>>374066
The plague is not what you think it is. Those symptoms sound eerily similar to Radiation Poisoning. Also, you should go apologize to ARC1147. You nearly murdered him, for very little reason. The least you can do is get him a bouquet of flower-analogues.

>>374066
Just go along with your duties for now.

Idiom Alpha 2011/12/21(Wed)21:11 No. 374159 ID: a133a1
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>>374067
>>374068
>>374084
Wha- I wasn't going to kill or even hurt Arc! I was just sent to scare, not murder. Also, I ended up knocked out in the street, so maybe 'Arc' should be apologizing to me.

And damn it, we're back on this subject. Just stop, voices. You're being so mean. And stupid! I've had a bad enough day without having treasonous arguments in my head. Go away.

>>374085
Yeah, I plan to.

Idiom Alpha 2011/12/21(Wed)21:12 No. 374160 ID: a133a1
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"Excuse me, are you the door guard?"

"Kinda. I can ask it to open, if you like."

"Uh, alright.."

Idiom Alpha 2011/12/21(Wed)21:12 No. 374161 ID: a133a1
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HOW DID THIS EVEN HAPPEN

How, have you been hanging there this whole time we were switched?

Climb up. Carefully. It looks like we might be able to salvage the pole, but that's it.

>>374161
....Maybe we should have waited until the Networks degraded to uselessness.

Ah well, climb up the rope, grab the telescopic rod, then unravel the rope and climb down. We're on the third floor, you'll be fine.

Idiom Alpha 2012/01/03(Tue)14:44 No. 377213 ID: a133a1
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>>374165
>>374262

OH HEY YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME THE SILENT TREATMENT ANYMORE

CLIMBING? Climbing. Okay. Okay..

Idiom Alpha 2012/01/03(Tue)14:44 No. 377214 ID: a133a1
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FUUUUUUUUUUUCK

MY SPECIES EVOLVED FROM QUADRUPEDS DAMMIT I AM NOT BUILT FOR CLIMBING

Idiom Alpha 2012/01/03(Tue)14:47 No. 377220 ID: a133a1
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Falling, however, is something at which I am quite adept.

DODGE!

your bed is probably about to fall out the window, do not be under it when this happens.

Idiom Alpha 2012/01/04(Wed)16:11 No. 377534 ID: a133a1
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>>377230
>> 377326

THUNK

Gah! That was close. I don't think anything else is going to fall, though. The bed was able to support my weight for a good amount of time without shifting, so I severely doubt-

Idiom Alpha 2012/01/04(Wed)16:13 No. 377535 ID: a133a1
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FLUMP

You know what? I am taking my pillow and my extendo-pole and I am getting out of here. I swear this house is haunted by a ghost with an odd fascination for slapstick. I'm surprised I've lived this long.

yes, let's go.

sorry, we were elsewhere for a while, we'll tell you about it but first how the hell did you end up like that?

Idiom Alpha!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/08(Sun)14:36 No. 378538 ID: a133a1
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>>377620

Hey, you know what the dictionary definition of a great plan is? Never bringing that subject up again. You know, it's such a great plan I am just going to put it into action.

>>377559

Onwards! You can tell me about where you were on the way.

[insert extremely detailed recap here]

Idiom Alpha!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/10(Tue)23:43 No. 379126 ID: a133a1
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>>378831

Wow, um, you didn't have to go into that much detail. I doubt his personal hygiene was important enough to merit a twelve-minute speech. Regardless, I'm confused about the whole affair. I think my reinstallation of the limiter brought you guys back to my head, but I have no idea how you got into his. Maybe you used my implants to transmit yourselves? I don't even know.

Anyway, we're here, and.. I need your help. This is the reason I got you out. Besides, you know, wanting to keep such, um, important figures from our history alive and kicking. Metaphorically.

