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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

[sfoils]

Oh, it's in a Matrix. [ Pass. ]

textjack.

[onyourfeet]

you know you're trying to score baking tips off a program, right?

[sfoils]

Plenty of droids were great bakers in my Matrix.

[onyourfeet]

that sounds wonderful
this one's digital

[sfoils]

So are droids. My quartermaster was a droid.

[onyourfeet]

ok
I'm saying the cookies and chocolate involved in said cookies are also digital
just giving you a tip, captain

He has no idea what Italy is, so he assumed it's a place in the Real

[sfoils]

Is Italy digital too?

yes! it's why Cage is threadjacking to explain

[onyourfeet]

yes, it's a place/city in the Matrix
or a Matrix
quite a few Matrixes
point being Oracle is talking to us from one -- out of the Real, not just out of Zion

Awesome, thank you so much!

[sfoils]

Let me guess, it's a place on that planet named after its dirt?

he's also at least half a jerk, so don't mind him

[onyourfeet]

Earth
lot of people call this planet earth, matter of fact

[sfoils]

Yes, it's very confusing. And unoriginal.

[algoritmi]

pity. so i'm ͚̦̞n͓͇̠̻̤͖o͈t going to have a visit from one of zion's greater proponents of the importance of pre-extraction life, then?

because i'm in the matrix?

1/2

[sfoils]

Well, I mean, as long as you don't make it into a location on the planet named after its dirt.

2/2

[sfoils]

I'm not used to being grounded this long. It's unnerving to spacers.

[algoritmi]

i see!

so i won't have ̭̖̫͇͙̝̔̈́͂̍̒͐͗a visit from one of zion's greater proponents of the importance of pre-extraction life, unless i move to a matrix unli͓͍̳̞̳͐̑̓͆̂ͮk̘͖̠͍̻͑ͧ͛̽͂̉̋̿̅e my home?

[sfoils]

I'll still visit you. But I miss space, a lot. [ And chocolate chip cookies while inside a space station sounds nicer than cookies inside a stuffy home, or the outdoors, with his feet on the dirt. ]

[algoritmi]

i'm ̙̪̙̞̫̜s͚̼̗͖̭o͚̞̗͇̼̩rry to hear that.

w̖̬̻̱̹̣hat's second best?

[sfoils]

It doesn't matter.

[algoritmi]

some w̹̘ͭͬ̃͂ȍ̤͍͇̬̗͛͗̾̔u̜̝͚͔ld say space didn't either, being a drea̮͇̰͇̞͔̳̐͑̄̃̚ḿ͎͈̦̜͛ͤͣ̃̀ͦ.͚̩̰͙̠̩ͣͪ̐͂̌

finding more good things in life, how can this not matter?

[sfoils]

[ This has become uncomfortably existentialist for what's a conversation with a program. ] Is three decades inside a dream still a dream?

I didn't say that.

[algoritmi]

all of life i̫̩̟͍ͯ́s mediated by the senses. even mine.




i c̭̓ͯ̽ͤa̦̱͐̌̔̿̀n see why you like him. that's a better answer than either of us could have come up with.

[sfoils]

Then you're more human than people are giving you credit for.

Him. Who are you talking about?

threadjack HIIIIIIIYAH!

[last_ofthe_jedi]

I would say that some people are putting too much importance into tangible things, and ignoring the fact that things we can't see or touch can still affect us profoundly and change us forever.

The dreams might not have happened in the Real, but they still happened where it mattered and they were the only lives we knew. Without them we wouldn't be us at all.

[Hi, meet the other proponent of the importance of pre-extraction life. Luke doesn't normally butt in like this but he can tell that Wedge is wearied. He did this for Luke once, after all.]

helloooo

[algoritmi]

i agree.

and i'd say t̫̩̟͍ͯ́h͈͇̗̼̺̟̯͋e dreams happened in the real as much as they did anywhere else.

but it will be all right, when the real changes you too. some of it, a̭̯̯̠̺̝̾̉́͊ͭ̃nyway.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

I'm not afraid of change. I'm just frankly sick of being told to forget about everything and everyone I've ever loved, everything that mattered to me, in exchange for something I've never known at all. It may not have existed to them but it existed to me. I'm a better person because of the lifetime I spent learning and growing and the people I knew helped me do that. I'd be an idiot to throw all of that out.

What do you mean "some of it"?