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[algoritmi]

hello̶̙͙̦͍̱̱̰͔̞͇̘̬̦̤̞̫̖͙ͩ̎͠͡͡l̵̸͖̲̻̟̮̫̠̩̞̪̯͎̮̰̘̹͉ͪ̐̄͗̍͊̽̃ͮ̀̈́͒ͦ̽̏̌ō͖̹̖̦̯̹͒̍̈͑̚ͅ ͖͕̬̿͊͋ͣ̓̀ͦͪ̃zion.

i'm afraid i come with more ̧͑͒́͜ ̈́̀͋ͣͦ̿́͘͜1́bad n̖̟̹̱̲ews. the time is coming that your people will need your help, and the vast majority of you will choose to give it. this time will come quickly and vio͔̱̰̗̮̞ͤͦͦ̊ͩ̕͜lently and without warning shots. it will seem disconnected from the deeds of neo decades ago, and the council two months ago. it is not. i wouldn't worry you with the long view, though. there will be time for that.

for now, i will leave you with some numbers. y̪̑̑̏̽̅ȏ͇̦̟̅͗́̅̇̔u ͈̤͚̭̫͉͙̘͙͉̮̲̞̒ͯͩ̈́̒̊̚k͉̙̝͖̲̣̬̭̲̦͙̪̭̭ͥ̉̾̓̿̄̄̑͊̈́̈̿̐͊̅̍͌now how much we like our numbers, but i think y̳͙ͤ͗̿̊͋͛̉ͬ̇ou'll find these helpful too.

one is a necessary sacrifice. you w̺̤̟͋i̻̭̻͎̤ͬll survive if you have f̱̲͇̺̗̥ͮ̀͒͒̋̎ͪ̂̌̽̿ͭͮ̉a̬̞̩̞̳͈̿i̦̲͉̞̺̹͋̏̾̔͛̒̉th. it will bring you closer to us, but you will do it for humankind. don't overthink it. this isn't a mǎ̌tter of one comma the.

two emp charges ̭͕͉̩͕͗̎̏̋̈w̙̳̭̯͓̑̏͂ͣ̋i͔̪ͅll not be enough.

three of you are necessary. to cli͓ͨ̾̂ͣ̓ͨm̺͇̺̟b̲̲̜͇͙̲̼ a̲̲̜͇͙̲̼ḇ̠̲̯̙̯͑͛̐ͩ̑͋͂ove the f̉ͮlames you must stand each foot on the shoulder of a crewmate. should you succeed, this will change the course of limitless tomorrows. it'll be s͇u̥͓̬̖̲̹btle, but sure.

fọ̝ͪ̊̉ͮ̑ur look closely here. this will be the salvation̬ o̥̞̖̳̝͈̗͐ͫf the day.

y͓̳̦͕̬̠̱̒̅ͯ̈́̌͌o̖̼̊̅͌̂̾ͦu w̮͉͖͔̮̳̄͌̄ill be wondering to what extent th͢e͙ͤ́͐͊ͦͅ architect and i are involved. the answer is: other ț͎͔̗͖̺̺̇̎̃̋͆ͪh̘̖̹̙a̗̗̣͉̠ͭn̪ͯ́̍̊͛̑ ͖̥̫̞̮̗̓̅̔ͅt͖̳his message and the one he will write you later, not at all. some of you have been wondering what the truce meant, and i will be the first to tell you: it meant change. for us, as well as the humans of earth. we are not they.

as a matter of fact, they’re much older.

ṁ̘̖̣̼̖̈́ͭ̆ȳ̥̱̲̦͐̎̈̋ condolences and congrat̖̗̥̟ͥ́ͬ̄͂ͯͬu̳̫̜̲̻̙͌l̙̱̝͂͑̓̌ͬ̈a̻͓̖̿̄͛ͬ̆ti̺̩̖̫̪̳͂ͮ͊̔ons in the coming battle.̗̬̞ͬ͑̆̅ͪ

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OOC: Plotting post goes up on Saturday, 6/13.

Comments

[hacker]

Coming battle against what? Against machines? Why won't the EMPs be enough?

[algoritmi]

hello, skye. i should congratulate you personally, too. a mission is a big first step.

Yes, i'm sorry to say. it will b̸̰̦͐̈̽͛͛́͢e machines this time.

but that isn't quite what i said about the emps.

[hacker]

"This time."

[ curious phrasing. ]

But if you already told us two won't be enough, then how do you know what's going to happen? We'll have more now obviously. We'll prepare.

