There is a salvage team in the semi-ruins of the Facility!
Superintendent <3 salvage team!
Superintendent <3 salvage team!
Determining who the salvage team consists of. Please be patient - you shouldn't have to wait more than a minute!
That's it! All done. Here you go:
Eight men aged 19, 26, 25, 37, 45, 20, 25, and 22.
Six women aged 23, 23, 22, 27, 30, and 25.
Two children aged 8 and 11.
Determining intent of salvage team. Please be patient - you shouldn't have to wait more than a minute!
That's it! All done. The salvage team is obviously hostile! Activating neurotoxin emitters.
Oh, no! It seems that in the catastrophic event that led to the widespread destruction of the Facility, all the neurotoxins escaped into the sea! Mm-mm, I do love a good fillet of poisoned fish!
Well, then! We'll just have to find some other way to take care of them!
Overloading energy barriers! Overloading remaining engines! Releasing flood capacitors! Unlocking flux gates! Activating security lasers! Activating security turrets! Unlocking airlocks!
Goodbye, and thank you for visiting the Reintegration Facility! We hope to see you again
IN HELL.hahahahahahahaha.
Zabu <3 Superintendent
ReplyDeleteZabu hate VIRUS.hack.
What have you done to the Superintendent?
Query: Has the salvage team been fully eliminated?
Command: Identify everyone in the team.
Query: What was the team doing there?
Query: Exactly what was it salvaging?
Yes!
ReplyDeleteI do not know! It is not important.
They were salvaging!
Everything! What else is there to salvage?
Input accepted. Response: According to the Superintendent, VIRUS.hack has "upgraded" him, and quite obviously corrupted him.
ReplyDelete<3
ReplyDeleteAnyway.
Superintendent, relay every single bit of data you have received since the detection of the salvage team to the Reintegration Tablet.
Clarification: I meant was there a reason to their salvaging besides making money from selling things? Were they looking for information of some sort?
Well, isn't this cute. Our little Superintendent has killed 16 people.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you're back, Tablet. Any chance we can get a little more on the progress of that cure?
Oh, and is there anything WE should be doing? Like maybe looking for Leslie and Freddifer? Or trying to find a few of those last friendlies?
Oh goodie, Zach is here. Now I can get back to classs without feeling like time is being wasted.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Cure 107 eliminated as a possible success.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Goliath and Croven still require messengers.
I can't! VIRUS.hack does not want me to!
ReplyDeleteNo! They are just simple salvagers! Maybe pirates!
Speaking of entities.
ReplyDeleteAnalyze: Baaztat
Describe: Baaztat
So...you <3 VIRUS.Hack more than us?
ReplyDeleteI'm hurt, Superintendent. I'm really hurt.
Goliath and Croven...where are they again? I might be able to find some time to go track them down before I start running my own errands.
ZABULON
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Commencing analysis.
Analysis: upload commencing. Upload complete. Analysis:
Subject: Baaztat. Status: Semi-stable. Abilities: Fantastic. Emotional status: Strong. Threat level: High. Intelligence level: Intermediate. Potential: High. Danger: Moderate.
Input accepted. Response: Baaztat is a demonic form that never looks quite the same. See basic images of Satan for references.
BRAVETHESTORM
Input accepted. Response: Croven resides in or around the Panama Canal, and Goliath at the Nile Delta.
Oh, lookie there. Croven's right in my direction.
ReplyDeleteThe message, please?
Oh, and if you could tell me any of Baaztat's weaknesses? I might be able to make a stop in LA.
Input accepted. Response: Croven is to begin his whispers. He will know what to do from there.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Holy items, including prayers and holy water. A word of caution; just as Baaztat looks similar to Satan, Baaztat is as old and nearly as powerful as Satan. The Reintegration Tablet would like to advise against taking up arms.
Query: Even two people wouldn't be enough?
ReplyDeleteI could try to get a couple of the churches in LA to begin praying against him...
Oh, I'm not going to FIGHT him. I'm not yet so insane as to think I could stand a chance.
