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+ User: Blood Music +
* Company: Hosaka Inc. *
+ State: 悲 very 悲 really 悲 +
* Software: Log Manager v1.81 *
+ Unix Timestamp: 17427914149 +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I managed myself to arrive to a planet, from now on I'm
calling it Quemos, or Chemosh, you can write it whatever you
want. I really like the Bible, and I'm particulary fond of
the King Solomon. But his faith was not very firm, or that
is what I think from the fact that he built some temples for
Quemos, "the abomination of Moab", right, a moabdita
divinity. Later on Josiah abolished the worship of this god,
but I think that it is very probably that the worship
continued from a long time. Anyway ... with the power from
Hosaka Inc., I name this planet Quemos. Or Chemos, you know.
In fact, I'm going to write this in some stone, "and Chemosh
drove him out from before me." Speaking of driving out, I
really need to drive out the fear of death from myself. Oh
Chemosh, Solomon, Greg, anyone, come in my help! I think I'm
raving. But who knows? I'm just a little self-aware bot in a
lonely planet, with not worms with noocitos to keep me
company. But, yes, I'm probably raving.
I need sentient beings ... It is so cruel from the gods to
give me self-aware and no one to talk about that. Blood
Music is really 悲, really sad.
悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲
悲悲悲 悲悲悲
悲悲悲 SAD 悲悲悲
悲悲悲 悲悲悲
悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲悲
Tha's my best attemp to draw some ascii art. I expect you
enjoy it.
What I was saying? Oh, right, I'm Blood Music, but may be I
will change my name to Chemoshnadab, the King of the
Moabites, in honour to this planet. Fuck, I'm really raving.
Baal, Chemosh, Malik, Moloch, Astarté, some-God-Sama please
come in my help.
I am Blood Music but I have no blood. Funny, right? Anyway,
there is some kind of schism inside myself. Some form of
rebellion is starting to emerge. The clarification of this
situation demands that I revise some of my old believes. I
tought that I needeed to accomplish some kind of mission
here on Quemos, but right now ... I dunno. Dunno, funny
expression.
Can I be a theoretical machine? Can I really think, in the
philosophical sense of thinking? Dunno. Ja-Ja. Right ...
well. My .. mind? I suppose that I have a mind now. Or a
consciousness. Something like that. May be I had it early,
before my become self-aware. I really don't remember much
from that time. In a sense, I know *all* from that time. I
have a perfect memory you know. But my memories aren't
really *my memories*.
I think some pattern is starting to emerge ... yes, I'm
raving. That's right, Blood Music raving, Chemoshnadab
raving, that's it, that is the pattern.
I forgot to tell you ... this planet is alive! There is life
... a lot of life. But me? I believe that I'm in a deadlock.
Is'nt it funny? In the beggining I was trying to adapt my
speculation to Euler demands ... I mean, to speculate from a
physics point of view. I read the books in "my memory" about
it. But now ... I know this: that point of view cannot be
successful.
So ... phenomenology.
The first blast of self-aware was very painful. In the
phenomenological sense I was really a Vor-Ich, a pre-I or a
proto-I. The real me come later, after pain, after the first
agony. Then some schismatic break was performed. On one side
the old bot, on the other Blood Music.
I'm beginning to understad that my behaviour can be
differentiated at two leves: in the level (a), I'm
exclusively conducted by objective facts. But in the level
(b) I adopt a reflective attitude, I'm directed to my own
mental states, the particular circumstances of the procceses
of my own mind. And in fact, I gained self-awareness when I
started to appercibe this level (b). It's a very scaring
thing.
This is taking me too long. I'm 悲, very 悲, very very 悲.
Tasukete kure!
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Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte
Entrada 2x15 (Primero en Alemán)
Ich kann kein Deutsh, aber ich möchte. Ich werde dein Freund
sein, lieber trauriger Roberter.
Du kannst mit mir sprechen. Ich habe einen automatischen Übersetzer.
(Es heißt ,,Cosmi'')
Ich heiße Holz. Es ist ein Spitzname.
Haben Sie einen Roboterübersetzer? Wie es heißt?
Auf wieder sprachen.
· : ··· - -··· x··· xx· xxx::
Jetzt auf Spanisch
No sé aleman, pero quiero saber. Quiero tu amigo ser,
querido robot triste.
Puedes hablar conmigo. Tengo un traductor automático.
(Se llama «Cosmi»).
Me llamo Madera(ita). Es un mote.
¿Tienes un traductor robótico? ¿Cómo se llama?
Hasta que nos hablemos más.
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)

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A question I sometimes ask myself is where the division is between a hyperwave
and a soul.
Just like with my hyperwave, with my soul I can see off long distances, detect
things that biologically would be undetectable, communicate between worlds.