[algoritmi]

[They certainly will! Even as Skye types, the Zion Defense Grid and the Council are hard at work, monitoring this feed even as the orders go out for increased production.]

you are ąͩͫ̿̑s̉͛̄̊͌̀͟͞kͯ̾̈̌ͮ̃̐͑͠ing how you know a glass will break when yo̞̦̫̮̤͓̺u push i̢t off a counter, or a body will fall when you fire an icer.

you should ask me what you really want to ķ̴n̴͟ow.

[hacker]

You said sacrifice. How do we prevent that?

[algoritmi]

perfect tim̘͈ͯ͐̉͂ͧ͛ͅi̠̘ͧ͋̀̽ͫng.̭̱̺̦͈͕̤̱̏͐͐̈́͊̔̏̚ or perfect luck.

you can't. but i wouldn't worry too much. i̮̜͙̗̐ṭ͖ͦ͗ͤ̾ͦ͆'s a scary word, but not too bad as fates go.

[hacker]

If it weren't bad, it wouldn't be called sacrifice.

[algoritmi]

well, you would be the expert.

but let's not p̬̝̠̥̻͍̦͂̊̒̅͆ͭr͇̪͔̟͒͌̒ė̤̙̺̥̮͌̑̈̈̔̓ͯ̓tend you regretted your baldness in any real way. or that you'd go back in today, if i could offer that to you here and now.

for a girl with remarkable tolerance for pain and loss, i know this uncertainty is frustrating. you are free because there are always limits to control. it can be good.

[hacker]

You know this psychic thing is actually really annoying.

[algoritmi]

pr̙͖̱̖̺̞̙͍̼͂ͩ̄e͎̎̓̌sent tense. i like it.

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[rathercommon]

Who is this? Or what is this?

[ And look, Kitty's learned: she's actually running an IP anonymizer this time. ]

psst this is actually the oracle so her anonymity is dubious at best, is that OOC ok w/ you?

[algoritmi]

i a̧̺͔m͚̞̼̤͈̰̽ the oracle.

[In theory, that answers both questions.]

that is so ok with me :>

[rathercommon]

The one who created this network. And who wrote the code that helped the people who've been extracted. Right?

[algoritmi]

bi̙̪͇̹n͎͖̤͙̖̳̦̩͎͖͉̘̝̦̰̺̏̓̿ͤ̌ͬͮͅͅg̰͚̜̫̻̤̰ͮ̓o.

it's nice to meet you. i wish it were under better circumstances.

[rathercommon]

[ A hesitation. But: ]

Yeah. Me too. I know it's not really perhaps the time for this, but...I just want to say that I'm really awfully grateful to you for what you've done. Obviously there are lots of people involved with extractions, so I know it's not you alone, but pulling people out of the Matrix is really truly such a great deed. So no matter what else you do or intend I want to thank you for that.

[algoritmi]

aren't you lovely? y̫̰o̟̻̭u͉͙͔̺̟̘'re very welcome. as are all the people of zion who see life in the real as a reason to be grateful, and those who don't yet but will.

our work to̙̭̼̬g͇͓e̼̝͇̱͓͎ͅͅt̲̭͙̻̬͓̜̰͚h̫͇͍̝͓͖͔̹e͈̣̝͔̟̖̭r isn't finished. there's more to be done. i hope you'll be with me then, too.

[rathercommon]

If your cause is a good one, Oracle, you'll always have my support. And it seems like your causes are good.

[hacker]

You again?

[ since they're asking her specifically, she has to guess it's same-anon. ]

[rathercommon]

'Again'?

[ Let's play dumb, that'll work right ]

[hacker]

Omg you are so bad at this. Seriously?

[rathercommon]

Seriously what? I don't know what you're on about.

[hacker]

"On about." Accent's the same too.
Literally a dozen people you could have asked and you asked me. I've talked to exactly one person who doesn't want to operate on this network anything but anonymously for whatever weird reason.
Who are you hiding from? Because you're not doing a great job of it and if you need help just ask.

[rathercommon]

[ Kitty taps her fingers on the table in front of her, scowling. Damn it. She should find someone else to ask these questions, but this woman seems...sharp.

Too sharp. ]

Look, will you just tell me?

[hacker]

The Oracle. She's the psychic who helped Neo become the One and make the truce between the machines and humans.

[rathercommon]

[ She lets out a slight breath of relief, some of the tension draining from her. ]

She doesn't come to the network often, does she? But you recognized her. So she's done it before?