while walking along the rocky beach you hear within the lapping of the waves a rhythmic sparse beeping. You take some time, following the noise to its source: a small shallow cave, barely large enough for you to fit. inside the cave you find a rugged laptop, a warm blue screensaver says: connection to satellite uplink: mildlypepper terminated abnormally! it also displays a date: September 17, 2097 That's strange, you think, it isn't 2097, its 2025. |===================================================================| | + +++++++ _________ ++ | | ++++++ / .----- . \ _ - beep. .+. boop . . .| | ++++ +++ ¡, ^ ` ¡| - ´ +++ | | +++ + .| ** ¡ || ++++ | | ¡_`_______ ´_!| +++ | |_________________~~~~_/=========== //´~~~~_________~~~~~~~~~~______| | ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ======== //~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ | | ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ | o‾o‾‾·‾‾‾·‾|, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ | | ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~| |===================================================================| => enter/ [press a key to wake the strange device]