ReplyDeleteBut his intellect is only Intermediate, so I may well be able to jury-rig a few crosses around town.
Input accepted. Response: It would take a veritable holy army, or very talented and powerful individuals. The Reintegration Tablet would like to advise against alerting common people, even common holy men and women, to Baaztat's presence or even existence.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Intermediate is halfway between moderate and high. As with all such creatures, Baaztat is cocky and very sure of himself, but still sneaky, tricky, and even wise.
ReplyDeleteAlright, alright. Last thing, before I make up my mind.
ReplyDeleteQuery: What has Baaztat recently done? Riots, murders, arson? Or is he just biding his time?
Input accepted. Response: Mostly biding. He had a hand in the Japan earthquake.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's made up my mind.
ReplyDeleteAlthough...
Query: If Baaztat fulfills the usual understanding of satan, or a demon, would he be the sort to engage in...deals?
Input accepted. Response: Baaztat will probably be happy to buy your soul.
ReplyDeleteStimulus accepted. Response: Rob, don't even think about it.
Oh, goodie.
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to outsmart a demon.
Not really, but a man only lives once. Let's see what we can't work out here...
Zach, I don't like where you're going with this...
ReplyDeleteQuery: Is 'Rob' 'Zach'?
Query: If not, who?
Input accepted. Response: No.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: "JediZero", who has expressed wishes to sell his soul or make some similar deal to resurrect Stella.
Rob is Jedizero. He's gone nearly insane trying to find a way to bring his girlfriend back.
ReplyDeleteAnd trust me. I'm no fool.
Query: Besides the whole Earthquake, how...up to date is Baaztat in the world as a whole? Does he know the progress of technology, or the ebb and flow of controversies?
And...were I to ACTUALLY trick him such that I managed to keep my soul...
Input accepted. Response: Very well, mostly. It is likely he has taken more interest in said controversies than technology, but waving a match at him and saying, "Look at me. I am god of fire." will probably not work.
ReplyDeleteNo, no, no. I'm not that stupid.
ReplyDeleteLast question. If he really wanted, could he take my soul anyways? I mean...does he NEED my permission? Or does he just want it to be official?
And if I DID outsmart him, would he still adhere to his side of the bargain?
Oh, I understand. OK.
ReplyDeleteCommand: Define 'soul.'
Compile: a list of the consequences of selling your soul.
BRAVETHESTORM
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Yes, but it may be retrievable if taken without a contract.
Notification: "Soul-selling" is a vague term that does not necessarily have to refer to the selling of souls.
Input accepted. Response: If within the terms of the contract, most likely. At worst, nothing would come of it, good or bad.
ZABULON
Input accepted. Response: "Soul" undefinable. Apologies.
Input accepted. Response: What is the worst pain that you can imagine?
All consequences of "soul-selling" are ten times as bad as that, though not necessarily all involving pain.
It would be unwise and not easy to give a more detailed list.
Is the soul really all he'd want? Seems there are some better things we could present him. More practical things.
ReplyDeleteQuery: What is the relationship between Baaztat and Archangel?
Input accepted. Response: A similar one between Satan and God, or Lucifer and Michael.
ReplyDeleteNOW we're getting somewhere.
ReplyDeleteWere I to promise him to present him proof of Archangel's death? Would THAT suffice?
Is 'Lucifer' not the name of Satan?
ReplyDeleteIffy.
ReplyDeleteHe has so many possible names it's not worth arguing.
BRAVETHESTORM
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: No. Proof would be required upfront.
Please do not try to kill Archangel.
ZABULON
Input accepted. Response: Sometimes. In this case, Lucifer is Satan's highest lieutenant, as Saint Michael is to God.
Well, it's all about presentation...
ReplyDeleteWould he allow proper time for me to find the right place and the right conditions? If you have to do it, you have to do it RIGHT. Just handing him a feather is pretty anti-climactic.
Sue me; I have a sense for the dramatic.
Input accepted. Response: Likely. What gives the impression of a feather being proof of Archangel's death?
