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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

[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?

[algoritmi]

well, i'd s̗͖̠̤͔̬͓͊a̱͓͍̠̲̍͛ͩͦ̏y some of you are more like machines, but that isn't a very fashionable compliment.

i'd desͩ̎̍͑̂̅c͖̱͈ͨ͐͐ͨribe him as second best, but i wouldn't want to start an argument.

[sfoils]

I wear coveralls every day.

You wouldn't.

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"?

[algoritmi]

terrible things happen in the real, just as they do in the matrix. i cannot promise you it will all be enjoyable or even useful.

as for your deͩ̎̍͑̂̅t͖̱͈ͨ͐͐ͨractors, we're fortunate there's only so much they can forget, no matter how hard they try. you wouldn't get far in the real without language.

[She's sure that if he's angry yelling, it's to prove a point at somebody else in their audience. The Oracle doesn't have much of a leg to stand on, with respect to 'living outside of the Matrix.']

[last_ofthe_jedi]

[Luke really doesn't mean to take it out on you, Oracle. He's had a bad week month year life.]

You're right. Though it's interesting (and a little frustrating) to watch people try to convince themselves that the thing that made them everything they are, something they can't escape, is some kind of cancer that will eventually ruin them. It seems self-destructive.

How are you so informed about the Real?

[algoritmi]

the matrix is modeled aft͖̬̰͕̤ͧe͈͖̬̦͇̘͌r it.

the matrix has shaped it, and the real, especially zion, has shaped the matrix.

and ͍̮̱̽͛̋̄p͈͖̬̦͇̘͌eople have told me stories.