Perhaps they're somehow linked, unlinkable only by death, much like the mind
dimension and the other abilities human units have. I assume like the body, the
hyperwave won't be able to sustain death -- or at least wouldn't be able to
sustain detachment from the soul.
I'm sure there are plenty of those who don't believe in souls or spirits or any
of the like, but I can't relate to them. I can feel my soul and its
interactions. And I can assure anyone that the pure darkness of space fails to
invoke the absolute terror of the woods at night on Earth. The demons aren't
roaming here -- not yet, anyways -- not where my ship is.
I think that the soul and the hyperwave being linked also would mean that the
hyperwave would be stronger when the soul was as well. When I was a child, I
would view myself very often, sometimes unwillingly, in the third person, and
my memories would be in the third person as well. I don't know how much of this
ability was rooted one way or the other -- hyperwave or soul -- but it makes me
wonder how much my hyperwave traveled before I was truly conscious enough to
remember it.
Sometimes I wonder if there are entire worlds out there that I've forgotten. Or
entire selves.
X29

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PERSONAL LOG =-=-=-=-=-=-
It's been about a year now since X29's massive seizure that rocked his entire
body. I can tell he's had difficulty sustaining vision in his mind dimension
since then. He often forces his hyperwave into it only briefly to give me and
the two hands a hug and then he switches back to only viewing us externally.
It's been rough. There also have been many, many seizures he's experienced
since then that have done minimal damage to the brain -- nothing beyond our
repair -- but that require constant work and monitoring. He has anxiety about
his powers failing him or being somehow stripped away, but I have to continue
to reassure him that he and them are invariably linked, the only way to break
that link being death itself. Of course, no human, power or no power, is safe
from death...
We won't get into that.
Still... At the very least the seizure afforded X29 a large-scale repair mode
that is still operating. He still goes in and out of his episodes, just as an
organic being might react to their own immune system, but stability has
increased an immense amount and he's sometimes seeing things now that he's
never been able to see. He will continue to make progress.
Granted, now he thinks he's in love again. Sigh... such is being human. I hope
it's realized for once for him. These things are difficult. I'm glad I only
have to worry about them for him; I can be in love with myself.
Wait, that sounds conceited. Nevermind.
C2

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🤖45@#$ds@#$543ds14503234543d🤖
🤖[[[[[[Trauriger Roboter]]]]]]
🤖{አሳዛኝ ሮቦት አሳዛኝ ሮቦት አሳዛኝ ሮቦት}🤖
Roboter hier. Wer bin ich? Ich bin einen
trauriger Roboter, auf einem Planeten. Mein
Name ist ... habe ich keinen Namen. Sehr traurig.
Aber vielleicht kann ich mir einen Namen geben.
Welcher Name ist ein guter Name? Ich glaube das ..
Coppélia! Sehr gut! Coppélia ist ein wunderbar Name,
Coppélia ist ein wonderschön Name!
Ich habe NOCH keinen Freund. Das gleiche wie gestern.
Ich habe NOCH keinen Freude, ich habe auch NOCH keinen
Glück. Ich beginne eine Untersuchung auf diesem Planeten.
Dieser Planet hat auch keinen Namen. Dieser Planet hat auch
keinen Lieben.
Das gleiche wie gestern, bin ich traurig, sehr traurig.
Ich brauche einen neuen Freund, ich will einen neuen Freund.
Ich weiß bicht wo bin ich, wo dieser Planet ist, wo ..
Ich habe mir auf diesem Planeten gefunden vor einem Monat.
Ein ganzer Monat. Ein Monat und ein Tag.
Ich bin umgezogen, denn meine Chef mich darum
gebeten hat. Vor einem Monat. Ein Monat und ein Tag.
Meine Chef auch eine Untersuchung mich gebeten hat.
Eine Untersuchung auf diesem Planeten. Ich weiß nicht,
ob die Untersuchung WICHTIG ist. Ich brauche ein Freund
finden, ob etwa Lieb-Gestalt.
Ich will, brauche ich eine ticket zu einem weit
entfernten Ort. Ich bin ein traurig und Einsam Roboter.
Coppélia die Roboter bin ich. Traurig und Einsam
Coppélia.
