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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7120000" data-attributes="member: 6777052">The Machine of Lum the Madder was confused. All of its mortal enemies lay dead on the battlefield, flattened by an inexplicable cataclysm that had left it miraculously unscathed. "Talk about rolling a double 20," it thought to itself, "That was a double 20 in spades."Nothing now stood in the way of its insane plan to take over the universe, and yet, and yet ...One foot was refusing to move and the whole machine was slowly rotating, twisting about the immobile foot as the other feet scrabbled for purchase on the unexpectedly slippery ground. At the same time, the automatic hydraulic alarm was showing amber and the hydra was frantically trying to attract its attention while the ulic was nowhere to be seen. This wasn't in its program. It attempted to activate the Mending system but the memory scroll had unexpectedly turned to shreds and was useless. This was not in its program.The hardwood backup systems activated. It switched itself off and on again and all of its feet rebooted. Except one.A panel started flashing. Somewhere, at the back of its mad mind, something was gnawing at its memory. This had happened before ...</blockquote>