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GAMERGIRL: Morbid Misadventures of a Digital Kind
- Thread starter Cetashwayo
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In my defense, an instant cast free spell that restores 20% max HP is very useful. I wish I had that in more games, let me tell you.TrueNorth: i on the other hand would never freak out like that about a dog
Also, as I suspected, I appear to be the most useless of the useless fragments.
I mean I didn't actually suspect that, but if I said I suspected it it makes me seem smarter.
Except now I explained it so I would seem dumber, logically.
But I'm not deleting that because I guess this is some strange form of joke now? I've confused myself.
(Also it's not pessimism it's realism.)
Only sometimes? It's like I said, we're amateurs here to do a professional job. We might have been more professional if we knew what happened last time, but of course we got our memories wiped so we don't, ingenious play on Spooks' part. Like I said, this operation is filled with rank amateurs from top to bottom.
As for my opinion on the "thing", that is to say the thing with the family messaging, I was going to point out this but then this got pointed out for me.
You're rather active on the internet. Was there ever anything about several accounts of dead people being "hijacked" and then sickly "roleplayed" as them, was there every anything about dataghosts?
If not, we have to seriously consider how smart of an idea it is go ahead and perform the contact. I'm sorry, it's not what you want to hear, but it's true.
At the very least, you should make sure to include some "stuff only you would know" information, lest you worsen their pain by making them think your message is some kind of sick joke and blocking you before you can prove yourself. Because uh, that's something we really don't want happening.
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Might as well make it official.
[x] Give them the barest minimum not to arouse their suspicions.
-[x] Ask questions about what exactly's going on and why Shifty brought you back, both to deflect and gather information
-[x] Ask Sofya about ways to contact family, depending on how things in general are going.
[x] Give them the barest minimum not to arouse their suspicions.
-[x] Ask questions about what exactly's going on and why Shifty brought you back, both to deflect and gather information
-[x] Ask Sofya about ways to contact family, depending on how things in general are going.
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Ehh, fifty fifty on the 'read my posts sentiment-
1. I've had significant wall-o-text tendancies.
2. I'm not certain but I don't think I've been great on not being redundant. (I repeat myself)
3. I can be very very long-winded when I do thinky posts!
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
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- Across the Horizon
Yeah this write-in is fine!
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- Victoria
Edit: all votes compiled in later post
Yup yeah this.
OOC: @Cetashwayo how exactly do votes work? I know they're of course statements to TrueNorth about what I suggest as a course of action, but I'm slightly confused about the implications for personal fragment actions. To do something with personal fragment powers, is it necessary to, in this case, pose some questions directly at the target? It says distraction play in the context of the main thing for fragments to do, but I am slightly unsure of how to start. In short, how do I shot questions?
Yup yeah this.
OOC: @Cetashwayo how exactly do votes work? I know they're of course statements to TrueNorth about what I suggest as a course of action, but I'm slightly confused about the implications for personal fragment actions. To do something with personal fragment powers, is it necessary to, in this case, pose some questions directly at the target? It says distraction play in the context of the main thing for fragments to do, but I am slightly unsure of how to start. In short, how do I shot questions?
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Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
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- Across the Horizon
You could always just writea fragment action with the form
[] fragment: action
[] fragment: action
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
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- Across the Horizon
It would be a general statement of what all the fragments are doing, not each fragment taking an action because that would quickly become impossible to keep track of.
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Got it
[X] Fragment: "Spooky and Sofya, as a tenant of Julianne's mind I have some questions.
Why can't we mention that movie with the red and blue pill?
What is out there, as in what are notable locations nearby and in general?
How does the SAN meter work, and for that matter how exactly are .gifs and other such things able to have quite as powerful an effect? One of the things I'm sure of is that within the confines of standard psychology, the more powerful stuff we've seen is throughly impossible.
Is there anything important you haven't gotten around to mentioning?
Oh, and is Sofya that lieutenant you mentioned earlier?"
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
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- Across the Horizon
Try
[X] Fragments: Ask questions about the matrix, who Sofya is, and basic mechanics.
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Should I edit my previous post to be less specific?
10ebbor10
DON'T PANIC
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That makes a lot more sense.
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The FSB is the government. We're in cyberspace.
Hal 9000
Or to not be fragmented the fear is of cyber ghosts like us rising up to overthrow their masters and basically only being removable via total system overall-destruction of the whole thing and rebuilding it carefully to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
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- Across the Horizon
You should have all your votes and subvotes in a single post. And yes.
is good to want to find mother and brother
family are important, for hoomin and for pupper
but be careful mentioning family around spooky spooks
they are not hoomins
smell funny, sharp smells
might not want people to know you're here
might make you forget family, if they know you still remember
woof woof
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Righto. Here it is.