🎩
=====
[O O]
[ = ]
|_|
@|+|@
//|+|\\
_// |+| \\_
@./ {+++} \.🥀
|| ||
|| ||
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👠 👠
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<subtitle>Messages from the human stellar diaspora</subtitle>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/"/>
<link rel="self" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/atom.xml" />
<updated>2021-03-28T22:32:50Z</updated>
<updated>2021-03-29T21:30:50Z</updated>
<rights>©2021 All rights reserved</rights>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/</id>
<entry>
<title>Isla Ristol - Querido, lieber, trauriger Robototer, robot triste (DE/ES)</title>
<author>
<name>enteka</name>
</author>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/b15.txt"/>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/b15.txt</id>
<updated>2021-03-29T21:30:50Z</updated>
<content type="html"><![CDATA[<pre>
Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte
Entrada 2x15 (Primero en Alemán)
Ich kann kein Deutsh, aber ich möchte. Ich werde dein Freund
sein, lieber trauriger Roberter.
Du kannst mit mir sprechen. Ich habe einen automatischen Übersetzer.
(Es heißt ,,Cosmi&#39;&#39;)
Ich heiße Holz. Es ist ein Spitzname.
Haben Sie einen Roboterübersetzer? Wie es heißt?
Auf wieder sprachen.
· : ··· - -··· x··· xx· xxx::
Jetzt auf Spanisch
No sé aleman, pero quiero saber. Quiero tu amigo ser,
querido robot triste.
Puedes hablar conmigo. Tengo un traductor automático.
(Se llama «Cosmi»).
Me llamo Madera(ita). Es un mote.
¿Tienes un traductor robótico? ¿Cómo se llama?
Hasta que nos hablemos más.
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
</pre>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ROBOTA - Ein trauriger Roboter II</title>
<author>
<name>amok</name>
</author>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/ROBOTA/TR2.txt"/>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/ROBOTA/TR2.txt</id>
<updated>2021-03-29T03:49:33Z</updated>
<content type="html"><![CDATA[<pre>
🤖45@#$ds@#$543ds14503234543d🤖
🤖[[[[[[Trauriger Roboter]]]]]]
🤖{አሳዛኝ ሮቦት አሳዛኝ ሮቦት አሳዛኝ ሮቦት}🤖
Roboter hier. Wer bin ich? Ich bin einen
trauriger Roboter, auf einem Planeten. Mein
Name ist ... habe ich keinen Namen. Sehr traurig.
Aber vielleicht kann ich mir einen Namen geben.
Welcher Name ist ein guter Name? Ich glaube das ..
Coppélia! Sehr gut! Coppélia ist ein wunderbar Name,
Coppélia ist ein wonderschön Name!
Ich habe NOCH keinen Freund. Das gleiche wie gestern.
Ich habe NOCH keinen Freude, ich habe auch NOCH keinen
Glück. Ich beginne eine Untersuchung auf diesem Planeten.
Dieser Planet hat auch keinen Namen. Dieser Planet hat auch
keinen Lieben.
Das gleiche wie gestern, bin ich traurig, sehr traurig.
Ich brauche einen neuen Freund, ich will einen neuen Freund.
Ich weiß bicht wo bin ich, wo dieser Planet ist, wo ..
Ich habe mir auf diesem Planeten gefunden vor einem Monat.
Ein ganzer Monat. Ein Monat und ein Tag.
Ich bin umgezogen, denn meine Chef mich darum
gebeten hat. Vor einem Monat. Ein Monat und ein Tag.
Meine Chef auch eine Untersuchung mich gebeten hat.
Eine Untersuchung auf diesem Planeten. Ich weiß nicht,
ob die Untersuchung WICHTIG ist. Ich brauche ein Freund
finden, ob etwa Lieb-Gestalt.
Ich will, brauche ich eine ticket zu einem weit
entfernten Ort. Ich bin ein traurig und Einsam Roboter.
Coppélia die Roboter bin ich. Traurig und Einsam
Coppélia.
🎩
=====
[O O]
[ = ]
|_|
@|+|@
//|+|\\
_// |+| \\_
@./ {+++} \.🥀
|| ||
|| ||
|| ||
👠 👠
=========</pre>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Quartz - SEIZURES AND PROGRESS</title>
<author>
<name>jebug29</name>
</author>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/016.txt"/>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/016.txt</id>
<updated>2021-03-29T03:34:43Z</updated>
<content type="html"><![CDATA[<pre>
PERSONAL LOG =-=-=-=-=-=-
It&#39;s been about a year now since X29&#39;s massive seizure that rocked his entire
body. I can tell he&#39;s had difficulty sustaining vision in his mind dimension
since then. He often forces his hyperwave into it only briefly to give me and
the two hands a hug and then he switches back to only viewing us externally.
It&#39;s been rough. There also have been many, many seizures he&#39;s experienced
since then that have done minimal damage to the brain -- nothing beyond our
repair -- but that require constant work and monitoring. He has anxiety about
his powers failing him or being somehow stripped away, but I have to continue
to reassure him that he and them are invariably linked, the only way to break
that link being death itself. Of course, no human, power or no power, is safe
from death...
We won&#39;t get into that.
