This puts 100% synchronization in a whole light. I would imagine 100% being that the core and the valkyrie are pretty much one and the same.
 
Note this means we either no longer need to acquire energy for food, thereby necessitating some alternative probably provided by Durga, or Durga simply breaks down the food into energy for us and disposes of waste as well.

I'd imagine it's the latter, as otherwise Anna wouldn't get hungry. Might be that this is Durga improving Anna's digestive system to be super-efficient much as it would a purely technological system.

Though I wonder... if the food we eat doesn't reach our stomach, how is it we became sick from eating too much bread? Alternative pocket dimension stomach full? Durga faking the bio-feedback to prevent us from overeating? Or was it just being psychologically tired of tasting nothing but bread for a single meal?
 
I'd imagine it's the latter, as otherwise Anna wouldn't get hungry. Might be that this is Durga improving Anna's digestive system to be super-efficient much as it would a purely technological system.

Though I wonder... if the food we eat doesn't reach our stomach, how is it we became sick from eating too much bread? Alternative pocket dimension stomach full? Durga faking the bio-feedback to prevent us from overeating? Or was it just being psychologically tired of tasting nothing but bread for a single meal?

Probably the last one.

Anyway, at this rate we'll plot out the whole plot before the first school year's over from our little 'wouldn't this be interesting' sessions we have inbetween updates.
 
Though I wonder... if the food we eat doesn't reach our stomach, how is it we became sick from eating too much bread? Alternative pocket dimension stomach full? Durga faking the bio-feedback to prevent us from overeating? Or was it just being psychologically tired of tasting nothing but bread for a single meal?
If I had to bet on it, I'd put my money on the last one.
 
Probably the last one.

Anyway, at this rate we'll plot out the whole plot before the first school year's over from our little 'wouldn't this be interesting' sessions we have inbetween updates.

At a certain point Avalanche will just stop responding when we get something right, and then when one of our theories comes true in-quest someone'll dig up the posts where we posited exactly what's going on. The thread will respond with, "We did that again?"
 
Well, no point hiding it now. I'll also say that no food you have eaten has entered your stomach just to confirm your theory. It was something that was supposed to come up when you visit the Culinary elective class but w/e.

...I hope Durga is rebuilding those functions now that they're no longer strictly suboptimal.
Assuming she still remembers how to use them.
 
...I hope Durga is rebuilding those functions now that they're no longer strictly suboptimal.
Assuming she still remembers how to use them.
But... Why? They are, as you say, suboptimal, and we can fake them well enough to remove any social benefits they'd provide if we actually needed them.

Imagine how nice it'd be to not have to deal with bodily functions. Now imagine all of the unhappiness that accompanies said functions. Anna is probably content with her current state of being, when her thoughts drift in that direction for whatever reason.
 
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But... Why? They are, as you say, suboptimal, and we can fake them well enough to remove any social benefits they'd provide if we actually needed them.

Imagine how nice it'd be to not have to deal with bodily functions. Now imagine all of the unhappiness that accompanies said functions. Anna is probably content with her current state of being, when her thoughts drift in that direction for whatever reason.

I would imagine Durga would restore it as it would free up some power for her. The way I see things, Durga is basically acting as Life Support for Anna because when she was still in Alaska she essentially patrolled 24/7 with little rest and food, so Durga stepped in and optimized her body, like making it so that she no longer really needed to eat and the like.

But now Anna is in a situation where she rests regularly and gets plenty of food. So if Durga restores those parts of Anna it will no longer have to use part of itself to support her, freeing up more things to make the frame more Killy.
 
But... Why? They are, as you say, suboptimal, and we can fake them well enough to remove any social benefits they'd provide if we actually needed them.

Imagine how nice it'd be to not have to deal with bodily functions. Now imagine all of the unhappiness that accompanies said functions. Anna is probably content with her current state of being, when her thoughts drift in that direction for whatever reason.
At some point Anna may fall in love and want to bear children, but the modifications to her body won't allow that. At this juncture it's very unlikely that her Durga-designed pseudo-digestive tract was constructed with the trials and travails of pregnancy in mind. Perhaps her system could be adapted, but I imagine that would take quite a while, if it's even possible. Circumstances may be different pre and post puberty, and drastic changes to her body may no longer be possible (though I freely admit this is pure speculation; I'm just bringing up thee possibility).

I big thing Durga has been pushing for is normalcy, so I think the above is a pretty good motive to restore her natural bodily functions.
 
eh, those organs were just extra meat to throw off the balance calculations when performing high-G maneuvers anyway.

