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47 lines
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<story title="Richard and Larry Build A Time Machine" author="Jeremy Penner">
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<loadmodule url="retrochronal.js" />
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<nev name="start">
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<p>"I still can't believe you actually used a [DeLorean]," says Larry.</p>
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<p>"Hey, if you're going to do a thing, you ought to do it right," says [Richard].</p>
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</nev>
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<word name="DeLorean">
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<verb name="Examine">
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Larry looks at the [DeLorean] with astonishment. [Richard] has done it up to look <i>exactly</i> like the car from
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<i>Back to the Future</i>.
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</verb>
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<verb name="Drive">
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<p>Larry eyes the [DeLorean car]. "Give me the keys," he says. "I want to take this baby to 88."</p>
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<p>"Oh, it doesn't drive anymore," says [Richard]. "I had to use the engine to power the time machine."</p>
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</verb>
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</word>
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<word name="Richard">
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<verb name="how" display="What have you done?">
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<p>"So, run it by me again," says Larry.</p>
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<p>"I modified this [DeLorean] to send information backwards through time," says [Richard].</p>
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<p>"Just information. Not matter."</p>
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<p>"Right."</p>
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<p>Larry ponders this for a moment. "How... how does that even work?"</p>
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<p>[Richard] waves his hands around. "Spooky action at a distance," he says.</p>
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<p>"No, I mean, augh. I mean, what can you practically change about the past with this machine?" says Larry.</p>
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<p>
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"Well, so far I've gotten my computer to crash five minutes before I push this [button]," says [Richard],
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gesturing at one of the controls inside the [DeLorean].
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</p>
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</verb>
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</word>
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<word name="button">
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<verb name="Push">
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<p>Larry reaches for the button and gives it a push.</p>
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<p>"Nothing happened", says Larry, looking at the [computer].</p>
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<p>"I <i>told</i> you you were going to push it," says [Richard].</p>
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<p>Larry opens his mouth to say something, then seems to think better of it.</p>
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</verb>
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</word>
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<pastresponse after="start" future_cause="button.Push" name="crash">
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<p>There is a beep as [Richard Richard's] [computer] spontaneously and inexplicably reboots.</p>
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<p>"Aw, geez, you're going to push the button, aren't you?", whines [Richard].</p>
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<p>"What? What button?" asks Larry, puzzled.</p>
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<p>"Never mind," says [Richard].</p>
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</pastresponse>
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</story>
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