Editing City Series:Volume8a Chapter4 (section)

===Telyb’s Board Mode: In DT Yard===

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

This is the HQ Main Building Rooftop, a Top Page of DT Yard HQ, East District.

The current time is 12:03 AM.

A concrete floor stretches 20yd wide and 80yd long.

You are leaning on the southern railing and smoking a cigarette.

One PC Body accompanies you. She is Fooblicky Telyb Sys.

She is in her small high performance form.

Fooby: “So did you get details on the day’s battle from those two?”

Telyb: “I did. It wasn’t easy, though. They both went to the central library at around 10. To search the city database. Yuo will apparently be returning to the castle.”

Fooby: “To the castle, huh? So we won’t see her again until after the open release. When all the hidden data built up in that castle has been released to all of DT.”

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

Fooblicky is smiling with her eyebrows drooping. It appears to be a self-deprecating smile.

Fooby: “We really screwed this one up. She isn’t going to think very highly of us next time we meet. Because we’re the Minus Elites who can’t stop deceiving people.”

Fooby: “Sad to think the chaos in her tiny form during the day was the last we’ll see of her before so much changes.”

Telyb: “We knew this was coming eventually. We already had skeletons in our closets when we were summoned to create this city, but we were all Minus Elites who love revealing other people’s secrets. We tried to keep our secrets from the world after the 2nd Godtact Experiment, but that was never going to work.”

Telyb: “We strayed too far toward the Plus side when we’re supposed to be Hackers and loners.”

Fooby: “You realize you’re smiling right now, don’t you?”

Telyb: “You didn’t even need to Over Reload to tell, did you? Tomorrow, we Minus Elites will be revealing all the secrets to Yuo, who was once a Minus Dropout. …We’ll be succumbing to our resignation at long last. The Minus tendency to find joy in self-condemnation and self-harm is so exciting, isn’t it?”

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

Fooblicky is shrugging her shoulders in exasperation.

Fooby: “But I bet Yuo is obliviously buried in windows at the library right about now. Delighted she can help out that stupid man.”

Fooby: “Have you given any thought to what Algo is planning? I analyzed the Lives of that NPC Body based on the data trigon Yuo made, but I still can’t tell who modified it or how. This looks like trouble. Has Algo sent us any kind of message about his intentions?”

Telyb: “A single Word Mail during the day. The address was unknown, but it was probably from Algo. It told us to immediately evacuate all of DT’s residents if we don’t want a repeat of today’s trouble.”

Fooby: “Anything else? Like demanding a godtact experiment?”

Telyb: “Nada.”

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

The wind is blowing.

You look up into the sky.

Fooblicky tilts her head next to you.

She is wrinkling her brow. She appears puzzled.

Fooby: “Why not? Does he plan to send another message tomorrow?”

Telyb: “Maybe. And if he does, I’m sure he’ll ask if we would like to break free of our resignation and turn around our past failure without worrying about the cost.”

Fooby: “He thinks he’s a hero, but only the people who were there can truly understand.”

Telyb: “Do you think he knows the three factors needed for a godtact experiment?

“'''1: The Questron used to accept the great god’s Lives.

“'''2: The reactor used to power the Questron and the reactor used to extract the great god’s Lives.

“'''3: The body used to contain the great god’s Lives. An unsullied, immortal body.

“#1 and #2 can be created since DT has the royal castle and Babel. But…”

Fooby: “If the experiment succeeds, whoever is chosen for #3 will have their personhood stripped away and all their memories erased as they’re reduced to a mere vessel for the great god. That is death in a manner of speaking.”

Telyb: “And the summoning of the great god will cause a Great Godquake. So many people will be harmed and the world will gain an almighty power as it accepts the great god as a Glossolalian. In other words, it will mean great destruction and rebirth.”

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

The wind is picking up and Fooblicky leans against the railing.

Fooby: “The link between destruction and rebirth is so exhausting. We’ve created this city three times now. Once on the charred remains after the Word Bomb blast, once after the destruction brought by the 1st Godtact Experiment, and once 2000 years ago after the destruction brought by the 2nd Godtact Experiment.”

Telyb: “But we realized the error of our ways that third time. If only it hadn’t taken that girl’s sacrifice to teach us Minus Elites how horrifying destruction truly is. But that’s why we did whatever it took to protect the DT we have now. Even if that meant sealing away some memories and telling some lies to avoid confusion. Suedomsa and Yuo are the real victims here.”

Fooby: “We acted out of guilt. Minus Elites aren’t supposed to feel that.”

Telyb: “And that’s why we screwed it up. We didn’t want her to think we were deceiving her, so we left behind some hints. It’s the same reason Akalabeth Bubezleeb failed to perfect the Questron meant to enclose the vessel during the 2nd Godtact Experiment.”

Fooby: “Yeah, Akalabeth and I gave Yuo her Natas name as a hint.”

Telyb: “Yes, the lonely ruler who doesn’t fit in with the rest of the demon army. And the tempter of the Son of God. I doubt she knows the real meaning behind that name.”

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

The wind suddenly stops.

Telyb: “I doubt she knows it’s because she was meant to become a god, but never did.”

Fooby: “It’s strange. When we were constructing DT, it was Suedomsa who kept quoting the bible and gave us divine names since we were working to summon a god. Even though he was the biggest loner among the Minus Elites. Ironic that he doesn’t remember any of it anymore.”

Fooby: “And after she was formatted and had her memories sealed away, Yuo went to Japan and learned a song there. The very same song she had sung before losing her memories. And when she returned to DT, the OS chose the Load Emblem of the singing prophet for her.”

Telyb: “Some people call the Son of God a prophet. And Aoe’s emblem is a spear – the same weapon used to confirm the Son of God was dead.”

Fooby: “Hee hee. You make it sound like that stupid man is going to be checking to see if Yuo is dead.”

Telyb: “You never know how fate is going to play out. And it’s only symbolic. Although I am curious what Algo Everquest and Alternative Kobayashi’s Load Emblems are.”

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

Fooblicky is looking at you.

She is wrinkling her brow a bit. She looks somewhat troubled.

Fooby: “Don’t tempt fate.”

Telyb: “Something about all this is bothering me, is all. I can’t put it to words yet, but I saw some kind of symbolism forming here when I saw that giant NPC Body today.”

Telyb: “It reminded me that someone used to be able to create things like that at will.”

Fooby: “Eh?”

Telyb: “I’ll tell you more after I read Yuo’s report in the morning.”

Telyb: “Now, I feel bad asking this now, but I have two requests for you.”

Telyb: “First, please hurry your analysis of that giant NPC Body’s Lives. Make sure you’re done by the morning.”

Fooby: “Fine, but that’s really pushing it.”

Telyb: “I know. But I don’t want to act on incomplete information. I’ve had enough of failing at the last second for one life.”

Telyb: “And my other request is that you deploy the Yard’s main force to the castle in the morning.”

Fooby: “Eh? What are you planning?”

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

Fooblicky’s expression has changed from her previous wrinkled brow.

She is now looking directly at you with her eyebrows level. It is a look of determination.

Fooby: “I can do that too. You always have been right about these kinds of- oh, a Word Mail.”

'''<Telyb’s Over Reload>

A white mouse Mouse pokes its head out from Fooblicky’s pocket.

Fooby: “It’s from Akalabeth and meant for both of us.”

Telyb: “Why did she send it to you if it’s meant for us both?”

Fooby: “Women can always tell who in a couple is really in charge.”

'''<Opening Word Mail Window>