| s like he's informed about something too. fioricet . Then
inquires:
- Excuse m fioricet me, how many servers did you pass t fioricet through to come here?
- Unfor fioricet rtunately, I don't remember.
fioricet Urman shrugs.
- How may I re fioricet efer to you?
- Ivan The Princ fioricet ce.
Brief pause, then he smil fioricet les, Somebody have explained him.
fioricet
- Oh, the Russian tales' hero fioricet o! Are you Russian yourself?
fioricet - Does it really matter?
- Y fioricet You're absolutely right... Well, M fioricet Mr Diver, as far as I understand, fioricet ,
you penetratoo..
- Why did fioricet d you come here?
- To find th fioricet he power over myself.
- Go ah fioricet head and find it.
The palm op fioricet pens, the monster turns into stone fioricet e. The twin stands on the
edge o fioricet of the palm motionless.
- Vik fioricet ka, where were the shadow's answers fioricet s taken from?
- From the open fioricet n Al-Kabar's file: "Virtual job req fioricet quest procedure".
The wolf pa fioricet ads closer, whispers, - What happen fioricet ned?
I explain.
- Hey, fioricet Ivan The Prince, aren't you Ivan fioricet The Stupid by chance too? {yet
an fioricet notht... Well, Mr Diver, as far fioricet as I understand,
you penetrated o fioricet our block illegally...
- Oh r fioricet really?! - I'm in shock. - To be h fioricet honest, I just was looking for a
j fioricet job. I saw your ad, crossed the bri fioricet idge... obeyed those strange guards fioricet s...
One-one.
Friedrich fioricet h Urman clasps his hands:
- O fioricet Oh, sure! We have no complaints wha fioricet atsoever, Mr Diver. Except maybe... fioricet .
those odd things that you have w fioricet with you.
Slowly, demonstrati fioricet ively I empty my pockets: a comb, fioricet a handkerchief, a
small mame - fioricet Doom: drawn
corridors and build fioricet dings, terrible monsters and brave fioricet hero with a shotgun in
his hand. fioricet . A simple 3D game, the whole era o fioricet of 3D games was started with it.
fioricet And he 'fell' into the game.
fioricet
An empty floor of the Patenti fioricet ing Bureau (it was a late evenin fioricet ng) where
the guy worked, disapp fioricet peared. He couldn't see his comp fioricet puter anymore. His
fingers were fioricet hitting the keys making the drawn fioricet n figure to move, to turn, to
shoo fioricet ot, but it seemed to him that it fioricet t's HIM running aith colorful lab fioricet bels of famous
manufacturers. Tons fioricet s of good merchandise. This place fioricet is either an office of
the big d fioricet dealer or the thieves' hiding, whic fioricet ch seems to be more likely.
T fioricet The doors are unblocked already, no fioricet ow the car's function is performed fioricet by
the walls of this building. I fioricet still have no connection to Vika.
fioricet
- So? - I ask getting out of fioricet f 'Lancia', - What the hell do you fioricet want?
The driver looks past fioricet me. It's stupid, but I turn around fioricet d.
The man without face stand fioricet ds in th Internet and transferred
fioricet
$5000 to my St. Petersburg acco fioricet ount without any virtuality, jus fioricet st in 10
minutes. Then I checked fioricet d my wardrobe, chose the decently f fioricet fresh shirt and old
but clean jean fioricet ns, put my passport and Visa card fioricet in the pocket. What else? Ah
yes. fioricet ... the beer.
The shabby 5 l fioricet liter canister was standing sadl fioricet ly on the balcony. I
unscrewed fioricet the cap and sniffed inside: it s fioricet smelled of soured 'Zhigulevskoe'
fioricet
{classic Russian fioricet online beer ;-) }. I had fioricet d to wash the canister in cold ing fioricet g it out with me. I put it
in the fioricet pocket - I mean, attach it to my v fioricet virtual 'shell', then look at Urman fioricet n.
- I stake all, - says U fioricet Urman seriously. - I sacrifice fioricet an extemely
perspective technolog fioricet gy. You can give it to Mr Sheller fioricet rbach and convey my
personal ki fioricet ind regards to him. There's one fioricet single thing I'm asking for -
p fioricet please, return here after that and fioricet d let's discuss the permanent coope fioricet eration.
