[Imagine if I tagged you back with "Luke is passed out asleep on the floor and Shoma is talking to nobody"
I won't do that though. He is coming from the kitchen!! He's got, like, a biscuit in his mouth or something.]
It wasn't too bad! A bigger party than I've been to in a while, though. [Full of DRUNKEN LOSERS AND FOOLS] Did you have a good time? It was probably a little weird, huh...
[ me as him tbh. but that's fine. enjoy your biscuit. ]
That makes two of us. [ dryly. but his vibes aren't as rancid as his tone indicates. they're actually pretty calm for the moment. ] It was okay. I wasn't going to stay for that long, but things got kind of interesting to watch after a while.
[ it was nice to be able to sit and judge everyone. ] Diluc said it was probably everybody trying to let off steam and I think I agree with him.
Interesting is a good word for it. [Nicer than insane, which it was] It probably wasn't smart for us to drink so much, but if it'll prevent resentment from festering, it'll do.
[ insane was the actual word he was going to use but he's being polite because currently he likes luke enough. ]
We haven't really started the job yet, so I guess it's fair to do it right now anyway. The last thing we need is people being too mad about the situation while we're all still cramped in here.
[ it was already wild during opening weekend. he'd hate to see how it'd be after they were here for even longer without an outlet. ]
That's better. [ haha. but overall, so far, yeah! they are not doing so bad. this will not last when people start dying. ]
The nanites are blocking a lot to make everybody on the same level. Everything from learned abilities to things that are a part of a person's genetics. I haven't figured out what does and doesn't count, but that's just what I've heard so far. The different things people wound up with are strange, too. What makes one person show up with a sword but another ends up with a bug?
Yeah? [Hmmm. With a moment's thought, he pulls the IRIS up and swipes over to the notes.] Do you mind telling me what all you've learned? We can keep a running list to see if we can spot any patterns.
Sure. [ he just does the same because he's also been keeping notes. wild. ] What do you want to know about first? I'm still going through and gathering data but...I can try.
Yeah. Magic, mostly, though there're some other things that're more like physical traits. I'm trying to understand if there's a pattern to what is and isn't allowed. It seems like the magic can be replicated inside a simulation room, but nothing can be used outside.
Magic... [TRULY WILD. Imagine being from a place where that exists.] If it can be simulated in those rooms, then it must have something to do with the way the IRIS works. [The nanites, probably.] They've built it in a way that allows it to manifest the user's perceptions and ideas, rather than a system confined within a preprogrammed range of capabilities. My guess is that it is breakable, but it'd be difficult to find those limits.
I was thinking that, too. It's missed some stuff, I think, but other stuff they've managed to pinpoint and disable without any other interference. There has to be a way to rewrite the nanites themselves if they were programmed in the first place, but that'd require getting them out or sending in another that'd change the function.
That might have something to do with the parameters they've set. The language they used has to be pretty precise, but in theory, they could've programmed them to set all of us below a certain level of strength, and left it to the AI to determine what that means.
[Which is like... probably not a surefire way of doing things, but also, look at this ship. It's a disaster.]
...If they're in our blood, I have no idea how we'd overwrite them. I guess you could inject new ones, but I don't know enough about nanites to know if that would make it worse, or do nothing...
It'd depend on how the previously-absorbed nanites are already operating in our system. Nothing says they'd affect all of us the same either. You gave a pretty good example of how they could be programmed to determine its own levels. There are too many of us from too many different worlds to have a completely solid base.
I think we're going to have to monitor ourselves for a little bit to see if the nanites cause any reactions. That's the best guess I have.
Mm... well, hacking the IRIS doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere for now, so I can help you out with that, if you want. I'll be taking my own notes anyway.
Yeah? [ he seems okay with that, even if he does not know luke will be dead. ] Sure. We could use all the notes we can get even just for comparison. If we see discrepancies in what we're observing that'll at least give us an idea of what to look into further.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
I won't do that though. He is coming from the kitchen!! He's got, like, a biscuit in his mouth or something.]
It wasn't too bad! A bigger party than I've been to in a while, though. [Full of DRUNKEN LOSERS AND FOOLS] Did you have a good time? It was probably a little weird, huh...
[At least Shoma has the right to judge them all]
no subject
That makes two of us. [ dryly. but his vibes aren't as rancid as his tone indicates. they're actually pretty calm for the moment. ] It was okay. I wasn't going to stay for that long, but things got kind of interesting to watch after a while.
[ it was nice to be able to sit and judge everyone. ] Diluc said it was probably everybody trying to let off steam and I think I agree with him.
no subject
Interesting is a good word for it. [Nicer than insane, which it was] It probably wasn't smart for us to drink so much, but if it'll prevent resentment from festering, it'll do.
no subject
We haven't really started the job yet, so I guess it's fair to do it right now anyway. The last thing we need is people being too mad about the situation while we're all still cramped in here.
[ it was already wild during opening weekend. he'd hate to see how it'd be after they were here for even longer without an outlet. ]
no subject
Yeah. Though, some people get violent when they're drunk, so it's for the best if we don't go crazy too often.
[Baiken..........]
no subject
Aren't some people already violent even without the alcohol?
[ baiken. ]
...but with as many weapons as people have here maybe you have a point.
no subject
More violent, less rational.
[Tbh they are a surprisingly calm and collected ship. (Childe voice) be more violent]
It was pretty bold of them to give people weapons in the first place, but I guess they don't need to worry when they were able to put nanites in us.
no subject
The nanites are blocking a lot to make everybody on the same level. Everything from learned abilities to things that are a part of a person's genetics. I haven't figured out what does and doesn't count, but that's just what I've heard so far. The different things people wound up with are strange, too. What makes one person show up with a sword but another ends up with a bug?
no subject
Yeah? [Hmmm. With a moment's thought, he pulls the IRIS up and swipes over to the notes.] Do you mind telling me what all you've learned? We can keep a running list to see if we can spot any patterns.
no subject
Sure. [ he just does the same because he's also been keeping notes. wild. ] What do you want to know about first? I'm still going through and gathering data but...I can try.
no subject
How about the learned abilities you mentioned? You said those were blocked for some people?
no subject
Yeah. Magic, mostly, though there're some other things that're more like physical traits. I'm trying to understand if there's a pattern to what is and isn't allowed. It seems like the magic can be replicated inside a simulation room, but nothing can be used outside.
no subject
Magic... [TRULY WILD. Imagine being from a place where that exists.] If it can be simulated in those rooms, then it must have something to do with the way the IRIS works. [The nanites, probably.] They've built it in a way that allows it to manifest the user's perceptions and ideas, rather than a system confined within a preprogrammed range of capabilities. My guess is that it is breakable, but it'd be difficult to find those limits.
[Time to become Let's Game It Out]
no subject
...which is where it gets complicated.
no subject
[Which is like... probably not a surefire way of doing things, but also, look at this ship. It's a disaster.]
...If they're in our blood, I have no idea how we'd overwrite them. I guess you could inject new ones, but I don't know enough about nanites to know if that would make it worse, or do nothing...
no subject
I think we're going to have to monitor ourselves for a little bit to see if the nanites cause any reactions. That's the best guess I have.
no subject
[He can't he will be dead]
no subject