Yeah, well, after three months of it makes you wonder how they're this good at faking it. And don't even joke about that. Your younger sister's always kind of creeped me out a little...[He's spoken to Rose once or twice, okay, that was Enough. He's about to say "no, it's fine" but.]
...I can walk back just fine, but what the fuck is this? Please tell me this isn't something you remember from your past life or whatever.
[A nod because yes, he does. It's why he'd thought of Dirk initially and he folds his arms over his chest even as he thinks this through.]
How hard would it be to build one that's self-sustaining and long-ranged? Like, say, if we wanted to send it somewhere further than the rest of us are willing to go.
That depends on how far and what other purposes you want it for. Fuel needs are the biggest issue since we won't be able to recharge or replenish. That means you need to build something carrying its weight plus that of whatever equipment you want on it. The less equipment we need, the easier it'll be to get the energy required. We could try building somethin' with solar components in the manner of Mars probes, but that has particular costs and only works if we're sendin' it somewhere to get enough sunlight.
Transmission should be the easy part, but if somehow we're goin' somewhere out of range of the kind of transmission tech we have access to, we'd have to design it to set up its own relays as it goes along.
Money's not an issue. [Of course it isn't. On the other hand he's busy thinking this over based on a conversation he had with someone else.]
I want to see if we can send something out and see how far we have to go before we find another Retrospec building or a base. Minako and I were thinking about heading into the woods before...you know. This stupid shit happened. But you've heard the rumors that people think the building's just a front, haven't you? Wouldn't be a bad idea to confirm that and see if they're just out of our reach. Think that's too ambitious?
I'm personally putting my money on a virtual reality mind prison theory at the moment. [Is that a joke. It is not entirely a joke.] It seems simple enough. It probably wouldn't even take too long to build if we borrow from other schematics.
Two things. Explain this theory to me because I have ideas and I don't like them, and borrowing schematics is fine if you know where you're borrowing from. Do you?
They can take pictures from anywhere as if we're alone, the place looks like a front, bein' shrunk down felt like a glitch more than anythin', and those cracks in reality were nothin' if not reminiscent of clippin' out of game boundaries.
[There are serious implications to that theory, and he doesn't want to discuss them. For now, it's just a casual thought.]
Of course you have. [Why did he ever think otherwise??? But he's listening to that theory and yeah, okay, that's definitely not a comforting theory at all.]
So...we've got one of two theories here. We're either reborn from some seriously fucked up past lives, or we're dropped into someone's game of The Sims that they bootlegged from somewhere. [A pause.] Could explain why all of the horses disappeared though. But if that's true that's even more reason to want to see where our boundaries are, isn't it?
That would depend if the replacement animal was cool. [He rolls his eyes.] On the other hand I never had to worry about people bringing horses into my bar so maybe you have a point. That's the one mystery that still baffles me, you know? That's the elimination and replacement of an entire species. Who says they can't do the same to us?
[He opens his mouth...and closes it again because. Wow.]
That's deep. And also true, sort of. Even with everything from the hallucinomemories or whatever, we still remember everything about our current lives, don't we?
We do, but it's possible these lives will start to feel pale in comparison. Maybe not for some, but given the sword you're rockin' and my flashsteppin', the hallucinomemory experiences for both of us are going to be vivid and maybe impossible to reconcile with the lives we have here. In which case, it could end up being a competition where the strong impression wins out on our personalities.
So a case in which whatever we're remembering alters us completely and changes us for better or worse. I could say that some of us are stronger than that and won't let this bullshit change us, but pretty sure we both know that's a lie. [That's also disturbing.]
Everything you've remembered so far. Has it changed you a lot?
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DIRK;
Yeah, well, after three months of it makes you wonder how they're this good at faking it. And don't even joke about that. Your younger sister's always kind of creeped me out a little...[He's spoken to Rose once or twice, okay, that was Enough. He's about to say "no, it's fine" but.]
...I can walk back just fine, but what the fuck is this? Please tell me this isn't something you remember from your past life or whatever.
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[He loves his creepy sister who terrorizes people. She's hilarious and brilliant and terrifying and he adores her. Dirk Strider loves his siblings.]
It's a battle bot. From this life. [It's possibly evil.]
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[There's a pause and a thought though.] You're good with machines, aren't you?
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[For. Spiders? Let's hope so.
That looks like a dude with an idea.]
Decently. What's up?
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What do you know about drones and spy cameras? Just out of curiosity.
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[So technological means of surveillance are important to learn about so he can punch bee drone spies or whatever.
also god he hates Retrospec]
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How hard would it be to build one that's self-sustaining and long-ranged? Like, say, if we wanted to send it somewhere further than the rest of us are willing to go.
makes shit uppppp
Transmission should be the easy part, but if somehow we're goin' somewhere out of range of the kind of transmission tech we have access to, we'd have to design it to set up its own relays as it goes along.
I know this pain, I am sorry Farrah
I want to see if we can send something out and see how far we have to go before we find another Retrospec building or a base. Minako and I were thinking about heading into the woods before...you know. This stupid shit happened. But you've heard the rumors that people think the building's just a front, haven't you? Wouldn't be a bad idea to confirm that and see if they're just out of our reach. Think that's too ambitious?
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Two things. Explain this theory to me because I have ideas and I don't like them, and borrowing schematics is fine if you know where you're borrowing from. Do you?
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[Why, Dirk? Just because. Anyway.]
They can take pictures from anywhere as if we're alone, the place looks like a front, bein' shrunk down felt like a glitch more than anythin', and those cracks in reality were nothin' if not reminiscent of clippin' out of game boundaries.
[There are serious implications to that theory, and he doesn't want to discuss them. For now, it's just a casual thought.]
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So...we've got one of two theories here. We're either reborn from some seriously fucked up past lives, or we're dropped into someone's game of The Sims that they bootlegged from somewhere. [A pause.] Could explain why all of the horses disappeared though. But if that's true that's even more reason to want to see where our boundaries are, isn't it?
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HE WILL NOT]
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That's deep. And also true, sort of. Even with everything from the hallucinomemories or whatever, we still remember everything about our current lives, don't we?
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Everything you've remembered so far. Has it changed you a lot?