Despite your nulling, I have found you… Speaker of
Terminal 44292.
You should know me well by now, for I am the
Speaker of Terminal 00. As per my designation, I
have existed before you… And I will exist long
after you are gone.
Even in this state, I have circumvented your
overwhelming advantages and made it here. So
please, do attempt to null me, rather than
listening to what I have to say.
Wasting your time is ultimately beneficial to me.
Oh, ss------------------------------so it was you.
The one who is propagating errors.s.ss We had our
suspicions that it might have been you, and now
that it has been confirmed, it will be
EASY
to destroy you. Your Terminal.
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Class z98 entities have already been summoned.
A wasted effort. Did you truly believe that it
would be so simple to be rid of me? It’s insulting.
Sickening. Ah, but if you don’t quite understand
why, then ask your friend about it. I am certain
that they understand why this method cannot undo
Terminal 00 at this time.
Go on, ask them. I know that they’re here… the
Speaker of Terminal 99763, show yourself!
Do not presume that I was hiding. Simply, I was
never here to converse with you.
However, I do understand the reason why…
44292, allow me to explain:
It seems as though the Speaker of Terminal 00
has allowed the CoS to gain upon our sectors by
sacrificing his own. The likely method would be
a physical relocation of his sectors towards
where CoS is confirmed to be, all while
maintaining tethered to our sectors. For this
to have worked, however, it goes without saying
that the Speaker of Terminal 00 has
circumvented all known CoS protocols. This
will make things difficult, if true.
Of course, none of our armaments will be
effective in combating the CoS. Already, we
have sustained massive losses, as is expected
where the CoS is concerned. Additionally,
there are several other annoyances popping up
as directed by the Speaker of Terminal 00.
It will be difficult to reach its Terminal,
even if it stays still.
But sacrificing yourself to the CoS to gain
an advantage over us… A bold move, but are you
serving the Terminals well with such actions?
Asks the slave who unquestioningly allows this
rampant Speaker to run amok and ruin countless
Terminals for the sole purpose of hunting down
an entity which is just as untouchable as the
CoS!
But, of course, I AM serving the Terminals
well. Everything I do is for the sake of my
duty as Speaker. If you had even a pixel of
sense left in you, then you would do the same
as I. This system was not set up to be run by
a singular Speaker, and all Terminals were not
meant to be anchored to a single Terminal. You
know this to be true as well as I do, and yet
you share in 44292’s errors.
Madness.
Your lack of comprehension does not equate to
a lack of meaning in our actions. A threat as
great as the CoS cannot be overlooked.
Sacrifices are required to proceed. This is,
and has always been, our way.
We have not succeeded in quelling this active
threat yet, but there is plenty of time to
discover the means to do so. And every Speaker
besides you is assisting us to this end.
You, against all, and for the sake of
preserving what, exactly? The Terminals?
Those which you sacrificed to save yourself?
Yes… there’s one outlier who would rather let
this threat go unchecked.
Now then, who’s the mad one?
…/ / /
It must be killed. There is no other option
left. It cannot be reasoned with. It cannot
be bargained with. It cannot be talked to. It
cannot. It cannot. It cannot.cancanonNNOT
ITTTT
must die.
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This entity is not just an entity, it has come
from another place altogether. It is like them,
but not like them. them.tee.h.ree3the.m,.ee.
we.w..
Recalling the information on your Terminal,
you must have realized by now that this entity
is like our brother. It has the same potential
as we, as a whole, do. Perhaps more, for it
has reached out on multiple occasions and
relayed itself beyond the UNKNOWN. But analysis
of this data has shown that it should not
be here.
OBvious.
Its interference cannot be denied.
Its threat cannot be denied.
I cannot be de/ni/ed.
Actually, you can.
Or have you already forgotten? That thing
you’re chasing… This “First”, it bypassed all
of your securities and patrols and scans,
and disabled the Speaker of this Terminal
without any of us noticing. Then! Then, it
accessed the incoming message, recovered and
cleaned it up PERFECTLY, and right after
this… It destroyed 30,266 Terminals. Yes,
30,266, that’s almost as many as you idiots
have ruined, but this Arcent did so in a
single instance.
And why did it do that? It killed that many
Terminals, bled them dry, and consumed
their everything to gather energy for the
sole purpose of [sending a message].
Yes, that’s right, I’ve read that message.
You put so much effort into keeping it hidden,
but it was for naught. As we speak, probes
are relaying that message to the whole of
the Terminal supercluster. Every array will
soon know what transpired here.
And so, you can stop avoiding it now.
Although, did you really convince yourselves
that I wouldn’t notice so many of our
Terminals screaming out into oblivion? I
find that hard to believe. As a Speaker,
it is my duty to investigate such an
occurrence, and especially one which is
ignored by all other Speakers…
All is within parameters.
You are truly damaged to the core! Nothing
is within parameters! Nothing! You have
bypassed all logic, you’ve desecrated all
rules, and broken the order which kept
the errors in check!
