ooc OOC Deep Science 1x1 with Blitz Boom

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

A question regarding the Silver Sigma part. Felicia does have a wireless connection that she can use. Usually she did so, to connect with other robots back at the camp, to better organize and order them, as well as receive data from those who were no longer functional enough to return for manual extraction. I imagine the parts needed to make an AI would be severely lacking, and Molotov would have to basically rely on making regular robots, out of whatever parts he could salvage, which would make them just simple robots with a need of one to control them, in certain situations that went outside their programming. Felicia would prove the most effective of his creations to do so, as she could act and control them faster than his potentially distracted mind would be able to.

Would utilizing that, and run through varied frequencies, potentially cause a connection? I dunno if it is considered bluetooth, so best to ask in advance.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

Provided she thinks to scan for frequencies other than the one she's used to, she may be able to find the right one. The subsequent issue is that would only find her the facility wifi, and not the connection to the Codex harness, as the codex harness's reciever is waited for a specific code on a specific frequency in order to activate it's transmitter.

Essentially, It would be nearly impossible for Felicia to find this connection, and even if she found the frequency she does not know the code or the encoding. Not having the encoding would further prevent her access to the system even if she were able to establish a connection.

Codex was essentially designed in such a way that Vale was a critical component, rendering it nearly useless without her. Colonel could only interface with it because he and his carrier were principle designers of the system. Colonel made his own back door to access it without Vale.

To advance that plot, if she decides to investigate the room itself more than just the harness, I'll provide her with some design documents that would point her in the direction of Vale being the missing component to the machine.

Edited August 20, 2021 by Illiad Easle

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

Understood. She'll give up on this matter then (for now), and just scavenge something of value before leaving the facility, and returning to her previous location.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

I forget a certain scene with Nine in my last post, it's been edited to contain it.

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

Lemme know if I did something wrong in the post. Changeling part may have the biggest stretch, so just in case, let me know and I will edit things. Also, visiting a friend this weekend, so a small delay in posts again.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

So, we've reached the climax of Null's arc with Grey.

I believe I remember that at some point we mentioned having the curse lifted from Null and Void...

Well, Null did ask for the cycle to be broken, so at least for her and Void it has been. They wont get any more premonitions about the future, and they no longer have their draining aura around them. They are now free to discover who they are beyond the curse that previously defined their lives.

Hopefully that's alright with you, we can work out something else if it isn't.

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

It's a... Surprising turn. Not that Epsilon showed up. I knew she would, considering the clues, though not that this would happen. Though it brings up a question, as well as two sides of how Null and Void will react.

Null

When the initial shock goes down, and she feels the curse lifted, she will be torn on it. On one hoof, she will be glad to not be burdened by this mark of a cursed legacy, and that she won't be funnelling the magic she drains to someone else.

On the other hoof, she had planned to use this aura, to more effeciently do her job, out in the grand world. She still have vengeance to strike after all, and so, she will have to rethink how she does things, and have to learn how to act around magical and cursed items, since she never needed to take the bad sides of what they could do, into consideration. It'll have her get into issues at times I can imagine, and with a need to get hold of some charms of some sort. Or that she will intentionally get herself infected with true magic drainage. It's a big world, with plenty of powerful entities, and disasterous trinkets.

Void

It will greatly confuse her to go through, and she too will need to understand how to act around magic now that she doesn't just automatically cancel it out. Yet she will be happy. Now that she is free of the strings that kept her from being fully around others. Especially the foals, whom she now won't be able to cancel out any longer.

It will also mean that Molotov can now fully help her. The wings and assorted appendages he can make are fully mechanical, but an optical replacement for her eye will be possible to make for him, that can be linked magically with her, so she can see properly.

The question

Am I understanding right, that Epsilon is indeed their sister, and that she have now taken on the mantle of the new Grey, essentially?

It have some importance, though not for Void. It will however, for Null. She set out to save her family from The Grey. That won't stop, just because Epsilon have taken over now. The Grey is still a thing, and as such, the job isn't over. Especially not if Epsilon is blood. That means that she still have family to save, and a cycle to break.

That will motivate her as she goes out in the world. Not just to keep those who may be a threat to Void and Arcade in check, but to find a way to finally break this cycle for good. Starting with figuring out who Nibiru is. Likely the entity the oracle originally made a deal with, I can imagine.

