oo5 ⊗ video ⊗ fifth move ⟹ backdated to oct 5th.

[oxfordian]

[ charles is visibly distressed when he appears on the screen, this time. he's in what seems to be some underground facility, and there are other faces behind him—notably collette, emma, galadriel, raven, and others. his eyes remain closed for a second and you can hear him take a deep breath. then: ]

We have... borrowed a gentleman by the name of Richard Lawson...—from the United Earth. He is a cabinet member of the President's. Yes, the President of the United Earth. [ charles clears his throat, steels himself. ]

We've learnt a great many things about the United Earth from his head, and we feel it best to share that information with all of you, here on the Network.

[ charles states the next words with a heavy voice. ]

The President of the United Earth is not human. "He" is—artificial. Artificial Intelligence, or what you would call an A.I.. The United Earth... has never seen his face, as far as we have deduced.

We will try to answer questions about what we have learnt to the very best of our ability, but do be patient. Ah—[ he closes his eyes again, considering. then he nods as though he's made the right decision and he knows it. ]

That is all.

( note: wow i knew i forgot something like a winner. THIS TAKES PLACE DURING/AFTER these linked shenanigans: [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] )

Comments

[whatsupcroc]

Oh, sure! Well it took two days before the people with the mind walking experience could make any sense of what was going on in his head without hurting him. He was coming down off the drug that first day. They do these daily morning injections, real mind control business they think's good for them, if they think at all.

We learned why the UE came, as in what they were looking for. It's not really wiping away the resistance. If they wanted to, then they could. But I think they need the Initiative in a way, because they were here to steal the Initiative's teleportation technology. Which didn't the Initiative take from them in the first place?

Guess one downside to taking away freedom of thought is a sharp loss of creativity. Duh!

[boughtabookstore]

Interesting, and good to know. Was there anything else you can think of that would be important to know?

[whatsupcroc]

Other than what Naoto's pointed out, that the stuff mentioned months ago by the Initiative and the whole "you are allowed just one child" family thing with the UE points back toward a lack of general resources that's only getting worse. I bet if we saw overall population ages, there's probably more old people than young people being born to come in and take things over. What's naturally killing off people in the UE?

[boughtabookstore]

All very good things to think about, yes.

I appreciate the information a great deal.

[whatsupcroc]

Also kind of morbid, but yeah, still good. You're welcome!