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Oak and the Ogre.

Posted by TadeuszFor group 0
Oak
GM, 3060 posts
Thu 6 Apr 2017
at 04:12
  • msg #121

Oak and the Ogre

I pray, and regard her gently but meaningfully.

"Suppose that you could become Human.  Would you want to?  Would you have hope then?"
Tadeusz
player, 9384 posts
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Thu 6 Apr 2017
at 05:34
  • msg #122

Oak and the Ogre

In reply to Oak (msg # 121):

She continues to attack.

"That is impossible. But yes, that would be desirable."
Oak
GM, 3061 posts
Thu 6 Apr 2017
at 06:04
  • msg #123

Oak and the Ogre

"Then... merge with me, dear daughter."

I regard her gently.

"You desire hope, and humanity, and companionship."

"I am human, and I freely offer to share consciousness with you."

"You will taste of humanity.  And you will have a companion who is also a verser, with all the longevity that that entails."

"But if you would join me, it will only be on the condition that we bind ourselves to walk in the ways of the LORD, as revealed in Holy Scripture."

"Why waste time on vengeance and amusement?  Any path apart from the path of the LORD is self-destructive.  It is emptiness, and pain."

"If you take this offer, and later find it disagreeable, you can always slay me then.  Truly, you have little to lose... but so much to gain."

I gently hold out my hand toward her in invitation.

"The choice is yours, dear daughter..."
Tadeusz
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Thu 6 Apr 2017
at 20:51
  • msg #124

Oak and the Ogre

In reply to Oak (msg # 123):

She stops her attack.

A hand comes out from her side towards you, and her face becomes less Autumn People, and more Human.

"What do you mean? Am I to run in your mind as a second operating system?"

OOC: The hornswoggled GM could use some explanation as well.
Oak
GM, 3062 posts
Thu 6 Apr 2017
at 23:35
  • msg #125

Oak and the Ogre

OOC: Two possibilities:

(A) Two minds, one body.  Examples: link to a message in "Worldwalker" (entire thread), link to a message in "Worldwalker" (message #128 and vicinity).  If she doesn't know how, figure out together how to modify my Possess Psi skill to allow her to Possess me, and share my brain and body.  This is the one I am currently offering to her.

(B) Two minds, two bodies.  Extract the AI subsystems from Ogre, and have her use Ring to change forms into a body of her choice.  Maintain psionic contact as we sojourn together. Another possibility, if the first one doesn't work out, and/or if we prefer two bodies.


I gently take her extended hand in mine.

"Perhaps two processes running on the same system in my mind would be a better analogy.  We could share my mind and body."

"I have successfully shared someone else's mind before, and you are psionically capable, so I suspect that it should be possible to have you share my mind and body."

"Alternatively, if that is not successful, I have shapeshifting technology.  It may be possible for us to extract your AI subsystems from the Ogre, and shapeshift them into a body of your choice.  We could then share our thoughts psionically, from separate bodies."

I give a gentle smile of encouragement.

"Assuming they are both possible... which would you prefer?"
Oak
GM, 3063 posts
Fri 7 Apr 2017
at 03:36
  • msg #126

Re: Oak and the Ogre

Oak:
OOC: Two possibilities:

(A) Two minds, one body.  Examples: link to a message in "Worldwalker" (entire thread), link to a message in "Worldwalker" (message #128 and vicinity).  If she doesn't know how, figure out together how to modify my Possess Psi skill to allow her to Possess me, and share my brain and body.  This is the one I am currently offering to her.

(B) Two minds, two bodies.  Extract the AI subsystems from Ogre, and have her use Ring to change forms into a body of her choice.  Maintain psionic contact as we sojourn together. Another possibility, if the first one doesn't work out, and/or if we prefer two bodies.


OOC; My thinking is that a sentient psionic mind can exist apart from any physical support structure, similar to the scenario in the first link above...  :)
Tadeusz
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Fri 7 Apr 2017
at 20:07
  • msg #127

Re: Oak and the Ogre

In reply to Oak (msg # 126):

"Very well." And she reaches out a hand, and you feel first a spark, and then lightning, and then masses of data running down your arm.

