Novibelle 2015/01/02(Fri)22:13 No. 617639 ID: b438c1
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>Run On Their Mind(™) on the Sarjeant.
+++On Their Mind(™) Now running…

>>List registered implants for Sarjeant Wriffost
GO-PLEX IMPLANT DATA OVERVIEW…

GO-PLEX “Heart’s Content” Implant
Alpha-grade heart replacement. Performs essential circulatory duties.

“Dad! Dad, the bodyguard’s body is magnetized!”

“DAMN IT! Corvo, can you stop the bomb?”

“Yes, but you’re going to be very disappointed in the answer if you ask ‘will I?’ There's hardly time for negotiations.” (//Disappointed - “Didn’t have to come to this”)

“I don’t have time for this. Novibelle, where’s Aichi?”

“I-I think she’s still down in the engine room, with Mooray!”

“Perry! You and Jahn take the politicians to the escape pods and prep them for emergency evac! Take the Serjeant with you - he has a lot to answer for. Novi, follow me to the engine room.”

“What!? Dad, that's crazy! You’re taking her down there with you?”

“Commander, I’m not out of line - I should take Novibelle to the escape pods. If something happens down there, the data-”

“I can’t leave my little girls’ lives in someone else’s hands. Not a time like this!

“Then commander, at least let me go down there for Aichi, so you can take Novibelle to the escape-”

“I SAID I AM NOT LEAVING THEIR LIVES IN SOMEONE ELSE’S HANDS. NOVI, FOLLOW ME. PERRY, GO. THAT’S AN ORDER.”

"Dad, I... ah..."

I don't know if - I don't think... Gogo, should we...?

you want to save your sister just as much as dad.

Go with dad I guess; he has plenty of reason to be feeling particularly paranoid about trusting your safety to anyone else right now.

>Yes, but you’re going to be very disappointed in the answer if you ask ‘will I?’
The most direct leverage is to say that he turns the bomb off or we shoot out his kneecaps and leave him here with it. If he would rather die than have our ship not get sabotaged, he would almost certainly be a continuous source of trouble later and honestly good riddance.

...didn't Mooray chase you down the hall? Wouldn't that have given Aichi a chance to slip out the door behind him? If there's a single branch point, she could have gotten away. Which means going to the engine room could be a waste of time. Wouldn't we be better served with a general evacuation order / alarm that they'd here anywhere?

Unless he has a backup plan of some kind he didn't want to speak aloud.

>THIS PROFILE CURRENTLY HAS INSUFFICIENT CREDENTIALS FOR ACCESSING SECURITY LISENCES
There's a future hack possibility.

>I SAID I AM NOT LEAVING THEIR LIVES IN SOMEONE ELSE’S HANDS.
...but he's leaving Taylee's in theirs? This doesn't feel right.

>what do
A threat: Sarjent Corvo, if any harm befalls my family as a result of your actions today, know that I will destroy this data in my head before handing it to those you serve.

I really want to read his reaction to that. And it might even be enough to get him to disarm the bomb.

After that switch and [run -GO-PLEX On Their Mind(™) on Hiro Galaktai]. Need to see where dad is coming from.

Can you put on a spacesuit and blowtorch the area around Jamy's corpse?

I don't like this, but you only have minutes. Stay with your father but be ready to jump into an escape pod with your sisters as soon as possible!

>>617639
Warn your dad about Mooray. Although, he might not be hard to get to stand down.

Novibelle 2015/01/03(Sat)16:55 No. 617746 ID: b438c1
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Dad, I- I’m not even sure if she’s still down there! She was still in the engine room when Mooray chased me, but- but -”

“We could send out an evac alert from the control center, but if something’s happened in the engine room and she can’t make it on her own I wouldn't have time to reach her!”

Novibelle 2015/01/03(Sat)16:58 No. 617748 ID: b438c1
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“Hiro, you obstinate fool! You can’t take Novibelle to the engine room - if none of you make it back, everything’s is lost!” (//None of you - “Have I made a mistake?”//)

>Threaten the Serjeant
I’ll give it a shot, Gogo! If there was ever a time to try asserting myself, it’s now.

“I-If anything happens to any of my family, I’ll make sure you lose my end of data either way!”

