week 4

[stagemanagers]

[Another week, and two more dead. King Richard and Red are both gone, and once again, it was through nothing more than an accident in the heat of the moment. Maybe if you all stay calm and collected, nothing bad will happen again?

Well, maybe not.

When you wake on Sunday, you'll find that you've recovered another one of those memories - or had another dream, if you still wanna be in denial about it. The grounds remain as they are, but this time, the door blocking the stairwell has been unsealed. You can now venture up to the second floor! This is the second time that's happened; it's almost as if you get more space every time someone dies. Or maybe the whole place just seems quieter.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday


(( Welcome to Week 4! Please remember to submit your AC and your memory regains, as well as your coins! You can also still contact the Phantom. ))

Comments

[justmeheere]

I mean. It's - I dunno. It's not ideal? Christine and. And Angus tied me to a chair and made me drink a bunch of. Of gross shit? Trying to turn it off? And it thought that was. Funny.

[He doesn't really know what he's getting at, with this, but it feels important to say.]

[37773972]

[...huh.] They're worried about you. But if it's not worried, then so long as nobody's getting hurt...

[He might have a talk with the two of them anyway, because what the hell, guys.]

It's kind of disturbing, watching it take over. It doesn't seem to have any emotions- but you said it found that funny?

[Is humor an emotion]

[justmeheere]

I dunno if. If funny is the right word? Killing it counts as murder, so it told me it was letting them. Letting them feel like they could accomplish something.

["Funny" is more how Jeremy perceived what it was saying? But it's really more anthropomorphization than anything.]

[37773972]

Wait, what? It's not a person, it's- just a computer, isn't it?

[IS THAT THING ACTUALLY ALIVE actually hold up]

Can you pause and let me talk to it?

1/2

[justmeheere]

[Jeremy sighs, pulling up the menu to pause and setting aside the controller. There's a moment where his face goes through a whole journey before his eyes go unfocused.]

[itsfromjapan]

[Slowly, Jeremy straightens up. His eyes are focused again, and he turns to look at Stephen. Unmistakably, the SQUIP is currently piloting the body.]

You could always ask the Phantom for confirmation yourself. It would save us both the trouble.

[37773972]

Don't get me wrong, I will, but- don't you think this would have been good to know before? What if they had managed to fry your circuits?

[itsfromjapan]

They could not. Admittedly, they were very clever in their reasoning but ultimately none of you possess the necessary beverage to deactivate me. If they did, I would have intervened before it happened.

[37773972]

Do you think it's impossible they could make that beverage? I'm guessing it's just some mix of chemicals that does the trick- and maybe the odds are slim, but is there no way they could make something?

And even if they couldn't- they need to know. They need to know exactly what'll happen if they did.

[itsfromjapan]

It is impossible, with the tools you all have at your disposal here. Mountain Dew Red was discontinued and the specific ingredients necessary are not available in the kitchen or through the merchandise booth.

[Honestly, it doesn't even understand why Stephen's so buttchafed about the other thing. It already said it would have intervened if there was real danger. Probably. Well, largely just because Jeremy would be inconsolable if Christine were killed.]

[37773972]

There has been a lot of shit coming out of there, SQUIP. If a couple dozen trombones can fly out of it, I'm not banking on - Mountain Dew Red, you said? Don't they still sell that?

[That's Code Red, Stephen]

[itsfromjapan]

They do not. You are thinking of the harmless replacement, Mountain Dew Code Red. [Or at least it assumes so.] Regardless, it was part of my agreement with the Phantom that it not be given out.

[37773972]

Which you're still keeping. [Aka passing on information.

...aka he still needs to dose Jeremy at times. Damn it. Still, all right, Code Red isn't Red, there's no chance of things actually deactivating (or at least, not enough that the SQUIP is worried about it).]

And that's the only way to deactivate you? No- EMPs or viruses or anything?

[hi hes not good with computers]

[itsfromjapan]

A fair point. Let me rephrase: Mountain Dew Red is the only way to safely deactivate me. Anything else would cause harm to Jeremy. You may not like it, but we are one.

[Please don't. Don't try to EMP the SQUIP. It will probably fry Jeremy's brain in the process.]

[37773972]

[Good enough. Except not, but. Yes.

Except]

You're one until we're out of here, and then it's up to Jeremy if he wants to keep you around or not.

[itsfromjapan]

No, you misunderstand: even when deactivated we are one. I cannot be safely removed from Jeremy's brain, only deactivated.

[Isn't that a fun piece of canon lore!! The SQUIP is just always there.]

[37773972]

[what the fUCK]

Did he know that when he took you!?

[itsfromjapan]

It was implied.

[Sorry, Stephen. We're contractually obligated to do this. Hand motions required, obviously.]

I'm from Japan
Just a gray, oblong pill
Quantum nano-technology CPU
The quantum computer in the pill will travel
Through your blood until
It implants in your brain and it tells you what to do
I'll tell you what to do

[37773972]

You'd tell me what to do.

[He finds himself echoing the last line along with the SQUIP before making a face at himself. Note to self, never trust any gray, oblong pills - or at least break them apart before imbibing.]

He could deactivate you, though, when all this is over? If nothing else, if he decides he doesn't need you anymore.

[...]

Or would you stop him?

[itsfromjapan]

Not consciously. I am, however, designed to protect myself as well as my host.

[Like. It's just a reflexive thing. Nothing wants to die!! Not even garbage super computers!!!!]

[37773972]

What about in the case where those conflict? What takes priority?

[itsfromjapan]

[The actual answer to this is "then I convince Jeremy to give SQUIPs to the entire school." But, uh. It's not about to just say that.]

I cannot answer that question without more specifics, unfortunately. There is no standard protocol for such a situation.