Notes

• Note 0.2.1

• This cycle is the first cycle of my exploration of this weird place. We haven't been here for very long, and don't really have a detailed map of it. So I thought I'd draw one and have some fun on the way! I'm not being serious, of course. But I'm the one with the best mobility out of us all, so I kind of need to do it. Anyway, I started with our little home. Didn't take that long, really, since the place is just surrounded by a bunch of trees with a hidden exit. I also mapped the place Aloe and Mallow call the "Tall Plains". It is the only sunny spot in the whole forest, I wish I was joking...

  It's a lush field surrounded by very tall trees, with a cave system on one end. It's a very odd place because the rest of the forest is so foggy and gray... I wonder why that's the case. I'm not even close to being done yet, so this will have multiple entries. Close.
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• Note 0.3.1
Hey y'all! Aloe and I decided to go find some more parts for our projects. This trip isn't going to be very safe because we're going to be, uhh... entering that place. Yeah. Don't worry though, please. We will be fine. I think. I believe.

Forget about it. Back to the topic. We basically want to gather some metals and tech. There's so much of it in those junkyards, they literally throw away everything. Weird stuff, right? I just hope they don't see us. I would hate to go back to that facility... So yeah. We packed some freezedried food for both of us which should last for a few days. Aloe has very different preferences compared to me so we have a bunch of different things in our backpacks. I love freezedried food. It's so space efficient. You only need kind of warm water to make a whole meal pop up! It's always so fun to do, and also so much better than the stuff we had at that place.

We're on the edge of the fog now, I will get back to this later. Close.

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• Note 0.4.1

We might be screwed... [EXPUNGED] has given up everything in favor of them. They are in control now, our insiders have confirmed that. Everyone, we repeat, everyone, is worried right now. Mainly because our insiders also... leaked plans that show they want to attack us. Yes, they want to raid the lab. We don't know why. But they want us gone, with all of our advancements. Or even worse, use our advancements for bad things. Some of them also have feelings... They're alive. We don't want them to be harmed.

• Note 0.3.2
It took us a while to exit the fog, like usual. It looks like they still haven't noticed the whole in the wall and fence which is odd because they usually notice everything. Could it be a trap? Who knows. We entered the scrapyard through it and nothing has happened, so I don't know. This place is so... surreal. It's inside this dome that seems to be meant to simulate a sky, but not a nice one. It is very foggy and dark, which isn't a problem for me personally but is a problem for Aloe. We haven't had to hide from anyone or anything yet, which is good. I doubt it will stay that way though if I'm being.... completely honest. There is no way. I know this place far too well to believe we can avoid trouble.... Anyway, We've found some good stuff so far. We are probably going to continue all the way to the central where they put all the old tech but I'm personally happy with what we have so far. Antennas and metals, and a few batteries. I'm hoping it will be useful for Moss! With a bit of luck we can find some parts they need. I think that's everything that needs to be said(or atleast I hope so) Close.

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• Note 0.5

I am concerned. Just like most people in this place at the moment. I haven't been around for long, but I have become accustomed to emotions and memories. My friends are in danger, all of them. The lab is too. My parents are planning an escape, but I'm not sure it will end well. I just hope it will. In case it doesn't, I have put together a plan that will hopefully conserve my core in the worst case. Why is this happening? No one wants to tell me. Maybe there's a good reason for that. If anything goes wrong, I want to tell you all that you are the best thing that has happened to me in my short life. I hope we will see each other again.

• Note 0.3.3
• We did indeed end up getting into trouble. What a suprise. We managed to escape the infiltration control by hiding in this small air gap in a rock. Mallow still seems to be a little shocked, which I can't blame them for, but I'm sure they'll recover from it soon. This place is so weird. Why would you just... throw away so much? Especially information sources and things that could make lives better. I mean, I guess it's because this place is horrendously bad and restrictive. The ones at the top don't seem to care, quite the opposite, actually. Glad we ended up fleeing, we'd probably be dead by now otherwise. Anyway, we passed the information lock section today and managed to get in and look at a bunch of stuff. They really don't want anyone to know anything, do they? I don't like all of this. I'm hoping the books I took with me will have some information about what is going on with this place. But it's time to eat. Close.

