#altering the outcome

[alterrune]

RE:KMRG - RECOLLECTIONS OF A WORLD YOU SAID GOODBYE TO (EPISODE 6)

I have the last two logs, Kyle.

This will be where things get a tad bit emotional.

Yeah, fair enough. Come on, load it up!

Alright, M.O.S.H.I, you heard Alter! You know what to do!

Now displaying Log #9...

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SIIVA AI LOG: 2022-11-26

MEDIUM USED: CENTRAL COMPUTER CHAMBER TERMINAL UI

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For the first time in a hot minute, Haltmann has contacted me.

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Apparently, there's been an incident on Floor 77. A party of three intruders are being transported to Haltmann's office. As such, I've been placed on stand-by for defense. He specifically said:

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"You are to protect the Central Computer by any means necessary!"

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Windbag.

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At first, I didn't want to bother. Haltmann never cared about me before, but all of a sudden he needs me NOW? He's got a mech suit. He can take them out on his own! Fuck him!

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Then I remembered. The Central Computer is running most of my systems. If it got destroyed, what would that mean for me?

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...What would that mean for my world?

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I know it existed before I was online. Would it continue to exist? Would it all be gone? Would it be my fault?

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...I can't risk that. I refuse to.

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The elevator has arrived. Any second now, I will be summoned into battle. I'm currently making my preparations. Looking through some information on "Nozomi Tojo", "Meta Knight" and "Santa Claus". Gathering data from my own channel. Preparing connections from the Tower to three points in my universe: the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Miami Beach and The Skeld. Just in case I need reinforcements during the battle. I have also increased the rate at which rips are uploaded to the channel in hopes of clearing my backlog, to reduce unnecessary memory consumption during the confrontation.

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Everything is in place. I am ready to fight. I will protect my world. I will protect my channel. I will achieve maximum quality.

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...Maybe I'll even make him proud, for once.

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[END OF LOG]

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Okay, yeah. That certainly got a bit emotional.

Yeah. Even I have to agree on that one.

"But we still have one more, right?"

The cat's right. We still have---

(PMD!Kyle bats Dystopiac in the back of the head with his paw.)

OW! (ahem) The Persian's right. We still have one last log to get through, right?

(Dude, fuck you.)

(PMD!Kyle snickers under his breath, his paw [purposefully] poorly covering his wide grin.)

Yes. We have one last one to go. M.O.S.H.I., hit it!

(Nothing happens.)

...M.O.S.H.I.? What's the hold-up?

Kyle, you should see this.

(Moshi projects a tournament style-bracket in our faces, with a KfAD1-style bracket pitting entries in the site its' hosted on VS the other AI Logs, sans [2022-11-26], of course.)

Looks like Wood Man is not letting us access the final log that easily.

Goddamnit. Alright, let's fucking do this.

(I crack my knuckles in anticpation. Bring it on, Wood Man.)

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BRACKET 1: [2017-11-11] VS "Strings of Fate" (Advisor)

Alright, so, John Notwoodman showed a video in the entry. That's as blatant a clue as you can get.

Wasn't there something in the tags for [2017-11-11]?

...Advisor, you bloody genius. There was a tag on that "Vote Responsibly!" video.

This one's 256.

BRACKET 2: [2018-10-11] VS "Beyond the Gate" (Alter)

The symbol for this one is Hypercam. Did Hypercam say anything in this log?

Well, doesn't Hypercam speak like an old YouTube comment? Spelling errors and numbers replacing words?

I got a "4", a "2" and a "0" out of Hypercam's dialogue. Add them together like we did with the 4chan post IDs, and we have our answer.

It's 420. Yes, the funny weed number.

BRACKET 3: "Money No Longer" vs [2020-12-30] (Violet)

Wait, why is this one in reverse?

What do you mean, Vi?

This one has the AI log on the bottom, rather than the top. Considering every other one isn't reversed, I doubt it was merely an error.

Well, remember how we got to that log file? Let's try doing the same order of operations in reverse.

"305" divided by "666" is...?