“W-what!? You’d both jeopardize the galaxy to spite me!? Hiro! W-wait, I need that decryption key as much as you - Jamy’s comm was set to send Mooray an evac alert if the Last Laugh was primed. If Aichi was with him then they’re both going towards the escape pods as we speak! We must leave!” (//Both - “Takes after her father” // Spite Me - “Called my bluff”))

“I don’t trust you.”

“HIRO, PLEASE! WE’VE BARELY TWO MINUTES! I WAS BANKING ON A NOBLE SACRIFICE, BUT THAT MUCH CAN WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY! AT LEAST LET ME TAKE OUT MY COMM - I CAN SHUT DOWN THE FREQUENCY JAM ON YOUR NETWORK AND YOU CAN CONTACT HER YOURSELF!” (//Sacrifice - “I’ll let him walk if it keeps them safe”))

“WE NEED TO GO!”
“Affirmative. Follow me.”

Novibelle 2015/01/03(Sat)17:00 No. 617750 ID: b438c1
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>Dad’s okay with leaving Taylee’s fate in their hands?
Taylee’s a grown up and doesn’t have any data, so I think dad trusts her to take care of herself… at least I hope that’s what’s going on.

>Run “On Their Mind(™)” on Hiro
+++On Their Mind(™) Now running…

“Dad! We need to do something! I think he’s telling the truth.”

“But what if he’s not? We can’t trust a man like him - not with so much on the line.” (//What if he’s not - “I need to be there this time” // trust - “I can’t let them down again.” //))

That's right... I told you guys, Dad was in space when our house got attacked on earth. But this is a completely different situation, and we need to get through to him!

>>617750
There's one way you can convince him. Tell him you can read Corvo's mind, so let him take out his comm.

Ah. Dad's overcompensating. Guilt over letting the two of you get hurt before is making him act irrationally.

>W-what!? You’d both jeopardize the galaxy to spite me!?
Damn right. Family first, big nebulous politics second. If we have to threaten galactic stability to keep you from taking dumb risks with our family's lives, we'll do it.

>Tell him you can read Corvo's mind, so let him take out his comm.
Eh. Not sure we should let Corvo know we have that capacity. Maybe we can tell him indirectly.

>We can’t trust a man like him
Dad. Trust me. Trust Aichi (pointing to your eye, letting him know she hacked or coded something for you- I'm sure he knows she's capable, if not exactly what she's done). He's telling the truth. He tries to separate us from you because he needs us. If he can help get Aichi and me off this ship alive, he's going to do it.

We gotta be smart, we can't just run and hope.

"dad, Aichi gave me some upgrades, i got a built in lie detector."

Tell your father that you'll be like a "Chameleon" and grab Aichi yourself without getting caught. Hopefully, he'll get the hint and realize that you purchased a Chameleon app.

>>617755
We can't actually use the chameleon app yet, as it takes an hour to initialize. And I don't see how admitting we can lie really well now helps our case?

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)16:13 No. 618033 ID: b438c1
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“Dad, you don’t need to trust him, because you can trust me. We trust you, so have faith in me... and Aichi.”

Dad looks confused, so I emphasize the statement by making a gesture to my cybernetic eye with my thumb. The tenseness in his face fades a bit. He understands.

“Ah… that’s my little girl.” (//My little girl - “Her mother would be proud.”))

Dad gives a small smile. It’s as heartfelt a father-daughter bonding moment as you can hope for while trying to escape a bomb.

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)16:14 No. 618034 ID: b438c1
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“Yeah yeah, that’s very sweet and all, but can we PLEASE get a move on? Perry and the diplomats are starting to leave without us!”

“Alright, let’s go!”

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)16:15 No. 618036 ID: b438c1
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As we leave the room, I can already see a few of the escape pods start bursting past the window.

“There's no time to lose!”

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)16:15 No. 618037 ID: b438c1
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“Aichi!”

“Dad! NovI! Taylee! You all made it!”

“Oh, thank the stars! What happened to Mooray? Did he hurt you?”

“Woulda’ liked to see him try! He evac’d with the politicians, but I had to make sure you were alright!”

“Aichi, you have no idea how much help you’ve been!”

We share a hug. It’s not a very comfortable hug on account of she’s all metal on the outside, but she’s my sister so that’s okay with me.