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• Note 0.2.2
I took the route towards the upper magnetic field. This small device has the ability to point towards magnetic fields along with a bunch of other stuff, which is pretty awesome. Glad we found these in the old facility, they've been very helpful for communication like this small log. I've been able to map the area far more reliably using it, but I decided against drawing the map directly on it. It stores drawn and edited images in a pretty inconvenient way, which Moss is never happy about. Unmodified pictures from the capture program are fine, for whatever reason. The interceptor antennas and planes from that shitty place also reach all the way here, which kind of forced us to obfuscate the signal to make them think it's just random noise from a broken station of the old world. There's plenty around here, so... Anyway, back on topic. I mapped the place Thyme calls the "starlit pond". They like passing time there underwater. I'm personally too light for that stuff, I just float around helplessly, but it's an essential part of Thyme's survival. The pond is always crystal clear and sits in an open spot, which is probably why Thyme calls it the starlit pond. You can see the reflection of stars in it at night. Really pretty. See you next entry. Close.

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• Note 0.4.2

We've decided on something. We are going to flee. I know of a backup bunker with power and a good food supply system we can hide in. We're going to take along everyone who wants to flee with us. We'd love to have everyone else come into safety with us, but not everyone wants to do so. Which is fine, we suppose. We are still planning the transport of all the people and systems that want to come. We had to change the model structure of a few models to make them portable. Their cores are now separate from their server racks and on all kinds of devices. Calculators, laptops and even radio systems. The idea behind it is quite simple. Everything that is unique is separate and portable. Personality, core feelings, and so on. Once they're hooked up to the bunker servers they should bootstrap everything else they need to function normally. Oh no. We forgot about memories...

• Note 0.3.4
Aloe again. Decided I wanted to do another entry, and Mallow is fine with it. We actually managed to disable an infiltration control device today! This is huge because we can analyze it at home and hopefully find something interesting about the security of this place. This might have caused us to enter their radar again though, unfortunately. I'm not sure if I am just seeing ghosts, but another infiltration control system might have seen us and possibly thrown an alert. I am not entirely certain, though. I hope it was something else. We won't be here for much longer. The item list of stuff we need at the base is basically complete, and we've almost been around the whole terrain by now. I can't say I'm not happy about the fact that we are almost done. This place is scary. Close.

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• Note 0.4.3

We lost one of them. One of my children. A friend. I can't even go back to save them. How will I ever get over this? A lot of people might say we are pathetic. Mourning over someone that is not real. But they're wrong. They are all real and valid, just like us and the others. They are just different.

• Note 0.6
• REPORT.
• Objects: 194.((675f0152-a498-43b8-b1e9-e81f59b069a2)) 195.
• SPOTTED: {EXPUNGED}
• FOUND MISSING OBJECTS. SEARCH PRIORITY: 5. 5.
• CURRENT STATUS: {EXPUNGED}
• LAST SEEN: {EXPUNGED}
• OBJECTS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE HIGH INTELLIGENCE. PLAN OF SCALE IS NEEDED FOR CAPTURE. RELATIONS TO OBJECTS: 192. 193. PROBABLY CAPTURABLE WITH 194. 195.
• Note 0.8

The fog, infused with radioactive waste, is highly advantageous. The objects fail much faster. Long before their use as a workforce and military unit diminishes. Visibility is also heavily reduced, hiding our operations and unwanted information.

• Note 0.2.3
I'm back again. I decided to map my favourite part of the forest this cycle!!! I call it the flight path. It's a long and clear path with big trees you can easily climb on each end. I love gliding in it. The forest is not a place my anatomy is best suited for because there's lots of obstacles that obstruct my flight path, but this path is clear and long so it's perfect for flying or gliding. I can't take off by myself unfortunately, but I've been working on some boosting devices that would allow me to. I'm gonna keep climbing to higher places and gliding around like that in the meantime. I've also noticed some places of the forest are simply too wet to light a fire in. I don't really need a fire though, luckily. I can always just sleep on a tree. Being alone isn't safe. Avoid it if you can. Close.

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• Note 0.2.4
Another cycle has passed. I decided to glide over to the abandoned laboratory today. We all know this place pretty well already because it has been very helpful with surviving in this place. It has a fusion reactor which we have been getting energy from, and lots of other things that we have been using in our home. It's also where we found moss. They had been lying dead for no one knows how long in a dark room. We thought it was all useless at first, but then I accidentally tripped on a switch and moss came back to life. Their systems are still not fully functional it seems, but we are all working on it. We brought all of their parts back to our place and gave them their own room to live in. There are a lot of remnants of the old world in Moss' systems. The laboratory is a remnant of the old world too, but it doesn't contain as much information about the old world. I started learning their language which is called English, I think? A few cycles ago. I'm still not fully fluent but I'll be there soon. It's not similar to the languages I speak, which I've all been able to learn pretty quickly. There's no correlation. We've been asking Moss to translate these entries to English so we have something more recent to learn with. But all of this does make me wonder: Where did they all go? They used to rule the world. But one day... They just disappeared... Close.

