RESPOBJ::
RESPONSES::self
who...<+>who
what...<+>what
why...<+>why
what do you think of all this?<+>mothep1end
SHOWIF::[["ep1_end"], ["ENV!!ep3", false]]
thoughts on the collapse?<+>ep3thoughts
SHOWIF::"ENV!!ep3"
that's all<+>CHANGE::++moth
FAKEEND::(back)
Who
RESPONSES::self
you<+>who_you
akizetesche<+>who_akizetesche
gordon<+>who_gordon
SHOWIF::[['citystreet__envoy-end']]
velzie<+>who_velzie
SHOWIF::[['dullvessel__fixed-start']]
nevermind<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Who are you
self
Who are you?
moth
lol
ok but really do you have any questions?
RESPONSES::self
probably<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Who is Akizetesche
self
Who is Akizetesche?
moth
she's probably one of the better documented early obesk contacts
the story goes is, she led a team investigating the thing that led the obesk here
kept doing these interviews where she talked at length about it, they named it 'the call'
and then they all went missing a few years after first contact
spooky shit
insane that this corrucyst managed to survive that long
RESPONSES::self
interesting<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Who is Gordon
self
Who is Gordon?
moth
good question
not finding a solid match, but he's clearly an FBX agent
it'd help if akizet's corrucyst actually remembered his face correctly
i'll have to get back to you on this, maybe if we can snag a last name it'll be easier
RESPONSES::self
good luck<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Who is Velzie
self
Who is Velzie?
moth
it didn't translate in your mindspike log for some reason
but velzie is like roughly their word for 'god'
yeah it looks like your mindspike is interpreting the name separate from its meaning, which is weird
not sure what's up with that...
anyway, it's probably that thing running around in here
maybe a thoughtform got messed up by incoherence and thinks it's god
RESPONSES::self
weird<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What
what
RESPONSES::self
corru<+>what_corru
corrucysts<+>what_corrucyst
the call<+>what_thecall
SHOWIF::[['interview1__firstchat-behonest']]
smiling face<+>what_smile
SHOWIF::[['hello__sentry-posthello']]
corrucyst fuel<+>what_fuel
SHOWIF::[['hub__funfriend-fuelthanks']]
eye of velzie<+>what_eye
SHOWIF::"exm|embassy|unkind eye"
mindcores<+>what_mindcores
SHOWIF::"embassy__d3_person_enable-end"
veilk<+>what_veilk
SHOWIF::"exm|embassy|veilk models"
secri<+>what_secri
SHOWIF::"embassy__d2_bozkocavik-end"
...if knowing all this puts us in danger?<+>what_fbxlist
SHOWIF::"ep1_end"
nevermind<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What is corru
self
What is corru?
moth
interesting time to ask that, i don't blame you though
most people start to really ask themselves that once they get a close look, even if they've read all the documentation on it
beyond the 'supercell superorganism' buzzword soup, what it really is in the big picture is still really unknown
i've read pretty much every transcript of every obesk interview ever and they don't ever seem to mention its origin or how they got their symbiosis with it
like, if the 'larval' obesk really do look almost exactly like us, and then they shift into corrucystic bodies, where does that put us?
idk you could go crazy thinking about this stuff long enough, no time for waxing philosophical right now though
RESPONSES::self
i see<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What are corrucysts
self
What are corrucysts?
moth
it's a pretty general term, 'corrucyst' and 'corrucystic' are catch-alls for most obesk technology
because the organism tends to ball up and form a hard outer wall like the corrucyst you're connected to
it's why corrucystic things are usually spherical, but that's not always the case
like with how they use a similar process to form the bodies the qou obesk use
if you mean what spherical corrucysts are, they tend to be storage or computational devices
RESPONSES::self
i see<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What is the call
self
What is 'the call'?
moth
it's a pretty important part of human-obesk history that gets overlooked a lot
supposedly the reason they were able to find earth was because something was sending a signal their tech picked up
they were trying to figure out what it was for a little while after first contact and were pretty verbal about it
and then they just never talked about it again after akizet's team went missing
...and then all that other shit happened
that really is sort of where it all went wrong
maybe this corrucyst will finally shed some light on what happened
RESPONSES::self
i see<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What was that smiling entity
self
What is that smiling face that I keep seeing?
moth
i'm not seeing anything in the logs here, unless you mean the little assistant dude in the hub
self
I think it was what helped me in
moth
oh, so it looks like a smiling face to you?
maybe my malware theory has some weight after all
in short, i still have no idea what that rogue friend of ours is
but i'm pretty sure it's calling itself 'velzie', going off what the pilotcyst said
SHOWIF::[['dullvessel__fixed-start']]
RESPONSES::self
worrying<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What is corrucyst fuel
self
What is corrucyst fuel?