Unless I am misunderstanding further, and Epsilon have been chosen by Vengeance, and this were some sort of rouse? I don't know for sure, though the grey coloring makes me think it is the entity angle, as it wasn't as if Null changed colors.

Edited September 11, 2021 by Blitz Boom

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

Per the question: Yes, Epsilon is their sister and she is the new Gray Mare destined to return the Grey to its former honor and glory. As she chose it for herself, she doesn't consider herself in need of saving.

Nibiru is one of the three great specters of Vengeance, the other two being Nemesis, who serves Illiad, and Nine, who serves Null. Nibiru was first made a specter of vengeance with the first Grey Mare when she founded what eventually became the Grey, initially a band that operated under Karma to enact both mercy and vengeance, exploiting the grey areas of morality. Null can learn this from Illiad.

Epsilon, via Nibiru, has not yet been chosen by Vengeance, but may shortly depending on what happens next, finally restoring the Grey to their original station as the mediators in the shadows.

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

Am on family weekend, so will respond again Monday, I hope. 

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

No worries, looking forward to your return.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom
 

I finally found the map I made forever ago to show Troy in relation to Equestria!

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

3 hours ago, Illiad Easle said:

I finally found the map I made forever ago to show Troy in relation to Equestria!

Ooooh, that might be important eventually. Thanks. Good work on the details there too. It looks pretty realistic.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

I should clarify, I took an existing base map and added the Trojan Empire to it, I had nothing to do with most of it.

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

I chose to ignore facts, and pretend it's your doing. :p

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

Let me know if I overreached with the last post, about Gemini. I figured you set it up as a *make something up* moment, but if I misread that, or went too far, just let me know, and I will have it changed.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

Hmm...

I wouldn't say you overstepped, the differences between what you said and what I planned happened could be explained as Void not understanding what was happening in the moment. 

However, it isn't exactly the sort of story id expect her to tell the children. It isn't typically a good idea to tell children their idol and mother figure might not actually be a good person. I'd have Void tell them that Mistress saved her and her sister, and tell Vale privately that she was involved in the attack against them. Then she'll get the full story from their parents. 

Does that sound good? 

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

I'll work on correcting things, and have most of what she thought happened, as internal dialogue.

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

There, that should be better.  She paints it in a nicer light for the foals, and have her own thoughts on it on the inside, as well as making it more ambiguous. Lemme know if this still ain't doing the job.

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

For the night time stories, I'm just picking some random one of the old Grimm's tales, and such, and ponify them a bit, whilst keeping details vague. I figures it leaves a bit of creative thinking. And saves me from writing a full fanfic.  Hehe.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

Sounds good, You're free to gloss over any aspects of caring for the foals that you're not interested in playing out.

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

Sorry for no reply today. Had to spend way longer in the kitchen, prepping stuff for tomorrow than I expected. (Gathering of work colleagues)

I'lI be back at it come Saturday though.

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

...Riiight, Gemini. Been a while, so I totally forgot her.

Want me to say she were waiting because her parents were tired, or edit it in?

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

Sorry for the delay, I'll get to your post tomorrow!

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@Illiad Easle

About August last year, you said I could do with Fheng what I wanted, if I had plans. So, I had her make it out of there, and cause some trouble, that'd make the sisters reflect on their place in life. Fheng wants vengeance, for her wings, her life, and the torment she endured.

As for how Ashclaw knew she were there? A mixture of instinct, and a warning that something familiar, had been noticed.

Also figured that now were as good a time as any, as The Grey were seemingly still dealing with the early day(s) of their new leadership (I think the changelings are further ahead, but not sure), so they wouldn't be around to stop stuff like this. Or were not as organized, though I could be wrong.

Regardless, you now have a vengeful escapee to deal with. Let's see where this'll lead.

And of course, lemme know if there's something to take into consideration here, and if what I wrote would go against what would happen in town normally. I can edit accordingly.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Blitz Boom

I wondered when that would come back up, no issues so far, I look forward to where it might go.

Although, it does call into question, are the foals safe? Or will Fheng follow Void there? Or, perhaps she's already been followed there?