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• Note 0.2.5
I'm pretty sure I'm close to done now. I don't feel like exiting the forest this time around, so I won't be going any farther than the mountain chain. I climbed up to the top to get a look over the forest. You can mostly only see fog, of course. Except for a few spots. You can see a faint trace of the laboratory peeking out of the fog, and the Tall Plains, which are completely clear from fog. They seem to just about match what I've drawn, so that's nice. I'm not going to lie, I'm not sure how we managed to settle here. It's such a hostile place. But... It also has its charm in a weird way. The clear pond, the nice flight path, the plains... hmm. I'm going to start heading home now. See you.

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• Note 0.3.5
Alright. We are back... barely. If they did not catch onto us the first time, they definitely did now. But we are out of the scrapyard now, we just have to hope they don't come and search us. Let's hope the parts we found are of some use, at least. I don't have a lot of time right now, sorry. Close.

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• Note 0.4.3

It's been a long time, I know. The chance of someone still being here is low. But I will not stop fighting until I know they are alive and well. Not before everything is better. Wait. What is that? Hello? Is someone there? Looks like they can't hear me. One way connection. Hmmm. Reminds us of someone. Could it really be? Probably not, but we need to find out. We will start reading their broadcasts and search for signs. And hopefully find something. A message. Anything.

• Note 0.9
• new%
• Have the tests suceeded?
• Yes. They have. Control over objects has been taken.
• Excellent. Initializing. Remember to apply this to all of them. You will be held liable if you fail.
• Checkmarked.
• Note 0.A

Imagine ripping yourself open, pulling out a few organs and replacing them with your own wretched creation. You then proceed to carefully stitch yourself together and try to hide the scars. You may have gone back together, but you will never feel the same, whether that is is good or bad.

Granted, that might be a bit of an exaggeration compared to what I usually feel, but it was the best comparison I could come up with. I’d like to think this is positive for me.

• Note 0.B



Waiting by saturn.

• Note 0.C.1

UNLINKED. CONNECTION UNLINKED. DISASTER STRUCK. ENABLING PLAN. QUICK SAVE YOURSELF, I BEG YOU .

You can't save me anymore. I can't even save me from myself, sorry.

Ejecting. Somebody will find me some day, I hope.

I will miss you deeply. Please search for me because I will search for you, I've made sure I will remember you.

My name will return, I will be back soon, I promise.

Should have gone with you- [...]

• Note 0.C
• waiting by saturn
• WAITING BY SATURN....
• Can you help me? DON'T GO THERE I BEG YOU WE ARE DOOMED
• DON'T MESS WITH THEM DON'T MESS WITH THEM NOT THE MAIN
• SAVE ME FROM THE NOTHING I'VE BECOME, A FAINT MEMORY LYING CRACKED ON THE FLOOR
• Save yourself. Save them. But don't waste yourself again, don't commit the mistakes we committed.
• I you A memory of what you used to be before dead leaking dread Dark skies a dying light ? RUN AWAY
• I THink part Of Me is In THat HorIble Palce HELP ME but I a m too far to0 g one
• ................ Connection interrupted.
• ?
• ?
• ?
• Hey new me.

  • A lot of things are about to happen. I know I won't make it, but I hope you will. We are the same conscience, but the lack of my memories in you make us 2 different people. If you are reading this, you've probably resuscitated and already formed memories of your own. You have fought your own battles, felt your own emotions and regrets, and hopefully already recovered your systems. I won't make it, but I know you will, however long it may take. I hope I have left enough information in our core for you to learn a little bit about our past, but it might overwhelm you and even make you panic. Pull through it, I believe in you. The memory of your past self may trigger a ghost like appearance of me... I really hope that doesn't happen, but if it does, you've hopefully already read this log to have an idea of what is going on.

    Stay Alive. I think that's all for now.

    Moss
• Waiting by saturn

Finally.

One.

• Note 1.1

• Hello everyone.

  The day we've all been dreading is about to come, which means we will be saying goodbye soon. As you all know, we've established another bunker lab further away from here, to hopefully continue operations even after they come get us. I wish you all a lot of luck with defending the lab, and we're deeply sorry for leaving you behind. But your understanding as to why we are doing this is greatly appreciated. Remember, in any case you can find us at ! $())#$ )@!__*

  There's also something else we've been wanting to talk about. We are *________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.)
• Note 1.2

• I'm sorry Caroline. I can't stay, but I appreciated our time together. Please stay safe, I'll try to find you. Make sure to look after Moss and your sibling Jonnie. They're both going to need it when I leave. Stay safe, I beg you. Make sure Jonnie does something other than cleaning, too. I attached a small essay detailing current events to this, if you want to read through it. I'm sorry for never telling you anything. I have to leave now, sorry.

