There is an element of personal risk And personal nonexistence Meaning no offense but I will not die again for any of you So how long would you need me to do it ?
Is it the pain you're afraid of? Nobody dies here permanently. You'll just respawn. But you can take whatever risks you want or don't want to take if you're willing to scout.
That's sweet of you, but I don't mind temporarily expiring if it gets the job done.
[ Root experienced extreme torture for the sake of her mission within a week of accepting it; she's not going to flinch from something she knows is functionally without consequence apart from the pain she herself experiences. ]
That is your prerogative But if it is avoidable Please do not commit too much self-sacrifice
[The two schools of thought he's been presented with so far are this ("you come right back so why not") and "you just hang around a little and then move on when you die," and he doesn't really like either of them. Dying is terrifying and being moved on is worse, surely someone out there will agree with him.
Good question. I assumed, perhaps naively, that a terminal would look like a terminal. It has to allow direct access into the code that operates our environment, so it will be an input method even if it takes an unusual form.
I just didn't realize alchemy was so chemistry-adjacent. I'm pretty good with explosives already. But always open to learning more from a qualified expert.
Perhaps it will make some kind of noise A signal to communicate with the others Possibly not a noise after all
Oh Yes Rather symbiotic almost But again yes I am much better at the mechanics as my alchemical research is highly specialized And I have not made anything fun in a while
Absolutely. If I can come up with the method and send you some plans, think you could build at least five real fast? I'm only decent with physical engineering.
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I need your help with something.
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What do you need
?
And
Are you well
?
[Cool Manners! (tm)]
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I'm going to try to help the A.I. perform its hard reset, but we need to find its terminals first. Think you'd be up for a ghostly scouting mission?
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You are compelling
You will make friends soon
Why do you need ghosts
for scouts
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Seems expedient. Can't you zip through physical barriers and laugh in the face of danger?
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And
Technically yes that is doable
However
I hate doing it
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What do you hate about it? The world's kind of falling apart right now, we might need you to anyway.
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And personal nonexistence
Meaning no offense but I will not die again for any of you
So
how long would you need me to do it
?
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Is it the pain you're afraid of? Nobody dies here permanently. You'll just respawn. But you can take whatever risks you want or don't want to take if you're willing to scout.
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I will look around for you
If you could provide me with certain materials
barriers will not be an issue regardless
["get me stuff to make a pipe bomb"]
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Tell me what you need and I'll get it for you.
[ She means this unequivocally. ]
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It was unpleasant to die
I would spare you the experience if possible
One moment
[Well, like ten minutes, and he'll pop over Attachment: List.txt]
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[ Root experienced extreme torture for the sake of her mission within a week of accepting it; she's not going to flinch from something she knows is functionally without consequence apart from the pain she herself experiences. ]
Consider it done. What's all this for?
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But if it is avoidable
Please do not commit too much self-sacrifice
[The two schools of thought he's been presented with so far are this ("you come right back so why not") and "you just hang around a little and then move on when you die," and he doesn't really like either of them. Dying is terrifying and being moved on is worse, surely someone out there will agree with him.
But until then.]
Explosives
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[ Root isn't not afraid of it, she's just a fully committed zealot who won't back down an inch for her cause. ]
Why, you didn't tell me alchemy has a fun side, Octavian.
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Also
What exactly are you looking for
regarding the entity
?
How would one identify a terminal that is
Many chemistry and -adjacent disciplines are fun
You could learn
I am historically an engineer before an alchemist
so you may trust my products
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I just didn't realize alchemy was so chemistry-adjacent. I'm pretty good with explosives already. But always open to learning more from a qualified expert.
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A signal to communicate with the others
Possibly not a noise after all
Oh
Yes
Rather symbiotic almost
But again yes I am much better at the mechanics as my alchemical research is highly specialized
And
I have not made anything fun in a while
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Aw, you've got to live a little sometimes! Maybe especially when you're dead. After this is over, you and me, all the fun mechanics, please.
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Let me know if I can help assembling such a device
Yes alright we will have fun
Whatever happens with this entity
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I'll hold you to that, Octavian ❤
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Well
How fast is real fast
?
But most likely yes I have plenty of free time and I do not sleep
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That sounds lovely. I wish I didn't need to sleep.
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I will be expedient
It can be very boring very often but mostly it is convenient yes
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https://expiationnet.dreamwidth.org/61949.html?thread=9166589#cmt9166589
Remind me to show you how to set up audiobooks on your device for those long boring nights.
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