| From: | Joshua James Harrison <harrij4@***.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | In the Matrix... |
| Date: | Sun, 27 Mar 1994 18:21:49 -0500 |
***There is a lone figure working feverishly in a Renraku datastore. Files
flash by him at the speed of thought. He scans them all madly, looking for
something important. Through a dataline behind him comes a woman, led by a
bloodhound. As she enters the node, the hound leaps at the young man, barking
happily. The man gestures, and the dog pixelates and vanishes from sight, its
task complete. The woman watches the man work for a moment, and the begins
speaking... worry evident in her voice.***
>>>>>[Matt... You're about to collapse from stress and fatigue. If you
don't
come back, I'm gonna have to drag you out myself, and I don't want to do that!
You've been in the Matrix far too long! Come back!]<<<<<
-- Widow <18:01:39/03-27-55>
>>>>>[Tanya... what the hell are you doing here? You're gonna get burned if
you're not careful... this isn't a playground, you know.
Besides, what does it matter how long I've been in here?]<<<<<
-- Coyote <18:03:19/03-27-55>
>>>>>[It matters because if you don't jack out NOW. And I mean NOW, you're
gonna collapse and go possibly go into a coma. You aren't helping anybody by
running yourself into the ground, you know. You aren't helping us, and you
aren't helping Lauri. Come back. Look at you, you're so tired you can't even
suppress your T/D stamp.]<<<<<
-- Widow <18:05:50/03-27-55>
>>>>>[They're hiding something... I know they are. I just need to find
it... I
haven't been able to find it yet... just give me a little more time...
please... I need to do this.]<<<<<
-- Coyote <18:06:50/03-27-55>
>>>>>[No. Coyote, did it ever occur to you that you haven't found anything
because there may not be anything to find? If you don't come back, yoiu might
die. How will you be able to help Lauri if you're fertilizer, huh? Come on...
she doesn't need us to uncover a conspiracy... she just needs us to be here
for her. Come on Matt... let it go... you've lost... face it.]<<<<<
-- Widow <18:08:45/03-27-55>
>>>>>[NO! I can't accept that.... I can't lose... I can't... I'm the only
one
that can help... I have to do this... I have to... PLEASE Tanya... don't make
me give up... PLEASE.]<<<<<
-- Coyote <18:10:24/03-27-55>
>>>>>[I'm sorry, Matt... but I have to do this... give it up. It's all
right
to lose... it's not the end of the world... come on... take my hand... let's
go home... leave it behind.]<<<<<
-- Widow <18:11:29/03-27-55>
>>>>>[...]<<<<<
-- Coyote <18:11:48/03-27-55>
>>>>>[Matt... please come home. We want you back.]<<<<<
-- Widow <18:12:22/03-27-55>
>>>>>[All right.]<<<<<
-- Coyote <18:13:00/03-27-55>
>>>>>[It'll be all right, Matt... I promise... let's
go.]<<<<<
-- Widow <18:13:44/03-27-55>
***The young man reaches out and takes the woman's hand. Together, they head
back down the dataline towards home. As they leave, their images pixelate and
fade from sight.***
*****END MATRIX IMAGE FEED : SIGNAL TERMINATED*****