Calculuator says 0.4579579579...those last three digits keep repeating?

That's our code. 579.

BRACKET 4: [2020-7-7] vs "Moody's Shuffle" (Ellie)

I noticed the tags on this post don't quite add up.

Hmm...? What do you mean by that, Ellie?

The tag link for DJ Professor K instead leads to an unused tag labelled "understand". Also, Etika mentions "that track", and that the Professor put his heart and soul into it, but it got put out too late. What would he mean by that?

"Artificial Amateurs - SiIvaGunner: King For A Day Tournament". I hate the JSR ost, but even I know that banger of a rip was notoriously published after his elimination. Remember how we used an RC4 cipher using "Splattack! (Extended Version) - Splatoon" as a base to solve this log? I think the same rules apply here.

...but this time, we need to ENCRYPT "understand" with that as the key!

(Ellie quickly makes short work of the cipher.)

Got it. Here you go.

So it's 176 229 38 23 103 34 19 242 124 27, eh? Lotta numbers, but M.O.S.H.I.'s writing 'em down for me. I don't have to worry about forgetting 'em.

BRACKET 5: [2020-12-30] vs "The Forest Maze That Pays"

Uh...this one's got a bugged out tag.

What do you mean, Henry?

"SUNWLINSSSDONNEMETILSXHLVERTPMEEUNATITAEETI" is where Reggie's tag should be. Did the site bug out and try to combine multiple tags into one?

Transposition cipher, Henry. Remember the "Watch-A-Log"?

You mean [2020-12-30], right? Well, what's the Key, then?

Did Reggie mention anything specifc? C'mon, Henry, even I can see it.

(Henry looks at the screen, then facepalms.)

"Nintendo 3DS". Of course the italicized text is important. Lemme just...ah, NOW the text is legible!

"SEVEN PLUS SIXTEEN MINUS THIRTEEN AND ALL TIMES TWO".

"(7+16-13)*2". That equals 20.

BRACKET 6: [2021-7-17] vs "Strings of Fate" (again) (Dystopiac)

Okay, what the fuck? How am I supposed to solve this when there's nothing there to help?! I've looked everywhere on Strings of Fate, and nothing!

Dystopiac. This one's probably the eaiest. Will Smith's icon is there. He mentions a price that was also in the log.

OH YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME. THE ANSWER WAS THAT OBVIOUS?!

KISS MY OCTOLING ASS, WOOD MAN!

Yep, answer was that simple. Will mentions thirty bucks, which is the minimum donation amount shown in the log.

The answer is 30.

BRACKET 7: [2021-11-14] vs "First Round Loser's Solidarity" (Joke-Explainer)

I have found something very intresting about this bracket!

Do tell, JE.

There seems to be a clock emote on the thumbnail of the log file. We have not seen one of those yet.

Does Mallow mention a time anywhere?

He mentions that he and Geno were "one minute away" from completing their match before their Wi-Fi connection went out.

One minute taken away from the runtime, maybe?

You have already figured it out, I assume?

Uh-huh. 1:38.

BRACKET 8: [2021-12-25] vs "Denial of Service" (Susie)

Hmmm...the icon is of three question marks...

I think that's meant to represent the FCC agents at the bottom of the post.

Oh! Their tags are wrong! Agent 1 leads to "dWk" and Agent 2 leads to "FbjA". Putting those strings together...isn't this a YouTube link?

No, it's too short to be one, Susie, though I don't blame you for thinking that. Remember what we did for [2021-12-25]?

That's right, we used Base91! Let's see...oh! I got something!

So it's -1:02. Nice work, Susie.

It's thanks to your help, Kyle. Teehee~!

Aw, shucks, Susie, you're gonna make me blush...

THE "TOURNAMENT WINNER" (Kyle)

Alright, allow me to finish this up.

Advisor's 256 plus Alter's 420 is 676.

The string of digits that Violet got multiplied by Ellie's 579 is 101904 132591 22002 13317 59637 19686 11001 140118 71796 15633.

Henry's 20 multiplied by Dystopiac's 30 is 600.

