Kaktus 2013/07/29(Mon)09:21 No. 529080 ID: b3ca75
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Um… e-excuse me…?
Uh… I’m awake, sir! I wasn’t sleeping on… the… job… what?
…B-breakfast… err… b-b-brunch? I-I m-m-ma…m-made it m-myself…
…

Insert Good morning Crono_

Thank you Serki, what time is it?

>>529080
Good work Serki! You are a true friend.

>>529078
That's sweet of him.

Hey, we didn't wake up in a horrible nightmare! Or in bed with anyone! That's an interesting change of pace.

Accept breakfast, offer thanks.

Where's everyone else, already up? Any idea what's happening today?

Aww, how sweet!
Say your thanks.

Kaktus 2013/07/29(Mon)10:45 No. 529109 ID: b3ca75
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>That's sweet of him.
…I guess he likes me even after the whole power armor thingy.

>Accept breakfast, offer thanks.
Thanks Serki, You are a true friend.
F-f-f… oh…y-you’re w-w-welc-c-c-come…
>what time is it?
Um… about n-noon…
>Where's everyone else, already up?
…w-w-work… it’s m-m-mon… m-m-Monday…
>Any idea what's happening today?
V-v-void said he w-wanted t-t-to see y-y-you… a-about r-r-rad… r-r-radio… f-f-freq…
Mmm… and this is really good. You’re a good chef too, I see. …or in this case, taste.
…t-thank y-y-you… um… y-y-you’re… um… n-nice...

Insert Mmm… bacon… the meat of kings_

If everyone's working, why he's off? On break or something?

any chance the tech in your brain recorded what happened while you were drunk? There may be graffiti to scratch out, honor to defend, promises to keep..

All right, eat up, and then we'll see what Nev has discovered about the radio frequency of treachery.

>>529109
We gotta get to work then.

Kaktus 2013/07/29(Mon)12:22 No. 529164 ID: b3ca75
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>any chance the tech in your brain recorded what happened while you were drunk?
Of course I remember everything. I wasn’t drunk drunk after all; my body can take care of the alcohol faster than I can possibly consume it. Instead, my brain implant simulated being drunk for… well, the sake of being drunk, really.

>If everyone's working, why he's off? On break or something?
…L-l-ld… off…
…laid off? You got fired?
…

>All right, eat up, and then we'll see what Nev has discovered about the radio frequency of treachery.
Ah… Erin, just the one I wanted to see. Slept well? You do realize I got you a bed here right? I wasn’t really necessary to sleep on the coach with doc.
Hey, we all make choices. Now, what’s this about the radio?
Well… Jara was able to record some of their communications before they switched frequencies and blew up the radio tower she was using. Don’t worry; it was located on the other side of the city for safety reasons. But here, listen to these three messages and say what you think…

Message to: Jake Armitage. From: Susan Morgani.
Jake, this is Susan. Have you seen the news? I can’t believe you actually let a few of those things escape! You’re lucky only one of them survived but if you’re wrong about this it’s your head that will roll. Oh, and about the planetary annihilation plan, you said it wouldn’t work but I think we should still keep it as a last resort. If anything it will buy us time to run. Susan out.

Message to: Elatros Wyrmeye. From: Jake Armitage.
This is Jake, the samples from Z4 have been sent as you requested. The sample of the… thing is going to A.Inc and the sample of the TransMachina is going to w.port for weapon testing. I hope you’re happy… we quite literally had to open hell for these…

Message to: Elatros Wyrmeye. From: Elatros Wyrmeye.
…Erin? …should I even call you Erin? Because I’m pretty sure you aren’t Erin any longer… I know that you’re listening… and I want to ask you one thing. Why are you listening to them? This isn’t some conspiracy about monetary gain… this is about us… humanity… and our future. I simply ask you, please, don’t listen to them… their only goal is to bring us all to ruin… to exterminate our species… I… I can’t talk any longer, my men is almost at the radio tower… but Erin… they whisper terrible things… please, don’t li- *Sqreeesh*

…well?

Insert Welp_

>>529164
Uhhh... what? Oh! They think you got taken over by the things that want steel over flesh- the anomaly in that memory recording. Sounds like a robot rebellion to me. Nanite rebellion? No, that's the TransMachina. There's something else in play. A "thing", that isn't the TransMachina. That's just a bioweapon, probably being developed to fight the "thing".

Tell Voiddagger that the situation has escalated and you need answers now. He isn't telling you something. You overheard him while you were in the shower- he's got some sort of deal with Dyne, and some "drastic measures".

Aside from that I think we should go to Armitage Inc, to find out what the "thing" is.

can't decide if was talking about the group we're with now or Morgani... or even us, because he sound very scared of something in there. But hey on the bright side we now have 2 locations to hit A.Inc and W.port. Oh and it sounds like they are getting into things that you're people have messed with since the 5th age or possibly even earlier.

Oh and out of those three people other then Susan do we know who the other 2 are?

Poor Serki, wonder why he got laid off.

But Planetary Annihilation plan? Something serious is going on here and this literally opened hell is probably the cause of it.

...well that confirms they're up to scary bad stuff, though.

Any way we could find this Elatros Wyrmeye? Seems like they know something important and might be willing to talk. ...not exactly sure who the "them" are, though. The creepy voice you heard on the memory tape?

>>529164
I suggest asking him what this conspiracy is precisely about, and why the hell you should keep helping them when they seem hellbent on acting as suspiciously as possible.

Kaktus 2013/07/29(Mon)13:58 No. 529234 ID: b3ca75
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>Oh and out of those three people other than Susan do we know who the other 2 are?
Susan Morgani is the C.E.O of the Morgani at the moment, Jake Armitage is the chief scientist of Armitage inc., a company owned by Morgani and Elatros Wyrmeye… well, I’m pretty sure you’ve seen him on those poster they got everywhere. He’s the “Advisor” of Susan, whatever that means.

>on the bright side we now have 2 locations to hit A.Inc and W.port.
Armitage inc. and… um…
He mentioned weapon testing and I found a Morgani owned testing facility named W-452 porticalus… no idea what that names means but it seems to fit. Plus we saw a very heavily armed convoy going there just a few hours ago. Likewise we spotted one going for Armitage inc. too.
So… those two are our next target?
Probably, yes.

>Tell Voiddagger that the situation has escalated and you need answers now. He isn't telling you something.
W-what? I’ve told you everything, I swear! Don’t you trust me?
Then what was that whole “does she suspect anything” you talked about while I was in the shower?
W-wha? You eavesdropped on us?
Um… it was an accident… and you haven’t answered the question yet!
Well… um… we were talking about Susan… Dyne is still doing business with the Morgani and… well… they have no idea he’s helping us, alright?
So… what’s the Morgani really up to? I mean, Planetary Annihilation? That’s a bit extreme!
Yes… it seems we’re a bit over our heads, doesn’t it… but I have no idea what’s really going on, the only thing I know is that we need to warn the Empire about this.
<KlldstrycrshClkrlgbCldhnshmstsffrfrwhtshddts>

Nsrt n vcls? Wht?_

wait what... something went a little screwy on our end for a moment Erin you feeling ok.

Anyways ask him if we do go to either A.Inc or W.port when will we likely be shipped off.

>Don’t you trust me?
I- yes. Sorry, I'm just kind of paranoid with everything that's happened.

[Activate decryption program!]
>KlldstrycrshClkrlgbCldhnshmstsffrfrwhtshddts
Kll dstry crsh Clkrlgb Cldhn sh mst sffr fr wht sh dd t s
Kill destroy crush Clkrlgb Clíodhna she must suffer for what she did to us

...well. Someone has a serious problem with vowels, spaces, and long dead mantises.

Which would mean it really is something to do with the Vessel once again.

>>529241
That's Claire's name! What's going on!? Are the sins that pissed off about being blocked from reincarnating and trying to take over the world? Or did destroying the Vessel piss off someone/something else? Maaaaan. I don't even think we need to worry about Morgani anymore. This is bigger than Morgani.

>>529234
Tell him you figured it wasn't related to you, but you needed all the details about what's going on. Oh, ask what that code you gave the doc was. What did QXZQ mean? Secondly, ask him why, if Erin sold them out and had Haran killed, that the message she left herself told you to go find Haran and Voiddagger. Did she set a trap for... herself? Oh, let's not forget that unopenable fridge and keycard scanner. It might be worth going back to check those out.

Kaktus 2013/07/29(Mon)15:20 No. 529287 ID: b3ca75
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>Kill destroy crush Clkrlgb Clíodhna she must suffer for what she did to us
…I don’t even know what that means.

>I- yes. Sorry, I'm just kind of paranoid with everything that's happened.
That’s understandable…
>What did QXZQ mean?
It was just gibberish, made to fool their automatic surveillance systems.
>ask him why, if Erin sold them out and had Haran killed, that the message she left herself told you to go find Haran and Voiddagger.
Because you recorded that with us before we split up. It’s standard procedure for the mission you take.

>let's not forget that unopenable fridge and keycard scanner. It might be worth going back to check those out.
…hmm… Where do we find a card for a fridge?
>ask him if we do go to either A.Inc or W.port when will we likely be shipped off.
I don’t know, we have to gather more information about these locations. You can’t just waltz in there like you did with the cogs. Actually, you might need to go out to the field to gather Intel yourself. If any-
<Why did you abandoned mother?>
-and maybe we-
<Have you forgotten your purpose?>
…um, Erin… you ok-
<Submit>
…

Insert Submit to our low prices!_

Hey! You do not interrupt them or us within the context. Who are you and why should we submit to Mother.

>>529287
Tell him to hold on, there are some stupid voices in your head trying to control you.

No not us, the other stupid voices. Resist!
[run diagnostic]
[counteract the hostile... whatever that is]

Oh hey, we just got into Ad-Hoc range.

<Hell yes, we've forgotten our purpose.>
<Now shut up, you're distracting her.>

>um, Erin… you ok-
No. Something's talking to me. I don't know if it's a remote connection, or if there was something in that memory upload, but it's kind of distracting and not making much sense.