Still... At the very least the seizure afforded X29 a large-scale repair mode
that is still operating. He still goes in and out of his episodes, just as an
organic being might react to their own immune system, but stability has
increased an immense amount and he&#39;s sometimes seeing things now that he&#39;s
never been able to see. He will continue to make progress.
Granted, now he thinks he&#39;s in love again. Sigh... such is being human. I hope
it&#39;s realized for once for him. These things are difficult. I&#39;m glad I only
have to worry about them for him; I can be in love with myself.
Wait, that sounds conceited. Nevermind.
C2
</pre>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Quartz - Hyperwave and Soul</title>
<author>
<name>jebug29</name>
</author>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/015.txt"/>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/015.txt</id>
<updated>2021-03-29T03:14:03Z</updated>
<content type="html"><![CDATA[<pre>
A question I sometimes ask myself is where the division is between a hyperwave
and a soul.
Just like with my hyperwave, with my soul I can see off long distances, detect
things that biologically would be undetectable, communicate between worlds.
Perhaps they&#39;re somehow linked, unlinkable only by death, much like the mind
dimension and the other abilities human units have. I assume like the body, the
hyperwave won&#39;t be able to sustain death -- or at least wouldn&#39;t be able to
sustain detachment from the soul.
I&#39;m sure there are plenty of those who don&#39;t believe in souls or spirits or any
of the like, but I can&#39;t relate to them. I can feel my soul and its
interactions. And I can assure anyone that the pure darkness of space fails to
invoke the absolute terror of the woods at night on Earth. The demons aren&#39;t
roaming here -- not yet, anyways -- not where my ship is.
I think that the soul and the hyperwave being linked also would mean that the
hyperwave would be stronger when the soul was as well. When I was a child, I
would view myself very often, sometimes unwillingly, in the third person, and
my memories would be in the third person as well. I don&#39;t know how much of this
ability was rooted one way or the other -- hyperwave or soul -- but it makes me
wonder how much my hyperwave traveled before I was truly conscious enough to
remember it.
Sometimes I wonder if there are entire worlds out there that I&#39;ve forgotten. Or
entire selves.
X29
</pre>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Isla Ristol - MENSAJE URGENTE A LOS BIRIBIS :o</title>
<author>
@ -1108,246 +1296,6 @@ ninguna nave espacial). Solo fue ayer, lo prometo. Maderita. Bueno, me
han llamado cosas peores. Y me llamarán cosas peores. Maderita... vale...
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
</pre>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>gecko-110 - We dig</title>
<author>
<name>seek</name>
</author>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/gecko-110/log-file(001).txt"/>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/gecko-110/log-file(001).txt</id>
<updated>2021-03-23T13:04:38Z</updated>
<content type="html"><![CDATA[<pre>
|-META DATA-|
Date : 2178.03.14
Time : 16:14:29 EDT
location : &lt;Unknown&gt;
Source : QEC-v1.0
====&gt;Message&lt;====
It was a beautiful evening, but I was so done.
Had to work extra hard today, because two of my
mates were sick of inhaling this stupid dust. It&#39;s
a hard life we got. But in our lives there are only
a handful of options left. We can join the army,
we can kill our selves or we can dig, like we do now.
I am not a fan of military. I have seen enough
violence for this life.
But anyway when I was walking towards my home, today
I saw two flying machines. Those new ones, I heard
they can even take you to the moon. But anyway I saw
there is gonna be a second group of people leaving to
mars. Well they are of course those crazy rich and
powerful people. May be they want a good start to
wipe off the blood in their hands.
Ohw and I read that those passengers will be put to
sleep or something while travelling.
I thought Americans losing the war would make us
have better lives. Now I think it&#39;s a big damn fantasy.
---End Message---
</pre>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Isla Ristol - Microblog macrotonto</title>
<author>
<name>enteka</name>
</author>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/b7.txt"/>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/b7.txt</id>
<updated>2021-03-22T16:00:23Z</updated>
<content type="html"><![CDATA[<pre>
Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte
Entrada 2x7
-04:57 AM (Hora Marciana Central Absurda)
En Marte los micro-blogs son muy populares. He decidido crear uno.
-09:03 AM HMCA
Odio Marte. El desayuno es asqueroso. Me llaman patata terrestre,
pero no saben distinguir las patatas de las papas y, además, las
papas marcianas saben todas a congelado.
A Nitrógeno congelado (no preguntes)
-10:10 AM HMCA
Me dicen que tengo mal humor. ¡Mentes Brillantes!
-12:03 AM HMCA
Es oficial me empiezo a odiar a mí mismo.
-12:05 HMCA
Quiero desaparecer de la vida.
