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==Story== | ==Story== | ||
Awareness slowly returned, as a frantic girl's voice cried, "Chip! Where are you?!" | Awareness slowly returned, as a frantic girl's voice cried, "[[Chip]]! Where are you?!" | ||
Chip, he thought. Yes, that's my name. But who's that shouting? And where am I? | ''Chip,'' he thought. ''Yes, that's my name. But who's that shouting? And where am I?'' | ||
Groping for his glasses and staggering to his feet, he looked around, quickly spotting the loudspeaker in the ceiling that let in the urgent voice. Would it let him answer? Clearing his unnaturally parched throat, he croaked, "Hello?" | Groping for his glasses and staggering to his feet, he looked around, quickly spotting the loudspeaker in the ceiling that let in the urgent voice. Would it let him answer? Clearing his unnaturally parched throat, he croaked, "Hello?" | ||
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The voice responded instantly, in tones of sharp relief. "There you are! What happened to you?!" the girl demanded. | The voice responded instantly, in tones of sharp relief. "There you are! What happened to you?!" the girl demanded. | ||
"No clue," he said, squinting blearily at the sterile | "No clue," he said, squinting blearily at the sterile [[tile]]s and plain gray [[wall]]s surrounding him. "I was hoping you could tell me. Who are you, anyway?" | ||
There was a startled pause; then she replied in hurt tones, "Are you all right, Chip? Don't you know me - Melinda, your friend and fellow Bit Buster?" | There was a startled pause; then she replied in hurt tones, "Are you all right, Chip? Don't you know me - [[Melinda]], your friend and fellow Bit Buster?" | ||
Melinda...the name stirred a strange rush of warm feeling in him. An almost-recognition, vague as a dream. "I...don't know. I'm all right...but everything's hazy. I can't seem to remember anything! What am I even doing here?" | Melinda...the name stirred a strange rush of warm feeling in him. An almost-recognition, vague as a dream. "I...don't know. I'm all right...but everything's hazy. I can't seem to remember anything! What am I even doing here?" | ||
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"You volunteered! You're supposed to be testing the Bit Busters' new Clubhouse Challenge, before we turn it loose on the recruits. But we lost contact with you, right after you went inside. And then another emergency came up -" | "You volunteered! You're supposed to be testing the Bit Busters' new Clubhouse Challenge, before we turn it loose on the recruits. But we lost contact with you, right after you went inside. And then another emergency came up -" | ||
Her voice broke off, leaving Chip to wonder, Clubhouse Challenge? Recruits? What's going on here? | Her voice broke off, leaving Chip to wonder, ''Clubhouse Challenge? Recruits? What's going on here?'' | ||
Then she was back, sounding urgent. "Chip, I'm sorry; I'm needed elsewhere. You're going to have to get through the first few levels on your own, with or without your memory. But you're good at this. I know you can do it!" | Then she was back, sounding urgent. "Chip, I'm sorry; I'm needed elsewhere. You're going to have to get through the first few levels on your own, with or without your memory. But you're good at this. I know you can do it!" | ||
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Warm pride filled her voice as she replied, "Don't worry. We're going to figure out what caused this amnesia, and how to reverse it. But until then, you're going to have to start again at the beginning, and learn all the rules of the Challenge. | Warm pride filled her voice as she replied, "Don't worry. We're going to figure out what caused this amnesia, and how to reverse it. But until then, you're going to have to start again at the beginning, and learn all the rules of the Challenge. | ||
"Fortunately, the first ten levels were designed to help recruits do just that. In each of these levels, look for a hint. It will provide you with information on how to get past the challenges in that level and reach the exit square. But be careful! Some things in the clubhouse can be a little...unsafe. Just read the | "Fortunately, the first ten levels were designed to help recruits do just that. In each of these levels, look for a hint. It will provide you with information on how to get past the challenges in that level and reach the [[Exit|exit square]]. But be careful! Some things in the clubhouse can be a little...unsafe. Just read the [[hint]]s and you should be fine. | ||
"Now I really have to go. But I'll catch up with you in a few levels. Good luck, Chip!" | "Now I really have to go. But I'll catch up with you in a few levels. Good luck, Chip!" | ||