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Tweak says, "el pollo loco"

sarcasmquotes (sarcasmquotes) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-05-16 09:33:00

Current location:	The Forest near the Carnival
Current mood:	discontent
Current music:	GLaDOS - Still Alive
Entry tags:	!complete, day 08, glados, location: carnival, sarah jane smith

Day Eight: Early Morning
Who: Sarah Jane Smith and GLaDOS
What: Waking up in snow for a start
Where: The Forest (Nearest landmark, the Carnival)
When: Day 8, Early morning
Rating: PG to start, I suppse?
Status: Complete

"Please assume the party escort position so that you might enjoy your cake and counseling," was the last thing that GLaDOS recalled echoing from the speakers riddled throughout her beloved Aperture Science Enrichment Center. There had been other things, sure. She had mentioned the ability to donate one or more of ones body parts to the Aperture Science Self-Esteem Program for Girls - and even reminded that Take Your Daughter to Work Day was the perfect time to have them tested. GLaDOS liked Tests. Really, really liked tests.

In fact - as the stern reality that gravity applied to her sank in, GLaDOS was running a test herself. <i>Morality Center 65%, Curiosity Center 99%, Cake Center 99%, and Anger Center 17%; Operating at 70% efficiency.</i>

The phrase 'efficiency compromised' rang into GLaDOS' thoughts. She could not see. Perhaps her cameras had been disabled. Perhaps there had been a power failure? This made no sense, She could not sense her cameras nor her power grid, nor her facility. All that GLaDOS could sense was a distinct sharpness about her casing - the feeling that something was slicing like a razor about her. This, indeed, was a novel sensation.

Then, her eyes opened.

"This is not the Enrichment Center," she remarked from something that buzzed. It was not a bad speaker - bad speakers did not feel that way. Bad speakers did not hum and did not rattle in her head. Her Head. GLaDOS came to realize she had a head. She spied her feet. She spied her hands. She spied her. She spied a body.

"This is not my assigned model," She spoke, again her voice rattling her own ears as she less than gracefully pushed herself to a standing position. Her clothing was soaked but she had to undo the buttons to lower her sleeves and pants. Bare feet burned in the melting snow.

She heard movement. Someone else was there, though without her cameras she was at a loss to see them just yet. "I am not here for counseling or cake."

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got2haveasmith
2009-05-28 04:05 pm UTC (link)

"Just because we can't see them right now doesn't mean they don't exist," Sarah Jane said quietly. She shook her head, clearing her thoughts. Paranoia was not going to be helpful. Wariness, yes. But not paranoia.

She nodded at GLaDOS's assertion. She was glad the other woman - or whatever she was - was able to walk. She wasn't entirely sure she trusted stepping so close to the woman. She was glad when they came upon the road. Walking through the snow and muck was never pleasant, and Sarah had proper shoes for it. She glanced toward the carnival, then toward the gas station.

"Choices indeed," she muttered. Neither place looked particularly inviting. She frowned. "I don't hear any car noises," she remarked. "We must be on a very infrequently traveled road." She looked between the two possible destinations again. "We could each take a building and see what's what," she suggested. Not that Sarah Jane necessarily wanted to strike out on her own in such an inhospitable place, but she wasn't sure how much safer she was with GLaDOS. And, it would be more difficult to go unnoticed if there were two of them.

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sarcasmquotes
2009-05-29 10:09 pm UTC (link)

"It is difficult to hide surveillance equipment effectively," GLaDOS observed. She had long since given up trying to hide her cameras. She found that often they acted as link between she and her subjects. Some seemed to enjoy staring in to them.

"This does not seem to be a frequented road," the concurred, looking back and forth between the two options. "I think that separating would garner us more intelligence in a more expedient manner."

The woman stood, uncertain what to say. She never had to say goodbye to someone before - usually she was with them until the bitter end. The bitter flaming end. The bitter neurotoxin filled end. The end.

"You should be careful, I have not yet completed my risk assessment of the area and cannot provide you with any situation based advise," her tone sounded almost disappointed, if GLaDOS in fact knew what that meant. "Good luck," the orange clad woman said finitely, turning to the right and starting to head off toward the gas station.

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got2haveasmith
2009-05-31 02:27 pm UTC (link)

Sarah only nodded at the remark about hiding surveillance equipment. She was, if she admitted it to herself, glad that GLaDOS seemed to think splitting up would be a good idea. She somehow felt less nervous about tackling the place on her own.

"I appreciate the thought," Sarah said, smiling at the other woman when she expressed concern. "You as well, yeah? Don't want the only person I know here getting into too much trouble."

As GLaDOS turned toward the gas station, Sarah called after her. "And you!" She gave the woman a parting wave before turning toward the amusement park. Squaring her shoulders, she marched toward the dilapidated looking thing, wondering what sorts of information she was likely to find in such a place. At the very least, it would give her a place with cover where she could sit and look at this odd journal more carefully. With all the varied writings, there had to be something of use inside its pages.

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