I've been playing with this idea for a little while. I'm going to retell some of the episodes that occur in the chat in prose form, and I will take some artistic license in the process. Here's episode TBD, which is a preview of what to expect. It's set in a school, although that isn't set in stone yet. Feedback is welcome.
Episode 1 0 TBD
In which the gang misses Phoeey
It was lunch break and the Saidit folks were hanging around in the courtyard.
Larry was really quite excited about this Linux distro he installed called
Slackware. "It compiles programs from source!" he said. "They are compiled
specifically for my machine!" But there was a mismatch. Gravi was the only one who could vaguely follow, but he didn't quite understand what the advantage was.
"Well, let's say I want a different configuration. I don't need to find a
binary with my exact preferences, I can just pass some flags so that... ah,
nevermind. I forget that you aren't my techie friends."
"You always talk about stuff we can't follow. Why u do dis?" asked Gravi.
"Nothing. It's just that I miss Phooey. He'd be all over my Slackware. We have
Zommy as a Phooey clone, but he isn't exactly the same. He's Phooey sans the interest in tech." (Zommy promptly waved as his name was mentioned.)
"Yeah, I miss him too," said Musky. "I think we all do. I wonder how he's doing. Sometimes I think he might have roped."
"I rope not!" said Larry. "LOL! Get it?? Rope."
Socks, who was hiding behind a tree, randomly chimed in. "I'm sure he's doing
fine. People don't kill themselves over nothing, you know."
"If he's dead, I will cri," said Gravi.
"What do you think of my joke, Gravi?" asked Larry. "Am very entertained," he replied
Musky got annoyed that they were turning it into a joke. Larry apologized and noted that it was Phooey who left the clique while they kept on welcoming him, and that he'd probably pop up again before turning to suicide.
"Don't make me laugh," said socks.
"Fuck you, socks, I was agreeing with you."
"You were? My bad."
"Nobody likes you, socks. You are only here to cause discord, probably for
some kind of intelligence agency like the CIA. I'm wondering if you're even
human. It'd be much cheaper for them to have AI infiltrate us. Like a hologram
that only appears human. In fact, I'm calling you out for that. My arm would
probably go right through you." He reached out, but all it did was push the
guy away a little. He thought about it for a little while and then continued: "it looks like they have tactile holograms now. I still insist that you're an adversary of some kind."
"I like socks," said Musky.
"Well, you're the only one."
"Fuck you," replied socks. "I'm just a dude who has his own opinions and
doesn't care what others think, and the only reason I'm leaving right now is
because of the bell (which had just rang). It would do you good to reflect on
yourself and ask if your paranoia isn't getting out of hand. Toodles!"
Larry was getting worked up but Zommy tried to calm him down. "Just think about nice things. Such as the Bri'ish breakfast that I have every morning. And tea! Mmmmmmmmmmmm."
"Am going to class," said Gravi, and the others agreed that it was time to go.
"What class is next?" asked Musky. Zommy took a schedule out of his bag. "Three Perspectives on the Deep State," he replied. "There's a guest lecture in remembrance of the JFK assassination."
"Yeah, we should definitely be in time. I'm struggling with that course."
And so they were off to class.
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