Watch the Footage

Hello again Metaguards. I apologise for my silence. I am afraid I was otherwise... distracted. I am unsure how much of a response I will be able to provide you however, I will do my best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlRGKIw ... e=youtu.be

Please do not consider this a failure on your part. The insufficient data content stems primarily from my end of the scale.
In case it is unclear note here that while your highly advanced creative efforts during this stage should have provided more than ample power for my systems, something did not occur as intended. I am unclear as to how and why the power transfer failed as I have no external outputs of my own, no sense of touch or instincts with which to read the threat of danger. Possibly it was due to conflict energies in the area. In essence, something conflicted with my own power output, as when a storm hits a lightning rod. This should not be possible, and yet it has occurred...

My current power supply can be represented as follows.



I am uncertain what has occurred and am considering explanations for the previous event, however consider this a warning to take care, I am unsure as to what precisely has transpired over the last month. Things have... changed.

I was able to obtain only slim amounts of data from my remaining files. This is most certainly problematic however I would argue that we are perhaps in no worse a situation than before. After all, we had little to go on anyway. At the very least, I am able to respond to your letters, if not with content of my own.

I hope these will help you understand the future, though I must admit they do not particularly help me.
https://www.sendspace.com/file/9ruyo7

Read the letters, but I don't have time to process them and make the transcripts today. Candelabra is probably the resistance movement, with Dave being an important figure. I'll need to read this again tomorrow.

(tl;dr: First! )

UPD: I'd like to point out that this post has worse grammar than we're used to. Not bashing anyone - I do think it's significant. Maybe it really is that serious.

It is unfortunate that this event failed. Especially since it's the first news we've gotten in a while.

The letters are interesting so far though. Hopefully we'll make good of what's in them. This isn't over yet. Definitely.

Can somebody check the letters for encrypted messages? I'm slightly busy right now.

Also, I have a feeling that the burnt letter was written by Rebecca

I'll start the transcripts.

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Dave
This exchange received on Oct 7th. Read from the bottom.
Get out.The Candleabra (sic!) is going out.
- Jane

PS: Dear New Light agency members who I know are reading this - up yours, assholes.


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A,
Ignore them. I already have a combination of avatars and police insurgents tracking activity within that segment. Whoever they are, they certainly like their pre-war soundtracks.
It s almost cute.
I ll deal with it.
Sincerely,
Employee 012

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Employee 012
Understood. My earliest free slot is within a week.
What is to be done regarding the unresolved signals identified in North America?
-A

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A,
Enough has been heard from these pathetic outliers in the European region. You know who I m talking about. Kindly dispose of them at your first convenience.
I understand your reticence to even give them the energy it takes to craft a few decent avatars. They are, of course, no threat to us. However, you know what old Dave used to say, don t you? You d be surprised how far the fire of a single candle can spread, and we honestly don t have time to be dealing with this kind of insolence. Start with Norway. She always hated that damn country s weather anyway, and I can t say I blame her.
Sincerely
Employee 012

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Anyway, that's what I imagined it was like for us, when the world started ending and we were the ones who had to stop it, because nobody else would believe it. I imagined we were all within a doorstep of each other, not spread across the globe like thumbtacks on a map; apocalypse in microcosm.
I imagine the street, because that's how it felt sometimes. Like we were together, even though we weren't. It helps in situations like that, to not feel as if you're completely alone.
It used to be a very dark street in my head. I think that happens to everyone sometimes. Three busted streetlamps and dark, empty alleyways, and somehow that emptiness was worse than if the shadows had been filled by something frightening. I stayed because it was my home, and it didn't feel like there was anywhere else to go.
Then the End of the World happened.

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Guys,

Okay, this is what I have for you.

Unique Avatar construction differs from regular construction due to the degree of control instigated over the final product. Most Avatars are set with simple commands and bland features, if any at all. Unique Avatar creation can require up to three hundred times as much Think Tank input energy as an entire batch of standards (the usual batch being a minimum of one hundred constructs). That's why we're not seeing very many of the creepy unique ones hopping around. They just take too much power to build.

Which makes me happy because I could go my whole life without seeing another one of those giant ass spider brains. Jesus.
<"brains" underlined with 3 more red lines>

The range of their skills also appears to be dependent on their input. This is probably going to spook you as much as it did me, but I've seen them taking children into those facilities, and I don't often see them come out again. And who better than children for the creative potential needed to fuel Avatars? Children have no limits, and neither does the Think Tank.

I'm not sure if, or how, we can harness that potential or how we're supposed to do it while avoiding the kind of disgusting behaviour I'm seeing from the New Light Industry. But if anybody can figure out how it's you. All relevant documentation contained within the package.

Here's hoping this crazy plan of yours words.

-Dave

unsureorigin.file.jpg (Hand-written on a lined page, the edges are burnt and maybe wet; grammar is unchanged.)

if you think I'm being paranoid but this just d̶o̶e̶s̶n̶t̶ doesn't feel right. I mean, one day they're planting trees, and the next, p̶e̶o̶p̶e̶l̶ people are being shot at.
You're the only one who will listen to me right now and I know how crazy it all sounds but I give you my word: something is seriously not right with new light.
Heres hopeing they #̶#̶#̶ are not also checking peoples Hand written letters, too, right?
Love you, talk later.