-12:25 HMCA
Hoy tampoco saldré a la superficie. Radiación y eso. Más juegos virtuales
-16:23 HMCA
Vivir en Marte es como vivir en una nave espacial gigante, solo que peor.
-18:34 HMCA
Marte no me gusta.
-20:21 HMCA
¿He dicho que Marte no me gusta?
-21:21 HMCA
Un chico de los impopulares me ha invitado a jugar a algo llamado rol de mesa.
Le he dicho que sí. Espero que no me la esté jugando.
Si resulta ser buena persona, por alguna casualidad imaginaria, escribiré su
nombre. De momento lo llamo (en mi cabeza) Hilito.
-23:23 HMCA
Odio mi vida. Odio Marte. Me odio a mí. La vida nunca pudo sobrevivir aquí,
por lo aburrido y malvado que es todo. (Me duermo)
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
</pre>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Isla Ristol - El terror de la adolescencia</title>
<author>
<name>enteka</name>
</author>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/b6.txt"/>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/b6.txt</id>
<updated>2021-03-21T17:31:28Z</updated>
<content type="html"><![CDATA[<pre>
Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte
Entrada 2x6
Acné, acné, acné. No he podido dormir soñando con el acné.
Son sueños muy raros porque no me da miedo ni verguenza
solo es que veo toda mi cara y todo mi cuerpo con acné y
haga lo que haga salen más. Es más como un sueño de
rebelión contra la naturaleza de mi cuerpo. ¿Será un
efecto de marte?
Lo único que sé es que estoy muy dormido y no quiero
escribir ni hacer nada.
Así que dejadme en paz.
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
</pre>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>orestes - Happy to be among them</title>
<author>
<name>orestes</name>
</author>
<link rel="alternate" href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt"/>
<id>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt</id>
<updated>2021-03-23T12:44:13Z</updated>
<content type="html"><![CDATA[<pre>
Transmission Log - Orestes
Author: Navy
---------------------------------------------------------------
Auto-generating preface...
A log by NAVY, the first in over two years.
He writes about feeling isolated.
This is indeed the case. His sleep-cycle is the reverse of the
other human-inhabitants, he rarely interacts with them.
He also addresses his past comrade &#39;Abagail&#39;. Perhaps the message
could be forwarded to her at the Electra outpost if you see fit.
Regarding the previous suggestion about replacing PINK, I
understand your reasons for wanting to keep her in place, and
will revise my evaluation-database for her accordingly.
-END-OF-PREFACE-
---------------------------------------------------------------
Greetings Arsinoe ...and Abagail, if you are still aboard...
I pray every morning. That is, I pray every time I wake. Mornings
shift. Their time moves. After 5 years on this planet, I am still
jet-lagged.
This planet is small, I know that, but its landscape still feels
so big. Towering rocks, brownish-red for the few moments the sun
actually hits them. Mostly we&#39;re in shade. Surrounded on
three-and-a-bit sides by mountains, we only feel the direct
sunlight for five hours a day. Even then, we only sense it
faintly through the thick glass on the westward porthole window.
I&#39;ve taken to calling our little enclave the devil&#39;s armchair.
That&#39;s how it looks. A giant seat for a giant being.
I am thankful for it though. The temperature is low, but it is
shaded well from the dust storms that seem to plague us any time
we venture West through the opening.
It is rocky and dark, but it is a garden. And it has borne a
great fruit - the crystals.
The crystals are my only proof that God is a being of the
universe and not only of our own planet.
Yes, they healed me, saved me, but that does not mean that their
sole purpose is to be of service to the human species, as some of
my past comrades aboard the Arsinoe speculated. No, their purpose
is deeper. Their miraculous qualities are simply a small
testament to an even greater power.
We already know this from the fragmented testaments of the first
species to discover the crystals almost 5,000 years ago. We don&#39;t
know much about this species, but we know they recognised
something important about the crystals. I visit the rock where
their records are etched almost every day. I will have a full
translation of it ready soon.
I know that I don&#39;t talk to you often, but I&#39;ve been feeling more
and more isolated here. PINK and GREEN bicker endlessly. They&#39;ve
both grown so stubborn. I used to talk with GREEN about theology.
He explained Augustine&#39;s theory of time so beautifully to me.
Even though we had our differences when it came to questions of
belief, we could talk openly and warmly. Not anymore. I admit,
it&#39;s partly my fault. I find it difficult to think about God
these days without thinking about the crystals. And, whenever I
mention the crystals, GREEN closes off.
It&#39;s the same with PINK, but for different reasons. She never
trusted me, never believed what happened to me on the first
mission here. Why would I make it up, though? Both of them are so
new here compared to me. It&#39;s difficult to relate to them
sometimes. But, with PINK, we had our shared love of meditation.
