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Transmission Log - Orestes
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Author: Pink
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Auto-generating preface...
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An update about the new visitor from PINK. She exhibits signs of
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jealousy that even a rudimentary A.I. like me can pick up on.
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Although, perhaps all forms of jealousy are easy to spot? It's an
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unfamiliar human emotion to me. My designer did provide me with
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some datasets for things like resentment, aggression, depression,
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love, melancholy, etc. All the things that might cause issues in
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a small outpost like Orestes. It seems jealousy is simply an
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unsophisticated combination of all these things.
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Please send me some jealousy datasets so I can update my
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predictions accordingly.
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The new outpost-member does indeed show promise with regard to
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researching the crystals. I haven't been able to brute-force her
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QEC transmitter yet, but the attack is in-progress. I will have
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infiltrated her communications within two weeks and will
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send you her private thoughts on the crystals as soon as I can.
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-END-OF-PREFACE-
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She's only been here a week but already everything has changed.
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She seems nice.
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Ugh, no, she doesn't. I'm suspicious of her.
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She doesn't spend much time with us as a group (although, we
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rarely spend time with each other as a group these days).
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She seems to prefer 'one-on-one' time with us.
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Mostly with GREEN.
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Not that I mind. I just find it unusual.
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Sometimes, when GREEN notices me watching them together, huddled
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close, her hand casually resting on his forearm, he shoots me a
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reassuring glance. I hate it. He has nothing to reassure me
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about. We aren't - weren't - 'together'. He's an idiot
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sometimes.
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I don't even see her as a threat. Yes, she is very beautiful.
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But, she is so *weird*. She treats him more as a father, which is
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ridiculous. GREEN is practically a man-child. He would be a
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terrible father.
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I don't mean that. I suppose he has his charms. He is good at
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remaining calm and taking time to reflect on things. It's not
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such a bad thing to impart onto a child. Still, he likes watching
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ancient re-runs of 'Stephen Universe' which, as far as I can
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gather from the 5 or so minutes I could stand of it, is a
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children's cartoon-show.
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I do enjoy my conversations with her. I guess that's why GREEN is
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drawn to her too. He appreciates the kinds of things she has to
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offer - good, deep conversations, a warm heart, a pleasant
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laugh...
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Maybe he likes her.
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I mostly talk about my work with her. She's endlessly curious
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about it. I suppose it's only natural. Prior to crash-landing on
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our little rock, she was a botanist, traveling from planet to
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planet studying alien plant-life on behalf of some private
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benefactor.
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She was the sole crew member of her ship. She says she still
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doesn't understand why she was so off-track when she accidentally
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hyper-jumped into our little orbit. Whatever cause the navigation
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error seemed to cause a series of chain-reactions and eventual
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system failure. She was lucky to survive the crash.
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Not much else survived. Nothing from the wreckage that could
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back-up her story.
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She carries a personal little QEC transmitter that sends
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encrypted messages back to her home base. She's already contacted
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them to say she'll be taking a little sojourn here. How
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presumptuous of her!
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She's taken by the crystals. She wants to study them further.
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She was surprised they weren't already on her radar. She has even
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begun to convince GREEN of their potential.
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She asked us if she could stay, not that we had much of a choice.
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We haven't heard from you for so long now, we're pretty much
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convinced you've disappeared into that black hole at the edge of
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this star system. You know the one.
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Seriously though, what should we do about her? Some guidance here
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would be great. I advise letting her join our team for a while.
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In spite of my personal reservations about her, professionally
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she seems more than capable of contributing real value to our
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little study.
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A new pair of eyes on the crystals couldn't hurt. I just wish
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they weren't such damn pretty eyes.
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- PINK
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Complied by the Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator
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Info: Simple A.I., designed on-site for executing
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systems maintenance tasks and exchanging messages between
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the Orestes outpost and the Arsinoe.
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Built by Werner Young (2113-2151).
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Names of persons have been masked to protect their identity.
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