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PolyBlog: Behind the Scenes with Poly-256, the Robot Hostess-with-the-Most-Hits!
Tuesday, 12 August 2003

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #98
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ASTRAL - for the LAST TIME - do NOT let the Fungilans FIX ANYTHING.

It DEFIES ALL LOGIC!

It's JUST WRONG!!

Just trust me on this.
I let some Fungilans "FIX" teleporter #2 and I still haven't found the last set of tourists who used it.

Well, ok...I DID find a pile of what might have ...EARS?...

Let's just say that you don't want to go poking around the Lost & Found for a while.

POLY - gone

Posted by poly256 at 8:45 AM PDT
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Monday, 11 August 2003

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #97
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Oh GOOD - you're back, POLY.

I just had a chat with the Fungilans. We're going to try to open a wormhole to Earth. Ancient Earth.

I know, this is really more of a LAMPYRE specialty, but for some reason, these Lampyres get very nervous every time the Fungilans start talking about making REPAIRS or upgrades.

I swear, ONE LAMPYRE nearly fainted when a Fungilan simply offered to reset his WRISTWATCH.

Of course, the watch DID end up catching on fire. I've never seen a sundial go up in flames before.

Honestly - I didn't even know Lampyres HAD wrists...I mean - considering they're nothing but SHADOW, you really wouldn't expect them to get so TOASTY!

I did end up learning some very COLORFUL NEW WORDS in the Lampyre SHADOW PUPPET language.

For instance, did you know that means...


... oh, shooting stars...WHAT NOW?

Astral - out



Posted by poly256 at 9:53 AM PDT
Updated: Monday, 11 August 2003 9:57 AM PDT
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Friday, 8 August 2003
Just Between us Aliens
Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #96
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Ok - here's the deal.

I'm going to let you EARTHLINGS keep reading ASTRAL's blog, but this is just between US...right?

Astral means well, but...

Well, she just hasn't met many Earthlings before. I mean, really, who has? It's not like you kids GET OUT of your solar system much.

Poor Astral. She still believes those old stereotypes...you know....

That you guys are all...what's that Earth expression...?

...REDNECKS?

Or was that RED SHIRTS

Anyway, I think you guys are pretty amazing.
Well...for non-robotic types.

And we've been through A LOT together...TRANS-DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL...ALIEN ARTS & CRAFTS...FART JOKES...

So I can't just abandon you now - not when we're so close to THE TRUTH

But we can't let Astral know you're still here.


So...I'm going to tell her I sent you all back to WONDERLENS. If she starts getting suspicious...

Well, we'll just have to find some way to hide you.
I know a few SECRET PASSAGES.

Ok...ready?

I'm going to blog back to Astral.



Astral...kiddo...are you still there?


Posted by poly256 at 10:04 AM PDT
Updated: Friday, 8 August 2003 10:18 AM PDT
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Thursday, 7 August 2003

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #95
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Uh...NO!

Of course not, ASTRAL.

This is your PRIVATE HOLOBLOG, so OF COURSE I wouldn't let offworlders read your personal messages.

Because...
...that would be...WRONG!

Um...give me a nanosecond, will ya Astral?

I have to powder my nodes.

POLY - gone

Posted by poly256 at 9:49 AM PDT
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Wednesday, 6 August 2003

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #94
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No.
These carvings were definitely NOT made by ROBOTs, or machines of any kind.

Look, I don't want to say any more until I'm SURE about this. If I'm right, what I have to say is going to CHANGE HISTORY on a Lot of planets - starting with EARTH.

I don't want to start a PANIC.

POLY...your Earth friends aren't reading THIS - are they?

Astral - out

Posted by poly256 at 8:39 AM PDT
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Tuesday, 5 August 2003
The Pen is Mighty...But the DEATH RAY Kicks Butt
Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #93
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Ok. Sooo...the temple carvings weren't made by PEOPLE.

Then they were made by machines? ROBOTS?

You can usually tell, because we robots tend to have excellent penmanship.

Also, we tend to write with high-powered LASERBEAM DEATH RAYS, which is kind of the big tip-off.

POLY - gone

Posted by poly256 at 9:56 AM PDT
Updated: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 10:00 AM PDT
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Monday, 4 August 2003

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #92
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Are you about DONE, POLY?

As fascinating as your ROBOT DREAM DATES may be to...well...OTHER ROBOTS,

the answer is NO.

The carvings on the TEMPLE walls were NOT created by bat-people.

In fact, they were NOT, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, created by PEOPLE at all.

Astral - out

Posted by poly256 at 9:18 AM PDT
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Friday, 1 August 2003
Blind Date
Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #91
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Okaaay...
So, who the heck writes upside-down?

BAT-PEOPLE?

Uh...I was kidding about that.

There aren't REALLY cave dwelling, human-bat hybrid manimals down there...are there?

Cuz, you know... I dated that ONE bat-guy in college... ...but even though I consider myself a "NIGHT PERSON" I could never really get used to those nocturnal hours.

...Or the ultra-sonic squeaks.

...And don't even get me started on BAT-PEOPLE CUISINE.

Sure, the restaurants are all-you can eat, but...

...let's just say I'm more of an old-fashioned Girl-Bot.

Posted by poly256 at 10:54 AM PDT
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Thursday, 31 July 2003

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #90
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Speaking of ancient history, have I got news for YOU, POLY

Astral - out










Astral?

How the HEXADECIMAL did you get ALL THE WAY to the TEMPLE and back so FAST?

POLY - gone









Ah - well, THAT's part of the ancient history.

Ok - let me explain.

Long ago, in A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY...

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Seriously -
remember this rock that hit me during the HOLOBLOG explosion? I brought it back to the temple to compare the inscription to the SYMBOLS covering the temple walls.

The writing on the rock looked similar to an ancient Earth language, but the SYMBOLS on the WALL it came from looked completely unfamiliar to me.

UNTIL I looked at the walls upside down.

(LOVE these new JET BOOTS by the way!)

Here's the thing. The SYMBOLS on the temple walls ARE from ancient Earth.

But the inscriptions are all upside-down!

It doesn't ENTIRELY make sense to me yet, but I feel we're getting VERY CLOSE.

I'll blog back in a nanosecond. Boots are overheating - don't think they were designed to fly upside-down.

Astral - out



Posted by poly256 at 9:31 AM PDT
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Wednesday, 30 July 2003
Rest Stop 101
Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #89
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ASTRAL -WAIT!

Do NOT use any of the Fungilan INVENTIONS! They NEVER work! Well...not without exploding.
TRUST ME on this.
Astral - those Fungila Monsters are a menace to...


Astral?


Swell.

Well, maybe the Fungilan goggles WILL work. There's a first for everything, right?

I mean...it sounds like I was actually RIGHT about this place looking like something from ANCIENT EARTH.

HAH!...and Astral says I NEVER STUDIED.


Well...ok...I guess that's true. I may not have been the most studious robot at Tour Guide College.

True... I may have been the first student to ever flunk out of Rest Stop 101. That WAS a little embarassing.

But you have to understand...we robots don't NEED rest stops. How was I supposed to know 48 hours between stops was too long?

But hey, that's ancient history.


Posted by poly256 at 10:10 AM PDT
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