As far as life support during pregnancy, I imagine Durga's quite capable of faking her endocrine system, since we basically do that nowadays with a whole variety of pills. Assuming she still has the requisite organs, I wouldn't worry too much about that side of things.

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Avalanche did say that no food had entered Anna's stomach - which implies that there's still a stomach for the food to possibly enter. Probably Durga's left the organs well enough alone, and is just rerouting the food towards more efficient processing methods.
 
At some point Anna may fall in love and want to bear children, but the modifications to her body won't allow that. At this juncture it's very unlikely that her Durga-designed pseudo-digestive tract was constructed with the trials and travails of pregnancy in mind. Perhaps her system could be adapted, but I imagine that would take quite a while, if it's even possible. Circumstances may be different pre and post puberty, and drastic changes to her body may no longer be possible (though I freely admit this is pure speculation; I'm just bringing up thee possibility).

I big thing Durga has been pushing for is normalcy, so I think the above is a pretty good motive to restore her natural bodily functions.

Durga hasn't necessarily replaced all biological functions. From what we know, Valkyries improve systems rather than eliminate them. Anna's digestive system is 'improved' in that whatever Durga is doing is more efficient than the normal human method - no waste is produced, after all, aside from probably heat waste since it's not likely 100% efficient energy conversion. If Anna's reproductive system has been touched at all (which may not be the case since there hasn't been a need to improve upon it thus far, since it's an 'unused system' so to speak) it would likely have been modified in a way to improve it.
 
At some point Anna may fall in love and want to bear children, but the modifications to her body won't allow that. At this juncture it's very unlikely that her Durga-designed pseudo-digestive tract was constructed with the trials and travails of pregnancy in mind. Perhaps her system could be adapted, but I imagine that would take quite a while, if it's even possible. Circumstances may be different pre and post puberty, and drastic changes to her body may no longer be possible (though I freely admit this is pure speculation; I'm just bringing up thee possibility).

I big thing Durga has been pushing for is normalcy, so I think the above is a pretty good motive to restore her natural bodily functions.
Implying that lewds can't occur by overlapping impeller fields...............
 
I would imagine Durga would restore it as it would free up some power for her. The way I see things, Durga is basically acting as Life Support for Anna because when she was still in Alaska she essentially patrolled 24/7 with little rest and food, so Durga stepped in and optimized her body, like making it so that she no longer really needed to eat and the like.
Over the eight years I wouldn't be surprised that Anna used her solar dynamos to gain the needed energy to function.

I'd imagine waste generation is avoided by Anna simply doing what she did to the bread flour, which is breaking it down with her Impeller field unit individual components which are stored until needed.
 
Over the eight years I wouldn't be surprised that Anna used her solar dynamos to gain the needed energy to function.

Even if she could get part of her energy needs that way, human beings are made of other stuff. She'd still need nutrients and whatnot to keep growing and for certain functions of her body to work right, not just raw energy.
 
I would imagine Durga would restore it as it would free up some power for her. The way I see things, Durga is basically acting as Life Support for Anna because when she was still in Alaska she essentially patrolled 24/7 with little rest and food, so Durga stepped in and optimized her body, like making it so that she no longer really needed to eat and the like.

But now Anna is in a situation where she rests regularly and gets plenty of food. So if Durga restores those parts of Anna it will no longer have to use part of itself to support her, freeing up more things to make the frame more Killy.
Pretty much this. It should be occupying some complexity space that's better used elsewhere.
 
Umm. So this is interesting.
Note this means we either no longer need to acquire energy for food, thereby necessitating some alternative probably provided by Durga, or Durga simply breaks down the food into energy for us and disposes of waste as well.
And if it is the first we have chewed up food either stuck in Durga or incinerated, I hope for the second.
We so transhuman, so good. I really hope that we are powered by Durga somehow, that would be awesome.
Super symbiote sisters go! (Durga is best big sister, takes care of all possible needs via upgrades!)

Remember guys, being Bread-Chan raises our social and relevance scores! It's important to go to meals, we don't want to be anti-social!

Also, Durga is reminding us to eat.

So. Yeah.

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Oh my fucking god, people. Durga is helping.

It's not quite to Halping yet, but... Hello Durga, we'd like to access our Infinite Multitasking now and starting foisting off minor routines onto you. You're already becoming quasi-sentient and responding to our subconscious desires + acting as a social counselor without request. Pretty soon you'll be romancing Admin-chan on ValkCoresOnline!

Durga: I'm helping!

Admin-chan: No, no, Durga-kun, you need to halp, not help! There's more conflict that way!
 
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