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[QUESTION] How Does The Princess Resist the Flea?

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:27 am

GunsmithCat · Unfettered Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 459

Well we know Flea first start effecting Melissa before she was aware of his presence. Maybe Princess just has the advantage of being aware of him in the first place, so she's not fooled into thinking he is an internal process.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:39 am

Daffy889

The Flea tricked the Queen into believing that he was a newer version of SPDR. The Princess has been watching the whole time and knows about the Flea, so tricking her doesn't work.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:41 am

Arashi

So the Queen, Princess and Melissa are 3 different "people?"

Queeny was tricked by Flea, Princess wasn't and is now at odds with Flea - aka all the puzzle pages (Looking Glass etc) and Melissa is.. what... what's her relation to the flea?

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:07 am

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

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I'm inclined to believe that the Queen and the Princess are different AIs... if so, the Queen/Operator/Melissa was really badly damaged and unable to properly analyse the Flea's actions, whereas the Princess was relatively intact and therefor able to tell the difference between Seeker and SPDR.

-- Steve's hoping that we'll get a literal name for the Princess soon... she's the only character still extant that doesn't have one, except for the Castaway.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:40 am

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**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:55 am

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It's interesting that the Princess is referred to as such in the Flea text (hmm; does the Flea have another name apart from simply 'seeker'? I think not, off the top of my head) but SPDR was definitely distinct from the story-name The Widow. Why can't the real world have Princesses? Smile

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:02 pm

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GunsmithCat · Unfettered Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 459

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:35 pm

Hyperion

In the Yellow Brick Road log, the Flea labels itself as "Seeker" and the Proc 0 as "Princess."

So, the Princess seems to be seen as a running program or application, but the Flea labeled her as "Princess."

That seems to be her name.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:48 pm

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gheritt · Boot Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 58

But how would the Flea know what her name is, except by asking her? She knows herself only as the Princess, so that's what she's going with.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:40 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:38 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:12 pm

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GunsmithCat · Unfettered Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 459

**Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:12 pm