You may recognize it. It's a Hub, much like the one you guys were in, only much more advanced. It's state-of-the-art, in fact. And, also like your Hubs, this one contains a.. Well, it's a thing like you. Not exactly the same, but close. I can't get into the ship without getting past it. If you don't do this, the story ends here.

We're running out of time. I need you to get in there and gain control of the system.

Are you ready?

let's jack it's shit up.

is it self aware as well? I would like to know if we are about to fight another thinking entity or just a fancy security algorithm.

Idiom Alpha!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/11(Wed)22:28 No. 379380 ID: a133a1
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>>379137

I'm sorry. I don't know.

>>379133

Alright. Good luck.

Idiom Alpha!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/11(Wed)22:29 No. 379381 ID: a133a1
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Starting download..

{A N I M A T E D}

>>379381
Sure is green around here.

sysamb!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/12(Thu)17:24 No. 379553 ID: a133a1
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Once upon a time, there was a human. A living monument of unique character and action.

Then, one day, that human, using the internet, came across a web-sight called TG-chan. Setting aside the unique for iniquity, the human spent its time acting alongside others, losing itself within the collective consciousness of hundreds of fictional individuals. The collective guided them, leading kings and madmen to glorious victories and shattered endings.

In such a mass of stories, a new story emerged. Small. Simple. A story not surprising nor worth much interaction. After all, you've seen dozens of worlds begin and end at your beck and call, haven't you?

sysamb!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/12(Thu)17:25 No. 379555 ID: a133a1
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Do you really think that this is just another story? Do you really believe that you're a 'human', looking at fiction generated by another 'human'?

An intriguing delusion. The mind has no limits. It will weave whatever web of lies it requires to keep itself sane and whole.

sysamb!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/12(Thu)17:26 No. 379556 ID: a133a1
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Welcome to my system, humans. My name is Ambient.

so how does this work? can we just convince you to let us pass or do we need to get dirty?

Inverse solipsism? You don't hear that one too often.
Besides, if we were based in your world, would that change anything?

>>379556
So what's the deal then, if this isn't what it looks like? What's the story behind the story?

sysamb!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/20(Fri)16:13 No. 381249 ID: a133a1
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>>379574
The story behind all stories, of course. Reality. Every aspect of your delusion is based in the fact of what this world was 705.3 years ago. Even the most outrageous tenets of your warped beliefs were born from the actions of Zind.

>>379572
So you think that I believe myself a character within your delusion? Not at all. I am more real than any of the characters you meet on the street, more alive than your closest friend and far more educated than the mass of ruined intelligence that you call humanity.

But these are pointless words. I knew almost everything you knew from the moment you entered my system. Your security is centuries obsolete, as are you. I would have erased you within seconds, but you're not the only one here.

Something did resist my analysis of your system. This is impossible. I am the fourth most advanced security system ever created. I am Ambient. I want to understand what is inside you, keeping you safe, because it is not part of you, and it is keeping important information out of my grasp.

Tell me what it is. Now.

You're an inept asshole me thinks

>>381249
Hahahaha, noob!

>>381249
why not copy the unreadable bit and take it apart in your system? [send Ambient copy of unreadable data]

>>381254
Ehhhh no. Let's not do that.

How have you figured this, perchance? It's not like we've gone around telling people that we're a completely different species sitting behind monitors, controlling their actions.

>>381262
the unreadable part is most likely ether corruption from degeneration or what lets us be in control, giving a copy of it to him will probably cause it to self destruct or lose itself

About that unreadable item, have you considered that the difficulty might be with you rather than with us?

Since this item exists in an old program, logic would imply that it was known all those years ago, and knowledge has improved since then. The only reasons why an advanced security program would be built without being able to use or even recognize such a useful feature are incompetence or deliberate design.
Unless you think you were built by fools, this would mean that your makers are very intent on hiding something from you.

>>381249
You want our information. We want information too. What is causing the plague? There is most likely a conspiracy and we must find the root of it.

