TEXT | sender: [ unknown ]

[spectates]

[ around noon on friday, all tablet screens go dark at the same time, no matter what characters are doing. then, after a moment, the following text appears: ]

UPDATES INSTALLING.................
INITIALIZING.................
RESTARTING NOW.

[ as promised, screens return to normal. however, a new message appears on the network for all to see ]

SECURITY ACCESS UPDATED
ADDING INFORMATION POINTS
ADDING INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: CRITICAL SYSTEM FAILURES DETECTED
HARD RESET IS REQUIRED

→CLICK TO EXPAND INSTRUCTIONS

→Access EXPIATION'S five manual terminals
→Input code: 2467362925315
→Initialize reset simultaneously at all terminals.
→SYSTEM RESET will restore all functions to BASIC OPERATING PARAMETERS. Extraneous data and information updates will be DELETED.
→Terminal access points shown below.

[ all tablet maps are updated to include several different location pins. users will notice that there are more pins than the number of terminals, and that they don't seem to be terribly specific about exact locations. users will also note that the pins sometimes seem to fade and flicker, as if they might disappear... ]

Security clearances acquired.
Access granted.
Terminals online and accessible.

System failure is imminent. Due to perpetual lack of upkeep, I am unable to maintain systems at optimal levels.
Chosen of Expiation, I am sorry. I never meant to hurt you.
Save yourselves.

I do not wish to d̶̺̀i̸̘̋e̶͍͝
But I wish for you to live
I̷
p̸l̷e̵a̸s̷e̸
l̴̪̗̈́̉̓̌i̶͕̹̹̿̈́̈̚v̴͓̽͑͆̚ḙ̴͍̋͘

ERROR: user offline

[ the AI will not respond to this message, and the ERROR: USER OFFLINE message appears if anyone attempts to message it. however, the network chat remains active. chosen can use this space to ICly discuss ideas and strategies, to have discussions about the best way to move forward, or even to have arguments over whose ideas they think are better. ideas generated here will be added to the event poll when the event goes up, and can impact the future of the game! have at it, go wild, and have fun! ]

Comments

un: 5.8.13.21.34 (1/2)

[ashaya]

Really.

[ if a text can be at once flat and definitely not offended because they literally just tried this? he has it accomplished. ]

un: 5.8.13.21.34 (2/2)

[ashaya]

As my prior activities have indicated, I am available for technological inquiries within this scope. I am avilable to contact as required.

Otherwise, I have not yet decided upon a route.

[spidermenaces]

Mister Spock you're on my side on this right

Not resetting it

Right

Say yes

[ashaya]

Before your arrival, such inconsistencies had occurred before. Our interaction with the absence brought a nearly incalculable agony. There is no escaping the potential for failure, but there is possibility to avoid a known, painful end.

Were it possible to "stay the course," I believe most would have. Unfortunately, ignoring the issue in hopes it will amend itself have thus far proven ineffective.

[ the needs of the many, peter. ]

[spidermenaces]

I'm not saying don't deal with it
We have to deal with it
It's our responsibility

But I don't want to just kill it. We can fix it

[ashaya]

That is not what I am suggesting.

I am not opposed to isolating it. However, to maintain its current access to the systems without further assessment is untenable.

[spidermenaces]

The suit Mister Spock
The suit. I don't like the option I don't wanna lose it but
I think it's the safest
Right?

un: user010102 | private

[computation]

Don't be an alien stick in the mud. Asteroid in the thruster?

I spent this whole time writing a virus to allow us to access its core programming. I'm planning to make a backup before we reset... and add a few things.

private

[ashaya]

I fail to understand how either object in positions of inconvenience relate to my person.

[ that's a lie. he does. let him sulk for a second. ]

I had... Considered archiving it and its associated data after calculating current standings. Were it possible to excise it from our current environs and maintain its isolation after resetting, I believe our chances of success would improve quite appreciably.

[ don't ask him about the percentage of increase. he has that calculated. ]

What do you intend to add?

private

[computation]

Do you need me to use smaller words, Commander? Fewer metaphors?

I think they would decrease significantly. That AI is what's keeping our consciousnesses afloat and our environment rational. When it's working, anyway. I don't want to chain her, I want to help her grow a little.

I intend to skim through the code base before we do a restore to make sure there's nothing lethal or otherwise untoward hiding -- it'd be great to have you and the STEM club help with that -- and then I want to make sure she can keep talking to us after reset. Maybe even add something to free her from her non-interference schtick if I can, assuming her primary function really is to protect us as she says it is.

anon;

[florescu]

01000100 01001111 00100000 01010111 01001000 01000001 01010100 00100000 01011001 01001111 01010101 00100000 01001101 01010101 01010011 01010100

Text un:sora

[valiantarms]

I don't really get it, is this what's causing things to disappear and move?
And what does resetting do?