moth
in interviews they always just said it's something they grow...
most theories are that it's some metallic-based fungus that corru can consume
going off what funfriend said, it seems like they can use a bunch of different metals to create it
SHOWIF::[["hub__funfriend-essentialmetalq"]]
i guess it makes sense that they'd use metal to grow it, but i have no idea how that could work
SHOWIF::[["hub__funfriend-essentialmetalq"]]
RESPONSES::self
worrying<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What is the eye of velzie
self
what is the eye of velzie?
moth
it's a feature of the gas giant obeski is tidally locked to
the obesk use its visibility for time
some parts of obeski worship or despise it as the eye of god
given how dark their world is,
and they have this giant glowing eye-looking thing in the sky at all times,
it's no wonder that they came to that conclusion
although, we don't really know whether it's a storm, or something else
because the obesk say that it glows during regular intervals
of course, that could just be their star reflecting off of it...
but without pictures or anything, we can really only guess
RESPONSES::self
i see<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What are mindcores
self
are all obesk actually these weird little spider things?
moth
no, just the qou
the 'larval' obesk go through some procedure that makes them into those
we got a few descriptions of it before they pulled back
but they're all really abstract, like...
"climbing through their receptors into a mindcore", leaving an "empty vessel" to its "peaceful death"
nothing scientific, but they always emphasized it not just being a copy
then they build themselves bodies out of corru to drive around
that's what those qou-bodies are
RESPONSES::self
oh ok<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What are veilk
self
what are veilk?
moth
they basically cover the inhabitable surface of obeski
kinda like how grass is all over earth i guess
and... they can be grow to the size of skyscrapers...
they're apparently able to walk,
uhh... they have a lot of legs...
and when one dies, a whole ecosystem forms around its corpse
which the obesk are a part of somehow
...
sorry, i don't know that much about them honestly
obeski ecology is not even close to my area of expertise
i mostly study corrucystic stuff and obesk-human interactions
a little culture here and there
and don't get me wrong, the veilk are really important to them culturally,
practically all their clothes are made out of veilk skin
and their cave-cities rely on veilk-felling for food staples
but we don't really have a great idea of how they actually work
or even really how they actually look, outside of stylized sculptures
RESPONSES::self
ok<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What are secri
self
what is a secri?
moth
cmon, you've never seen the <em>secri</em> films?
true masterpieces of the 40s
man, i hope the obesk never saw any of them, they must be so insulting
if you're actually serious, they're one of the creatures i actually know a bit about
they're basically the apex predator on obeski
like pretty much half of all obeski fauna, they're a parasite
or some kind of fungal infection... we don't really know for certain
and they're microscopic, but once they infect one of the surface critters, or a larval obesk...
well, we've only had verbal descriptions since the exchange initiative was never forthcoming with recreations,
but apparently they can rapidly reshape the flesh of most critters, and hijack their brains to spread more
nasty stuff
RESPONSES::self
ok<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What if knowing this puts us in danger
self
What if knowing all this puts us in danger?
moth
i wouldn't worry about that
the FBX isn't like the CIA or FBI
worst thing that happens is that we have to sign NDAs and other legal stuff
judging by what we've seen, that's pretty much an inevitability
but they aren't going to disappear us, if that's what you mean
RESPONSES::self
all right<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Why
RESPONSES::self
...is no one else involved yet<+>why_involved
SHOWIF::"ep1_fed"
...did you call me<+>why_callme
...am i able to connect to this<+>why_connect
SHOWIF::[["EXEC::page.dialoguePrefix != \`fbx\`"]]
...can i understand these thoughts<+>why_thoughts
SHOWIF::[["EXEC::page.dialoguePrefix != \`fbx\`"]]
...do i hear music<+>why_music
SHOWIF::[["EXEC::page.dialoguePrefix != \`fbx\`"]]
nevermind<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Why is no one else involved yet
self
Why are we the only ones who still know about this?
moth
oh
umm...
well, I haven't put in the report yet
look, if we get to the bottom of this whole thing ourselves, do you know how huge that'll be?
if i told anyone what we were up to in here, they'd snatch it out of our hands
...then give it to some higher-up researcher, who would take all the credit
this could be our 'make it' moment, dude
self
Aren't there cameras watching us? What about the data?
moth
not in the basement
this is an analog-only zone, or at least it was when it was busier years ago
it's a little more lax now, but they never really changed the tech in the walls
especially since every find like this usually ends up being a dud
so... they don't get the data til we send it up
you and me are the only ones in on this for now, buddy
RESPONSES::self
ok<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Why did you call me
self
Why did you call me for this?
