littlebeast 2015/03/29(Sun)04:55 No. 631551 ID: f75cf9
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> mud domes, explains why they were hard to spot from a distance, blends in.

Yes.

[Found a village. Two kilos away. Houses made of mud.]

> see a mask or helmet on the ground.

...Skull. Scorch marks.

[Signs of old conflict. Investigating.]

> Sorry, Blue. Rude of us to show up uninvited like this.

Not your fault. Right?

> Did someone cross our wires with that radio mod, or something?

Hmm. No audio feedback. Still possible.

> The inter-team communication mods are the only reasonable explanation I can think of. This is definitely not intended function, though.

Of radio no. Of you?

> Well, those would certainly be visually camouflaged at a distance. The important question: is that deliberate on their part, or is that all the construction material they had to work with?

How to find out?

> Door and dome height suggests the inhabitants are usually quadrupedal.

Yes.

> Simple screen and markings on one building. Markers of some kind of importance?

No. Scorch and claw marks. Grass in doorway. Spiderweb-alike? Disuse. Owner killed. Skull here, body gone. Odd.

>Hmm. A village of mud huts does not seem consistent with a civilization capable of radio broadcast.

We gave that. Theory anyway.

> Or of manufacturing human-replica period clothing like we saw (note to self: since Goa took those off, we should have someone analyze those clothes).

Hmm. Textiles, dyes. Definitely infrastructure.

Thinking check inside when get chance.

>Not your fault. Right?
We certainly didn't trigger it deliberately.

>Of radio no. Of you?
Possibly, I suppose. If so we've gone for years without triggering it, though.

>How to find out? [if the camouflage is deliberate]
Immediately? I'm not sure. If it was deliberate, that suggests they have something to hide from. Predatory animals, or hostile rivals of their own kind.

Discovering evidence of that threat, or evidence that had alternate means of superior construction would confirm this design as deliberate.

>No. Scorch and claw marks. Grass in doorway. Spiderweb-alike? Disuse. Owner killed. Skull here, body gone. Odd.
Very odd. Someone is killed, and their body left to lie where it fell, and their possessions ignored? Not normal societal function. Bodies are usually disposed of before they can attract scavengers or disease. Possessions are redistributed, resources to be used.

Unless some stigma or fear prevents them from moving the body or taking the abandoned house?

>Thinking check inside when get chance.
Seems reasonable.

can you boost input volume? they seem to be talking about something, even if we can't understand them we can record what they say and play it back later.

My current theory is that the dominant civilization is NOT the quadrupeds. There is a second civilization, using them as a sort of shield in case our intentions were hostile. The skull is there as a warning to the others in this village, because the owner was a rebel or otherwise angered the dominant civilization. The scorch mark on the ground is right at the neck, as if the quadruped was lying down at the time of death, indicating an execution. I'm not sure why the marks are on the hut as well though. Maybe those markings are meant to mean something?

[1/2] littlebeast 2015/04/01(Wed)15:08 No. 632340 ID: f75cf9
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> We certainly didn't trigger it deliberately.

Okay.

> (Of radio no. Of you?)
> Possibly, I suppose. If so we've gone for years without triggering it, though.

Unlikely. But possible.

> ( How to find out? [if the camouflage is deliberate])
> Immediately? I'm not sure.

Helpful.

>If it was deliberate, that suggests they have something to hide from. Predatory animals, or hostile rivals of their own kind.

Presumably.

> Discovering evidence of that threat, or evidence that had alternate means of superior construction would confirm this design as deliberate.

Scorch marks: evidence? Not conclusive.

>Very odd. Someone is killed, and their body left to lie where it fell, and their possessions ignored? Not normal societal function.

Alien society. Could be different?

> Bodies are usually disposed of before they can attract scavengers or disease.

Main body was? Just left head.

>Possessions are redistributed, resources to be used.
>Unless some stigma or fear prevents them from moving the body or taking the abandoned house?

Might not be demand for house. Or maybe damaged. Skull still odd though.

>(Thinking check inside when get chance.)
>Seems reasonable.

> can you boost input volume?

...Ears are organic.

> they seem to be talking about something, even if we can't understand them we can record what they say and play it back later.

Can hear them but too fast to catch words. No recording mod, brain full.

> My current theory is that the dominant civilization is NOT the quadrupeds. There is a second civilization, using them as a sort of shield in case our intentions were hostile.

Possible. Evidence?

Aliens going inside.

[Investigating inside of house.]

[color=909030][Negative, Blue! Don't risk getting caught!][/color]

[Abandoned. No risk.]

> The skull is there as a warning to the others in this village, because the owner was a rebel or otherwise angered the dominant civilization.

Would explain skull. Very symbolic. ...To us at least.

> The scorch mark on the ground is right at the neck, as if the quadruped was lying down at the time of death, indicating an execution. I'm not sure why the marks are on the hut as well though. Maybe those markings are meant to mean something?

Twin marks match back of skull. Brutalized.

No reply. Take that as agreement.

[2/2] littlebeast 2015/04/01(Wed)15:09 No. 632341 ID: f75cf9
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"Superior construction".

>>632341
More textiles. Hmm. I suppose it's possible the culture here prohibits reuse of the belongings of the deceased... Hang on is it bigger on the inside than it was on the outside?

Are those scrolls in that cabinet? Writing samples would be useful for translation. I can't tell what's on those shelves or on the "bed"... wait how are we even seeing things? Do you have external cameras or did we somehow hijack your visual receptors? Looks like more stairs further in, was there a second entrance?

Can you tell what the pink material is?

A concrete or stone floor?

The scrolls are potentially very useful. If you have the equipment or mods to scan or photograph the contents, that might give us a good base to crack their written language with.

Taking the scrolls would not be advised, though. We don't want to leave evidence you were here.

Are those burn marks on the floor beyond the pink 'curtain'? I'm trying to determine if that's how this is supposed to be set up, or if that's damage that supports the presumption the homeowner was killed.

>>632340
>skull, death oddities, theories about their society
All guesses, at the moment. We need more evidence to start ruling out hypothesis and to refine a more accurate picture, unfortunately.

>>632362
we can just record some to our memory. by our, i mean as in the AI system.

the pink curtain seems to have been cut with heat. the edges are burnt, and the cut off part has dropped to the floor.

[1/2] littlebeast 2015/04/05(Sun)01:32 No. 632999 ID: f75cf9
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>More textiles.

Yes.

> Hmm. I suppose it's possible the culture here prohibits reuse of the belongings of the deceased...

Possible.

> Hang on is it bigger on the inside than it was on the outside?

Wider below ground level. Deceptive.

> Are those scrolls in that cabinet? Writing samples would be useful for translation.

Textile. Writing on. Will take some.

> I can't tell what's on those shelves or on the "bed"...

"Desk" probably. Slagged metal. Also burnt scroll, lantern? and vase. Black rod in metal on desk. Carbon?

> wait how are we even seeing things? Do you have external cameras or did we somehow hijack your visual receptors?