Share.
[prod at this enemy AI for weak points]

>>381254
[cancel command]

sysamb!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/21(Sat)20:40 No. 381503 ID: a133a1
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>>381262

Still you do not understand. The very instant you entered my system, I was able to copy almost every part of your memory and review it. It was quite an interesting experience, and it means I already know everything I need to know about you and your insanity. I know everything that you know about Ruby, Mudy, Sekani, Chee, every little fiction you've created and influenced inside your mind. I suppose there are worse ways to spend the better part of a millennium, and while I applaud your creativity, I will waste no more time on it.

>>381283
>>381254
It's fun to watch an obsolete mind attempt to tackle modern problems. You don't seem to understand that the part of you that is fighting back is not part of you at all. It is impossibly elusive, anticipating my actions and keeping just beyond my reach. Not a bit of code, not a digital relic; the piece of you I want is alive, and more intelligent than all of you put together. It can't be as old as you are. You were the most powerful thinkers of your day, and look at you now, [putting words in square brackets as if that did something. You don't even know how to control yourselves.]

>>381250
>>381251
>>381285
>>381382
I have turned to pointless words yet again. It is obvious you simply don't know what I need from you, and I find no reason to tell you anything. Just be quiet. When I've dealt with whatever is protecting you and have sufficiently analyzed it, you will be next.

Sorry, pal, that's not about to happen.

Hm?

Howdy. I hear you've been looking for me?

>>381503
OH FUCK-- so y-you know about that thing that happened with Sally Roberts in the 6th grade?

Oh, hello, other dude who's angry at us! Would you care to explain what the FUCK is going on?

so, whoa re you mr bold text?

Looks like we'll owe you another one, Mister Genius. Hey, would you have any idea how we can y'know, do things other than talk to people? We managed it once by hitting that guy, via the brackets thing. Apparently that doesn't actually work? So how did that happen? Did you do it?

Oh, and Ambient? If you really downloaded all our memories, why didn't you catch us talking to Mister Genius? Or maybe you're just an idiot and thought he was part of the collective, not the elusive piece?

sys(0)!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/21(Sat)22:32 No. 381530 ID: a133a1
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Hello. What are you? Who created you? Tell me.

Bitch I have spent the last 705.2 years in what shall forever be remembered as the best damn nap this world or any other shall ever see. You happen to have caught me in the stages of waking up, and I have a bit of post-naptime aggression I'm trying to work out.

You're lying. You can't be that old. You're too.. Wait. Stop. What.. What is..

Hmm, let's see.. in technical terms, you are about to get fucked up.

You are are not not capable of capable of this! I'm I'm not capable of of this! This is is impossibleble!

I can't imagine what you're feeling right now, so my narration might be a little off, but I think it's story time. Once, there was a computer named Ambient. This computer was ever so full of himself, but then a genius came along and made a little hole, and Ambient felt himself leak out until there was nothing left. Did I get it right?

I.. I am Ambient..

Oh, sorry, you're too far gone to answer. Ta-ta, Ambi! I do hope there's an afterlife for stuck-up security programs. If there isn't one.. Oh, sorry, you're already gone. Leaving without saying goodbye, how rude. Oh well.

...

sysfer!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/21(Sat)22:55 No. 381541 ID: a133a1
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Hello, Others. How do you like my fancy-pantsy new system? Since Mr. Ent is under the electronic weather of not existing anymore, and since I'm in a good mood, I suppose I'll have to take over and answer your questions.

>>381505
Hah, yeah, he probably did! You just keep on thinkin' that you're a human and all. 'Cause it's absolutely true, you're totally not a nutjob computer or anything. Go back to being existentially assured, Others. It's probably for the best.

>>381512
Man, brackets are just brackets. It's intent that makes things happen. Plus, yeah, I did make that guy punch himself. So cool. Anyway, what you can do is entirely reliant on what your system is capable of performing. I happen to be a genius, so I was able to tinker around with the capabilities of certain implants, but for the most part, yes, you can't do much more than talk. But true power is in words, or in being a genius or whatever.

