Think of the publicity
MrD! The whole world would now about the game booth that
killed its developers!...maybe that's not the best kind
of publicity..
I don't know where Audrey will end
up now...I'm sure someone else has an idea though...it's
like pass the parcel, we pass her around our adventures
and when the music stops someone has to...open the
parcel...except I suppose noone wants to win this
game...
FrontMullet Investigative
Researcher Institution of Advanced Exploration of
Myst Worlds
A rather
dishevelled, bedraggled-looking plant materialises in
front of Kha'tie and Randomos at their Myst 4
Revelations E3 booth... Now wouldn't _that_ cause a
stir?!
Just as well that
isn't going to happen (I hope), I think that might have
caused some delays with the release of Myst 4
I
was going to have Seymore bring an Audrie seedling to
Elkaes Relto but thought that would cause probolems and
ruin the friendly atmosthere.
CordeliaG Personal Assistant to Professor
Thietris Squirrel
posted
FM Very good
Actually I
think we now have to wait until someone actually gets
and plays Myst 4 before we will find out what happened
to Audrey. Now that could be a real laugh. By the time
September comes the plant will be huge
However, I can
just see the expression on Kha'tie and Randomos faces
when it appears in their booth
Cordelia Personal Assistant to
Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO, President and
Managing Director, Institution of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
An umbrella isn't just
for Christmas, it's for life!
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
Dalek Black 01 explained the workings of
the building to the professor. (Presumably all this
information had been programmed into the assistants
during the activation process.) At regular intervals
around the atrium was an arched opening, supported by
classical pilasters (obviously no expense had been
spared). Built into each opening was - goodness me! - a
journey door. The symbol on each door was like the hand
motif, but with four sets of fingers, arranged at right
angles. The Dalek explained that the doors could only be
opened by someone who had completed all four journeys.
Each doorway led to a passageway which was actually a
wormhole in space, leading directly to the room of a
particular Moderator. The Moderators were thus not
physically present within the building and they had no
idea that these wormholes existed - or indeed of the
existence of Modder Aytor itself. The wormholes had
never been used. And only someone who had entered a
Moderator's room by this means could leave by the same
route.
"Allow. Me. To. Demonstrate. ... Take.
Number. Five. For. Example." said Dalek Black
01.
Dalek Black 01 led the professor to one of
the journey doors. A D'ni symbol "five" was embossed
over the archway. The professor was asked to touch the
symbol. He did so. The symbol glowed in the familiar
fashion, and the door opened.
CordeliaG Personal Assistant to Professor
Thietris Squirrel
posted
Cordelia rushes after Dalek Gold
03.
"Sir, sir. I know of a title that Professor
Thietris Squirrel would like. It's CEO, President and
Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds"
The Dalek glides off and
Cordelia wonders what she said wrong
Cordelia Personal Assistant to
Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO, President and
Managing Director, Institution of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
An umbrella isn't just
for Christmas, it's for life!
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
Dalek Black 01 then led the professor
over to the bank of monitors. Each screen showed a
particular Moderator, seated at his or her computer.
(Most Moderators were staring intently at their own
screens, though there were a couple of empty chairs.)
The Dalek pointed his plunger at screen 5, which showed
a young male Moderator lounging in his chair, his hands
clasped behind his head, and his feet up on the desk.
Among other bits and pieces covering the desktop were a
coffee mug, a brown apple core, various untidy piles of
paper, CDs, and an empty pizza carton (what a dreadful
mess! thought the professor).
A silver Dalek appeared from the
large group gathered in the room and glided through the
open door 5. He soon disappeared into an inky
darkness.
"Watch."
The professor
looked at the screen showing the very relaxed Moderator
number 5. Suddenly a Dalek appeared to glide right
through the solid wall opposite the Mod and into his
room, and, just as suddenly, backed out again. The Mod
started. He rose rather quickly from his chair and
stared at the now blank wall. After some seconds, he
approached it apprehensively, and felt the wall surface
with his hands. He backed away slowly towards his desk
and picked up the mug. He stared at it. He smelt the
contents. Then he scratched his head and looked back
towards the wall. (I wonder which Moderator that is,
thought Professor T.)
"Time. To. Announce.
Our. Presence." said Dalek Black 01.
{Meanwhile, in the cleft, Dalek Gold
04 has gone in search of the Professors full
title:}
"WHERE.