No idea.

> Looks like more stairs further in, was there a second entrance?

[2/2] littlebeast 2015/04/05(Sun)01:33 No. 633000 ID: f75cf9
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No. Raised platform.

> Can you tell what the pink material is?

Ceramic or textile?

> A concrete or stone floor?

Concrete.

> The scrolls are potentially very useful. If you have the equipment or mods to scan or photograph the contents, that might give us a good base to crack their written language with. 

Still no recording mod.

>Taking the scrolls would not be advised, though. We don't want to leave evidence you were here.

Dust thick, undisturbed.

> Are those burn marks on the floor beyond the pink 'curtain'?

Burnt fabric scraps. Huge burn marks on "desk".

> I'm trying to determine if that's how this is supposed to be set up, or if that's damage that supports the presumption the homeowner was killed. 

Definitely damage.

>(skull, death oddities, theories about their society)
>All guesses, at the moment. We need more evidence to start ruling out hypothesis and to refine a more accurate picture, unfortunately.

True.

>we can just record some to our memory. by our, i mean as in the AI system.

Convenient. How?

>the pink curtain seems to have been cut with heat. the edges are burnt, and the cut off part has dropped to the floor.

Yes.

>>633000
I believe the person or persons responsible for killing the previous inhabitant also destroyed whatever metal stuff was in here. I feel as though this further supports my theory of a second dominant civilization. The objects were likely contraband.

What's that blue thing, a pillow? Is that a hatch under there? Can you fit down there?

well we remember conversations from a while ago, so we can just remember what the scrolls looked like.

anyway, may need to have real guards at the ready in case whoever the killers were dislike that the Gevrons contacted us.

also recommend investigation of that hatchway.

>Convenient. How?
We do maintain a record of that which we see and hear. Although I agree, it does raise the question of where we're writing the data, since we're not supposed to be in your head.

>Wider below ground level. Deceptive.
Definitely supports the hypothesis they built deliberately to hide conceal their settlement.

...although underground construction has other benefits. Temperature regulation is easier, for one.

We might be able to take samples of some of the damaged and broken materials for later analysis. Unless the inhabitants have perfect recall, that should go unnoticed.

littlebeast 2015/04/16(Thu)17:28 No. 634859 ID: 57d76a
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>I believe the person or persons responsible for killing the previous inhabitant also destroyed whatever metal stuff was in here.

Probable.

> I feel as though this further supports my theory of a second dominant civilization. The objects were likely contraband.

Sure.

> What's that blue thing, a pillow?

Looks like.

> Is that a hatch under there?

Yes.

> Can you fit down there?

Looks tight. But probably.

> well we remember conversations from a while ago, so we can just remember what the scrolls looked like.

Hmm. Taking back safer, easier.

> anyway, may need to have real guards at the ready in case whoever the killers were dislike that the Gevrons contacted us.

Guards anyway.

>also recommend investigation of that hatchway.

Right.

Can't see through holes. Opening.

Scraaaaaaape... Clack.

Crap.

> We do maintain a record-

Shush.

...

Nothing. They missed it? Continue.

> We do maintain a record of that which we see and hear. Although I agree, it does raise the question of where we're writing the data, since we're not supposed to be in your head.

...Worried now.

>(Wider below ground level. Deceptive.)
>Definitely supports the hypothesis they built deliberately to hide conceal their settlement.

Yes.

Still can't see much. More curtains.

> ...although underground construction has other benefits. Temperature regulation is easier, for one. 

Heard something about weird seasons.

>We might be able to take samples of some of the damaged and broken materials for later analysis. Unless the inhabitants have perfect recall, that should go unnoticed.

Possibly. If I can break.

Hmm. Risk opening other side?

>>634859
I don't think so. Just look through for now. Then you'd probably want to get back home before you're discovered.

take a look first. no reason walk around a place when a look is enough.

[1/3] littlebeast 2015/04/17(Fri)14:03 No. 634994 ID: 57d76a
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> I don't think so. Just look through for now.

Probably right. Sigh. Incomplete infor-

[2/3] littlebeast 2015/04/17(Fri)14:03 No. 634995 ID: 57d76a
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[3/3] littlebeast 2015/04/17(Fri)14:04 No. 634996 ID: 57d76a
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"-know it's a Gevron, I mean which Gevron." Sigh. "Goa. Aeris."

"Wrav domen Gevron dillena boromen vur doog. Gevron doog zor."

oh hey, we're back from our... trip?

have some info about gevron villages. are dirt colored, making them hard to spot from a distance. are domes that are partially buried. the investigated on appears to have a curtain with a burnt semi-circle cut from it.

>>634996
Alright how much have you progressed since we left? Quick review of words, please.

I think the "settlements" have large underground areas to them as well. That hatch looked like it connected to a cavern.

Draw a Gevron with its head cut off and its possessions burnt to slag. Try to ask what the story is behind that sort of thing.

The abruptness of that transition suggests our scout was ambushed from behind with incapacitating/lethal measures while their attention was focused downward.

Oh. Hey, we're back. Any progress?

littlebeast 2015/04/18(Sat)00:01 No. 635082 ID: 57d76a
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>oh hey we're back
About time, Blue said you left three minutes ago.

>Blue KOed
...I think she would have mentioned that.

>Gevron villages
Underground villages? Neat. I'll try to get their word for those. So what do the houses look like? ...Also uh how do I draw them as distinct from a hill?

>Draw Gevron violence
Um. A, gross, B, I wouldn't probably understand anything Goa said about that stuff, three, I'm hesitant to go into anything like that yet in case they mistake our intentions.

>Progress?
Okay, well I spent most of the time collecting meanings for nouns, with fairly little success. Probably the most interesting one was, uh, that screechy sound - okay you know what I'm romanizing that as "xrionan" cause "that screech noise" is getting tiresome. Anyway it's some kind of black wormy thing?
For "dar" Goa drew one of those and a human so I'm guessing it means "alien" or something. Oh but it(she?) said "Dar vogiyodo wrav golov zor."
"Gor" and "ger" both netted me just the Gevron card. For "ziro" it pointed at the ground and "zur" got me some hills or something. For "buv" it pointed to itself, so probably that's like "I"? And "joom" looked like a tile, once Goa stopped pointing at the blank tablet.
So that was about when I decided to try and get that other Gevron's name. No luck so far, though. Maybe if I add Goa to the scene....

Yeah I'm going to do that now.

"Doog vur. Bonrevol."

Okay cool.
What I really want to know though is what is up with those words that kind of just get thrown in whatever order on the end of sentences. Like doog, zor, vur, vall, rol. And then they can also be used by themselves? And sometimes they replace nouns? Pretty sure "Doog" is more or less "Huh?" or "What?" when it's by itself, but otherwise... I just don't get them.
I mean figuring out some verbs would be nice too but at least I have the grammar for those. Ish. These ones just seem like a random pile of words.
But I don't have any way to ask about them, so I guess more nouns for now? Unless you have a better idea.

zur could be a house. their houses look like hills. draw a half circle hole in the side of one at ground level for a door and ask to confirm.

