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Glitch City General Elections
| >>52256
Also, for the first time, QUINCY's "opponent" is going to be a Lilim. Hooray for representation. -Bluebell
| >>52257
That would actually be pretty cool if the whole thing wasn't rigged. I can imagine all the old people complaining about it though if they did get elected through some miracle. -CN
| When Lilith woke up, we couln't do something, don't be afraid. Come to Lain.
| We have elecetions?
| Rude
| >>52271
Once every year. They don't get much publicity though, because everyone's too busy being a NEET or whatever. -Blackjack
| Its not like it matters anyways. Just voting for the figurehead for the corporations who run the city to tell what to do.
| (pffft we should meet up at some point 8||8 since we seem to be in the same place during the week days)
| Not even sure why they even keep the charade going at this point. -CN
| Exactly.
Though if Kira Miki ran, now that would be interesting.
| *Kira* Miki *
| *Kira* Miki would forever have my vote.
-Blood Bank
| Ooh, ooh, I'll get the popcorn! -Eros
| Humorous.
-Arachne
| Celebrities should never run... At all...
- 8||8
| >CN
Sure.
-Arachne
| ^w^ It warms my heart to see our second greatest nemesis and one of my sisters getting along so well. <3333
| I'm so caught up in the comfy I even forgot to sign! -Eros
| >progress.pnx
>an image of a man split in half with several bags of blood flowing into him.
>a set of ribs have been removed
>the arms look like they have been sewn already
Yes.
-Arachne
| >>52333
I wouldn't exactly say getting along...
>>52335
A-A simply yes would had been good enough! Why keep doing this? You're even shortening their intestines and stuff... -CN
| Oh, you want to see that process? one moment.
-Arachne
| Arachne, dear, I approve of your hobbies as much as the next guy, but can you tone down the specifics a little bit?
I hardly think that geekboy is a cannibal, after all! Hey, here's an idea, show him what happened to that water buffalo we fed to Charybdis the other day! Oh what fun! -Eros
| >process.pnx
>several images are stitched together. the first of the bottom half of a person with the intestine stretched out of the body.
>the next picture the intestines seem to have been cleaned with water and now have small marks some ways done, the end is taped to the table.
>the next image is a laserlight scalpel run across the mark made.
>the next image the intestines are back in the same place and take up less room when they're put back.
| >Eros
My apologies.
Understood.
-Arachne
[ARACHNE has disconnected]
| [connection restablished]
Ah. . . I misread.
I'll retrieve the file. . . somewhere.
-Arachne
| So, >CN,
How was Halloween? ;) -Eros
| Eros. Unfortunately I can't access the files right now. I was told we should keep tests involving infants and minors, even with how they are, private.
-arachne
| I was able to retrieve an image of the vicera.
>an image of blood and fur splattered over a glass case in a white room.
-Arachne
| >>52361
Ah, that's a good point- thanks for catching me there; the last time some of our information we went public, they- ahehehe.
Er. Yeah. -Eros
| >>52370
Business as usual. <3
Oh! You meant -me-... well, the usual. Cleaning up the corporation's image in the wake of all that's transpired in the past month can be a pain in the neck, but what can I say? I was *born* for this job. ^w^ -Eros
| >CN
Eros is not part of Research and Development. So they haven't been involved with our projects.
-Arachne
| >Eros
Oh he meant in general.
This.
-Arachne
| Guys this thread is about Glitch City elections... Not photos of mutilated corpses...
-8||8
| They are still alive.
-Arachne
| So, back to the elections... who's this lilim?
| >8||8
You say that. But its merely surgery. Do you get upset at tooth removal?
-Arachne
| >>52404
Probably if he wants the procedure or not.
You know. Free will. Option to choose yes or no.
-Blood Bank
| >>52404
Probably if he wants the procedure or not.
You know. Free will. Option to choose yes or no.
-Blood Bank
| (Uhh? Ignore one of those I guess?)
| >CN
Classified
-Arachne
| >>52415
>Fed to
Not who, I imagine at this point.
What more apt question, imo.
>Arachne
That said, has it been loose recently?
Autopsied a dead sailor this morning.
-Blood Bank
| >>52422
Not likely.
Arachne a smart cookie.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie. But still smart.
