text; un: romano

[badlydisarmed]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Hello Etraya, a few of the newest arrivals are originally from wherever we told you we're from, but before coming here we were in Etraya's sister city, Solmara. Solmara has overthrown their AI and is ruled by a woman named Alrys. She sent us here on a recon mission to steal supplies, and while some of us were considering it, upon arrival we decided not to.

I can't speak for the others, but I know for a fact if Alrys got wind of what this place is like, she'd start a war. I'm not interested, not because I'm kind and noble (I'm not) but because making two whole cities miserable would be stupid.

Aurora has been informed of everything, but in the interest of transparency I'm letting the rest of you know too.

We will be answering questions but only if they're not stupid and you're super nice about it. Keep in mind we're probably gonna get tortured then killed then tortured again for snitching. 😃❤️🥳👍🚀🦈

PS: Any magical healers out there?

(The PS is not included on the things we will be answering questions about)

Comments

text; un: blake

[plangona]

[ wow okay. this sure is bad and very concerning ]

wouldn't alrys be expecting you back from this recon mission? because it sounds like it is only a matter of time before she finds out.

[badlydisarmed]

if we don't go back she might assume we died, and either decide it's not worth pursuing or send more people.

hoping for the former, betting for the latter.

[plangona]

how long do you think we have then if she ends up sending more people?

[badlydisarmed]

four to eight weeks, maybe? but dont quote me on it, i'm just a pawn, no one told me shit.

[plangona]

it's something to go on at least even if it's an estimate.

if she's going to send through another group, how would you suggest we prepare?

[badlydisarmed]

I'd quietly whisper "Solmara" at any new arrivals and then lock them up if they reacted.

Other than that, I don't know. I guess knowing they might show up does give this place some edge.

[plangona]

[ octavia just rolls her eyes at the first part, not that he can see that but her actual response is focused on the last part ]

yeah maybe but if we don't know who we're expecting that might not do much. are there any people in particular you think she'd send?

[badlydisarmed]

Nope. I'm not a very friendly man, I didn't think she'd send me.

[plangona]

would anyone from the rest of your group know?

[badlydisarmed]

Connor, maybe. He was the trusted one out of the group.

[plangona]

is he the one who attacked aurora?

[badlydisarmed]

He didn't get that far. He didn't want to, he's a robot, he had to go against his own programming to stop himself but he's fine now/

[plangona]

so you got his programming back to normal?

i'll keep that in mind if i talk to him.

un: DarkPriest; text

[chtholic]

Is there reason to believe you would not respawn there as others do here?

[badlydisarmed]

Aurora said we're hers now, so presumably whatever info has been transferred over.

[chtholic]

That does not change the fact that woman should expect your resurrection upon your death, correct? Unless you are implying she expected you to be registered over here, too. Your continued absence would be rather telling, otherwise.

[badlydisarmed]

Theoretically, but resurrection is up to the AI and the local one has no reason to believe we're worth bringing back.

[chtholic]

Are you confident in that?

Look, I am disinterested in the moral ramification of whatever it is you have done, or did not do. That you came here to steal from us to survive only makes sense. I would do no different if the situation is as you claim it to be. I am trying to understand the reality of what you speculated about your absence and her presuming you having died.

Did she send you here with the expectation that if you were discovered and executed you would not resurrect over there? If she did not, then it may engender suspicions of defection.

[badlydisarmed]

That's the thing, she didn't explain much. I'm coming to the sudden realization my lack of questioning it is entirely out of character of me, so I'm wondering if I was mindfucked somehow.

[chtholic]

Then it is something we should account for.

It is possible that your mind was influenced or altered in some way. After all, I would say we are all influenced by this domain and the creator of it. We are but playthings, and if she has likewise garnered control over an aspect of that power, then she might have made subtle puppets of you and the others.

[He is not unfamiliar with such things, though more through magic than technology. Fine line and all that between magic and science, though.]

[badlydisarmed]

Yeah, I was probably mindfucked. Not loving the realization, but nothing else makes sense.