So this was the great social network. I suppose I’d expected something a little more impressive to justify the intense security. Climbing out of the link from Theresa’s home page, I gazed around at what looked like some giant expo – except that there were no people, just the stalls themselves shuffling here and there, interacting with desultory grunts. Theresa’s own one was close by, festooned with its curling photos of fluffy bunnies and the like. As she emerged beside me, another stall shambled across, its own princess pictures fluttering. Scanning the rabbits with its camera stalk, it stuck a post-it note beside one.
‘That’s Kelsie,’ Theresa explained, glancing at the note. ‘I met her once – she’s had a rough life but she’s happy here.’
It was hard work negotiating a path through unnoticed. We had one narrow escape – nothing more than a glancing contact with a notice board but the antivirus gun turrets swung towards us and we had to freeze until the alert passed over.
And all this time I was listening for the code I had heard when I first entered cyberspace – the signature tune that would lead me to my target.
He was not far away now.
Comments
celticman | July 23, 2011 - 06:53
Glad to see the antivirus turrets still work. Oh no I shouldn't be because they may wipe out your heroes. But, as you know, malware and viruses deserve death...
fatboy74 | July 23, 2011 - 10:25
Very entertaining - Alice in Wonderland meets Tron or something like that. Absolutely no idea what will happen next which is great. :-)
Silver Spun Sand | July 23, 2011 - 12:03
Most certainly thought provoking. Fantastic stuff...again, Rob;-) Tina
rjnewlyn | July 23, 2011 - 20:19
Many thanks Celticman, Blighters, Fatboy and Tina. Yes, I take your point Celticman - but that's the problem with security; the innocent get taken down with the guilty. You can try your best not to be a virus but sooner or later ...
Rob
insertponceyfre... | July 23, 2011 - 22:13
curling photos of fluffy bunnies - brilliant. I almost don't want you to get back to the plot.
rjnewlyn | July 23, 2011 - 22:44
Thanks Insert. I know what you mean, but it's beckoning ...
Rob
MistakenMagic | July 24, 2011 - 22:19
Another great shot, Rob. I feel a climax slowly approaching. Can't wait to see how this ends!
Magic xxx
rjnewlyn | July 24, 2011 - 22:44
Thanks Magic. Yes, not too long now probably.
Rob
Sooz006 | May 17, 2012 - 23:32
Theresa’s own one... is this grammatical? Not sure if it is or not, that's why I asked.
Rob you've suddenly gone all girlie on us in the last couple, very strange and yet the way you glided us into it seemed perfectly natural against all the greys and blacks and stones of the earlier world.
rjnewlyn | May 18, 2012 - 23:04
Yes, not sure either. I think it's OK... Sorry for the girlieness - I quite liked the idea that Theresa might do something like that and that the narrator is not entirely sure about how ironic/serious she is.