Where does this leave them?
Reunion 1
lightman joined the conversation.
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Victor joined the conversation.
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Victor joined the conversation.
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lightmanWe all in?
MartinSchubert
I count 10– no Jarvis… no ADA and no Oliver.
I count 10– no Jarvis… no ADA and no Oliver.
Calvin
Thank you for joining this chat. I suppose by now you’ve all read my letter.
Thank you for joining this chat. I suppose by now you’ve all read my letter.
MartinSchubert
yeah
yeah
nagassa
I’ve come to terms with it, Calvin.
I’ve come to terms with it, Calvin.
Victor
As have I. I agree that at this point our greatest resource is each other.
As have I. I agree that at this point our greatest resource is each other.
lightman
I suspect I speak for most of us when I say that our circumstances are too bizarre, too outlandish…
I suspect I speak for most of us when I say that our circumstances are too bizarre, too outlandish…
nagassa
I think most of us are unsure if our state of limbo is a gift or a curse.
I think most of us are unsure if our state of limbo is a gift or a curse.
Victor
I feel much the same — as if I’m preparing to be vaulted into the future — an unexpected life path.
I feel much the same — as if I’m preparing to be vaulted into the future — an unexpected life path.
nagassa
knowing what is coming, one can prepare.
knowing what is coming, one can prepare.
Hank
Changes your relationship to your journal, for sure.
Changes your relationship to your journal, for sure.
CC
Yes.
Yes.
DevraB
Sorry to rush past the pleasantries, but to the topic at hand? What meaning do you ascribe to the Shards bearing our images? I half expected to disappear. I was preparing for the worst… again, I guess…
Sorry to rush past the pleasantries, but to the topic at hand? What meaning do you ascribe to the Shards bearing our images? I half expected to disappear. I was preparing for the worst… again, I guess…
Hank
No. Our personas are safe.
No. Our personas are safe.
MartinSchubert
Easy for you to say — you’re not a simulacrum anymore.
Easy for you to say — you’re not a simulacrum anymore.
Hank
Fair point.
Fair point.
Calvin
My best understanding is that the Shards only have to do with the composition of the MAGNUS — our connections to the Archetypes.
My best understanding is that the Shards only have to do with the composition of the MAGNUS — our connections to the Archetypes.
Hank
A MAGNUS lives and changes. Those who assemble our shards determine whether the MAGNUS remains and who remains in the MAGNUS.
A MAGNUS lives and changes. Those who assemble our shards determine whether the MAGNUS remains and who remains in the MAGNUS.
DevraB
Do we die if we leave the MAGNUS?
Do we die if we leave the MAGNUS?
MartinSchubert
Unknown.
Unknown.
Hank
Yeah. The sources are silent on that, but it seems that some of the members of the Vesuvian MAGNUS lived after the debacle with the shield and what I presume was the destruction of their attempt to build a Tecthulhu.
Yeah. The sources are silent on that, but it seems that some of the members of the Vesuvian MAGNUS lived after the debacle with the shield and what I presume was the destruction of their attempt to build a Tecthulhu.
DevraB
So these Shards only affect the bonds that tie us to the MAGNUS?
So these Shards only affect the bonds that tie us to the MAGNUS?
Hank
I think so. Not sure if the fact that we’re a disharmonious MAGNUS is what made it possible for our bonds to be disrupted this way.
I think so. Not sure if the fact that we’re a disharmonious MAGNUS is what made it possible for our bonds to be disrupted this way.
DevraB
Were we that disharmonious?
Were we that disharmonious?
Calvin
A different meaning. I was attempting to form a synthetic MAGNUS. What I did not know was that in a 13MAGNUS or an ANTI-MAGNUS all of the members are of the same alignment. We were of different alignments.
A different meaning. I was attempting to form a synthetic MAGNUS. What I did not know was that in a 13MAGNUS or an ANTI-MAGNUS all of the members are of the same alignment. We were of different alignments.
DevraB
So it was inevitably going to go bad?
So it was inevitably going to go bad?
Reunion 2
Here is the second fragment of the bizarre conversation I uncovered yesterday… Devra’s final question is one that I’ve pondered as well — what do the 3 empty chambers in the ABADN image mean?
The conversation between these mostly long-silent Niantic Researchers is below: