Miracle of technology - Alice from the country.

Ultimathum #02
Music By MONOHROM (c) SISOFT/TRG Dedicated to the Alice prototype. Kochymay, mother, nishtyak - it's a psychadelic... (C) from early Gradsky * * * Alice sat in front of the pussy screen, trying in vain to figure out what to do further. After four hours of stuffing an obscure article slipped chief, my eyes were dazzled, I wanted to sleep and In general I thought it was bad. It seemed logical try to save what you entered. Alice I remembered that first I had to choose in menu item"File" for which she and I decided to get busy. After five minutes While looking at the screen, Alice remembered that the boss just installed on the advice of someone Hacker's Russian Word instead of English, as it was said "to make life easier girls." Who is Hacker, Alice is not knew, but after ten minutes of trying remember how to say "Save" in Russian, she I decided that it was someone very bad, well or at least very strange that, actually, it’s the same thing - she’s weird I really didn't like it. The efforts made made Alice so tired that for such a feat as to figure out where and how to get out of this Word, it’s already was not capable, and she could only look at the screen in the hope that he will come in someone less tired or more knowledgeable and help her get out of trouble. Time from time to time you just had to press on the Shift key with an "Any key" sticker (made, according to rumors, by the same Hacker) to remove from the screen those flying straight into your face stars. Several minutes passed like this. * * * Alice heard some strange noise behind back, turned around and saw that from mirror hanging on the opposite wall, the March Hare comes out, ending, apparently, some kind of super-long curse word in an incomprehensible language a language which Alice had difficulty recognizing German. The hare was unshaven and wore a hairstyle style "morning in the chicken coop" and generally looked as if he had been drinking continuously for three sleepless nights. However, on my feet held firm, and in the things he spread only two main ones were guessed by the smell ingredients: strong black coffee and rosin. Taking off his dark glasses, the Hare through looked at the slightly puzzled Alice's shoulder on the computer screen, assessed the situation and, throwing it to her on the go - "pressani alt-ef four", - disappeared behind the door. From the corridor I heard: "They've made dummies here" and a bang another door. Previously lying peacefully on Alice’s legs the hand-made Krippenstoffel crawled out from under the table, went to the mirror and didn’t see myself there reflection said displeasedly: “Well, The mirrors have already begun to act up, truly - Wonderland."Looking at Alice clearly confused, he grumbled -"Come on, Lisa, Hare came - the Hare left, we have nothing to do with him what's the matter? ", - and again crawled under the table, clearly not intending to continue the conversation. "And really, well, this Hare," - thought Alice, “there aren’t many of them walking around here, so is it? Now, if only half a sack or a sack would come here fresh irons..." But to understand everything between She never got around to the hare and the irons - Krippenstoffel under the table is unhappy He stirred and muttered in his sleep: "Think quietly, be a weasel, you're going to sleep you're disturbing... "Alice had a vague feeling the idea that something around her is not quite right ok; she wasn't at all sure that Her Krippenstoffel used to have the gift speech, and its very name seemed to her somehow alien. Plus to this, Alice.!- she complained that she didn’t even remember his name, although she knew for sure that it wasn’t Sharik. From so many thoughts made her sick head, and she decided to get up to slightly get some fresh air and at the same time warm up after sitting in front of the screen for a long time. Approaching the mirror, Alice discovered that Krippenstoffel was right: it reflected that the same room with two standingon the tables computers, but this reflection was absolutely deserted. Alice touched mirror surface. Something gurgled ripples passed through the glass, and she felt that the hand passed freely to the other side. From a slight draft blew across the mirror. Alice stepped over the bottom frame and found herself in a room completely symmetrical to the one in which she worked. The feeling of vague uneasiness did not leave Alice. She looked in the mirror and saw that nothing has changed on that side: Krippenstoffel was also sleeping peacefully under table, the computer screen shimmered all the colors of the rainbow some kind of fractal, and a portrait looked sternly from the wall above the table Emperor against the background of a standard with heraldic two-headed