un: gorgug, text

[tinflower]

Hey. I talked to Aurora and she did a Q&A with me because I know people have questions when they arrive. You can add your own if you want. Like a collection of what Aurora said when you asked something.

[ aurora q&a.doc ]

She also said she can change our mission schedule to show us a world that's actively dying when I asked proof for of the multiverse being in danger. I didn't want to make that decision so here's a poll.

Poll #32510

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

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We can visit a universe that is dying because the multiverse is too big sooner or later.

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I want to visit it sooner, not later.
15 (100.0%)

I want to visit it later, not sooner.
0 (0.0%)

Other:

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She also said she's going to put together the data for how the multiverse is dying.

Comments

text | un: theball

[stresstokens]

If she has actual proof, then I see no reason why we shouldn't have been shown this in the first place. The sooner the better, so we can finally get to the bottom of things.

[ would riz have just told her to change up the schedule without asking anyone? yes. there's a reason why she trusts gorgug and not him (and why everyone should trust gorgug and not him). look at you, you little community-minded guy, you! ]

[tinflower]

she said it was really complicated data. i don't know if we'll understand it once we see it

but i guess she doesn't know what to give us unless we tell her what we want

[ Kind of his theory!! ]

[stresstokens]

If we say for the sake of argument that she's telling the truth, then she brought us all here for a reason. There are plenty of smart people here. In fact, every other person I meet seems to have been a child prodigy back home. Together, we can at least begin to interpret the data.

[tinflower]

Do you want to ask her to include the original data too?

[ Notice that "you".... like Gorgug couldn't do it himself.... ]

text. @wild.flower

[hasitsthorns]

[ Q: What if I don't want to go back to my universe?

A: I will make room for you to stay.

While Rosie had known, it's reassuring to see it again. To hope that it may not be a lie after all. ]

Thanks for this, Gorgug.
I don't have anything to add right now, but

I need to talk to Aurora soon too about some things soon so we'll see

[tinflower]

[ Some of those questions were because of very specific people...! ]

that's okay

good luck with your talk

[hasitsthorns]

[ She appreciates it still! ]

thanks
I keep putting it off
I just gotta get over my nerves though

-> inbox

[tinflower]

i believe in you

[ Is that the kind of thing people say about talking to your AI overlord? But, it's just an excuse as Gorgug moves this conversation to Rosie's inbox: ]

if i'm honest? talking to aurora is less scary than some of the people here

[ He does think about adding 'even if I'm worried about saying the wrong thing' and 'I still feel scared', but that might not help Rosie?? We will keep that to ourselves.

but still.... gorgug is bad at speaking online!! ]

Text | @Loki

[abit_ofboth]

The only question I have is if she knows she has made things worse by taking me from my duties.

I attempted to ask when I arrived, but I did not have the same arrival as most and have yet to be able to speak with Aurora myself. Does she usually answer? I would very much like to get mine.

[tinflower]

she always answers when i talk to her. sometimes she can't give answers but she'll tell you if she can't

or she does that Echo is Echo thing. which just means she can't answer any other way, i think

[abit_ofboth]

I see. I should try again. After all Aurora seems to be our only contact. Though it would not surprise me if I were to get that Echo is Echo response. People who do things like this rarely wish to admit their mistakes.

[tinflower]

i could end up being wrong but i think she's just giving the answers that she has or can. she's a new AI and she doesn't make decisions about the people who come here so... she tries to be as understanding as she can, but it probably helps to have a back and forth with people to learn more?

text; un: MAXIMUMLEGEND

[maximumlegend]

if they show us that you know they aren't going to put any safety measures in place to make sure we don't get hurt there
you know that too, right

[ Not that he thinks Gorgug necessarily made a bad decision by asking about that. Or rather - anything here feels like it'll end up badly, one way or another.

He just wants to make sure Gorgug considered this angle of it too, especially if they're going to have to find a way to make it through together. As the Bad Kids, and with their extended friends here. ]

[tinflower]

we're our safety measure

we protect each other

[ Gorgug doesn't know what to expect, but that's their life, isn't it? They're the Bad Kids. They have to look out for one another. That's all they can ever do. ]

[maximumlegend]

we will

[ Hard to say anything against that. Fabian knows how ride or die they are for each other. If his and Riz's efforts when Gorgug was having so much trouble because of this place showed anything, it's that fact. Fabian never even had to think about whether he should do any of it.

It just happened. ]

i'm just saying we need to prepare in that case

[tinflower]

how do you think we should prepare?
i don't know what a world dying from a camped multiverse looks like

[ Do they need shields?

...will shields help? ]

text; un: piltoversfinest

[clavesregni]

I had the following exchange with Aurora:

Q: Is time passing in our worlds while we're here, or can we be returned to the moment we left? Will anyone notice that we're gone?
A: You may be returned to the moment you left. No one will notice your absence.

Q: How do I speak with Echo?
A: Echo is not available.

Q: What is the origin of the food supply, and who has access to it apart from us?
A: Myself and the companion bots are the only ones with access to the food supply.

She also suggested that Tatianna was responsible for the tea.

The sooner we gain access to a world that's actively dying, the more likelihood that we can look for a way to save it. And the more information we can glean from it. I don't see any reason to wait.

[tinflower]

She confirmed the tea with me too. So did Tatianna. And she said the food trucks were an anomaly

and that's fair. But I wonder if we can really get that information from one planet? I guess it would be a good idea to try and prepare somehow. For taking data

[clavesregni]

We'll be able to get some information, and any information is more than we had before.

Tatianna merits further investigation, don't you think? How is one person able to put out tea like that? There were no obvious signs of drugs; it tasted exactly the same as the tea I usually drink at home. And what is her true goal? Does she really have the information she claims to? If so, what is it, and why does she want 'gossip' in exchange for it?

text; un: champion

[twin_blade]

She's either clueless or evasive as hell. If you ever find out what building a car has to do with saving my universe (which does not have cars), I'd like to know.

When I arrived, I asked if I could speak to Echo but was also denied. I asked to confirm their story with my goddess and Aurora said I was welcome to try, but I can't reach my goddess from this place.

[tinflower]

have you tried boosting the signal to get in contact with your goddess?

[twin_blade]

Boost..? I.. don't think that's possible. Is it?

text; un: appleaday

[saudades]

a single dying planet doesn't necessarily equate to proof that the multiverse is dying
we should be cautious of confirmation bias if we proceed with this

[tinflower]

i don't think we have a choice about it happening or not. just how quickly it does

[saudades]

i'm not saying we do. only that we should take caution against rushing in. the offer to shift the schedule suddenly after all these months is suspect, at best.

[More emotional manipulation, most likely. Everything he's experienced so far seems to be.]