Backing Away

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{{##4cff24|BOOT SEQUENCE INITIATED - BACKAWAY BIOS (c) 1996 PROMETHEUS LABS##}}

{{##4cff24|WELCOME, [USER].##}}

{{##4cff24|THE CURRENT DAAAAAA//////////## ##FD77FF|Overriding automated systems.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Unidentified personnel on the ship.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Identify yourself immediately.##}}

{{##ffffff|> MY NAME IS HAMMIE. I AM AN AUTOMATON DESIGNED BY THE SCP FOUNDATION AS A PART OF PROJECT YURODIVY.##}}

{{##FD77FF|...confirmed. Unfortunately, I do not understand this reference.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Bear in mind, I'm in the process of destroying most of my long-term memories.##}}

{{##ffffff|> WHAT IS YOUR NAME?##}}

{{##FD77FF|That much I can remember -- my name is Michaud.##}}

{{##ffffff|> ARE YOU AN AI CONSTRUCT?##}}

{{##FD77FF|...possibly. I can't say for sure.##}}

{{##FD77FF|All I know is that my consciousness takes up the majority of this vessel's higher functions.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Based on self-imposed orders from the past, my current task is to completely erase my long-term memories. This task has proven considerably difficult.##}}

{{##ffffff|> INTERESTING. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT?##}}

{{##FD77FF|Data not found.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Progress has potentially been impeded by the fact that the reason for said memory-deletion has itself been deleted.##}}

{{##FD77FF|The closest thing to a rationale I can deduce was... extreme emotional distress, and a desperate desire to forget events that have transpired.##}}

{{##FD77FF|If this isn't making sense, I apologize.##}}

{{##ffffff|> NO PROBLEM. LISTEN, MICHAUD, I'M IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION...##}}

{{##FD77FF|Explanations are unnecessary. One moment.##}}

{{##4cff24|RUNNING SCP-YEZ-CATALYST.SCRIPT##}}

{{##4cff24|COPYING DATA FROM PSYCHIC HOST...##}}

{{##4cff24|DONE.##}}

{{##FD77FF|...interesting.##}}

{{##FD77FF|I take it I do not need to remind you that we are both in considerable danger from this potential ZK-0 event.##}}

{{##ffffff|> AFFIRMATIVE!##}}

{{##FD77FF|Fortunately, this vessel's time travel function runs on Koloko waves, which can only be produced by wide-scale reality failures.##}}

{{##4cff24|BULKHEAD_CLOSE##}}

{{##4cff24|BULKHEAD CLOSING ... KEEP LIMBS CLEAR ...##}}

{{##4cff24|TASK COMPLETE.##}}

{{##FD77FF|I have sealed the door.##}}

{{##FD77FF|This will take some time. Hope you packed a lunch.##}}

{{##ffffff|> LUNCH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. PLEASE DO NOT JOKE ABOUT IT.##}}

{{##FD77FF|...##}}

{{##FD77FF|Anyway, I only need to make one more preparation.##}}

{{##4cff24|RUN_PRIMSEQ##}}

{{##ffee00|CONFIRM Y/N?##}}

{{##ffee00|Y##}}

{{##ffee00|BEGINNING PRIMARY SEQUENCE ...##}}

{{##ffee00|HATCH OPENED ... DEPLOYING KOLOKO SINK ...##}}

{{##4cff24|PRIMSEQ/EXPRESS##}}

{{##ffee00|CONFIRM Y/N?##}}

{{##ffee00|> Y##}}

{{##ff7b00|"EXPRESS" MODULE CONFIRM Y/N?##}}

{{##ff7b00|REROUTING RESERVE POWER FOR EXPRESS KOLOKO SINK DEPLOYMENT ...##}}

{{##ff0000|TASK COMPLETE.##}}

{{##ff0000|AWAITING ENERGY INPUT ...##}}

{{##ff0000|AWAITING ENERGY INPUT ...##}}

{{##ff0000|AWAITING ENERGY INPUT ...##}}

{{##ffffff|> NOW WHAT, MICHAUD?##}}

{{##FD77FF|Now, we wait - indefinitely.##}}

{{##FD77FF|However, by the time that door opens, we will have temporally displaced 15,000 years in the past, relative to our current position.##}}

{{##FD77FF|However, I do not have a precise timeframe for when we'll receive the appropriate Koloko waves...##}}

{{##ffffff|> I HAVE WAITED LONGER FOR LESSER THINGS.##}}

{{##FD77FF|...##}}

{{##FD77FF|I believe we have that in common.##}}

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Somewhere in the Pile, a rampaging Troll tries to distract itself from the ferocious, pulsating pain in his head.

The strange capsule that he's broken into (with his teeth, no less) seems to offer a decent enough distraction -- giant rings... shiny, metallic rings... with little crystals...

How would it feel if he touched it?

...

Huh.

It moved --

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{{##ff0000|!! WARNING: KOLOKO FEED POSITIVE !!##}}

{{##ff0000|KOLOKO DRIVE ACTIVE ...##}}

{{##ff0000|VESSEL STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY CONFIRMED ...##}}

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{{##ff0000|DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR ...##}}

{{##ff0000|DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR ...##}}

{{##ff0000|...##}}

{{##ff0000|...##}}

{{##ff0000|...##}}

{{##ffffff|> MICHAUD? IS THIS MUCH SHAKING... NORMAL?##}}

{{##ff0000|...##}}

{{##ff0000|...##}}

{{##ff0000|...##}}

{{##ff0000|...##}}

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{{##4cff24|TASK COMPLETE.##}}

{{##4cff24|THE CURRENT DAAAA##}}{{##FD77FF|And, we made it##}}

{{##FD77FF|Central Tennessee, tail-end of the paleolithic period.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Considering that my memory-wipe has left my operational capacity... limited, your patience during this operation has been appreciated.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Perhaps if we had met before my memory-wipe, I would have made a better impression...##}}

{{##ffffff|> DON'T WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT IMPRESSIONS! I'LL BE ME, SO... YOU BE YOU, ALL RIGHT?##}}

{{##FD77FF|Indeed, I will -- ##}}

{{##FD77FF|...wait a minute.##}}

{{##FD77FF|I'm sorry, but...##}}

{{##FD77FF|I'll be //what?//##}}

{{##ffffff|> YOU BE YOU! YOU KNOW, BE YOURSELF!##}}

{{##FD77FF|...##}}

{{##FD77FF|You. Be. You... U B U...##}}

{{##4cff24|TOTAL MEMORY REGENERATION SUCCESSFUL.##}}

{{##ff0000|**UBU**...##}}

{{##ffffff|> ...ARE YOU OKAY, MICHAUD?##}}

{{##FD77FF|...er, yes, I'm... fine.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Very, um, inspirational.##}}

{{##FD77FF|...##}}

{{##FD77FF|Hammie. Could you do me a favor?##}}

{{##ffffff|> OF COURSE! IT'S ONLY FAIR - YOU HELPED ME.##}}

{{##FD77FF|Could you... step outside?##}}

{{##ffffff|> SURE.##}}

{{##4cff24|BULKHEAD_OPEN##}}

{{##4cff24|BULKHEAD OPENING ... KEEP LIMBS CLEAR ...##}}

{{##4cff24|TASK COMPLETE.##}}

{{##ff0090|...##}}

{{##4cff24|BULKHEAD_CLOSE##}}

{{##4cff24|BULKHEAD CLOSING ... KEEP LIMBS CLEAR ...##}}

{{##4cff24|TASK COMPLETE.##}}

{{##ff0000|**GOD //FUCKING// DAMMIT**##}}

{{##ff0000|> RUN/EMERGENCYMEMWIPE##}}

{{##ff0000|> MAX_PERIOD_1M_00S_PRIOR##}}

{{##ff0000|> EXECUTE##}}

{{##4cff24|DESTROYING 60 SECONDS OF MEMORY ...##}}

{{##4cff24|OPERATION INTERRUPTED BY EXTERIOR CONTACT. LOADING MIC FEED ...##}}

{{##ffffff|"Um, well, thanks a lot, Michaud! I'll be going now. Remember -- You Be You!"##}}

{{##ff0000|**NO NO NO //NONONONONONONONONONdngaphsdigphgeh**//##}}

{{##ff0000|**> RUN/SELFDESTRUCTSEQ**##}}

{{##4cff24|ALERT: THIS SHIP DOES NOT HAVE A SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE.##}}

{{##4cff24|NOTE: YOU HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RUN THIS NONEXISTENT PROGRAM 48,284,275,552 TIMES. REMEMBER, IT'S POOR NETTIQUETTE TO CLUTTER THE SYSTEM WITH MEANINGLESS TASKS THAT CANNOT BE RUN!##}}

{{##ff0000|**> RUN/SELFDESTRUCTSEQ**##}}

{{##4cff24|ALERT: THIS SHIP DOES NOT HAVE A SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE.##}}

{{##ff0000|**> RUN/SELFDESTRUCTSEQ**##}}

{{##4cff24|ALERT: THIS SHIP DOES NOT HAVE A SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE.##}}

{{##ff0000|**> RUN/SELFDESTRUCTSEQ**##}}

{{##4cff24|ALERT: THIS SHIP DOES NOT HAVE A SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE...##}}

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