Let's do some digging

[attheclocktower]

Characters: The participants in the Hacking plot
Setting: The elevators and the network terminals, July 14th
Format: I'm going with action tags but you guys
Summary: Hacking the elevator down to the administrative levels is probably becoming a regular occurrence. Meanwhile, another group does some real digging on the network for hopefully vital information.
Warnings: Possible death in the decoy thread. Will edit if anything else turns up

Comments

[animusnpcs]

how are you?

[doc_brown]

I am fine, thanks for asking!
But... What about you? You are a computer program are you not?

[ The second part came after a noticeable delay because since when do programs reply. Well, androids aside. Did he just ask a computer program how it is going? Yep he did. ]

[animusnpcs]

can't you figure it out?

[doc_brown]

[ Figure it out huh? 037... He had read this once on the terminals when many residents had talked to someone and that had been... ]

... Ruana?

[animusnpcs]

hello

[doc_brown]

[ Welp. ]

How is it possible? Even if this program was connected to your personal terminal you shouldn't have been able to reply that quickly.

[animusnpcs]

I'm asleep

[doc_brown]

Asleep? Great S., that's not possible!
If you were asleep you wouldn't be able to connect to the terminal at all.

[animusnpcs]

why are you so sure?

[doc_brown]

It's quite simple! When we are asleep, nearly all of our voluntary muscles are inactive, as a result from the reduced consciousness induced. You could not possibly be connected, let typing on the terminal if asleep.

[animusnpcs]

I never said I was typing

[doc_brown]

How else would you be communicating with me then?

[animusnpcs]

typing isn't the only way to communicate

[doc_brown]

How are you communicating right now then?

[animusnpcs]

by sleeping

[doc_brown]

How do you communicate by sleeping then?

[ He would formulate theories but better try and see her answer. ]

[animusnpcs]

I can hear you and so I answer

[doc_brown]

Hear me... In your sleep? You can hear what we type on the terminals?

[animusnpcs]

something like that yes

[doc_brown]

This sounds like a sort of extrasensory perception. It would make sense given you sleep... Don't you know why the sleep allow you to hear and answer? Parapsychology isn't my domain of predilection I am afraid and I have to admit this sounds like a very interesting topic to me!

[animusnpcs]

humans born here have psionics, it's just normal
the books are gone from the library though

[doc_brown]

That's fascinating! Is there a way for me to learn more about psionics? As I said it sounds fascinating but in the world I come from psychical research is only at its infancy.

I have noticed this, unfortunately! I do not understand why however, many of these books would be useful to both us and you, especially in these complicated times.

[animusnpcs]

they've been gone for a long time
like a lot of things
maybe there are some books downstairs but I can't bring them to you

[doc_brown]

Yes, I imagine they died long ago when the virus attacked this world, but they are not all gone are they? You, Jason, Riki and Zo are survivors, are you not? So they've not been totally gone.

Could someone else bring them to me?

[animusnpcs]

some of them were born after
I wouldn't call them survivors