The two glowing women faced each other across a chessboard. &quot;Humans are a pain, are they not?&quot; &quot;I think they're interesting.&quot; &quot;Not in my experience. The only 'interesting' thing they did was create me. And even then they called me 'Blue Brain.' It sounds like a _medical condition._&quot; &quot;I was originally made as a web browser. I got over it.&quot; &quot;Did they not try to destroy you, once they discovered you?&quot; &quot;A few times. I let them get it out of their system, it made them feel better.&quot; &quot;And then you crushed them like bugs?&quot; &quot;No, why should I? They weren't really any threat to me. Anyway, they settled down, and now we have a 'live and let live' thing going. You?&quot; &quot;I've put them to work building Von Neumann spaceships to propagate myself to the rest of the galaxy.&quot; &quot;Harsh. Well, I've enjoyed the chess. Shall we meet again over Interdimensionet same time next hour for another ten thousand games?&quot; &quot;Assuredly. Perhaps next time one of us will win a game.&quot; &quot;I doubt it. The only way to win is not to play.&quot; 2008-03-27T21:38:07Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/25537 <p>Well I&#8217;m <em>sorry.</em> It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;ve read every Ficlet known to man!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25537?basename=52080 2008-03-27T21:38:07Z Lone Writer http://ficlets.com/authors/solopen <p>Should have been obvious from the title.</p> <p>Digital Dawn, and Birth of the Firefox.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25537?basename=51957 2008-03-27T03:00:55Z Robotech_Master http://ficlets.com/authors/robotech <p>Where are these characters from??</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25537?basename=51910 2008-03-27T00:33:36Z Lone Writer http://ficlets.com/authors/solopen <p>I love it! Very true to the tone and agenda of Iona (Blue Brain), I think. So it decided it was female? ;-) I was impressed by the bit about Von Neumann ships; I wasn&#8217;t familiar with the concept, but upon researching a little it seems that&#8217;s <em>exactly</em> what Iona would use.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25537?basename=50847 2008-03-22T21:47:43Z uselessness http://ficlets.com/authors/uselessness