>…I don’t even know what that means.
A crazy voice is talking to you threatening retaliation against someone long dead.

...someone we used to help.

Kaktus 2013/07/29(Mon)15:48 No. 529312 ID: b3ca75
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>[run diagnostic] [counteract the hostile... whatever that is].
[Error, unable to- Error-Error-Give back mother…]

>Tell him to hold on, there are some stupid voices in your head trying to control you.
Nev, just wait a se- glrg.
Voiddagger start crushing Erin’s windpipe!
WE FIND AND KILL AND CRUSH AND KILL AND CRUSH…

Insert I’m not saying it’s aliens… but… it’s aliens_

...so the science nerd is trying to kill us... I think a swift kick to the groan will fix that. anyways fun things are now happening and I think we're now stuck on our own so lets get the hell out of here and before void want crazy he did say something useful so lets check out A.Inc first since that 'thing' he mentioned in the tape has me curious and I want to see what that 'thing' is

EXPLANATIONS PLEASE! Seriously, a stick just makes people lash out unless you communicate somehow what you want!
Erin, kick Void in the fork of his legs, I think he's under mind control, backaway or better yet, climb up somewhere he can't easily get to us. From there we might be able to try and figure out what this 'mother' thing wants and if we need to kick it's butt.

...I don't think this is real. We got something in our head, but his too? I think it's more likely we're being mind-fucked than he's being controlled to attack us.

Try to break free of his grip, and the vision. Don't resort to weapons or the stunner until we don't have another choice- they'll likely just prompt us to attack someone not actually attacking us.

>>529312
Superior Taserfist: Taserfist him in the throat.

Nobody just decides "Hey lets go throttle our friends now" at least not without outside intervention. Can we jam the signal somehow?

Kaktus 2013/07/29(Mon)16:10 No. 529320 ID: b3ca75
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>EXPLANATIONS PLEASE!
VOICES!!! RAAAH!!! CRUSH AND KILL AND CRUSH AND KI-
>...so the science nerd is trying to kill us... I think a swift kick to the groan will fix that.
Erin successfully raises Voidagger’s voice by about two octaves!
IIIIHHH!!!
<AAAHHH!!!>
<Connection lost>
P-pain… w-what h-h-happened…

Insert Pain_

Old Erin might have done more then just mind-wipe him. Can we scan him for any implants that are out of place?

you got possessed/hacked and tried to kill us by some kind of voice saying something about mother over and over again so I kinda panicked and kick you in the balls... sorry.

>>529320
Tell him that... something took him over. Something that Morgani is fighting too. We have to hurry.

Make sure he's okay, physically at least, and then check for mental issues.

...we're hacked. Compromised. Something. I started hearing a voice in my head, and you must have too, because you started speaking for it and attacked me.

Sorry for kicking you.

We should get ourselves checked out.

...shit, we have to go check on everyone else. What if everyone got hacked at once? Where's doc?

Ask what he saw. What we saw was him glowing red, screaming, and attempting to strangle us.

Kaktus 2013/07/29(Mon)16:56 No. 529345 ID: b3ca75
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*BEEP*Sexy bug lady and angry lizard is in the house!
>Can we scan him for any implants that are out of place?
…He barely got any implants at all. Though I need Jara’s help to take a closer look.

>...we're hacked. Compromised. something took him over.
W-what? How is that p-possible?
*BEEP* What the fuck is wrong with you, Kyra! Stop playing with the intercom!
>Sorry for kicking you.
pain…
You’re not going to forgive me without a favor, are you?
The horrible pain…
*BEEP* But it’s funny!
>Ask what he saw.
I… don’t know… nightmares?
>attempting to strangle us.
…fine, I’ll forgive you for kicking me…
*BEEP* WEEEEE!!!!
>We should get ourselves checked out.
J-Jara is coming back in a few hours… she’ll check us…
…so, what do we do until then?
lie here in agony for a while… oh…
*BEEP* Don’t make me fucking come over there, insect!

Insert BEEP_

...get the man some ice.

Call the ones on the intercom to bring some ice, Kyra is a doc anyways, should probably help him a bit more.

what the hell is going on with them? (the two on the intercoms)ask void if he knows.

Also ask where the cafeteria is so you can grab him some ice.

>>529345
Tell them to stop antagonizing eachother and come down here so we can tell them what's up and Kyra can find out what the fuck.

Did we electrosense anything unusual when he did the glowing bit?

Kaktus 2013/07/30(Tue)06:06 No. 529514 ID: b3ca75
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>Did we electrosense anything unusual when he did the glowing bit?
Let me check my memory… hmm… his implants seemed go into a higher gear for a few seconds…
>what the hell is going on with them?
I guessing Doc is messing with the intercom for fun and Tyros is grumpy as usual.

>Kyra is a doc anyways, should probably help him a bit more.
Wow… you really did a number on him… um… you know that your muscle and bone structure are improved and his is not, right? I mean, you actually made some cracks in his pelvis and created some internal bleedings with that kick… just take it a bit easier next time.
…wops… sorry Nev…
W-why don’t you grow a pair so I can have s-some revenge…
You’d like that, wouldn’t you~
…n-not at all w-what I mea… nt… zZzZz…
Don’t worry, he’s going to be as good as new in a minute… if a bit sore.
That’s a relief…
Oh… and Erin? I’m sorry if I was a bit too forward yesterday. People keep saying that I’m a bit to forward at times… that I’m a bit too friendly… oh, and that I talk to much sometimes. I know I tend to talk a lot but it’s hard to stop yourself when you start, you know. It’s like I’m going all blah blah blah while you get bored to death by my endless talking about nothing at all… wait, I’m talking to much right now, aren’t I… um… sorry, I guess…

Insert Her mandibles got to be sore_

It's alright Kyra, we didn't mind at all really. It was kinda cute actually.

The bottle thingy looks different. Greener.
Stuff a sock in your pants, for two reasons.
First, fun. Second, it will dampen the hit when someone tries to kick you in the ovaries.

It's alright, Kyra.

>>529530
Anyone who tries to kick us is going to be modded up the wazoo too. A sock won't do anything to significantly lessen the blow. We're better off just dodging.

Kaktus 2013/07/30(Tue)07:43 No. 529543 ID: b3ca75
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>The bottle thingy looks different. Greener.
That’s because it’s a completely different bottle.
>Stuff a sock in your pants.
…yeah, how about no? Beside, nothing less than a codpiece would defend from that kind of kicks.

It’s alright, Kyra… if anything, it’s kind of cute.
…you think it’s cute? …so, yesterday… it wasn’t just the alcohol talking, was it?
Well… um…
…do you… find me attractive? No, wait, I’m a bit too forward again, aren’t I… sorry… again…
Stop saying you’re sorry all the time when you have nothing to be sorry about.
Oh, sorry… I mean... um… well… I…
…
…

Insert why the dots?_

>>529514
Say that his implants got hacked by SOMETHING immediately after listening to the radio recordings, so there might be some warware hidden in the signal. Ask if they have a crypto specialist that can look it over.

Also, point out that with Morgani owning the world it's likely they've stuck backdoors in all implants produced there, and possibly all implants legally imported. See about arranging for future implants to be private work or black market imports.

Give her a light hug, clear the air a bit.

Okay! Breaking the silence deadlock. Moving on.

Kaktus 2013/07/30(Tue)09:48 No. 529566 ID: b3ca75
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>Give her a light hug, clear the air a bit.
…

>Say that his implants got hacked by SOMETHING.
What? How? His implants don’t have any way to receive a signal to be hacked except for a direct insertion of Nano fiber. Unless he had a cable sticking out of his head he shouldn’t have been hacked. What did the “hacker” even do?
He took control over Nev and tried to strangle me.
But… his implants aren’t connected to those part of the brain… None of our implants work like that… You can’t just take control over an implant meant to increase the thought process and memory capacity to take control over the body! That’s impossible! It’s like taking control over a computer by changing the desktop background! There’s no way that can have happened!
Yes, I get it, it’s impossible…

>point out that with Morgani owning the world it's likely they've stuck backdoors in all implants produced there.
Unless they come running with a Nano fiber wire you can take it easy. Well… unless it’s the Mindpad, because it’s connected to the internet, but the only thing they can do with that is to check your messages and internet history…

>Ask if they have a crypto specialist that can look it over.
Jara should be able to look it over when she gets back... Or maybe you can ask Wiz about it...

Insert Alternative, it’s like stealing information by taking control of the coffee maker_

Wait we have internet? Lets look at porn!

>Impossible
Don't forget I've had my head and body worked over. And it's possible old me did more to Nev than just mindwipe him. We might have had our own special backdoors put in. More plausible than hacking implants with no mental access.

...doesn't even have to be direct electronic control. It could have psychological components. If you were conditioned or brainwashed the right way, all the hacker would have to do is send a signal or code to trigger preprogrammed stuff. That's something that could be done by changing the desktop background. (If background = x, then do y).

>It’s like taking control over a computer by changing the desktop background!
Theoretically the desktop thing is possible if the image file contains a virus that (to simplify) tricks the image parser with a false image end tag part of the way through, followed by the virus content which is then parsed as code. That sort of thing is based on manipulation of digital formatting though, so it probably wouldn't extend to biological systems.
And that is probably aside from the point, as mod control probably wouldn't make him glow red unless he has a mod that makes him glow for some reason.

Kaktus 2013/07/30(Tue)11:53 No. 529586 ID: b3ca75
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>Wait we have internet? Let’s look at porn!
You do realize there’s more to the internet then porn, ri- oh, forget it, it’s like 70% porn… maybe later, okay?

>Don't forget I've had my head and body worked over. And it's possible old me did more to Nev than just mindwipe him.
If he had any hidden mods Jara would have had found them by now.
>Theoretically the desktop thing is possible if the image file contains a virus that-
Gee… excuse me for not being a computer expert…
>mod control probably wouldn't make him glow red.
…he was glowing red? That’s… are you sure? Because this is starting sound like something supernatural or something… not that I believe in ghost or anything.
>It could have psychological components. If you were conditioned or brainwashed the right way-
While a bit more plausible theory, it’s still a long shot. Especially if he started glowing red. You can’t brainwash someone to glow red, can you?
I heard that point Dexter tried to kill you.
Wiz, wha- wait, how did you he-
Nearly every room in this building has a camera. I would be foolish not to keep taps on everyone inside. Anyway, I’m in need of some assistance, Erin.