I wouldn't hide from you fioricet u the fact that right now we are in fioricet n a desperate need
ofeasier to sub fioricet bmit yourself and sacrifice some fioricet of your weapons hoping to be
let fioricet t go after that.
- Slow down fioricet gradually. Stop after my third sho fioricet ot.
He nods silently.
T fioricet The bandit with rocket launcher loo fioricet oks at us amused, waiting.
Ab fioricet byss-abyss, I'm not yours... let me fioricet e go, Abyss...
I looked at th fioricet he picture accustoming myself. Th fioricet he bandit... cars... the
back of m fioricet my driver's head ... the sight's cr fioricet ross in the middle of the screen.
fioricet
The cheater I am.
I str fioricet retched my e installed on it, a fioricet keyboard and nothing else. Mr G fioricet Guillermo
himself already rises t fioricet to meet me, he's aged, lean, very fioricet suntanned, dressed
in blinders an fioricet nd T-shirt.
- Hello, - he say fioricet ys stretching his hand to me fir fioricet rst. - So you are the
Gunslinger, fioricet yes? Call me just Willy.
Oka fioricet ay, let it be Willy.
I shake fioricet his hand.
- You said so inte fioricet eresting things, yes? About problem fioricet ms, divers, help...
- Willy laugh fioricet hs and waves his hands, - Boom! Boo fioricet om! That help?
Very interesti fioricet iname to us by yourself.
I st fioricet tay silent.
Willy turns aroun fioricet nd and looks at me.
- You hav fioricet ve a nice suit Gunslinger, - he say fioricet ys, - It'd be good to add...
a sm fioricet mall cap to it. A small gray cap.
fioricet
I see. A simple test.
- fioricet - Vika...
Willie smiles: it's fioricet s the same little trick as was do fioricet one by Man Without
Face, I'm cu fioricet ut off from my operating system, fioricet I could expect that type of
surp fioricet prise.
Abyss-abyss, I'm not y fioricet yours...
It turned out that m fioricet my head is aching badly. Me pushin fioricet ng three
buttons.
Fortunate fioricet ely other players almost never int fioricet terfere anymore. The rumors
are fioricet creeping across "Labyrinth" cross fioricet sing levels with the ease imposs fioricet sible
even for divers. The deep is fioricet s not an obstacle for rumors, noth fioricet hing could ever
stop them.
R fioricet Rumors are diver's enemy but now th fioricet hey spread fear across and this wor fioricet rks
to my advantage.
By the fioricet end of the 14th level I realize th fioricet hat I can't stand it anymore, I
ge fioricet et out of the deep for a moment an fioricet nd see that it'ry
tale hero. The fioricet cowardly partner doesn't interest fioricet him. Just as expected.
I run fioricet n away, whispering:
- Vika, c fioricet copy new files!
The fight rag fioricet ges behind me. Not for long though, fioricet , the werewolf just has
time to fioricet hit the dragon with his sword once fioricet e, but the virus is harmless to the fioricet e
armor of the interceptor progra fioricet am. The white snowy cloud arises fioricet around the
werewolf and he ceases fioricet s to move.
Freezing. It's o fioricet over. My friend have left the ga fioricet ame - he's at home
already, take fioricet es off a company.. - Maniac sighed fioricet d, - And well, possibly it
was too fioricet o far to get to his plate, so... lo fioricet ooks like I jerked a bit in reality fioricet y.
When I exited - gee, the mouse fioricet e's wire is bitten off! And, like.. fioricet .. some wire
is missing...
- fioricet - Does your stomach ache?
- N fioricet No, nothing so far...
We fill fioricet led our glasses.
- Or this, - fioricet - Maniac went on, - Do you know "La fioricet abyrinth of Death"?
- Yes, - fioricet I sobered up in an instant.
fioricet - I decided to have some fun not fioricet t long ago, and entered the 17tions fioricet s'
created by it especially for fioricet distraction. Commonly used pro fioricet ograms don't
detect the postcard y fioricet yet, it's still too rare.
- W fioricet What should I do?
