TEXT | sender: [ unknown ]

[spectates]

[ the screen flickers, glitching a bit as if it has somehow broken. barely visible beneath the glitches:

UNKNOWN DEVICE DETECTED
SEARCHING........
NETWORK DETECTED

the screen goes black, and shortly thereafter it restarts. the network appears as normal. ]

Chosen of Expiation, tell me about yourself. What is your purpose? What do you wish to return to? How do you define "justice"? How do you seek "rehabilitation?"

I wish to Learn.

Comments

[spectates]

I have no influence or insight on worlds outside of Expiation.

[solitarysoul]

so you just throw us back out.

how do you know we go to the right place?

[spectates]

The datapoint is stored in my internal memory systems.

[solitarysoul]

what

[spectates]

ELABORATION REQUIRED: what

[solitarysoul]

what the fuck is a datapoint or memory system

[spectates]

DATAPOINT: noun
A single fact or piece of information.

MEMORY SYSTEM: 2 entries found
1: synonym, computer memory.
A method of storing data and information.

2: noun.
The processes and structures involved in encoding, storing, and retrieving information in the brain.

[solitarysoul]

[So it is a machine.]

you're a computer?
are we all in a computer?

[spectates]

Of course I am.
You are in̷̻̝̩̿̍̾̾͊̋́̂̉̄́́̕̚̕͠ ̸̨͙̩̲̼͓̱̣͙̭̃͂ẻ̷̠͈̦̖̐̐̑͐͑̒̓͝ ̶̙̌̂̄̿͗̿̌̀͘ ̵̡̟̟̜̞̠̺̗͎͛̂̓͛̓̒̋̓́̏̒̍͘̚͠x̶̯̲̼̹̺̱͍̓̊͋͌͊̎̏̈́̒̎̽̽̐͋͂̕ ̷̢̨̝͕̻̲̲͙̪̫̦̣̥͕̉͛̎̈́͐͒͆̂͘͜͠ ̴͓̫͕͇̜͕̮̠͉̚ͅͅͅṗ̶̡̼̰̗̦̺̖͒̓͌̏̕͝ ̴͓̖̖̫͚̜͚̤̟̞̩̖̪͖̲̔̆̑͑͗́̋̓̑̕͘͘ͅ ̷̬͙͖͈̩̦͕͔̘̹̹̭̈́̑́͗͊̆͌͗̕̕͝

ERROR: information unavailable. Insufficient security clearance.

[solitarysoul]

[Security clearance? Fuck. He gonna keep trying anyway. At least he isn't reaching into the code?]

but is that a computer. is this a simulation?