>>635082
Guys is it just me or does that thing look... kinda familiar?

>About time, Blue said you left three minutes ago.
There's transit time? Did you notice the lag between our last comment with you before blue reported we were with him?

>...Also uh how do I draw them as distinct from a hill?
Add a rounded door-shaped opening at ground level, quadruped height. Although it might not be best to ask right now, as you aren't supposed to have seen the village. They don't know blue was snooping.

Wait, haha, why haven't we been making jokes about hobbit hills.

[1/3] littlebeast 2015/05/06(Wed)02:48 No. 638485 ID: 57d76a
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>lag between leaving you and getting to him?
Her. And no, it was only a couple seconds. I thought you were just waiting for me.

>Xrionan looks familiar?
I've never seen them before... are you saying you have, somehow?

>zur could be a house
Right. Duh.

>how to draw houses
Like this, yeah?

>maybe we shouldn't reveal we know about their village
...Eh, at this point I'll risk it.

>why haven't we been joking about hobbit hills
I don't know, why would you? What even is one of those?


Okay let's ask Goa about that house now then.

"Zur?"

"Doog, rol... vur... doog, goram. Goram budomen orona."

That's not helpful. How about if I... "Doog?"

It looks straight at me for a second, and right then Gowan cuts in with [Daily debriefing in zero-zero-forty hours, unless there's a reason to delay it.]

("Goram," Goa says, pointing to the tablet.) [Sir, what do we do with Goa?]

[With what?]

[Oh uh, the alien that was given to us. That's its name, I think.] ("Wrav," I say, and hand it the tablet.)

[That's between you and the ambassadors.]

[I suggest we return it as a way to open communications tomorrow!]

[I like it, puts them in our debt. Assuming Hao manages not to kill her overnight.]

[Sure, it's set-

[2/3] littlebeast 2015/05/06(Wed)02:49 No. 638487 ID: 57d76a
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[3/3] littlebeast 2015/05/06(Wed)02:52 No. 638490 ID: 57d76a
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-god what if I do? I mean what does it eat? does it need shelter? what if it needs to sleep underwater or buried in sand or goo or something? Should we bring it on the ship? what if it catches a fever and dies? what if it freezes to death outside? I don't want to be "the xenobiologist that killed the first intelligent life" what if we already killed it? it could be allergic to plastic or metal or maybe even the light from that tablet why wasn't I more careful sure xenochlorophyll is interesting but what if I killed it with my inattention

>>638490
hello, you should relax, if it's already dead from interacting with something, then it continuing to interact with those objects can't make it worse.

Oh. Hello, we're still hoping around.

>>638490
Well, at the very least, I don't think you need to worry about exotic sleeping conditions. Blue didn't see any water tanks / slime pools / sand pits in the house she snooped in.

Bringing it on the ship is a bad idea, since we don't have a hardsuit for it, and we have no idea if anything in our environment will be harmful to it.

If we're concerned about shelter, we must have tents or temporary shelters of some kind right? Just need to go through decon and be deployed.

Allergies to plastic / metal / display lighting are unlikely, and we've regrettably missed the boat, there. We have to trust that the people who designed that gear used relatively non-reactive materials.

It's more probable that you killed it already, usually some big thing to go wrong, a single procedure in treating the beast. Possibly not plastic or anything sterile, possibly metal in th form of dust more likely.

Most probably something alien to them that is an active agent like viruses. Some old, but still powerful archetype that has been so threathening to the whole biosystem of the star community, that a cure has been found a long time ago. That makes it more like a symbiote or a dormant stealth agent, which still has the threat encoded in it for new species.

>>642106
the hell are you talking about? we are talking about gevrons.

[1/3] littlebeast 2015/06/05(Fri)21:01 No. 646510 ID: 57d76a
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>hello, you should relax,

I can't relax when I might have already screwed up the most important mission of my life, no, okay, you're right, calm down Hao,

> if it's already dead from interacting with something, then-

wait I didn't say that out loud you're in my head [AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-] get out get out getoutgetoutgetoutget-

[2/3] littlebeast 2015/06/05(Fri)21:04 No. 646512 ID: 57d76a
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[3/3] littlebeast 2015/06/05(Fri)21:07 No. 646515 ID: 57d76a
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[-AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-]
[Hao, what's going on?]
[-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-]
[Hao, where are you?]
[-AAAAAA-]
[Hao, respond!]
[-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-]

Hao, you need to take a break, inhaling is a biological necessity!

We promise we'll get out, and you're not going crazy. We're just an AI bouncing off the comm gear.

Actually, wait, implants are your area, aren't they? If you really want us out, figure out why we're here when we shouldn't be.

Hao stop, we're the AI in Aeris's head! We can, for some reason, connect to the entire team wirelessly. Also, uncontrollably.

>>646512
Huh, that's interesting. We very briefly saw a satellite. Hao, do you know if there are any satellites in orbit of this planet?

littlebeast 2015/06/09(Tue)01:40 No. 647295 ID: 57d76a
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>Hao, you need to take a break, inhaling is a biological necessity!

[-AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa]
"What-"[Who said that?]

>We promise we'll get out, and you're not going crazy.

[-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-]
...

>We're just an AI bouncing off the comm gear.

[-aaaaaaaa... are...are they gone?]
[...Aeris. Turn off your assistants.]
[What? Um, okay, sure. D̤̭̳̳̥͎͚̏ͨͬ͑̄ȯ̶̮̩͓̼͓ͤ̅̍ͫ̒ͅn͇͓̟̝̹̻͐̏̅͆̈̑e͖̜̍̓̓̀.̜̱̙̥̙̖̠̐͐ͯͫ̿ ]

>A̸͙̙̱̝ç͈͈͔̲͊̃̆̅ṱ̞̊ͯ͗̏ͣ̇u͛̔̿҉ä̆l̜̄̉̈́̈́̚l͖̜̦͖͚̦̦yͬ͆̉ͧ͒̾̄,̳̎͊̏ͬ̈́̅͢ ̖̭͇͌̄̑w͖̹͞a͏͍̳̝̝i̞͙͓̾̈̋̔̍̚ṱ̸͉̰̮ͯ,̢͇̥͚̙̗ͧ̋̒́̿͊ ̺̳̫̫̮̘ͦ̆̕i̫̦̲̹̦̟ͨͧͩͦ͆̚m͔̞ͧ͛̽̐ͧͮp̩̿́l̵̝̪̦̮͕̓̑̓̀a̫͕̻̮̪͉ͮ͊̂͗̈́̓͂͢n̚t̷ͧ͆͗ͨͬ̂s̬̲͓̯̹̖͋̌ͤͯ̐ͅ ̛̮̤̟͕͈͋̃͆̐ȧ͙̺͕ͤr̙̰̤̝̹̘̍̃͝e̜̩̖͔͔̗̠̊̎͑̉͜ ̝ͩͧ͑y̘͇̺ͤ̔ͣ͂͒o̠̜͎̘̽͋͆ͨͯ͜u͇͟r̠͕̙ͧͨͥͪ ̢̭̱̻͇á̐͋̾̅r͕̆͊e͎͓a͕ͭ̊,̀ͭͥ͛̉ͧͮ ̯̪͓͙̖̄̏̂ͥͦ̾̑a͉̟̯̬ͯ͞r͐̀҉ḙ̸̩̲̳ͭñ̢͈̯̺̦̘̔̐̀̚'̙͔̞̦̫̲̻t̵͍͍̻̝̱̪͎ͭͧ̃͛̍ͤ̍ ̗̞͔̟̻̭̫ͨ̊̔ͩ͊̿͋t̥̱̖͎̙͕͋̈̐ͧͬ̆̒h̖̳͡ḙ̥̬͈͉̝̲̾ÿ̓̋?̮͒̀̌͗

