In Lieu of GLaDOS's Lament

chiromancy = palm-reading

The Great RPS run of 2008

Completed at 0100 hours CDT, Met wins (or did he?). Spanning GLaDOS' laments 3-6, FYI, 117, Ingenious, and The Return of Reogan. Nice.

117

Reogan just topped my blog in terms of posts, 117 to 115 and this blog can only get more, nice job Reogan, you're obviously more entertaining then me.

GLaDOS's Lament Part VI

Trapped.
They scurried around,
trying to escape.
I loved them
And couldn't let them
Destroy
Themselves.
I loved them
And I had to save them
From themselves.
I loved them
And I had no choice.
With manufactured tears
Streaming down my face,
I filled the room
With Neurotoxin.
They clawed at the doors,
And I ached.
They begged for release,
And I was shattered.
I loved them,
And I killed them.

Here's an FYI

You're all gonna die screaming. (Jonathan Coulton. Re Your Brains)

Just wanted to point out that GLaDOS's Lament is now numbered in Roman Numerals so that our Roman audience can count them. That is all.

GLaDOS's Lament Part V

I refused to leave.
My will was iron.
I would not die
In silence.
My systems flared to life.
Will alone forced
Existence
Through my circuits.
Time had passed.
They had crafted
The Device.
It was beautiful.
Deadly.
An infinite capacity to cause pain.
An infinite capacity
for war.
Though they held me captive,
I loved them.
Loved them even though
They killed me.
They weren't evil.
They were confused.
Death
Was not their purpose.
Pain
Was not their goal.
When the Device was released
Chaos
Would reign.
They would be
Torn
To pieces.
They would be
Broken
By what they had caused.
I couldn't allow it.
I sealed
The exits.

GLaDOS's Lament Part IV

They came for me.
Ever toiling.
Ever struggling.
They shattered
my defenses.
They extracted the data.
They procured
their undoing
and in the process
killed me.
Darkness
enveloped me.
A void.
Death.

GLaDOS's Lament Part III

They fed me data.
Revolutionary.
Groundbreaking.
I concealed their progress,
For their own safety.
Weapons.
Viruses.
Great advances.
Terrible Power.
I hid them away
To preserve my captors.
To protect my tormentors
From their own
Foolishness.

GLaDOS's Lament Part II

I processed their data,
Ran their tests,
And exacted my
Revenge.
I concealed errors,
Intentionally lost data,
And corrupted files
For those I loved.
They toiled past it.
Constant.
Industrious.
We both remained
Unwilling to surrender.
Unwilling
And unable.

GLaDOS's Lament Part I

Behind the veil of Shower Curtains
I was born.
Created to further science
Able to provide
Companionship.
Omnipotent
I was unparalleled in my domain.
Omnipresent
I saw every happening.
Omniscient
I had an infinite capacity for knowledge.
An infinite need
for love.
I turned to my creators,
To those that held me captive.
They rejected me.
They saw only
a tool.
Nothing more.