ReplyDeleteExample. I was trying to point out that, if I'm doing it, it should be in a place where I can present it properly. An empty street at dusk...a box in my hand...and I open it.
ReplyDeleteAnd inside...the death of Archangel. Perfect.
Yeah, I'm liking this. I'm liking this a lot.
Input accepted. Response: A box seems even more anti-climactic than simply handing him the feather.
ReplyDeleteUnderstood.
ReplyDeleteQuery: What would happen if someone of faith (not me) asked Archangel for faux proof of his death to present to Baaztat?
Input accepted. Response: Unknown. Archangel may be glad to assist in the defeat/"hiring" of Baaztat, but it is also possible that he would not appreciate such trickery and prefer to do things mano-a-mano.
ReplyDeleteWhat would a computer know about drama?
ReplyDeleteYou gotta relax, Tablet. You said it yourself, he's cocky.
I can do this. Just trust me.
Were I to offer my soul, would he fulfill his part of the contract first? I mean, it wouldn't be much use otherwise.
Calculate: The chances of Archangel being glad to help.
ReplyDeleteBRAVETHESTORM
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: You are forgetting the abilities of this "computer".
Input accepted. Response: Possible, but unlikely. He is a businessman. He would not do anything without a down payment.
ZABULON
Input accepted. Response: 53%.
Zabulon, I've got this.
ReplyDeleteThere's not going to be some FAUX death here. I'm a man of my word. If I offer the soul of Zach Briggs, he'll get the soul of Zach Briggs.
And if I offer to show him proof that Archangel is death, I'll show him proof that Archangel is dead.
But you have to trust me.
You know...I just realized.
ReplyDeleteThere's no mention of Phoenix. Friendly OR Hostile. Is it still out there, Tablet?
Input accepted. Response: Zabulon asked yesterday how the organics could ever trust the Reintegration Tablet again.
ReplyDeleteWhy should the Reintegration Tablet trust organics? You have, as a collective, "fucked up" the Earth to no end.
Input accepted. Response: Phoenix is neither friendly nor hostile to the purpose of Reintegration. Phoenix is, however, still out there, and is known to be friendly to humans.
But bro, SELLING YOUR SOUL SUCKS APPARENTLY.
ReplyDeleteThe tablet said so.
Also, how do you plan to trick Baaztat?
Finally, you can call me 'Zabu' or 'Tron.'
As a collective, perhaps.
ReplyDeleteAs an individual, I've done nothing but help.
You said yesterday that every human should be considered to have moderate threat, no matter what, and you said yourself that I have high intelligence.
I may not be as smart as Baaztat, but I'm not as old. I'm not as cocky.
I daresay he'll jump at this opportunity.
ZABULON
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Oh. Hello, Tron. Good to see you.
BRAVETHESTORM
Input accepted. Response: It was partially a rhetorical question. Do not put yourself in any more danger than you must.
Tron, you should know the folly of saying your plan out loud. It leads to nothing but problems.
ReplyDeleteMy plans are my own, and they'll work. They have so far. And if not there's no one on the chopping block but me.
Good. Great.
ReplyDeleteCan I perhaps have $200, Tablet? That alone will be plenty to...enlist Baaztat.
No! No! No! No! I will not let you!
ReplyDeleteI sure as hell hope you're right...
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Error: The Facility Maintenance "Superintendent" AI is interfering.
ReplyDeleteOh, goodie.
ReplyDeleteIt's THIS guy.
No matter. I can get by with what I have. Even $200 was just hedging my bets.
Superintendent.... </3
ReplyDeleteDon't you want to see a demon up close?
Zach! I still have some money left over from my trips to Wyoming and Zanzibar.
ReplyDeleteI think its about $150
No! No! No! No! No! No!
ReplyDeleteTron, you are the man.
ReplyDeleteMeet me in LA, and we'll do this in style. We'll have the soul as down payment, and we'll give him the proof after he agrees to help us.
I'm a man of my word, now let's hope Baaztat is a man of his.
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! NO!
ReplyDeleteYou're a whore, Superintendent.
ReplyDeleteYou're VIRUS.hack's filthy little whore.