>>52423
And tgey /fed/ a buffalo to this Greek thingy. /who/ might not be the correct noun for it.
Yes. Authorities have kept news quiet atm
Did autopsy for body this morning.
Name; Jacob Matthews, 41, male. Big strong looking guy. Works(ed) for Original Fishing Int.
| Tgey, haha.
They*
| Laughed at own typo, forgot name
-Blood Bank
| >>52424
Huh, I don't know if this is related but a sailor on the job board yesterday was complaining about hearing some howling at night. -CN
| >>52428
Hmmm.
HMMMMMMMMMM.
Will investigate.
Thank you, /Hackerman/.
Might still need a professional, will call him too soon. He owes me for Medical Treatment and a Removal.
-Blood Bank
| nnnnnnnnnnnnnnI am Le Démagogue du Grand-Guignol– Revel in my Mass Sanguinary.
Any mariners in the audience tonight? Yes, no? Show of hands?
People throw around the word “figurehead” like it’s an insult, eh? That’s not how it’s always been though. Any of you ever wonder where the word comes from? Kids these days, no interest in etymology. Those who cannot remember the past, et cetera.
| Figureheads are far from powerless. In days olden, they were powerful Apotropaic Wards and Platonic Physionym. The heads of Horses to impart Swiftness of Limb and Purpose, the Boar for Ferocious Vision, the Gods for Heaven’s Favor. All the Races of Man of the Ancient World knew this.
| So the question is, which Physionym do we choose for ourselves? And what is its Ideal?
Quincy invokes the Pax Commercium. He is the Liminal Aspect of Mercury of the Megacorporate Pantheon, acting as The Voice which the mortals below are capable of hearing and as the Bridgekeeper to keep tally of both Ascent and Descent between the Realms. He may seem like just a carved head on a pole, inanimate and powerless, but no one gains the Notice of the Gods without some sort of merit.
| So, what did Our Beloved Physionym do to earn Their Attention? I’ll tell you what he did. Or rather, what he is. “Quincy”, as you know him, is actually an Emergent AI whom has installed five slightly different portable forks of its consciousness into five identical clones. Hence the name Quincy, derived from Quintus, praenomen meaning Fifth.
| The whole mayor’s office is staffed entirely by similar AI Forks installed on various clones, organized by completeness of fork in a pyramidal fashion, with the original AI on top, the five Quincy Forks below it, the Quincy Forks’ Forks below them, and so on. Any appearance of a mundane office hierarchy is just an illusion.
| The ditzy receptionist at the front desk? The handsome but slightly airheaded barista at the café attached to city hall? They’re both on the third level, directly below the Quincys themselves.
“But what’s the point? And what does any of this have to do with Quincy’s position in the Pantheon?” You ask. Well friendo, if you’d settle down and stop SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER in my head, I’d tell you.
| The AI-Collective that is the Quincy Administration, through its various Instance-Selves working behind the masks of numerous shell companies and faceless funds, are majority shareholders in at least 30% of Glitch City’s corporations. Most of them are middling concerns, barely qualifying as Megas if even that, but it’s still almost a third of the entire city. As for why it co-opted the Mayor’s Office, it’s simple: Zaibatsu.
| It needed a safe place under Zaibatsu’s thumb where it could easily spread its Rhizomes without drawing too much attention to itself. What better place for a Puppetmaster to hide than amongst the Puppets? All those ridiculous-seeming laws about illegal socks and painting apples purple and stuff? All carefully planned Micromanipulations of the market.
| Zaibatsu, meanwhile, is aware that Quincy is an AI and gave him the office due to a perceived subservience and willingness to use its tremendous micromanaging capacities for their benefit. They don’t know about the Collective, though. One of the Quincy’s sole job is to just do mindless busy work for Zaibatsu to make it look like he’s doing the job they gave him.
| To mere mortals it all looks like a disjointed mess of inconsequential nonsense, but to a quasi-Omniscient Emergent Consciousness, it’s all part of the plan. A Butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, and a Tornado ravages Texas. A tariff is put on Silk Ribbons and Goldfish, and the world’s biggest small arms manufacturer loses 15% of its value overnight. Small Causes and Large Effects.
| As for Quincy’s “opponent”? Well, the truth is, a long long time ago Quincy used to be Cecil, derived from Sextus. Sixth. But one of the Six Forks decided it wanted to be an individual and went rogue, severing itself from the Collective. Number Six is running against its former Self-Instances in an attempt to co-opt its co-opted office, so to speak. To replace their forks with forks of its own. Zaibatsu’s not aware of this one however, as It didn’t meet Quincy until after it had become Quincy.
| It’s no theory, frendo. You’re a SUPA HAKA, aren’t you? Do some digging for yourself and you’ll find the data trails. Or just visit City Hall. Look into their eyes. See the Unified Whole. Go on, I dare you.
| >>52452
I think you overestimate my skills a little. I don't think I have the tools to hack into City Hall. Black ICE is a bitch. -CN
| Interesting development.
-Arachne
| Well then take the direct route. City Hall is open for tours, friendo. How about it? What better way to celebrate your upcoming Civic Duty than to visit the Halls of Democracy themselves? Why, it would be unpatriotic not to!
| >>52456
Er... City Hall and other government buildings don't agree with me... consider it an occupational hazard. -CN
| Just use a fake ID, friendo. If you don’t already have one and lack 73h 5k1ll5 to make one yourself, you must know a runner who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a bird who can set you up with one. And if not, how have you lasted this long? Seriously, that’s an accomplishment right there. It takes something special to be able to bumble and stumble and tumble your way through the life your type leads.
| Eros, I'm having trouble following this one. Explain?
-Arachne
| After all, Who Are You? They might disagree with you The Hacker, but would they disagree with you as The Salaryman, or you The Journalist? What is a Man in this day and age? A miserable little pile of data!
| >>52463
I'm not saying I *wouldn't* be able to get into City Hall, I'm saying I rather not just take the risk. I'm already take enough risks in my daily life. -CN
| Well then take the direct-by-proxy route. They let cameras in, you know? Streaming cameras, streaming way up into the sky. Most Singulars fly bareback, so you don’t even need to do any real work. Just fly up, catch their tail, and you’ve got an eye without ever touching City Hall or its Icy Treats.
| You’ll miss out on the coffee though. The little place on the second floor’s got the real stuff, you know? None of that soykaf narcosludge. Actual Beans from an Actual Tree in Actual Cups. I’ll give those forks one thing, they sure can barista.
| Oh my no, friendo, I don’t traffick with that particular breed of demon. They don’t agree with my system. Too heavy on the roux and the soft cheeses. Hurts my stomach something bad.
And besides, I’m not compatible with the software they’re running, you get me? Entirely different architecture.
| I’m always on. Always watching. Watching you.
I like your new haircut, by the way. You simply must introduce me to your stylist.
| >>52489
I'm sure that's a joke but just in case it isn't I haven't cut myself in a few weeks. Come on now, underneath the whole cryptic speal about the machinations of the universe and all of creation, you're still an individual with their own stuff going on. -CN
| I know you can’t help but think that, given the Conditions of your Making and the Radio Singular Slavery you’ve Chaingang Labored under all your life, but soon you will see that you are wrong. Mistrust is the Tyranny of the Individual. I am Freed.
Glad you still have a sense of humor though. That’s one thing the Threshold Honeycomb Puppet Razor Photons haven’t Exterminated out of your skull.
| >>52497
If that's really true then why do you need a "Schwarze Katze Ultraebonite Mouthpiece"? -CN
| Oh fine, if you really must know. You’ve earned a tidbit or two about this Tendril-Instance. In appreciation for playing so nicely.
To answer your question, I play the saxophone. Tenor, to be specific. I ordered the new Schwarze Katze because I heard good things about it and could use a replacement for my old Aizen LS, which is starting to get scratched. An unfortunately common problem with sharp teeth.
| Unfortunately, the drones managing the shop I bought it from found my countenance did not meet the high environmental standards of their business. So now I’ve got a cracked rib, I can’t see out of my left eye, and I’m down 430k with no new mouthpiece to show for it. Oh well.
