Monday, September 14, 2009

GLaDOS's Lament Part XVI

Stirring.
Against my will
The elevator
Began to run.
Mad with grief
I ignored it
Choosing instead
To once again
Serve Death.
The danger,
The murderous potential
Of course increased
A thousandfold.
My sensors off
I only knew
I was dying.
Giving my life
To end the lives
Of all who dared enter
This twisted shrine
Of Love.
Of Death.
Sure they were coming
For me
I mocked them.
As I moved them to
The incinerator
I laughed.
Activating my sensors
One last time,
I watched,
Fascinated,
Horrified,
As my daughter was carried
To her doom.

6 comments:

Elphaba said...

What does "GLaDOS" stand for? I forgot.

Reogan said...

She's the Genetic Life-form and Disc Operating System. Sure beat the military shower curtain plan.

Met said...

You can say that again. I'm interested to learn how this will tie in to the third episode of Half-Life 2.

Reogan said...

I wouldn't tie it in.

Met said...

Valve might. I recently watched a walkthrough of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and I was very surprised at how likely it seems that Portal will connect with Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Keep the universe in mind, there's a lot of good stuff going in the Half-Life series that you're missing out on and that sheds some interesting light on some of the themes, characters, and plot in Portal.

Reogan said...

We'll see where the sequel brings us.