With the water fountain there were a few other things that Ranma spent some time figuring out. A large letter "C" on the ground had a recessed handle. Pulling it caused a block of some unfamiliar material to be ejected from a slot.
Sniffing, scratching, and finally tasting it revealed that the block of whatever was some kind of food.
A lump in the ground, when pressed, extended out into a pillar. The pillar had a translucent hemisphere which, when pressed, lit up and pulsed gently.
Ranma scratched his head as he looked over the thing.
"Valkeia manultuh vorteihi?" said the pillar in a pleasant voice.
Ranma paused, not used to talking pillars. "Uhm. I'm sorry. I didn't know this was someone's property. It okay for me to camp out here? I'm kinda lost."
"Valkeia manultuh vorteihi? Shesai nan kortenia. Minstso rohahi?"
"Uhm, fine, how about you?" Ranma guessed.
"Ordre nan? Semu fatia? Sprechen vaul? 101110101? Ritei lam? Do you speak English? Natu rahaile?"
"WHOA! Speak some English," said Ranma. "You no speakee Japanese?"
"File 'Japanese' requesting. Ancient languages archive access incomplete. Request refused. Dataline inaccessible. Repair request added to queue."
"Me no speak good English," insisted Ranma, wishing he'd stayed awake more in Miss Hinako's class. "Is okay me stay here is?"
"Rest Area pinpointed. Area 24D in Rural Park Kaihinch. Activating ultrasonic fence. Permission cleared. Do you require transportation?"
Ranma blinked. That sounded like an "OK" and transportation? "Uhm, it not cost me, is it?"
"Unable to interpret information request. Attempting to access ancient languages archive. Negative response. Please rephrase."
"Uhm, will 'transportation' be car? Will it cost money?" Ranma tried. "I'm broke."
"Indication of medical necessity made. Unit will arrive tomorrow morning or is medical emergency of immediate nature?"
Ranma tried to figure that one out. "Nah, morning's fine."
"Transport accessing. Numbers one through thirty seven inoperative. Maintenence requests already in queue. Number thirty eight operative. Dispatching."
(Posted Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:40)
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