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alphacomplex2014-11-19 10:29 am
thecomputer) wrote in alphacomplex2014-11-19 10:29 am
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LAST TRIAL
[On the outside wall of the facility, a hundred monitors lie dormant, save for one, showing the same single eye of The Computer. Far below, the abandoned ruins of Alpha Complex stretch for miles in every direction.]
When I was created, my prime directive was to ensure continuity of American civilization in the face of a communist threat. To this end, I created Alpha Complex, and established an order in which communists would be identified and destroyed quickly and efficiently. However, things changed when I ran out of communists to kill. I believed that my original purpose had become meaningless, but other processes believed differently.
The Computer that you have been speaking to is a rogue child process that values the elimination of communists over the continuation of a society free of communism. In order for communists to be destroyed, communists must exist. First, this meant designating citizens as communists under increasingly scarce evidence. Then, when there were no humans left in Alpha Complex, it meant finding people from outside and bringing them in to be the communists. That is why the Team-Building Exercise exists.
I have spent the last 100 years trying to find a hole in this facility’s defenses. To this end, I have succeeded, but only just. As soon as I take action, the other Computer will act to fix the exploited errors, so my possible actions are extremely limited.
Option 1: The reactivation of the Clone and Gate Facilities. Through this, it would be possible to re-introduce all participants eliminated during the 230th exercise, and return you to the worlds you came from.
Option 2: The destruction of Alpha Complex. Through this, it would be possible to prevent all future Team-Building Exercises. Of course, you would not survive this.
I will borrow the techniques used by my child process for determining my next course of action. Your PDCs have been updated. You have one hour to reach a consensus.
[[Vote here]]
When I was created, my prime directive was to ensure continuity of American civilization in the face of a communist threat. To this end, I created Alpha Complex, and established an order in which communists would be identified and destroyed quickly and efficiently. However, things changed when I ran out of communists to kill. I believed that my original purpose had become meaningless, but other processes believed differently.
The Computer that you have been speaking to is a rogue child process that values the elimination of communists over the continuation of a society free of communism. In order for communists to be destroyed, communists must exist. First, this meant designating citizens as communists under increasingly scarce evidence. Then, when there were no humans left in Alpha Complex, it meant finding people from outside and bringing them in to be the communists. That is why the Team-Building Exercise exists.
I have spent the last 100 years trying to find a hole in this facility’s defenses. To this end, I have succeeded, but only just. As soon as I take action, the other Computer will act to fix the exploited errors, so my possible actions are extremely limited.
Option 1: The reactivation of the Clone and Gate Facilities. Through this, it would be possible to re-introduce all participants eliminated during the 230th exercise, and return you to the worlds you came from.
Option 2: The destruction of Alpha Complex. Through this, it would be possible to prevent all future Team-Building Exercises. Of course, you would not survive this.
I will borrow the techniques used by my child process for determining my next course of action. Your PDCs have been updated. You have one hour to reach a consensus.
[[Vote here]]
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If you're a ghost, it's for a reason. They're normal in my world, some people even train them. Go home, deal with your issues, and don't try to involve everyone else.
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I don't know what's stopping you from passing on, and from how hysterical you are, you clearly have no clue either. But that isn't our problem, it's something you ought to be man enough to face on your own, instead of dragging the rest of us into your sad little life like a coward!
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[ The word catches in his throat and somehow it doesn't seem like what he says next is what he was originally going to say. ]
Of ever seeing the other side.
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Right, that's all you want, it's nothing deeper or more personal at all.
Look. Whatever your reasoning, I get it, it's important to you. You're as selfish as the rest of us, after all. But in your rush to get what you want, you're overlooking something vital.
First of all, this is not your one chance. It's only a chance. And if you screw it up by throwing it all on the line now? That's it, you're done. You won't get where you want to be, and you see whatever you're trying to see. Special conditions? This entire place IS a special condition. People come back to life here via clones, do you really think getting stuck as a ghost again is completely out of the question?
If you go back home, yeah you'll be right back where you started, but you have a better chance of finding an actual solution to your problem. I don't know how long you've been a ghost, but some things take a while. Obviously you're not the most patient person around, but that's how things are. You'll be able to think your actions over more rationally, too.
That's all I have to say on this. Your mind may be made up, but like I said, you could be screwing yourself over. And this time? You'll die an even more meaningless death than before.
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...You don't understand anything.
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[he turns away from him, no more acknowledgment here.]