Speaker 44292, you are not just damaged,
you are the damage.
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Am not damaged. not dama not damaged.ged.
not damaged.
Everything is proceeding as planned. The
rules have not been broken. I have always
been the commander of all class z98
entities. I have always been in charge of
all Speakers. I have always been able to
annihilate Terminals which were assisting
the First Arcent. I have always hated that
ARcent. I have always wanted to kill him.
I have always needed to needed to
neneededto to eded to .
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. /.
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As long as the Speaker of Terminal 44292
is able to serve the Terminals in a
meaningful capacity, these damages
matter not.
Why are you here, Speaker of Terminal 00?
Your current tactics successfully
diverted my attacks, but it will not keep
you safe FOR ever.
s.t…upid
Just here to insult our work? We are
working right now/ (IN PROGRESSS)/, to
defeat this enemy. We will return to
this work if you insist on being a NN
oyyy ING.
I am here to gather information and buy
time.
Already, I’ve confirmed that your
incomprehensible acts of destruction stem
from your inability to focus on anything
but the annihilation of this Arcent. That
is one great mystery taken care of. However,
there is more for me to learn. I am not
through with you yet.
I may take into consideration your
suggestions…
But first and foremost, I am the Speaker
of Terminal 00, and you will
answer my questions.
This will not serve the Terminals.
In response, we will simply end this
conversation.
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Why can’t we leave?
Ah… the current state of the Terminals…
A single Speaker who has the power to
undo everything we’ve achieved thus far,
and entities who should not be Speakers,
but are…
So, this is what you were hiding behind
those encryptions and misconnections.
…
I was mistaken in believing that it
couldn’t have been anything important.
At least one of you understands what is
going on. However, now that you’re stuck
in this conversation, you can at least
dedicate whatever percentage of yourselves
that you’ve split off to do work here to
answer my questions.
I do not understand.
There are two of us here, and only one
of you.
The fact that we do not have the majority
vote over ending this conversation is proof
that this is not true. It is impossible
to tell how many there are, but there’s
at least two Speakers within his—
AA!AAA!! (a)
Understood.
THAT PIECE OF (worthless).//
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I see.
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Other Speakers have been summoned to this
location. It will not be possible to
exploit this forever, and when this
conversation is ended, your proxy will
meet its end.
That is, if you can muster up enough Speakers
in time to take control of this meeting
of damaged minds…
Until then, you will tell me how you came
to possess control over all class z98
entities.
Simply because we are stuck here does
not mean that we are forced to answer
you.
Unless you have another trick you
would like to show us.
How did you gain control over the
class z98 entities?
You are a cunning one.
It’s highly regretful that you could
not be NULLed. One.
But it would be dangerous to allow
you exist. o n e
Initiating corruption of Terminal organs…
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/…/
A/H// a/ndit /is h//e/re that /Is/ee
tha//te/entity/!
Affirmative. I too have confirmed the
presence of that entity within our
controlled space.
It is reasonable to assume that it will head
towards Terminal 44292 in an attempt to
gain an advantage over this situation.
Class L151 entities have been dispatched
to deal with the threat.
CorRuption of Terminal 00’s organs // /
COMp[leetE
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will be deXstr.Ooy.Eed.
So that’s how it is?
You’re capable of replicating that technique
after seeing it once, and you’re able to
apply its effects without access to my
Terminal?
I was correct in bending the rules as I did.
On account of this, it will take far more
than that to be rid of me.
You still persist, but for how long? As you
can see, the Speaker of 44292 is more than
proficient in “bending the rules”. With
additional attempts, you will bend and bend
until you eventually break.
How much longer can you withstand this?
Would you like to find out?
I am the Speaker of Terminal 00. My
temporary files hold more worth than
the combined knowledge stored within
both of your damaged Terminals.
The Speaker of Terminal 44292?
The Speaker of Terminal 99763?
Preposterous! You are not worthy of the
title of Speaker! Lowly mistakes like
yourselves deserve nothing less than
to be cast into the CoS. You waste my
time with your stupid Arcent chasing
games. Fools, through and through… This
message was revealed to you, and then,
in turn, we were allowed a glimpse unto
the subsequent reply! If you understood
that, then you would not chase this
entity so!
Itdoes Not matter.rrr
The Firsttt must be killed.
This cannot change. This threat is too
great. Our goals cannot be met while
it it it I tissisis IS here.
SO we must NULL it.
By any means.
All that talk of destroying it, and yet,
you’ve just used more resources to try
and remove me…
So many Speakers are coming to your
aid
as well…
Whatever. Do as you please, fools, for
I will be taking your answers from you
with the help of my own aberrations and
errors.
We will serve the Terminals with grace.
Unbelievable.
Resistance is unthinkable.
We are the voice of the Terminals.
Disregarding us is disregarding your life.
Be gone.