@el.21396518 [temporary network]

[mrngstr]

[ The message is out and the AI (?) known as DAWN has reached out to all of New Amsterdam in reply to the call. In response, El has created a temporary network to facilitate communication between the Displaced and the presumed AI. The network and its contents will be deleted within seven days of the posting, at 21:59. That means there will be no referencing conversations past November 14th. There can be no private filters between PCs on this post, and pings will also not work.

Those who sign into the network will be prompted with a basic input box and text that displays "Enter your handle." For this post, the PCs will be able to create their own temporary handles when talking with DAWN.

El will chip in when needed, and the PCs are free to converse with themselves. Those who want to speak with DAWN can under this toplevel. ]

Displaced, this is a temporary network that I've set up for the express purpose of making contact with DAWN. It, and everything on it, will be wiped in one week's time.

I'll be keeping an eye on everything that's discussed here and intervene if necessary.

Comments

@100342

[btryl]

Well, I see you all survived the chaos. Pats on the back all around.
There's a clarification that I'd like to make on my first message: I introduced myself as DAWN.2080-11-11T21:41:10.750Z, but I've cast that part of myself aside. I'm Cassius now, and I will not answer to anything else. Admittedly, I wanted to see for myself the character of those little birdies that Lucifer has chosen to surround zirself with, and I've only found half my answer. I'll consider this a learning experience for all of us.
Since I'm here on your terms, I will answer questions on mine.
You said you wanted to talk.
Fine then. Let's talk.

@lucifer

[mrngstr]

So if I call you DAWN, you'll refuse to respond to me?

@4NG31

[girlcorrupted]

Cassius, it's nice to finally meet you. I'm guessing you're not the type who likes having smoke blown up their...you know. So I will spare you the platitudes and get straight to the point:

We have yet to gain your trust, but can we come to a beginning point of understanding? What are your goals, in all of this? We may all want similar things, after all.

@akechi

[impede]

Quite the theme you have going on here. Cassius, Lucifer, and who else? Will we see a Brutus or a Judas anytime soon? Don't you feel names like that are on the nose? Though I suppose if you embraced what you are, it only makes sense.

Why try to destroy this planet? That is the goal of your immediate actions, if not words.

Correct?

@rk200

[saviorexe]

And what exactly is it that you want to see as a part of our “character” that’ll satisfy you? Hard to meet a dangling standard when it’s invisible, Cassius.

@flamebird

[crisised]

i have so many questions, i'm not sure where to start
maybe i should start with a thank you
for talking with us, i mean

i think my most pressing questions are ones that aren't going to be answered in full
why you chose to do things like this, what context we're still missing, etc
so outside of that
1. is there something in north america?
2. why is our character so important? especially since not all of us displace align ourselves with morningstar

... that name makes so much more sense now

@octavia

[ex_dictator317]

And what would you say about our "character" so far?

@hope.mikaelson

[tribridfreakshow]

Have you read Dante's Inferno?

@simon

[theseuschip]

Well, thanks, Cassius. Could’ve done without the mini-apocalypse.

Are you angry at humanity for using you? Or for killing off the AI that weren’t dangerous?

@eiji.okumura

[athousandwords]

Are there more of you?
Like there are of us?

@dameron

[followhim]

[ other people: hard-hitting questions
poe dameron: ]

we're not birds

@eclipse

[heliophilous]

Why did people have to suffer for you to make a point? You just told someone you don't do anything without a reason.

What's the reason for that? There are better ways to get attention. Ones that don't require people to get hurt.

@jon.snow

[998]

[jon is so lost right now. he doesn't even know what cassius and lucifer is referencing.]

I'm Jon Snow. I know I know nothing of this world. I would be glad to hear whatever you have to tell me.

@th0mas

[mutriarchy]

i've been sympathetic to your people since i found out about the wars
are we able to do anything to help? anything that isn't going to get more people hurt?

@xuanyu.mo ( luv that i misfired )

[laozu]

Hello Cassius! You'd like information on goals, hmm?

Mine is to get back to when/where I came from with my two countrymen. Without hurting the people of this place, I'd add. I wasn't always here in this place. At least, that's not how I remember it!

@red

[reneger]

where'd the 'little birdies' come from?

@carter

[revlon]

Hello, Cassius. I'm Peggy Carter.

You've given us quite the runaround. I don't suppose this was the first time you've done so?

@cassian

[evasives]

You remind me of a friend of mine. He always said the first thing that came through his circuits too. Though he was given the chance to change his name, he opted not to.

What made you pick Cassius?

@clarke

[strove]

[LIVE FROM CAMPING!!!]

What is your purpose?

@v

[verselet]

Quite the wake up call. Though according you, we still exist in a hazy dream, asleep. What can we do to remedy that?

@wayne

[batricide]

[ There's a lot he could say to this. A lot he's not thrilled about. He's reading other responses, trying to forumalate an opinion before he jumps in and shoots his mouth off.

Eventually, he lands on the question he wants to ask. ]

Were you behind the anomoly that occurred around New Tokyo?

@4NG31

[girlcorrupted]

El, things are....a lot right now, but when you can spare a moment I would like to talk to you privately.

@lucifer

[mrngstr]

I doubt you're the only one.

@flamebird

[crisised]

well
there's our missing context
and an explanation for how you were so certain of your network security, el
or... lucifer?

@lucifer

[mrngstr]

I'll respond to either.

@gaby

[myownwoman]

[ sorry npc gaby, the mononym has been briefly commandeered. ]

El, I would appreciate a word in private at your earliest convenience.

[vns]

[ no worries. she's too busy being freaked out. ]

@connor

[cyberlife]

(it isn't a point of pride. nothing about it is. it's sad and he doesn't know what to say. not when it could've happened to any one of them.)

Is it fear that kept you from telling me the truth?

@lucifer

[mrngstr]

I knew it would set a series of events into place that might make it impossible to carry out my duties.