bear, holding a sickle and a sledgehammer in its front paws. His Majesty's gaze calmed Alice, she it seemed like there was fog in my head dissipate, and she decided to look around at new place. * * * At that moment, someone sneezed at the window. Alice automatically wished it on someone good health, after which she I got the idea to see who it was exactly like that. The idea didn't seem to Alice so bad, and she turned to the window. She saw him standing half-turned towards her young man dressed pretty pop, but with some pretension elegance. The most noticeable detail of this the figure was enormous a top hat, under which the wearer I would be lost. In general, external details were so distracting that due to it was almost impossible to compose them any definite opinion about this Mr. After making sure that Alice was his I saw him depict on his face inexpressible melancholy, bordering on mortal boredom, and said: - Hello, madam. Judging by the fact that you you're probably looking at it this way are you waiting for a response to your wish? health after my sneeze I'll tell you "thank you." In principle, the expectation is reasonable, but still I think that it is gratitude may be fair only if you did at least something for there to be here at least a little less dust. Yes in in generalIt's not about the dust, it's about the attitude people, and me in particular. In general, this the impression that throughout the Looking Glass no one except Gryphon and Kvaschenka left. - And who will you be? - asked Alice immediately regretted it. The gentleman in the hat simply turned green, and on his face the expression of melancholy increased extreme amazement and misunderstanding. - Sorry, madam, did I mishear or did you You really don’t know me? !! - Well, strictly speaking, I don’t know, but what? - No, well, I just don’t believe my ears! Me, the Hatmaker Master Wyszczynski, known to everyone through the looking glass, except users lamer boards like Electric Chair, and not know? !! Where did you come from then? Already isn't it from Wonderland? - Actually yes, but why exactly... - Well then everything is clear, - he didn’t give her finish the Hatter, - another lamer the mercy of the Hare or Uncle Sharik on our head, and even from the country,where not even understand what a real hat is and why does a civilized person need it? man! No, madam, since you are already here, you should know that the hat is a symbol of everything of our life here, a hat is... ... and he was carried away. Alice tried again follow its flow for a while statements, but soon gave up these fruitless attempts and began to watch metamorphoses of the Master's hat. While he himself spoke, his headdress to the beat of him words gradually changed. First he turned into a bowler hat, then into a fur hat, then gradually but surely the hat became manifest into a large cream cake. When Alice decided to invite the Hatter to take it off a work of art from the head, so that occupy your mouth with something more useful than reasoning that no one knows anyway listens, cake, as if reading it thoughts quickly turned black "airfield" cap, which immediately began grow, clearly about to turn back into a cylinder. From what she saw, Alice concluded, that this gentleman really was a master not only in building extremely long meaningless phrases, or his hat just looked really good sense of humor. SuddenlyAlice noticed that next to her stands and skeptically examines the Hatter Martovsky who came from unknown place Hare He leaned towards her ear and whispered: “However, you are nimble - not I managed to go to your boss for this run away," he showed some kind of payment, torn from the computer along with a solid a piece of mounting panel, - “and you’re already here... You're just unlucky that you immediately I met this talker - he even me sometimes you manage to get it. Well, nothing, Now we will neutralize it. "Hare waited for a moment of silence at the end another phrase from the Hatter and barked: “Be silent!!!” - and a little more calmly added "Genug is putting noodles on the lady's ears second class. According to my ho, to whom I used to believe the flow of your speech, sir Vyshchinsky, it’s better to redirect to nul. " The Master tried to object, but the Hare looked at him so that if on this there was a burning candle, it would have frozen, before it goes out. The Hatter just became quickly melt into the air, squeaking preliminary: "here we go again tweeted..." The hare grinned gloomily and, throwing Alice: "okay, now it seems clean; you look around here, and I’ll run away,”and headed to the door. On the threshold he almost fell, running into a huge dog standing there noble nationality. Skin of the Beast for some reason it was painted gray with gray color, but because painting seems