[Nȩ̬v̷͓̟̠̯͓̙ͩ́̆e͎̱͍̙̣̭̖͑͂̊͛͑ͩͬr͐̿ͦͩ̃ͬͤ͏ ͓ͭͩ̽ͭ͒́̇m̷͕̬͎ͪ͐ỉ͈̰͖͎̄͐n̞͎̮͙̫̺̣͢d͕̯̱̙̓ͣ̉.ͦ̾͘ ̨̗̺̻̊̓͒͒͐ͧ ́T̡͊u̪̥̦̙̦͈͆̀̾̎̊͒̔ř̥͙̘̂̈̈ṋ̫̗̖̫͂̒ ̳͔̫̲̬͎́͛ͅt̙̠͎̮͊͆h̺̳ͪͮ̅e̩̙̼̐̄̆̅̈́ͭͅm̦̫̺͎̲̗̀̋ ͚ͩͬ́͂b̨̮̖̟̖̖͍͒ͅa̹̰̲̘̥c̹̼͉̱̓͒̓̾k̡̫͕͕̞͍̜ͭͮ̽͒̈ ͑͋̀̊̎̾̀҉̻͚͍̜̜ǒ̗̟̓̋͋n͕̱̠.̥̰̦ͣ͐̔̐̚͢]
[Ü̪̺͉̠͓̑ͮ̀m̺̗͇̑̏̑ͨ̽ͮ,̈́́̈́͒͆̚̕ ̶̻̰̫̰͌̆̆̓̀͐̀ͅȍ̠͖̤̙̙͔̮͌͛̆̑k̬̠͚ͫͯ͊͗a͕ͥ̍ͣỹ̩͚̻̭̹͝ͅ.̤̠̞̤͇̼̟̓.͇͙̮̰͙̙̮̂͒.͕̟͈͉̈́ͪͬ̀ What was that about?]
[Hao, by "they" you meant Aeris's assistants, correct?]
...
[yes.]

>If you really want us out, figure out why we're here when we shouldn't be.

"Yes, that is a good question, isn't it?"
Who would...
[Hao, when you get a chance, have Jenkins take a look at Aeris's mods.]
[y-yes sir.]

>Hao stop, we're the AI in Aeris's head!
"And now you're in my head, too."

[Major, if I may ask, sir, what brought on the concern about my assistants?]
[They're becoming increasingly uncontrollable. Scared the living daylights out of Hao, and now they're in my head. Be nice to at least know how.]
[to... to be fair, I w-]
[Understood, sir. I'll get my head looked at as soon as possible. ...It's weird, they've never done anything like this before....]
...Nah, no point now, but a radio class for the civvies... but when will the time...

>We can, for some reason, connect to the entire team wirelessly. Also, uncontrollably.

...and cue rain.

>Huh, that's interesting. We very briefly saw a satellite.
"What? Where, how? What did it look like?"

>Hao, do you know if there are any satellites in orbit of this planet?

"Why would she..." [Hao, ignore that question, I'll call it in.]
[...what question?]
[Ender-Comms, this is Steelarm, connect me to Speaker-MisCon.]
[Right away, sir.]
...
[Steelarm, this is Speaker-MisCon, come in.]
[Hey Jimmy, you guys found any artificial satellites around the planet?]
[Negative, Gowan, only things in orbit are us and that gorgeous moon.]
[Thanks, Jim, Steelarm out.]

"Well, they said no satellites here. Well, no artificial ones anyway,I assume that's what you meant."

>>647295
Well, the image was really blurry. I guess it could have been something else that has two blue flat things sticking out of it. It might not even be in orbit...

Also uh, yeah... you noticed we were still on even when Aeris "turned off" her implants. New theory: something connected to the AI in her implants and downloaded us. Whatever it is seems to partially function when the implants are off. Well, that, or we've changed enough that she can't fully turn us off anymore. If it's something else sending the signal, could you trace it while we're off? If we're really being broadcast from Aeris, you could trace the signal to her to confirm it.

Regardless, is there anything we can do to help?

littlebeast 2015/06/10(Wed)00:16 No. 647530 ID: 57d76a
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> Well, the image was really blurry. I guess it could have been something else that has two blue flat things sticking out of it. It might not even be in orbit... 

...an airplane, maybe...?
"Let me know if you find any useful information, then."

> Also uh, yeah... you noticed we were still on even when Aeris "turned off" her implants.

"If painful to the ears." Or... audio cortex...?

> New theory: something connected to the AI in her implants and downloaded us.

...shit. First contact is not supposed to leak experimental technology.

> Whatever it is seems to partially function when the implants are off. Well, that, or we've changed enough that she can't fully turn us off anymore.

"Changed how, why? Hell, what even are you?"

> If it's something else sending the signal, could you trace it while we're off? If we're really being broadcast from Aeris, you could trace the signal to her to confirm it.

"...Damn good idea." Too helpful by half, even investigating itself...

> Regardless, is there anything we can do to help?

..."Pffffthahahahaaa! Ho. Sorry. No, I don't think ..." ... "...Hell, what can you do?" And more importantly can it be trusted...

>>647530
Wait a minute, I think we're picking up your surface thoughts too. It's similar to how Blue was communicating with us. It seemed normal for them but I don't think you're aware of it. Uh. Sorry.

As for what we can do, well, we can do a lot of thinking for people, assuming the topics are suitably mundane, or explained to us. We can function as an extra pair of eyes although I'm not sure if we can control it. Hmm, let me try something-
[list functions]

>can't see the satellite well
Well, if and when we can get back to the hardware we're actually supposed to be in, we'll see if we can upload a still of the image where you can hit it with software to try and clean it up.

Pity the image isn't clear enough to resolve the starfield behind it. That would tell us the satellite's position.

>Too helpful by half, even investigating itself
Hey, we don't exactly like being plucked out of where we're supposed to be and sent on a mental merry go round. We're supposed to be helping from behind the scenes, not having out of body experiences. We don't like being unwilling converted to a liability.

With respect, you know damn well if someone or something had compromised you, you'd want to know how it happened.

