「ᴇɴᴄʀʏᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ」

[codere]

Listen up, this is important. [ Normally when Rin addresses the network through the CereVice, it's with a whimsical demeanor that shows she doesn't take anything seriously at all. That shroud's been dispelled. In lieu of it is a determined, but cold young woman. ]

There was an odd message that appeared on the network towards the end of last year around December 7. You could try to recover it, but the message has expired since then. [ No doubt for good reason, but Rin's used to painting a target on her back so she has no qualms with revealing information all while brushing off the danger she's placed herself in. ] The contents don't merit discussion, but through the help of another we've unearthed valuable information that should be shared to everyone who has been brought to this colony from another world.

[ Standing beside her, Archer speaks up. ] ...let's start like this. The beings that claim to be Artificial Intelligence's happen to have physical forms. I'm not taking questions on the matter but I've met one.

[ Rin groans, not pleased with being rudely cut off where everyone can see. ] It's as my Archer says. The one who contacted us has a physical form and most likely could be endangered due to your reckless discussions about them after the fact. With the alias LILITH, she arrived from another world once like we have, but due to being a part of this colony for so long, she has developed abilities to better combat the infrastructure of the system that surrounds this place. There are others like her who are far superior and have displayed omnipotent abilities as many of us have witnessed over time.

... speaking of others, LILITH is searching for her sister. Finding her may be another piece of the puzzle and if you do happen to locate such an individual, I hope you'll call me. Anyway Archer, what were the assumed titles of the others she mentioned? I forgot already...

[ SIGHING. This was proper biblical history. How could anyone not know it. ] We're not just talking about LILITH here. If we go into the meat of it, we also need to bring in ADAM and EVE. If everyone has heard the story about the first man and woman, descriptions won't be necessary.

You'll have to ignore my Servant's lack of tact when it comes to these things. [ Rin pipes back up after jabbing her elbow into his side for all the good it does her. Those abs. ] More importantly, they are Artificial Intelligence which means it's possible that LILITH as well as others are learning from our actions. There was mention of a trial and if my suspicions are true, then LILITH's compiling the data she received in order to create a simulation of sorts, possibly for ViViD. Hmm, it's been a while and we haven't heard anything yet so it's possible this sort of thing takes a large amount of time and processing power.

If you ignored all of that, then you should at least take these last two things to heart.

My Archer fought against this LILITH and even though the battle was rough, the area surrounding it was untouched. I'm not sure if this is a side effect of the colony itself or if it's some kind of hidden ability within the AI's themselves. Breaking into the system that governs this colony and taking advantage of that could help us combat the power outages as well as destructive behavior of some of the robotic friends here.

[ Now time for the hard part, the one she suspects won't go over so well with others. ] While speaking with LILITH, she referred to us outsiders as blikna. When inquired about its meaning, she simply informed us that her kind refer to the diseased with that term. There's something that's dirtied our blood. Sorry to shatter your disillusion about how fine everything is because it's not fine at all!

[ After retreating for a moment, Archer is back on the scene! Mostly to keep Rin from getting riled up. ] Try not to get uptight. There's always going to be something wrong with you. Especially with most of you idiots. Either way, don't go running to the doctor. And don't ask too many questions or you'll end up making things difficult. There's a bit more but speaking of going a little overboard....

[ Nope, don't mind him as he hits the button to cut off the broadcast. And probably get hit a few more times. That's a sacrifice he's willing to make. ]

OOC | as a heads up, all replies will be encrypted as well, sorry I didn't specify that sooner.

Comments

[sunshrouded]

I can't tell if you're humble or just being dismissive.

[Though he doesn't sound bothered by it either, if his following chuckle is anything to go by.]

Was she strong?

[swordboning]

You're welcome to take your own guesses. But yes, she was strong.

[sunshrouded]

Did she seem malicious toward civilians?

[swordboning]

As long as they don't intrude on her, I don't think she'll go out of her way to harm anyone. Seeing how normal people will find doing that difficult, things should be fine.

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . he hums faintly at that. There's no denying the relief on his face.]

And you were curious enough to intrude on her?

[swordboning]

It was completely my intended purpose to intrude on her.

[sunshrouded]

For fun?

[WELL THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BAD IDEA]

[swordboning]

Because I was ordered to. I don't do things for fun.

[sunshrouded]

You sound like a hit at parties.

[He laughs faintly.]

So Rin-chan's the one who gives your orders, I take it?

[swordboning]

That's not a difficult guess to make by any measure.

[sunshrouded]

She does seem pretty commanding!

[A shrug.]

You're not giving me much else to go off of, friend. Unless there's any more that you care to share about your encounter with this LILITH person? [ . . . . ] Artificial Intelligence....

I guess if you don't count her as a person.

[swordboning]

A person is a fine descriptor. But there's not much to give in regards to her. Her abilities are what one would expect from a being who can manipulate coding at a whim.

[sunshrouded]

So let me get this straight -- all of this is coding, right? In this future then, CERES has devised a code that can affect a person's blood? Or at least, that's what LILITH said to you.

[swordboning]

In a way, yes. But said coding probably slowly changes us to their specifications. We are who we are, right now.

[sunshrouded]

You think that can change? Is coding that powerful?

[asking as someone from 1878]

[swordboning]

You're going to have to ask Rin that kind of question. It's out of my expertise.

[sunshrouded]

I'll do that.

What's your expertise then? Defending Rin-chan?

[swordboning]

Among others, yes.

[sunshrouded]

Then I'm gonna trust your strength because something tells me she's gonna need it.

[He pauses.]

But you both seem like good people. Know my help probably doesn't seem like much, but if you need anything, just let me know.

[swordboning]

I'm not going to let you fool yourself. Neither Rin nor myself are good people. Discovering the most efficient way to leave this place is simply self-interest. The fact that others can tag along is just that.

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . and that makes Tenka tilt his head.]

Is there a reason why you're so determined to keep your reputation from being anything good?

[swordboning]

Anyone would have plenty of reasons. Telling them isn't something that's going to happen though.

[Wow, he just doesn't want people to look up to him at all.]

[sunshrouded]

Probably because they're not very good reasons.

[just saying]

[swordboning]

You'd "probably" be wrong.