[The call opens with a view of a street strewn with books. Pages flutter in the breeze. The camera swings around to focus on what's easily recognizable as the library, except right now, it's got a wall missing.]

Someone stop him! Look what he did to the library. [The voice is full of horror, as if describing some horrible desecration of a sacred ( Read more... )

Hel- [CRASH. Whoever made the call just dropped their phone. There's some scrabbling and clattering before the voice speaks again, firm but hesitant.] Spawn of a glitch, I hope I haven't broken this thing - Hello? Can anyone hear this transmission?

Sam? Flynn? Anyone.

[She mutters something about someone named 'Zuse', another named 'CLU', and a ( Read more... )

[The former program's face appears on the screen, pale and unblinking.] What happened last night? [A long pause, and then she shakes her head.] Never mind. Whatever that dream - that nightmare - was, I just hope it doesn't happen again.

But I saw the sun rise this morning. [The ghost of a smile touches her lips.] And the library has been rebuilt. ( Read more... )

[When Quorra appears on the screen, she's sitting cross-legged on the floor in her living room, surrounded by what at first glance appear to be the picked-apart remains of several dozen shiny green bugs. On closer inspection, they appear to be mechanical in nature, with gold flecks glinting among tiny green microchips ( Read more... )

[When the call begins, the Quorra that snaps into view on the screen looks...different, somehow. Less pale, her hair lighter and a little mussed as if she's been standing in the wind. She's not wearing her glowing suit, and her eyes are slightly red, too - she's been crying. And in the background, the faint rumbling of an engine; not the smooth ( Read more... )

This is a very inefficient interface. If some kind of direct connection could be established, runtime might improve considerably. I could download myself into the system, find a way out

but if it didn't work I would be stuck again

I think I'd prefer to stay outsideInsufficient memory to execute more complex commands. It is frustrating ( Read more... )

It's been very quiet the last couple of days.

...Is everyone okay? Hope? Xander?

[There's undisguised excitement in Quorra's voice.] The water's going away! ...Although I guess everyone's noticed that by now, but still. This is good, right ( Read more... )

[At first, there's just a blank screen and the sounds of fumbling, along with a slightly muffled voice.] Is this device functional? [Finally, Quorra figures out to remove her thumb from over the phone's camera lens, and her unblinking and slightly confused eyes peer down at it for a long moment.]Okay. Have I been derezzed? Is this some kind of... ( Read more... )