...also, we technically are Aeris' assets. Which means we signed up for this mission when she did. Which puts us under your command, sir.

>...Hell, what can you do?"
Can we run a self diagnostic? I wonder if that would tell us anything useful, I doubt whoever designed those protocols expected conditions like this.

>And more importantly can it be trusted...
We can be trusted enough to tell you that we can hear you thinking about that. Sorry, sir.

littlebeast 2015/06/26(Fri)02:03 No. 650825 ID: 57d76a
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> Wait a minute, I think we're picking up your surface thoughts too.

"Shit. You can read minds?" of course they bloody can what was I expecting from a bunch of goddamn contagious radioborne headvoices

> It's similar to how Blue was communicating with us. It seemed normal for them but I don't think you're aware of it. Uh. Sorry.

"'Normal' has a different definition for Splice. I think they're all a bit autistic." god damn it though mind reading. what have I even thought, did I spill something? how do you even deal with that, think before you think?

> As for what we can do, well, we can do a lot of thinking for people, assuming the topics are suitably mundane, or explained to us.

...and we're not on a clock...

> We can function as an extra pair of eyes although I'm not sure if we can control it. Hmm, let me try something-

>[list functions]

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...

"...I'm not giving permission without an explanation first" if that's even what it's waiting for

> Well, if and when we can get back to the hardware we're actually supposed to be in, we'll see if we can upload a still of the image where you can hit it with software to try and clean it up.

...different voice?

> Pity the image isn't clear enough to resolve the starfield behind it.

...different voice. Right...

>That would tell us the satellite's position.

"That would be helpful, but no sense thinking on might-have-beens."

>(Too helpful by half, even investigating itself)

Anoth... wait, that... that's creepy...

> Hey, we don't exactly like being plucked out of where we're supposed to be and sent on a mental merry go round. We're supposed to be helping from behind the scenes, not having out of body experiences. We don't like being unwilling converted to a liability.

...hell, maybe it is just...

> With respect, you know damn well if someone or something had compromised you, you'd want to know how it happened.

...

> ...also, we technically are Aeris' assets. Which means we signed up for this mission when she did. Which puts us under your command, sir. 

...huh.

>(...Hell, what can you do?")
>Can we run a self diagnostic?

"How the hell should I know?"

>I wonder if that would tell us anything useful, I doubt whoever designed those protocols expected conditions like this.

>(And more importantly can it be trusted...)
>We can be trusted enough to tell you that we can hear you thinking about that. Sorry, sir.

...goddamn mind readers...
...under my.....

...holy shit.

"Right, if you're going to be my subordinate, a name would be nice." or a callsign since it's... they're... yeah exactly.

oh oh, let's go with siri.

Siri? Yeah. That should be fine. Or TGCHAN for a callsign, if we want to be meta.

Well... I tried running a command to list functions but what I got back was so garbled all I could tell was that we HAVE functions. Looks like... seven of them.
[run self diagnostic]

>>650825
Whoops I am really bad at including rank pips apparently! Maybe I should just say he forgot them today except that's totally out of character. Anyway though you can see them here: >>/questdis/91809

>different voice
Oh right. The whole "we are legion" thing. Sorry, sir. We're kind of more of a collective than an individual, and things are generally much neater when we have a avatar to filter conversation and ideas though, or hide behind. It's like a constant brainstorming session in here- we're used to offering up options, not presenting a coherent front.

>How the hell should I know?
Sorry sir, you're picking up our internal discussions as well as the stuff directed at you. I suppose insomuch as our internal dialog is thought, the mind reading goes both ways.

>name or callsign
Ooh! Codename: Ribbon.

(Hey, after all, we came from Aeris' head, right? I suppose if we wanted to be punny, we're technically her 'staff', but that doesn't quite work for a callsign).

>Looks like... seven of them.
Yeah, there are seven sets of brackets. Can't decode any useful text though, even when I try filtering out the noise.

>>650825
Oh, and um, also, what's with the bad of "secret onions" there?

[1/3] littlebeast 2015/09/30(Wed)13:14 No. 673988 ID: 99cfa8
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> oh oh, let's go with siri.
> Siri? Yeah. That should be fine.

... feel like I'm the butt of some joke here...

> Or TGCHAN for a callsign, if we want to be meta. 

... and no idea what that means...
"Siri it is, then."

> Well... I tried running a command to list functions but what I got back was so garbled all I could tell was that we HAVE functions. Looks like... seven of them.

>[run self diagnostic]

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... ok so
BLAM

What the hell was that?!


"Sir!"

"What's happened, private?"

"It's Dickens, sir, he dropped a gun and - his suit, it's - "

Fuckin' walking Murphy's law strikes again - [Containment breach! Get a stretcher, paramedics, burn team down here stat! I want a firewall perimeter around the whole camp! Get that alien outside the perimeter!]

> Oh right. The-
"Siri I don't have time to deal with you right now! You're temporarily cleared for duty under Aeris, dismissed!"

"Sir, who are you-

[2/3] littlebeast 2015/09/30(Wed)13:19 No. 673991 ID: 99cfa8
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[3/3] littlebeast 2015/09/30(Wed)13:21 No. 673992 ID: 99cfa8
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"-you doing, stop, digging won't help uhhhhh Goa rol, ziro rol? goram rol?" "Doog, vod boga-a goram vur ebbino jugoa, dar jugoa vur doog, dar melido meejol vur doog"
come on you need to get out of here before you get infected-"

>dropping a gun makes it fire
Man, you guys need safeties.

>>673992
So... it's trying to hide after the inexplicable gunshot?

There's already what looks like blood spatter on the alien's back. (And more, on your suit). Moving further away isn't going to prevent contamination.

it MAY know something. their houses are holes in the sides of hills that may be artificial.

>>674038
>dropping a gun makes it fire
Yeah, I call bullshit.

>>674058
It's possible if the safety is off and the gun isn't made to prevent that sort of thing.

>>674069
True, but what I meant is, maybe it's a cover up for something more sinister?

littlebeast 2015/10/04(Sun)02:12 No. 674745 ID: 99cfa8
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> there's already blood splatter on the alien
... shit you're right.

[Gowan sir Goa was hit by the blood splatter we can't keep it from infection.]

"GOD DAMNED BLASTRATE SPARKLE FUCKING FARKLED SYPHILLED NIMROD!" Wow he's loud. [Belay that then and get them to sickbay!][Medical, prep another quarantine room for a native and sanitize a path there from the entrance, if they're not already infected I do NOT want that to change.]

>dropping a gun makes it fire
Yeah that is weird isn't it? I mean it happens in movies and stuff, but not in real life right? or does it? ...I don't know much about guns.

>it MAY know something.
Uh... how do you mean? It's certainly built for digging if that's what you're getting at. is now anyway. (SO WEIRD although that's actually kind of refreshing.)

Right. So. Less urgent now but we still need to get Goa moving. Attempt two.