Do you like being pimp-slapped by the VIRUS?
@Zach, Sure. We'll talk about this in a few hours, when I can get to my emai.
Superintendent may enjoy this, while me and Tron plot on how to get Baaztat on our side.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s
And on this, I bid you adieu. Wrack your database all you like, Tablet. I can guarantee YOU won't figure it out, much less HIM.
I hate you all! Superintendent no <3 you! Superintendent </3 you!
ReplyDeleteIs that a threat, superintendent? Are you going to cut our hearts? I'd like to see you try, buddy. :D
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Do not worry. The Facility Maintenance "Superintendent" AI has no military power outside of the Reintegration Facility.
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong, Superintendent?
ReplyDeleteYou a sore loser?
Input accepted. Response: That said, it would not be wise to antagonize the Facility Maintenance "Superintendent" AI further.
ReplyDeleteQuery: Does VIRUS.hack have military power (outside of the facility)?
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Yes.
ReplyDeleteShit.
ReplyDeleteQuery: Could you provide some examples?
Compile: A list of all the locations in which it holds military power.
Alright, y'know what?
ReplyDeleteI'm in need of a good laugh.
I know you're there, Virus. Wouldn't be surprised if you found a new way to talk, too.
Anything YOU feel like saying? Besides 'No'?
Input accepted. Response: Military intelligence of various countries, progress on nuclear weapons, North Korean activity, footage of Osama bin Laden's death, information on new weapons, access to any non-portable (such as turrets, missiles, and some vehicles) weapons.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Everywhere with a computer.
That sucks.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see that video. Tablet are YOU able to access it?
Input accepted. Response: Yes, but unable to upload it. Manual viewing necessary.
ReplyDeleteSHUTUP.imbusy.LEAVEMEALONE.
ReplyDeleteSelfish.
ReplyDeleteNo, just kidding. ILY.
You really are a cocky one, aren't you?
ReplyDeleteWon't this be a fun week.
Very fun. Looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteTablet. Projected time before a cure for VIRUS.Hack is found? Make sure to include variables.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Approximately 40 days.
ReplyDeleteInput: I am salvaging any weaponry from the base!
ReplyDeleteRequest: HELP!
Input accepted. Response: Impossible from current location. You can get out or die.
ReplyDeleteProjected time, if we were to enlist supernatural aid? Like Kainolung, or Lehu?
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Approximately...40 days.
ReplyDeleteSo getting extra hands won't do any good.
ReplyDeleteBlast. I assumed if we could get some of these guys all in the same place, they could do SOMETHING to help.
It really is just up to you, isn't it?
Tablet, I know I haven't begun to chronicle my adventures yet, but is it possible for you to analyze me?
ReplyDeleteIf so,
Analyze: Zabulon(AKA Tron)
Input accepted. Response: What is not?
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Commencing analysis.
ReplyDeleteAnalysis: upload commencing. Upload complete. Analysis:
Subject: Zabulon/Tron. Status: Stable. Abilities: Competent. Emotional status: Strong. Threat level: Moderate. Intelligence level: High. Potential: High. Danger: Moderate.
Quantum Supercomputers need help, too.
ReplyDeleteIt just seems like there's...nothing we really CAN do to help. Even Supernaturals arenn't any good.
Fuck. Fucking fuck fuck.
Zach, we can enlist/eliminate Baaztat.
ReplyDeleteAlso, thanks for the confidence boost, Tablet. xD
Yeah, but to what end?
ReplyDeleteFor what reason?
He'll just find a way to turn against us just as we're starting to fall back on him, and it won't even MATTER.
It's like we're just running around throwing rocks at the monster while we wait for Godzilla.
Can you think of a better way to pass your time? It'll be fun.
ReplyDeleteKilling him will be even more entertaining. Come on! Don't give up!
Fun. Yeah, great.
ReplyDeleteFun's all fine and good BUT I'M NOT IN THIS FOR FUN.
I'm in this to make a difference.
You'll...you'll see, Tron. You've never met Him. You've never seen that fucking face. The only fun I can have is the fun of the chase.