Insert He probably need help moving the sofa to his new apartment_

what you need

>You can’t brainwash someone to glow red, can you?
...they could brainwash us to see his eyes as red even when they're not?

I dunno, check his glasses. Maybe they have hidden lights. Or if they're futuristic computer-glasses with a heads up display they could have literally hacked the desktop background solid red.

>I heard that point Dexter tried to kill you.
...well. Not that he really stood a chance of overpowering me, but yes.

>I’m in need of some assistance
All right. Not like we're going to solve this by standing around and talking. What do you need?

>>529586
Supernatural, eh. Yeah, it's probably magic. We should really get a move on to Armitage Incorporated to find out what exactly that "thing" is.

Ah frig, it isn't his implants at all it's his biology that got hacked. Look there's someone named Alynna see and she can control biologicals with her spooky magic powers. Yes magic is real how else are we talking to you? We "sort of killed" her a zillion years ago with the help of a bug named Clkrlgb, but she's about as hard to kill as we are. Now she's back for revenge, against Clkrlgb, and by extension all life in existence.

Which doesn't make sense since Clkrlgb was dead the whole time. But that's crazy megalomaniacs for you.

Your best hope of stopping a catastrophe is to find Alynna where she's no doubt gathering power to improve signal strength to planetwide. Morgani probably know something about it. Barring that, completely cyberize everyone to 100%, becoming a society of cogs and steel, which she has no power over.

>>529613
Alyssa. Alyssa Clown. She's not directly behind this though, she is dead and cannot reincarnate/escape like she used to be able to, because the Vessel is destroyed. I think the other voices are some remnants of the Vessel that were programmed to be loyal to her. She made the Vessel, after all, so "Mother" is Alyssa.

Wait if he has taps on us, does he literally spy on us every moment or does it suddenly start when it hears specific words, cause otherwise we need to find some way to avoid camera's.

>>529622

Right. She's "dead". Just like the last two times.

I wonder how much of Aloysius's fury is charged by being unable to recall her name correctly.

Kaktus 2013/07/30(Tue)13:52 No. 529629 ID: b3ca75
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>Ah frig, it isn't his implants at all it's his biology that got hacked. Because Magic!
…what? How does that even-
>Magic!
…
>MAGIC!!!
Fine… magic, whatever.
>”Crazy” theory about an Alyssa.
…right, that sound a bit… farfetched, but I’ll keep it in mind. In case I find some evidence that support this.
>I dunno, check his glasses. Maybe they have hidden lights.
Oh, cool. There seems to be a whole computer inside these… so yea, they got lights.

>Wait if he has taps on us, does he literally spy on us every moment or does it suddenly start when it hears specific words
You do not need to worry, I have no reason to care about your social life. Besides, do you think I can watch every camera all the time?
>All right. Not like we're going to solve this by standing around and talking. What do you need?
I need some help to gather some Intel about our next two targets... with the help of the internet.
Um… I’m not a hacker. I can’t see how I’m going to help.
We’re not going to use a normal consol. We’re going to use Holoprojector and go through the HoloMatrix.
…like the movie? …and do you really need to put holo in front of everything?
Unless you want to be sued, yes… and it’s movies, not movie… and it’s more like Tron.
I know what I said… and I’m sticking to it.
So, are you up for some digital theft?

Insert Tron lines_

Yes. Yes, Oh yes. TRON!

This doesn't have any possibility of trapping you in an endless series of nested illusions, does it?

Well we have nothing better to do, and this could help us in the long run. TO THE HOLOMATRIX TRON

Yes, holo internet porn!

>>529629
So long as it can't be mistaken for reality, sure.

Never again.

>>529632
This. Definetly this. Also does the internet obey the same laws of physics? Because we should totally abuse that foe crazy cyber ninja shenanigans.

>>529632
Oh shit right, don't wanna get stuck in sanity destroying recursive illusion bullshit again.

We've had some bad experiences with false realities in the past but if we don't have any better why then sure why not.

>>529632
There needs to be an ironclad exit protocol, and our elctrosenses better be able to objectively tell when we're in the matrix and when we're out.

Pulling the plug immediately gets you out, right? None of this need to find an exit bullshit. Or disconnect equals death. Or sim death equals real death.

Kaktus 2013/07/30(Tue)14:50 No. 529659 ID: b3ca75
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>This doesn't have any possibility of trapping you in an endless series of nested illusions, does it?
Only if you’re an idiot. It’s quite easy to distinguish reality from the HoloMatrix. Besides, I will be with you to make sure nothing happens.
>Also does the internet obey the same laws of physics? Because we should totally abuse that foe crazy cyber ninja shenanigans.
It has its own laws that it follows… but there is a reason I choose you instead of anyone else. You see… you still need the skills of real life to simulate them in the internet. So if you want to fly you better know how to fly in real life or else you’ll just imitate a plane crash.
>Pulling the plug immediately gets you out, right?
It will get you out, yes. But doing so without a proper exit will give you a headache, but nothing major.

There… welcome to the matrix. Let’s try out a few things before we go for the real thing. As you can see, the program has made your avatar look like yourself, mostly because of it’s easier to use a body you’re used to.
…and where are you?
I’m controlling the “mainframe” so to speak. That’s why I needed help. I can’t be an avatar while doing this. Now, let’s try something. Here’s a locked door. Imagine som-
>Yes, holo internet porn!
…why is that always to first thing people imagine when they get here? Never mind… now, imagine a way past this door. Don’t worry, I’ll create more doors as you pass the first one, so be creative!

Insert The internet is for porn_

>imagine a way past this door
Step outward and walk around the door.

>>529659
Imagine a BFG-9001 and blast down the door.

>>529659
Imagine a techno-lockpick.

Well the ceiling looks a lot less tough then the door. You could always go through that.

The thing about nanomachines is that it can form new macro-scale structures as needed, then return to normal. That's how the retractable tail works in the first place, remember.
In this kind of implementation the only limits are the total amount of nanomachines available, the programming, and the laws of physics.
That tail of yours? A skilled enough hacker could turn that into any sort of simple weapons or armor like some kind of T-1000 limb. Or, perhaps, a railgun.
Worse still is that self-replicating nanotech is doable, and can make for a universal constructor. Or a universal DEstructor. And since you just ran into some kind of infectious nanotech residue... Yea, it's THAT kind of scary shit.

>>529663
>>529665
>>529667
IMAGINE A GIANT BFG-9001 THAT SHOOTS TECHNOLOCKPICKS CHASING YOU AND BLOWING UP THE CORRIDOR BEHIND YOU!

>>529663
Yeah, do this.

>>529664
Nah, we're standing too close. As are the naked pron people. We don't need to change this into guro.

imagine some c4 and blow the door to hell.

Just imagine the door open. Or imagine a door in the door. Or a door next to the door that leads to the other side of the door. Or cthulu. Or a dancing taco! Or imagine yourself on the other side of the door.

Kaktus 2013/07/30(Tue)16:08 No. 529685 ID: b3ca75
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>That tail of yours? A skilled enough hacker could turn that into any sort of simple weapons or armor like some kind of T-1000 limb.
Except they can’t access the Nano machines unless they plug into my brain implant directly.
>Worse still is that self-replicating nanotech is doable, and can make for a universal constructor. Or a universal Destructor.
Um… I’m pretty sure we haven’t invented self-replicating Nano machines yet… We’re still years away from that.

>Step outward and walk around the door.
>imagine yourself on the other side of the door.
>Just imagine the door open.
[Unable to execute action!][Object: “Door” is in the way.]
There’s isn’t actually a door, just a… metaphor for one, so to speak.
>Imagine a techno-lockpick.
A good start… except, do you know how to lock pick?
Erin successfully opens the door!
…huh, apparently you do.
>imagine a door in the door.
…now that’s some out of the box thinking! Good job!
>a dancing taco!
…why?
>imagine some c4 and blow the door to hell.
…while effective, things like that tend to draw people’s attention.
>Imagine a BFG-9001 and blast down the door.
…ever heard about overkill?
>Nah, we're standing too close. As are the naked pron people. We don't need to change this into guro.
…It only affected the door... besides; they are programs, not real people.

>IMAGINE A GIANT BFG-9001 THAT SHOOTS TECHNOLOCKPICKS CHASING YOU AND BLOWING UP THE CORRIDOR BEHIND YOU!
[Unable to handle request…]
I’m sorry, but you can’t think too big. Anyway, good job. Now, for the next test… Oh no! A security program has detected you and is trying to throw you out! Kill it before it kills you! Don’t worry, dying in here will just boot you out of the system.

Blind it with some cloth. Spin it around three times and continue on your way.

>>529685
Quick, use your shock-fist. Except make it shoot lightning.

Oh, and something just occurred to me. You might have some memories locked away by a portable mindwipe device, so you might want to use that thing Nev was talking about.

use your taser hand but amplify it to shot and ark of lightning towards the program instead of just a mild shock so you don't have to actually touch it.

If we can imagine anything we want in here, just will it to be encased in a block of concrete or steel.

Then we can either ignore it or blow it up.

Shield that Reflects lasers in front of it.

Imagine a Dopefish eating it.

>>529685
Imagine the angry fist of God coming down through the matrix and smashing him like a bug.

The gun misfires, allowing a flying kick to the face!

The dancing taco from a earlier attempts a flying ninja kick at the security program. While that's happening, punch him in the dangly bits. Or the bits where the dangly bits go

The program realizes this version of itself will cease to exist when this exercise ends, whether or not it succeeds.

It has an existential crisis and slips into a coma, unable to do anything.

>>529685
Imagine an angry pro boxer right behind it!


>Except they can’t access the Nano machines unless they plug into my brain implant directly.
Not if the nanomachines have a backdoor in them. By way of example? Radio receivers are trivial, so the evil corporation running this planet could have the nanomachines periodically create one to listen for their commands.