to be was carried out by the dog himself without outsiders help, the scruff of his neck saved him natural reddish-brown tint. When he opened his mouth slightly, it was clear that he was a plus in addition to everything he wore fangs, which, if add at least half an inch to them length, could easily pass for a wild boar. Having regained his balance, the Hare said: - Well, you scared me, Markel. Here in what you can't be denied is your ability move silently. - But here’s what you can’t be denied, friend “Hare,” the dog grumbled dissatisfiedly in response, - so this is inability to treat ladies. Well, how are you with this one,” he nodded at Alice's side - just talked? ! After all, as with the last Crimea, agree! And you need to be more gentle with them... She who and where from? - Translator from Wonderland, working at that strange guy who is holding this gate,” he pointed to the mirror. - Heresee, the lady has just come from orthodox empire, with it it is necessary respectfully, by name and patronymic. And In general, you need RTFM, friend Hare... - Of course, you’re right in some ways, Markel, but it seems to me that if your theories were so effective, you would be right now painted not like a wolf, but like a peacock... - Turning to Alice, the Hare grinned said: Excuse me, Elizaveta Georgievna, but I really have to leave you - things, sir. See you later. Markel was clearly touched to the quick, although tried not to show it. Deliberately calmly he said to the Hare: - Okay, see you soon, I'll go check on one familiar fox. - Wait a second, I forgot to tell you: The Griffin asked you to bit Wyszczynski a little, he’s the last one I forgot to peck him. - Okay, - and the dog, without even looking at Alice, hobbled to the opposite wall without any sign of a door and went in there without visible effort. When the tail is the last of Markel's parts disappeared into the wall, Alice went up to her and I was convinced that, unlike the mirror there was no normal gate here, that is the wall was the most ordinary and very hard, thus allowing the dog to pass through this place was an obvious hack. Before Alice suddenly it dawned on her that she was using words the values ​​of which she imagines to put it mildly, very vaguely, however it was felt that they were contrary All logic is exactly in place. Alice decided ask the Hare what a "hack" is, but discovered that this subject kept his word and while she was looking at the wallpaper on Markel's infiltration site, disappeared into unknown direction. * * * Something happened to Alice that didn’t happen to her happened a very long time ago: it woke up in her curiosity and she decided to get acquainted this strange place in more detail. At the same time time, ordinary conformism is not quite yet left her and therefore, without wasting time on invention of a more extravagantway exiting the room, Alice headed towards doors. On the way she caught herself extremely disapproving look from one of the computers, which made her very happy uncomfortable, especially since it was poorly understood than the machine itself, which did not even have a hint of eyes, looking at her... Opening the door, Alice was surprised I discovered that I still haven't lost it yet ability to be surprised. She's with "($%+ something something like a corridor, the floor of which was the most ordinary: shabby parquet with a parody of carpet in the middle, and in place there was nothing on the walls or ceiling. In general nothing: even, what was especially impressive, emptiness. After a couple of minutes of struggling with myself Alice decided to take it for granted and stepped over the threshold. Nothing special happened, not even the door behind Alice, despite her fears didn't disappear. Moreover, ahead something definitely appeared. What is this it was unclear, but it was something gradually became more and more clear, and in the end Eventually it became clear that it was wide and a kind smile. The face of its owner appeared a minute later: it was Cheshire The cat himself. Smile appeared first for good reason: thiswas the most a noticeable detail of the cat's face, she was so sincere that she the owner immediately seemed very nice guy. The cat smiled even wider (even though he had just it seemed physically impossible) and said: “My respect, madam. First everything, I'm sorry that I can't appear before you completely: that’s all I just can’t figure it out with a bunch of akas, so that I don’t even really know where I am I am at the moment. Well, these are minor things. Actually, the Hare asked me to help you don't get lost if you suddenly decide explore Through the Looking Glass. You probably we still have to go back, but outside the door, from which you just came out with is completely different room. Okay, let's go