.
(I'm still sitting on about 15 more chapters that need a proof-read/edit session and a thumbnail. But don't worry, I won't be doing another big upload day like that for a while!)
I must ask though: was that really all you remember?
You don't have to read my stuff if you don't want to, y'know. It's not exactly good, I just have fun making it. Regardless, I'm very grateful you'd at least click on my nonsense to find out just how many pages I'm torturing you with! Thank you much for that.
(I'm still sitting on about 15 more chapters that need a proof-read/edit session and a thumbnail. But don't worry, I won't be doing another big upload day like that for a while!)
I must ask though: was that really all you remember?
I like to at least look at it. I mean, why watch someone if you're not willing to at least glance for half a second at what they've uploaded?
I like to do better with thoughtful, insightful comments and such but sometimes there just isn't much to say...or someone else said it already.
I like to do better with thoughtful, insightful comments and such but sometimes there just isn't much to say...or someone else said it already.
Guess the wine might have been more effective than you gave it credit for if that's all you can remember.
My abdominal pain has been playing hell with me, but when it's not, 2-3 chapters of 12+ pages is my usual pace. (The first three chapters of Flopsy were done in one per day for three consecutive days. ^_^;; )
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