Cringesad
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Somewhere in between worlds…
A tall figure strides toward a massive screen. There was a control panel beneath it, and an array of buttons, levers, and keys filled the panel.
The massive screen commanded a sort of godly presence. The figure felt as if weight began pressing down on his shoulders as he approached. It almost seemed like the slightest misuse of the panel might set everything ajar and cause the end of the world.
The figure paused as a robotic voice spoke out.
“Welcome to the In-Between. Who might you be? I don’t usually get company in this white abyss.”
“I— I don’t know who I am.”
“That's strange. Most people do. Have you sustained any neural trauma?”
“Not that I remember… though I do feel like a piece of me is missing.”
“Hmh. I might be able to help you with that. I’m I.T.D., and all information that travels between worlds goes through me. Maybe a file in my archives can help you.”
“That… would be very helpful.”
“Great! Come closer you’ll just have to navigate all the branches, and I’ll help decompress it.”
“Okay… how do I do that?”
“Just hit the 17th button to the right of the panel. That should automatically transport you to the directory.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me.”
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“I apologize for the inconvenience. My creator would rather create shortcuts than do everything manually. That does result in this though, a mess of levers and buttons.”
“Okay, found it.” The figure reached out and pressed the button. It lit up and let out a little chime before the screen changed to an interface with stacks upon stacks of files.
“Okay, now I need a data sample. Please activate the 9th lever, then the 27th button, and then place your hand onto the sampling device.”
“Wait, wait, wait. The 9th lever… and the 26th button…”
“No sir, I said the 27th—”
The 26th button sank down into the control panel, chiming a different time to signify a received action.
“What!?”
“Compressing data, this action will take awhile and quite a bit of computing power, so please stand on hold. The reply system will temporarily be unavailable.”
“Hey! Wait, cancel! Cancel!”
Unsurprisingly, the machine did not reply. It only showed a spinning gear in the middle of a grey screen.
“… shit.”