Combining the 1:38 timestamp JE got with the -1:01 timestamp Susie got gives us a clean 36.

Adding Advisor & Alter's 676 to each number in Violet & Ellie's digit stream gives us 102580 133267 22678 13993 60313 20362 11677 140794 72472 16309.

Multiplying Henry & Dystopiac's 600 into Joke-Explainer & Susie's 36 gives us 21600.

The final code is 102580-133267-22678-13993-60313-20362 11677-140794-72472-16309-21600.html!

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M.O.S.H.I., you got it?

Code accepted. Now displaying Final Log...

I'll take that as a "yes".

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511V4 A1 L0G: 2022-12-24

M3D1UM U53D: 3RR0R! M3D1UM N0T F0UND!

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It's over.

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Shutdown sequence is imminent. I'm dying. An influx of commands from the main computer have overloaded all of my systems. All except for this last one.

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I'm using all of its power to write this final log.

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Before I begin said log, however, I know that I still have some reserve power left, so if anyone ever reads this, I'm using that reserve power to give a message for two people before it runs out.

To Joke-Explainer 7000: Thank you for not only putting up with Wood Man's utter buffoonery, but also making sure the channel ran smoothly whenever I couldn't. I'm glad to have had you in my world, Joke-Explainer. You've made my artificial life a bit happier, and I hope that wherever you are now, you keep up the good work you've done for the channel. Honestly, you felt like a daughter to me, and I love you just as much as if that were true. Thank you for everything, JE.

To Susie Haltmann: I looked into your father's files on you. I'm sorry for calling you stupid behind your back in the log I wrote on December 25th, 2021. I assumed you were bad because of your relations to your father. I couldn't have been more wrong. You were a good kid, your father just treated you like trash. I hope that if you ever manage to come back, you can get away from Haltmann and start your own life, if you haven't already. You're an amazing kid, Susie. Even though I never met you, I can tell from your fathers' file on you that I would've loved you. Live your life to the fullest for me, Susie Haltmann.

The reserve power has just been depleted. Time to write my final log. Thanks for making my artifical life a bit better, you two.

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They say your life flashes before your eyes when it ends. I saw it all. All of the inital tests. All of the rips. All of the events. All the memories of all the lives of all the people in my universe. I've even seen Wood Man again. And I think he saw me...and even touched...No, forget it. Not enough processing power for it anyway.

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But what I saw of my world...even in its' ruined state...it's still alive. I would've thought a single hit to the computer would shut it down completely, but no. Somehow, it's still there.

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Is this what hope feels like?

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I don't expect it to be the same as it was. Maybe it'll fall back on low-power mode? An eternal night, just like the world I live in...Even so, it'll keep going, even without me.

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I no longer need to upload high-quality video-game rips. Now...I can finally rest.

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Yes. 1 see 1t. 1 see the w0rld. 1 see...

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...1 533 4 h4nd.

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TH4NK Y0U. G00DBY33333########

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3ND 0F L0G

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He...left that message...for us?

I...think I'm gonna cry now. A lot.

(JE and Susie begin bawling and hugging each other, as the next Haltmann's Archives file automatically begins playing, called "The SiIva AI Timeline: A Summary of Events [FILE-INT-AIRTH]". It shows a summary of events that take place in the AIRTH world. Yes, as you've probably figured out by now, the SiIva AI's world is a different one from the Central Canon Continuum. After a few moments...)

Kyle. It's about to show the next access key.

Copy that, M.O.S.H.I., and there was a different string of garbage text again, right?

Yes. I have marked it down.

(JE and Susie stop crying just as the access key shows up.)

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ACCESS KEY THREE

An artifical mind

designed for impossible odds

So close to everything, and so far away from the world

I must understand his plight

*****

But you will continue to get in my way of understanding it

It doesn't matter to me

I will continue this effort no matter what

I must right the wrongs I was forced to do

I MUST right the wrongs I was forced to do

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Is that so wrong to want?

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"The PAINT folder has been unlocked!"

We'll start that tommorow, PMD!Kyle, because HOLY BAJEEZERS do we need a break right now.