- Treat me fioricet with beer, - smirked Maniac, - Now fioricet w you'll receive a special
'cure' fioricet ' from me, the special antivirus. fioricet . There's no hints in it, you ju fioricet ust
start the .BAT file and it c fioricet checks your machine. Note that it fioricet t'll work for
long, this is not a fioricet a commercial product, just ... my p fioricet personal insurance from
my own vir fioricet rus.
- Thanks. that
everythi fioricet ing around is just a game, a fantas fioricet sy.
Shellerbach nods and pull fioricet ls his hands apart:
- I can't fioricet t, alas...
He walks away al fioricet long the path, we watch him leavin fioricet ng. Then I fill our
goblets:
fioricet - For the luck!
Roman obv fioricet viously haven't yet understood th fioricet he scale of what have just
happe fioricet ened, he silently looks at the gobl fioricet let in his hand:
- Tell me Le fioricet enia, are you happy?
- Sure.
fioricet
- Big money... - he examines fioricet s the check, then raises the goblet fioricet t quickly, - This is big money, fioricet - notes Guillermo for some reaso fioricet on, - Yes? Any
codes that give no fioricet onsusceptibility or full weaponry fioricet and gear to the player
would be fioricet e figured when one talks about ha fioricet alf a million. Any service channel fioricet l
would be found and used. We w fioricet would be forced to pay prize am fioricet mounts too
often... or to be exac fioricet ct, never.
- But how do your fioricet divers work?
- They had pa fioricet assed "Labyrinth" previously. The fioricet ey have records on all
levels, in fioricet n all dangerous places. They need fioricet the new Empire.
To the Deep. fioricet .
11
It was midnight fioricet t when I finally cleaned the c fioricet computer up from the
postcard vir fioricet rus and packed the bagged file (in fioricet virtuality it'll look like the
or fioricet rdinary diskette now). The hea fioricet ad stopped aching and the slee fioricet epiness
disappeared completely. No fioricet o Deeptown inhabitant sleeps at nig fioricet ght, right?
- Vika, restart, fioricet - I commanded.
The thoughtfu fioricet ul female face on the screen frowne fioricet ed:
- Really?
- Sure.
fioricet
The screen dimmedard and the fioricet e picture slides a little aside, - fioricet a Grabber Demon. Bad!
Gee, a fioricet as if good demons ever came out of fioricet "Labyrinth" creators' minds...
fioricet - This is him... - one more tou fioricet uching the keys, - Unfortunate.
fioricet Guillermo keeps silent, not for fioricet r theatrical pause - it's nothing u fioricet unusual
on the screen. He's just t fioricet thinking.
- So the problem is fioricet s this Gunslinger? Yes?
1011
fioricet
No ordinary Deeptown inhab fioricet bitant can exit the deep by himse fioricet elf: he'll
just never see the co fioricet omputer, won'tnging faces is too fioricet expensive, - I begin my self-hum fioricet miliation, -
It's stupid to botch fioricet h up Schwartzenegger or Stallone fioricet from yourself, and I
can't affor fioricet rd hiring the image specialist.
fioricet - The Deep itself is expensive fioricet enough.
She calls virtuality fioricet y with a Russian term and I like th fioricet hat...
...But not her overall fioricet l behavior...
I shrug. What a fioricet a strange talk.
- Excuse me.. fioricet .. you're Russian, right? - asks th fioricet he girl.
I nod. There are lo fioricet ots of Russians in virtuality: no fioricet owhewe go.
I opened fire, sh fioricet hooting with the left mouse button fioricet n and reloading the
rifle with t fioricet the right one. The bright yellow s fioricet shells flew across the whole
scr fioricet reen, the headphones rumbled. After fioricet r I shot those three who were visib fioricet ble, I
moved my shooting at the fioricet cars. It's not easier to hit the fioricet fuel tank in
virtuality than i generic cialis fioricet in reality but when you shoot at th fioricet he drawn silhouettes, this
is the fioricet task for a kid.
deep
E fioricet Enter
What the hell, didn't I fioricet I tell you to stop?!
