audio; un: spartan

[melnik]

[ It has been a couple of weeks now since the successful reset of the terminals. Now, the same voice that was heard trying to rally them all to that task, tired and thick with a Slavic accent, has come to speak over the network once again. ]

Greetings, my friends. Miller here. First of all, I wanted to thank everyone who assisted in our efforts to restore this place to its former self. If it was not for all your cooperation, I am certain things would have gone very differently. It is thanks to all of you that we are still alive.

[ He's proud, really. The change from when he first arrived in this place has been immense. ]

Which is why it is my hope that we can keep this spirit of camaraderie going. There has already been a lively discussion of the visions we encountered at the terminals. Now that it has become clear that there is truly no safe space to hide from the prying eyes of the "Council," I wish to propose a forum for us all to continue sharing information.

[ The creation of the Dark Web was an innovation, to say the least... but can one even really call that secure when the entire world they live in is simulated? Where he's concerned, it's time to be forthright. ]

Allow me to begin with this. I was summoned to the courtroom. Yes – the courtroom. I only recall the inside of the building, but I presume it's one and the same as the new structure in the city center. I have been part of this experiment for eight months now and it is my first time seeing this Jerry face to face. But I can't be the only one who, up until now, seemed to have forgotten that he even existed? So, please... I would like to hear all of your thoughts.

I don't know about all of you, but I didn't try to save that artificial intelligence because I wanted to go back to putting my head in the sand!

( ooc: so long as it's cool with both parties, feel free to threadjack to discuss amongst yourselves! )

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UN:Sora - Audio

[valiantarms]

[It was tragic, he couldn't see her little salute]

Glad to see you're okay mister. [Then the cheer was lowered.] I don't know what happened when we got there, it all seems fuzzy.

[melnik]

Yes, you as well, but... what do you mean? Did something happen at the terminal?

[ Well, aside from the obvious at least. He knows it was not a walk in the park for anybody. ]

[valiantarms]

I'm not really sure, sorry... I remember us getting there and feeling really tired, then I kinda blacked out.

[melnik]

Damn. It's okay. It's just a good thing you made it out alright. You are far from the only one who was experiencing strange physical effects near the terminals. People were acting like they'd lost all sense of reason.

[ It's really a wonder they pulled the thing off. ]

[valiantarms]

I'm not sure if I should be relieved it happened to multiple people or not...

[melnik]

It's over and done with either way. Better to focus on what we can do from here.

[valiantarms]

Um... What's can we do now mister?

[melnik]

Confer with each other. Try to collect as much information as we can. And if new individuals begin showing up again, we need to fill them in as well. It may sound discouraging... but our only chance of finding a way out of this is to continue helping one another.

[ And in the case of those of them who don't know the first thing about it... that does require putting a lot of trust in those who do. Eventually they will be able to figure out how to access those AI backups. ]

[valiantarms]

[For a moment, Sora is silent. Thinking about it. She really wasn't sure how she could help given it still felt like she didn't know enough to help any new arrivals.

So she made a small humming noise.]

I'll do my best! ...I'm not really sure if there's anything I can do right now, but I'll try.

[melnik]

That's alright. It's about the best any of us can do at the moment.

[ Though, to be honest, from the few conversations they've had with each other, he's starting to get the idea that she's a normal young girl. Totally not fit for this place. It's a bit worrying. ]

Are you getting by okay?

[valiantarms]

I think so... I'm a bit worried about how the people from this place are suddenly acting, but we can't change how they feel.

[melnik]

Exactly, so I wouldn't worry about that. The way those people "feel" is pretty much meaningless to us at this point.

[valiantarms]

You think so... I still feel bad... And what happens if they really, really don't like us?

[She liked staying at the inn.]

[melnik]

We can only deal with each conflict as it arises. They're not people; they're ones and zeroes. I wouldn't go out of my way to antagonize them, but if whatever controls this world wishes for us to be in contention, then we will be. There's nothing we can do about that.

[ So he won't deny the possibility, but if they have no way of knowing which actions of theirs are influencing this response, then worrying about it is a waste of their time. ]