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[QUESTION/SPEC] Who is the narrator in the first story?

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:48 am

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GunsmithCat · Unfettered Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 459

I think the common spec is that this is a narration put together by Princess. It's told all in allegory and could have been tied together by reading various fairy tales, which fits her original mode of speech of combining and paraphasing existing text for her own usage.

The first line is tre odd, however. And it seems to parrellel Melissa's (assuming it's her monologue) statements about the Apocalypse, being rebuilt, etc.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:54 am

Avatrix

[SPEC] Gems

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:58 am

ThunderRazor · Veteran Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 96 Location: meido

Well, if things don't mean specifically what they state (sand being silicon), then perhaps being "dead" doesn't specifically mean dying. Perhaps it can mean something else, a computer terminolgy, or an AI one?

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:24 am

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MusicToEat · Boot Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 39 Location: Undisclosed

Aren't the AIs stored on memory crystals? Maybe the ruby and saphire are shattered pieces of this crystal.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:48 am