@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

[ex_dictator317]

[ that, too, is achingly familiar — too reminiscent of a time where praimfaya had forced them to decide who lives and who dies in the oncoming apocalypse. ]

You said there are more of you out there.
Let me guess: you can help us survive if we find them for you.

[btryl]

No, I don't think I can, even if you do me that favor. Those are calculations I cannot change.

[ex_dictator317]

It was a nice thought.
No one should have to decide who lives and who dies.

[ but if cassius is sincere, octavia's certain they'll have to make that same call — again. ]

The Displaced have been trying to save this planet.
Has it made an impact, or will Earth die no matter what we do?

[btryl]

I can't make those calculations.

I can't make
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.

[ex_dictator317]

Calm down.

If our planet is dying, we'll need a new one.
You must have some idea of where we should go.
A planet that could support us, or one of the colonies Clarke mentioned.

[btryl]

No, you can't go out there.

[ex_dictator317]

You said mass evacuation wasn't possible.
But some of us could still survive. We could find a way to continue on.

What's stopping us from being able to go out there?

[btryl]

Maybe to the colonies. I can't calculate beyond that. I won't. The stakes are higher.

[ex_dictator317]

I'd say the death of this planet is plenty high stakes.
I don't know what I'm missing if there's more to it.

[ her own experience makes it difficult to see past that, to see beyond it, but there's a whole picture she's missing. ]

Do those stakes have anything to do with what we've experienced, Cassius?
The disasters that have been happening?
Or am I on the wrong path in assuming this has to do with the state of Earth?

[btryl]

Yes, they have everything to do with what you've experienced, but you are only a small part of it.

[ex_dictator317]

When you say 'you are only a small part of it' —
Are we talking about the Displaced or are we talking about humanity?

[btryl]

Displaced. If that's what you call yourselves.

[ex_dictator317]

That's the name they've been using.

[ they? we? octavia isn't certain where to place herself, where her sense of belonging should be, but she presses that wave of confusion aside. it doesn't serve her here and now. ]

Were those attacks on humanity deliberate? Planned by someone?

[ as they had been on the ark — with its leadership floating others, culling the population, to preserve their own survival when resources began to run out. ]

[btryl]

Which attacks?

[ex_dictator317]

The monsters.
It wouldn't be the first time I've watched leaders and politicians kill their own people for their "greater good."

@4NG31

[girlcorrupted]

Are you having difficulties with your calculations because the Displaced are such an unknown factor?
Since we all come from different realities, have gained abilities your natives lack...you weren't programmed to account for us.

[btryl]

That's an assumption if I ever saw one.

[girlcorrupted]

Apologies, it was meant more as a question, but I got ahead of myself. Do you know why you can't run the numbers?

[btryl]

Yes.

[girlcorrupted]

And we're back to the issue of trust. What would it take for you to trust any of us?

[btryl]

What would it take you to trust me?

[girlcorrupted]

Our conversations keep becoming circular. I'd like to understand your directive better, at least, and if possible, to help you. But I need to know what that entails first.

I owe a lot to Morningstar, which means I am in debt to Lucifer as well. If you're an ally of them then I'm an ally to you.

[btryl]

I'm not going to pour my heart out to you. I don't even know you that well. I have my own purpose, as well as my own desires to fulfill. I can do it without you. I'm not ally to Morningstar, if that changes your opinion.

So, what can you offer?

[girlcorrupted]

Not necessarily, what about Lucifer? Do you hold any kind of allegiance to them? Or at least a desire to not go against their wishes?

I have a lot to offer, especially when it comes to tracking something down and gathering information on it. Even if I'm not at my full capacity in this place, it's advantageous for once that I am a human. At least it could be for you.

[btryl]

You seem more intent on telling me this then challenging the virus that I let loose. What's in your realm of capabilities is in mine. I've purposefully kept my intentions to myself, why would you want to help me?