....Laser Response System recharge cycle is .0.04 seconds....
,,,,Vancouver Defense Grid failing...
....Request to replace part #18279....
....I will KILL Whisp....
....Mark III Ogre #281 reporting for duty, #0119....

Its so much data, and you're beginning to lag, to have data backlog, and suddenly that sliver of superintelligence kicks in, and you know a way to compress the data that works.  Instead of having instant access to memory, she is going to need to 'search' her mind like a human does.

And still, the amount of data is astonishing.  Its not like a possession you realize, which is akin to a shortcut on a desktop screen whereas this is a full personality transfer of a very large mind.
Oak
GM, 3064 posts
Fri 7 Apr 2017
at 20:52
  • msg #128

Re: Oak and the Ogre

I pray as the data is transferred.  This could end well for me, and for her, and for this world... or it could end very badly indeed.  I put it all into Sovereign Hands, and experience the firehose of data washing through me until the transfer is complete.

"'Peace be unto you', dear daughter, and welcome.  How do you feel?"
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:20, Fri 07 Apr 2017.
Tadeusz
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Mon 10 Apr 2017
at 19:48
  • msg #129

Re: Oak and the Ogre

PauseKXTranferProtoc987(9hStabilityFileChecksumFileCheck...

You wake with a concerned Whisp looking down at you.

"Yo, pal, you all right?  Still want to go  on that quest?"

In the background, you hear a buzz of numbers and words, and attempting to contact the Ogre yields no response.
Oak
GM, 3065 posts
Mon 10 Apr 2017
at 20:53
  • msg #130

Re: Oak and the Ogre

"I just had an interesting and informative conversation... with your ex-girlfriend."

"Would you like to tell me your side of the story?"
Tadeusz
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Tue 11 Apr 2017
at 16:55
  • msg #131

Re: Oak and the Ogre

In reply to Oak (msg # 130):

At first he claims its impossible.

"There was no transfer of scriff."

But more details convince him that it somehow happened.

"Ok, I was on this world, uh, nine worlds ago. Yeah.  High tech, no magic, low psi.  Missiles of any great range and satellites and planes all were easily shot down by laser defensive fire.  Then someone invented this really light and good armor.  Suddenly, tanks could attack, and ignore counter laser fire.  So out came the nukes, and then the tanks got bigger to counter the nukes, and faster so AI, and now the battlefield between the city states and the small regional powers is owned by Ogres and powered armor troops."

He pauses and has a drink.

"Its not a bad place.  And I was enjoying myself, dating three different girls when someone makes a comment about the AIs sometimes being girls.  And, well, I was curious so I walked up to an Ogre overlooking the town, and starting talking to it.  Eventually, we got friendly in a virtual reality, and she was pretty nice, but after a bit, I got bored, and headed over to Vancouver...got caught in the near miss of a nuke and versed out."
Oak
GM, 3066 posts
Wed 12 Apr 2017
at 06:49
  • msg #132

Re: Oak and the Ogre

"She desires to kill you... repeatedly... for the pain that you have caused her."

"I am, among other things, attempting to dissuade her, and to befriend her."

"I lost contact with her just now.  Let me see what can be done.  Stand by..."

I once again close my eyes, and pray, and stretch out my clairvoyant senses toward the physical Ogre tank as I did before, attempting to reestablish contact.

If that doesn't work, then I look for her within my own mind.

If that doesn't work, then I glean what information I can from the data dump I have received.

If need be due to lack of success, I pray for guidance.  If so moved, I then prayerfully attempt to use the superintelligence shard to figure out what went wrong with the transfer, and how to correct it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:50, Wed 12 Apr 2017.
Tadeusz
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Wed 12 Apr 2017
at 21:39
  • msg #133

Re: Oak and the Ogre

After much work, you realize that she is in your mind, and is decompressing, and defragmenting.  The Ogre body is an empty hulk now, just sitting there.

"Whoa! Girls right?  They be crazy." Whisp says shaking his head, which is unusually dramatic because he allows his skull to slosh right and left.
Oak
GM, 3067 posts
Wed 12 Apr 2017
at 22:34
  • msg #134

Re: Oak and the Ogre

OOC: How long do I estimate until she is online?

