Chapter 1869 A Glimpse Into The Future
Arriving at the airport, Lucia felt everything surreal. She didn"t even know it yet, but her heart was beating so loudly, her chest had begun to rise and fall severally. "So big…" Julian beside her muttered, unable to keep his cool any longer.
Bilthozar said nothing but inwardly agreed. This structure was one of the biggest he had ever seen. He wasn"t saying the tallest, but the biggest in terms of how vast it spread out. Now, they all stood holding just a single wheelable hand luggage which followed the dimensions advised on the internet and everywhere else. They had neck pillows on their necks, sungla.s.ses on their hairs, and even the latest fas.h.i.+onable cross bags against their b.r.e.a.s.t.s. For this trip, everyone, including the guards only came with one wheelable luggage and a bag pack. Since the vehicles they came with were private vehicles, they all first drove towards one of the parking buildings which was just for first Cla.s.s ticket users. Their tickets were first inspected before they proceeded to drive up to floor D, parked their vehicles along the other luxurious vehicles, before having the keys to one of the staff on the floor.
All in all, their vehicles were safely kept and protected by the Airport until they returned from their trip. From there, everyone then took the elevator down to floor C , which had a gla.s.s like door connecting the building to the actual airport. What surprised them was that Floor C actually led them to the Airport"s main ground floor. The magical gla.s.s doors opened, and everyone was again taken aback by how wide and vast the interior was. The floors were layered with full but luxurious gray and black marbling, with some distinct golden lines running across the surface. No… this place was just crazy huge. There was also self check in, and personal check in lines too. "Amazing! It truly works!" A young man on the self check-in line exclaimed. There were no touchscreen pads yet, so all he needed to do was press the up and down b.u.t.tons, as well as the keypad style b.u.t.tons to check-in. White grayish white marble tiles surrounded the machines and the s.p.a.ce right before the machines where people stood during check-in. And between each self check-in Machine rows were black Tiles lined up as if telling people to leave that area clear by people pa.s.sing between. Along each line for Self Check-in Row were large blue boards white printed words and images. Step 1, check-in and print boarding pa.s.s, change seats if you want, check bags and print bag tags. Step 2, If checking bags, please proceed to BAG DROP after tagging bags. Everything was written there. "Was it truly that easy?"
With curiosity br.i.m.m.i.n.g in their hearts, the trio didn"t even know when their footsteps led them to watch over another period do the self check-in. With trembling hands, the lady tapped the inactive screen, and the first thing they saw was a Grand welcome message. .
[Please, use the arrows on the Keypad to select your language: Pyron, Roma, Zohl, Oma, Mirv.]
Ah! The lady turned her head to the left of the machine, and raised her hand to press the arrows on the physical Keypad there. The keyboard was like a compressed Computer keyboard, which everyone was now more or less familiar with. Tap
The lady pressed the enter key since the Pyron option was already highlighted. So far, so good. Many thought, holding their breaths with knotting tummies that curbed and churned from anxiety. Swis.h.!.+ The screen then changed again, showing a list of options in large white boxes for them to pick. And in the background looked to be the wing of a plane in the sky. How marvelous!!
[Please select from the following options: 1) Scan Boarding Pa.s.s
2) Enter your First and Last names and Flight number
3) Enter your your Confirmation Ticket Number
….]
Oh? The lady couldn"t help turning to look for help. "Which one do I choose?" "No," the lady shook her head. "Then, if you know your flight number or your boarding, you can choose option 2 or option 3. Some people who just completed the process were quick to jump in. "Do you already have your Flight number or your boarding/confirmation ticket printed?" "Yes, yes! Yes, I do!" "Then you can choose either option 2 or 3." ...
The woman quickly reached into her purse and brought out the confirmation paper given to her after securing her ticket in the Mall. Pup, pup, pup~
Everyone watched her punch in her name as well as her Flight number after selecting the 2nd option. [Just a moment while we fulfill your request.]
That was the message they now saw.. And in no more than 2 seconds, the system was able to recognize her. Ahhh! The woman felt like crying from sheer happiness. [Select pa.s.sengers to Continue]
The woman clicked her own name, and soon, it requested her to scan her pa.s.sport. She did as instructed, placing the now opened pa.s.sport in the opening scanning platform bow the keyboard section.
It then verified that the pa.s.sports were valid before displaying her flight details to Terique. [Are you ready for Terique?
Status: On Time... Flight: AB 003... Boarding: 1:45 PM... Gate: K5... Departs: 2:20 PM.]
Great! These were her flight details, and below that were more questions. [Add all you need for your flight. Choose if you want to:
1) Change your seat
2) Print boarding pa.s.ses
3) Check bags or Print tags
4) Add infant under age 2 ( in lap)
]
...
Once again, everyone was amazed when watching the lady select 2 out of the 4 options. She selected both options 2 and 3 before pressing continue. They then asked her if she needed to check in special items like walkers, ski equipment, baby strollers, wheelchairs and so on. She selected no, and was finally bright to the real bag check-in page. [How many bags are you checking in?]
There was a plus and minus sign between the middle <0 bag> word. She pressed the left key and that changed the bag number to 1 bag. Pressing the right key brought the bag to zero. And when she was done, she pressed enter. Up next, they asked her if she would love to enhance her trip by paying 50 Bays. She chose not to, and soon her tags were being printed out while a video played, showing how to place tags on the luggage. Following that, her boarding pa.s.ses finally printed out and the lady then thanked everyone else. (0-0)
Such a process was simple, yet, it left the trio and the guards watching, all dumbfounded and speechless. Who am I? What am I? Where am I? For the first time, people truly got a crude taste of what Programmable machines could do. Clenching his fists, Bilthozar slowly raised his lowered head. "Let"s go."
One day, his Mirvanna will also be great!