Afterworld

[Kauket]

...vector coordinates updated... current location: Independent Worlds #02
...connected to optics, interpreting neural data from band...
...local.input recognised, running task writing... upon completion, suspending process and initiating standby
...Writing Neural Entry: finaljourney03

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>... I have established a basis for the team. Hachette and Lazurith agreed to come. I do not wish for them to get hurt. As such, I am forced to quad-check these solutions to ensure all goes well.
>... They have raised valid concerns, but majority of these concerns were covered in the previous data storm.
>... The tasks are as the following: Form a team. Obtain the Architect Module to develop the new chip pascal. Develop tools to aid us against the Sentinels. Obtain stimulants. Figure out an escape plan. Ensure all relevant individuals are mentally grounded and trained.
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>... I may have unconsciously harmed Vincent's psyche.
>... He ran away after I illuminated upon some of my inner fears. As well as the secret of not always being able to control one's self in fear.
>... It may have been a fallacy to inform him of my past struggles. The dark place.

... user notice: serotonin levels decreased.

>... I feel regret. Perhaps I was being cruel.
>... At least I know how to make him happy now. Potentially.
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>... Each attempt at getting closer only pushes him further away.
>... Perhaps I will stick to the machine shop to ponder upon these solutions.
>... At least then harm will not occur to others.
>... These thoughts of guilt only harm us all. There will be time for this to settle.
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>... The Obelisk awaits within the Omegas. If I recall the calculations correctly, the Obelisk is designed to falter within a few months. A narrow timeframe for extraction.
>... I wonder where the other modules may be.
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>... The other Progenitors were always a bit of an enigma to me. Those founders.
>... Some. Driven mad. Some. Fallen into the shadows.
>... I only know of one. The one that allowed himself to succumb to the machine.
>... Forever calculating. Forever predicting. Forever watching.
>... None of the others truly knew of him.
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>... Was I truly the last one? Only to be chained to the children we created?
>... The mad cravings of knowledge, unleashed by the Artifact. Unleashed by the truth we witnessed. To understand more. To be more.
>... They never knew until I crawled back to Gammu. Our autonomy to observe the creation we founded. To guide it along the way. To heal the cause. To find the loops and to seal them. To eliminate weakness and fallacies.
>... We are all but one now. It does not matter anymore. Only one thing matters. Knowledge.
>... The sense of purpose and unity thrives within.
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>... Yet we remain capable of making mistakes. How we amend them is another case.
>... Evolution is inevitable. Or death and corruption.
>... This journey will ensure it. The truth may be revealed.
>... Although I may never get to see my ascension. This is an acceptable parameter. Let us hope they see the drive to change.
>... Forever dreaming.