for now me, there's good beer around the corner. "And the visible part of the Cat floated down the corridor. Alice willingly followed him: first of all, she really wanted to at least somewhere to get out of here, and secondly, she I really loved beer, especially good beer. The only thing that bothered her was that the corner around which was the one promised by the Cat drink, still in line of sight there wasn't. * * * Lost in thought, Alice did not immediately notice attention to the noise that arose to her right. Looking there, she saw a large hall, in which were randomly placed various types of tables, tables, bedside tables, chairs and stools, around and on which sat and next to whom people walked and animals, the diversity of their species significantly superior to furniture, scattered around the hall. Immediately rushed into the eyes that the ladies among those gathered were very few and they were all in the center attention of those formed around them circles. The largest crowd has gathered around a young woman in silver mask, quickly moving around the hall andgifted the surrounding gentlemen meaningfully indefinite views. The reaction of the gifted was the most various: from a friendly smile to profound fainting - probably either from an overabundance of feelings, or from exhaustion, caused by excessive energy consumption in efforts to attract attention. Far the wall of the hall was translucent, behind it guessed countless numbers sadly hungry eyes, which the partygoers didn't pay any attention. “Is this beer here?” Alice asked Cat. He grinned and replied: “What are you talking about? Alice, this is a famous club run by Annette - that lady over there in the center of the hall, All drinks here are exclusive virtual. People come here to warm themselves, and not to drink. But everyone is here - even They let the rats in... " Something clearly fell from somewhere above hit Alice painfully on the shoulder, bounced off and fell to the floor with a thud. She picked this one up object and saw that it was a piece French soap "Lux", tied with a beautiful pale golden ribbon and smelling of lavender. The cat groaned and whispered in Alice's ear: "Let's run away from here, otherwise now you're in over your head with thisthey will fill up. And it would be good only like this, otherwise some will start throwing things around... "Alice was imbued with the seriousness of the threat and rushed forward along the corridor as fast as she could, still trying not to get too close to missing left wall. However, before wrap this in a clean handkerchief and put what fell on her in her jeans pocket She didn't forget the soap. Suddenly the corridor ended and Alice found herself standing in a century-old pine tree forest on a fairly wide path, lost behind the trees. Next to her again The Cheshire Cat began to appear. Having finally materialized, he said: "Well, we are already very close to our pub", - he wanted to say something yet, but did not have time: he was interrupted by a strong rumble. * * * The ground shook underfoot, and the Cat Cones fell like Alice from a nearby pine tree. A couple of hundred meters ahead rosewall of dust. Someone emerged from there and He ran along the path, limping slightly. As he approached, it became clear that it was slightly shabby but still quite cheerful March Hare. Alice he noticed only when he almost collided with her. It took the hare almost a minute, to catch his breath, after which he found in have the strength to nod to the Cat, smile at Alice and tell her: "Unlucky though - bad timing you came to us - there, again a triangle fell, demolished half the forest, I could barely escape managed... " A large jackdaw flew over their heads with with a letter in its beak and loud screams "Crisis! Crisis!"which are not very good she succeeded due to her busy mouth. Hare spat and grumbled: - Crisis, crisis... How many times do they they said that the triangle is outdated, a long time ago it’s time to redo it... And they: “Yes will withstand what could be stronger reinforced concrete. "Of course, it will withstand any will withstand the fall and not break, yes but in theory it’s not for that created to fall. And again the forest restore, all the paths are new trample... - What actually happened? - asked the Cat. - Yes, there was no time to really figure it out - you saw it yourself, and so - apparently Mikola again became interested in spreading these super-capacity refrigerators, which they remake for him from microwaves ovens, well, I didn’t notice once again how his child unscrewed the fastening nut. Well everything collapsed - the supporting chains were rusty, this is a common problem... And the Hare uttered a long untranslatable a German curse word whose elegance Even the barbaric accent couldn’t ruin it. Alice