Conversation · Mainframe
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- 12:00 · 13:00 · 14:00 · 15:00 · 16:00 · 17:00 · 18:00 "Good afternoon, Fortress Accident on Rue de Saint-Ghislaine, this is East-Insulindian Repeater
- 19:00 · 20:00 · 21:00 · 22:00 · 23:00 "Good evening, Fortress Accident on Rue de Saint-Ghislaine, this is East-Insulindian Repeater St
- 07:00 · 08:00 · 09:00 · 10:00 · 11:00 "Good morning, Fortress Accident on Rue de Saint-Ghislaine, this is East-Insulindian Repeater St
- 00:00 · 01:00 · 02:00 · 03:00 · 04:00 · 05:00 · 06:00 "Good evening, Fortress Accident on Rue de Saint-Ghislaine, this is East-Insulindian Repeater St
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"It's your call." He looks over his shoulder, then back at the machine. "You're in charge of this expedition, officer."
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Of course you should turn it on -- don't you want to know what's on the filament?!
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"Maybe the body has stopped decomposing somehow..." He looks over his shoulder. "I don't know. You're in charge of this expedition, officer."
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The machine lights up like some prehistoric animal stirring from its slumber, revealing virescent PLAY and PRINT keys on the keyboard. The hatch on the machine's central compartment is wide open.
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A dusty radiocomputer sleeps on its wired frame, forgotten and unused. Its keyboard has a rectangular ON/OFF button; a piece of paper still hangs from the printer.
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"Another radiocomputer..." says the lieutenant, watching you circle around the machine. "Just sitting here without anyone in sight."
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What he means is that these things cost money. Why would anyone just leave it behind?
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On the other hand... it's not that I'm not interested in abandoned radiocomputers.
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This is the Rehm Civic radiocomputer, model RC5120, equipped with a Feld mainframe and a Rehm-compatible printer.
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This appears to be some kind of machine with a cube-shaped heart and a wired framework. The keyboard has a rectangular ON/OFF button; a piece of paper still hangs from the printer.
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"A radiocomputer..." says the lieutenant, watching you circle around the machine. "Just sitting here without anyone in sight." He sounds surprised and a bit cautious.
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"What, you're just going to guess?" The lieutenant shakes his head, staring at the glowing radiocomputer. Seems like the repeater station hasn't heard his words however, for the line is still silent.