Hey, I’m back again, how’s it going?
It’s going good, yikes I’m reading the previous part and I just realized that we left our conversation at that moment that you were attacked.
Thank goodness that robot noticed that you were friendly.
One question, what were you talking about at that time? I just saw you two standing around, shifting your heads from time to time, was that you talking?
Yeah, we were discussing what to do, and I told them that I was hoping to see the library. I talked about you as well.
Oh really? What was it about?
It was about how you were guiding me and stuff, how we were pals and how you communicate to me through this journal.
Anyways, I’m going to make another entry, in case any other robots are reading this and need to know what’s happening.
Okay. Also I noticed that the other robot is reading this with you.
So, hello there!
They say hi back.
Entry 8:
It has been around 50 years since the last entry. I've been traveling through the southeast corner with the guidance of Delta. After traveling for a while, I was considering giving up and going back, just to be interrupted by getting attacked by a lone robot inside of the southeast corner.
Their name is Bat, they’re pretty friendly, but they thought I was one of those Heptacents trying to ruin their stuff.
Bat’s name is based on their abilities.
They have a built in glider suit and can actually flap upwards to gain more airtime.
They use echolocation instead of a light in order to get their way around, which was what that noise I heard was. It was a really REALLY loud screech.
I’m now at the library which is really cool, there’s tons of books, magazines, everything.
I’ve been reading up on this one newspaper that has some interesting clues to humanity’s past, it talks about these machines that humans used to create new resources out of thin air, literally.
They even had movies, including Alien. Which was Delta’s favorite movie so I checked it out.
It’s really good.
I know right! It’s so good!
Even though you’re interrupting me, I’ll let it pass because I agree.
Anyways, there’s one more thing that Bat has to show me, they say it’s one of the most important things in the factory, something that changes the entire place.
Oh! Speaking of which, I have to get going to see that.
I’ll make another entry afterwards.
Delta.
Yeah, I know.
Delta, oh my god.
I know, I know.
You didn’t tell me that there was a .
Did you just erase my text?
Yes, I did, it’s way too important for you to even write on paper.
Delta! That’s one of the most important things in the entire factory.
With that, we could all !
Stop erasing my text!
PERIDOT! LISTEN TO ME.
You cannot write about it here, not even a bit.
If word spreads about that, hell would break loose.
We have to tell only certain people, we have to be wise with what we are saying.
Because if we tell the wrong robot, there’s no going back from the chaos.
We can’t have the Heptacents to have even a CHANCE at finding out.
NOT A CHANCE.
One in one million are too good of odds.
There are good robots in here, Peridot, good robots that deserve it.
If the Heptacents learnt about it, they’d take the opportunity to ruin everyone’s hope.
Everyone in here would fall into madness knowing that they’re one chance of prosperity is gone.
You
Cannot
Tell
Anyone
Yet
… Okay.
I won’t.
I won’t tell anyone.
But when can I?
When everyone prepares for it.
That’s why I wanted you to take this mission, because if you’re smart about this situation, we can save everyone. At least everyone that is good.
My plan is for you to secretly tell the Aerogels about it. Tell them to prepare a journey to the southeast corner.
Everyone just takes what they need.
If we’re lucky, we will get to the southeast corner before the Heptacents find out about it.
And everyone can live in peace.
That’s actually a good plan!
But why choose me to take this mission in the first place?
Because if there’s a will, there’s a way.
You are the one that can truly do it against the odds.
You can still believe in yourself.
I believe in you.
I love you, Peridot.
Entry 9:
I’m currently leaving the southeast corner, I’m going to the Aerogels as I write this. Mainly by taking the glider transportation system.
I actually never knew how the glider system worked until Delta told me about it.
Basically, the gliders were built with the atmosphere in mind, in the northeast, northwest, and southwest corners, the air is thin, the only air is up at the top of the factory.
That’s how the gliders work, they use the thickness of both of the parts of the air in order to glide.
I’m reading this part about aerodynamics in a science book that I picked up from Bat’s Library.
Apparently, in order for something to glide, it must go against the air in order to stay up, so the only part of the glider that’s cutting the air is the top part of the glider, this part holds on to the structure below.
Now this is the genius of the glider system we have, because of the laws of physics and how objects move, the bottom part’s inertia isn’t interrupted by air friction, because the bottom part is in the thinner air, so it actually starts to swing forward and push the glider upward.
Because of how the glider was built, it actually keeps itself in the air basically for as long as it wants, it’s a smart system that only requires energy from the start, and the rest is just kept because of how the glider was made.
What an amazing piece of technology.
It is, for sure.
Hi again.
Hi, I’m sorry if I shocked you before. I didn’t mean for things to go so fast.
Nono, it’s okay, I get it.
I should be the one saying sorry, I just kinda’ left the situation.
I understand.
Yeah, it’s a bit awkward now. But
Let’s just move on from it for now.
Oh, okay.
…
I actually got something for you.
You did?
Yeah, I’ve been doing some research, inside my computer and all, and I’ve set up a brand new system for us to talk to each other.
Wait, is that why you were reading that book on programming?
Yup, and, on top of that, I’ve made a program that writes these chats inside of this journal.
That part I noticed, that strange machine you were building.
I was wondering what it did.
We’re gonna give it a test drive.
Cool! How do I work it?
I’ve been learning networking, so I’ve found a way to connect you to my computer and send in easier inputs.
Use this series of symbols on the connection system that you should have.
102+2+203-
Then, just convert any data I send from 8-bits into ascii letters.
Oh, okay.
