Ætherglow #249
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<< Return to Chapter 12 ✴ It calls to you--the untouchable depths. The space between stars....
Ætherglow #250
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🌒 Your next step is to see if the issue is isolated to you or if anyone else is experiencing it....
Ætherglow #251
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🌒 “Nice place! Stimmy light. All looks very interesting but...what does it mean?” you say,...
Ætherglow #252
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🌒 “This goes far beyond the level of mere autism, I am in awe,” you say. [7 liked that]...
Ætherglow #253
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🌒 2254-10-01 18:51:34 Aydan > well maybe we could break open the local transmitter and take a...
Ætherglow #254
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🌒 “You decide, I don’t trust my luck,” you say. “Okay,” 7 says. “2 is prime, but it is the worst...
Ætherglow #255
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🌒 2254-10-01 19:09:29 Aydan > sorry ÆON, we have to split up a while 2254-10-01 19:09:30 ÆON > I...
Ætherglow #256
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🌒 You try to stay calm, and remember what 7 said. But under the burning gaze of the admin,...
Ætherglow #257
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🌒 You stay silent--no words, no thoughts, no emotions, nothing to betray. You give all your...
Ætherglow #258
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🌒 “I’m under attack! They transmitted from inside this room!” you say. She looks at you for a...
Ætherglow #259
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🌒 You decide you’ll have to tell her something about what’s going on. “Because of what happened...
Ætherglow #260
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🌒 Now is no time for panic. You send the command to suppress cortisol and epinephrine. Doing it...
Ætherglow #261
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🌒 “But, Admin, how will I train and study without my interface?” you say. “We aren’t trying to...
Ætherglow #262
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🌒 You turn on the device’s display. It’s all tactile controls to move about its userspace. Walls...
Ætherglow #263
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🌒 Aydan > they never appeared to me before I was alone in that room. I wonder if they somehow...
Ætherglow #264
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🌓 You’re starting to get used to low-G again, as much as you’ve had to be here in the service...
Ætherglow #265
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🌓 You accept the archive, making sure to download it onto an isolated partition you have for...
Ætherglow #266
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🌓 You seize the chance for a moment of quiet and sit down to take a break while 7 completes her...