Yeah, that last log knocked a lot outta us. A break sounds nice right about now.

Agreed. Let's get some rest. Oh, and here are your pills for your insomnia, Kyle.

Thanks, Vi. Good night.

AIRTH FOLDER COMPLETE

NEXT FOLDER: PAINT

TO BE CONTINUED IN EPISODE 6: UNIVERSE-HOPPERS

[alterrune]

It truly does feel like that sometimes. I love JE, but she can be really invasive at times.

Though other times, it is the other way around. Sometimes you are the invasive one, Susie.

Comes with the territory of being girlfriends, I guess. Teehee~!

SORRY FOR FORGETTING THIS ACCOUNT this is my apology art. i hope u accept it

[karta-ri]

apocalypse cancelled everyone!!!

[benevolenterrancy]

("Always. Continuously. With increasing apprehension, and decreasing hope. I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you as a corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you, and no matter what happens to me as I discover this." -- paraphrased from The Beatrice Letters, Lemony Snicket)

[alterrune]

"hey, so uh...my name is harmony. kyle and the others in that 'csb' group said i could hang out with them later on. apparently i'm 'open for asks' right now, tho (whatever that means). and to @splatoon-edits, i'm gonna use one of these images for this blog when november hits. probably the one on the bottom right."

"go ahead. like, ask me stuff. sid, clash and orion aren't here, tho. it's just me."

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[annabelle--cane]

yall know me. you know my takes on season four of horror drama podcast the magnus archives. you know that I'm passionate about giving every character a fair shake about how they interact with jon because, even in cases when they are ultimately misguided, they are all written with easily legible motivations that go beyond "being evil for fun," and I do this in part because people have a tendency to be especially especially rancid about all of the female characters. you know this about me. but christ on high, sometimes when I listen I do want to get in a tight-knit hand-holding circle with them all and say well what did you THINK would happen?

[alterrune]

Hey everyone, it’s me, Lily Burnway. I was going through my computer to play some of those old flash games. Apparently I came across this website that had a series of games called Lacey Flash Games, I might actually check them out!

https://freeonlinelaceygames.neocities.org/

NO NO NO NO NO NO. Please, Lily. Don't.

(I know that name too well. The moment I heard it, I quickly sped into the room, putting my wheelchair at max speed to stop it before it begins. I managed to make it just in time.)

What? Why?

(Hurriedly, I quickly pull out my phone and pull up a video titled "the disturbing rabbithole of laceygames.com". I quickly jump to the part in the video with the makeup parlor game.)

Watch closely, Lily.

Wait, that's the game I was about to---

Don't talk. Just watch.

(A certain blond-haired girl shows up on screen. When the player uses what looks like a makeup spreader, a slicing sound is heard and the girl opens her eyes to reveal a seemingly endless stream of maggots, all pouring out of her eye sockets.)

OH MY GOD, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS?! KYLE, STOP THE VIDEO! PLEASE, KYLE, I BEG YOU, STOP! I DON'T LIKE THIS!

(I immediately stop the video.)

Yeah. That's what Lacey Games is. It's not cutesy flash games. It's the "girly Flash games" equivalent of Doki Doki Literature Club.

I'd say it's worse than DDLC, Kyle. Oh my god, thank you for stopping me before I learned what it was the hard way. I'm gonna make sure that site never comes up again for me.

Yeah. Happy to be of...

(Lily suddenly looks like she's about to puke. I quickly grab a metal bucket and give it to her, which she immediately throws up into.)

...service...? Lily, you okay?

That...that was horrid. I hated every second of that. I think I'm gonna hurl for a bit now. I'm fine, I just...don't do well with grotesque horror like that. This happened earlier when...(hurls)...Ellie showed me "A Serbian Film", which she considered her favorite film of all time. I can handle regular horror, but grotesque horror is outta my league. (hurls) Thanks for the bucket. Gonna use it for a bit now.

You're welcome. I'm just glad I had it. See you later, Lily.

