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Mary Wesson (muliebrities) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2017-04-24 14:41:00

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:day post, :jaden, :mary wesson, duo maxwell, felicity smoak, ianto jones, jack harkness, keith, kitty pryde (evolution), nico di angelo, ray palmer, rebecca crane, ton phanan

DAY 425 — Morning Greeting
[ Those who've been here longer may expect a snarky, uninterested AI right now but the voice coming through is probably only familiar to a few of you. It's accompanied by a video of a woman only those same few may recognise - the curtain has been drawn back. Say hello to the Wizard. ]

Good morning... prisoners.

My name is Mary. Some of you already know me. Some of you I've already talked to quite a bit, though you probably didn't know it was me at the time. We have a lot to discuss. I value your patience.

Yesterday, an event happened that has been a long time in preparation. Years, longer than any of you have been here but for all those preparations, it was only partially a success. You know me as your captor, perhaps as one responsible for programming the Wardens that keep you here and while that is true, that isn't the whole truth. You see, I've been trying to liberate you. I've worked undercover with the Dome Project for a long time in order to accomplish this and yesterday the moment of action came.

Unfortunately, I failed. I was able to steal the simulation that makes up your world, this world but I was not able to bring your physical forms with me. Don't worry - they're quite safe where they are but while you are no longer in prison, you are still imprisoned. At the moment, there's little I can do to change that without drawing the attention of the very people who wants to keep you in this dome for the rest of your lives. I don't ask for forgiveness, but perhaps patience. I do care about you deeply, dearhearts.

I'm sure this is confusing. I will do my best to answer any questions you may have, but one thing I can say right now - this is not a prison. There will be no rules, no requirements. If you need something, tell me or my colleague and it will be provided to you in due time. You are perhaps not free, but you are free to govern yourself as you see fit. I wouldn't dream of knowing how to do it better.

Thank you for your time.

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aftersmith
2017-04-24 08:16 pm UTC (link)

And I am the colleague dear Mary speaks about.

We haven't met before, at least not officially. I've seen a little of your code, heard a lot about you and I've quite frankly been interested in meeting you for a while now. You can call me Jaden, and I'll be here to assist Mary in whatever ways I can. So that of course, means helping you out as well.

Is that good for a jolly introduction? Or do I need a punch line of some sort?

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	justanitgirl 2017-04-25 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Proof would be better then a punchline. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aftersmith 2017-04-25 03:51 am UTC (link)
	Proof? Of which part? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-25 04:12 am UTC (link)
	All of it. I mean you're asking us to take a lot on faith from people who may or may not have been the reason we're here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aftersmith
2017-04-25 04:23 am UTC (link)

Well, you honestly have no outright reason to trustme yet - I'll give you that - but a few of you have met and chatted with Mary before. One of you actually stole a pretty significant chunk of data a few days back. But we can talk about that at another time. I will admit if you want to talk more about the previous prison system and its wardens, you will more likely than not have to chat with Mary - she's the engineer for that system. I'm an outsider with MarinaNova, so to speak.

I can answer more generalized questions, about now and moving forward. But please, do believe us when we say this really is for the greater good. And we do wish to help.

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	justanitgirl 2017-04-25 04:43 am UTC (link)
	See, if you, as a while were willing to share the code that makes this place work, I'd be much more willing to trust you. But, in general, if we're not connected physically to the system anymore are we even still connected to our bodies? Again, knowing every single detail on this place and the way it functioned and functions now would save a lot of questions. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aftersmith
2017-04-25 06:04 am UTC (link)

While I can see your point and really wish it were so simple, there's a whole slew of hurdles involved.

I can't promise every detail. But things function much freer now, outside of the governing of the AI wardens and... [...] Oh, dear. Your data shows you're a recent arrival, right in the thick of all this change. No wonder you don't trust me, this all must be new to you.

Felicity, correct? Let me first assure you that your body is safe, first and foremost. Hopefully we will be able to reunite you, but there are stages we have to go through or else you're in danger of returning back to your original captors.

	foreverjack 2017-04-26 08:34 am UTC (link)
	Or it could just be a useful way of avoiding giving us any useful answers to our questions... So what's your story, Jayden? Where did you come from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2017-04-27 09:09 am UTC (link)
	So you're only a part-timer, as far as MarinaNova is concerned? [Vaguely amused.] Moonlighting, even? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2017-04-25 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	So... you're Smith's replacement? [Duo seemed amused by this.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2017-04-26 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	Not really. [Duo shrugged.] I was just more making an observation than anything else. Are you an engineer of some sort, too? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)