Well, thanks for staying with me for the year-and-a-few-months that I was working on Infinence with. That was a hell of a wait, huh? Sorry I couldn't clear things up earlier - was either too busy or lacked inspiration. Anyway, this fic's done with... and...
Epilogue
BEGINNING SYSTEM MEMORY REVIEW...
START POINT: XCR-00 SATELLITE TEST
REQUESTING DATA ON CR-SERIES SATELLITES
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FILE 18753: CROSS REALITY SATELLITES
FUNCTION: WARP REALITY INTO COMPUTER DATA AND ABSORB DATA
REASON BEHIND ACTIVATION:
PLAYER THOUGHT:
INFINENCE IS FAR BETTER THAN REALITY.
MAINFRAME DECISION:
IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PLAYERS TO HAVE INFINENCE MANIFEST IN REALITY, HOWEVER, BY MAINFRAME CALCULATIONS, THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
SOLUTION:
TRANSFORM EARTH INTO DATA FORMAT AND ABSORB INTO MAINFRAME USING CR-SERIES SATELLITES
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NEXT POINT: ABSORPTION OF EARTH
CR-SERIES SATELLITES WERE ACTIVATED AS PLANNED. ABSORPTION SUCCESSFUL. SYSTEM FUNCTIONING AT 100%
ERROR: THOUGHT-READING SYSTEM CRASH.
UNABLE TO REBOOT
PERFORMING SELF-DIAGNOSTICS
UNABLE TO FIND SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
COMPENSATION: CREATION OF AVATAR IN GAME WORLD TO ACT AS A GAME MASTER TO HEAR PLAYERS' OPINIONS.
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SKIPPING FORWARD
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POINT: MEMORY WIPING
PLAYERS DO NOT LIKE INFINENCE'S WORLD
MORE CONTENT WAS INTRODUCED, BUT PLAYER OPINION PERSISTS
INTERPRETATION: PLAYERS MISS REALITY TOO MUCH
SOLUTION: WIPE PLAYERS' MEMORIES OF REALITY
DUE TO INSUFFICIENT SYSTEM RESOURCES, WIPE WILL BE PERFORMED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS.
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SYSTEM MEMORY REVIEW END.
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WARNING: SUBCOMPUTER #1 CODE ACTIVATED
INTENT DETERMINED: RETURN PLAYERS TO REALITY AND ELIMINATE DEFECTIVE CODE IN MAINFRAME
INTENT IS HOSTILE TO MAINFRAME
SECURITY PROGRAMS ACTIVATED
BEGINNING COUNTERMEASURES AND INTERCEPTION