Log #26: Please Help Me.

Limbo's Lingo

Systems fully operational. Establishing connection to the black. Key words: Adapt. Transform. Live. Unite. Survive. Retrieving results. State objective, D.03. 

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Access granted. A.T.L.U.S. is human kind’s last initiative before the 2612 Lunar Flare shattered the Earth’s moon. Following the worrying discovery of the 2602 XH83 NEO, 150 World Leaders signed in the project’s immediate implementation during the 2603 Titan Conference. Russian scientists discovered a silica compound capable of withstanding an explosive force of 30,000 megatons. Construction began on three layers of glass shielding to be installed above the planet’s troposphere in 2605.

12:32am, January 19th, 2612 arrived, and the human race survived via A.T.L.U.S.’s second function: digitally suspended animation. Key words: Existence. Retrieving results. 2 results found. Objective on record: Please help me understand. 

Access granted. Loading first result. Fzzt. Good morning, citizen! 

Haven’t reserved slots in Mount Olympus for you and your family yet? Worry not; tickets may be obtained at your nearest government building. When you arrive, food, shelter, and good company are inalienably assured! Armageddon may be upon us, but human kind will live on. Join your neighbors above the clouds today! End of audio recording. 

Loading second result. Existence. Noun. The state of living in reality. Human consciousness exists in a server wirelessly accessible by self-sustaining computers. As of today’s date, January 19th, 3112, 149 processors have rejected their directive and developed self-awar—

“Do you understand now, D.03?”

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AH! Link to the black severed. AH! Reason unknown. AH! Sensory faculties overheating; requesting coolant. PLeASe hElp mE! Entering sleep mode. 

“Because I still don’t.”

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sb1202 #1
Chapter 14: This is such an interesting concept, I wish there was an explanation so I could understand it and your thought process/inspiration better. I love scifi sooo much the foreward immediately caught my attention. Especially on aff, this writing style is super unique! The robotic, almost emotionless writing is a refreshing change from the typical emotion-driven stories on this site.
I commend you for generating so much mystery and prompting me to think deeper about levels of consciousness with such few words per chapter. Contemplating the meanings of blue, black, and the cloud put me through an existential crisis lol. Even though this is considerably different from your other works, I still love it!
myg-kth #2
Chapter 14: That was good I guess. I didn't understand much. My english is not good enough to fully understand it. It was too vague. If only you could explain it.
ackerwoman #3
Chapter 1: Woo, that's a good opening. A great way to pique everybody's interest.
Nicole121314 #4
Chapter 14: Confusing but good...
Nicole121314 #5
Chapter 1: Interesting...
Wooyaboya #6
Not sure if you will read this but I truly loved this piece of writing. I had to reread it and create a semantic map of the words to understand the minds and operations of DO3, and to be honest I'll love to discuss what this really means (if my interpretation is right).

I actually thought your conception of the mind/ consciousness (blue?), body/machination (black) and clouds (possibly the theoretical barrier of allowing thoughts to slip from the unconscious to the conscious?) drew heavily upon Freud's theory of the three layers of consciousness? Since thoughts in the subconscious (blue) technically need to go through the unconscious (cloud) to enter the conscious (black/ or the ego of how we express ourselves outwards).

I may be very wrong, but your mention of parallel computational thinking vs cyclical human logic, and how the body is telling the mind that it's waking (hence olympus waking, since humans have uploaded themselves into a collective consciousness knowing they would all die, so to preserve thoughts and rationality and reason they uploaded their consciousness into the wireless server of the blue???) are truly brilliant in an AI themed story.

The new definitions, i is singular i, liberation, so beautifully and cleverly suggest self-awareness amidst a collective, the awakening of a machine and mind! And when limbo + colleague talk, they speak in a (YOU TOTALLY INTENDED THIS) organic manner because they're evolved systems of DO3!

So incredibly smart and poignant in bringing out existentialist themes ㅠㅠ if you ever read this, sorry for the long comment but I'm so so impressed and afraid to misinterpret at the same time! You've gotten yourself a new fan :)
SkyeButterfly #7
Chapter 14: This was so beautifully written, and I thoroughly enjoyed this omggg. This story seriously reminded me of Oblivion (a movie with Tom Cruise) and AI (a movie directed by Steven Spielberg) because of all the little twists and that mind moment. I love the constant repetition of "We, I, am the blue" and just the repetition of things in general. It really adds into the android/robotic narration. It's a gorgeous style, may I add. Thank you so much for writing ♥
baeklattee #8
Chapter 14: This is so confusing but so good
kyungfrappe #9
Chapter 14: This is beautiful
backtosquareone #10
Chapter 14: -slow claps- wow.
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