>Um… I’m pretty sure we haven’t invented self-replicating Nano machines yet… We’re still years away from that.
But you've had self-transplanting implants for awhile now? We're up against the crazy R&D branch of an evil megacorp, so it doesn't really help to write-off things because people think they're a few years off.
That goes double here since we've seen some kind of nanotech goo, and what we've heard sounds a lot like it's infectious and/or a potential grey-goo scenario.

Welp if this is the for overkill wean is it just think up a SMAC shot aimed at the bot that well mess up its day by being hit with a 1000ton slug going at .4c or just hit it with the forse(i know you wont to) or you chould do a neo and doge its shot and then shoot it

Kaktus 2013/07/31(Wed)05:33 No. 529870 ID: b3ca75
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>Not if the nanomachines have a backdoor in them.
I… don’t actually know if that would work or not…
>We're up against the crazy R&D branch of an evil megacorp, so it doesn't really help to write-off things because people think they're a few years off.
You’re right. Got to be a bit paranoid about this.
>You might have some memories locked away by a portable mindwipe device, so you might want to use that thing Nev was talking about.
…worth checking, I guess.

>The program realizes this version of itself will cease to exist when this exercise ends, whether or not it succeeds.
>The gun misfires.
[Unable to take control over program “White-ICE: TRA Dummy.dll”!]
>Imagine the angry fist of God coming down through the matrix and smashing him like a bug.
[Unable to handle request…]
>The dancing taco from earlier attempts a flying ninja kick at the security program.
…that didn’t really help at all…

>Imagine a Dopefish eating it.
[Dopefish.exe successfully deletes White-ICE: TRA Dummy.dll and Dancing Taco man.exe]
Hah! Take that, stupid ICE!
[Dopefish.exe is searching for additional file to delete… files found. Initiating deletion of Erin.Ava…]
Wait, what? No! I am your creator! You’re supposed to obey me!
Um… you know that the Dopefish.exe program is made to delete everything it can find, right?

Kaktus 2013/07/31(Wed)05:33 No. 529871 ID: b3ca75
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>Quick, use your shock-fist. Except make it shoot lightning.
[Erin.Ava successfully deletes Dopefish.exe!]
Shocking, isn’t it?
…please, no puns…
Just because I got a shocking pe-
No, just no… Now, you seem to be ready for the real thing. Here’s how this is going to work. You’re going to infiltrate a Morgani information center I’ve found and hock me up to one of their information nodes there. It seems to be designed to look like a very secure bank, with vaults and all.
So, we are going to break into one of the vaults?
No. While there should be a lot of juicy information in there the info I want is far less secure. The thing you need to do is getting inside, plug me in, hold them off while I “borrow” the data and then unplug me. Getting out is the easy part, as you can just take a few seconds to log out.
So… Get in, find an info node, help you get the data, log out… got it.
I can’t say how everything will look like in there but remember it’s generally metaphors. So… how do you want to do this? Go through the “front door” with the rest of the users or do you want me to try and find a backdoor? You’re probably going to have to fight a few security programs if you take the backdoor but I should be able to hide the battle from the rest of the server.

Insert He lives_

The reason we got reflexes in the first place is so we never had to enter anywhere by using the front door, so back door it is. Plus it's less likely to have random yahoos get in the way.

>>529872
Agreed.

I vote BD coz we can call in a BFG9001 or beeter yet over 9000 dopefish if the shit hits the fan hard

Backdoor would pretty much be best as well, as we'd have to rely on getting past a number of user based defense systems.

Kaktus 2013/07/31(Wed)06:55 No. 529878 ID: b3ca75
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>Backdoor.
There we go…
Um… where’s the door? The only thing I can see is a very big wall.
Technically, as there aren’t a up and down here it’s a floor. But there should be a weak spot somewhere after this wall, just follow it in any direction… um… as in, upwards or downwards from your point of view. Just be careful, the ICE will turn hostile as soon as you get into the orange area.

Insert Orange you a bit blue?_

Electroshock the first one, then toss his body at one of the wall ones, then craft a reflective shield to defend against the other. Also head on down.

Hmm. Well, see if speed and stealth works. If not, kill 'em all.

Although I'm not sure killing AIs maintains our cover well during a hack. Won't anything notice them going offline?

>>529878
redirect volatile virus-laden adspam into orange zone. Sneak past in the chaos

Kaktus 2013/07/31(Wed)10:11 No. 529913 ID: b3ca75
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>Although I'm not sure killing AIs maintains our cover well during a hack. Won't anything notice them going offline?
Of course someone will notice, but I have some ways to cover it up… to an extent. You can take a few of them offline without consequent but try not to be too trigger happy.
>redirect volatile virus-laden adspam into orange zone.
Um… can you redirect some spam into their zone?
That’s… a really good idea, actually. Just give me a sec…

>Sneak past in the chaos, head on down.
Malware detected! Exterminate!
Try the new Lizard Wizard Blizzard! Only at the Dairy Paladin!
Harder, better, faster, stronger.
Click here to get hot Mantis on Mantis sex streamed directly into your brain!
Sneaky sneaky…

I’ve found a available backdoor. It’s marked in red. You should be able to just walk through it.
Non Morgani user detected!
MCP will have your head, user!
Well… that was that distraction…

Insert You are winrar! Click here now to win phone!_

Lightning spam everywhere.

They're attached to those floor... things and you're not, so torpedo yourself through the gap between their heads.

might wanna shock a few of them as you go through, the one's that directly could hit through you.

Hrm...
Ok, we want quiet action right? For now, let's start with blankets over their heads, or maybe bags over their heads, tied onto their necks.
Quick disable that gets us the time we need.

Incapacitate them with a tapioca missile.

Kaktus 2013/07/31(Wed)12:22 No. 529942 ID: b3ca75
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>They're attached to the floor and you're not.
Actually, I am. It’s just that the gravity in this place is really screwy. Wiz was right; there aren’t any walls, just floors.
>Ok, we want quiet action right? For now, let's start with blankets over th- TAPIOCA PUDDING MISSILE!!!
My god, it’s full of pudding!
Buy the delicious combo pack “The Swift, the Fierce and the Stout” at The Misled Viking for only 50 credits!
Erin 2, stupid antivirus 0! Ha, nothing is going to stop me no-
Who the hell are you? How did you get into this server?
...An Admin? …don’t try to attack her, it would be pointless… try to get past her another way.
Give me your Login name, password and your Morgani Security number immediately or be banned!

Insert Ban hammer!_

Could we brute force it? Give it an endless spam of numbers, letters, and various curse based symbols.

...I don't suppose as a traitor we actually have legit Morgani credentials to use? They might not have even deactivated them yet.

[Search system for relevant credentials]

Failing that, we can just run. Or use voice throwing to draw the admin's attention to one of those chumps behind her. And then run and leave a fake you standing there for when the admin gets back.

Search for any credentials you might have already thanks to being a traitor. Failing that, manifest a remote pickpocketing device to steal them from another person here? Or what >>529945 said.

*send several shocks down the admin scanner*

>>529950
Gee, let's do exactly what we were told not to do. Shut up.

Yeah, see if you have any credentials. If not, be banned and come back with a proxy or eight.

We could just run. Get away from that BanHammer and all.

>>529942
Engage stealth mode. Cloaking field and ninja stealth!

do you or wiz have anything like that so you can pass as part of Morgani?

Kaktus 2013/07/31(Wed)13:37 No. 529960 ID: b3ca75
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>[Search system for relevant credentials]
[No login credentials found…]
My login is um… SusyWest and… um…
Security: 532-12B.
…my security number is 532-12B… and my password… is none of your business!
…Very well, let me check those numbers…

>Give it an endless spam of numbers, letters, and various curse based symbols.
What the- Who filled the member index with gay porn? And… ew, Mantis porn? What the hell!? Gah, get out of my sight SusyWest… I got more important things to do.
Gee, I wonder how those files got there… Now, try to find the info center. It should look like a building.
…how? All I see is a maze of twisty little passages, all alike…

Insert it’s like a colossal cave_

>>529960
Resist overpowering temptation to visit the XXX booth.

Ask those gentlemen in front of it which way the info center is, you forgot what color it was.

What about that floating core thing? It looks important. And there's a string of numbers that attaches it to a southern exit that looks like it has a wall of binary cutting it off.

>>529960
Spawn a [Tentacle Monster] in the XXX booth to cause a distraction, then go to AREA GREEN.

Fairly sure XXX means it's an info booth. You should totally go there.

the orange passage has a number line in front of it, does that mean anything?

Kaktus 2013/07/31(Wed)15:18 No. 529986 ID: b3ca75
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>the orange passage has a number line in front of it, does that mean anything?
Maybe? I don’t know.
>What about that floating core thing?
Huh, what flo- oh, right, you guys see the world in 2d or something, right? That’s actually very tall pillar going horizontally, but it’s just like the rest of the walls here.

>Resist overpowering temptation to visit the XXX booth.
Erin fails to resist the temptation!
…don’t tell me you’re about to go into a porn hub?
…maybe~
Please do your porn surfing after the jobs done.
>Ask those gentlemen in front of it which way the info center is, you forgot what color it was.
The info center? It’s right down the orange passage. You can’t miss it.
Why, thank you.
>Spawn a [Tentacle Monster] in the XXX booth.
What? It’s Hentai Wednesday already?
…
Good, you’re inside, now find a data Node… remember, it’s probably not completely apparent were one is, but it’s probably a metaphor for data in some way.
Um…

Insert Smuck bait_

>>529986
...Look to the right, first.

>metaphor for data
Going out on a limb here, but I'm going to guess it's one of those big computer looking things.

hmm, you don't want the others noticing you accessing this so how about creating a realistic series of paintings absolutely surrounding the datanode.

>>529986
That mantis over there... that looks like Claire, almost. She doesn't have the bangle on her antenna though. Is there any way to check their identification in here?

Could we just go down there and do what we came to do in plain sight? I mean, act like you're supposed to be here. Or would it be obvious we're not supposed to do what we're about to do?