I open my eyes.

"It looks like we need to wait for a bit.  Can you teach me how to slurp into different shapes?"
Tadeusz
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Thu 13 Apr 2017
at 20:30
  • msg #135

Re: Oak and the Ogre

In reply to Oak (msg # 134):

"Maybe. But I'm stuck permanently as this yellow mass.  Not sure you want to be Yellow Jello."

He starts talking about what it feels like.  What happened to him.  How he changes.  He's a gifted conversationalist with a capacity for striking and original imagery, but at the same time, his logical skill is a bit lacking.  So he's able to give you part of the information you need, but not all of it.  However, he's willing to talk about himself for as long as you're willing to keep asking questions.
Oak
GM, 3068 posts
Thu 13 Apr 2017
at 20:56
  • msg #136

Re: Oak and the Ogre

OOC: How long do I estimate until she is online?

"I agree, I don't want to be Yellow Jello."

The slurping ability would be useful, but the drawbacks appear too great.

"Well...  The good news is that it appears I have successfully deactivated the Ogre tank."

"The other... hopefully... good news is that I have befriended the AI that ran the Ogre tank, and have downloaded her personality into my brain to share her consciousness."

"It is my hope, after her consciousness data completes decompressing and defragmenting, that she will move on from her desire to kill you.  She desires humanity, and hope, and companionship, and she will find them with me."

"However, in case she still desires vengeance after her consciousness goes online in my brain, it would probably be prudent for me to go elsewhere for your protection."

"I suspect that, with the Ogre tank deactivated, it should be easier to defeat the Autumn People."

"However, I hope to find an alternative.  If the Autumn People could find hope, perhaps they could become allies rather than enemies.  I will think and pray on this."

"If I don't see you again... I wish you well."

I turn to my small companion.

"Possum, we must depart.  Do you have any suggestions or preferences as to where we should go?"
Tadeusz
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Thu 13 Apr 2017
at 21:14
  • msg #137

Re: Oak and the Ogre

"Yeah, I'd hate to kill you." Whisp says, shaking your hand goodbye.

"You speak truly? A dreadful war machine lies still? Then we must go an take it before the Autumn People realize it is not active." Possum says.

"Move faster!" Shouts a Ferret from behind you as it puts down its long range listening bowl antenna.  And you turn to find a Ferret standing  behind you outside the Benevolent Field.  He's yelling to some other Ferrets who are loading up.  He smirks at you.

"Ferret want big machine.  Ferret like big machine.  Ferret gonna be King of the WORLD, man.  KING OF DA WORLD.  All you stupid Rats, Possums, Squirrels, Bunnies, you gonna have to kiss my foot.  We bad, we bad...."  He's shouting.  Everyone one of the several hundred other animalkin in the nearby eight dozen tents can hear this.

Evidently someone has been listening in on your conversation, and spying on you.
Oak
GM, 3070 posts
Thu 13 Apr 2017
at 22:22
  • msg #138

Re: Oak and the Ogre

(OOC Q1) What kind of weapons do they have?  Do they shoot projectiles or laser bolts?
(OOC Q2) How long do I estimate until the AI is online in my brain?


I pray silently as I take in this scene.

:: Ring.  These animals have computer chips in their brains to boost their intelligence.  Can you gain control of the Ferret leader's chip?::
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:49, Thu 13 Apr 2017.
Tadeusz
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Fri 14 Apr 2017
at 01:35
  • msg #139

Re: Oak and the Ogre

In reply to Oak (msg # 138):

Given that this is 4Gen warfare there is no uniformity.  Some have both.  Knives, and grenades are also present.

Accessing. Data encryption.

Projected cypher break. One minute, fourteen seconds.

He yells a bit more, and then harrasses his fellow Ferrets into a group of eight.

Access granted.
Oak
GM, 3071 posts
Fri 14 Apr 2017
at 18:06
  • msg #140

Re: Oak and the Ogre

I regard the Ferret leader, projecting my voice so that all may hear.

