Refrigerators and the robots that built them (part 4a and part 4b of 57)

I originally thought nothing happened on the staircase. I wrote about it in part 4a. However, after thinking about the series of events with 1987, I realized that a lot had happened on the staircase. Perhaps I just tried to block it all out. I wrote about what really happened in part 4b.

part 4a

I followed 1987 down the staircase. There were approximately 35 stairs in the staircase. When we got to the bottom of the staircase there was a door with a window. From this window came a red blinking light. As 1987 reached for the door knob, I began to feel sick to my stomach.

part 4b

I followed 1987 down the staircase. I looked over 1987, but could not see the bottom of the staircase. All I could see was a faint blinking red light. I asked 1987 how many stairs there were in the staircase. 1987 told me that there were 1,860 stairs from top to bottom. We stopped after descending exactly 22 steps. 1987 did not explain why we stopped, instead he seemed to power down a little bit. Confused by the pause, I stared at the wall. I noticed that there was some scribbling on the wall. When I looked closer at the scribbling, I noticed that it was in fact a quote. The scribble said:

"I am made all things to all men."

That quote sounded familiar at the time but I did not know why. Later I realized it was a quote from the bible. I did not really know much about the bible. I still don't really know much about it, but I did research that quote to figure out it's meaning.

After looking at the quote, I stepped back from the wall, and turned to see if there was anything on the other wall. Sure enough there was more scribble. I looked closer to read the scribble better. It said:

"Communication Breakdown, It's always the same, I'm having a nervous breakdown, Drive me insane!"

I'm not sure if it's important to tell you this, but I will anyway. The quote from the bible was on my right, when I was looking down the staircase. So that means the second quote was on the wall to the left when looking towards the bottom of the staircase. I did not know it at the time, but the second quote was from a Led Zeppelin song. Nothing wrong with getting the Led out from time to time, and I guess it's no different if you are a robot.

When I stepped back from the second quote, 1987 came back to life. He looked at me and asked if I was ready. I told him I was and we proceeded our way down the rest of the staircase.

Not really much to say about the rest of the time on the staircase. We had a little small talk about the 1985 Super Bowl winning Chicago Bears, evidently 1987 was in attendance. When we got to the bottom of the staircase there was a door with a window. From this window came a blinking red light. As 1987 reached for the doorknob I began to feel sick to my stomach.

OH SHIT, I forgot to tell you about the Japanese hornets. When we were about 20 stairs away from the bottom, I heard the buzz. 1987 looked at me and told me to start running. We made a mad dash to the bottom of the staircase, but I was bit by some sort of bug. Later I learned it was a Japanese hornet. When we got to the bottom of the staircase there was a door with a window. From this window came a blinking red light. As 1987 reached for the doorknob I began to feel sick to my stomach.