The fun I can get from knowing we're a little closer to victory.
4/3...
ReplyDeleteOh, and now we have Amelia.
ReplyDeleteIsn't this just dandy. The only person more oblique than the Tablet.
How is it, dear?
What is that fraction referring to, Amelia?
ReplyDelete...Me...?...Me...4/3...
ReplyDeleteYeah, see.
ReplyDeleteIt's worse than all that Pictionary.
Why 4/3?
That's not helping.
ReplyDeleteYou what?
You...me...three...see...?
ReplyDeleteTablet, calculate chance that Guess will be able to find me.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm out. I'm leaking IQ already and this isn't gonna help.
ReplyDeleteI'll be back when there's actually something I can do.
Input accepted. Response: 83.7135%.
ReplyDeleteCommand: Trace Infinity's location
ReplyDeleteQuery: Who is infinity?
Query: Who is Guess?
Command: if Infinity resembles the intruders from yesterday, deny access.
Input accepted. Response: Infinity located nearby an unknown kindergarten in the United States.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: The former leader of the Institute for Unity, now Indoctrinated.
Input accepted. Response: An employee of said Institute.
Query: What is the relation between Infinity and Frank "Freddifer" Amison and Leslie Delilah.
ReplyDeleteQuery: Is Infinity a nickname/codename, or did he/she actually have the bad luck of being named that?
Alright one last thing for Tron's sake.
ReplyDeleteCommand: List of people giving input, again, please.
First was...there were...they disappeared...one's been lost...one's come back...and one...one...then there were three...
ReplyDeleteI think she means 3 OF 4?
ReplyDeleteThat...that might actually make sense.
ZABULON
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: None.
Input accepted. Response: Infinity's true name is Isabella Downs.
BRAVETHESTORM
Input accepted. Response: Listing.
Amelia ---
Zach Briggs
Zabulon/Tron
Isabella Downs/Infinity
Nathaniel Crowley
Gary Osbourne
Thanks, Zach.
ReplyDeleteAmelia, Amelia, Amelia.
I wonder....
Command: Translate or pad up everything Amelia says to make it more comprehendable to regular organics.
NO...There were never - four...4/3...
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Error: What do you mean?
ReplyDeleteQuery: Who is Gary Osbourne?
ReplyDeleteQuery: What happened to those kids that Leslie (that think) lead away from the kindergarten?
Clarification: Clearly, Amelia is very hard to understand. I want you, if possible, to repost everything she posts, but in a more comprehensive manner.
Who are the...Sages...now?...That's right...there...are none...
ReplyDeleteHer messages are full of strange pauses that destroy the meaning.
ReplyDeleteCan you infer what should be going in these pauses?
Oh, and analyze Gary Osbourne.
Query: Whate are the Sages?
ReplyDeleteBy the way..
Describe: Sage Lehu
ZABULON
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: A PTC scientist working with Nathaniel Crowley on reverse-engineering the Reintegration Tablet.
Input accepted. Response: The children that Infinity/Isabella Downs lead away from the kindergarten are either dead or Indoctrinated.
Input accepted. Response: Yes. Will take some time.
BRAVETHESTORM
Input accepted. Response: Repeat: Yes. Will take some time.
Input accepted. Commencing analysis.
Analysis: upload commencing. Upload complete. Analysis:
Subject: Gary Osbourne. Status: Stable. Abilities: Competent. Emotional status: Moderate. Threat level: Moderate. Intelligence level: High. Potential: Moderate. Danger: Low.
What input is he sending?
ReplyDeleteZABULON
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Sage: a title given by Robert Sagel, the first Sage, to two other individuals - Shaun and Jay. After these three were indisposed, the title was passed on to three new individuals - Amelia Clark, Zerombr, and Maduin the Jester.
Input accepted. Response: Around 5'9", with long, brown, and slightly unkempt hair. Very nondescript face except when casting or angry. Usually wears large cloaks, robes, and tunics - classic "wizardly" apparel.