moth
what, are you that unhappy that you get to be the first person to ever connect to a personal corrucyst?
just kidding, a lot of our mindspike contractors have been out of service recently due to that big disaster update
god i can't even imagine what mindsci was thinking lmao, traffic has been so bad
you're the only psycho i know who never updates stuff, so i figured you'd still be up for it
RESPONSES::self
thanks<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Why am I able to connect to this
self
Why am I able to connect to this so seamlessly?
moth
well in case you forgot, you definitely installed that fbx patch i gave you
mindspikes usually can't just do this
apparently corrucysts give off and receive almost identical signals to nervos slots
it's a pretty incredible coincidence, honestly a miracle that it works at all
the science of it all goes over my head, you'd have to ask someone in the dev dept
RESPONSES::self
ok<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Why do I understand these obesk thoughts
self
Why can I understand these obesk thoughts?
moth
well you're dealing with raw thought
the corrucyst isn't literally thinking the words you're receiving from it
your brain is just interpreting the concepts that it's outputting in a way you understand
RESPONSES::self
cool<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Why do I hear music
self
Why do I hear music sometimes?
moth
you're hearing music? that's wild, but it makes sense
some of the mindspike contractors i've worked with say similar stuff when they try to connect corrucystic devices
my theory is that it's inherited context from the cyst, vague feelings that can't be translated into words
sometimes people hear voices, or just kinda 'know' how to feel
your brain is just reading it in a way that makes sense to you
that's my best idea
anyway, i'm not hearing anything, i just see the readout on my end
is it good?
RESPONSES::self
it's ok<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
What do you think about all this? (Ep 1 ending)
mothep1end
self
What do you think of all this?
The embassy, Gordon's involvement...
moth
i think we landed ourselves a security level increase
never heard anything about internal strife with the obesk before this
they've always had this image of total harmony, despite their homeworld
and you know, with the call...
i think it's only a few years until the call is 'complete' if all this is true
or... maybe even less?
idk just some quick headmath
if we can get to the bottom of this soon and bring it all to the higher ups..
could you even imagine the kind of renown we'd both get?
RESPONSES::self
aren't you afraid?<+>mothep1afraid
ok<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
mothep1afraid
self
Aren't you afraid of what will happen when the call is complete?
What if it's something really bad?
moth
yeah, it's spooky, but...
we've both lived through too many "world-ending" crises for this to be the "real" one
besides, what if they can't even decode the call?
either cause it's too big, or because they didn't get the very start of it...
like, what if they need the whole thing?
and hey, what if whatever's down there in the ocean is just as friendly as the rest of them?
basically... whatever happens, we'll deal with it
RESPONSES::self
if you say so<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
Thoughts on the Collapse?
ep3thoughts
self
what do you think of the collapse?
you said you had some thoughts?
moth
oh, yeah!
so, i always thought it was a tragedy
especially since it was the cap on the golden age of human and obesk relations
like, truly golden age... but man, looking back at the news from those days makes me so sad
videos, news, everything, everyone felt like everything was going to change
and, i mean, things did change, but, i'm talking space age change
apparently everyone really thought we'd be exploring the stars with the obesk
like, they'd uplift us, or whatever...
all right, i'm off topic and i haven't even gotten to the topic yet
basically:
when the collapse started happening, people reported some truly strange events with obesk machines
golems started acting erratically, but never actually hurt anyone
like, i was watching this video of some annoying vlogger who was trying to interview one near a polygonation spire
pretty sure it was the one close to new zealand actually
but right in the middle of him harassing this golem, its face flickers and it nearly falls over
then, it just starts floating past him, right into the ocean, and disappears beneath the surface
so the vlogger turns the camera back on his face and he's doing that surprised thumbnail thing they used to do back then
and in the background, you can see other golems doing it too,
just before the spire starts collapsing and everyone has to run
spooky shit, man... even golems further inland apparently started going for the coast too
oh, and--there was this article i found, there was this one engineer qou that had an 'accident' with a golem
it didn't say their name, but there was a picture of the aftermath
they totally minced this golem they were working with, then apologized to everyone and ran off
it's pretty clear that whatever seized all of their tech had literally zero intent to harm a single human
so what the hell are these golems attacking the embassy for?
...
all right, i know i'm rambling, but one more thing
no matter where i looked, even using those new net filter tools,
after the collapse news cycle settled
there was not a single mention of akizet or her team anywhere - no photos, videos, nothing
i mean, sure, a little historical paper here and there, but... well
i'm a little worried we may not have a whole lot of time left with akizet's memories if this is anything to go by
RESPONSES::self
...<+>loop
FAKEEND::(back)
