09. [text]
[The following flashes up on the network for maybe a minute before being deleted.]
N o no no no no no n o n o no no n
o no no no no no no
no
no.
[Paragraph-size chunks of Grid code follow and are deleted at a rate of one every fifteen seconds for another couple of minutes. Finally all that's left is a shell post with a blinking command prompt.]
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[Anyone with the misfortune of being down at the far end of level one at that particular moment of time would get treated to an earful of thumps, crashes, and bangs: All the lovely sounds of severe furniture abuse. Nothing organic about it, though. No shouts, snarls, or even heavy breathing--it's almost as if someone's moving crate fell down an extended set of stairs and then stopped.]
N o no no no no no n o n o no no n
o no no no no no no
no
no.
[Paragraph-size chunks of Grid code follow and are deleted at a rate of one every fifteen seconds for another couple of minutes. Finally all that's left is a shell post with a blinking command prompt.]
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[Anyone with the misfortune of being down at the far end of level one at that particular moment of time would get treated to an earful of thumps, crashes, and bangs: All the lovely sounds of severe furniture abuse. Nothing organic about it, though. No shouts, snarls, or even heavy breathing--it's almost as if someone's moving crate fell down an extended set of stairs and then stopped.]