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50 shades of blue: epsilon's heart
Sunday, November 8th @ 5pm MST! (4pm PST!)
IRC is going to be #failedcaptcha but I'll also be on Slack (@katy) if you don't use IRC!
IRC is going to be #failedcaptcha but I'll also be on Slack (@katy) if you don't use IRC!
INSTRUCTIONS AND NOTES.
- Powers are off unless you need them to exist/move/stuff like that.
- You can go around by yourself or with a group.
- You can take your items in.
- You can go back the way you came. In fact, the entire thing is pretty open.
- All memories are as if they're viewing it, not living it. It's kind of an IC reason.
- All 'yous' are up to how your character is, so you don't have to take it literally.
- You might die! But you'll be revived through the heart, and there won't be any lasting physical damage.
- Not all replies will come from soulping! "NPCs" may come from
- Images are 70% correct! If there are people or vehicles that haven't been described in the images (even after asking for 'is there something else here!') then they're not there.
- Good luck!
START.
Don't bother asking about it. There's no driver. Instead, a mechanical voice pops out a small speaker in the ceiling and the vehicle grinds to a stop. ]
THANK YOU FOR ▉▉▉, MY NAME IS ▉▉▉. PLEASE ENJOY YOUR ▉▉▉.
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Cookies?
[ SNIFFING?? ]
R-Right, anyway … Hi! Hello?
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This is the most interesting combination of smells known to man. Either way it's kind of comforting to her and she'll be looking around the vehicle first. Is there's something outside controlling it?? ]
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TRYING TO FOLLOW THE SMELL, completely ignoring the robo voice. )
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...Mmm, better than nothing.
Right, time to get started. And the best way to start is...]
Hey, smells good! Where's the kitchen?
[...by asking robo-voice about the cookie smell. Naturally.]?
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nah cookies take priority ]
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HEMORRHAGE.
[ When you climb (or look) out, you'll find that you were in a tank.
The outside world is cold and bright. The skies are clear, and you can look around to notice that you're in a box canyon—three impassable walls and a frozen ocean. Occasionally, the landscape will glitch out. Just little pixels of data error, nothing to worry about. Probably. It's really, really small, alright.
Where are you? You're directly in the center of the canyon. The grass is green, but the tank is parked next to a dead tree. It's safer being by a tank, right? It's not like someone could blow you up with it? Maybe?
To the North is the end of the canyon surrounded by rock wall. It's a short walk—five minutes at a quick pace—but there's a dark grey building in view at the end of it. To the South is the end of the canyon surrounded by a frozen ocean. It's about the same distance, and a similar building is also within view.
You can also explore the field between the two ends, or along the walls. And you can stay with the tank! The heart is so god damn open that it's like it belongs to someone nice. ]
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[ Especially when you're in an AIs soul ]
[ Hopping down into the grass, and … man, what's up with that tree? Everything else here seems lively enough, in its own way. Moseying over to poke at it! ]
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[Okay, calm, calm. There's a problem. There's a problem, and he can't leave Epsilon alone.]
[Let's just]
[Get out of the tank because he doesn't know how to drive it away.]
[What about that dead tree. That seems weird.]
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Hopping down from the tank to go explore the field, mostly in an east-ish direction first.]
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shit. sure is a lot of fucking nothing out here. )
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BLUE BASE.
[ The building is pretty open. There are no actual doors, just open sections that you can go inside through.
There are a few crates nearby, piled haphazardly between the base and the ocean.
And inside is a blue flag, you can hear it flapping in the wind.
Or you can go up to the roof. ]
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Let's see, let's see … [ She really hates these games, hates the invasion of privacy that they represent, but they're here to remove corruption. Nggh. Nnnnnghhhh. After a moment of hesitation, she goes to check out one of the crates. CAREFULLY. ]
[ She knows what kind of world you come from, dude. ]
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( yes they look exactly the same shh )
[ The building is pretty open. There are no actual doors, just open sections that you can go inside through. There's also a few vehicles nearby, like a four-wheeler bike and a... monstrous looking jeep with a gun turret on the back.
In the center of the building is a red flag. You can see it from outside.
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[Let's check the roof]
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CROWN. I TYPED CORN AT FIRST. HOW APPROPRIATE.
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[ Along the side of the wall is a small path leading upward to an open area; a small cliff. It overlooks the entire canyon.
