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[Trynian]

Current "accepted" organizations at thebruce's site: http://ilb.extrasonic.com/index.php/October_29_Princess_Monologue. Behold, the truth! Or our latest guess, anyway.

[CoffeeJedi]

[Sunyavadin]

I think this is the complete lab bit. But there are two possible locations for the strapping in the chair bit. Before or after the happy birthday.
I'm thinking of sending both variants to the flea, just in case.

/ Fluorescent lights. Smell of formaldehyde. Still// feel the new implants, itchy little bumps along my spine.// Eggs waiting // to hatch. Gross. Try not to think about it.// Into lab 7. Wait. Tongue depressors, swabsticks // monitors. Wait. Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to—Footsteps in the hall// Middle-aged, female; stride length and time suggest height approx. 1.7m.// Halsey// Door swings open. It's her. Coffee stains on labcoat. She gives me the queenly smile. Calls me// by name not number. Why not? She took my name away.// She owns it now, can use it if she likes. Tactical option reflex: unarmed;// swabstick through the eye; monitor wire// garrote. Linger there. //Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to- Lab day, honey. But can't I have a slice // of- Later. This will just take a few minutes. // She tells me to get in the chair. I don't kill her. //She straps me down. // More footsteps. Door opens and nurse comes in, steel tray rattling with// needles and scalpels and little evil scissors with hooked blades. // Halsey picks up a needle. Tests the plunger. Something yellow sprays out. Venom colored. // Don't worry, she says. The queenly smile. This will hardly hurt a bit./

[spunkinator]

Should we send the wav file to the Flea, or the transcript?

[detayl]

[danteGA]

[rowan]

[midas777]

bit

[Checksum]

[Sunyavadin]

[kingchaos2]

I read the stories on the wiki, but I have trouble making sense of everything (except the flea part). Could someone explain what's going on? Is this all about what happened before the Princess was destroyed? Who is Halsey? Thanks.

[Smoke]

Brief Halo book summary:

Dr. Halsey is the civillian head of the SPARTAN-II program. She developed much of the medical techniques that could turn a human into a SPARTAN. I believe she was also instrumental in cracking the secrets of Covenant shield technology.

The medical techniques used on the young adults who would become supersoldiers were not always 100% successful. Some 50% of the candidates either died or were horribly crippled both physically and mentally (but not necessarily both).

What is going on in the Halsey Arc seems to be either further Spartification of Yasmine, or the beginning of the process that would turn Yasmine into an AI.

As for the Dungeon Arc, it seems to be a recap of the Princess' original escape after the Crash.

As for a bit of personal opinion: What if the Halsey Arc is about AI-crafting? We have assumed that Yasmine was crippled by the Spartification, but the young woman in the story seems quite spry and able to perform her duties as a supersoldier. I have no reasons, yet. Just a thought I had.

[Sunyavadin]

So, my revised version, with input from detayl there would be;

/Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to- Lab day, honey. But can't I have a slice // of- Later. This will just take a few minutes. // Short walk through the// Labyrinth. Click-clack of bootsteps in the corridors.// Fluorescent lights. Smell of formaldehyde. Still// feel the new implants, itchy little bumps along my spine.// Eggs waiting // to hatch. Gross. Try not to think about it.// Into lab 7. Wait. Tongue depressors, swabsticks // monitors. Wait. Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to—Footsteps in the hall// Middle-aged, female; stride length and time suggest height approx. 1.7m.// Halsey// Door swings open. It's her. Coffee stains on labcoat. She gives me the queenly smile. Calls me// by name not number. Why not? She took my name away.// She owns it now, can use it if she likes. Tactical option reflex: unarmed;// swabstick through the eye; monitor wire// garrote. Linger there. // She tells me to get in the chair. I don't kill her. //She straps me down. // More footsteps. Door opens and nurse comes in, steel tray rattling with// needles and scalpels and little evil scissors with hooked blades. // Halsey picks up a needle. Tests the plunger. Something yellow sprays out. Venom colored. // Don't worry, she says. The queenly smile. This will hardly hurt a bit./

[Trynian]

Anyone get any responses from the flea? See this thread.

[Grifter_7]

Put this at the beginning of the body of your E-mail....
The Flea should understand this because this is what he puts all over the Honey.html page.

Seek the truth
Behold the truth
Reveal the truth
That is the law and the whole of the law

!init transmit proc
!transmit truth

Grifter_7, INTEL