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[kingofthetoybox]

[Porky lacks in discipline. When an urge pops up, self-control and rationality can usually take a hike. Reason says that there's no real purpose in typing out a number he just so happens to get stuck in his head. He does so anyway on his home computer. As a response, a page from a site he never visited pops up.

Considering all the strange things happening in town, Pokey wonders if this is a part of it. This is a network and he realizes that. He notices a bunch of other people online who likely got access into this site through the same, imperceptible means. Pokey rubs his hands into his face and gives a groan.

He begins typing.]

Okay, so which of you losers is running the show around here? I think I speak on behalf of the entire human race when I say: stop it. With all the weird things going on, you're not helping by making this weird network. Two weirds don't make a normal. Capiche?

And the rest of you are just encouraging it.

Comments

[kingofthetoybox]

Honestly, I'd rather we just stop and let things pass on by. What's so bad about waiting the storm out?

[icy_heavens]

And that assumes the storm won't come after you directly.

[kingofthetoybox]

Me? What'd I do?

[icy_heavens]

Doesn't matter if you did anything or not. These things talked about wiping out all life on Earth. So unless you're an AI, or in outer space, you're basically a target.

[kingofthetoybox]

All life on Earth. ... We're not being exclusive to human life, right?

[icy_heavens]

Not as far as I'm aware.

[kingofthetoybox]

I'm asking because I want to get a feel for how ridiculous that was. People do things to get something in return. There's nothing to gain if the world's destroyed. But staying closer to common sense, how would a guy even go about it? It's impossible.

[icy_heavens]

People also do things for the hell of it. I don't presume to understand the mentality of whatever it is we're up against.

The scope of what's possible isn't as narrow as what you might think.

[He used to think along those lines too, after all. But things are way different now.]