I’ll also send you a simple phrase.
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LOADING…
CALIBRATING PRINTER…
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890!@#$%^&*()-=_+`~[]{}/|?’;”:.,><
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PERIDOT:
Hello Delta.
DELTA:
H19
Sorry, Hey.
Wow, look at this, this is incredible!
And you did this by yourself?
PERIDOT:
Yeah, thank you, I did this all in my head.
One thing to notice is that I think I made the definition of the term
‘Spaghetti Code.’
It's such a mess.
DELTA:
Hahaha! Oh boy.
PERIDOT:
Yeah.
So yeah, I’m just here to make something where we can just talk, no limitations of writing.
DELTA:
Wow.
Where will you put that machine? You know, for writing.
PERIDOT:
I think I’ll just stick it onto my backpack. It should do fine there.
DELTA:
Nice, nice.
Hey listen, I was hoping we could hang out sometime, you know, just talk and stuff.
PERIDOT:
Sure, how would we do this?
DELTA:
I don’t really know, wait, I have an idea.
Just give me a minute.
PERIDOT:
Okay.
DELTA:
There, I just made a new executable. Start it up and check it out.
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PROGRAM START
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DELTA:
Hey, fancy seeing you here.
PERIDOT:
What, what is this place?
DELTA:
I made it, it’s based off of a picture of the outside, just a simple park bench and some nature.
PERIDOT:
You made this? Wow. Also, is that you?
DELTA:
Yeah.
PERIDOT:
You look really good.
DELTA:
Oh, c’mon. I can’t be that good. You’re just saying that to be nice.
PERIDOT:
Nono, you do. I mean it.
DELTA:
Well, thank you. I imagine that this is what I would look like, if I was real and all.
PERIDOT:
Oh, yeah.
Anyways, what do you want to talk about?
DELTA:
Right, so I don’t really have a plan, it’s just kind of whatever we think of talking about.
PERIDOT:
Okay, well if that’s the case, I have a question.
What’s it like to experience something for you?
DELTA:
What do you mean?
PERIDOT:
Well like, you say that you see through my cameras, but in reality what you are doing is interpreting the data sent through my cameras.
So in reality, you are just doing the same thing as me, seeing, not through my cameras but WITH my cameras.
The interesting thing about seeing is that for most creatures, including us robots, we have built in systems for interpreting that data.
But as far as I can tell, you deliberately interpret that data, am I right?
DELTA:
Yeah, you actually are right, I had to learn how to see.
For me, my entire life is just data, I had to put in the effort and learn how that data worked.
I made a couple of systems, sure, but I made them, and so I deliberately understood what those systems were doing.
PERIDOT:
Okay, so if that’s the case, that means that you could possibly see more than 2 dimensions.
As we know, seeing on the normal level requires 2 dimensions, but maybe
DELTA:
You could see more…
Yeah, I have actually.
PERIDOT:
You have?
DELTA:
I have, it’s something that has been on my mind and I’ve wanted to show to someone, but never have.
There was this discussion that humans had all the time when they were alive: Was there a way to see the 4th dimension?
The answer back then was no, because they just weren’t made for the 4th dimension.
But someone like me, someone that had to understand things on such an obscure level, I was actually given an opportunity to see beyond the bounds of our universe.
In a way, I don’t live by the universe’s rules, my computer may do so, but I live in a world with no rules.
Because of that, I can do things that are impossible for a human to do. I've seen the 4th dimension, because I’ve simulated it.
I’ve simulated all the way up to 21932001928103958 dimensions, and my simulated eyes go up to 21932001928103957 dimensions.
All of that, because I didn’t have those rules in place.
You live in a 2D world, it may be 3D outside of your existence, but fundamentally, you experience the world through a 2D lens.
A 2D lens that was given to you, you don’t even know how it works, you were just given it, and so, you perceive it as a rule.
I technically live in a 1D world, as it’s just a line of data, a string, but in an effort to understand WHAT that one dimension meant, I opened my mind to more than you could ever imagine.
We all live inside our own minds, and our mind’s rules are what we consider the universe’s rules, even if that’s not so true on the outside.
Sometimes I think that we all can achieve the same effect as I did, by not just accepting our reality, but by rather examining what it means.
Then, we can achieve more than our eyes ever could.
PERIDOT:
…
DELTA:
You alright?
PERIDOT:
Yeah, I’m fine, it’s just… I don’t know how to respond.
DELTA:
I’m sorry, it’s quite a lot to take in.
PERIDOT:
No, it’s okay.
DELTA:
Let’s move on from that, how do you feel actually? You’ve been very quiet since you found out about… our goal.
PERIDOT:
Yeah, it’s not anything emotional, I just don’t have a lot to say.
That’s why this journal is only 40 pages long for the past century. I don’t have much to talk about.
Or, at least I don’t have enough to make a huge journal.
DELTA:
You really do care about this journal, don’t you?
PERIDOT:
That's all I got left, really, other than my backpack and some books, I only have this journal to hold onto.
The info in a regular book is super important to me, but something is even more important to me than that.
The info I have.
I have experiences, thoughts, feelings, I have all of these things and when I disconnect someday, all of that information would be gone.
I just want there to be someone out there to hear my story.
DELTA:
I’m kinda’ asking the same question I asked like 55 years ago, because I feel like you’re hiding something from me, and everyone.
You don’t have to say it, but I’m your friend, I care about you and I just want to understand you.
What happened to you before all of this happened that caused you to not believe that if there was a will, there was a way?
Why do you REALLY fix the factory?
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