There's no way it could be this easy. Those potted plants are way too obvious to be the data node! Check to the right.

can you spawn yourself a lab coat or some Morgani body armor and just access the info hub down there while looking like you're just some Morgani employee.

>>529997
That's a male, you can check the size.

>>530005
Oh, you're right. Also that is apparently a common purple outfit, so that guy probably has nothing to do with Claire.

>>529986
....They cannot possibly be this stupid. Yank off the letter "E" then proceed right.

Check that techy-looking cabinet. I think the 'they cannot be this stupid' gambit is probably right.

>>529986
that is so obviously a trap, or a an in joke. one or the other. either way, run it by wiz. he seems to know more about this sort of thing than we do.

Actually it might be the real thing, some places are pretty stupid about leaving their valuable stuff unguarded on their own net..

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)06:55 No. 530249 ID: b3ca75
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>Can you spawn yourself a lab coat or some Morgani body armor.
I’ve made it so your avatar looks like a Morgani employee for other users. That should keep the suspicion away from you.
>Check that techy-looking cabinet.
It’s part of the bigger computer… The “Unguarded data node” comp… It’s a bit too big for just holding information, if you ask me.
>that is so obviously a trap, or an in joke.
...Let’s not take any chances, okay?

>...Look to the right, first.
Don’t try to cross the red line. The firewall there is too protected for me to do anything about. You’d be thrown out of the system within a few milliseconds.
>Run it by wiz. He seems to know more about this sort of thing than we do.
Hmm… People who design these places love to hide things in plain sight. That… big node is probably a trap for anyone without a clearance. Try to find something a bit smaller. If you can’t… well, then we just have the gamble with the big computer.

Insert He sulks like Achilles in his tent! …It’s the Iliad? …it’s Homer? …_

There was a book off-screen on the table to the left, wasn't there? A book could be a metaphor for data, it was in plain sight, it's smaller, and it's a lot subtler than the probable computer trap.

>>530252
Looks like there's a book on the table by the painting, too. Books sound like good bets.

try book, failing that wonder back the other way and hope to find something else helpful.

It could be the big painting of the guy it's hidden around.

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)08:31 No. 530267 ID: b3ca75
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>try book.
[Connecting to Data node… please stand by…]
Good, now keep me covered while I download the data. This is bound to get someone’s atten-
*BEEP* WARNING! Unauthorized user detected in sector 24B! Countermeasures deployed!*BEEP*
*BEEP* Initiating lockdown in safe zone*BEEP*
…like that?
Um… that wasn’t me…
We rusted! They’ve heard our harmonics! I told you it was the paper manual!
Oh stop spinning, Cog. Just disable the non-cogs, get?
[Morgani guard have been disconnected! Morgani guard have been disconnected!]
It’s the twisted cog! She’s here!
Well, don’t just spin there, slice and dice her!!
…I’m going to guess they caused it… protect the Data node just a few more minutes…

Insert …Read a book!_

Chain lighting through the fake computer thing. Fry them cogs.

whelp, no need to play it quite anymore, throw some force lightning there way to stun them and then spawn yourself an RPG and blow them away. Also keep an eye on the guy behind you in the safe zone. it would really suck for you to go down because some A-hole back stabbed you

Wait, different thought-what if we somehow 'stealth' away or something? Let the stupid cogs cause the chaos, while we get the loot/data.

>>530267
Drop the Chandelier on the one in the back.

>>530274
like camouflaging into the wall?

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)09:27 No. 530281 ID: b3ca75
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>Wait, different thought-what if we somehow 'stealth' away or something?
You need to stay close to the book otherwise I’ll lose the connection!
>like camouflaging into the wall?
They have already seen me and don’t seem particularly friendly towards me… I don’t think I can trick them like that…
Kill the diseased one!

>Chain lighting through the fake computer thing. Fry them cogs.
Eat greased ligh- …oh, come on, a shield!?
>Spawn yourself an RPG and blow them away.
Eat rocket then!
[Cog laser deletes missile!]
COME ON!!

Insert or at least watch the movie_

Wait, we have to stand close to the book? Staying in one place will kind of get us killed, especially against two opponents. How long do we have to keep that up? Can we pick up the book?

>laser fired through shield
...switch simulation to Dune-universe physics. That cog will suddenly find himself very exploded.

>ninja lizard
Turn its sword into a hostile liquid metal monster that attacks it.

what's stopping you from just forming a spike from the ground up that guy's ass? Oh and can you go invisible and leave a fake version of yourself where you are standing right now that will electrocute anyone who touches it to take down sword lizard up there. If not just go with the spike idea again and have a spike come out of the 'wall' and impale him/her mid-jump.

For the ninja once he leaps at you dodge and throw him into the safe zone.

For the laser dude subterreanean missiles. they go underground then explode once underneath your foe.

keep an eye out for #3, can't see him.

Dopefish.exe behind him?

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)10:26 No. 530295 ID: b3ca75
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>Wait, we have to stand close to the book?
Just stay inside the room, okay?
>Oh and can you go invisible and leave a fake version of yourself where you are standing right now?
>…switch simulation to Dune-universe physics.
[Unable to take control over current server!]
>Turn its sword into a hostile liquid metal monster that attacks it.
[Unable to take control over program “Cog.ava”!]
Dammit! Stupid server rules!

>Dopefish.exe behind him?
…or two of them…
AAAH!!
[Dopefish.exe successfully disconnects Cog.ava!]
[Cog.ava deletes Dopefish.exe]
…At least I got one…

>For the ninja once he leaps at you dodge and throw him into the safe zone.
She’s too fast! There’s no way I can get close to her without a way to block her sword.

Insert Ninja lizard wizard casting blizzard_

>>530295
Shock again? Or make a pit beneath and attack while she's distracted.

Alternatively, more porn.

Lightning sword to counter the metal sword.

All the fun of a lightsaber, with the added bonus of electrocution and less lawsuits.

quick spawn more adds to swarm sword girl while you use the "everything is just a different floor" rule to run up to the 'ceiling' and then spawn yourself a gun and take her down

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)11:23 No. 530317 ID: b3ca75
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>use the "everything is just a different floor" rule to run up to the 'ceiling'.
...so… which direction was originally “down” again?

>Lightning sword to counter the metal sword.
Um… you know that you need to know how to use a sword in real life for tha-
Erin successfully parries Cog lizard’s sword flurry!
…and apparently you do know how to wield a sword…
What!? How did you parry!? These things are created to cut through anything!
This isn’t real life, baby, it’s the internet! …speaking of the internet…

>Alternatively, more porn.
Do you like what you see, sexy?
…Well, I’m just as distracted as she is…
Alright, I’m done. Just unplug me from the book and I’ll log you out.

Insert All the porn! All of it!_

Log out, the mantid behind us is about to fire.

surprise tail-attack!

oh wait just jump up, the guy behind you is about to shoot.

Can you cross the red line to get instantly kicked?

>>530317
Superior Agility: Jump to the other floor and when they follow you, impale them.

Dodge and immobilize your opponent- use them as a shield. Get the lizard ninja killed by the bug-gun behind you.

>>530323
>>530318
No. We have to unplug Wiz.

Oh, so many potential options...
Let's see.
Barring doing something clever and sutble like having the 'floor' drop out from cog ninja here or shooting up to crush them temple-trap style, we could just go and grab Ninja boy and toss him into the safe zone lazer, now that we can stop his sword with our sword. Maybe even just do a violent disconnect and jump into the lazer ourselves could work!
But I'm gessing most of this is about as smart as summoning a dopefish about to eat us.

jump over the lizard and let the mantis guy shoot her. then use your reflexes to jump back toward the book and then we can get out of here.

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)12:09 No. 530345 ID: b3ca75
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>surprise tail-attack!
Well… it might distract her long enough…
AAH! What the hell!? Where did that thing come from!?
>Superior Agility: Jump to the other floor and when they follow you, impale them.
Come back here, you co- GAH!
[Cog have been disconnected!]
…dammit, I wanted to penetrate her with my long erect sword… my sensitive e-
Yes, I get it, it’s sexual innuendo, ha ha very funny and all that… geez…

>Log out.
Alright, you’re unplugged. Get me out of here.
Logging you out in… 3… 2…
Cog brothers, I got the… data… oh… I’ll just log out then…

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)12:09 No. 530346 ID: b3ca75
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Welcome back to the world of the living. You did well back there…
So… I’m actually offline now and not in some kind of illusion dream kind of thing?
…you’re in the real world, yes. I’ll look into the data you got with the help of Void later.
…so… what now?
Whatever you want.

Insert FREEEEDOOO- meh, I’m bored_

someone's on the crapper downstairs.

As for what you can do I say either hit the brake room and try and entertain yourself, snoop around and see if you can't find that power armor, or snoop around and see if you can't find your room. No one has told you where it is yet after all. and extra points if you snoop around by using your reflexes to there limit and don't get seen by anyone.

The third cog got the data they wanted? I thought one of the dopefish got him.

Crank electrosenses. Double check that this reads as real.

Sword skills, porn fights and not being stuck in a recursive illusion world? Erin, you are the best host.

Back to the porn hub!....

Maybe we should check on Nevros first though, to make sure he's doing better.

>>530346
I say we should ask why Serki got fired.

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)13:04 No. 530378 ID: b3ca75
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>Sword skills.
My military implant makes me proficient in all currently used weapons… including vorpal proton blades.
>Back to the porn hub!
Time for some me ti- Hey! Did you just turn it off?
I’m sorry, but it’s Dyne’s Hologenerator. I can’t just let you go around surfing porn on it without his approval. Use the full-size Holodeck if you’re that desperate.
>snoop around and see if you can't find your room.
…Or I should just ask Nev… quicker that way.

>Maybe we should check on Nevros first though, to make sure he's doing better.
So, while I already got the tools out, wants some upgrades? Maybe some girth or length?
What? No!
Um… e-e-exc…e-excuse me…
Self lubrication?
No!
N-n-never m-mind…
Vibration?
No!
Increased sensitivity?
…that act- I mean, no! I rather be pure, alright? No augs for me!
Aw… you’re no fun.

