Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Arlo and Tia meet Squeaky

The plot quickens, me Buckoos!

Arlo and Tia somehow made it to an abandoned shuttle port. Or so they think. It's hard to tell with all the junk laying around. What happened to the maid service? Yukk.

No sooner did they start turning valves and flipping switches, than 'Squeaky' pops up! The station AI has been dormant for years, only waking up to do some house cleaning (right... this place is mess!) and call out vainly for supplies for the umpteenth time. E.T. needs more Brillo pads, Please!

Tia finds an 'On' switch and triggers an alarm! Squeaky wakes up to see if it's another critter that somehow made it into the control room. Ah... nope.

What I'm exploring in this scene is an AI that's been abused or abandoned or both! How would an AI react to being left behind on a planet where everything wants to eat you or rip you to pieces? (Yes, I know about HAL's story. And No, it's not like that.)

Can my heroes convince Squeaky that they are friends and he has nothing to fear from them?

Will Squeaky help them escape?

How can he?

Will he be left behind again?

Or will Squeaky stick to his programming and fry our little lizard buddies before they can jump? Arlo fritters?? Noooooooo....

Hell, I don't know. I'm still working it all out! ;-)

Stay tuned.

Be cool and watch out for Octozoids!