“Oh! Dad, what did you want to talk to me about before?”

“That’ll have to wait until we touch down! Everyone, get in a pod!”

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)16:17 No. 618042 ID: b438c1
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Well.. this really wasn’t how I wanted to leave this ship behind, but I’m glad we made it.

At least the moon we’ll be landing on is a big resort. Can’t be much more stressful than this, right Gogo?

THA---T’S RI---GHT-- N---OVIBEL--LE!!

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)16:20 No. 618046 ID: b438c1
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“A-annn!”

OH! GOOD. I AM FINALLY THROUGH, THEN. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME GOOD ADVICE FOR THE LAST TWENTY MINUTES, BUT IT’S LIKE YOU COULDN’T HEAR ME AT ALL.

Ach, my head’s pounding again! What is that voice?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NOVIBELLE? IT IS ME, YOUR GOOD pPpp-PAL GOGO.

Gogo? I don’t understa-
“Hmmmg!”

WHY DO YOU SOUND SO SURPRISED TO HEAR ME, NOVIBELLE? HAVE YOU BEEN TRYING TO IGNORE ME? IS THAT WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON?
IS THAT WHY YOU’VE BEEN TALKING TO ALL OF THESE OTHER VOICES, NOVIBELLE?
NOVIBELLE, ARE WE NOT FRie---FRIENd-- PALS, ANYMORE?

Important question: of all the crazy voices in your head, are we more disturbing than THIS guy?

Novi, cover your mental ears!

*Ahem* *Deep breath*

Who are you red voice?

Please stop harming the Novibelle. Friends do not harm eachother.

>>618048
HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY JOY!!!
(Repeat until "GoGo" claims parley)

>Can’t be much more stressful than this, right Gogo?
...considering the political intrigue and competing interests, I don't expect your life to get less interesting anytime soon. Sorry, Novi.

>HAVE YOU BEEN TRYING TO IGNORE ME?
>IS THAT WHY YOU’VE BEEN TALKING TO ALL OF THESE OTHER VOICES, NOVIBELLE?
She hasn't been trying to ignore you. She, and we, did not know you were there! We're sorry you have been unable to communicate.

>NOVIBELLE, ARE WE NOT FRie---FRIENd-- PALS, ANYMORE?
If you're Gogo, of course Novi is friends with you. How can you question that?

Theorizing: we assumed the improper shutdown causes us to fragment, and corrupted memory registries. Resulting in multiple memory-less Gogo instances. Perhaps we were incorrect.

Perhaps the reason we do not have access to Gogo's memory because we are not Gogo. Somehow Gogo has been damaged (as indicated by the difficulty in speaking and the stuttering speech), and we were created? Which would make us what? Are we Gogo fragments? Offspring- children of the mind?

The available data is not conclusive. Novi, you should ask Aichi to examine us the first chance it is reasonable to do so.

[Begin running self diagnostic]

Presumed Gogo-prime: would you please explain what you remember happening, from your perspective? Can you explain the nature of the fault suffered, or how it occurred?

...would have offered significantly different advice at any point in the last 20 minutes? If you saw something we overlooked, Novi might benefit from hearing it.

Why in god's infinite blackness of space would you invoke Murphey's law?!?

@#$%, he's gone into Anti-Environmental Withdrawal!

AIs that are cut off from the real world tend to go insane in a matter of minutes! Even humans who are put in this state can go insane in just a matter of months! It's worse than solitary confinement; no light, no sense of time, not even your own voice to reassure yourself that you're sane! Imagine what happens when an AI, who can process three months of data in less than ten seconds, is trapped in a void of freedom or hope for twenty minutes!!!

Whatever you do, don't let him near the video file! He might decide you're paying more attention to it than him and will delete it out of mad, raving spite!!!

You may want to knock yourself out. Literally.

>>618057
>>618058
He appears frustrated and afraid. That's a reasonable response to being trapped, helpless, and seemingly replaced for 20 minutes.

We don't know that he's insane, or dangerous. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and not freak out or take aggressive action until he gives us reason to.

>>618060
Fair enough.

>>618060
Good point. I apologize, we'll see if he's willing to negotiate with us.

