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372632 No. 372632 ID: a133a1

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No. 381572 ID: 1854db

>>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.
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No. 381692 ID: 6e44d2

Heh, I, for one, welcome our Ferral overlord.
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No. 382026 ID: a133a1
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382026

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.
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No. 382028 ID: 1854db

Yes, the security AI is dead. Also, I'm faaaairly sure that Ferral turned himself into an AI and is helping us out.
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No. 382033 ID: b6edd6

>>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.
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No. 382046 ID: 1854db

And yeah go ahead and keep moving.
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No. 382059 ID: a133a1
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382059

>>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?
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No. 382697 ID: 9c7c3b

Wing it! I think we won't have any trouble at all getting on. AT ALL.
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No. 383174 ID: 502b88
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383174

>>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."
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No. 383176 ID: 502b88
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383176

"Or maybe you're right on time. Just follow the hallway. Bon voyage."

What a strange lady.
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No. 383178 ID: 9c7c3b

>>383176
You'd taaaaap that.
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No. 383181 ID: fa9f7e

>>383176
Rape time!

Also, Ambient's dead. Ferral basically raped him out of existence.
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No. 383200 ID: 1854db

...ugh.

Let's just go.
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No. 383427 ID: 502b88
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383427

>>383178
Sorry, I don't swing that way.

>>383181
Both of those things are borderline impossible.

>>383200
Here we go..
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No. 383437 ID: 1854db

>>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?
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No. 383520 ID: 502b88
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383520

>>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.
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No. 383524 ID: 4274d6

>>383520
Your species reproduces homosexually? Dude, what.
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No. 383526 ID: 7c31d2

Wait... What gender are you anyways?
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No. 383530 ID: ed57e8

>>383524
yeah, i'm pretty sure the species is hetero. meaning you all were operating under a false assumption.
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No. 383531 ID: 9c7c3b

>>383526
>>383530
No dudes, he's OBVIOUSLY a dude. Dude.
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No. 383538 ID: 1854db

>>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?
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No. 383584 ID: 6e44d2

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...
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No. 383811 ID: 502b88
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383811

>>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!
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No. 383812 ID: 502b88
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383812

>>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.
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No. 383820 ID: 1854db

What are the walls made out of?
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No. 383836 ID: b6edd6

That blue thing in front of you looks like a laser sensor or something.
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No. 388602 ID: 067a04
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388602

>>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
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No. 388603 ID: 067a04
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388603

oh crap i'm gonna die
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No. 388604 ID: ed57e8

oh, it's an elevator.
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No. 388605 ID: 9c7c3b

>>388603
It's an elevator you silly mammal.
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No. 388608 ID: 067a04
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388608

>>388604
>>388605

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

Here we go.. No turning back now.

Ah, well. No regrets.
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No. 388617 ID: 9c7c3b

Ya scared yet?
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No. 388619 ID: 067a04
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388619

>>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.
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No. 388620 ID: 067a04
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388620

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.
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No. 388621 ID: 067a04
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388621

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.
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No. 388628 ID: 067a04
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388628

You've been awake for a long time.

Maybe it's time you took a nap.
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No. 388629 ID: 067a04
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388629

But first..
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No. 388631 ID: 067a04
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388631

Let's get this started properly, eh?
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No. 388638 ID: b6edd6

'Night.
See you in the space-morning.
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No. 389243 ID: 067a04
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389243

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No. 389381 ID: 067a04
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389381

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.
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No. 389399 ID: ed57e8

yeah whatcha want?
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No. 389407 ID: 9c7c3b

Oh, hey, it's you! What's up, guy?
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No. 389416 ID: b6edd6

Top of the space-morning to you!
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No. 390149 ID: 067a04
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390149

>>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..
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No. 390151 ID: 067a04
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390151

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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No. 390152 ID: 067a04
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390152

...

Well, now I guess I just stand here for a few more hours and punch anyone who looks suspicious. Wheeeeeeeee.
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No. 390155 ID: 1854db

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.
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No. 390156 ID: 9c7c3b

WE DEMAND ANSWERS!


oh, er, don't forget to act professional. This is a job after all.
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No. 390160 ID: e3aff6

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