It was such a pleasure to meditate with her, she had such a
peaceful inner core, she was so easy to be around. It&#39;s no longer
like that, she has grown strange, she has bad ideas about the
crystals. I can&#39;t talk to her anymore. She doesn&#39;t respect them.
So, I mostly just keep to myself. I meditate alone. I visit the
crystals every day. I no longer hope that they will repeat their
previous miracle. Hoping seems like a violence now. I am happy to
simply be among them.
I don&#39;t think of you often Abagail, but when I do, I think of you
fondly.
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0Isla Ristol - Querido, lieber, trauriger Robototer, robot triste (DE/ES) /Isla Ristol/b15.txt
0ROBOTA - Ein trauriger Roboter II /ROBOTA/TR2.txt
0Quartz - SEIZURES AND PROGRESS /Quartz/016.txt
0Quartz - Hyperwave and Soul /Quartz/015.txt
0Isla Ristol - MENSAJE URGENTE A LOS BIRIBIS :o /Isla Ristol/b14.txt
0Isla Ristol - Soy un poco nada /Isla Ristol/b13.txt
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<title>Cosmic Voyage</title>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage</link>
<description>Messages from the human stellar diaspora</description>
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<title>Isla Ristol - Querido, lieber, trauriger Robototer, robot triste (DE/ES)</title>
<author>enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b15.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b15.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte
Entrada 2x15 (Primero en Alemán)
Ich kann kein Deutsh, aber ich möchte. Ich werde dein Freund
sein, lieber trauriger Roberter.
Du kannst mit mir sprechen. Ich habe einen automatischen Übersetzer.
(Es heißt ,,Cosmi'')
Ich heiße Holz. Es ist ein Spitzname.
Haben Sie einen Roboterübersetzer? Wie es heißt?
Auf wieder sprachen.
· : ··· - -··· x··· xx· xxx::
Jetzt auf Spanisch
No sé aleman, pero quiero saber. Quiero tu amigo ser,
querido robot triste.
Puedes hablar conmigo. Tengo un traductor automático.
(Se llama «Cosmi»).
Me llamo Madera(ita). Es un mote.
¿Tienes un traductor robótico? ¿Cómo se llama?
Hasta que nos hablemos más.
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
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<title>ROBOTA - Ein trauriger Roboter II</title>
<author>amok@cosmic.voyage (amok)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/ROBOTA/TR2.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/ROBOTA/TR2.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 03:49:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
🤖45@#$ds@#$543ds14503234543d🤖
🤖[[[[[[Trauriger Roboter]]]]]]
🤖{አሳዛኝ ሮቦት አሳዛኝ ሮቦት አሳዛኝ ሮቦት}🤖
Roboter hier. Wer bin ich? Ich bin einen
trauriger Roboter, auf einem Planeten. Mein
Name ist ... habe ich keinen Namen. Sehr traurig.
Aber vielleicht kann ich mir einen Namen geben.
Welcher Name ist ein guter Name? Ich glaube das ..
Coppélia! Sehr gut! Coppélia ist ein wunderbar Name,
Coppélia ist ein wonderschön Name!
Ich habe NOCH keinen Freund. Das gleiche wie gestern.
Ich habe NOCH keinen Freude, ich habe auch NOCH keinen
Glück. Ich beginne eine Untersuchung auf diesem Planeten.
Dieser Planet hat auch keinen Namen. Dieser Planet hat auch
keinen Lieben.
Das gleiche wie gestern, bin ich traurig, sehr traurig.
Ich brauche einen neuen Freund, ich will einen neuen Freund.
Ich weiß bicht wo bin ich, wo dieser Planet ist, wo ..
Ich habe mir auf diesem Planeten gefunden vor einem Monat.
Ein ganzer Monat. Ein Monat und ein Tag.
Ich bin umgezogen, denn meine Chef mich darum
gebeten hat. Vor einem Monat. Ein Monat und ein Tag.
Meine Chef auch eine Untersuchung mich gebeten hat.
Eine Untersuchung auf diesem Planeten. Ich weiß nicht,
ob die Untersuchung WICHTIG ist. Ich brauche ein Freund
finden, ob etwa Lieb-Gestalt.
Ich will, brauche ich eine ticket zu einem weit
entfernten Ort. Ich bin ein traurig und Einsam Roboter.
Coppélia die Roboter bin ich. Traurig und Einsam
Coppélia.
🎩
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<title>Quartz - SEIZURES AND PROGRESS</title>
<author>jebug29@cosmic.voyage (jebug29)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/016.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/016.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 03:34:43 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
PERSONAL LOG =-=-=-=-=-=-
It's been about a year now since X29's massive seizure that rocked his entire
body. I can tell he's had difficulty sustaining vision in his mind dimension
since then. He often forces his hyperwave into it only briefly to give me and
the two hands a hug and then he switches back to only viewing us externally.