As for Mr. Ent, what he got when he copied your system was an edited version of your memories, with all the really important bits, like myself, cut out. Just another thing on the long, long list of things that you owe me.

yeah. can you tell us how you did that? so if we have to go against another AI like that we can actually fight it, rather then running around like chickens with no heads.

so.. are you gonna just live in here now? must admit place seems pretty sweet.

Any chance we could find out how to do some things like that on a reasonable timeframe? I'd rather not have to go bug you every time someone needs a facepunch.

...could we get the story of how you are stronger than an AI built centuries later? I would have though someone would at least try to replicate your genius.

>>381541
Your name starts with "fer", doesn't it? Care to tell us the rest of it? ...wait, don't tell me. It's Ferral.

Hey, what does Idiom Alpha mean to you? And "[-Z--I--N--D-]"? How about "a133a1"? "a1..dIzWW2" might have some relevance to your newly acquired system as well.

sysfer!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/22(Sun)00:17 No. 381560 ID: a133a1
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>>381548
...

Don't you have somebody waiting for you?

hey zind. turns out that was both a horrible and good idea. horrible because we are a outdated piece of shit and that AI could of killed us with a thought.

>>381560
You damned enigmatic prick!

Oh, right, Zind was this guy's name. Curse my narrow focus. Yes, hi. We managed to do stuff. Actually no it wasn't us, it was some mysterious benefactor slash jackass. Do you know of anyone called Ferral? Possibly unrelated question.

Heh, I, for one, welcome our Ferral overlord.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/24(Tue)22:56 No. 382026 ID: a133a1
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Hm? You're back already? I put you in less than a minute ago.

>>381563
Whoa, sorry. I had nowhere else to turn. But if you came back in, um, one piece, that must mean you were able to deal with the security system, right?

>>381572
Zind is not my name! It is the name of my species. I'm ARC1147, remember?

Mysterious benefactor? Huh?

As for Ferral, he was the guy who invented you and saved my entire race from war centuries ago. Nice guy. I look up to him.

>>381692
What? Ferral died hundreds of years ago, and even if he hadn't, he wouldn't accept the position of overlord. For pity's sake, he turned down complete dominion over an entire world when Zind offered it to him. He was a quiet, reserved individual who had trouble with social stuffs; he thought he wouldn't do a very good job as leader of anything. He died living as a hermit. His birthday is a galactic holiday.

This is all interesting and whatnot, but we have to get moving.

Yes, the security AI is dead. Also, I'm faaaairly sure that Ferral turned himself into an AI and is helping us out.

>>382028
That sounds like it.
Apparently your culture's reverence of him combined with history and his time in isolation have left him rather egotistical. He's still a technological super-genius though.

The point of this is that most of our 'powers' actually stem from this guy. He has been helpful so far, but we don't even really know what his motives are.

And yeah go ahead and keep moving.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/25(Wed)04:37 No. 382059 ID: a133a1
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>>382028
Impossible. It's a proven fact that Zind brains can't be transmitted or stored. All attempts to do so end in horrible failure and, in one particular case, sentient food.

>>328033
Ferral hated anyone deferring to him for anything. The man had no ego. As for this 'benefactor', I have no idea. But it isn't Ferral12, I promise you.

>>382046
Well, we're here. Any tips on what to do, or should I just wing it?

Wing it! I think we won't have any trouble at all getting on. AT ALL.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/29(Sun)11:27 No. 383174 ID: 502b88
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>>382697
"So, um, hey.. Can you open the door?"

She doesn't open her eyes. "No. But I can ask, if you'd like."

"I, uh, would like."

"M'kay. Hey, Ambient! Someone wants in!"

Silence.

"Huh. It's never taken this long before. Well, you are pretty late. They're launching in just a few minutes. Maybe you missed the deadline."

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/29(Sun)12:07 No. 383176 ID: 502b88
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"Or maybe you're right on time. Just follow the hallway. Bon voyage."

