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[UPDATE] The path of least time 16th May 06
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ryandrew
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 		[UPDATE] The path of least time 16th May 06
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Horizon
Tuesday, May 16 2006, 02:15 PM

I've been watching the main entrance of Ryefield Station since this morning from various places in the square that surrounds it. People arrive in waves of waves, as trains come and go and the patterns of the work day exert their influence on travel. Even in a comparatively advanced society as ours, where video conferencing is trivially easy, people still insist on meeting face to face. I recall seeing some research that claimed, throughout history, humans have always spent 5% of their time travelling. That's 1.2 hours, every single day. It doesn't matter whether it's by foot or car or rail, it's always 1.2 hours. I always distrust statistics like that, but it has a certain simplicity to it. You can imagine that as people are able to travel faster and faster, the horizon of their everyday world recedes.

The station in Ryefield is far too large for me to keep an eye on all the entrances, so when the Missing Persons system goes offline later this afternoon, I'm going to have to pick a single one to watch. Judging from the flow of people in and out, I suspect she'll probably just try walking in through the main entrance and try and hide amongst the crowd. Realistically, I don't think I'll be the one to spot her - chances are that one of the station staff or the owner of the pharmacy will see her first. I checked in with him again today, and he seemed a bit happier about withholding Oxxypro after he admitted he did a search for my name and discovered where I worked. I just have to make sure I can get on the scene quickly. However, I'm confident that she's going to have a very hard time exploiting the outage of the Missing Persons system today.

Both Miranda and I have been travelling for far, far more than 1.2 hours a day for the last week. She's been close to the ground, feeling every mile in her legs, while I've been flitting between stations, appearing in one town after another. We've both burst past our safe horizons.


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_izzy_
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 		well kurt seems to be quietly confident (and somewhat less mad! - returning to his old self, just what we like to see!! Very Happy )

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Nodmeister
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 		Just wait until he starts attacking innocent members of the public and yelling "I used your cream!!". It'll all end in tears you know?

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locqust
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 		I do feel reassured after reading that entry that Kurt is thinking coherently again now, the fact he admitted he can't watch every entrance and that he will have to rely on someone else for help sorta confirms that. Maybe gaspar's email did help.
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Arrested
Tuesday, May 16 2006, 04:34 PM

I can't believe it. I've just been arrested - I'm writing this from the back of a van that's en route to the Ryefield police station. Apparently someone just reported me for 'loitering with malicious intent' outside the railway station. The police won't tell me who made the report, but it's not hard to guess.

Pretty much simultaneous with my being arrested, I received the first notifications that the Missing Persons system was going offline. It hasn't completely shut down yet - the rail firmware upgrade is staggered, and some systems are still working, including Ryefield. However, it's only a matter of time before the cameras go dark at the station here, and I won't be able to stop her if she gets on a train. Once again, I need your help.

I need you to stop her from getting on a train. The rail system here in Perplex City is very intelligent - it reroutes trains depending on their occupancy. If all the seats on a train are booked up, it won't stop at a station. If you can book up all of the seats on all of the trains departing from Ryefield, Miranda won't be able to get on any trains because they simply won't stop for her. In order to give me enough time to get out of here and get back to the station, you'll need to keep this up for a couple of hours.

That's a lot of trains, and even more seats. But I know I can count on you. I have to go now, we've just arrived at the police station. I'll be in touch when I can. Get to the Perplex City Rail website - please.

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