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CONSIDER THIS A MEMO TO ALL OF YOU. PAGING EVERY FUCKING ASSHOLE OUT THERE IN RUMPUS RESPITE LAND ALSO KNOWN AS ABAX: THE HUMAN CITY WHERE NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING TO THIS FUCKING POST. AND BEFORE ANY OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORDS 'PROSPIT' AND 'DERSE' START, I'M ONLY BANNING ANYONE WHO COMMENTS TO THIS WITH STUPID FUCKING REMARKS
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That was... amazingly unhelpful.]
Clarify terms:
>alien
>planet
>trolls
[There are a lot of others he's not sure of, but they don't seem particularly relevant.]
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At least that's what he's assuming he's talking to right now. Aradiabot didn't talk like this, but he's pretty sure Equius had others that were similar. And he is capable of being helpful, even if it usually takes wading through massive amounts of BS first.]
A SPECIES NOT INDIGENOUS TO YOUR HUMAN EARTH PLANET, FROM ANOTHER GALAXY OR UNIVERSE.
A WORLD, SOMETIMES WHERE LIFE-LIKE TROLLS OR HUMANS LIVE.
TROLLS ARE A SPECIES INDIGENOUS TO THE PLANET ALTERNIA, CAPABLE OF HIGHER THOUGHT AND FUNCTION MUCH LIKE YOUR HUMANS. EXCEPT THEY ARE BETTER IN EVERY FUCKING WAY IMAGINABLE.
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And ssh, what problems could ever come from giving the mentally unstable murder-program your data?]
Trolls: users?
Confirm/deny.
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NONE WHATSOEVER I MEAN IT ISN'T LIKE HE DIDN'T DOOM HIS ENTIRE RACE BEFORE WHEN HE WAS WORKING WITH A PROGRAM AND KILLED HIS AND HIS FRIENDS PARENTS, NOPE, NOT AT ALL.]
CLARIFY "USERS."
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Users:
Unique individuals. Write programs. Use programs: input commands, directives.
Design not subject to coded limits. System access not restricted, function capacity undefined.
[Is there a hint of bitterness leaking through to Rinzler's definitions? Just a little.]
Not made.
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Again, it takes a while for him to respond. Like several weeks because his mun is a tool and slow. He understands what this guy is saying, can even read into that subtle anger there, but is having a hard time understanding just what this means. Is this guy implying he's a sentient program?
The shitty hacker in him is intrigued.]
I DON'T THINK ALL TROLLS FIT THAT DEFINITION. SURE, ANYONE WITH A FUCKING HUSKTOP HAS USED PROGRAMS BEFORE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE OUR TECHNOLOGY IS VASTLY GODDAMN DIFFERENT FROM YOURS AND YOUR USERS.
WE'RE NOT ASSEMBLED PIECES OF CODE AND DATA THOUGH, THAT'S FOR FUCKING SURE. THERE'S A WHOLE BIOLOGICAL PROCESS WHICH I'M SURE YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND OR CARE TO HEAR ABOUT, EITHER.
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE? SOME SORT COGNIZANT PROGRAM?
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The program's own response isn't quite as quick this time. Though shhh, no toolery involved on anyone's delays. There are a few unidentified terms, but they're no real block. The 'biology' reference on the other hand... well. Rinzler's had. Interesting experiences. With people explaining biology to him before.]
Acknowledged. Users. [That much seems clear enough.]
Query: differences in technology?
[Encryptions go up before he answers the other's query. Rinzler's been trying to be somewhat more reserved with his own data in this system than in the last. Because those previous explanations were totally subtle, of course.]
Yes.
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[kasdjf he can deal with that. Murdering sounds like not so much fun, even if he somehow attracts crazies with his obviously winning personality.
This time, he's fast about typing this up. The only thing Karkat likes more than rambling on pointlessly is actually talking about his race. Except for when things get awkward, because the human consensus for troll reproduction has been 'ew.']
OUR TECHNOLOGY IS PRIMARILY ORGANIC BASED, NOT A LOT OF THIS PLASTIC AND METAL SHIT. OUR RELATIONSHIP IS STRICTLY SYMBIOTIC, THOUGH. WE ACT AS A GLORIFIED CUSTODIAN, PROVIDING THEM WITH RESOURCES LIKE FOOD AND SHELTER WHILE THEY SUPPLY THE ENERGY WE USE TO POWER OUR APPLIANCES. I'D GO INTO MORE DETAIL BUT MY FRIEND WAS THE EXPERT ON THIS SHIT AND HE'S NOT HERE.
[And also probably dead, as far as he knows.
Still, Karkat stares at the encryption, along with the short response back. Most people would probably take that as a sign not to make a big deal about this and let it go, but he's nosy and curious.]
HOW THE FUCK DOES ( ... )
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Organic-based, though... sounds strange. And wrong. And squishy. And strange.]
Confirm: sentient power sources?
Devices still mechanical in nature?
[And it's just as well Karkat's nosy. Implying someone should leave off would take far more conversational skill than Rinzler possesses. He just doesn't know how to answer things properly. Plus the question makes no sense.]
Coded. Written. Functioning.
Clarify query.
[What, you're not used to firewalls being sentient and argumentative and (failing at) holding a conversation with you?]
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