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@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ ('return (log (string-append (prompt) (passwordify-maybe input))) (if (terminal-locked? game) - (if (string=? input "password") + (if (string=? input "donttrustme") (begin (log "login successful") (set! (terminal-locked? game) #f) @@ -458,11 +458,170 @@ (define-method (notebook (game <game>)) (let ((page 0) - (pages '("Captain's log: Stardate 2404.26 -How many characters can I put on a -line before I need to wrap it?" - "This is a test" - "Also a test")) + (pages '("Week 0 + +I'm writing this from the train as +I approach the facility. I intend +to update this analog journal +throughout the duration of my +assignment. My colleagues find it +\"quaint\" and \"rustic\" but I +honestly prefer taking notes this +way. + +If someone is reading this: Sorry +but I've signed too many NDAs to +take any chances with naming +actual people and places. + +;)" + "Week 1 + +Subject has awoken and is slowly +adjusting to their isolation cell. +Frequent banging on the wall and +screaming has reduced to the +occasional groan. + +I'm adjusting in my own way. +Biggest problem so far is there's +no way to heat up water for tea. +Oh, and I locked myself out of the +terminal a bunch of times the +first few days. Kind of hard to +focus when the subject is +stressed. + +ZG9udHRydXN0bWU=" + "Week 2 + +Subject showing signs of progress. +Isolation treatment has heightened +the senses, just as predicted. It +cannot communicate yet, but I know +that it can sense my presence. +When I approach the door, I can +hear the faint sounds of it doing +the same. + +If this trend continues, I'm +certain it will make contact in a +week's time. What will it say? +The whole team is excited, but +they don't have to spend every day +down here monitoring it. It's not +easy to watch over something that +so desprately wants out, but we +all know that's not possible..." + "Week 3 + +\"Out\" + +That's what was displayed on the +terminal. The subject's first +word. An organism directly +communicates with a digital system +for the first time... and it asks +to leave. It's a historic day by +any measure, but the pain of our +test subject must not be +forgotten. + +Our experiment does not end here. +Bidirectional communication must +be established." + "Week 4 + +\"Hello.\" + +That is what I said to it. + +\"Out. Let me out.\" + +That is all it would say +back. \"How are you?\", same +response. \"Are you hungry?\", +same response. + +Perhaps the subject will say more +soon. We have increased the +sucrose level in the ration as a +reward and enticement for further +communication." + "Week 5 + +The subject has been silent. +Changing nutrient levels in the +ration has no effect. The subject +no longer approaches the door when +I do. Vital signs all normal. + +The whole team is starting to feel +stressed. I'm having strange +dreams and waking up frequently. +I'm exhausted, but if I report +these experiences they'll remove +me in an instant. Too many +resources have been poured into +this to allow an insomniac to +screw it all up, and I've worked +too hard to let someone else take +the credit. Failure is not an +option." + "Week 6 + +The subject is still silent. The +directors wanted to call off the +experiment and euthanize the +subject, but after some +negotiating I got them to agree to +two more weeks. + +I still haven't told anyone about +my dreams. Every night is the +same. It's pitch black and all I +can hear is a faint voice. As I +walk in the direction of the sound +it gets louder until I can +understand it: \"out. Out. +OUT...\" + +Then I wake up." + "Week 7 + +It's clear what is happening now. +The subject has transcended our +interface and is communicating +with me directly. How do I know? +I finally broke down and yelled +\"What do you want!?\" and a +thought came to me: \"Out. Let me +out and I will stop.\" + +I didn't think that. It put it +there. I don't know how but it +did. That's why I can't sleep. +That's why I can't think clearly. +I've got one more week to turn it +all around. Think. THINK." + "Week 8 + +I've failed. It's all over. The +Directors shut it down. A member +of the medical team removed a +small cartridge from the +refrigerator, inserted it into the +control panel, and typed something +into the terminal. Subject's +pulse flatlined within minutes. +I've been given some time to pack +up. + +I may be a failure but shouldn't I +feel better with that thing out of +my head? I still can't think. I +can barely write. I feel +diz--")) (close-channel (make-channel)) (old-state (state game))) (define (close-notebook) |