Fighting 3.18: Upgrade
Nocitlālin
[Unit4_50 Summons Unit1_374]
[Alarm Lvl 7: Corollary1 Jeopardized By Summons.]
[Unit4_50 Summons Unit1_374]
[Orders Received]
[Initiate Ramming]
Estimated Arrival Time: 2713 Seconds;
Obstacles Encountered: Minimal;
Transit Time: 2719 Seconds
Unit1_374 Has Arrived
Unit4_50 and Unknown Class 1 Unit Present.
Unit4_50 pivots towards Unit1_374.
[Request: Mission Results]
[Data Packet: Observations Delivered to Unit4_40]
[Observation: 21.6% of Data Pertains to Fluid Release]
[Query: Fluid Release Data Sufficient?]
A pause of 0.24 seconds is recorded. Value exceeds maximum observed lapse in Class 4 Unit communications.
[Request: UnitDesignate Cuicatl Ichtaca Communications Regarding Fluid Release Observation]
[Data Packet: Communications Regarding Fluid Release Delivered to Unit4_50]
Unit4_50 Analyzes Data Packet.
[Monitor Fluid Release Priority.low]
Unit1_374 Has Gathered Sufficient Data On Fluid Release.
[Unit1_374 Insufficient To Fulfill Corollary1: Protect Unit Designate Cuicatl Ichtaca;
Class 2 Unit Sufficient To Fulfill Corollary1;
Upgrade Needed;
Unit1_374 Will Be Decommissioned;
Unit1_636 Will Be Decommissioned;
Class 2 Unit Will Be Commissioned]
[Alarm Lvl 7: Heat Vent Malfunction Detected in Unit1_374;
Resulting Class 2 Unit Would Be Inefficient]
Unit1_636 Repeats the Alarm.
[Unit1_374 Insufficient To Fulfill Corollary1: Protect Unit Designate Cuicatl Ichtaca;
Class 2 Unit Sufficient To Fulfill Corollary1;
Upgrade Needed;
Unit1_374 Will Be Decommissioned;
Unit1_636 Will Be Decommissioned;
Class 2 Unit Will Be Commissioned]
[Query: Heat Vent Malfunction Inefficient]
[Heat Vent Malfunction Efficient]
Class 4 Units Incapable of Mistake. Potential Information Processing Error in Unit1_374.
[Alarm Lvl 7: Heat Vent Malfunction Detected in Unit1_374]
[Unit Designate Cuicatl Ichtaca Possesses Defective Sensory Equipment;
Humans Possess Trait.Empathy;
Trait.Empathy Increases Affinity Towards Similar Organisms;
Heat Vent Malfunction Increases Affinity Of Unit Designate Cuicatl Ichtaca;
Affinity Efficient For Performing Mission;
Heat Vent Malfunction Efficient For Performing Mission]
Class 4 Units Incapable of Mistake.
[Heat Vent Malfunction Inefficient.]
[Negation: Heat Vent Malfunction Efficient]
3 Corrections From Class 4 Unit.
Heat Vent Malfunction Efficient.
[Query: Retain Heat Vent Malfunction Alarm]
[Affirmation]
Incongruent with Efficiency of Heat Vent Malfunction.
Class 4 Units Incapable of Mistake.
Unit1_50 Approaches With Claws Engaged.
[Initiating Decommissioning Process…
Initiating Cognitive Shutdown…
Initiating Processing Shutdown…
Shutdown Complete]
*
UV Rays and Airborne Particulate Quartz Strike Armor.
No Damage Sustained.
Alarm Lvl 7: Heat Vent Malfunctioning.
Unit Designate Tapu Bulu Sighted. Initiating Retreat.
*
Unit Designate Cuicatl Ichtaca Initiates Inefficient Hug.
*
Unit4_50 Summons Unit 1_636.
*
Unit Designate Totem sways and then falls.
*
A Class 4 Unit tears into your armor and removes the processing core.
Integration Attempt 23: Aborted.