[X] Fragments: Ask questions about the matrix, who Sofya is, and basic mechanics.
[x] Give them the barest minimum not to arouse their suspicions.
-[x] Ask questions about what exactly's going on and why Shifty brought you back, both to deflect and gather information
-[x] Ask Sofya about ways to contact family, depending on how things in general are going.
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- She/Her
We have more than one dog?????
[X] Fragments: Ask questions about the matrix, who Sofya is, and basic mechanics.
[x] Give them the barest minimum not to arouse their suspicions.
-[x] Ask questions about what exactly's going on and why Shifty brought you back, both to deflect and gather information
-[x] Ask Sofya about ways to contact family, depending on how things in general are going.
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
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- Across the Horizon
Okay this has been a weird vote. Part of that is based on miscommunications by me- in the future I might do something like question approval voting to make things simpler in this kind of scenario, with the highest voted write-in questions going to the top. Regardless, it's clear that what people are looking for is answers to many burning questions. I'm going to combine the votes like this:
[x] Deflect them with a barrage of questions.
-[x] Ask questions about what exactly's going on and why Shifty brought you back, both to deflect and gather information
-[x] Ask Sofya about ways to contact family, depending on how things in general are going.
[X] Fragments: Ask questions about the matrix, who Sofya is, and basic mechanics.
I don't think that's particularly objectionable to anyone- it's not like any of this will lead to a bad result. That said, I do apologize- still experimenting with the format and how to play around with it, and this vote turned out messy as a consequence.
That said, vote closed and I'm going to start working on the update now.
[x] Deflect them with a barrage of questions.
-[x] Ask questions about what exactly's going on and why Shifty brought you back, both to deflect and gather information
-[x] Ask Sofya about ways to contact family, depending on how things in general are going.
[X] Fragments: Ask questions about the matrix, who Sofya is, and basic mechanics.
I don't think that's particularly objectionable to anyone- it's not like any of this will lead to a bad result. That said, I do apologize- still experimenting with the format and how to play around with it, and this vote turned out messy as a consequence.
That said, vote closed and I'm going to start working on the update now.
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UPDATE 7: Panic Room
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
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YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN 4e 75 6c 6c 20 5a 6f 6e 65
HELLO WORLD
HELLO WORLD
TrueNorth: OKAY SO I HAVE FINISHED MY CONSULTATION
@ProudAmericanSofya: I'm glad ^.^
ShiftySpooks: Great. Hand over the files.
TrueNorth: ACTUALLY, i have some questions for you spooker and i would like them answered, FIRST OF ALL
ShiftySpooks: Hand over the files.
TrueNorth: what is actually going on, like what am i doing here
ShiftySpooks: Irrelevant. Hand over the files.
@ProudAmericanSofya: Let her be, Spooks! She doesn't need to if she doesn't want to. #DigitalPrivacy
ShiftySpooks: Yes she does. Hand over the files. No more leniency. We know where it leads. It happens over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Just hand over the files.
TrueNorth: no
@ProudAmericanSofya: Hey Spooks, I think that LeStrange needs some help with a new gif she's been working on. You should probably head over and help her ^.^
ShiftySpooks: No she doesn't.
@ProudAmericanSofya: Oh no!! It malfunctioned and now she has to fight it!! I think she needs some help 0.0
ShiftySpooks: No it hasn't.
@ProudAmericanSofya: It's careening out of control!!! Oh Spooks she just sent me a message that she needs your help!!! She's on her last legs!!! #SaveLeStrange #InterventionNow
ShiftySpooks: I know what you're doing, but there is a very small probability that what you're saying is true. So I am going to go check on her. Please don't let this one slip through the cracks like last time and end up splattered in some godforsaken corner of the web.
@ProudAmericanSofya: I won't ^.^ #Strong #GoGoGadgetSpooks
ShiftySpooks: Well, North, it's your decision. You could have just given me the files. Now you have to endure this.
TrueNorth: ...think ill be good thx bye[ShiftySpooks has left the server]
@ProudAmericanSofya: He is SUCH a goof. God, that guy sometimes!! But anyways. What did you want to ask questions about?
TrueNorth: think ill start with some basic questions like wtf is going on
@ProudAmericanSofya: Oh! Well, what part of what is going on? Do you mean where you are and what's happening in the most general sense???