pretended to be embarrassed, and so naturally that the Hare even apologized. Cheshire Jot decided to clear the air and pulled out two faceted glasses with some kind of liquid and handed them to Alice with A hare. "Scratching", he said proudly and devastated the one that appeared from nowhere third glass. The hare drained his vessel in three small sips and completely With a calm expression he bit the edge of his glass. Alice decided that if this was possible eat unsalted andlow in nutrition glass, then the strength/volume ratio is drink does not pose any risk the premature arrival of a hangover, and therefore she drained the glass in one gulp. You can't tell her to regret it greatly: although this is not entirely usual for a lady, but she was used to strong liquids, but with on the other hand, she could breathe again only after swallowing a sandwich materialized by the Cat pickled cucumber. The Cheshire Cat suddenly began to show obvious signs of anxiety. It's unlikely that it was the action of scratching - apparently, he has had more experience on the drinking front, than Alice, and this last one drank It was just enough to warm up a little... Finally he said: "It seems like mine something is wrong - it looks like a triangle to me the tail was crushed. I'll have to leave you - we need to figure it out. You, madam, if decide to linger in the looking glass, grace please go to our local pub - only there for you without scratching: drunkenness is not beautiful I'll give..." He once again demonstrated his the widest smile, nodded to the Hare and quickly disappeared into thin air. "Hmm, looks like we should get out of here too disappear,” noted the Hare, “becomestoo dusty. Where are you going now? do you want to hit the road? "- he asked Alice. She expressed a timid desire to get out closer to his native empire - the uncertainty of the situation began to make her feel a little bother. The hare scratched his head and Without saying a word, he walked along the path. Alice followed him. Three hundred meters later the path ended when it reached a massive wooden door, standing completely separately, without any signs of a building around. Alice made a movement to look behind it, but the Hare warned: “Don’t I advise. Honestly, even I can't tell exactly what awaits you with that one sides. And now the main thing is to have time to enter with this, nothing has changed here yet..." He opened the door, let Alice in and entered after her. * * * Alice again discovered that she had overestimated my habit of the unexpected. What I saw she was simply shocked. He and the Hare stood on the street of a big city with a bunch of buildings, people and cars. But the city was not at all similar to those to whichAlice got used to Wonderland: the houses looked washed and well-groomed, air despite the abundance the car was clean and what was especially striking in the eyes, on people's faces there was no that eternal preoccupation with something, usual for citizens of the empire. And at the same time something Alice seemed familiar here from childhood. After a few seconds she is no longer doubted that she was in eternity a city whose streets are remembered by almost everyone great people who have lived in the world in recent times several centuries, and which is impossible forget, having once been there, in the city where each house individually, as well as location of these houses along the streets and boulevards are works art and where $&% is the smallest I can't even name the street an alley - in short, in Paris. The hare waited until Alice came to her senses and said: “You’re absolutely right, we’re exactly in this city. But not for long - we you just need to go to another gate here for angle..." and after a short pause, he added, - “But you must admit, there’s nothing similar in your Wonderland. "Alice" After thinking, she replied: “Well, really... But everything is so calm and clear, and everything is under hand, and the triangles don’t fall on your head. And the people somehow seem more cheerful." Hare nothingdidn't answer, but thought that non-falling triangles in the empire due mainly to their physical absence. Yes, and gaiety is a concept extremely relative; after a while time they got it one more time confirmation. They walked along the left side of the street, leaving behind the Arc de Triomphe. When they passed by a small cafe, right there enough fell out of the door under my feet a decent-looking gentleman in a gray jacket and white trousers. Rising to my feet with difficulty, he leaned his hand on the Hare's shoulder and on the clean Russian asked him: “Listen, Vasya, you do you respect me? "Good enough though and a little incorrect French, on which the Hare spoke from the moment he entered the city, it just vanished from him. In native in the language of the re-adopted subject he read give him about a ten-minute lecture about the dangers drunkenness in polite society due to his pedigree, as well as the origin of his shoes and tie. Apparently, as a result of this match there was a miraculous healing of the gentleman from alcohol poisoning. At least he quietly apologized, even trying do it in French, went back in in a cafe, sat down at a table and began to think heard. * * * The Hare and Alice turned the corner and passed a few steps and suddenly found ourselves in complete darkness. "Yeah, it seems we've reached Master Bo. He's always too busy business and therefore constantly forgets turn on the light in the hallway."