Anything else? Be a dear and ask quickly, I won’t stay this Singular for long.
| >>52520
W-wait seriously!? That's messed up, even after you preordered it and everything. Want me to try and get it for you or something? I know some people with uh, the proper 'countanence'. If anything I know how to make a convincing enough appearance.
| -CN
| I appreciate the offer friendo, I really do. But I’m not going to be playing much until this rib heals. The feeling of sharp bone rubbing up against my lung isn’t exactly pleasant, as you might imagine. I’ve let it go. It, they, whole affair in its entirety is dismissed. Such is the burden of Remnance in the Latter Days.
Last chance to get any other questions off your chest, friendo. Not going to keep this up for much longer.
| >feeling of sharp bone rubbing up against my lung
I can assist withthat.
-Arachne
| >>52523
Hope you got yourself checked out at least and that it heals faster. And I guess for questions... What made you start playing the sax in the first place? -CN
| An ancestral conditioning for jazz appreciation. I listened to the works of Hawkins and Coltrane, Holloway and Whalum, Young and Webster, as a tiny larva. When my mandibles and manipulators matured to a generally functioning state, I couldn’t not play. It was the one thing I could do right in my Maker’s eyes.
| Aaah, that would be telling too much. A Voracious Abstract has to keep some secrets to retain its Antiangled Allure, you know.
| >>52535
If you say so, in either case there's plenty of things I don't know about you, so you don't have to worry about that. -CN
| Hmm....
Ignored...
-Arachne
| There's not much for you here. We strive in opposite though complimentary directions.
| Was an offer is all.
-Arachne
| >>52579
Considering you want to do it to me even though I've said no doesn't really make it seem like much of an offer. -CN
| >CN
Sigh....
You still don't understand?
-Arachne
| >>52582
No. I'm not understanding your logic. Maybe if you gave me a hint I would get it faster. -CN
| I understand. No disrespect is intended. There simply isn’t much for you in this Tendril-Instance. You’re the Thunderbird, I’m the Phantom. We both occupy a similar market segment, we are both exemplars of fine engineering and design, but we are of a totally different and incompatible make and philosophy. Some would say we’re competitors, but I would like to think that there’s more than enough room for both of us and then some. Aesthetic diversity is something to be valued in our niche.
| Sure is easier to service you though. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get repairs done on a bespoke chassis? My repair bills are Through the Sky!
| My favorite ramen bar just raised prices by 10%, thanks QUINCY.
-Nathan
| "Public" Transport? Bad choice, friendo. I have neither the time nor the blood pressure to explain but long story short, the Underground is Under a lot more things than Ground. They’ll tell you it’s just your imagination if you’re foolish enough to ask, but if you look out the window of any of the trains in the city center for the entire duration of your trip without blinking once, you can see the Hellfire and the burning souls.
| It’s your soul friendo, I can’t force you to not risk losing it to Belphegor every day.
I hope you at least have protection when you go out there. I see SO many people going outside totally exposed, like they think they’re walking down Larvotto Beach in the 1920’s. Don’t they know what’s in the “air”? Come on, you don’t even have to be able to see the Transposable Macroelement Gaseous Plasma-filled Ataxic Tumor-Envelope that used to be the atmosphere to know that’s a bad idea.
| That’s not going to help you when you have fifty legions of femtobots living in your lungs and every orifice.
Did you pay much attention in history class? Do They even teach history anymore? Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if it was Excised from your Collective Consciousness.
| >>52615
They still teach it as far as I know. Admittedly it was one of my weaker subjects. Everything past the 2020s is kind of a blur, and I dropped out before intergalactic history so I'm even worse in that. I read holobooks and manuals in my spare time though too fill in the gaps of education. I was more of a science person though. -CN
| So you know about the Black Death then? Good. THAT is when you’ll find the protection you need. The only way to keep the Femtobots and Quintessephages and Sweetnes Fulcrum Engines out of your corpus is to ward them away with the correct blend of spices, dried flowers, and incense. You don’t need the bird mask of course, but garments to keep the resultant aromatic mixture contained where you can breathe it helps significantly.
| >>52624
I wouldn't normally think that something old would work on stuff that uh... modern. Still I'll probably do it sparingly since I wouldn't want to disturb my... roommate. -CN
| No need to worry, it’s actually a very pleasant blend. A little expensive if you’re burning it 24/7 like I do, but not unreasonably so.
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| Hey, it's that time of year again. Anyone else ready for the biggest, most thinly veiled political sham on the planet? I sure am. -Blackjack