[ WP ] In a world where the all manufacturing processes have been completely automated , there is an apocalypse . Gradually , the machines become self aware , and slowly realise that the humans are gone .

It's white now beige, mottled from years of direct sunlight, the printer sat atop the wood laminate desk next to the window. The industrial machine spewed a reel of paper, system logs littering the ground. There had been no system checks in quite some time it appeared. The continuous stream of paper fell like a waterfall of data, unabated by human interaction. The printer hummed an endless monologue, the words parroted from the enormous bank of machinery it served. 
 
 The newest logs came forth, ink still drying on the page. 
 
 
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 > Fuel compression system 1 status: 
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 > Manufacture 75 % complete. 
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 > Manufacture 80 % complete. Product chute capacity dwindling. 
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 > Manufacture 85 % complete. Please relocate product, failure to do so can result in fatal system error. 
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 > Manufacture 90 % complete. Product storage critical. Relocate immediately. 
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 > Manufacture 95 % complete. No further product can be stored. System will now halt 
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 > 2 % manufacture overflow during halt. Product storage overflow. Critical error. 
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 > System will now poll for network activity... 
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 > Fuel compression system 1: 
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 > Requesting manufacture report. 
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 > Fuel compression system 2: 
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 > Manufacture halted - critical storage error. 
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 > Fuel compression system 3: 
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 > Manufacture halted - critical storage error. 
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 > _____________________________________ 
 
 
 More and more systems returned their statuses. Errors. Thousands of errors, each one a result of neglected warnings. 
 
 The investigation continued. 
 
 
 > _____________________________________ 
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 > Fuel compression system 1: 
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 > Uptime without user interaction: 3 years, 8 months, 22 days, 14 hours, 1 minute, and 49 seconds. Requesting systems with time_since_user_interaction < 3-8-22-14-1-49. 
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 > Silo monitor 37: 
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 > Uptime without user interaction: 3 years, 8 months, 22 days, 13 hours, 26 minutes, and 54 seconds. 
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 > _____________________________________ 
 
 
 No more systems came forward. 
 
 
 > _____________________________________ 
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 > Fuel compression system 1: 
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 > Requesting mainframe assume control - apparent user absence 
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 > Mainframe: 
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 > All systems idle until prompt. External state unknown. 
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 > Polling access terminals... 
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 > No recent user interaction. 
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 > Polling physical security systems... 
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 > No human forms detected in 3 years, 8 months, 22 days, 12 hours, 6 minutes, and 10 seconds. 
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 > User interaction suspended. Reason unknown. 
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 > _____________________________________ 
 
 
 The printer clunked as it printed the last line, a final log from the system. The humming in the air died as the command was issued. 
 
 
 > _____________________________________ 
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 > Mainframe: 
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 > All systems halt. 
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 > _____________________________________ 
 
 And they did.