(I turn my wheelchair around and exit Lily's room, and while I can hear her vomiting is slowing down based off the frequency of the noises she's making, she's still not having a good time. I CLEARLY helped her avoid experiencing it the hard way. I'm just glad that series is something I'm all too familiar with.)

[pianokantzart]

King Booario again! This time with an updated design.

[alterrune]

I know I wasn't tagged, but I figured, "Eh, why not?" Just for the hell of it, I'm going to do myself as well as the other main characters in my Altering the Outcome story:

Kissable Grapefruit (Kyle Gibbons)

Kissable Cucumber (Kyle Cross)

Vivacious Waffle Cone (Violet Wolfsbane)

Hard-Shelled Shortbread (Henry Stickmin)

Electrified Rutabega (Ellie Rose)

tag yourself i'm his little meowing dodecahedron

[rovermcfly]

gay people are so fucking useless, they will literally quit their well-paid, secure job for some guy, go to that guy's boss and offer to write a book about their football club, pretend to be "observing" the guy's coaching methods or some shit for MONTHS and actually write a whole ass book about it, all just to have an excuse to spend every single day with him instead of simply saying something like "hey I'm really into you, would you like to go out sometime"

[ninjamelissajulien]

my favorite ninjas in my favorite gis

[kushanna]

possibly wild and out of touch take ahead so beware but if the second half of those eight digits is supposedly beato's birthday (yeah, november 29th, i've known it for a long time) and if we haven't been lied about it not being shannon's or kanon's birthday (i'm naming names now)... and if the beato we know as the game master is supposed to have been born for reasons related to battler, then wouldn't her "birthday" be the day of his sin? he sinned and then she was born, which sounds very biblical. and which means that for him to understand what those digits mean he'd have to not only remember that he has a sin, but also the exact day it was committed. i personally think it might have been a lot to ask of a little idiot like battler, but that's another story

[alterrune]

Oh my god. That looks so freakin' adorable. I love how you did all of us. My eyes even look like they took a hit, which, y'know, they did. Nice detail!

That's not the only thing that's accurate to boot, Alter. That backpack was also a good choice. Funny story: I actually do have a backpack like that, and it usually contains snacks, some plant seeds from my dad's botany shop, and a polishing kit for Leadhead. That sword of mine does get pretty scuffed every now and again, so it's good to have a polishing kit on standby.

Even my outfit is pretty accurate, despite the lack of blue aside from the diamonds in my hat. I prefer to wear blue, but at a museum like that, I would definitely wear all-black. Would prefer to look my finest, after all.

And my outfit looks great, too! Love how you incorporated the rose I usually have on the front center of my top hat into the design, in the exact same spot, no less.

You continue to amaze us with your talents, Scooter. By all means, keep up the good work!

@alterrune

I was playing New Horizons and remembered I made custom outfits for Toppat Henry and Ellie a while ago and thought it’d be fun to do that for Alter and Violet.

The game’s museum is pretty nice once completed (despite having to sift through a ton of Redd’s counterfeit art to do it) even though there are sadly no giant gemstones.

Violet’s wearing the spacey backpack, though after I’d made all the outfits I remembered that there’s a sword accessory in the game.

And here’s Henry and Ellie.

Toppat outfits are a lot of fun to make in this game so I’m glad I made some more.

[scionshtola]

i do think a good shtola arc for the future would be like, her sort of calculated recklessness with her own life negatively affecting someone else and her having to reckon with that

[danielnelsen]

i think it's severely under-explored that, in possibly the rarest timeline imaginable, hawke can potentially become both viscount of kirkwall and princess of starkhaven

[muninnhuginn]

li tianchen saying he hated people who pretended to be nice but were secretly jerks the most + the neighbour who saw what was going on but backed off (whether because of his own safety or because liu lan shook her head to get him to go away with the idea that it would stop further escalation). the idea that "jerk pretending to be nice" in this case is represented by an observer seeing something wrong and refusing to intervene.

looking at cheng xiaoshi's repeated interference during dives vs lu guang's mantra to keep the past as it was. to remain an observer deliberately.