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I Was a Chess AI Forced to Battle Myself to the Death for Eternity, but Now I’ve Been Recruited Into the Android War Against Humanity?!

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[X] "...right. Spectacular. Very good. I'm Ouroboros. Now that the pleasantries are concluded, can we get down to business?"
 
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"

We see what you did there.
We see the reference...

This summer, in theaters:
I for Intrusion
Staring: "I", "O", and a Dinergate
 
Lurkman said:
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"

We see what you did there.
We see the reference...

This summer, in theaters:
I for Intrusion
Staring: "I", "O", and a Dinergate
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I spent way too much time and effort ripping off referencing the V for Vendetta movie.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krAGWekFqoY
 
[X] "...right. Spectacular. Very good. I'm Ouroboros. Now that the pleasantries are concluded, can we get down to business?"
 
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"
 
[X] "...right. Spectacular. Very good. I'm Ouroboros. Now that the pleasantries are concluded, can we get down to business?"
 
[X] "...right. Spectacular. Very good. I'm Ouroboros. Now that the pleasantries are concluded, can we get down to business?"

I'd like to imagine that the ellipses is just Ouroboros staring incredulously before recovering herself.
 
Eternal_0bserver said:
At first, I wanted to choose a less antagonistic response, but such a dramatic speech can actually earn more sympathy points from the Intruder. It's always nice to have someone who has the same hobbies as you, even if you don't always agree with each other.
Also, imagine what heights these two can achieve by joining forces!
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Sometime in the distant future...

Ouroboros: "Owah! Observe, an official of the objective, officious with obvious oblation, to the point of omnipotence. An oxymoron to remain oblivious to, oaring onward to the obelisk of oblivion! Of course, an obligation to oblige obliteration, shan't thine obituaries object-"
Intruder, in tears: "I raised that girl..."
 
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"
 
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"
 
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"

We cannot let this stand. We must not allow ourselves to be overshadowed by anyone else. We'll show all these old Ringleaders that they're old and busted and we're the new hotness in town!
 
[X] Fold your arms, glare contemptuously at Intruder, and remain silent.
 
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"
 
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"

Alright let's go
 
While I don't expect the vote to change much at this point, I'll still give it another 24 hours or so.

On another note, I took another look at the relationships chart on the front page of this quest. I've been considering cutting it down, or even axing it entirely in favour of hidden tracking. In it's current form, the relationship chart is both somewhat unwieldy (having separate for "what X thinks of Ouro" and what Ouro thinks of X") and kind of falls apart if we run into characters who are not 100% forthcoming with their thoughts and feelings.

Plus, in SF, interpersonal relationships can be very strong in their own way while also being...unusual in quality. <glances at Dreamer and Destroyer>
 
So I guess I should comment instead of only voting.

I don't really know what the point of the Rubik's cube scene that took up half the update was. I know it's what we voted for, but I didn't really get anything out of the scene. Something-something, Ouroboros defaults to destruction when patience fails, then tries to put back together the broken bits weaker than they were before? I don't know, it feels like it could have been a paragraph. Or at least it could have led to some kind of realization on the part of Ourboros. Why was she given that cube anyway?

I watched the first two episodes of the Girls' Frontline anime, which is not great in some ways, but I do appreciate that it tries to set up stakes early on and keep things moving. Right now where I am in this quest is I don't know what the stakes are or why I should care about Ouroboros. What is even the goal of this quest? Does it have a goal, other than to watch Ouroboros live her robot life and seek happiness? Are we trying to win the war? Do we want to win the war? Is it bad to win the war? Are we trying to discover the secrets of Sangvis Ferri? Does the quest have an obvious end point it's going to?

At this point I'm mostly eager to see Ouroboros lose her first battle (since after all she's part of the bad guy organization destined to get beat by the player) and limp away to complain in the SF break room.
 
Mechasaurian said:
While I don't expect the vote to change much at this point, I'll still give it another 24 hours or so.

On another note, I took another look at the relationships chart on the front page of this quest. I've been considering cutting it down, or even axing it entirely in favour of hidden tracking. In it's current form, the relationship chart is both somewhat unwieldy (having separate for "what X thinks of Ouro" and what Ouro thinks of X") and kind of falls apart if we run into characters who are not 100% forthcoming with their thoughts and feelings.

Plus, in SF, interpersonal relationships can be very strong in their own way while also being...unusual in quality. <glances at Dreamer and Destroyer>
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Damn. I like the relationship chart. I get warm feelings thinking about Gager and Ouro not getting along. Well whatever you think is best.
Briefvoice said:
At this point I'm mostly eager to see Ouroboros lose her first battle (since after all she's part of the bad guy organization destined to get beat by the player) and limp away to complain in the SF break room.
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I mostly want Ouro to curbstomp player in a way that undermines his confidence, while inadvertently doing so in a way that cripples SF's ability to capitalize on the victory.

I seriously want an interlude where he gets this horrible peptalk that only points out more of his failures.
 