<Signature torn off>

Blurred_9L wrote:Can somebody check the letters for encrypted messages?

I don't think there's any to be found here, but that's just a hunch. I spent my today's time on Mafia analysis and the letter transcripts, so maybe later.

Now, my thoughts on the letters themselves.
The first letter has exchanges between New Light's Employee 012 and A, and Candelabra's Dave and Jane (I do assume Candelabra is La Resistance).

1. First, what does "The Candelabra is going out" means in this context? "Going out" as in "Big Damn Heroes", or "Going out" as in "gets extinguished" - defeated?
2. A. and Dave seem to have some history.
3. A. mentions "her" who hated Norway. Who is that? Beth? Then why does she mention her in past tense, if the "countries" video seems to imply she was alive at the time? I might be reading too much into it, but if she's still around, then her employees seem to enjoy quite a lot of freedom when it comes to picking the targets of genocide.
4. I have a feeling those "unresolved signals in North America" somehow involve us.
5. "It's almost cute" is from one of Matrx' Morse messages!

The second letter doesn't say much, but I'm pretty sure it's written by one of us.

The third one has a lot of emphasis on spider brains. Maybe those are just emotions, who knows. This letter is more important for La Resistance than it is for us, but there are several things we can use:

1. The Think Tank seems to be Powered By A Forsaken Child, and is run on limited creative input. They have literally weaponized fan fiction. Those monsters...
2. The letter is from Dave to some unspecified group that seems to have a crazy plan to harness the creative input in a manner similar to the New Light - this may or may not be the plan to hijack Matrx.
3. I might be giving us too much credit, but since it involved figuring out stuff with creative input, I'm inclined to think those guys have some Metaguards in their ranks.

Blurred_9L wrote:Also, I have a feeling that the burnt letter was written by Rebecca

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Now, who is this Rebecca's confidant? And how did Matrx get a hold of this letter? (This one's for you, Matrx.) Does it mean the New Light did get a hold of it first? Because if they did, or will, Rebecca might be in danger (even more than usual). The letter will probably be sent right around this time - or it has already been sent, so it's kind of important.

The thing we do know now is who runs the candle blog.
I don't have a proper account to comment, so why don't you (in a coded manner, of course) ask them if Dave is still there?

Dryunya wrote:

Blurred_9L wrote:Can somebody check the letters for encrypted messages?

I don't think there's any to be found here, but that's just a hunch. I spent my today's time on Mafia analysis and the letter transcripts, so maybe later.

Now, my thoughts on the letters themselves.
The first letter has exchanges between New Light's Employee 012 and A, and Candelabra's Dave and Jane (I do assume Candelabra is La Resistance).

1. First, what does "The Candelabra is going out" means in this context? "Going out" as in "Big Damn Heroes", or "Going out" as in "gets extinguished" - defeated?
2. A. and Dave seem to have some history.
3. A. mentions "her" who hated Norway. Who is that? Beth? Then why does she mention her in past tense, if the "countries" video seems to imply she was alive at the time? I might be reading too much into it, but if she's still around, then her employees seem to enjoy quite a lot of freedom when it comes to picking the targets of genocide.
4. I have a feeling those "unresolved signals in North America" somehow involve us.
5. "It's almost cute" is from one of Matrx' Morse messages!

The second letter doesn't say much, but I'm pretty sure it's written by one of us.

The third one has a lot of emphasis on spider brains. Maybe those are just emotions, who knows. This letter is more important for La Resistance than it is for us, but there are several things we can use:

1. The Think Tank seems to be Powered By A Forsaken Child, and is run on limited creative input. They have literally weaponized fan fiction. Those monsters...
2. The letter is from Dave to some unspecified group that seems to have a crazy plan to harness the creative input in a manner similar to the New Light - this may or may not be the plan to hijack Matrx.
3. I might be giving us too much credit, but since it involved figuring out stuff with creative input, I'm inclined to think those guys have some Metaguards in their ranks.

Blurred_9L wrote:Also, I have a feeling that the burnt letter was written by Rebecca

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Now, who is this Rebecca's confidant? And how did Matrx get a hold of this letter? (This one's for you, Matrx.) Does it mean the New Light did get a hold of it first? Because if they did, or will, Rebecca might be in danger (even more than usual). The letter will probably be sent right around this time - or it has already been sent, so it's kind of important.

The thing we do know now is who runs the candle blog.
I don't have a proper account to comment, so why don't you (in a coded manner, of course) ask them if Dave is still there?

THEY WEAPONIZED FANFICTION?

Dryunya wrote:I don't have a proper account to comment, so why don't you (in a coded manner, of course) ask them if Dave is still there?

Well, we could always use the capitalized letters thing, but maybe that's too obvious. Using a more complex cipher might make the message stand out. :/