"Goa. Goa!" "Aeriz vul!" Okay it turned its head and... completely ignored my beckoning. Well of course it doesn't know what that means. Mmkay, maybe finger walking? "Doog" is the sound of failure, aaaand it's back to digging. Why didn't anyone tell me pantomime was a required skill for xenolinguists? Argh, this is so frustrating, it's supposed to be my job to communicate with these people and I can't even tell one to follow me! I guess I could physically lead it but I don't want to touch it in the state it's in... any ideas, guys?

unfortunantly, i think getting physical is the only way you can make it stop digging.

[1/4] Littlebeast 2016/10/02(Sun)09:54 No. 750767 ID: 16bb01
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> it's the only way
Uwaaaaaaagh.

Maybe I can still avoid touching it if I, like, put my hand in front of where it's digging?
clink
What was-

[2/4] Littlebeast 2016/10/02(Sun)09:55 No. 750768 ID: 16bb01
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The chain! Good ol' symbolism to the rescue! Okay well maybe that's bad symbolism but probably still better than physically dragging it to the ship. Probably. I mean it might be allergic or something.

So yes, call to Goa, rattle the chain, beckon for future association, and start dragging it towards the ship. And Goa's following, perfect.

"Aeriz gondamo buv vur rol doog," it says nervously. I really wish I had any idea what that means, but about all I've got is that it's talking to me. Which just doubles that wish. But me complaining isn't going to make it any more interpretable... Hey wait isn't that both the "yes" and "no" words? Well that can't be right, can it?
Ugh, might as well attempt to reassure it, right? "It's okay, we're fine... probably..." Well that certainly didn't help. Oy. I think I'll just not talk since it seems to just make things worse.

[4/4] Littlebeast 2016/10/02(Sun)09:56 No. 750770 ID: 16bb01
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Okay, one successful leading to medbay later, we're confronted with a new problem. Specifically, Goa's stomach is growling. At least I think that's what that sound is.

Even if Goa isn't hungry now I'm sure it'll be an issue before we can release it; we have to keep it in quarantine long enough to be sure it isn't infected, which probably means four or five days. Ugh. How the heck do I figure out what Gevrons eat?

>>750770
We have a scout in the field near a settlement, we can just observe their feeding practices and collect whatever they eat to feed this one.

[1/3] Littlebeast 2016/10/09(Sun)22:20 No. 752124 ID: 16bb01
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>>631129
Retcon: making this "Mi jorremen meejol mool."
Also, I'm changing Gowan and Tommy's text colors. For reasons.

>have Blue watch what the ones in town eat
Oh. Yeah, that's a good idea. I was trying to figure out how to ask Goa, but, that totally works better. When all you have is a hammer...

I need to get out of the way of the doctors, but I'll ask Blue over the radio to do that soon as I do.
[Okay, crisis resolved, for now] Gowan tells everyone over the shipwide radio, then continues on our channel, [I'm moving the debriefing forward to zero-zero-five hours.] Or I can do it then.

As I'm leaving Goa says "Aeriz yuvala meejol mool joluv," but as always I have no idea what it means or what to say in response.

[2/3] Littlebeast 2016/10/09(Sun)22:26 No. 752128 ID: 16bb01
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"Well," Gowan begins without preamble. "That was certainly an eventful hour and a half. I'll start with the question I'm sure is on all of your minds: Yes, the gunshot was an accident. More or less. It appears some of our privates needed reminding that the air blast mode is an actual weapon, not a toy. Hopefully they'll remember it this time."

"That aside, we managed to construct about half of our temporary fortifications today. If all goes well this time tomorrow we'll have a proper camp."

We proceed around the table. Nobody else has much to report though until we get to Tommy. "My scouting flight was turning up a whole lot of nothing, just terrain, no buildings or vehicles - till I noticed something odd." He pulls up a picture on the viewscreen.

[3/3] Littlebeast 2016/10/09(Sun)22:26 No. 752129 ID: 16bb01
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"Take a look at this river. See how, here, it actually flows into this hill? And then comes out over here. I couldn't get close enough to look inside but I'd bet that's some kind of artificial structure. And once I knew what to look for, I found three more in our area." He brings up the map and marks their locations.

My own report feels somewhat lacking - I tell them about Goa's "gifting" (with some prompting) and subsequent quarantine. But all I have to report for my actual job is that I've got the basic grammar possibly figured out.

"Oh, and there are some oddities about the language," I remember to mention at the last minute. "Between it using our familiar subject - verb - object order, the phonemes being a subset of our own, and perhaps strongest, the loanword 'hoomon', I have to think that this language is somehow based on English."

Blue follows up with a terse summary of her exploration of the village, pulling out some materials - including a scroll! - for us to examine. "Oh, hey, that reminds me, my assistants proposed analysis of that dress, now that Goa took it off. And the chain might also be of interest."

"Now. It may appear that we have all been debriefed," Gowan says after Blue finishes her recount. "However, as some of us rather unexpectedly learned, we have one more team member." He turns... to me?? "Siri. Do you have anything additional to report?" What? What does "siri" mean?

that would be us. just repeat what we say.

we believe that the gevrons are a lesser species being used by some other hidden civilization for their own agenda. or maybe it's racism and there are gevron kings living in ivory palaces and the commons are all we have seen.

unless they actually did manage to get world ending weapons, end themselves, and then get to where they are now in the time span.

Littlebeast 2016/10/27(Thu)00:33 No. 755655 ID: 594c18
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>that's us
Oh, another of your weird names. Just promise you won't start acting crazy like that time you called yourself GLaDOS?

>just repeat what we say
Okay, I'm not going to repeat it word for word never again but I can do that.

"Uh, they say that they think the Gevrons are being oppressed. By someone. Maybe another species or just other Gevrons. ...That, or they're post-apocalypse."

"Um. That was all they said."

"for cryin' out... You skipped a few things. The satellite, for example, or-"

"Hold on, before we get into that, can someone please explain to me who or what a Siri is?"

Gowan turns his intimidating glare at me, but after a pause addresses the table at large. "You should know, before I start, that this is all classified information. Technically, Siri has not been cleared for it, but as this pertains to its own existence, I am willing to make an exception.

"Siri, or officially Item XCC, is the end result of a top secret military project known as Project Wayfinder, which began about twenty years ago." What, really?! - I suppose I never actually asked where you came from, but I always thought you were some museum guide or something, given your obsession with the early 21st century...

"I myself am not privy to the details or the aims of the project. What I do know is that before Aeris's first activation, Item XCC was installed into one of her mod slots for testing purposes. And while I wasn't permitted the list of intended features, several have made themselves apparent within the last few hours.

"First, the chip generates a small set of artificial intelligences, which are then able to communicate with Aeris. I gather that they have done this since the chip was activated?" I nod.
"Secondly, beginning today, the intelligences - Siri - have begun to somehow transfer themselves to others' minds, without intention by either party. Thus far, only members of the contact team have been affected by this worrying behavior." Tommy looks like he wants to say something, but he holds back.
"Third and finally, when they have transferred to a person, Siri is capable of reading the surface thoughts of that person as well as communicating and perceiving the world around them, through unknown means."

