「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

[luckybreaks]

[ At least he's used to conversations like this...! ]

About this place? Absolutely. Why, is there something you need help with, or something else...?

[codere]

Do you want to start a war?

[ She lets that sink in for a few seconds before cutting it off with laughter. ] Something of that nature would be absurd to say, especially when it comes to our rescuers who have made nice accommodation for us within this colony, huh?

[luckybreaks]

[ .........?????????????????? he no longer knows what's happening here. ]

A...anyway, thank you for sharing...

[ he's not sure they're conversing about the same thing any longer so he should at least be polite about that part. ]

As to the rest of it...I'll keep working through things methodically, for now...

[codere]

[ He thought he could handle the Tohsaka express. So did many others. ]

Methodically?

So what is it that you've gathered so far by your preferred method of analyzing information? I'm curious.

[luckybreaks]

[ He never thought that, so much as he thought he would politely thank them for the information and then got railroaded into confusion...whoops. ]

...I've only been here a few days, so I don't really have a lot to report.

[ But Togami-style condescension...how does he keep finding these people. ]

[codere]

[ Or that. That happens a lot. ] Good, the perspective of a newcomer might aid an old timer like myself.

[ Not that Rin has been here that long either, but it's been a couple of months. ]

[luckybreaks]

Is that so...? I don't know that I know anything worth sharing, though. Mostly I've been able to piece together the basics of this place from what people have told me, but I really don't think it's anything ground-breaking.

[ At...all............he's not sure why she's asking, unless she's making fun of him in an elaborate way. ]

Things like the dead being able to come here since people can be from different times, and a little about a few different worlds.

[codere]

See, isn't that odd stuff to be hearing about? In my world, it was common for the dead to be revived into computer data, but to others it seems to blow their mind. How are you affected by it?

[ She can't get a good read of him at all for it. ]

[luckybreaks]

Most worlds...don't have a way to revive the dead in such a manner, I should think...my world definitely doesn't.

[ If that's what she means by "how he's affected by it". She doesn't have clearance to hear about murder school and dead classmates he definitely wants to see - not that it's really top secret, Naegi's just...not comfortable bringing it up. ]

[codere]

[ But murder schools are all the rage with her. ] That seems to be the general consensus. The dead remain dead in most worlds, but here we are all revived with bodies that feel every bit as if they're our own.

So newbie, what do you think of your body? Does it feel normal?

[luckybreaks]

[ "We"...doesn't that mean she's dead...? Naegi almost wants to ask, but he doesn't want to be rude, or to pry. ]

My body? ...It feels normal. More than that, it's exactly as I remember it. [ Down to every last detail. ] Should it not feel normal...? That is, do you think your own body doesn't feel normal?

[ ... ]

I-if that's not too rude a question to ask.

[codere]

Haa... what's so rude about it? I guess in any other situation, it might be improper to ask a woman if she's feeling unlike herself, but the circumstances here will pardon your rudeness...

[ Even if she's the one who brought it up. ] My body feels as it did when I was in the flesh except now I guess there's something icky in the blood.

[luckybreaks]

I wonder what that means, really...

[ Should he be concerned? Probably. ]

I wouldn't know how to go about checking such a thing.

[codere]

I wouldn't know either. I asked about a blood analyst before, but it seems as if there's no one here who can help.

[ Sighing. Of course there's no one. ] It's doubtful CERES would bring in someone with that set of skills anyway in fear we'll figure it out.