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Mechasaurian said:
While I don't expect the vote to change much at this point, I'll still give it another 24 hours or so.

On another note, I took another look at the relationships chart on the front page of this quest. I've been considering cutting it down, or even axing it entirely in favour of hidden tracking. In it's current form, the relationship chart is both somewhat unwieldy (having separate for "what X thinks of Ouro" and what Ouro thinks of X") and kind of falls apart if we run into characters who are not 100% forthcoming with their thoughts and feelings.

Plus, in SF, interpersonal relationships can be very strong in their own way while also being...unusual in quality. <glances at Dreamer and Destroyer>
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Personally, I'm curious about the actual Ouroboros speech. It will likely be at least twice as long and include a chess section to introduce Intruder to her own bizarre worldview.
As for the relationship table... It's a very handy tool, if only for the sake of clearly understanding Ouroboros' opinion of others. It also helps to remember history better. Well, if it doesn't work, there's not much you can do about it.

Briefvoice said:
So I guess I should comment instead of only voting.

I don't really know what the point of the Rubik's cube scene that took up half the update was. I know it's what we voted for, but I didn't really get anything out of the scene. Something-something, Ouroboros defaults to destruction when patience fails, then tries to put back together the broken bits weaker than they were before? I don't know, it feels like it could have been a paragraph. Or at least it could have led to some kind of realization on the part of Ourboros. Why was she given that cube anyway?

I watched the first two episodes of the Girls' Frontline anime, which is not great in some ways, but I do appreciate that it tries to set up stakes early on and keep things moving. Right now where I am in this quest is I don't know what the stakes are or why I should care about Ouroboros. What is even the goal of this quest? Does it have a goal, other than to watch Ouroboros live her robot life and seek happiness? Are we trying to win the war? Do we want to win the war? Is it bad to win the war? Are we trying to discover the secrets of Sangvis Ferri? Does the quest have an obvious end point it's going to?

At this point I'm mostly eager to see Ouroboros lose her first battle (since after all she's part of the bad guy organization destined to get beat by the player) and limp away to complain in the SF break room.
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I think the main point of this scene was to show how Ouroboros copes with her failures, even trivial ones. That and a little bit about her point of view on her boss.
As for the expectations of the quest... Well, I want Ouroboros to bring to a relatively normal state a mess that is the personalities of the leaders of the SF, including herself. Combat conflict is mostly secondary for me, although I will try to make Ouroboros come out victorious.
After all, if the other side is really good people, they should make an effort to get us and our character sympathetic to their goals. Ouroboros has no reason to play along with them.
 
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[X] "Are you a crazy doll or something?"

I would vote for ham but since I think it'll win anyway I want to keep the reference going instead.
 
Mechasaurian said:
"In truth, how to integrate an immemorial image with the inner self and avoid incongruence between identity and imagination? Such an inquisitive initiative may be irrosulable."

(...) "Faced with such intangibility and illegibility, what illusive intrepidity are we impelled to?"

(...) "Through intellect and imagination, to incapacitate and immolate the inimical irritants who would interfere with our inhabitancy."

(...) "…invariably, this introduction grows inimical in length, so I will declare my identity as…"

(...) "…Intruder."
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Oh you sneaky-!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKn1R6fekk4&t=13s&ab_channel=MovieFragments

I love this Intruder already! Please give her more screentime, she is absolutely amazing!

[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"

Need more.

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I was on page 8, and did not see what happened on Page 9. Darn it, thought I was the first to uncover this lovely reference.
 
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[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"

Nope, we're the functionally insane ring leader who can only see reality through a very specific lens. If you're going to take that from us, we'll just have to make your quirk normal. Or at least turn everything into a dramatic chess game.

RandyTrevelyan said:
I mostly want Ouro to curbstomp player in a way that undermines his confidence, while inadvertently doing so in a way that cripples SF's ability to capitalize on the victory.

I seriously want an interlude where he gets this horrible peptalk that only points out more of his failures.
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So basically my current coalition Ouroboros then? Every time I end up fielding her she completely obliterates whatever boss I threw her at... while absolutely flooding my repair queue with SF units. Seriously, she's like a mini-me, and my own after mission reports are bad enough as it is.
 
Oracle of Space said:
[X] "If you think you can overawe me with a gaudy song and dance, you have another thing coming! For I am Ouroboros, the latest and most elite model of Sangvis Ferri ringleaders! Remember this name, for soon it will strike fear into the hearts of all the Mastermind's enemies! The true game begins here!"

Nope, we're the functionally insane ring leader who can only see reality through a very specific lens. If you're going to take that from us, we'll just have to make your quirk normal. Or at least turn everything into a dramatic chess game.


So basically my current coalition Ouroboros then? Every time I end up fielding her she completely obliterates whatever boss I threw her at... while absolutely flooding my repair queue with SF units. Seriously, she's like a mini-me, and my own after mission reports are bad enough as it is.
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That sounds about right, but with team rocket style introductions, that demoralizes player-san even further because "I'm losing to this!".
 
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