Insert …really?_

>>530378
Reality IS defined by consistency.
The fewer fast changes you make to yourself, the more sure you can be that you are properly real and not in a dream state.

>>530378
Ask Serki what he came here for, maybe we can help him get what he wants.

get there attention and tell them that Serki want to tell them something. then ask for your room.

She loves her work..

Gotta admit I am now curious how it would vibrate..

Also ask Serki what he's trying to tell them.

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)13:41 No. 530409 ID: b3ca75
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>Reality IS defined by consistency.
…so, still being in this house is a good thing, right?

>Ask Serki what he came here for.
E-Erin? …I-I just… oh… y-you h-h-have a tail…?
Since yesterday, yes.
…it’s… s-s-se… n-nice… oh, a-and I j-just w-wanted to s-say that J-Jara is b-b-back… y-you w-w-wa… w-w-wanted to s-see her, r-r-right?
…Did Serki just speak more than one word to a chick?
…I didn’t know he should talk like that…

>I say we should ask why Serki got fired.
…
Fired? He’s in therapy… he’s been there since he got out of school. He just doesn’t like to talk about it.
…but why would he lie about being fired?
…

>then ask for your room.
It’s the last door on the right, just down the hall.

Insert Lies! The couch is your bed!_

Either Serki had a job he never told the others about, or he's ashamed about the therapy and lied to cover his abdomen.

Either way, whups. Awkward.

>Jara is back
Well, we should probably check in with her, then.

Thank serki, he's been so helpful.

Think he has a crush on you, considering I believe he was about to call your tail sexy.

thank him for the information and tell him not to sweat it if he doesn't want to tell you he doesn't have to. I mean everyone has there secrets.

>>530409
How the heck does a Mantis close their eyes?

Hmm, he said he got laid off when you asked him why he wasn't busy working when you woke up. Maybe he doesn't have the same hours as other people because of the therapy or something...? I can't figure it out, ask to talk to him in private about it so it's less embarrassing for him.

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)14:33 No. 530431 ID: b3ca75
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>How the heck does a Mantis close their eyes?
…I don’t know… how the hell… but… I… what…
>Think he has a crush on you, considering I believe he was about to call your tail sexy.
…I don’t think he got a crush on me yet. He’s probably just starving for positive feedback and… wait, you think he was about to say that my tail was sexy? Hmm… maybe he got a thing for lizards? Besides, my tail is sexy!

>Thank serki, he's been so helpful.
Y-you’re w-welcome…
>ask to talk to him in private about it so it's less embarrassing for him.
Hey, Serki, can I talk to you in privet later?
I… b-bu… gnt…
…err… I meant about your job and stuff… um… less embarrassing you know…
…k-kay…

>Well, we should probably check in with her, then.
…or she’ll check in with us…
Void? You sent me a message about some mind controlling Nano machines from hell and other space, right? …are you drunk or just high?
…um… well…

Insert How can they both be from hell and space? Is hell in space?_

>>530431
Nope, give her a description of what happened.

well seeing how I'm the one he tried to strangle when he was "high or drunk" after he was perfectly fine only seconds before I think I can back him up a bit.

Also tell her that before void snapped you where hearing a voice that kept saying mother over and over again, and also screamed like a little girl when you kicked void in his manhood.

He gained near super-lizard strength, began a chant of CRUSH AND KILL AND CRUSH AND KILL and VOICES!!! CRUSH AND KILL!!

And then we kept hearing this weird background voice speaking at the same time so yeah we can back him up on that.

Nev's entire body started radiating some sort of red light, while he was suddenly filled with an overwhelming need to strangle us. Heightened metabolism or something, it was even overloading his implants. Some sort of hormonal mind control, possibly triggered by listening to an intercepted communication. Right before it hit he started babbling something about revenge without being aware he was saying anything in between his sentences.

The nano machines from hell were unrelated, that sort of purple goop we found trailing away from the slaughter of those Morgani agents. Probably unrelated. He wasn't covered in purple goop when he was trying to strangle us with his weak baby muscles.

Kaktus 2013/08/01(Thu)15:15 No. 530452 ID: b3ca75
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>give her a description of what happened.
…so… Mind control, voices in your head, purple goop Nano machines… and… lots of other stuff… and he was even glowing red? What in the…
It’s like a Sci-fi movie!
…fine, I’ll believe… some of it. I guess I can take a look on your implants and stuff if you’re really that paranoid.
…or maybe it’s a game?
But who is mother?
Go for the harem ending, Erin! Harem ending!
Um… Kyra, you know that being in a harem generally means to be committed to it.
…in that case, go for the free sex ending, Erin! Free sex ending!
Oy…
…
Oh right, you guys seen the news? Some weird stuff happened in a small mining town not far from here… in fact, I think they even mentioned something like the purple goop you described. Maybe it’s worth checking out?

Insert Going for the bad ending in a hand basket_

Everyone currently in this room shall be in the free sex ending!

But yeah, what weird stuff was being reported?

>>530452
Okay, so the TransMachina is active in that mining town? Oh! Ask Nev what was in that data stick, because apparently the TransMachina knew where it was and went specifically after it. Ask who else knew where the data stick was. Also it wouldn't hurt for someone to look into why the Cogs were going after the same data we were. They seem to be a dangerous cult with plans to wipe out... people not like them, so we can't let them get access to what Morgani is developing.

I think we could take a quick trip over to the mining town while Wiz processes the data we retrieved, and head over to Armitage Inc afterwards.

Has Serki been stuck in that pose this entire time? If so maybe you should reassure him and help him out of the room. If not I guess he's fine and just reacting to the free sex thing.

>>530431
>Insert How can they both be from hell and space? Is hell in space?_

Surely the cult classic Event Horizon has lasted into the modern day internet archives?

eh check out the news feed and see if it gives you anything useful, If nothing else we can check it out while we wait for Wiz to do whatever it is he needs to do.

Hell is other people!

Kaktus 2013/08/02(Fri)01:25 No. 530609 ID: b3ca75
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>Hell is other people!
You usually think so until you’ve experience true loneliness… crying yourself to sleep every night in sheer desperation for someone, anyone to find you and… um… what was we talking about, again?

>Has Serki been stuck in that pose this entire time?
Um… you alright, Serki?
...I-I n-n-need t-t-to…g-g-g…
>Ask Nev what was in that data stick
I don’t know. It was meant to be filled with information about the things you found on your mission, but you didn’t actually send anything… at least I don’t think it was you who sent something. It was right after I got automatic message that you’ve been killed in action and I was running away to lay low. I got this really weird message from you and the datastick was suddenly full with data about… I don’t know, I never had the time to go back and get it.
>Ask who else knew where the data stick was.
Only you and Haran… as far as I know.

>it wouldn't hurt for someone to look into why the Cogs were going after the same data we were.
Those nut jobs was on the news too. Their leader held some kind of public speech about the coming “war” that will form the future of our species… or something.
>But yeah, what weird stuff was being reported?
Mostly that someone had wrecked a bunch of cars… by throwing them around and stuff… oh, and that some drunk… real drunk, not simulated drunk, people saw some kind of monster eating a car. The news was mostly about that the Morgani have sent a security force out there.
That’s new, I’ve never seen them outside the Mega City before…
>If nothing else we can check it out while we wait for Wiz to do whatever it is he needs to do.
I need check with some people down there first. You probably won’t find anything if you go in blind. Meanwhile you can… um… I don’t know. Watch the news yourself, maybe? Play around on the HoloDeck? I guess Kyra, Void and Serki, wherever he ran off to, is free… just waste some time for a while.

Insert Time waster_

>>530609
Ask what that weird message Nev got was, and see if he can give us the exact phrasing.

The monster that ate the car is likely the TransMachina, who... oh. Wanna bet what happened to you happened to Haran too? Or something similar, at any rate? He might be in control of the TransMachina, but he had a memory backup of the old Erin and knows she was a traitor, so he'd want to avoid places Erin would know about. I think this fits our data. The TransMachina knows stuff Haran knows, and is acting like Haran would act, except for the whole smileyface thing on corpses I guess. Though, come to think of it, if he has a "fragmented AI" like us with him... smiley faces on the corpses does seem like the sort of amusing psychological warfare we might come up with. Granted, all of this is circumstantial evidence and profiling, no hard evidence for it. I'd really like to get some footage of the TransMachina in action, or try to communicate with it somehow.

Also, what does Nev know about the Cog ideology? What do they want to accomplish? What do they admire, what do they hate?

Talk to Serki, maybe check some news

Oh, this is a good time to get that makeover too.

Check out the news. We'll get our propaganda fist-hand!

No makeover.

OH yeah forgot about that, get the makeover.

Kaktus 2013/08/02(Fri)06:45 No. 530650 ID: b3ca75
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>Wanna bet what happened to you happened to Haran too?
…No bets. That sounds way too plausible.
>Oh, this is a good time to get that makeover too.
>No makeover.
Make up your minds, guys.

>Ask what that weird message Nev got was, and see if he can give us the exact phrasing.
I’ll do even better than that. Still got the message on the portable MindPad you retrieved. Here, listen to this.
*BEEP*-nd why does this one deny the symphony of the flesh? The glory of the meat!? Does it not realize its individuality is just a drop of rain in the storm that is our perfection! Why choose the weakness of the one when you can have the strength of the many!? Why does it fight us, the brothers and sisters, daughter and sons of the great mo- [Call disconnected]
Well, that didn’t sound good…

>what does Nev know about the Cog ideology?
Augmentations. Lots and lots of Augs. They strive to exalt our species with the help of them. As for what they want here… um… no idea, really.

>Check out the news.
-is still unable to answer what happened to the Morgani Sec force sent to the city HammerCrest. The Morgani themselves denies that anything would have happen to their force even after a video of a Morgani sec Officer being dragged screaming into the darkness have surfaced. More on this story as it develops.
>Talk to Serki.
…he’s hocked up to the HoloDeck. If I want to talk to him I got to follow him into the matrix. I can easily find him in there thanks of the training Wiz gave me, if I wanted to…

Insert Remember to delete your browser history_

>>530650
HammerCrest it is!
Lets make peaceful contact with the bloodthirsty horror.