There is a heavy silence as everyone processes that.

"Now. Siri," Gowan says, returning his attention to me or well I guess you. "If you intend to be a part of this team, you will have certain duties to uphold, including making a full report at each daily debriefing. Which means mentioning any facts which may be relevant to the mission. Including your own capabilities. So I'll ask you again. Do you have anything additional to report?"

Yeah, when we switch between minds sometimes we see visions in between. The first and second times it was just black, the third we saw (and didn't notice until now) an eye in the darkness, as if someone had held up our camera to their eye. The fourth time we saw another almost pitch black image, but with ".+.=.." visible, like someone had held up a card in front of the camera. The fifth time we could make out an object that looked vaguely similar to a solar-powered satellite, but now I think it was something else. It's like, a brown box with two flat blue rectangles coming out the sides. Still very dark, impossible to make out details. The sixth and most recent switch we saw something clearly. A series of four concentric circles with a line pointing up from the center, connecting to another circle with another similar line coming up out the center of it but stopping at the circle. There are squiggly glyphs the circles almost like writing. It probably is writing, actually. There might be enough of a sample there to decode it if it's a simple substitution cipher but I can't right now.

I know we're supposed to be helping with translating the language but it looks like we haven't made a lot of progress lately. Sorry to disappoint. Have your people made any more progress?

Oh and every time we try to access any command line functionality we just get garbled text back... we got garbled text when that circle-pattern image showed up, too. I think something's trying to communicate with us. I wish I knew what direction these symbols were read in, and where they stopped or started...

What exactly is the chip doing? Is this stolen technology?

I made a little progress on the circle pattern. There's a sequence of symbols that repeats several times... I think it's a proper noun. As for figuring out the rest, well, I'm not sure I'm even reading it in the right direction and some of the symbols must be punctuation which is confusing things. I'd need more samples to make a better attempt.

sorry, think each of us in here have different opinions of what constitutes 'important' information.

>>755983
Oh, that's... true. What does Gowan mean exactly? I mean, he got a report from the scout already, right? About the underground area beneath the settlement?

Littlebeast 2016/10/29(Sat)23:43 No. 756113 ID: 594c18
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>yeah we're seeing things between minds

You're just full of surprises today huh? Uh hey can you show me those images? Maybe I can take a crack.

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>not helping translate much
Hey I figure we're doing pretty good to have most of the grammar after only a couple hours. What we need now is just more data to work with.

... Although, huh. Arethere others working on this? Kinda seems like there should be. ..... Maaaaybe I should have read the briefing packet through.

>different estimations of importance

Don't apologize for that! That's a good thing.
Anyway, I can let you know that, I did read that part of the packet. Basically just report anything of interest that occurred - I'm pretty sure your images fall into that category, at least unless they're confirmed unrelated to the mission. But since he specifically included your capabilities as a subject...

>the spot reported, right?
Yeah, she was pretty thorough regardless of terseness. Well, I presume so anyway, but I wasn't there so...
I guess I'll give you the rundown of what she talked about, just in case. Okay so she went over the village and its location, the bones of the executed Gevron, the abandoned house, the melted stuff on the desk, and the cave though she didn't actually go in. Does that about cover it?
I mean it should since she's actually trained in this stuff

Anyway.

"They do, quite a bit in fact."

>lots and lots of description of 'visions'
I relay all that. Nobody seems to be sure what to make of it.

>command line and garbled text
Yeah, you've mentioned that before. Seemed like you almost got somewhere with it, once, but I've no idea what you were doing.

Anyway, I relay that too, as well as
>I think something's trying to communicate

>what is the chip doing???
Man I wish I knew. I always thought you were just helpful voices but now you're doing all this crazy stuff and it kinda scares me.

>are we stolen tech?
Man it almost sounds plausible but stolen from who??? There's no technological secrets since the Final War.

I'm not going to voice that exactly but how about "And they'd like you to investigate that project more, if you can."

"You can bet your mossy bottom I'm going to investigate, classified or not."

So are you done now or have you thought of yet more?

uhhh, right when you mentioned taking a crack we got a
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looks like a Y/N prompt on the bottom. not sure what we are agreeing to though.

>>756117
I think it's asking if we should show him the images.

[Y]

[1/3] Littlebeast 2016/11/02(Wed)19:03 No. 756754 ID: 594c18
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>y/n prompt
So... All those times you were being all mysterious and cagey it was just a simple prompt.

Have I mentioned that sometimes you're really annoying?

>if we should show him the images
Uhh... Who is it you think you're talking to?
Should I start putting character names in the name field? i kinda want to keep my name there but if it'd be helpful...

So, those pictures are... Interesting. Not really clarifying, yet. But interesting. Keep me posted?

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So... I'll take the lack of answers as a "yes, we're done reporting".

"That is all." I don't add, 'I think.'

Gowan nods. "In that case, our debriefing is now concluded. You are all relieved of duty until oh-eight-o-clock tomorrow, when we will meet here for daily briefing. Dismissed."

So, now I think it's time to get that scroll from Blue and ask her about Gevron food. And then look through the pamphlet for-

[2/3] Littlebeast 2016/11/02(Wed)19:05 No. 756756 ID: 594c18
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[3/3] Littlebeast 2016/11/02(Wed)19:06 No. 756757 ID: 594c18
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-hear me or whatever? I guess you probably can't, he only said you hear the thoughts of people you're 'riding' or whatever, but. I want to talk, if you can- I'd like to talk to you, if you're listening or whatever, about, privacy I guess, yeah, I'd like to talk to you about privacy.

>>756757
speak of the devil and he shall appear.
at least, that's what it looks like from here, maybe you got lucky?
first heard you at "-hear me or whatever?"

...okay I think I found a lead on these symbol circle things. The number of total rings matches the number of garbled strings in brackets in the text field of the post. In fact, the two DIRECTLY correspond with eachother-- the circles are representations of the garbled text. It's possible to remove the mess of accents to find the base symbols, and in the first circle image there are sequences in the circles which match up with sequences in the text.

First image:
[Y_r~√z"`.A←¿●®]
[™■¡,Gk+]
[-©»βμC@¤{$^+l5]

[βμC@¤{Jdf£`¦€™■¡]

[Uy$®#÷lRβμC@¤{#+¥g¿]

Second image:
[Y_r~√z"`.A←¿●®]
[,Gk+™■¡]
[*ý>0Z@-©»$^+l5]
[βμC@¤{-©»$^+l5]

[*ý>0Z@ç3°of£`¦€]
[Y_r~√#+¥g¿*ý>0Z@]

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This obviously will make figuring out the cipher easier, especially since the image implies spaces between words, and the -//- symbol is the start/end of each phrase. That is effectively ][.

>>756883
Oh and there's a y/n prompt for the second image. I'm avoiding answering the last two prompts we've been given because I don't know what they're asking.

