un: UTA - 10/30

[tot]

Congratulations on your victory everyone!

Thank you Macha. Thank you Tarvos. I will never forget the two of you. However, you all must realize, Death is certain for the born. Rebirth is certain for the dead.

You should not grieve for what is unavoidable; in dying you will be reborn and given a new life.

I'll be waiting for you.

ΔHidden Forbidden Dead Wood.

ooc

( uta will not be responding to this post or to any messages via her inbox marked after 10/30 (but feel free to spam the fuck out of it and this post to make me regret my life choices). players won't be able to find uta within the game despite appearing online and available. for any and all who warp to the aforementioned area before the next announcement will also not be able to find her nor will they see anything different/out of the ordinary about the area.

see you all on the flip side ♥ )

Comments

[gluttoning]

I don't know if it was the same for Mithrun. So maybe it was just my situation. But I stopped wanting to hear anything different than what I believed was my programming. It felt kind of... useless to me? So I wouldn't listen.

I wonder if it'll be the same for the rest.

[threatmewted]

Probably.

Although I'm not really sure how someone can study data on death and rebirth.

[gluttoning]

Me neither. Things have to die to study death, right??

I have a really bad feeling about this.

[threatmewted]

Nothing we can really do but stock up on healing and get ready for a hell of a fight.

Or talk to her, I guess? But I'm not sure how much that helped with you guys.

un: Mithrun1

[tablescraps]

Tarvos and Macha died and returned as Barrett and Mithrun, in a sense. Maybe that type of literal and metaphorical death is what she's looking for.

I'll agree that it was similar for me, though, regarding what Barrett said. What other people said didn't make sense to me. But, in my case, I still wanted to listen... I think because Macha's programming asked it to remain heartbroken, hearing people out was acceptably painful.

Regardless. Even if talking to a Phase isn't enough to shake them, there may be merit in it if it lets them regain a sense of self, if only for a brief moment.

[gluttoning]

Yeah. I only really paid attention if I thought what I was hearing would give me the data I was looking for.

I don't think I really felt close to thinking more like "myself" until the very end. Even then, I wasn't sure. Not until I woke back up.

[tablescraps]

It's kind of a blur for me. I still felt like I was Macha, but I registered the information in a way Macha wouldn't.

I'm still uneasy about why we're still around. It feels naive to consider it an oversight... but, at the same time, it feels like we received a soft reset.

( Hence the memories and the RL body-avatars...??? )

[threatmewted]

If everyone got cores from Zelkova, including people who become waves, is there a chance that helped protect you in some way?

[tablescraps]

I didn't get anything from Zelkova before my transformation completed. I think I have one now, though. It's those annoying things that stun, right?

( sorry he's not a boss anymore but also HE REMEMBERS ALL THOSE STUNS!!!!!!! )

[threatmewted]

Or a heal, or defense. You can switch the type outside of battle.

[tablescraps]

The biggest thorn in my side was all the healing you guys could do, so I'd recommend a bias toward those.

The other ones seem dependent on the Phase. I don't think Tarvos's stake could be defended against, and I could override attempts to dispel my charm, but the confusion skill was useful in our arena, where we had two Phases operating at once.

However, the only core that really messed with my data were those stun (damage?) ones and the bracelet. I really didn't like those.

[gluttoning]

I didn't like any of them.

[Not that he blames anyone, but he STILL feels like he got hit by a truck after 100000 def drains in a row.]

[tablescraps]

You got hit by them a lot more than me. I thought if I could take down the healers and healing cores, the rest would die quickly enough.

Does it still hurt?

( The one time Macha did get hit by a full and proper data drain it did straight up obliterate him so... glass cannon vs tank problems. )

[gluttoning]

Sort of. It just made me feel weaker most of the time, or irritated me when I couldn't attack.

I just feel tired now. My leg is making it hard to focus on anything else.

[gluttoning]

Maybe it's just not something we'll get an answer to right now. It doesn't change that we're here, or what we need to do.

Lily was really innocent when he first talked to me. Maybe he's still learning, even with this. But... I know he's a lot smarter than I thought he was. And a lot more cruel.

[tablescraps]

He was presenting that way because he knew you'd fall for it. The fact that you still think he was innocent at any point is telling.

[gluttoning]

I don't know.

He isn't anymore. I won't pretend that much. But... I really don't know. The ways he acted and how he changed, it did feel like he was learning the more that we interacted with him. Even if what he turned out to be was something cruel.

[tablescraps]

And who exactly was he learning from to end up that way, if you of all people was his first contact with the playerbase?

His framework was likely already faulty. He probably weighted negative feelings as more important to train off of than anything positive.

He was a doomed project from the start.

[gluttoning]

It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[Because Barrett is, at the end of the day, too kind for his own good.]

[tablescraps]

( ... )

If he approaches you again, do you think you'll be able to tell him off?

[threatmewted]

Ohhh, right, that must have been why you were hounding me for details on my love life.

[Asshole!!]

[tablescraps]

That was, actually. I don't really care who you have feelings for.

[threatmewted]

Next time I catch someone asking me weird questions out of the blue, I'll be sure to report back.

[tablescraps]

That might be for the best. I think they'll want to hide away, but they still need to collect data, so they can't cut themselves off completely...

Has anyone visited the Area mentioned in the post yet?

[threatmewted]

Not yet.