CONTACT.

[ascintilla]

Comment here with the IC date and time.

Comments

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ ... ]

There is no need for anybody but myself to look at them.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

If someone's messed with your perception of time, why couldn't they mess with other perceptions?

You keep thinking what you're doing is right, it makes sense, but it doesn't.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

Nobody has "messed" with me, Puma. You need to stop.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Iota.

Even after you stabbed me in the back, I defended you. [Squeezes her hands.] If you believe there's nothing wrong with you, there's no harm in letting me see the results. The only reason you'd want to hide it is because whatever has happened to you doesn't want there to be definite proof.

I've never tried to harm you, even after what you did to me.

Let me help you.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

… And when you see that it was me, and not the result of third party interference?

Will you try to harm me then?

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

...no.

Harm comes when you force me to choose between protecting everyone and protecting you. I'm hoping you won't get so bad as to make me make that choice, because I really don't need more reasons to hate myself.

I still don't know if your scanners can pick up Echo magic, but I don't have much choice, but find ways to convince you that something's wrong.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

...

[ She sighs. Closes her eyes. ]

Compiling diagnostic data files now.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

[He'll wait.]

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ A hardlight holographic screen pops up in front of Puma! It can be touched and manipulated however he requires, and it displays a whole lot of very complicated data. ]

[ Assuming he can parse it, he'll find that everything is A+ okay. GREEN IN EVERY SECTOR ... ... almost ... there are some blips and anomalies. ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

[Going through it slowly because, well, better now than later.]

[Pauses when he notices some blips and anomalies. Looking to see if they're consistent.]

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ The timestamps all indicate that the anomalies took place after the heart games, and it's all quite contained? ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

[Huh.]

What are these? [Gestures to the anomalies.]

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ Her eyes aren't even open right now. ]

The AI fragments.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Have they been giving you problems?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

For the most part, no. Some of their behaviours appear as an anomaly in the diagnostics scan because it is calibrated to recognize one AI in the primary network, not one AI and several fragments.

... and the broken fragment has been attempting to break things to signal their desire for my attention.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Break things?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

Yes. It was she who caused the glitch earlier, when we were conversing in the captain's quarters.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

And made you cry and you still don't know why.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

No, Puma.

You were the one who caused the secretomotor phenomenon.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Why?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

... That is irrelevant.

Are you satisfied with the diagnostics?

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

I think it's very relevant.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ your FACE is relevant ]

You are incorrect.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

It involves me.

Therefore, relevant to me.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ she has one hand free ]

[ she is on a bed ]

[ she's feeling … not to put too fine a point on it, petulant right now ]

[ AND SO SHE PICKS UP A PILLOW AND WHACKS HIM WITH IT. ]