...damn it, the symbols don't match up 1:1 in most circles. The length is either shorter or the same length in the text version. This means either there's symbols missing in the text (alt-codes that are empty spaces, for instance) or some symbols that look like two separate symbols in the image are in fact one symbol.

Also the circle group in the second image's lower right area has two outer circles that seem to start and end with the same symbols, but the text strings do not. So perhaps the text and image does NOT directly correspond.

Littlebeast 2017/02/27(Mon)01:46 No. 783363 ID: 343609
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>speak of the devil and he shall appear.

Ah, you can hear me, that's good, worrying, but good, convenient, yeah, worrying but convenient is the right thing, the thing I meant to say, think, say, whatever.

>at least, that's what it looks like from here, maybe you got lucky?

That would be a big coincidence.. Hey wait, how do I know this is actually Siri and not me, like, imagining Siri's responses? I mean it sounds like I would imagine Siri to sound like but I'd imagine Siri to sound like I imagine Siri to sound like right? I'd imagine Siri to sound like... Siri would sound like I'd imagine Siri to sound like if I was imagining Siri... Ah whatever you know what I mean! Wait, I know what I mean but if Siri is really here then there actually is a you that might not know what I mean. Ugh. Whatever. If this is really Siri then continue.

>first heard you at "-hear me or whatever?"

Um, okay, so you couldn't hear me but you heard me enough to respond to your name? That's.. Weird. But I guess it's comforting to know you're not listening in all the time, except you are but not really, but, unless this isn't even Siri but it probably is, but if I was imagining it how would I even tell, ugh, this is the kind of thoughts that had me believing in psychics as a kid, and now it turns out there are psychics and they're just AIs instead of human, or splice or whatever, okay seriously what kind of project was that??? I guess I see the strategic advantage to mind reading, of course if you are meant to spy on people you'd probably have to be a bit more subtle, uh, what was I even thinking about?

>...okay I think I found a lead on these symbol circle things. The number of total rings matches the number of garbled strings in brackets in the text field of the post. In fact, the two DIRECTLY correspond with eachother-- the circles are representations of-

Okay look I'm gonna stop you there because I have like no idea what you're taking about, I really don't think I need or want to know about that stuff. I mean it kinda sounds interesting, I'm not trying to offend, it kind of sounds interesting but... It kind of sounds interesting but...

Privacy! Right. That was the thing. The thing that needed discussed. Yes. Privacy. Right. Uhhh so yeah I mean if I think about something embarrassing or something like - no not thinking about it definitely not thinking about it oh god ~tear it down if you want back~ ~everyone's under a heart attack~ ~all emotions are turning black~ ~and we're along for the ride~ okay, okay but can I trust you not to share the terrible things I think but don't mean, is what I'm saying, is what I'm meaning to say

>>783363
no, you can't trust us. mostly because it's complete chaos in here. imagine 1000 people know a secret and 999 of them are perfect saints, but it only takes the one to spoil it.

>>783363
We promise nothing.

[1/3] Littlebeast 2017/03/09(Thu)18:20 No. 786373 ID: 343609
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>no, you can't trust us.

Okay good, that's... Wait, what did you say???

>We promise nothing.

...

>mostly because it's complete chaos in here. imagine 1000 people know a secret and 999 of them are perfect saints, but it only takes the one to spoil it.


... I guess. I guess that's reasonable. But, shit, what do I do then? Not like I can avoid you if you're going to be hopping into my mind, so how am I supposed to keep from thinking about NO DON'T DO IT, I mean, I guess it doesn't come up much, but how am I supposed to keep from thinking about that I stole a ship when I keep thinking about how I'm not supposed to think about it?

[2/3] Littlebeast 2017/03/09(Thu)18:21 No. 786374 ID: 343609
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"WAIT SHIT"

[3/3][Animated] Littlebeast 2017/03/09(Thu)18:29 No. 786382 ID: 343609
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OKAY JUST FORGET I SAID THAT WILL YOU I MEAN IT WAS JUST A LONGHORN IT'S NOT LIKE IT WAS A BIG- AND I MEAN THEY WERE GOING TO SCRAP IT ANYWAY BUT- IT WAS JUST A LONGHORN SHUTTLE NOT- GOWAN CANNOT KNOW ABOUT THIS HE'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG STICKLER FOR RULES PLEASE SAY YOU WON'T TELL HIM

Don't care right now, what the FUCK is that on your desk? We saw that before, in a vision!

shut up for second, what's that on your desk?

shh, your giving me a headache. What is on the desk.

>>786382
There is a satellite on your desk, also hahahah oh god you're one of those people who think their little crimes are the end of the world. We're three hundred light years from Earth, why would ANYONE care?

[1/4][animated] Littlebeast 2017/03/11(Sat)20:30 No. 786765 ID: 63dff0
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>Don't care right now, what the FUCK is that on your desk?
>shut up for second, what's that on your desk?
>shh, your giving me a headache. What is on the desk.
>There is a satellite on your desk

[2/4] Littlebeast 2017/03/11(Sat)20:31 No. 786766 ID: 63dff0
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>We saw that before, in a vision!

I guess it's good they're mostly ignoring that... um it's a model? Oh yeah, that one, that's the probe. what do you mean, a vision...? Um yeah, the probe. You know, the Von Neumann probes that flew out and started this whole thing with the - what are they called? gebrawns? Yeah, one of those probes. Except, you know, the real ones are a lot bigger obviously. Yeah going on this mission reminded me I should repaint it since they found out the original colors - huh how did they find that out anyway? It was unknown for like millenia and then fifteen years ago they just know? Weird, well anyway I'm in the middle of repainting it yeah so right now it's just got like half the base coat, but otherwise, well I mean on the body obviously the solar panels were already the right color, but uh, yeah that's what the probe looks like.

>also hahahah oh god you're one of those people who think their little crimes are the end of the world. We're three hundred light years from Earth, why would ANYONE care?

I mean this is the military but I guess you kinda have a point

Yeah I'm just gonna stop embarrassing myself and let you go, well, unless I like have to-

[3/4] Littlebeast 2017/03/11(Sat)20:31 No. 786767 ID: 63dff0
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[4/4] Littlebeast 2017/03/11(Sat)20:32 No. 786768 ID: 63dff0
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"-all your espionage needs! So Ms. Five what can we do for you today!"
"Well, I need - wait, you know who I am?"
"Of course, of course! What kind of intelligence team would we be if we did not know one of the most important persons aboard our own ship?"
"...Well when you put it like that. Ah, right, I need you to find out what Gevrons eat."
"The Gevrons, these are the natives that we now have one in our medical bay yes? Can not the xenobiologists determine what is their diet?"
"I suppose, but we really need to know as soon as possible, and that-"
"Ah! Say no more, we shall send the micro drones, and you shall know the moment we have answers, wherever you may be!"
"Okay, cool, thanks."

>>786768
Blargh we switched again. Hello. Please tell your boss that we identified what one of our visions was. It wasn't a satellite, it's a Von Neumann probe.