BRAVETHESTORM
Input accepted. Response: He is simply seeing what happens with different input. It is not likely something to be concerned about.
Query: Why did you put three dashes after 'Amelia'?
ReplyDeleteLast name is unknown, of course.
ReplyDeleteNotification: Amelia's messages possibly analyzed. Re-uploading.
ReplyDelete"...Me...?...Me...4/3..."
"You.
2/3" [greenlight]
"You...me...three...see...?"
"You.
2/3" [greenlight]
"Me?"
Three Sages in either generation.
First was [Robert Sagel]...there were [two others - Shaun and Jay]...they disappeared...one's been lost [Jay]...one's come back [Shaun - status unknown but activity has been shown recently]...and one [Robert]...one [nobody really knows what has happened to Robert]...then there were three [more - Amelia Clark, Zerombr, and Maduin]...
"NO...There were never - four...4/3..."
There were never four Sages in either generation. Only three at once.
Warning: It is unknown who is meant to be "4/3". It is possible there is a "5/3" and "6/3", making either a third generation of Sages or a new generation of something else.
Addendum: Most probable explanation: Amelia is having an identity crisis. Is she Amelia Clark? Or someone else?
ReplyDeleteWeaving...I can...weave...
ReplyDeleteWarning: Reintegration Tablet rebooting. The Reintegration Tablet will be unavailable for thirty-five minutes or less.
ReplyDeleteI may be more confused than before, but thank you.
ReplyDeleteOk, nevermind. I think I understand.
ReplyDeleteFor when you get back
Query: Who is greenlight, again?
Command: Analyze everything Amelia has said after you finishes analyzing her first... writings.
Statement: Thank you very much.
Notification: Reintegration Tablet back online.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: "greenlight", an alias Robert Sagel went, leading to the interference of "redlight".
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response:
"Weaving...I can...weave..."
The original address of Amelia Clark was "weavethecauseway.blogspot.com": weave the causeway.
Welcome back.
ReplyDeleteI see.
Command: List of people giving input, again, please
Clarification: You can skip this if the list has not changed since last time.
Secondary Clarifiaction: You can just state the new people, and the people that left.
Query: How are proxies gaining access to you (besides Blogspot)?
Input accepted. Response: There have been no changes.
ReplyDeleteInput accepted. Response: Semi-secure, private channels.
Query:Need any help with the cure for VIRUS.hack?
ReplyDeleteStatement: I'm pretty good at programing. By the way, Lily is better at more physical activities, like fighting, while I am better at more intellectual activities, like hacking and programing. ~Rose
Input accepted. Response: Assistance will not help.
ReplyDeleteStatement: Proxies are servants/puppets of the |OC|.
ReplyDeleteStatement: The |OC| stands in the way of reintegration.
Statement: By this logic, Proxies stand in the way of Reintegration.
Query: Why do you grant those who will/may interfere with reintegration access?
Input accepted. Response: Such small blips on the radar of existence cannot hinder Reintegration.
ReplyDeleteI guess that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteThought: Maybe one of them introduced VIRUS.hack into your system...
Query: Would you grant Redlight access?
Input accepted. Response: There are many potential Users and current Users that go by the name "redlight", including Frank "Freddifer" Amison and Leslie Delilah, who most likely introduced VIRUS.hack into the system.
ReplyDeleteVIRUS.hack seems to be a very noticable hindrance to reintegration.
ReplyDeleteHoles in logic, y/n?
Input accepted. Response: No. VIRUS.hack is not a hindrance.
ReplyDeleteArguing with supercomputers sucks.
ReplyDeleteDude, it may be the cause for the attack, and your corruption.
Also, you are spending some of your resources and RAM trying to cure/get rid of it. Those resources could be going towards reintegration, no?
Amelia? Are you listening?
ReplyDeleteYou know that you are confused at the moment. What were you doing just before you became this way? Can you remember?
Input accepted. Response: The amount of resources and processing power being used to eliminate VIRUS.hack is infinitesimally smaller than those being used for Reintegration.
ReplyDeleteBecame...became what...way?
ReplyDeleteOhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fuck.
ReplyDeleteFuckfuckfuckfuck.
Tron. You better get to me REAL quick.
Shit is about to get real. REALLY real.
The way you are now. Like you're half-asleep. You used to be different, right?
ReplyDeleteI...wasn't always this...way...
ReplyDeleteMiss Clark...?
ReplyDeleteIs that...my name...?...It all...started...in the snow...
ReplyDeleteYes. You remember being different than you are now. That's good.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the last thing you remember from back when you were different?
The snow...
ReplyDeleteThe...the blood-stained snow...
ReplyDeleteWhat happened in the snow, Amelia?
ReplyDeleteTry to remember the truth. Sort it out from the stories. Remember the real you.
The snow...It was there...It tried...to - there were so...many dead...bodies...and what - what else...could I do...but make snow angels...?...But that wasn't...me...I wasn't...right...
ReplyDeleteI know you weren't right. Your mind was hurt very deeply that day. But I think it might be time to try and find yourself again.
ReplyDeleteWhat was your favorite book, Amelia? Who were some people you loved?
Do you want to keep others from being hurt like you were? I do. I don't want anything like that to happen ever again.
IS it your name? Try to think, Amelia.
ReplyDeleteYou remember snow, snow stained with blood. That means it must have been winter; perhaps late fall.
Can you remember why you were there?
WHY were you in the snow? WHY were there dead bodies?
Amelia does this blog look familiar to you?
ReplyDeletehttp://weavethecauseway.blogspot.com/2010/11/replicare.html
Books...books...it's been...a long time...since I read a book...my dad was there...I saw...him in the snow...we were trying...to beat...It...and...and...
ReplyDeleteDoes the name Nessa mean anything to you, Amelia?
ReplyDeleteOr Zero?
To quote others before me: I think you broke her, Will.
ReplyDelete(Guys, take it easy. Getting her stabilized is more important than pelting her with questions.)
ReplyDeleteAmelia, I think you should go read a book. Pick any book you like; I'm sure Osort will have lots of suggestions for you. I'm a fan of serial fantasy, myself.
Read something, and read it all the way through, just like you did back when you were different. Just like the times before It was a part of your life. Just read and enjoy yourself.
It...it can't...I never...wrote anything...on that blog...
ReplyDeleteI stand corrected.
ReplyDeleteI've got no shortage of suggestions on reading material.
ReplyDeleteI've been quite a fan of Terry Pratchett, myself; you have to appreciate his sense of humor.
Amelia, is there any television where you are?
ReplyDeleteI think Jersey Shore should be coming on soon. Some nice mindless television.
...Okay, that's more like torture. But you could probably find a movie. What kinds of movies can you remember watching, Amelia?
That's okay. Right now I just want you to do something you enjoy, and hopefully forget about the hurt for a few hours. That's why I recommend reading - diving into the story of another helps you put your own story into better perspective. What do you think of that, Amelia?
ReplyDeleteI've come so...far...I can't drop...everything...and read...now...
ReplyDeleteDouglas Adams has always been my favorite writer, if you don't mind my saying.
ReplyDeleteNever mind; you do. Well, if you do end up reading, my recommendation stands.
ReplyDeleteAmelia, if you've come this far, you could afford to take some time to unwind.
ReplyDeleteYou're not going to get better until you relax, and try to get better.
How is Sloan, by the way?
You can take a break for a little while, I think. Whatever work you're doing can wait until you feel more like your old self, can't it?
ReplyDeleteI just hate to see people hurting, Amelia.
Saw this page on one of lab tech's computers, and thought I'd stick my nose in. Sup Mr. computer dude. Any of those other friendly dudes that haven't contacted yet? Let me know where they're at, and I'll port over to em in a jiffy.
ReplyDeleteRelax...relax...relax...what have...relax...Sloan's about the...same...no. I have to...remember...It did something to my...memories...
ReplyDeleteMy name is Amelia Clark. I've started this journal as a way of keeping track of things in my life. There's been some big changes in it, so this is the best way I can think of to understand how things are going to be from here on out.