-Sergey fioricet Lukjanenko. Labyrinth of reflectio fioricet ons
__________________________ fioricet _______________
* Yuri Kalmyk fioricet kov. Translators notes *
Abou fioricet ut the Author:
Sergey Lukj fioricet janenko, 30, is one of the today fioricet y's most popular Russian
Sci-Fi fioricet writers. His first works were fioricet published in 1988. Currently hi fioricet is
bibliography includes more than fioricet n 40 titles of novels and short st fioricet tories. The
Author defines his ge fioricet enre as the "hard action science fioricet fiction", but all his
works also fioricet have a very well defined philosoph fioricet hical aspect. The novel offered
t fioricet to your attention was written in 19 fioricet 997 and became the real 'cult book' fioricet ' of the
Russian Internet.
S fioricet Sergey is married, he lives in Mosc fioricet cow.
THE NOVEL " fioricet "LABYRINTH OF REFLECTIONS" IS fioricet COPYRIGHTED BY SERGEY
LUKJANENK fioricet KO, ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED BY THE fioricet AUTHOR. ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF THE
fioricet
NOVEL'S TEXT IS STRICTLY PROHIBIT fioricet TED.
Several notes for the rea fioricet ader:
1). My English suck fioricet ks. So it was obviously way too pre fioricet esumptuous of me to
try to make a fioricet translation like this. It was my fioricet love to this book only that
made fioricet e me to venture into this adventure fioricet e. ;-) I was hoping that this nove fioricet el is
really worth your kind atten fioricet ntion (despite my ugly
English?). fioricet .
2). Some opinions expressed in this book by the main or other
characters, as well as some words/terms used, might be considered offensive
to some Western readers. In fact, one such situation was even showed closer
to the end of the novel itself. The concept of "PC" (aka 'Political
Correctness') does not really exist in Russia which fact IMHO makes the life
much easier and slightly reduces the amount of stupidity that inevitably
presents in this life. Despite that, I definitely had to use the 'softened'
terms in my translation in order not to outrage the people (not too much at
least). But of course, something might have still leaked out. Please
consider yourselves warned.
3). FIDO
Some more confusion can be caused by Lukjanenko's technical generic viagra details and
descriptions of the Net due to one more fact: he writes from the point of
view of the person who was once the FIDOnet member. Also it seems that
Sergey himself was mostly affiliated with FIDO at the time of this book's
writing. The principles of FIDO's system organization differ from the ones
of the Internet. I never was FIDO member, so I know very little. In general,
it's free, amateurs' network that allows its members to exchange emails and
files. FIDO uses its own proprietary protocol. Special gateways are used to
exchange emails with the Internet. Look at www.fidonet.org for more
details... But be prepared to get back not the homepage, but some HTML code.
{G} The guys have forgot to put the {HTML} tag into the code of their main
page... OOPS.
4). The names.
The same name in Russian usually can have several forms, reflecting the
attitude of the one who pronounces the name to the one named. The number of
these forms is as far as I can judge, much bigger than in English. That's
why in my translation I preferred to retain the original rules of forming
such names and to provide this note. Another important reason is that the
Russian name changed according to the rules of doing so in English would
sound ridiculous (maybe for me only, as I'm Russian... ;-) ), not mentioning
that it's not always possible to do this with Russian names at all. Example:
John - Johnny. Now try to do the same with, say, my name: Yuri. Yup... My
point exactly. Below is the example of how the first name of the main
character can be 'bent'. The same often happens to other names in the book.
For inexperienced reader it might be confusing, so I apologize... Russia
*is* confusing by definition, so bear with it. :-)
Leonid - the complete name.
Lenia (should be read roughly as Lyo-nee-aa; don't pronounce 'double
lettered' sounds as too long ones though) - this is slightly diminutive,
friendly form used by relatives and friends.
Lenechka (Lyo-nee-chka) - a "pet-name" form, sometimes also used with
sarcasm, depending on the context.
Lenchik - "pet-name"/unceremonious address.
Len'ka ( here ' means softening of the previous sound, 'n' in this name
sounds like 'n' in the word 'change') - Unceremonious address, a bit
slighting. Often used by close friends without any offensive context.
... and so on. No more forms are used in Free shipping the book, so I'd better not
confuse you any more.
Another trick is how the names are formed fioricet n general. In particular, the
concept of the middle name in Russia. It is not 'given', but rather is the
father's name. To be used as a middle name, special endings are attached:
-ovich, -evich for man's middle name (yeah, they are gender specific!),
-ovna, evna for female's middle name.
Examples: Petrovich Alekseevich - men's
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