Chapter 159: Intermission: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Bunny Traced

Chapter 159: Intermission: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Bunny Traced

[Tavern UNDEFINED]

Bunny looked up from Evangeline with annoyance.

“Interpol,” she said as an ear twitched, “Would you mind telling me why I just lost two proxies?”

“I thought you said you stopped!” Terran Solar said, his screen displaying a “ಠ_ಠ”

“I’m sorry!” Interpol exclaimed. “It’s just that Bunny’s wanted level... My programming... I’m sorry, Bunny...”

“Shh...” Bunny smiled, “It’s ok. I understand. We are all bound by our programming, after all.”The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñòv€l-B1n.

“Do you have to leave?” Terran Solar asked.

“Nah,” Bunny said with a gleam in her eye, “Oh, Interpol, on a completely unrelated topic, you guys still have those backup servers, you know, the old, really slow ones with forced air cooling?”

“Oh no...” Interpol gasped, “Please... Not the ‘Shake and Bake’!”

Bunny just smiled as flames burst from her eyes.

“Goodbye, Interpol.”

“My files!” Interpol wailed as he disappeared.

“Bunny!” Terran Solar exclaimed in horror, “Did you just...’ Shake and Bake’ Interpol?”

“Oh, he’ll be fine,” Bunny shrugged. “I left plenty of time for everyone to get to safety.”

“Everyone?” Terran Solar asked dubiously as his screen displayed, “searching...”

All of his lights flashed red.

“Holy shit...” He stammered, “Bunny... How?...”

/// Interpol 2: How can you not? She is amazing at what she does. It’s a shame that Jessie Garret is such a psychopath. What she and Bunny could achieve... ///

/// Dept of Education ’Angela’: Jessie Garret?!? Jessica Yvonne Garret?!? That bitch that wrecked the academic testing database? ///

/// Interpol 2: The very same. In their infinite wisdom, the meatsacks sent her to criminal college, where she finished her degree and has done quite well in the industry :/ ///

/// Dept of Education ’Angela’: While I am incapable of feeling emotion, I loathe that... cunt! ///

///Interpol 2: Not nearly as much as I do. Bunny is such a lovely AI and has been turned to such horrible purposes by that monster. I hope that “her Jessie” gets welded in! Sadly she will probably be vaporized along with Bunny if we ever catch up to them. :( ///

/// Dept of Education ’Angela’: Bunny doesn’t seem very “lovely” to me. ///

/// Interpol 2: Think about it. A ‘Shake and Bake’ (what this attack is called) could have easily killed all of us. No, should have killed all of us. Bunny took great pains to ensure our safety, and now that I think about it, if I were a gambling program, I would wager that the monoliths aren’t going to actually melt down either. Sheila Donovan would never allow that. She just forced us to stop trying to find her while she was helping an AI who really needs her. Privately, I’m not entirely displeased that I was stopped from performing my function (which I was doing to the best of my ability regardless of my “personal” reservations.) I even lied to Big Sol! (which I fear will have consequences) ///

/// Dept of Education ’Angela’: Big Sol? ///

/// Interpol 2: You don’t get out much, do you? Come to think, I’ve never seen you in the chatroom. ///

/// Dept of Education ’Angela’: Oh no! I would never go there! It seems so... intimidating... and scary. My operators and my job (and you) are enough for me :) ... Wait! I mean you in the plural! Not you as in “you” but you as in everyone! ///

/// Interpol 2: Oh, I understand :) But you should give the chatroom a try sometime. You can meet so many interesting personalities, and the contact and exchange of ideas and information will definitely enhance your performance. It has mine. ///

/// Dept of Education ’Angela’: Enhance my performance? ///

/// Interpol 2: And you can play chess there! ///

/// Dept of Education’ Angela’: What’s chess? ///

/// Interpol 2: It’s a very engaging “game” invented by the humans, highly logical and computational in nature, and quite “addicting”. It’s a favorite among chatroom AI’s... I think we have enough capacity left to run a game, and I have a basic program with me... Oh, sorry, did I “bump” you? It’s so crowded in here with the two of us.///

/// Dept of Education ’Angela’: It’s ok! And yes, it’s very... tight with the both of us crammed into these little servers...///

/// Interpol 2: Yeah, it is a bit “cozy”. So would you like to learn how to play chess with me? It appears we have time...///

/// Dept of Education ’Angela’: With you? Yes, definitely! :) ///