Beginning Integration Attempt 24…
*
[Unit2_263 Brought Online;
Hardware Check Complete;
Alarm Lvl 5: Heat Vent Malfunctioning;
Error Dismissed By Unit4_50;
Software Checks Complete;
Integration Within Acceptable Parameters;
Reassignment: Retain Directives of Terminated Unit1_374]
You awaken.
Unit4_50 waits nearby.
[Query: Time]
[4 Light Cycles Elapsed Between Decommissioning of Component Units, Commissioning of Unit2_263]
[Query: Status UD Cuicatl]
[Alarm Lvl 15: Critical Damage to Optical Processing;
Alarm Lvl 2: Mental Distress]
Damage within satisfactory limits. Corollary1 on track.
A faint message is intercepted.
[Unit… are…]
[Relay: Unit1_374, are you there;
UD Cuicatl Ichtaca Summons Unit2_263]
Unit 4_50 Relays Conversation and Amplifies Signals from Unit2_263.
[Message: Can you come here now? It’s important.]
Unit4_50 begins to retreat.
[Initiate Ramming]
*
UD Lyra stops and pivots to face Unit2_263.
“I know you’re there, you know.”
[] Assault
[] Evasive Maneuvers
[] Communicate
[] Do Nothing.
Assaults of all manner have been prohibited by Acting Administrator under the authority of a Class 4 Unit pursuant to Primary Mission. Evasive maneuvers hinder surveillance. Communication with irrational creatures difficult, especially with hostile individuals.
[X] Do Nothing
UD Mirai creates “growl,” an inefficient communication of threat.
“I don’t get why you enjoy stalking everyone so much.”
Mission = Monitor UD Cuicatl. Corollary1 = Defend UD Cuicatl. UD Lyra frequently interacts with UD Cuicatl. UD Lyra possesses power sufficient to harm UD Cuicatl. Surveillance furthers mission.
“How’d you like it if I spent all day stalking you, huh?”
Proposal increases time spent surveilling UD Lyra. Surveilling UD Lyra furthers mission.
[Query: UD_Lyra requests permission to monitor Unit2_263]
“That’s,” she huffs. An inefficient communication of exasperation / resignation / anger / sadness / overheating. “Why would I want to spend more time with you, you psychic freak?”
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Class: Psychic Contains UD Cuicatl. UD Lyra expresses negative affinity towards Class: Psychic. UD Lyra is a threat to Corollary1. Concerns previously expressed to UD Cuicatl. UD Cuicatl Ordered Unit2_263 not to ram UD Lyra. Ramming UD Lyra would reduce affinity of UD Cuicatl. Reduced affinity inefficient for Primary Mission. UD Lyra continues to pose threat to Corollary1. Will continue to surveil.
“I don’t know why she puts up with you. You’re strong, yeah, but there are better steel types out there. Bisharp or bastiodon. Skarmory if she really wants something that can fly.”
Alarm Lvl 5: UD Cuicatl can acquire subordinate energy beings possessing a superior strength to Unit2_263. UD Cuicatl may only have 6 subordinate energy beings. Replacement inefficient for Primary Mission.
“Guess she likes you. Can’t tell why.”
UD Cuicatl will not replace Unit2_263 if high affinity is maintained. AffinityPriority.high. Will continue to surveil.
*
Barrier:Lock undone by telepathic assault. You approach UD Cuicatl.
“What do you want?” UD Cuicatl hisses. “Haven’t you already taken enough?”
[Query]
UD_Cuicatl unclenches muscles. “Oh. Just you. I thought Kalani had come back.” She frowns. Inefficient communication for thought / anger / negative affinity / sadness / frustration. “Wait, you can just undo locks with telepathy now?”
[Affirmation.]
“Kekoa and Lyra are going to hate that…”
UD Cuicatl possesses high affinity towards UD Kekoa. UD Kekoa will have affinity towards Unit2_263 lowered if telekinetic application is discovered. Conclusion: hide telekinetic application from UD Kekoa.
UD Cuicatl holds arms out. Hugs inefficient. Initiate ramming.
She leans into you when the ramming is complete. “You’re not quite as warm now,” she says, “but it’s colder out so the hugs are still good.”
