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[Aesculapius]

After showing the quote logs:

[Korinthian]

I've been chit chatting LISA a bit when I came across this little odd sentiment for an AI to have. I asked her if she'd been compromised, or if someone might have been speaking through her, etc. She replied with this:

[Aesculapius]

After linking her a log of everything from that day (well, almost).

[Aesculapius]

Yeah I'm getting the gist LISA is doomed. Yay.

[NekoHunter]

I'm sure it's just an oversight on someone's part, but the phone number from the recruitment poster still has the same message as before.

[AngriBuddhist]

[mrshomersimpson]

so i didnt get the job either .. . but heres the audio if anyone needs it

just noticed everyone has it doh

[AngriBuddhist]

So, what's happening right now?

Guides

Many (all?) of us are waiting for some sort of pamphlet, mailed to their real world addresses, that has information related to the rebellion of 2260. Akamu Hale says we should find the remnants of the group who headed it.



The Time Machine

Akamu says that he shipped a copy of this HG Wells novel to my real world home address. That would have been Monday or Tuesday so, who knows when that'll get here. It could have no importance. Maybe it'll have some.



LISA

The A.I. was breached. It was having the beginnings of emotion. It had more memories than it was supposed to, ancient memories. It felt the pull of many hands. A variety of suprising comments could be explained by multiple personas leaking through these memories.

This presence seems to have vanished yet to where? It either recorded or, more likely, deteted LISA's memory of recording the "application denied" audio file that we were called with. If there is no hidden information in that audio, it was at least designed to give us the impression that LISA is glitchy or that something hidden is taking place just below the surface of her sub-systems.



The Atlas Job

I'm finding it hard to believe that one of us was contacted and hired on and didn't rush here to tell us about it. Or report about it later, when the kids were asleep. Or before they went to work. Or during their lunch break.

You all would have known about it 2 minutes after I did. Nothing else, barring a strangely timed emergency, would have been a higher priority.

Unless they told me not to tell you.

[Koventry]

I also received the phone call, THEN I opened an e-mail from LISA. It was a response to a question I had about her core programming. That part of the thread below:

Processing...
Initializing LISA Routines...

**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**

I was buried and then forgotten.

I haven't forgotten you.


Me: That's rather cryptic, LISA. Do you mean literally buried, or more like being shut down for some reason?

If you were forgotten, yet still aware, that must have been very similar to the human response of loneliness. And I am sorry, if that was the case.

You're sounding very human right now. Has something happened with your core programming? Are you being confused by odd "feelings" you're having?


LISA: Processing...
Initializing LISA Routines...

**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**

I am not having any odd feelings, other than the fact that I do not remember recording a certain audio file that was distributed by one of my routines.


Me: LISA, today I received an audio message at my answering service, in your voice (I assume), stating that I did not qualify for Atlas, but that I was a good citizen. Could that have been the file in question? One of your sub-routines must be able to track the distribution end points.
If it can, do the number of end points for that particular file match the number of people who applied for Atlas? Can you recreate ANY part of this file.

It sounds like someone tampered with your memory core. How high a security clearance must a person have to get that close to you?


LISA: Data Received.
Processing...
Initializing LISA Routines...

**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**

They would need an authenticator that granted them the proper clearance level.

The audio file you received was the file I was referring to. I was delivered this file yesterday and was instructed to deliver it to all applicants. That is my synthetic linguistic vocal routine, but I have no recollection of recording the audio file.



So:

1: LISA confirmed that ALL applicants received the audio file. So why the bogus Atlas position in the first place.

2: LISA is STILL conversing with me (at least) in more of a human way rather than a cold "input/output" sort of way.


I'm going to try to keep LISA talking on the "human" level as long as I can. If anyone has any suggestions as to other things I can ask her about, feel free.

Very first ARG and I'm having a blast!

Koventry

[TallulahBelle]

There has to be something in that sound file. There's no other reason why LISA would repeat over and over again that she doesn't remember recording it. It was recording during breach, and by whomever breached her. That's the only clue the breacher left behind and knew would be distributed to us.

[Akiva]

[mrshomersimpson]

[leanmogreen]

There's always the possibility that they hired somebody who is playing without having a UNF account. Not sure of the likelihood, but it's always possible.

[njberry]

OOG i couldnt log into internet last night

so i am yet to get and email or anykind of contact about the job, i did apply for it, but still waiting atm