There's also a large crate tucked against the back of the wall. It's locked, but the lock itself looks rusty. ]
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CAVE.
[ You come to a small pool of water and two tunnels. One leads deeper into the cave, and the other looks like it runs alongside the rock walls. The latter tunnel seems to have very faintly glowing walls.
What do you want to do? ]
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And he's not going to just dunk his head in the water, either. He's just going to cup some in his hands and dump it on his head a few times.
...He grew up not knowing he was a pyro, okay. He does have some water-reliant cleanliness habits.]
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BIRTHDAY.
IT WAS ALSO PROBABLY THE MOST... IMPORTANT ROOM... BUT HEY. YOU BLEW UP RED BASE, EVERYBODY.)
[ The door on the roof of Blue Base opens up to reveal a dark room full of thousands of filing cabinets. Each one is labeled MEMORIES. A few of the cabinets have been ripped open and emptied, considering how neatly the rest of them are.
Unfortunately, the contents of the cabinets are not in this room.
But someone is. Glowing in the corner, changing colours—a familiar (or not so) AI may be found. ]
CORRUPTION.
Thanks to a few of you, when the light subsides there are a few changes to see. For starters, you're definitely all in the same program now.
The entire field is covered in rolling black smoke, tall enough to come up to your waists. However, there's also a choking noises coming from the cliff: the origin of the smoke, and where Sol dumped some water onto the source.
Half of Red Base has been destroyed, and there's a thick smell of burning bodies coming from it. If any of you bother to look, you'll see the remains of Ratatoskr uniforms.
The body from the crate has been fixed and is now sitting on the edge of Blue Base, watching all of you. She'll be giving a thumbs up to the three who helped fix her, allowed her to punch them, and listened. Sort of. The fact that they listened to her is something she likes, so you're good in her books.
There's also an open door on top of Blue Base, attached to a pod. Nobody's been in it, but it seems to calling for something. The memories that were collected, even if they weren't viewed entirely, escape from Puma and Sol and rush into the room.
Finally, there's another familiar (or... not so familiar) hologram floating next to the tree, in the sea of smoke. He's not quite there, but you know it's close. ]
Wow, what the hell did you all do in here? This place looks like shit.
[ He's interrupted by a shout from the person at Blue Base. ] It's not like your heart was very nice to begin with.
[ ...Looks like he's not going to argue with that. ]
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THE KEY.
[ The shot connects with the box and combines with the water fighting the corruption.
Despite the damage and changes that may have been made, befriending the tank and using it seemed like the best way to go. Everything freezes—a complete program stop.
And then it crashes, and you go along with it.
You find yourself waking up in a glowing room. You're tired, drained—but whether you really finished the job or not, well, you're here. You're at the end.
You may have had to let go. Or you may have been let go. You may have been torn apart and stitched back together. Or maybe you ran through it without a scratch. You probably had the right answers, or knew how to talk to assholes, in that case.
It was definitely the latter. The entire program was set against you, in order to stimulate the feeling of being separated. Amazingly, you dodged nearly every bullet... and added a few of your own, instead.
You made it. It's not perfect, but honestly speaking—Epsilon is a third generation of an imperfect person anyway. He'd probably be the first to admit it, in a grudgingly sort of way. ]
Hey there.
[ He doesn't sound tired, this time. Almost rested. While still in his blue, glowing suit, he's standing at a full size and isn't as transparent as he usually is. But there's no mistaking it—this is the full Epsilon.
Well, as full as a personality fragment made of memories that was chipped off of another AI that was based on a human mind could be, anyway. Don't get too ahead of yourselves, now. ]
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Everything else was weird and she's still sad about her "dead" teammates but what's important is that she saved her friend—that she can remember again! ]
CHURCH!! [ Tiniest of Rats coming for a hug. Forget the armor she doesn't care. ]
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After listening in to you talk--and argue--you've got two options.
She can shoot the black crap and either plug it up or, at best, destroy it. With the tank.
Or I can try bring the box to the water and hope for the best. You'd all die trying it.
[ And she might not make it, but since she's here and this is her job... well. ]
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I've been through 'games' like this before, last time somebody tried to infect the soul mirrors ... and I don't think covering it up is an option. Left alone, it's only going to fester. It'll probably spread again, and there's no way of knowing if we'll be able to fix it after we leave.
We need to destroy it, one way or the other.
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