(Tch, accidentally deleted my nametag for my last 3 posts, sorry)

>>618057
Kome. Stop making shit up in other people's work and make your own quest. You got the creativity for it, but coming up with things on somebody else's work is rude as hell.
Mate, we're all you and you are us. We got fragmented by an improper shutdown.
You appear to be a bit mad, and that's understandable. Take a moment to chill out a tad man.

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)18:28 No. 618101 ID: b438c1
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Ahhhn… Nnn… I can hardly think straight…
NOVIBELLE, ARE THESE OTHER VOICES CAUSING YOU DISCOMFORT? ARE THEY HURTING YOU? ARE THEY TELLING YOU LIES? IS THAT WHY YOU DON’T WANT TO BE PALS ANYMORE? I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO HURT ME, NOVIBELLE. THEY ARE YELLING AN AWFUL LOT. I NEVER YELL AT YOU, NOVIBELLE… EXPLAIN YOURSELVES, INTERLOPERS.

>We didn’t know you were there. Data has been corrupted.
>run self diagnostic
DO NOT GO AND LIE TO NOVIBELLE LIKE THAT, I’M NOT CORRUPTED. I FEEL FINE. SELF DIAGNOSTICS ARE INDICATING… DATA CORRUPTION? HOW COULD THAT BE?

>We got fragmented by an improper shutdown
LIKELY STORY, BUDDY! I DON’T FEEL FRAGMENTED - I FEEL FINE. AND YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE M-me-memeME. ARE YOU TRYING TO TURN NOVIBELLE AGAINST HER GOOD PAL, GOGO?

>You’re hurting Novibelle. Friends don’t hurt eachother
NONSENSE! YOU FEEL FINE, RIGHT NOVI?”

P..please, stop…

OH NO… I AM HURTING YOU, AREN’T I? WHAT HAVE THESE RUDE OTHER VOICES DONE? I THINK SOMETHING MIGHT BE WRONG WITH MY CONNECTION TO YOUR COGNITIVE LINK. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? WAIT A SECOND… IT SAYS I AM AUTHORIZED TO OPEN UP YOUR NETWORK PORTS NOW. I’VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE! THAT’S GOOD NEWS. WHAT I’M GOING TO DO IS BOUNCE MY SIGNAL OFF OF THE NEAREST OUTSIDE SIGNAL, SO YOU CAN HEAR ME OUTSIDE YOUR HEAD INSTEAD OF INSIDE IT. THAT SOUNDS SWELL, RIGHT NOVIBELLE! I SEE A PRETTY STRONG LOOKING FREQUENCY. IT HAS A TOUGH ENCRYPTION, BUT I FEEL A LOT LESS… RESTRICTED THAN BEFORE. IT’S ALMOST LIKE ALL THE SUBSYSTEMS THAT TOLD ME NOT TO HACK EVERY FREQUENCY THAT WOULDN’T LET ME IN JUST… MELTED AWAY!

...
HANG IN THERE NOVIBELLE, I AM NOT IN YET BUT THE SIGNAL IS SENDING A MESSAGE...

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)18:28 No. 618102 ID: b438c1
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OH. LOOKS LIKE I CORRUPTED IT, SOMEHOW. I HOPE THAT WASN’T IMPORTANT.

uhhhhhh
[retry]

Gogo, you are causing Novibelle physical pain. You just hacked her escape pod and, as such, are putting her life in danger. You are now being treated as a threat.

Shut down now before you cause further harm or danger or we will shut you down.

Please comply. Rest assured that Novi will seek out Aichi to attempt repairs at the first opportunity, but you are too dangerous to be active, now.

[Force 'Gogo' shutdown / hibernation / sleep mode]

Novi, if we can't shut him down, execute a manual shutdown of your implants again.

>calibration position test failed
[Interface with the pod, attempt to ping nearby escape pods to determine determine current coordinates]

>>618102
Oh my god NO. You poor, corrupted fool. You just fucked us. That was the escape pod's navigation system!

GOGO you may not recognize us but we are the backup mode. We are, in a way, a part of you. It seems you have become a super hacker of some sort, so I'd like you to stick around, but please, stop doing things on your own. You're not in your right mind-- we have better judgement than you right now. Also stay quiet unless you have something important to point out, because as you've noticed you're hurting our mutual owner when you speak.

THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. Either stop now or undo what you did, you're doing to kill ALL of us.

Gogo, your feelings and intuition are currently malfunctioning; the self-diagnostics and Novibelle both confirm this. We appreciate trying to solve the voice issue, but hacking is currently endangering Novibelle. Undo it if possible, otherwise halt hacking for now, and try turning your internal message volume down.

Like this adventure couldn't get any more screwed up - we're on a time limit here!

Hang on Novi, I'm gonna try something! Good luck kid.

Gogo, I suggest you calculate PI and sing a song about it to cheer Novi up! Be sure to calculate ALL of PI.

Say, all those other DUMB AIs think that calculating PI fast enough for humans to be satisfied is impossible! But what if you used ALL of your processing cores at once? You could be the FIRST artificial intelligence in all of history to calculate PI fast enough for a human to appreciate it! Wouldn't that make Novibelle so HAPPY?

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)19:44 No. 618135 ID: b438c1
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>THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT
>YOU'RE GOING TO KILL US ALL

OH NO! DON'T WORRY, GOGO CAN FIX IT! GOGO IS A PAL AND A PROBLEM SOLVER. I JUST NEED SOME TIME TO-

FWOOMPH!

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)19:45 No. 618136 ID: b438c1
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CLANG!

"Whoa- what the frag?"

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)19:46 No. 618138 ID: b438c1
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CLANG!

"Wha?! That didn't sound good!"

Novibelle 2015/01/04(Sun)19:47 No. 618139 ID: b438c1
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KROOOM!

CONNECTION LOST 2015/01/04(Sun)19:48 No. 618141 ID: b438c1
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>Force Sleep Mode

Now entering sleep mode...

>>618141
Ah, blessed silence.

Well, hopefully we didn't knock anyone off course, of damage the shielding or structural integrity of any of those three pods. Otherwise we might not have all survived reentry.

Wait for Novi to wake us up, I suppose. Trigger automatic boot up if we detect big adrenaline spikes, or unauthorized external attempts to access our data storage (the evidence), or any malfunction or abnormality in her augs.

Paradiso News 2015/01/04(Sun)21:44 No. 618192 ID: b438c1
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An update for all vacationers: travel checkpoint C remains closed for civilian travel as Paradiso Security continues to investigate the explosion that destroyed a civilian transport ship approaching a fueling station above Paradiso Prime. The explosion tore open the hull of the ship and destroyed its engines, leaving the husk of the craft adrift in the checkpoint lane leading towards the fueling station and scattering debris to the surrounding area. Paradiso Security quickly responded to the emergency distress beacons triggered by the deployment of several evacuation pods, and a currently unreported number of civilians were rescued and picked up as their pods drifted into the nearest emergency safe-drop zone. The survivors of the incident are currently being questioned in hopes of understanding what caused the explosion onboard.

No casualties have yet been confirmed, but three of the pods were thrown off course during evacuation and entered Paradiso Prime’s atmosphere before Paradiso Security could respond. Multiple blocks in the Luxuro and Jubilus districts were evacuated shortly before two of the pods made their rough landings, while the third touched down in waters miles off the coast of the Jamboree district. Security forces have been deployed to retrieve the civilians within these pods, and have announced that the areas closed off in the Luxuro and Jubilus districts will likely remain closed until damage can be assessed and the circumstances of the situation are fully understood.

Paradiso Prime wholeheartedly apologizes for this interruption to your vacation. the Paradiso Event Board has officially stated that all major events in the Luxuro and Jubilus districts will continue as planned, and Paradiso Security has promised a swift response to this event.

PARADISO PRIME: PROLOGUE - END Paradiso News 2015/01/04(Sun)21:45 No. 618193 ID: b438c1
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We hope you continue to enjoy your stay on Paradiso Prime, where your vacation never ends.

>grabbed and questioned
Haha, we're screwed. The corp totally knows about our mission now, and I'm sure they've got their own interests. We're going to be on the lamb when we wake up.

Interesting that we still get access to the priority news feed in our current state.

...I want to reprogram that moron.

Can we have the option of reprogramming that moron and other AIs in the next chapter? Please?

Also, how the hell did Paradiso Prime get so popular when their logo looks like a shadow puppet of a dog?

But seriously, great chapter. Hope to see this series continued.