Writer's Block

where my strange imagination roams free...

Abort

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"Fatal System Exception - (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"
My eyes go wide - that doesn't look good. Fatal?! Fatal for who? Have i annoyed the computer THAT much?
I cautiously move my hands away from the keyboard, look around nervously. Nothing seems to be happening. Would it happen instantly? The message is still blaring out its warning. Wait...Abort, Retry and Fail? Those look like options - maybe it's not too late to make amends. But which one to pick? Fail sounds dangerous. Abort sounds like an escape or surrender. Retry sounds positive, but might just annoy the computer even more.
I close my eyes for a few seconds, but it's still there when i open them again. Ok. Decision time. I reach out and tentatively press R.
"Error reading disk - (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore?"
Ignore? Is that better than Fail somehow? Either way, i don't like the way this is going. I reach out and hit A.
"Abort failed. (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"
What the-? I press A again out of irritation.
"Abort failed. (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"
I don't like the way it's shepherding me towards Fail. R this time.
"An unknown error has occurred. (A)bort, (F)ail?"
Wait, where'd Retry go?! I press A.
"Keyboard malfunction. Press Space to continue"
Space? Continue what? I whack the Space bar angrily.
"(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"
What?! Dammit! I give in - F!
"Please wait..."
Wait? Wait for what?
"Starting uninstall..."
Whoa there...what uninstall?!
"Removing program files..."
I feel suddenly light-headed.
"Removing configuration files..."
My shoes disappear, as do my clothes. Hey, stop that! What the hell? Abort, abort!
"Removing user from main Earth directory..."
Eek! I make a dive for the power cable...i can see through my hand...everything's fading...

"Uninstall complete. Some files could not be removed, you may have to remove these manually."

A pair of glasses lie abandoned nearby.

Post-ModernNine - No Nonsense

Comments

Spaggyj Friday, August 15, 2008 9:21:01 AM

lol you made me choke on my cereal! lol

Sunfloweryulenka Friday, August 15, 2008 9:24:50 AM

Super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It is amazing!

Bad WolfCois Friday, August 15, 2008 9:31:48 AM

lollol i'm never deleting programs no more..

theoddmissusfunz81 Friday, August 15, 2008 9:49:30 AM

What did you do? bigeyes

See, when you tried so hard and failed, learn the lesson, never try! left

Dark FurieFurie Friday, August 15, 2008 10:03:00 AM

Um, has anyone seen Mart since this story came up? He wouldn't be cruel and not comment here would he? scared

Bad WolfCois Friday, August 15, 2008 10:06:24 AM

Well the glasses.. bigeyes

Attila attilasoul Friday, August 15, 2008 10:16:34 AM

You can call that fatal again! lol

Sunfloweryulenka Friday, August 15, 2008 12:57:02 PM

oh no! Maybe to try to install him?

Dark FurieFurie Friday, August 15, 2008 1:17:18 PM

Does anyone have his original disk? I said DISK! mad

Sheellena Friday, August 15, 2008 2:32:24 PM

I found Mart!! See the link below:
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=2I9xMVbtTdY

selurus Friday, August 15, 2008 7:20:59 PM

fantastic. yes

I hope someone has a back up available worried

Charles SchlossChas4 Friday, August 15, 2008 9:48:10 PM

is it to late for chkdsk?

Dark FurieFurie Friday, August 15, 2008 10:15:14 PM

*desperately hammers at the keyboard, trying to get Mart back*
I knew installing Vista was a mistake. cry

Cleanclean Friday, August 15, 2008 11:44:15 PM

lol Very cool !

theoddbod Friday, August 15, 2008 11:44:20 PM

rolleyes @ everyone p

That's not me on YouTube, they used a stunt hamster and Photoshopped me irked.

*concentrates hard and uninstalls Vista before it uninstalls him, leaving Mik with only a semi-functional DOS prompt*

p

Dark FurieFurie Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:32:43 AM

Just like computers were when I last used them. up Welcome back Mart. Aren't you glad I saved you? bigsmile.

*types "format c:" and watches the world disappear slowly*

Cleanclean Saturday, August 16, 2008 2:00:47 AM

There's a 'floppy disk' joke in there somewhere ... wink rolleyes

Sunfloweryulenka Saturday, August 16, 2008 5:02:47 AM

Hey, we can use glasses for cloning him wink

Suntana Saturday, August 16, 2008 5:05:09 AM

I could envision you like Marty McFly starting to disappear in Back to the Future when time was running out for George McFly & Lorraine to kiss at the dance. And he was forgetting how to play the guitar. THEN ... he came back from extinction.

theoddbod Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:35:38 AM

*relieved that he's not on C:* left

deborah1bluebox Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:01:29 AM

good one mart. i usually try cntl+alt+del -- but i like the unplug the damned thing better!

r♡serose-marie Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:35:01 PM

lol lol Hilarious!

MarikeMarike79 Friday, November 7, 2008 5:35:46 PM

bigsmile great story I felt the panic!!!!!! lol

theoddbod Friday, November 7, 2008 5:40:27 PM

Thanks! bigsmile

Sunfloweryulenka Friday, November 7, 2008 8:47:37 PM

Yes,your story is amazing:) hi Mart smile
I even read it to my husband tanslating to Russian smile
So...you must be proud that your story sounded in Russian language smile))

theoddbod Friday, November 7, 2008 9:48:33 PM

I am proud happycool.

Although I can't quite imagine how you'd manage to do the 'Abort Retry Fail' bits without making dramatic changes of voice. I hadn't considered this as a 'read aloud' kind of story.

Sunfloweryulenka Friday, November 7, 2008 9:53:40 PM

lol I tried to read it with dramatic changes of voice...bu stared to laugh again and again smile

theoddbod Friday, November 7, 2008 10:13:48 PM

Perhaps using the voice of HAL from 2001 : A Space Odyssey? bigsmile

Bad WolfCois Saturday, November 8, 2008 1:38:25 AM

I had to read the story again to find out wt heck you were talking about p

Sunfloweryulenka Saturday, November 8, 2008 3:34:06 AM

lol bigsmile

Lebo MatswikiLebMAT Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:35:21 PM

This story reminds of the day of the 286 very nice indeed very nice

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