7rings | WEEK 7 MINGLE

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Good morning, starshines. It is another beautiful day here on the base, and it’s the start of a new week!

Good thing, too. After the death of Tartaglia Childe...well, perhaps there isn't any tension at all? Hard to say. Should anyone try to contact the deceased or review their profiles, they will find that they have been deleted from everyone's phones.

Perhaps you expect this by now, but it seems that the elevator reveals that it may now visit the eighth floor. It may be worth checking out these new areas, free for exploration. If you're feeling incredibly ambitious, you can also take a more in-depth look. Strange things are happening, little sinners. Don't be shy now.

While you can't contact the deceased, the Avatars are once again available via their eight symbols. Shoot them a message, have a chat with them, and see what you can learn. Perhaps you'll find it easier this week.

If you aren't too distracted, that is. For the most part, it may feel as though there isn't anything strange about this week. Everything proceeds as normal and life on the base is calm again. But every now and then, you'll feel a burning in your hand right where your tattoo is as it loses its color and fades to black temporarily. A sudden swell courses through your veins, almost as if being injected with a higher amount of your specific indulgence. You'll find it nearly impossible to do anything else until you act on it, draining the indulgence away and bringing color back to your marking. This won't always happen, and this won't always happen at a convenient time. It may be best to plan ahead. After all...if you ignore it for too long, you may find yourself changing. Those aligned with Envy may find themselves with several new eyes. Those aligned with Gluttony may find claws and a tail beginning to grow. Those aligned with Pride may feel a sharp pain in their head as a crown of thorns embeds itself into their skin. But the sooner you act, the sooner these changes will disappear.

Dedication's sweet, isn't it? Do try to give it your all.

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I literally just tried to explain Artificial Intelligence and nanotech and then you just started saying more shit.

[

there's a slight look of dead inside, imploring exasperation at mineo and the collective moderns who might be able to decipher this. ]

[okay here we go, enomoto mineo as an urban dictionary]

Okay, uh...

Y2K is when, in our world, everyone started to freak out about the Year 2000. [glances at takeru] And it was some programming thing? Or was it when people thought the world was gonna end?

And then Apple is a freaky huge company with really slick commercials that puts out phones like the ones we got here. I think they did music before that? Hal from Space Odyssey is also an evil AI.

[ me, when writing the first tag: it's totally been 40 minutes now, right
time: it has not
me: welp

ming yi will - keep up with the explanation, as well as the periphery conversation, brow furrowed as he processes it. ]

There's always people that believe the world is going to end at some preordained time. I'm sure it was actually fine, considering you're both here. [ anyways. ] Did they defeat Hal, or no.

Oh yeah! We were kids when it happened.

[like no matter what date we say cxm happened whether it's from release date or later, they were babies

anyway he's going to look around for another modern]

.... did they defeat Hal?

Yes. They manage to shut it down.

There you go!

[ . . . . ]

How? Satoru likes movies, maybe he knows...

The main character gets to where the machine's core is, and basically removes its modules until it loses more and more of its intelligence.

You know, if I can locate where one thing is . . .

[ side gesture at molly because he likes the sound of this tbh ]

Oh!

.... do you think it's worth seeing if we can find this movie to put on for everyone?

[and him. he clearly hasn't actually seen it.]

I don't think it would hurt to at least show us movies with more technology like you're all talking about...

Uh, I can see what I can find. Honestly this whole place is pretty sci-fi. Being on a space station and all that? That's not normal even for people from me and Takeru's time. Maybe in other worlds it's more common?

But once you get into like... Artificial Intelligence and stuff, you get closer to what we call Science Fiction.

[ nodding along, and he shifts his weight to cross his arms while he thinks - pauses, realizes, and then takes a big side step away from mineo. freedom. ]

This place has taught me far more about technology since we arrived, between experience and the library, but there's still massive gaps due to the difference in worlds and time. As an engineer, I want to understand as much about those gaps - if it can help us, especially.