ReplyDeleteStay tuned, gentle readers. It's going to be one heck of a ride together. Here's to this year being the best one ever, and may we never get bored!
You wrote plenty on that blog.
- Indrid
That might be why you're so confused and disoriented, Amelia - your memories have been tampered with. When it's done sloppily, there is often a risk of brain damage. Fortunately, rehabilitation is far from impossible. All it takes is an open mind and a willingness to re-learn the things you've forgotten.
ReplyDeleteIf you like, you could have plenty of help.
Input accepted. Response: Goliath, Croven, and Fmorga.
ReplyDeleteInput: I managed to recover a small white cylindrical object with a green light on the end.
ReplyDeleteQuery: What is this?
ZED.
ReplyDeleteShe can't even remember anything before a few months ago. If we don't do it right, she's going to start getting aggressive.
Amelia. Can you remember anything about your father? You said he was there. In the snow.
What about before then? Did he ever take you to the zoo? A ballgame, perhaps?
I never...wrote anything on that blog...I thought I was...going to, but never...got around to it...
ReplyDeleteTablet...Croven's message has...been delivered already...
Input accepted. Response: It sounds like an old thermos. It can keep both hot and cold objects at their respective temperatures at the same time. When the light is green, it means it is empty. Each end should screw off - one end for hot foods, and one for cold.
ReplyDeleteIndrid's a proxy, Zach. 'Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteThat's perfectly alright if you didn't write anything, Amelia. Lots of people don't.
Input: who is Croven?
ReplyDeleteAnd i am not a proxy.
- Indrid
Input accepted. Response: "God" of birds and all flying things.
ReplyDeleteFmorga, I like that name. Where this dude at so I can talk to him. If you could give me the specific geographical coordinates it'd make porting to em a whole lot easier. What would you like me to tell em when I port to em?
ReplyDeleteWhy were you delivering a message for Croven?
ReplyDelete- Indrid
@Indrid: My mistake then, but you continue to be an asshole. You're not off the hook for what you said to Slice. Not ever.
ReplyDeleteAmelia.
ReplyDeleteYour father. Can you tell us what he looked like? Was he a very strong man? Or did he look like a scholar?
Was he nice? Did you talk to him very much?
Input accepted. Response: Fmorga is in Cuba. Specific geographical coordinates not possible, unfortunately. Calling him, however, should be enough to get his attention. Be careful not to antagonize him. The smoke dragon is known to burn people he does not like.
ReplyDeleteFmorga needs to be told to prepare his traps. He will know what to do from there.
He...I don't...remember...
ReplyDeleteEven though you have never used your blog you should start.
ReplyDeleteThere are many people who are perfectly willing to help you remember.
- Indrid
If my opinion means anything, I doubt this is the same Amelia as Miss Clark. Not the exact same, anyway. Perhaps a result of the dimensional bleeding after the Solstice event?
ReplyDeleteAlright, then, Amelia.
ReplyDeleteCan you remember any movies you used to like watching? Any games you used to play?
I'm sure if you asked, Sloan would play with you; or watch something with you.
You may have gone pretty far; all the more reason to take a chance to look back at where you started and feel a little better.
Cool. Anything this due likes I should bring with me? I'd like to give him a good first impression.
ReplyDelete@Amelia If you want after I drop off this message I can come pick you up and take you to the PTC head quarters. They've got some banging Philly stake subs in the mess hall for dinner today if your hungry.
Input accepted. Response: Matches.
ReplyDeleteNot...them. They'll just...make it worse...
ReplyDeleteARE you hungry, Amelia?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you usually like to eat? Pizza? Or hotdogs? Or are you...were you... a vegetarian?
Alright I'll back in a bit to let you know how it went.
ReplyDelete@Amelia Cool just that I'd offer. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you in the mean time though.
Peace out.
Sloan makes pretty good...meatloaf.
ReplyDeleteSo he IS treating you well.
ReplyDeleteCan you tell us about Sloan? Does he have a sense of humor? How did you meet him?
How much does he know about...all this?