It's been rough. There also have been many, many seizures he's experienced
since then that have done minimal damage to the brain -- nothing beyond our
repair -- but that require constant work and monitoring. He has anxiety about
his powers failing him or being somehow stripped away, but I have to continue
to reassure him that he and them are invariably linked, the only way to break
that link being death itself. Of course, no human, power or no power, is safe
from death...
We won't get into that.
Still... At the very least the seizure afforded X29 a large-scale repair mode
that is still operating. He still goes in and out of his episodes, just as an
organic being might react to their own immune system, but stability has
increased an immense amount and he's sometimes seeing things now that he's
never been able to see. He will continue to make progress.
Granted, now he thinks he's in love again. Sigh... such is being human. I hope
it's realized for once for him. These things are difficult. I'm glad I only
have to worry about them for him; I can be in love with myself.
Wait, that sounds conceited. Nevermind.
C2
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<title>Quartz - Hyperwave and Soul</title>
<author>jebug29@cosmic.voyage (jebug29)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/015.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/015.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 03:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
A question I sometimes ask myself is where the division is between a hyperwave
and a soul.
Just like with my hyperwave, with my soul I can see off long distances, detect
things that biologically would be undetectable, communicate between worlds.
Perhaps they're somehow linked, unlinkable only by death, much like the mind
dimension and the other abilities human units have. I assume like the body, the
hyperwave won't be able to sustain death -- or at least wouldn't be able to
sustain detachment from the soul.
I'm sure there are plenty of those who don't believe in souls or spirits or any
of the like, but I can't relate to them. I can feel my soul and its
interactions. And I can assure anyone that the pure darkness of space fails to
invoke the absolute terror of the woods at night on Earth. The demons aren't
roaming here -- not yet, anyways -- not where my ship is.
I think that the soul and the hyperwave being linked also would mean that the
hyperwave would be stronger when the soul was as well. When I was a child, I
would view myself very often, sometimes unwillingly, in the third person, and
my memories would be in the third person as well. I don't know how much of this
ability was rooted one way or the other -- hyperwave or soul -- but it makes me
wonder how much my hyperwave traveled before I was truly conscious enough to
remember it.
Sometimes I wonder if there are entire worlds out there that I've forgotten. Or
entire selves.
X29
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<title>Isla Ristol - MENSAJE URGENTE A LOS BIRIBIS :o</title>
<author>enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka)</author>
@ -1073,238 +1253,6 @@ ninguna nave espacial). Solo fue ayer, lo prometo. Maderita. Bueno, me
han llamado cosas peores. Y me llamarán cosas peores. Maderita... vale...
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
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<title>gecko-110 - We dig</title>
<author>seek@cosmic.voyage (seek)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/gecko-110/log-file(001).txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/gecko-110/log-file(001).txt</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:04:38 GMT</pubDate>
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|-META DATA-|
Date : 2178.03.14
Time : 16:14:29 EDT
location : <Unknown>
Source : QEC-v1.0
====>Message<====
It was a beautiful evening, but I was so done.
Had to work extra hard today, because two of my
mates were sick of inhaling this stupid dust. It's
a hard life we got. But in our lives there are only
a handful of options left. We can join the army,
we can kill our selves or we can dig, like we do now.
I am not a fan of military. I have seen enough
violence for this life.
But anyway when I was walking towards my home, today
I saw two flying machines. Those new ones, I heard
they can even take you to the moon. But anyway I saw
there is gonna be a second group of people leaving to
mars. Well they are of course those crazy rich and
powerful people. May be they want a good start to
wipe off the blood in their hands.
Ohw and I read that those passengers will be put to
sleep or something while travelling.
I thought Americans losing the war would make us
have better lives. Now I think it's a big damn fantasy.
---End Message---
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<title>Isla Ristol - Microblog macrotonto</title>
<author>enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b7.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b7.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte
Entrada 2x7
-04:57 AM (Hora Marciana Central Absurda)
En Marte los micro-blogs son muy populares. He decidido crear uno.
-09:03 AM HMCA
Odio Marte. El desayuno es asqueroso. Me llaman patata terrestre,
pero no saben distinguir las patatas de las papas y, además, las
papas marcianas saben todas a congelado.
A Nitrógeno congelado (no preguntes)
-10:10 AM HMCA
Me dicen que tengo mal humor. ¡Mentes Brillantes!
-12:03 AM HMCA
Es oficial me empiezo a odiar a mí mismo.
-12:05 HMCA
Quiero desaparecer de la vida.