IS. THE. FULL. TITLE. OF. PROFESSOR. THIETRIS.
SQUIRREL?" "I do not Know, but maybe you should
go on a quest, no, a request. Find the rements of
previous Journeys, them maybe you will find what you are
seeking. After all, the ending has not yet been
Writen..."
With that, the Dalek goes out into
the cleft and vaporises the journey door under the tree.
Yeesha, Hearing the noise, runs outside and bellows
after it:
"AND STOP BLOWING THINGS UP, DO YOU
REALISE HOW LONG THOSE THINGS TOOK TO
MAKE?"
Yeesha storms back into the imager
room, glad to be rid of the infurnal machine. She goes
into the lower room to find the Dalek had vaporised most
of the contents in search of the Title before acitvating
the imager. She sighs and begins to clear the place
up...
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
Dalek Black 01 stood in front of the
bank of monitors. There was a control panel on the
desk.
"Dalek. Silver. Zero. Seven. Four. ...
Open. The. General. Audio. Channel." Dalek Silver
074 was blessed with a rather nifty attachment in lieu
of a gun which enabled manipulation of switches and
other detailed work. (This particular switch would
enable sound communication with the entire group of
Moderators.)
"Turn. The. Volume. Setting. To.
Maximum." Dalek Silver 074 did as
instructed.
The final adjustment necessitated
Dalek Silver 074 gripping the microphone that had
originally been on the desk and holding it level with
Dalek Black 01's mouth grille. [Please bear with the
present writer, who is not au fait with the technical
terminology relating to Dalek anatomy]. Professor T sat
on the desk and studied the bank of monitors as Dalek
Black Zero One spoke into the
microphone:
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
The result of this announcement by Dalek
Black 01, as viewed on the bank of monitors, was
significant. In contrast to the dulcet tones of the
departed Ms Bofit, the command was barked out in a
ring-modulated, deafening sort of fashion, to startling
effect. Several Moderators leapt from their chairs. One
spilt hot coffee over his lap and was obviously in some
distress. Others looked up from their monitors wide-eyed
with fear.
Elkae Dr. Elkae Knutsson, Dir., Dept. of
Stymied Peregrinations & Asinine Mischief, Inst. of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
posted
Dalek
Gold 03 settles down, spins slowly a few times and heads
for the classroom. Cordelia follows, but stays well
behind. Shortly after it enters the room, Cordelia hears
a metallic clink. The Dalek exits, turns and positions
itself as if to guard the classroom. Unable to contain
her curiosity, Cordelia breezes past the sentry and
enters the office to have a look.
CordeliaG Personal Assistant to Professor
Thietris Squirrel
posted
Cordelia is so excited that the Daleks
have given Professor T his title back that she forgets
her normal decorum and runs around the Institute jumping
for joy and shouting out to everyone "Professor T's got
his title back" at the top of her voice
Suddenly,
she realises what she has just done and immediately
stops running and slows down to a casual walk. Smiling
at everyone and hoping that not too many people noticed,
she slipped back into the professor's office to give his
title a polish
Now all she had
to do was to make sure that the Experimental Program 1
thread did not disappear again as it had been very hard
to find a minute ago
Cordelia Personal Assistant to
Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO, President and
Managing Director, Institution of Advanced
Exploration of Myst Worlds
An umbrella isn't just
for Christmas, it's for life!
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
Having thus commanded the attention of
the Moderators, Dalek Black 01 wasted no time in issuing
Relevant Question #1:
"WHO. WAS.
RESPONSIBLE. FOR. CLIPPING. THE. TITLE. OF. PROFESSOR.
THIETRIS? ... ANSWER!!!
The efforts of Cordelia
and Dalek Gold 03 are very much appreciated. However, we
now have to wait for a Moderator to reply to Relevant
Question #1. Meanwhile, here is some music.
Um...I get enough polka
around here. I'll just go meditate in the Kadish Gallery
until the title is returned, if that's alright...
___________________________ Totally
Witless & Incoherent Thinker Owner: Kestryll Inc.
(Delivery, Catering and Liquid Spirits) Scourge of
Traffic Cones and part-time Bartender. If I can't do
it, you can!
Experimental Program 1
est place to
chill!)
FM
An umbrella isn't just
for Christmas, it's for life!
Cordelia. Cordelia. Do. You. Have. A. Title. For.
Professor. Thietris. Squirrel.
very intrepid Cordelia! 