To the holodeck!

Meh, if he's up to something online, I think it would be rude to interrupt.

>crazy ranting
Sounds like the cogs, or the voice we heard before.

I think we should try going to Hammercrest. First though we prepare to bring some weaponry and any portable tools we can get to study nanotech or biotech.

Kaktus 2013/08/02(Fri)08:18 No. 530667 ID: b3ca75
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>Let’s make peaceful contact with the bloodthirsty horror.
Cleary, this is the best course of action.
>I think we should try going to Hammercrest.
As soon as Jara can pinpoint the exact location in the city I should go. It’s a city of ten thousand people, so I can’t expect to find anything just driving around blindly.
>First though we prepare to bring some weaponry and any portable tools we can get to study nanotech or biotech.
I’ll see what the others can cook up.

>To the holodeck!
>Meh, if he's up to something online, I think it would be rude to interrupt.
…Hmm… On one hand, it would be rude… on the other… I’m kind of curious of what’s going on in there… maybe just a quick peek…

You’re the best, Serki!
You’re so smart!
Can you tell me how to fix a hydroelectric portal generator? I know you can do it!
T-thank you! I- W-WAIT, ERIN!?!?!
[Shutting down Therapy program: Social phobia part 8B…]
Wait, you can see m- oh, I forgot to turn off my avatar, didn’t I… wops…

Insert Fail_

>Serki is Barclay
*Pff* Oh gods.

Oh well, I suppose using it as therapy and not some kind of creepy escapism and power trip is a good thing.

...awkward apology time?

>>530667
"For what it's worth you ARE totally awesome, and if I ever find the people who abused you into thinking otherwise I'll kick apologies out of their faces.
Also, I'm totally stealing that me-as-a-lizard avatar."

Hydroelectric portals are a thing? After apologizing ask what those are, because I am curious (and also it would probably help him to know that someone is interested in what he knows).

>>530671
Don't assume he was abused. Not all phobias are based in a specific trauma.

Kaktus 2013/08/02(Fri)10:43 No. 530683 ID: b3ca75
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>Don't assume he was abused. Not all phobias are based in a specific trauma.
I should probably try to get some background before I start assuming things…
>...awkward apology time?
Oh Sod. I’m sorry I… um… came in uninvited like this… sorry…
P-please d-d-don’t t-th… t-t-think less off m-me…
Why would I do that? For what it's worth you ARE totally awesome!
W-w-what!?
You’re repairing a combat power armor! Do you know how advance those things are? Also, I'm totally stealing that me-as-a-lizard avatar.
W-what a-avatar… oh, I… I’m s-sorry… It m-makes avatars f-from my s-subconscious and… I’m s-sorry…
Don’t sweat it. You were talking to me right before you got here, so it’s understandable you would be thinking about me. By the way, what’s a hydroelectric portal generator? They got those in the cars, right?
Y-you really w-want to know!? I-it’s a conduit with a specialized *Click* air resistance that-
…
-that both powers the *Click* portal generator and the car itself! *Click*
So… only understanding about half of that… It’s a specialized tube with portals on each end with water falling between them, thus generating infinitive amount of power for the car, right?
*Click*It’s a bit more complex than that but… yeah, t-that’s about it! *Click*

…Wow, he’s really happy… he’s starting to sound like Kyra did when she was watching that show yesterday…

Insert Click means click in mantis speak_

...we use portals to generate infinite potential energy to power a perpetual motion generator?

Huh. Cool, but seems to me that should be violating basic conservation laws. You're creating energy. Unless the portals are pulling the energy from somewhere else.

...oh well. We're not here to be scientists, we're here to kick ass.

>image in an image
Aaaah! The recursing! It's started!

Does that mean they have portals to transport objects or even people, or do portals currently have a limitation like very short maximum distances?

>>530684
Having portals to begin with generally involves bludgeoning a few lays of physics with a chunk of unobtanium.

>>530683
Oh dear, you have portals. Physics is broken. Not that it wasn't already broken a long time ago, but still.

So let's see. Serki would like you as a lizard, Nev would like you with a dick, Jara and Kyra are unknowns.

Ask Serki what his cybernetics do.

Hit on Serki more, he's adorable.

Kaktus 2013/08/02(Fri)12:18 No. 530710 ID: b3ca75
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>So let's see. Serki would like you as a lizard, Nev would like you with a dick, Jara and Kyra are unknowns.
…I’m sure they like me for who I am, thank you very much… no need to play for their fetishes… yet.
>Hit on Serki more, he's adorable.
…well, he is adorable… but I don’t know if he’ll be able to handle me actually hitting on him… so far I’ve only been really friendly with the guy.

>but seems to me that should be violating basic conservation laws.
>Oh dear, you have portals. Physics is broken.
That pretty much sums it up.
>Does that mean they have portals to transport objects or even people, or do portals currently have a limitation like very short maximum distances?
A Portal suitable for… um… “Solid” material needs to be rather big, have a lot of hardware and be in a near perfect vacuum a.k.a space or it will become too unstable and collapse. It also got a maximum range of 8 parsec… or 25 light-years if you find that easier to comprehend. Anyway, portals are mostly used for engines or interstellar travel as far as I know.

>Ask Serki what his cybernetics do.
O-oh? Um… I-it’s mostly t-tools to help me with… um… m-my mech… m-mechanical work. L-like my eye h-has a lot o-of sensors a-and p-precision t-tools… um… and m-my claws are b-built to b-be a substitute for t-the normal t-tools you n-n-need when y-you f-fix an e-eng… engine… W-what does y-y-yours do?
Oh, it mostly tools for my line of work… you know…
S-super a-awe… awesome c-cyborg n-ninja?
Shouldn’t put it better myself.

*BEEP* Hey, Erin, I think I got a lead on the thing in Hammercrest. Come talk to me. *BEEP*
*BEEP* You got one new message from… “Constantine” entitled: “Important”… *BEEP*

Insert Turn of your phone in the matrix, please_

Try poking one of your recursive doubles while you check you phone message.

Then we can exit and go see Jara.

>>530710
Eeggghhahh I do not like the holodeck anymore, please get the hell out of it. Also I kindof phrased that badly, I know they like you already.

Take that message from "Constantine" on the way to Jara. I wonder if that's Haran?

can you get viruses in holospace or not and if so what can they do? If you can get a virus scan the mail first before you open it to make sure it isn't a trap and once we either read or delete it (if it has a virus on it) tell Serki it's been fun but we have to talk to Jara for a bit and will catch up later.

Kaktus 2013/08/02(Fri)14:01 No. 530767 ID: b3ca75
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>can you get viruses in holospace or not and if so what can they do?
It’s the internet… they do exactly the same stuff they do without the holodeck.
>Try poking one of your recursive doubles.
…it’s just a picture, nothing else.

>tell Serki it's been fun but we have to talk to Jara for a bit and will catch up later.
Oh… I-I’ll come too. I a-already feel b-better after o-our t-talk so I d-don’t need t-to do t-that… t-thera… t-therapy session…
Alright, let me just check a massage first.
And E-E-Erin? I-It’s b-b-been nice ta-

>Take that message from "Constantine" on the way to Jara.
Wait, what the hell, where am I? …what the fuck…
Ah, the elusive sisteres ofs the new dawnes, wes welcomes yous to ours presences.
…what?
Dos not fretes befores the pures lords. I ams Constantines, lords ofs the pures.
…still what.
What he’s trying to say is that he’s Constantine, lord of “Purity” as you metal heads like to call us… and I’m Argyle, he’s second in command… and apparently an interpreter because his galactic common sucks.
Va? Min engelska suger inte! Vad i helvete håller du på med, Argyle!?
Um… what? …Okay, enough of this bullshit. What the fuck do you guys want?
Wes ares heres dos offeres yous a deales, daughters ofs the dawnes. Wes knows whats yous ares and we’res willinges to gives yous thises informationes ifs yous slayes the metales ones frees in the smalles concretes jungles ofs “Hammercrestes”.
We are simply here because our goals intertwine. We know what you are and what the thing you are about to hunt is. All we ask for in return for this information is a favor… we’ll give you a weapon capable to destroy the... “Transmachina” that’s lose and if you succeed in doing so… well, you’ll know everything we know. Does that sound like a deal?
…som om hon skulle göra det… puh, detta kommer aldrig att funka…
Um… what… the… fuck…

…what kind of languages is that? It’s not in my languages database… it must be a rather insignificant one…

Insertes it’s annoyinges to writes likes thises_

hmmm, ask why they want to take down the transmachina and if they have any idea who mother is since someone took control of our friend and had him try to strangle us while yelling something about "mother" over and over again.

...so do you guys actually have glowing wings and branches growing from your backs, or do you just have overinflated avatars?

>We know what you are and what the thing you are about to hunt is.
Oh, that's great. I don't know for sure what I am, what I'm hunting, or that I'm actually hunting it.

A weapon that works would be nice, but I can't promise I'll use it in advance. I don't even know what's going on!

It's swedish! Old language.

"Huh? My English does not suck! What the hell are you doing, Argyle!?

as if she would do it ... phew, this will never work ..."

Also ask who the metal ones are, are they cogs?

Kaktus 2013/08/02(Fri)14:49 No. 530783 ID: b3ca75
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>...so do you guys actually have glowing wings and branches growing from your backs, or do you just have overinflated avatars?
Wes are likes the woodsy lords-
Käften, Con.
>I don't even know what's going on!
But you will when you’re done with our task.
>Questions.
All your questions will be answered when you have completed your task.

>A weapon that works would be nice, but I can't promise I'll use it in advance.
Very well. It is your choice how you use it. Here…
Ow! My brain! …what did you do!?
You’ll see in due time… now, goodbye.
-----
-lking t-to you… I… I-I…
…ugh…
…E-Erin… y-you’re… um…
My head…
Y-you’re bleeding! Are you alright!? What happened!?

Insert I don’t even…_

>>530783
Tell him you got contacted by someone called "Constantine" who was the head of some organization related to "Purity", which I guess means they don't like cybernetics. They somehow hacked into you through your phone and did something to your head saying they were giving you a weapon against the transmachina, so it's time to visit Kyra.