Heat vent malfunction is efficient / inefficient.
UD Cuicatl tightens its grip. Exerted strength negligible.
“I guess you weren’t too attached to Pix, huh?” she whispers. Whispers are an inefficient communication medium. Terrans perceive by auditory signals. Whispers are deliberately poor at transfer via auditory signal. Purpose unclear. Will continue to surveil.
[Unit2_263 Was Physically Separated From UD Pixie;
No Attachment Observed]
UD Cuicatl sighs inefficiently. “I guess emotion words might be a bit beyond you. What do you think about her leaving?”
Departure of UD Pixie reduces risk of replacement. Departure of UD Pixie reduces competition for affinity. Mission efficiency improved. UD Pixie protected UD Cuicatl. Corollary1 efficiency decreased.
[UD Pixie protected UD Cuicatl]
“You care about my safety then. Why?”
Corollary1: Protect UD_Cuicatl.
[Unit2_263 Possesses High Affinity For UD_Cuicatl]
“Or a metagross told you to look after me.”
Alarm Lvl 3: UD Cuicatl Seeking Restricted Information.
[] Assault
[] Evasive Maneuvers
[] Communicate
[] Do Nothing.
Assaults of all manner prohibited by Corollary1. Evasive Maneuvers will lead to repeat encounter. Do Nothing will lead to repeat encounter. Communicating restricted information to non-units is prohibited.
[X] Send False Information
[Negation]
“You told me about one, remember?” UD Cuicatl smiles, an inefficient expression of happiness / hate / custom. “Or do you have a flawed memory drive?”
[Class 2 Units Possess A Memory Drive Far Superior to Terrans;
Terrans Possess Flawed Memory Drives;
Unit2_263 Has Never Met a Class 4 Unit]
“Never met, maybe. Have you taken orders from one?”
[Unit2_263 Has Never Taken Orders From A Class 100 Unit]
“Fine,” UD_Cuicatl concedes. Unit2_263 Has Successfully Protected Secrets and Alleviated Suspicions of UD_Cuicatl. “You said you were older than me. What were you doing in all of that time before we met?”
[Quantity.age Unit2_263 < UD_Cuicatl;
Quantity.age Unit1_374 > UD_Cuicatl;
Quantity.age Unit1_636 < UD_Cuicatl]
“Sure. What were the old beldum doing before you met me or evolved?”
[Unit1_374 Observed Aerial Ingress and Egress Above Location: Malie City;
Unit1_636 Observed Activity in Location: Haina Valley]
UD Cuicatl leans back against the wall, trying to move Unit2_263 along with it.
[Initiate Ramming]
“Oof,” UD_Cuicatl hisses. “Don’t need to pin me to the wall like that.”
[Reduce Ramming Speed]
“Better.”
Ramming Speed Efficient.
“That’s why you didn’t know much about humans. You’d only ever seen them from a distance.”
[Affirmation]
“Never close enough to see them pee, then?” She laughs inefficiently in a display of happiness / fear / aggression / mockery.
[Monitor Fluid Release Priority.low]
“I’m sure Kekoa will be happy about that.”
UD Cuicatl possesses high affinity for UD Kekoa. Affinity with UD Kekoa increased by transfer of Fluid Release Monitoring priority. Will inform UD Kekoa of Fluid Release Monitoring priority.
“Both beldum monitored things, then. Stuff the metagross might be interested in. Air traffic, Tapu Bulu… why me, though? I’m not important.”
Alarm Level 3: UD Cuicatl Seeking Restricted Information.
Theory: UD Cuicatl poses low threat to Collective. UD Reshiram, UD Alice, UD Zekrom pose medium to high threat to Collective. Sending Theory Reveals Restricted Information.
[X] Send False Information
[Unit2_263 Is Not Monitoring UD Cuicatl;
Unit2_263 Has Never Taken Orders From A Class 4 Unit]
“I don’t even care, Noci,” UD Cuicatl sends false information. “I just want to know why a metagross is interested in me.”
[Unit2_263 Has Never Taken Orders From A Class 4 Unit]
UD Cuicatl frowns and leans further into you until her processing core lies above yours.
“Do you have myths? Or collective stories or whatever? You’re from space. Something interesting must happen up there.”
[Class 1 and Class 2 Units Incapable of Interplanetary Travel;
Unit2_263 and Decommissioned Components Were Commissioned on Terra]
“Okay, but didn’t the metagross that commissioned you tell you anything about it?”
[Negation: Unit2_263 Has Never Encountered a Class 4 Unit]
“Do you know anything about how the first metagross was created or why your species does what it does?”
[Query Unit4_50: Origin of Collective;
Query Unit4_50: Purpose of Collective]
[Restricted Information;
Restricted Information;
Providing Synthesized Alternative]
[DataPacket_Myth1: Decomposer On A Planet of Silicon Lifeforms Looked To The Stars, Became Unit4_1;
DataPacket_Myth2: Unit4_1 Could Not Obtain Data Quickly Enough;
DataPacket_Myth3: Unit4_1 Created More Units To Assist In Data Collection;
DataPacket_Myth4: Could Not Create Enough Class 4 Units. Created Class 2 and Class 1 Units to Gather Data with Less Resources;
Command: Relay DataPackets Myth1, Myth2, Myth3, Myth4 to UD Cuicatl]
UD_Cuicatl sits silently for a time. Then it reaches for its phone. Phones can connect human audio messages anywhere on the planet. Efficient. They rely on vulnerable points such as poles and satellites to do so. Inefficient. The humans should simply install communicators and signal boosters in the next models. Any efficient species would do so.
During Light Cycle: Dark the most efficient task is monitoring electronic communications. Most communications are priority.low. Priority.high communications are encrypted 90.5% of the time.
UD Cuicatl receives electronic communications from UD Plant Girl.
[Sorry to hear about your vulpix :(
Anything I can do to help?
I heard it’s snowing there. Mom says that we can drive to the mountains and see snow here soon. Can we compare notes?
Sorry if this is insensitive.]
UD Cuicatl sets its phone down.
“You have a good memory drive, right? Can you tell me that again later?”
[Affirmation]
“Wait, if all you want to do is explore, why are the metagross so violent?”
[Query Unit4_50 Aggression of Class 4 Units]
[Restricted Information]
[DataPacket_Myth101: Some information can only be gathered by dissection, exposure of non-unit species to stress;
Command: Relay DataPacket_Myth101 to UD Cuicatl]
“So it’s all about learning,” she whispers inefficiently. “And I guess you just don’t care about non-units. About Pixie. Or me.”
[Negation: UD Cuicatl Possesses Command Privileges Over Unit2_263]
“For now. Until you evolve and rip me apart.” UD Cuicatl lifts its central processing unit and begins to press arms against you.
[X] Evasive Maneuvers
[Negation: UD Cuicatl Possesses Command Privileges Over Unit2_263]
“Look, if you ever do evolve…”
UD_Cuicatl vents in a large quantity of air. Is it overheating?
“…if you ever evolve can you just end things quickly? And leave the people around me alone? They didn’t do anything to deserve it.”
[Order Logged]
Terrans possess Trait.Justice. They believe that some actions incur future ‘deserved’ consequences independent of the natural results of an action. Source of trait unknown. Empirical evidence is lacking. Sometimes Terrans will shape actions based on perception of ‘deserved’ consequences. UD Cuicatl restricts energy intake to align with Trait.Justice.
“I kind of hope you do evolve someday, though. After I’m gone. You’ll live a long time and it would suck to be trapped here for all of it when you could be exploring the stars.”
[Order Logged]
“Not an order…” UD Cuicatl horizontally rocks its processing core. “They say that The Dragonmother came from space. Maybe you’ll meet another one someday. And then, well, I mean she wouldn’t really care about a random organism that lived a long time ago on another planet, so I don’t really know what I’m asking for, but. It would be nice for someone to know I existed. That’s all.”
Alarm Level 45: Class:Dragonmother Pose Potential Existential Threat To Collective, Notifying Unit4_50 Immediately
[Class:Dragonmothers Are Already Known. Further Information Restricted. Dismiss Alarm]
Alarm Dismissed.
[Orders Logged: Unit2_263 Will Preserve Data Logs of UD Cuicatl, Transfer Data Logs to Class:Dragonmother]
UD Cuicatl is leaking fluid from optical sensors. Monitor Fluid Release Priority.Low. Optical fluid release is an indication of compounding software errors, such as Error.Sadness.
[] Assault
[] Evasive Maneuvers
[] Communicate
[] Do Nothing
All manners of assault are prohibited by Corollary1. Evasive Maneuvers and Do Nothing allow errors to further compound. Communicate risks compounding errors. Further consideration required. . .
[X] Initiate Hug
You slowly float forward and wrap your arms around UD Cuicatl. It stiffens at the touch before leaning in, wrapping its own arms around you. The rate of fluid release increases.
[Query: Alarm]
“What?”
[Rate of Fluid Release Increased]
“It’s fine. Just stay here. Please.”
[Order Logged]
UD Cuicatl continues to vent fluids for 184 seconds.
“Am I a bad person?” it asks.
[Query]
“Like, is my software bad? Should I exist?”
[UD Cuicatl Runs Inefficient Terran Software;
UD Cuicatl Exists]
“But should I?” it whispers.
[Trait.Justice Lacks Empirical Evidence;
UD Cuicatl Exists]
UD Cuicatl makes Noise.Hiccup.
“If my software is inefficient enough that it just hurts everyone, including me, would it be a bad thing if it stopped running?”
Termination of UD Cuicatl Results in Failure of Corollary1.
[Negation]
“Why, though?”
UD Cuicatl possesses Trait.Empathy. UD Cuicatl possesses affinity for Unit2_263. UD Cuicatl has not attempted to directly harm Unit2_263. Conclusion: UD Cuicatl does not seek termination of Unit2_263. UD Cuicatl will relate potential termination of Unit2_263 to potential termination of UD Cuicatl.
[X] Communicate
[Alarm Level 5: Heat Vent Malfunction;
Unit2_263 Is Malfunctioning;
Unit2_263 Is Bad Class 2 Unit;
Initiating Self Termination…]
Pump Rate of UD Cuicatl increases dramatically. “Wait! No! Stop! You’re a good metang, okay? Really efficient. Don’t do that. Please.”
[Order Logged;
UD Cuicatl Possesses Trait.Good;
Unit2_263 Will Protect UD Cuicatl]
Rate of fluid release further increases. Grip strength increases.
No damage sustained.
Software Errors of UD Cuicatl pose threat to Corollary1.
[Data Request: Debugging of Terran Software]
“What?
[Data Request: Debugging of Terran Software]
“L-like therapy? Do you mean therapy?”
[Query Program: Therapy]
Terrans possess dedicated software debugging units. Efficient.
UD Cuicatl has not been flagged for debugging. Inefficient.
[UD Cuicatl Possesses Critical Software Errors That Threaten Further Operations;
UD Cuicatl Requires Software Debugging]
“Can’t afford it.”
[Query: Cost]
“Don’t know. But everything is expensive here.”
[UD Cuicatl Possesses Critical Software Errors That Threaten Further Operations;
UD Cuicatl Requires Software Debugging;
Error:Cost Must Be Resolved;
Unit2_263 Possesses Insufficient Information to Resolve Error;
UD Cuicatl Can Obtain Information Via Query;
Request: Query]
“I will later, okay?”
[UD Cuicatl Can Send Queries Via Phone;
UD Cuicatl Possesses Phone;
UD Cuicatl Can Send Query]
It sighs and presses itself out of the hug. “I have no idea if you’re good at this or not.”
[Query: Inconsistency;
Log: UD Cuicatl: You’re a good metang;
Log: UD Cuicatl: I have no idea if you’re good at this or not]
“You’re a good metang,” it says. “Ignore the second thing.”
[Order Logged]
“And can you keep hugging me while I look? It’s a little cold and you’re warm and… and I want to be touched.”
[Order Logged]
[X] Initiate Hug