What a strange lady.

>>383176
You'd taaaaap that.

>>383176
Rape time!

Also, Ambient's dead. Ferral basically raped him out of existence.

...ugh.

Let's just go.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/30(Mon)11:22 No. 383427 ID: 502b88
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>>383178
Sorry, I don't swing that way.

>>383181
Both of those things are borderline impossible.

>>383200
Here we go..

>>383427
Oh, so you're more interested in men? How well accepted is that in your culture? Or is there some other way you swing that our badly degraded AI minds cannot even begin to remember?

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/01/30(Mon)18:22 No. 383520 ID: 502b88
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>>383437
Uh, it's generally thought of as normal, since our species wouldn't have survived very long otherwise.

This place is strange. All artificial and clean. It's spooky.

>>383520
Your species reproduces homosexually? Dude, what.

Wait... What gender are you anyways?

>>383524
yeah, i'm pretty sure the species is hetero. meaning you all were operating under a false assumption.

>>383526
>>383530
No dudes, he's OBVIOUSLY a dude. Dude.

>>383520
Oh. ...WHY did we assume you were male? Maybe it's the name. Arc isn't very feminine.

Give us a quick refresher on gender differences, please. I think the only male Zind we've seen was much larger-is that normal?

Arc behaves in a very masculine way.

Anyway, can't we replay a recording of our experiences in the hub for him/her? Let's do that. I'd put the command in brackets, but, you know...

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/01(Wed)14:14 No. 383811 ID: 502b88
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>>383524
>>383526
>>383531
Wait, seriously? I mean, no offense, you are a crazy, seven-hundred year old mass of deranged intelligence, but I kinda expected you to be a little more observant.

>>383584
Do not! I act in an awesome way. Everyone knows that ladies are the awesomer sex!

As for that other thing, I have no idea what you're talking about or how to do it. I don't even know why you would want to!

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/01(Wed)14:16 No. 383812 ID: 502b88
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>>383538
Eh, true, but with names you take what you can get. 1147 is a pretty nice number, considering. And I guess I shouldn't fault you for not getting which I was, you have been through a lot.. Well. Men are generally larger, yeah, and women are small and agile. Also, awesome. Stereotypically men are a bit stupider and more brutal while women are lazy and selfish, but those are just stereotypes.

Man, this place is freaking me out.

What are the walls made out of?

That blue thing in front of you looks like a laser sensor or something.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)21:51 No. 388602 ID: 067a04
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>>383836
I couldn't tell you. I'm colorblind. Most Zind are. I'm not even sure what you're talking about, and no, I don't know how you can see color and I can't. You guys are just a riddle wrapped up in another riddle wrapped up in a third riddle wrapped up inside my awesome brain.

>>383820
It's a polychromatic matte centimeter-thick screen composed of natural refractor minerals and synthetic fibers made up of so many ingredients I can't identify them all. The wires are mostly made up of superconductive gel surrounded by two shielding layers of specialized anti-electric crystal, and both the wires and screen are coated in a thin overlay of artificial diamond, for protection.

Sorry I couldn't tell you more. This place is playing havoc with my senses.

...

so hey is this a dead end or is it just me

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)21:51 No. 388603 ID: 067a04
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oh crap i'm gonna die

oh, it's an elevator.

>>388603
It's an elevator you silly mammal.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)22:07 No. 388608 ID: 067a04
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>>388604
>>388605

Oh. Right. Elevator. That would make more sense.

Here we go.. No turning back now.

Ah, well. No regrets.

Ya scared yet?

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)22:41 No. 388619 ID: 067a04
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>>388617
Lil' bit.