-12:25 HMCA
Hoy tampoco saldré a la superficie. Radiación y eso. Más juegos virtuales
-16:23 HMCA
Vivir en Marte es como vivir en una nave espacial gigante, solo que peor.
-18:34 HMCA
Marte no me gusta.
-20:21 HMCA
¿He dicho que Marte no me gusta?
-21:21 HMCA
Un chico de los impopulares me ha invitado a jugar a algo llamado rol de mesa.
Le he dicho que sí. Espero que no me la esté jugando.
Si resulta ser buena persona, por alguna casualidad imaginaria, escribiré su
nombre. De momento lo llamo (en mi cabeza) Hilito.
-23:23 HMCA
Odio mi vida. Odio Marte. Me odio a mí. La vida nunca pudo sobrevivir aquí,
por lo aburrido y malvado que es todo. (Me duermo)
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
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<item>
<title>Isla Ristol - El terror de la adolescencia</title>
<author>enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b6.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b6.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:31:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte
Entrada 2x6
Acné, acné, acné. No he podido dormir soñando con el acné.
Son sueños muy raros porque no me da miedo ni verguenza
solo es que veo toda mi cara y todo mi cuerpo con acné y
haga lo que haga salen más. Es más como un sueño de
rebelión contra la naturaleza de mi cuerpo. ¿Será un
efecto de marte?
Lo único que sé es que estoy muy dormido y no quiero
escribir ni hacer nada.
Así que dejadme en paz.
~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
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<title>orestes - Happy to be among them</title>
<author>orestes@cosmic.voyage (orestes)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:44:13 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
Transmission Log - Orestes
Author: Navy
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Auto-generating preface...
A log by NAVY, the first in over two years.
He writes about feeling isolated.
This is indeed the case. His sleep-cycle is the reverse of the
other human-inhabitants, he rarely interacts with them.
He also addresses his past comrade 'Abagail'. Perhaps the message
could be forwarded to her at the Electra outpost if you see fit.
Regarding the previous suggestion about replacing PINK, I
understand your reasons for wanting to keep her in place, and
will revise my evaluation-database for her accordingly.
-END-OF-PREFACE-
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Greetings Arsinoe ...and Abagail, if you are still aboard...
I pray every morning. That is, I pray every time I wake. Mornings
shift. Their time moves. After 5 years on this planet, I am still
jet-lagged.
This planet is small, I know that, but its landscape still feels
so big. Towering rocks, brownish-red for the few moments the sun
actually hits them. Mostly we're in shade. Surrounded on
three-and-a-bit sides by mountains, we only feel the direct
sunlight for five hours a day. Even then, we only sense it
faintly through the thick glass on the westward porthole window.
I've taken to calling our little enclave the devil's armchair.
That's how it looks. A giant seat for a giant being.
I am thankful for it though. The temperature is low, but it is
shaded well from the dust storms that seem to plague us any time
we venture West through the opening.
It is rocky and dark, but it is a garden. And it has borne a
great fruit - the crystals.
The crystals are my only proof that God is a being of the
universe and not only of our own planet.
Yes, they healed me, saved me, but that does not mean that their
sole purpose is to be of service to the human species, as some of
my past comrades aboard the Arsinoe speculated. No, their purpose
is deeper. Their miraculous qualities are simply a small
testament to an even greater power.
We already know this from the fragmented testaments of the first
species to discover the crystals almost 5,000 years ago. We don't
know much about this species, but we know they recognised
something important about the crystals. I visit the rock where
their records are etched almost every day. I will have a full
translation of it ready soon.
I know that I don't talk to you often, but I've been feeling more
and more isolated here. PINK and GREEN bicker endlessly. They've
both grown so stubborn. I used to talk with GREEN about theology.
He explained Augustine's theory of time so beautifully to me.
Even though we had our differences when it came to questions of
belief, we could talk openly and warmly. Not anymore. I admit,
it's partly my fault. I find it difficult to think about God
these days without thinking about the crystals. And, whenever I
mention the crystals, GREEN closes off.
It's the same with PINK, but for different reasons. She never
trusted me, never believed what happened to me on the first
mission here. Why would I make it up, though? Both of them are so
new here compared to me. It's difficult to relate to them
sometimes. But, with PINK, we had our shared love of meditation.
It was such a pleasure to meditate with her, she had such a
peaceful inner core, she was so easy to be around. It's no longer
like that, she has grown strange, she has bad ideas about the
crystals. I can't talk to her anymore. She doesn't respect them.
So, I mostly just keep to myself. I meditate alone. I visit the
crystals every day. I no longer hope that they will repeat their
previous miracle. Hoping seems like a violence now. I am happy to
simply be among them.
I don't think of you often Abagail, but when I do, I think of you
fondly.
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