From 640b63fab3da4c8a3325801c897f66cecf913c95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Tomasino Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backup --- gopher/Cilix/04_triple_indemnity.txt | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ gopher/listing.gophermap | 2 ++ gopher/malu/malu453109070623.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++ gopher/ships/malu/gophermap | 1 + 4 files changed, 84 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gopher/Cilix/04_triple_indemnity.txt create mode 100644 gopher/malu/malu453109070623.txt create mode 120000 gopher/ships/malu/gophermap diff --git a/gopher/Cilix/04_triple_indemnity.txt b/gopher/Cilix/04_triple_indemnity.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0eff259 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Cilix/04_triple_indemnity.txt @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ + +A plan was forming. + +Custom clones were all the rage back on Earth. It had become so +easy to manufacture them that people had clones for all kinds of +things - attending meetings or parties you were too busy or lazy to +go to, taking care of your kids while you were at work, driving +your car for you, and, well, you get the idea. Of course, with all +those clones running around, people also started to get nervous +about all the kinds of accidents that could happen. + +"Honeysuckle, you know what I do for a living?" + +"Funny, I never even thought to ask!" she giggled. Back then, her +giggle was thrilling, later I realised it was all a simulation, she +already knew everything about me. Remembering it now, half of me +wants to fall into the arms of that giggle, the other half hears it +for what it was - the mechanical ticking of a time-bomb. + +"I work in insurance." + +"Wow, sounds complicated!" + +"It depends on what kind of insurance you're in. I'm in the +uncomplicated kind." I rolled the ball down the lane. It veered off +course and knocked a single pin. + +"Anyway, there's a new clause that's in a lot of life-insurance +contracts, especially tailored for people who use +cloning-technologies." + +"Oh? What does this have to do with anything, my sweet +hummingbird?" + +"Hummingbird? Where'd you get that name from?" I rolled the ball +again, I hit another handful of pins, but this was a game I'd +already lost. I made a mental note not to go bowling with an +android again. + +"The clause is called 'Triple Indemnity'; If you're killed by your +clone, the insurance pays out three-fold." + +She had picked up her ball and threw it as I spoke these last +words. The ball went straight to the gutter. My mouth opened. I +thought to myself that she was either a quick learner or had a dark +mind; she had understood perfectly what I was suggesting. Too +perfectly. + +I should have followed the path of that bowling ball and veered off +course right then. I should've sensed what she was capable of and +ran the other way. + diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index feac267..d341126 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +0malu - 4531-09-07-06-23 /malu/malu453109070623.txt +0Cilix - 04-Triple Indemnity /Cilix/04_triple_indemnity.txt 0LibreKrsnah - Day 12 /LibreKrsnah/012.txt 0Cilix - 03-Clone Butler /Cilix/03_clone_butler.txt 0anon.hmm.st - are you out there? /anon.hmm.st/are-you-out-there.txt diff --git a/gopher/malu/malu453109070623.txt b/gopher/malu/malu453109070623.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..86bc10f --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/malu/malu453109070623.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +<-- begin transmission --> ++++ +date = 4531-09-07-06-23 +from = stid1003@malu@244.21 +to = central@rs001@4.0 +importance = low +note = as related by unknown malic sage - translation may contain errors ++++ + +The cat ruled from the empty city. She had gold and silver, and the city was +hers. Her territory stretched far: east to the mountains, west to the land just +before the river hills, north to the Great Freshwater, and south to the land +inhabited by the cat who had given her the scar on her left ear. She lived under +the Tower of Humankind, and she hunted from there, roaming far and returning to +her city every four weeks or so. + +It was on her return from one of these roaming periods that she saw them. She +was walking along the ridge when she caught their scent, and as it was new to +her she followed it. She reached them in an hour.  She came to a brook, and +there they were, walking beside it: four strange creatures that stood on their +hind legs and seemed to be always making noise. They confused her. They were +not prey, and they were not hunting. Three of them were loud and careless, and +the fourth seemed inexperienced, but somewhat competent. At least he saw her - +the others didn't seem to know she was even there. She did not know what to make +of them. + +<-- end transmission --> + + diff --git a/gopher/ships/malu/gophermap b/gopher/ships/malu/gophermap new file mode 120000 index 0000000..640624a --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/ships/malu/gophermap @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +/var/gopher/ships/ship/gophermap \ No newline at end of file