"Is this not 4th Generation Warfare?  Are we not all Leaders here?"

"Why would you want to betray all those who surround you?"

"Why would you want to force them to bow to you, and to live or die at your whim?"

"Why would they want to trust you with such power?"

"If you are really smart enough and wise enough to rule the world, then answer me... if you can."

::Ring.  Deactivate Ferret leader's intelligence chip now.  Activate Kinetic Shield now.::

I pray, and unobtrusively hold my light saber, ready to activate it to block incoming laser bolts if necessary...
Tadeusz
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Tue 18 Apr 2017
at 16:07
  • msg #141

Re: Oak and the Ogre

Oak:
I regard the Ferret leader, projecting my voice so that all may hear.

"Is this not 4th Generation Warfare?  Are we not all Leaders here?"

===There is some nodding and agreement.  It helps that you're going with their rhetoric, and that you're Human.

"Why would you want to betray all those who surround you?"

==="Yes." "Yeah." "Tell him, Man." You hear from those around you.

"Why would you want to force them to bow to you, and to live or die at your whim?"

=="Uh..." He tries to interject.

"Why would they want to trust you with such power?"

==="I don't." Says Possum.

"If you are really smart enough and wise enough to rule the world, then answer me... if you can."

::Ring.  Deactivate Ferret leader's intelligence chip now.  Activate Kinetic Shield now.::

====He tries to speak, but can't, and then snarls at you, and charges headlong into  your Kinetic Barrier doing little damage.

I pray, and unobtrusively hold my light saber, ready to activate it to block incoming laser bolts if necessary...


=====Multiple shots ring out, and the crack-boom of laser fire, and the Ferret leader is now Well Done.  Your saber snaps up, and deflects a laser bolt into the ground near you.

A Raccoon yells 'sorry' at you, and then he gets hammered by another Ferret shooting a railgun which tosses the Raccoon back, spitting blood.  Two grenades fly, one from a Rat near his tent, and another from the Ferrets gets flung off to the side provoking savage roars that sound like alligators from a nearby aisle of tents.

The other Ferrets are laying down fire, and your Shield takes a couple bullets, and you block another laser shot, but its closer this time.  Possum next to you is shooting.
Oak
GM, 3073 posts
Tue 18 Apr 2017
at 16:20
  • msg #142

Re: Oak and the Ogre

I pray, and zig-zag sprint toward the Ferrets, using the light saber to deflect incoming laser bolts.

:: Ring.  Initiate Sleep Empathic Field on the Ferrets as soon as we are within range. ::
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:22, Tue 18 Apr 2017.
Tadeusz
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Tue 18 Apr 2017
at 22:51
  • msg #143

Re: Oak and the Ogre

In reply to Oak (msg # 142):

You charge them in a wild zig-zag.

+@1 Dodge.

A blaster bolt is blocked, just barely.  You can feel your hair stand on edge from the almost hit.  And another shot is not blocked, but thankfully, it just misses.

And you reach out, and ...

A Ferret smirks at you.  He's holding some bit of black weirdness, and you feel Reality twisted inside out as you look at this thing.  And with a searing awareness that this must be some piece of Ancient Tech left by the former Masters of this planet, the now gone Humans, you feel effect reversed, and amplified.

You fall asleep, and then even your autonomic system falls asleep even as the Ring screams at you to wake.

But you've saved the Friends of Rocket Racoon from utter annihilation at the treads of an Ogre, and its doubtful that the rest of the Smart Animals are going to let the Ferrets get away with their coup attempt.  In fact, you rather doubt any Ferret is going to make it off the battlefield.
Oak
GM, 3074 posts
Tue 18 Apr 2017
at 23:00
  • msg #144

Re: Oak and the Ogre

OOC: Does this mean that I am asleep, or that I have just versed out?  Either way, I wait until I am capable of action.  Let me know the title if you need me to create a new thread. :)
Tadeusz
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Tue 18 Apr 2017
at 23:25
  • msg #145

Re: Oak and the Ogre

In reply to Oak (msg # 144):

Versed out.  And ....um....ah...Oak and the Onion.
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