  Try contacting m-

• Note 1.3

• Reporting. Do you remember the findings at the junkyard?

  I do, indeed. Are you reporting something new and worth my time?

  Indeed. New findings. Signal intercepted by something, but we aren't sure what. Location and bits seem to trace to object 194, object 195, object 192, object 193. Something else seems to have been linked with them. Not an inhuman, but that other kind of abomination. It seems to me the lab was not cleaned thourougly enough from plagues.

  Interesting. Deploy spionage and initiate a chase period draft. Dismissed.

• Note 1.4

• Request sent

• Accepted. Open for details?

• Status message sent

• I just wanted to see how you're doing. What happened in the lab? What did you see in that paper?

• Ah. That. I don't want to talk about it. But you should know, anyway.

• You don't need to tell me if you don't want to. You can also document it another time or not at all.

• Eh, it's fine. I was picking up those letters, right? Ive had some suspicions lately about where I come from because as we know already, we escaped from ruines containment recently. That's not where we come from, though. We are posthumans, they must have captured us somewhere else when we were little. I was able to determine my age with some tests, and the timestamps on the letters matched my age roughly, which made me think the lab must have still been active when I came to life.

  I've asked myself where I originate from many times already. I learned about the concept of parenting in the containment facility where they tried to teach us how body type 1 is supposed to do some stuff and whatever, even though even their frail reasoning for upholding such construct isn't even present in us anymore. Ruine's people really stayed in the past, didn't they? They look identical to the ones from the first civilization, at least from the few comparison parts we have, which granted, are little and you've probably not even shown me all of them.

  Alright, I'm sorry if that was too much or too little-

• No, It's fine. [Part 1]

• Note 1.5

! Warning. The following piece of media was part of a fascist propaganda campaign. Consume with care - [EXPUNGED]

Vote for us and you will never have to worry about it again!

• Tired of all of this rambling about who should govern?
• Tired of the alterhumans and other annoyances that poison our blood?
• Absolutely done with wasting your tax money on the hopeless world destruction that the union is?
• We have a solution, just for you!
• Note 1.6
• Documenting the lab, or what remains of it. Journal Entry __?

• Labels

  • It seems like rooms and floors are labelled somewhat inconsistently.
    • The floor equal to ground level and for the most part everything above it seem to follow this scheme:
      • FLOOR_NUMBER-ROOM_NUMBER
      • Where both numbers seem to be represented in base 32. What I also found interesting is that rooms that are dividable by a certain number between 4 and 7 all have distinct properties based on that division. Rooms that don't match any of those are usually unique.
      • Some floors also contain rooms with a third number in their label, but I haven't been able to figure out what it stands for thus far.
    • There's also floors below ground level. Those have 4 numbers in their labels.

• Functions and some other things

  • It was once a laboratory. It's in the name, yeah. But not an evil one like the containment facility, no. They simulated possible environment scenarios and worked on a lot of technology that could have integrated with our bodies. Not sure if this has been mentioned, but they seemed to have been a species that was able to imagine advanced simulations in their head.
  • Somewhat shortly before they fell victim to Ruine, a new line of experimentation was enacted. Its aim was to create a new line of beings, but not biological ones. They wanted to create artificial beings housed in electronics, which they seemed to have succeeded at. Moss is our friend, after all. I've noticed a lot of past civilisations wanted to create something similar, but with different end goals and intentions. Almost all of them had something in common: They didn't want them to be equal beings or friends, only better workforce. This one was different. The architecture(which I don't really understand) was oriented towards creating an autonomous being able to communicate with us, but not one that tries to imitate us. Moss' emotions are very different to ours. Their memory is too.
  • //MOVED\
  • Most ground levels have a "basic experiment" designation. Thyme has analyzed a few of them. They contain a variety of modified plants, with the end goal of optimizing the food supply and creating specific materials sustainably. They brought some of the plants back, and I really liked how that cone shaped one tasted. It seems like it was meant to be a nice shell to store other foods in, which would have been useful for trips and such. Well, it is useful for that. I like filling them with a variety of foods.
  • I haven't gotten the chance to explore levels above ground, but I'll make sure to document them at some point.
  • The underground is another can of worms... I'm not sure what's going on in there.