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[unmasking]

Hi again, everyone.

Entertaining banter is much more fun when you have things to banter about. Period. I was hoping that I would be able to swing in and tell you something really interesting about the coordinates, and carefully craft it into some witty statement about my superhero identity. [There's a beat.] But uh, that's not happening today. Sorry.

The important bit is that I decoded it, and the message is coming from right where you guys went. No surprise, right? Well, here's the kicker, the AI, which, as we all know, is kind of outsourced from the UE, is asking one simple thing.

"Kill me."

So.

Yeah.

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[biwinning]

Bullshit.

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[onehundredswords]

No details beyond that? As to why we should, or anything along those lines?

[Don't get him wrong though, if they gotta kill it, he'll kill it.]

[urbanmagic]

The AI said that? [Wowzers. Something must be really up.] Can we still help them?

[crocodilesmiles]

Wait, really? How does... that even make sense? Kill Me how, or even when?

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[getoffmyearth]

Well at least there's a nice, clear objective.

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[unmasking]

I'm not entirely convinced it's the right objective.

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[unmasking]

Hi, do I seem like someone who would say that kind of thing lightly? Was that the impression you got from our last chat?

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[unmasking]

Well, the president's an AI.

I'm just connecting dots here, but I think that might be a thing.

[unmasking]

I'd like to think so. I haven't grown as attached to the AI as other people, but there needs to be another answer.

[unmasking]

Well, time's messing up, so does when matter as much?

[crocodilesmiles]

Wouldn't it? What if you kill the AI too soon? Or too late, and it doesn't help anything out?

[onehundredswords]

Ah - right, right.

[Most of the stuff with AIs goes over his head, admittedly.]

We probably should.

[yourdistraction]

Oh, that is...unfortunate.

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[gevurah]

What?

[ Excuse her confusion. ]

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[commentboxtroll]

But why? That can't be all. That makes no sense.

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[getoffmyearth]

Yeah? If you've got some ace up your sleeve, kid, now'd be the time to play it. Or is this a moral conundrum?

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[biwinning]

... No.

But I still think that'th bullshit.

Tho what'th the plan... we go to those coordinates, bust shit up, thcrape back the AI, and blow up everything ath we leave? I think that'th a good plan. I dare you to come up with a better one.

[urbanmagic]

The effects of the time loop must be really taking a hit on it. Do you know if we have any way of getting to those coordinates?

[unmasking]

Honestly, if we're being completely honest here, I'm not a fan of killing anything. Even an AI. There has to be a better way.

[unmasking]

But we're also not clear, so maybe we should be careful about rushing in. I can keep at it, unless someone has a better idea.

[unmasking]

The bearer of bad news, it is I.

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[unmasking]

Do you want an actual explanation, or are you just surprised?

[onehundredswords]

I guess that's it, really. If anyone else wants to throw another idea out there, by all means.

But if they can't deliver, kill it. See what happens.

[unmasking]

I'm against seeing what happens for the hell of it.

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[unmasking]

Like I told someone else, my best guess is that the tech for the AI came out of there.