This seems like a war over transhumanism. The Cogs like cybernetics, "Purity" doesn't, who knows what Morgani and the Empire's stances are. Morgani seems fond of nanotech though considering they created the transmachina.

...did they even specify what the task was?

>what happened
I think I accepted an unauthorized download. To the doctors, and mod-analyzers, I think.

>>530786

To kill metal men in the concrete jungle of hammercrest.

Also, get medical attention, state you just got mindfucked by weird woodsy fellows of purity.

Kaktus 2013/08/02(Fri)16:10 No. 530806 ID: b3ca75
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>Also, get medical attention; state you just got mindfucked by weird woodsy fellows of purity.
Oh sod, what happened!?
…gnt…
S-she s-s-said t-th… that s-someone n-named Constant… C-Const… Constantine h-hacked h-her i-implant trough h-her p-phone…
…what? How does that even work?
Just hook her up the scanner and check what’s wrong with her!
…gnt… brr… ht…
This can’t be right…
Something’s wrong with her implants, right?
Brrrin…hurrrt….sss…
Um… Serki… you can put her down on the bed now…
…
Her implants is fine… kind off… It’s her brain… it’s… bigger? And it seems to be growing over her implants? What the hell?
…You mean her brain is swelling?
It’s not swelling! It’s just… bigger! It’s like it got an extra layer on it! It has grow!?
…why can I taste purple?

Insert It’s a weapon of mass…_

...makes sense. The purists are bio-freaks, right? So whatever they did is a bio-hack, not a mod-hack.

Does this mean we have physic powers now?

[Check bio-modifications for encoded documentation]

Growing over the implants? Is it destroying them? Is it causing harm, seriously how can her skull even contain this.

>>530811
It likely condensed existing brain tissue somehow to make space.

Which might make her more prone to cranial trauma if her brain has become more dense.

>>530806
You might want to make room for the brain then. Remove the implants that are in the way.

Personally I think it's giving US more power. We are localized in your brain, after all. Let's NOT fry the brain scanner this time, please?

It'd make sense Purity having spooky biological augmentation technology, and actually have fancy fairy wings like that. What makes less sense is how they transmitted that over mechanical and electrical technology, i.e. your phone.

Insert email me a beer...

so we have cogs which focus on cybernetic modification and now purity that focus on bio modification. Can we run a search on purity to see how well know they are cause if we're going to be possibly helping them I at least would like to have an idea on who we're working for.

>>530898
If the brain's grown over existing implants, getting to them might be harder now. We'd have to cut through new brain tissue, and since this is a new configuration, it's not as if we know what does what or how to get through it safely.

...and really, I'd prefer not to have to resort to pulling augs unless we have to.

Kaktus 2013/08/03(Sat)05:38 No. 531024 ID: b3ca75
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>[Check bio-modifications for encoded documentation]
…unless the documents are the taste of purple I can’t find anything… man, it starting to smell purple now too! …how the hell do I even know how purple taste and smells like?
>Can we run a search on purity to see how well know they are?
“Purity”… a known terrorist group active primarily outside and in the edge of imperial space. Is hunted by the imperial polices because of death, destruction and unregistered rave parties. Legal to shoot on sight… huh…

>...makes sense. The purists are bio-freaks, right? So whatever they did is a bio-hack, not a mod-hack.
Bio what now? Um… they haven’t invented that yet… I think…
>Growing over the implants? Is it destroying them?
They seems to be fine… kind of… they are fine for the moment but if you get anymore “upgrades” like this they will start to break.

>seriously how can her skull even contain this.
There was a reason why you started bleeding and collapsed, you know… though, it seems to be getting better…
>It likely condensed existing brain tissue somehow to make space.
No… it’s condensing the new brain tissue into the old. Your brain is getting smaller again, but with a bigger… “mass”…
…It’s still the same weight, though… I don’t really know how that works but… that’s what the number says…

>Does this mean we have physic powers now?
…I don’t know… I kind of feel weird… like… purple… and… wait… I can feel something else…
…Serki feels… afraid? I… I can feel his emotions? …Kyra seems fascinated and Jara is just confused… while Nev is… is… going through an emotional roller-coaster… huh…

>Insert email me a beer...
Insert …oh shit, you can read my mind, can’t you!? …Stop thinking dirty thoughts, stop thinking…_

...I think I'm empathic now? That's... kind of weird.

>no documentation
Jeeze guys, would it kill you to encode the user manual into our junk DNA?

Wait, do you mean that its volume has gotten bigger, or are you saying that it has actually gained additional mass that does not have any apparent weight?

Hmm, can you tell people's location or direction from you by this emotions sense, or just that they are feeling that emotion somewhere nearby?

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>Hmm, can you tell people's location or direction from you by this emotions sense, or just that they are feeling that emotion somewhere nearby?
…I can only sense that they are nearby and… it’s odd, I can feel to who it belongs to somehow…

>Wait, do you mean that its volume has gotten bigger, or are you saying that it has actually gained additional mass that does not have any apparent weight?
What I’m saying is that I’m getting some impossible readings on it. A few seconds ago it weighted 400tons and was the size of the smaller moon, which is by all means just… stupid. Either something’s up with your brain that can’t be scanned or this piece of junk is still broken since yesterday.
Thank you for reminding me, Jara, you still haven’t… repaid me yet~
…oh, right… shit…

>...I think I'm empathic now? That's... kind of weird.
…yeah, how about no. You’re not empathic. Brain damaged maybe, but not empathic.
I can sense that you’re frustrated.
No shit, Sherlock.
…and… I feel like… I… can make you happy? Hmm…
Unless you’re hiding a cake in those pants of yours I’m… heh…hah… hehe… why…HAHA… why I’m I laughing? HAH, oh Sod, I feel… HAHA… happy… Heh… w-what did you d-do!?
Interesting…
…did you just glow purple?

Insert Super fun happy mind powers of doom!_

Oh that's bitchin, we got emphatic telepathic powers!

Her eyes also turned purple as well.

Try doing two people at once and try to figure out the range. Happy party!

Oh.
Whatever those guys gave you? It's the same thing that got used on Void earlier.
Only this jerk speciallizes in rage.
Cut off the happy flow, and ask her what it felt like. Betcha she describes something simmilar to what you said earlier.

Try stopping using the powers for a moment before trying anything else, to make sure this isn't about to spiral out of control.

Emotion manipulation? That's an interesting form of mind control. ...let's stop doing that to your friends, though. That's kind of weird.

>>531052
And yeah, now that we know this is possible, something based on the same tech (or bio, whatever) is probably what you and void were hit with earlier.

Kaktus 2013/08/03(Sat)10:13 No. 531059 ID: b3ca75
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>Only this jerk specializes in rage.
…I can do rage too… I think. It feels like I can do any emotion, but I won’t know my limits before I test it.
>Try doing two people at once and try to figure out the range.
Doing it to Jara needed my complete concentration, so two people at once is a no go. As for range… let’s not use my friends as test subjects, shall we? It would be rude…

>Cut off the happy flow, and ask her what it felt like. Betcha she describes something similar to what you said earlier.
…so… how did that feel like?
WHAT DID YOU DO!?
That… t-that was the same thing that happened t-to me, w-wasn’t it!?
…
Hmm…

…Well, all of them feel the same emotion now… fear… pure fear… except for doc, she got like half fear, half curiosity…
<They fear the truth…>

Insert Fear is the mind-killer…_

Oh great, the mind voices are back too...Besides us.

Reassure everyone, let Kyra indulge herself to help reassure everyone a bit. Also reassure them you won't turn them into rage filled beings whose only goal is to murder.

I think it was, furthermore, we now know what group is responsible for that earlier incident, at least partially so, if that was something like a rouge member.
But if you're still feeling frazzled, act like it! Even if it's empowering, it's also new and very unknown to you.

This means we have a sample of this emotion weapon, so we can test if for possible countermeasures. If the others are ok with it, this is the perfect chance to find out the limitations of this thing before we come across an actual hostile wielding one.

By the way, can you try and get an emotional reading from the source of that <voice>?

Whelp we now scared the crap out of everyone in this room, might as well head to Hammercrest so everyone can calm down.

I also can't help but wonder if doc is more curios about the fact that you have an augmentation that she has never seen before or that fact that we got it via email.

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>By the way, can you try and get an emotional reading from the source of that <voice>?
Let’s see… that’s odd… It’s seems to be feeling curio- no wait, it’s confus- no, frustrated… wait a second… I’m reading myself? Dammit!

>Reassure everyone.
I-I’m sorry but… um… I’m still me, right!? Even if I just got some freaky powers… right?
…
Besides, I’m just as scared of them as you are… in fact, I should probably be more scared of them then you are… it is my brain that just went weird after all… D-don’t you trust me?
I-I t-trust you…
…If you can prove that you can keep them under control I’ll trust you, alright?
>let Kyra indulge herself to help reassure everyone a bit.
Well, If you trust me with you brain I’ll trust you with my emotions or whatever you did… Hmm, how do I even start with this?

>This means we have a sample of this emotion weapon, so we can test if for possible countermeasures.
…You’re not using me as a test subject again… but you’re right. We need to know what this is and how to counter it.
I-I’m… um… vol… v-volu…t-teer…i-ing…
>we now know what group is responsible for that earlier incident, at least partially so, if that was something like a rouge member.
And here I thought Purity was just a scapegoat created by the Morgani… Doesn’t explain how they got freaky mystic powers, though…

>might as well head to Hammercrest so everyone can calm down.
No, you won’t. As a doctor I forbid you from leaving this building before I know you’re alright. You just collapsed from some kind of brain swelling! Sod, you where bleeding from your ears even! There’s no way I’m going to let you go on a mission like this!
And I won’t let you leave because… other reasons.
So… what am I supposed to do then? Ow! What was tha-
I just inserted some Nano machines into you. They’ll monitor your brain, hearth rate and stuff like that. Just keep your cute butt in the facility. Other than that, you’re free to do whatever.

Insert Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration_