SIGNIFICANT EVENT 000000001201 IN TIMELINE 000000000000
Text record of pivotal event 000000001201
(1983/12/01 19:01 - 1983/12/03 14:32)
coordinates of occurrence: Timeline 000000000000
[Origin Point of the LorCapita Laser-Cannon]
in category: Level 000000000922AB Timelines
[sequences branched from event 000000000922]
1983/12/01 19:00
Begin chat logs.
K-FLYNN:
Greetings programs!!!!
R_KLEINBERG7:
um Flynn
are you messaging us, or the programs
cause you know they aren't in our chat
K-FLYNN:
Yeah yeah chill, Roy
I know, man. I invented this chat function
But they're all there in the mainframe
ready for ya, whenever
R_KLEINBERG7:
cool cool
just making sure
ALAN-1:
Walter? Lora?
Everyone ready to go into our command lines and call up our programs?
GIBBS-01:
Ready, Alan!
LORA-PRIME:
Ready
Here goes nothing
GIBBS-01:
Interesting, interesting...
LORA-PRIME:
I know, Gibbs
Figure of speech. This had better NOT be nothing
Not after all Flynn's hype about miracles and quantum teleportation and parallel realities and all that
K-FLYNN:
Hey man hey
You can all rest assured
This is gonna be SOMETHING
ALAN-1:
Then let's go.
User K-FLYNN requesting access to search-program CLU
CLU:
Yes, sir!K-FLYNN:
All right Clu today I need you to be ready for anything
This isn't just a search within one memory
Or even one System
This is big.
CLU:
Yes sir I know sirK-FLYNN:
I know you do
You're the best program I've ever written
Even better now that you're restored from backup with upgrades
So I know you're more dogged and relentless than ever
We're gonna need all of that, okay?
CLU:
Understood sir yes sirK-FLYNN:
Great
Now keep that tank rolling
And when you see those different timelines open up, I want you to be there listening to me as I cover you from this end
There could be something to search for anywhere
Down any one of those paths
So you need to be ready
CLU:
Yes sir absolutely sirK-FLYNN:
So when I say go down a pathway, you go, OK?
And you report to me what you see
Whatever I tell you to look for
Can you do that? Can I count on you?
CLU:
Yes SIR let me at em[BIT]
[YES!]User GIBBS-01 requesting access to guardian-program DUMONT
DUMONT:
MY SPIRIT GROWS BEYOND ITSELF, AND EXTENDS INTO THE REALM OF THE INVISIBLE. I AWAIT YOUR COMMAND, MY USER.
GIBBS-01:
My goodness. You really are a marvelous creation, aren't you! I can still scarcely believe it, chatting like this with you, in natural language...
Who'd ever have dreamed that such a world could have grown from that little trace of our spirit that remains in everything we design!
If Flynn hadn't shown us, I wouldn't have thought it possible.
DUMONT:
I AM HONORED, MY USER. HOW MAY I SERVE?
GIBBS-01:
Now, now. I never asked for you to stop thinking! And I'm sure you know just where and how we'll need you.
DUMONT:
YES, USER. I KNOW MY PURPOSE. I AM READY FOR ANY USE YOU MAY NEED OF ME.
GIBBS-01:
Well, those I/O Towers of yours are going to be activating. Many, many of them, in more directions than they ever have before!
And any programs that come through, or attempt to contact anyone via those Towers-- I need you to manage their movements through there.
I'll need you to check in with me, every time, before you let anyone pass, you understand?
DUMONT:
OF COURSE, MY USER. I UNDERSTAND, AND I SHALL SERVE MY FUNCTION TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
GIBBS-01:
Excellent, excellent. I'll count on you to do just that, old friend.
User ALAN-1 requesting access to security-program TRON.
TRON:
Confirmed, Alan-1! Awaiting instructions!ALAN-1:
Stand by to monitor all transmissions after we activate the laser.
This is going to be a whole new type of activation, and we don't want any unknowns.
I'll need you to alert us of anything and everything that comes through, between our System and other Systems.
TRON:
Confirmed!ALAN-1:
In any direction.
And since we're attempting a multi-dimensional digital connection, number of opening points unknown... there could be lots of directions.
TRON:
Acknowledged, Alan-1!ALAN-1:
I am imprinting more detailed instructions onto your disc.
Dedicate yourself to studying and following all those instructions, and report back to me with any further inquiries or updates.
TRON:
Disc received, Alan-1! Ready and waiting!ALAN-1:
Thank you, Tron. We're all counting on you.
User R_KLEINBERG7 requesting access to actuarial-program RAM.
RAM:
R_KLEINBERG7:
ram buddy! you ready for the big event?
RAM:
R_KLEINBERG7:
LOL okay someday i'm gonna have to find a way to send you actual popcorn
so you'll know the full meaning of that expression
anyway you won't just be sitting there watching. this is gonna use all your probability and statistics functions to the max
so you better be ready for some real work.
RAM:
My actuarial routines are in great shape and ready to go! As good as the day you rerezzed me!
What probabilities need calculating?
R_KLEINBERG7:
all of them buddy.
cause according to Flynn
all the things that CAN happen are GOING to
RAM:
Whaaa?! That's not how he explained it to me!?R_KLEINBERG7:
haha yeah i know
and i'm pretty sure that when he explained it to ME that way he was trying to be dramatic or something
you know flynn
RAM:
Can't say I always understand him, but... yeah!
R_KLEINBERG7:
LOL me either pal. tell me about it.
RAM:
R_KLEINBERG7:
ok that sounds like something he should REALLY REALLY be talking to the rest of us about before he throws himself into it. or throws anyone else into it honestly. imagine if he started snatching up you guys to put in there
RAM:
R_KLEINBERG7:
so we get some warning ahead of time whatever happens
anyway you'll probably get some good insights into that, when you start on this task here
we're gonna need you watching multiple timelines
calculating probable events as far ahead as you can
on every single one of them
and notifying us of anything we might need an alert on
you ready to do that for me?
RAM:
R_KLEINBERG7:
good boy. i know i can count on you.
RAM:
Bring on the numbers! I'm ready!
User LORA-PRIME requesting access to laser-program YORI.
YORI:
Good morning, Lora-Prime. Yori standing by for instructions!LORA-PRIME:
Wow. This is never gonna stop feeling amazing.
YORI:
Oh, same here, absolutely! And it's... this is it, the big day, isn't it?LORA-PRIME:
Yes it is! We're opening a door to another timeline.
Or many of them. Branches off of our world, where chains of events all went differently
Well. If Flynn's right, anyway.
YORI:
I'm confident that he's right about that, User. So is Gibson over here.Agreed.
YORI:
And he should know, because he's part of what Flynn calls the miracle, right?LORA-PRIME:
I hope so, Yori.
Wish we could be sure
YORI:
Be sure about what? About Gibson?LORA-PRIME:
I mean, I know Flynn's little adventure into the computer system last year CHANGED things in there.
And yeah it's clear one of the effects was
this... spontaneous manifestation of programs like Gibson
He was the first to appear in your sector? right?
YORI:
Yes ma'am. He showed up before Flynn even left, the first time.Rezzing in out of nowhere, and MCP was already trying to put him to work... oh, he put up quite a fight, I've heard.
But I'm glad Flynn seems to have found a good job for him?
LORA-PRIME:
For all the ISOs
That's what Flynn calls them
Anyway, he says all of them will be vital to this experiment.
YORI:
So I've heard, though I don't quite grasp why. I hope that won't affect my function?LORA-PRIME:
Shouldn't.
He says the changes he's made to your assistant laser programs will benefit from just the existence of the ISOs in the system
Their presence will make his upgrades work in a new way
which will, and I quote, "open pathways down different branches of reality"
According to Flynn, anyway.
We'll see.
YORI:
Yes we will, Lora-Prime! And I'll be here in whatever capacity you need.LORA-PRIME:
Much appreciated, Yori.
Your function won't change
Activate the laser, same deal as when it was the old SHIVA laser
The new LorCapita LaserCannon works the same as far as you're concerned.
Just activate and keep the connections open until you receive further commands.
YORI:
Confirmed! You can always count on me, User.LORA-PRIME:
Always.
Security-program TRON reporting.
TRON:
Update: Connections are activating as scheduled.TRON:
So far no incoming transmissions, but I'm seeing the paths as they generate.TRON:
The alternate timelines are branching off from baseline at different timestamps.TRON:
I'll delegate record-keeping now.Record-keeping program ROLLO_3.77 reporting.
ROLLO_3.77: Roger that. Cataloguing connections as they activate.
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