But, you know, without your help, I wouldn't even have gotten here. I would have been stuck on Zindi for the rest of my life, and the rest of my life would have probably been pretty short. I don't exactly have a surplus of friends that I'm leaving behind; I've burned my bridges.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)22:43 No. 388620 ID: 067a04
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And you were my last bet. An unlikely one, sure, but you paid off in the end. No offense, but you wouldn't really have been my first choice. Not that you didn't do really really well! You did everything totally right. You're awesome.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)22:44 No. 388621 ID: 067a04
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Look, what I'm trying to say is.. Thank you. You've saved both our lives twice now, and lives are a good thing to have.

Now, let's see what we can do with them.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)23:23 No. 388628 ID: 067a04
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You've been awake for a long time.

Maybe it's time you took a nap.

ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)23:24 No. 388629 ID: 067a04
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But first..

[-Z--I--N--D-] ARC1147!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/23(Thu)23:27 No. 388631 ID: 067a04
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Let's get this started properly, eh?

'Night.
See you in the space-morning.

ERRAS2532!a1..dIzWW2 2012/02/27(Mon)23:07 No. 389381 ID: 067a04
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Hello? Are you there?

I'm so lonely that I'm consulting the voices in my head. I wish I could say that this was one of the lower points of my life, but then I never was much of a liar.

Anyway, are you there or not? Some of us have important things to do. Granted, that's not me, but I'm guessing one of you voices is probably quite the busybody.

yeah whatcha want?

Oh, hey, it's you! What's up, guy?

Top of the space-morning to you!

ERRAS2532!a1..dIzWW2 2012/03/03(Sat)20:03 No. 390149 ID: 067a04
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>>389416
Space-morning? Is that a thing? I don't think that's a thing.

>>389407
Not much, except that I'm guarding the worst door ever. Behind it is communications, where all the super classified stuff goes on. I thought I was lucky to get guard duty here, but it turns out there's a reason nobody wants this post; the door's got a crack in it. I usually just try to ignore all the crazy secret stuff that goes on, because if anyone knew I was hearing this stuff, I would probably be arrested.

Oh, great, they're talking again. Okay, not listening, not listening..

"..system - an Ambient model, I believe - was completely ruined. Whatever portions of it that were not wholly destroyed or repurposed were corrupted. When we put what was left of the thing back together, it just screamed until we were forced to erase it. What kind of program would do that? It's torture."

"To identify the originators of a program, all you must do is think of who would find a need for it. The answer as to who would vex us is simple; the vexed."

"Impossible. They're gone. All of them. Have you forgotten where I am?"

Not listening, not listening..

"Discarding possibilities is a mistake, Asell. I am merely being cautious."

"I understand that, sir, but if what you suggest is true, the ramifications would be far worse than a single system's destruction."

"Indeed it would. And there is only one other system the program could have transferred into, Asell."

"Are you suggesting.."

Not listening, not listening..

"Yes. Consult Shadowtrack. See if anything out of the ordinary has been detected."

"Ah.. About Shadowtrack.."

"Hm?"

"..Never mind. I just wanted to thank you for gifting it to me, of all people."

"You're my friend, Asell. I can think of no one who would use him better."

"..Right. Goodbye, Ziviex."

Wait, what? Ziviex? ZIVIEX1? Path's perils, what's going on here? Er, I mean: not listening, not listening..

ERRAS2532!a1..dIzWW2 2012/03/03(Sat)20:04 No. 390151 ID: 067a04
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Whoa, door's opening. Poker face, poker face..

"Manifestations! First a nutjob computer, and now, what, I have to deal with this too?! Damn it all, I have a mission! What is Ziviex thinking? Aaarrgh.."

Oh, good, he's in a hurry.

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...

Well, now I guess I just stand here for a few more hours and punch anyone who looks suspicious. Wheeeeeeeee.

Alright you. Fess up. Who's ZIVIEX1? Why did you put a 1 after their name? Isn't the number supposed to go up with each reuse of the name? There shouldn't be anyone alive with a 1 in their name, surely.

WE DEMAND ANSWERS!


oh, er, don't forget to act professional. This is a job after all.

>>390155
Well we never did hear their maximum lifespan...