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002: [Video] The Devil's In The Details

Feb 09, 2011 09:32

[The feed's at a weird angle, lock-tilted across a table covered in shavings of various metals and little splinters of ceramic, and...dude, is that breadboard? Oh, yes. On closer examination, the table is covered in it, and an explosion of wires that, at this angle, don't follow any discernible pattern and don't seem to be connected to anything ( Read more... )

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Video; Cybertronian Encryption, 100% allshock_notalk February 9 2011, 16:22:06 UTC

YOU HAVE FORMULATED THE ENCRYPTION WELL.

IF I LOCATE YOUR PART, I WILL INFORM YOU, CLU.

SEVERAL PROJECTS. CURRENT PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER. PURPOSE WOULD NOT BE SAFE TO DISCUSS ON NETWORK.
OTHER PROJECT WILL REQUIRE INCLUSION OF. TALENTED HACKERS. TOPIC WOULD NOT BE SAFE TO DISCUSS ON NETWORK.

Re: Video; Cybertronian Encryption, 100% a_perfect_end February 9 2011, 17:22:09 UTC

Thanks. On both counts.

Well, I can see why you wouldn't want that all over the network. Even analog written messages may be intercepted, however.

As for the rest? [Rueful chuckle] I'm fresh out of hackers, man. [There's something in the works--maybe--but all bets are off with Flynn around.]

Suggestion: meeting in person.

Video; Cybertronian Encryption, 100% allshock_notalk February 9 2011, 21:21:18 UTC

STATUS: NOT BE OPPOSED TO A MEETING IN PERSON.
OFFER: PICK THE LOCATION.

Video; Cybertronian Encryption, 100% a_perfect_end February 10 2011, 13:01:29 UTC

Awesome. [Here, have some coordinates that could be any fountain in any plaza anywhere there are such things on the station; this one happens to be in Zone 04: Lente.]

Close enough? [Why yes, yes, he would be interested in that location data.]

Video; Cybertronian Encryption, 100% allshock_notalk February 10 2011, 16:11:02 UTC

LOCATION: ACCEPTABLE.
I WILL BE EN ROUTE.

[ WHEN SUDDENLY, action, 'cause that's how we roll ] a_perfect_end February 12 2011, 04:08:18 UTC

[Never did say where you were, man. That's just fine. Lente's nice, in a top-heavy, theatrical, blinding marble columns kind of way, but it sure as hell isn't his home Zone, either.

The fountain is too large for the hairpin side-street it's tucked into, and the dull roar of the water should blur both footsteps and conversation in the event of any playback.]

You're looking alright. [Implication: there's no way Soundwave was followed.]

So. What's this I hear about you going into the construction business?

[ACTION] allshock_notalk February 12 2011, 04:47:49 UTC

[The area makes it easier to soundproof the area as well. No one able to listen in -- including the ever present host, Hypatia.]

QUERY ACKNOWLEDGED.
IT IS MY INTENTION TO CREATE A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO UTILIZE AN ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT IS PROVIDED ON THIS STATION.
HOWEVER. IT WILL BE OFFERED TO CHOSEN INDIVIDUALS.

[Things he doesn't want to say, like he'd be able to monitor people easier, plus probably brainwash them if he had to. Not exactly... friendly to most people.]

THERE ARE OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS ALONG THE WAY.
I HAVE MANY INTENTIONS. THIS IS THE FIRST.

[ACTION] a_perfect_end February 13 2011, 03:28:40 UTC

[Now, that is a useful skill. Clu just watches, though there's nothing external to monitor--no sign of how Soundwave does it. Interesting.]

Like a secondary signal, running under or between the main bands? [That's his best guess; so far, space radio seems to work like standard hi-fi...plus or minus some quantum factor that continues to defy his calculations.]

Or are you trying to--phone home? Y'know, dial nine to get out?

[He'd worked out how to leave a page for Alan-One without connecting lines. Maybe this was similar.]

And sure. [Nodding.] Can't just hand this out at large. I mean, everyone in on it would have to be trustworthy.

[Or made that way. He doesn't exactly have a problem with mind control, as long as it's not his disc in someone else's hands.]

'First?' [Just. Leaning back with a slight shake of his head. Man, the more he hears, the more he wants to hear.] Sounds like a great start.

[ACTION] allshock_notalk February 13 2011, 04:33:27 UTC

AFFIRMATIVE. YOU UNDERSTAND WELL.

[There is a faint nod.] ONE OF MANY INTENTIONS. HOWEVER, I AM DOUBTFUL THE SIGNAL WILL BE RECEIVED. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE MANY OTHER SENTIENT BEINGS OUTSIDE OF THIS BASE.
BESIDES THE PLANET BELOW.

[Another story for another time.]

AFFIRMATIVE. THE LIST IS SHORT THUS FAR.
SO FEW CAN BE TRUSTWORTHY.

I HAVE OTHER IDEAS. IF WE CANNOT ESCAPE, THEN I WILL MAKE THE BEST OF IT THAT I CAN WITH THIS LOCATION.
I WILL PROSPER. I WILL SUCCEED ABOVE OTHERS.

[ACTION] a_perfect_end February 14 2011, 18:39:16 UTC

Thank you. [Both the correct response and an honest one.]

[There is a noticeable pause; he stands rigid a moment, and then, rapidly, as if calculated all at once:]

Observed: absence or paucity of User clearances on Sacrosanct. You're suggesting--it sounds like--nobody home. Is that right?

And. Why.

[Flynn indicated that the User world was a densely populated, highly complex structure, teeming with individuals.

This. Is. Inexplicably...distressing.]

Planet: United Terraforming Corporation Project 916c. [Asphodel. He recorded the entire welcome tour. For all the good it's done so far.] It's inhabited, currently?

[Just. Nodding to that. He knows how it is.] Good help is hard to find, you know? It's gotta be pretty tough, with a small pool of individuals like this...

Agreement: to return home is first priority. Other alternatives...Well. We're talking now, aren't we?

[Soundwave has ambition. Drive. Commitment to his goals. This is just. Turning into a wonderful conversation. Nothing false about the smile that brings out.]No ( ... )

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