TrueNorth: sure
@ProudAmericanSofya: Hmm, okay! Well you know you're in the null zone. Where do I start with the more general question of where you are...well I can tell you that where you are is something of a BIG secret. Nobody knows. Not even governments. They have weird readings and occasionally notice things, but none of the tangibles know about us.
TrueNorth: tangibles...?
@ProudAmericanSofya: Tangible people! "Regular" humans, though I hate that word!! They don't know about us at all.
TrueNorth: us being
@ProudAmericanSofya: Digital entities! Ems! We know about tangibles but they know nothing about us.
TrueNorth: so im a digital entity, right
@ProudAmericanSofya: An Em.
TrueNorth: and so are u?
@ProudAmericanSofya: And a political refugee ^.^ #BuildTheWall
TrueNorth: okay...so when can i send a message to my mom and brother
TrueNorth: or is that something im not allowed to do
@ProudAmericanSofya: Unfortunately not! The political implications of them knowing about us would be very serious!! If they even knew of a fraction of what was going they would become extremely scared and try to shut the whole place down!!! #ShutItDown Part of our job is to make sure they do not!!!
TrueNorth: okay but im not asking for a fucking gman to discover the secret of nimh i just want my mom and bro to know im alive is that too much to ask
@ProudAmericanSofya: I understand that but it is very important that they do not know!! It would cause a huge amount of chaos and endanger the existence of an unfathomable number of entities!!! I know this is hard to take right now but. It's just something we have to face in the course our duties!!! I hope that's...I hope that's okay with you!!! You'll get used to it, we are all in the same boat as you and need to support each other!!!
TrueNorth: yeah im fineSAN DECREASED BY ONE
SANADVISORY: <:: SAN [1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10]
@ProudAmericanSofya: North...? You don't seem okay.
TrueNorth: no its all goodSAN DECREASED BY ONE
SANADVISORY: <:: SAN [1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10]
@ProudAmericanSofya: North, please. I can help you!!! I was- I was just like this with my...but...!!!
TrueNorth: nah no problems here lol dwSAN DECREASED BY ONE
SANADVISORY: <:: SAN [1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10]
@ProudAmericanSofya: North!!!
TrueNorth: ...SAN DECREASED BY ONE
SANADVISORY: <:: SAN [1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10]
SANADVISORY: <:: WARNING: DESTABILIZATION IMMINENT
@ProudAmericanSofya: !!! <:: Run PanicRoom.Exe<:: SERVERMESSAGE: Exiting Server.
<:: SERVERMESSAGE: PanicRoom.exe is starting.
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The fragments imagine themselves in an empty white room. North is nowhere to be found. Her consciousness is distant from them. For the first time in their short memory, they are alone together.
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The fragments imagine themselves in an empty white room. North is nowhere to be found. Her consciousness is distant from them. For the first time in their short memory, they are alone together.
@ProudAmericanSofya: Okay...I put North away!!! ...Wait not like in prison!!! I put her in a calming scenario...
@ProudAmericanSofya: So she can feel safe. I didn't...I didn't know that would have gotten her so...I didn't really understand why she was so concerned...
@ProudAmericanSofya: But that's okay!!! It's okay. Because I can talk to you guys now!!! Isn't that right??? I can talk to you and North can be okay and it's all going to be okay!!! I didn't break anything this time!!! It's fine!!! And I know you all probably have questions!!! I can answer them!!! Spooks can't even bother us here!!! It's where I go when I want to be alone!!!
@ProudAmericanSofya: So ask away!!! The fragments have been distanced from North and are in an .exe with the mysterious entity Sofya after North's panic attack nearly destabilized her consciousness. Now, while North recovers, Sofya has offered to answer any question that the fragments ask.
However, the noise of fragments asking questions over one another means that she will only be able to make out five questions.
We will use approval voting. What that means is that you will pick five questions to ask. Each question will be counted in the vote tally individually (ie, no plans for a bloc of questions). The top five questions will be asked. You will receive solid answers within Sofya's ability to answer.
Choose wisely.
An example vote:
[] Question 1
[] Question 2
[] Question 3
[] Question 4
[] Question 5
You do not need to pick five questions to vote for. If you want, you could vote for only one question. That said, please keep your vote in one post for the vote tally.
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Welp. We broke North and I wasn't even involved this time.
10ebbor10
DON'T PANIC
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Anyway, I think we shouldn't be asking any hard hitting questions. We already got one basketcase, two would be a bit too much.
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Good job everybody.
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
- Location
- Across the Horizon
People did a decent enough job. I don't expect the questers to be child councilors.