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[commentboxtroll]

This may only apply to a few people, but has anyone actually left the island and gone into UE territory?

If you have, I would like to speak with you. I have a few questions.

[ Short and to the point. Now to sit back and see if anyone bites. ]

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[noble_nate]

I have.

[The most informative response ever.]

voice; private

[commentboxtroll]

[ That was fast... He switches to voice now, since that's faster, as well as sticking a filter on it. For reasons. ]

Will you tell me about it? About how you got there and what you saw?

[text]

[marked_for_death]

Is the little tactician actually considering doing some work?

[text]

[commentboxtroll]

the little tactician's already been doing some work. been too busy with your boyfriend to keep on top of things, elza?

[ Yes, let's mock the gun-wielding assassin. That always ends well. ]

[text]

[marked_for_death]

Heh, if that's what you'd call what you're doing. [She purposefully doesn't say anything about Clive, even if it's mostly true... hey, she has needs and almost ten years to make up for. That's never stopped her from doing her job though, but she'll let him think it's a matter of Clive being a distraction that's done it.] I think you know the answer.

[text]

[commentboxtroll]

but excuse me if i'm not interested in the details.

[ Just in case. ]

not much else i could call it. it takes an effort and i complain about it, so it must be work.

[text]

[marked_for_death]

You complain about everything, Silverberg.

[text]

[commentboxtroll]

i do? well what do you know. if that's the case, i've been working the entire time i've been here!

[text]

[marked_for_death]

[She won't admit it, but you amuse her, and thus you will live a little longer in her books. Well, so long as there isn't a hit put out on you, Caesar.]

Heh, keep telling yourself that, kid.

[Not Here]

[for_guild_justice]

[But watching.]

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[chittybang]

what's this all about??

[velveteened]

Looking for places to holiday? 「(°ヘ°)

( it's a joke, hence the silly emote; obviously no one would want to do that! )

[aithinkthereforeaiam]

You appear to be searching for first-hand travel accounts and memoirs of the United Earth. Would you like me to provide you with a recommended reading list from the 33rd Century for Exsilium-born end users?

[text]

[commentboxtroll]

[ Then he'd better not make any local enemies, huh? ]

oh, i will. you can believe that.

text

[commentboxtroll]

something to pass the time with, that's all.

[commentboxtroll]

what else would i be looking for? i like to think there's somewhere in the UE with more sunlight than here!

[ What is that thing at the end of his sentence? Did Oz drop the tablet at the end or...? ]

[commentboxtroll]

you actually read this thing outside your own messages?

[ It took a few minutes to reply. He hadn't been expecting the AI! Much less that it would appear and assign him..... homework. Great. ]

sure. hit me with that reading list.

[velveteened]

There must be! Especially if the UE is as big as they say. How rude of them, keeping all of the sunlight for themselves.

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[chittybang]

passing time with research?

[aithinkthereforeaiam]

The entirety of this network is backed up in my databases. All transmissions are archived according to a logical system of my own implementation, much improved over the original storage methods. I'm certain you've noticed the 3.62% speed increase in accessing old conversations. You may thank me for that convenience.

( AI just wants to help! It's a helper like that. A big, data-hoarding helper. )

"Chicken Soup for the Formerly Mind-Controlled: Exsilium and the New You" edited by Hazzad Farhim.
"Ten Thousand Defragmentations" by Chun Wi.
"A True Accounting of De-Toxing Life in the Capitol," by Anonymous.
Audio recordings of Billie Sundae concerning stories for the documentation efforts of recent United Earth refugee and exile arrivals. Discarded when found to be useless for purposes of administrative group Initiative's purpose at that time.
"An Illustrated Guide to Loving Your New Freedom and Hating the Jigglers Who Stole the World from Itself: Or How We Learned to Survive the Bombings and How You'll Learn to Love it Too," by Dr. Templeton Svanovich.

voice; private

[noble_nate]

I'll tell you as much as you'd like to know; I shared most of what I found out when I came back.

A friend of mine who's no longer here went with me to one of the United Earth cities a couple of months ago. We spent some days there doing reconnaisance before coming back. We managed to get ahold of a small amount of the drug that the officials there feed to their citizens to keep them compliant.

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[commentboxtroll]

unfortunately. lots and lots of it.

[commentboxtroll]

haven't you looked at a map? it's almost all of the world.

[ Geez Oz, geez. ]

all the warm beaches, too. if those still exist. i wonder if they do.

[commentboxtroll]

[ Wow. This thing manages to have an ego without even having a body or something. ]

right. if you say so.

i wonder if i missed all of those because of the stupid names. are they in print in the library or are they those books you can only get on one of these things?

[velveteened]

I'm sure even people in the UE like to go to the beach.

( not that...he's ever really been to one. )