[spoiler]It was just over a week that we had our next encounter. Every day I would visit that same chatroom, hoping he would show up. He didn't, at least until the eight day following our first meeting.
AllTooHuman88 has joined.
MissTechno says:
hi
AllTooHuman88 says:
Hello.
MissTechno says:
where were you?
AllTooHuman88 says:
I sent you an e-mail. Did you not get it?
MissTechno says:
did you?
AllTooHuman88 says:
Yes. I gave you a link to a private chatroom. Just for the two of us.
MissTechno says:
oh. sorry
AllTooHuman88 says:
Don't worry about it. lol I'll see you there, okay?
MissTechno says:
okay
AllTooHuman88 has left.
The thought of being sent an e-mail hadn't even crossed my mind. Biting my lip in answer to my simplicity, I got the link from the message and joined the private chatroom.
MissTechno has joined.
AllTooHuman88 says:
Hello again.
MissTechno says:
hi. why did you want me to come here?
AllTooHuman88 says:
I thought it would be better if we could just talk by ourselves. I'm sure there are plenty of things you're wondering.
MissTechno says:
I suppose there are
AllTooHuman88 says:
Is there anything you would like to ask me?
MissTechno says:
what's your name?
AllTooHuman88 says:
My name?
MissTechno says:
yeah. your real name
AllTooHuman88 says:
Fair enough. No harm in answering. It's Friedrich.
MissTechno says:
friedrich?
AllTooHuman88 says:
Indeed. Since you asked me, may I ask what your name is?
MissTechno says:
ave
AllTooHuman88 says:
Eve?
MissTechno says:
no ave
AllTooHuman88 says:
Oh, I see. Interesting. As in, "Ave Maria"?
MissTechno:
I guess
AllTooHuman88 says:
lol Very cool. I've never heard of anyone with that name before.
MissTechno says:
thanks
AllTooHuman88 says:
I have one other question, by the way. The real reason I invited you here was because I wanted to ask you something.
MissTechno says:
okay
AllTooHuman88 says:
Do you want to meet up some time?
The question struck me hard. I suppose that, up to this point, I hadn't considered the people I had spoken with to be, well, people. They were just names on a screen. As far as I was concerned, they didn't have any semblance of history, hobbies, jobs, family, friends...they were just people I spoke to in chatrooms, and beyond that, their existence was of no concern to me. His sudden suggestion that we meet up forced me to realise that, yes, he was a real person, and I had been presented with the opportunity to meet him.
Hesitantly, I gave my answer.
MissTechno says:
yes
AllTooHuman88 says:
Cool. I'll e-mail you the time and location, okay?
MissTechno says:
yeah sure
AllTooHuman88 says:
Okay, I ought to get going now. I'll see you there, alright?
MissTechno:
okay. see you
AllTooHuman88 says:
Bye bye.
AllTooHuman88 has left.
As I sat there at my computer, I began to wonder what lay in store for me once I met him. I signed off for the night and went to bed, all the while wondering what he would be like.
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>> RUN_PROGRAM: GOD.EXE
>> INITIALISING
>> RUNNING_PROGRAM: GOD.EXE
THERE IS A LINE THAT NO HUMAN BEING HAS EVER PASSED.
A THRESHHOLD THAT SEPERATES MAN AND GOD.
YOU, BEING A HUMAN, HAVE NEVER PASSED THIS LINE.
WILL YOU TRY HARDER?
>> CLOSE_PROGRAM: GOD.EXE
>> PROGRAM_CLOSED[/spoiler]