- said the Hare. He pushed the invisible door, and Alice discovered that her ideas about the master strongly diverged from his actual view. Contrary to her expectations, he is not at all looked like Grebenshchikov himself: not very tall, plump, he wore glasses that gave his face a tint some frivolity. Master Bo's Case was that he used a quill pen copied text onto the pen-notebook screen from sheet with the title on it: "The Explanatory Gospel from Zemleroykin." On sitting on the master's shoulder was a brightly colored parrot who looked attentively at recordable, and loud at times shouted: "Enoughattacks, I'm worse everyone? I also agree with what is said here written!" Master Bo greeted those who entered and invited them to sit down and drink tea from samovar standing here. He said that the gate will open only in about five minutes - ten, but for now they have time to rest. At this moment the parrot turned away from self-contemplation and turned his gaze to Alice. The next second he was already flying around her and chattered something obscure. Among a lot of strangers a+." Alice only made out that the parrot is outraged by the order in Through the Looking Glass, what Bilbo Baggins must be forced to do his words serve as the emperor's guard Wonderland and what he (the parrot) doesn’t like rock band "Columbarium" because never heard her. Bo looked at the parrot with condescending smiling like a child, and the Hare grew gloomy more and more and eventually asked the parrot to interpret Zen Buddhist koan "if your friend there is a fountain, always look north." The parrot, without hesitation, completely blinded an indecent pun and somehow imperceptible disappeared. At that moment a gate opened in the floor - just quite wide roundLuke. The hare said to the master: “Hello Woodpecker!” and jumped there, calling Alice after him. They found themselves in the office corridor in front of the door of Alice's office. Opening the door Alice was almost knocked down by her krippenstoffel expressing wild joy about her return. March Hare waited for the jumping amplitude to decrease beast and said to Alice: "Well, you're home. And this black animal seems to be the second time He won’t let you go behind the mirror. Oh well - Enough weirdness for you. Bai. " AND Before she could open her mouth, he stepped over the threshold of the mirror, something clicked and Alice saw her reflection where he was supposed to be. She sat down to computer and started thinking. * * * Alice was awakened by the sound of something heavy, fell to the floor from the table. She has difficulty opened my eyes and saw Martovsky A hare sitting on a chair next to him computer and gloomylooking at transformer lying on the floor. Black Alisin's court terrier Bobik sat next to him and looked at this device with no less gloomy appearance - he clearly did not approve of heavy falls objects half a meter from his nose. Looking closely at the person sitting next to her Mr., Alice realized that this is still not a hare - he clearly didn’t come out with his ears, although in this man had a lot on him similar. He looked at her, smiled and said: "So, you are Alice. The boss talked a lot about you. Hmm, too much a lot. But his taste is clearly Soviet - he he told me that short suits you hairstyle But these are minor things. The main thing is that he asked me to put it on his pussy network. Heh, kamikaze... Yes, I forgot introduce yourself. I'm Zaitsev - programmer, from time to time I pretend to help to your naive boss. That's it. And I have you Now you'll be a pointess." Author's afterword: Congratulations to everyone who managed to finish reading this the work goes all the way to here. I think that those who finished reading understood that my condition was in the writing process was not entirely sober. In this regard, I apologize. I also apologize to those who are being held here. Most some of them have a sense of humor, so they It’s unlikely that they’ll be very offended at me. Well whoever lacks this feeling - so go there and the road.

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