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[wolfoutline]

/COMMAND_
/DEFINE FEAR • fear |fi(ə)r|

"noun
an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat

verb [ trans. ]
be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening"

CAN YOU AVOID FEAR IF YOU CAN NOT FEEL PAIN

RESPONSE REQUESTED


[ooc: Vane, notably, is actually unconscious when this post goes up. Attempting to track the source of the post will basically lead the tracker in circles through the system's server.]

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[wolfoutline]

RECENT DIAGNOSTIC HAS DETECTED ANOMALIES IN EVOLUTION SUB-ROUTINES. INQUIRIES MADE TO DETERMINE A SOLUTION.

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[fracturedsoul]

Details? Maybe I can help.

[ Probably not, considering he still doesn't remember how this programming shit works, but it's worth a shot. ]

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[wolfoutline]

SIMULATED EMOTIONAL OUTPUT IRREGULARITIES CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.

DATA ENTRY MISSING
DATA ENTRY MISSING
DATA ENTRY MISSING

REFERENCE SOURCES INDICATE ANOMALIES IN EMOTIONS SIMULATOR MAY BE ABHORRENCE, AGITATION, ANGST, ANXIETY, AVERSION, AWE, BêTE NOIRE, CHICKENHEARTEDNESS, COLD FEET, COLD SWEAT, CONCERN, CONSTERNATION, COWARDICE, CREEPS, DESPAIR, DISCOMPOSURE, DISMAY, DISQUIETUDE, DISTRESS, DOUBT, DREAD, FAINTHEARTEDNESS, FOREBODING, FRIGHT, FUNK, HORROR, JITTERS, MISGIVING, NIGHTMARE, PANIC, PHOBIA, PRESENTIMENT, QUALM, RECREANCY, REVERENCE, REVULSION, SCARE, SUSPICION, TERROR, TIMIDITY, TREMBLING, TREMOR, TREPIDATION, UNEASE, UNEASINESS, WORRY.

OR FEAR.

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[fracturedsoul]

So in short, you think you might be afraid of something.

What input causes these output irregularities to surface?

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[wolfoutline]

INCONCLUSIVE

NO SYSTEM CHANGES.

/COMMAND_
/SYSTEM LOG SUMMARY RECALL • FILE 01

03.01: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.02: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.03: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.04: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.05: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.06: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.07: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.08: DATA ENTRY LOCKED.
03.09: DATA ENTRY INCOMPLETE
03.10: NO DATA ENTRY
03.11: NO DATA ENTRY
03.12: NO DATA ENTRY
03.13: NO DATA ENTRY
03.14: NO DATA ENTRY
03.15: NO DATA ENTRY

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[fracturedsoul]

Wow. Super helpful.

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[wolfoutline]

...

/COMMAND
/DEFINE SARCASM • sarcasm |ˈsärˌkazəm|

"noun
the use of irony to mock or convey contempt"

UNIT UNDERSTANDS.

INPUT REJECTED.

[Translation: NOT HELPING BRO. :|]

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[fracturedsoul]

Why are the data entries from the 1st to the 8th locked?

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[wolfoutline]

ENTRIES COMPLETED AND LOCKED TO PREVENT OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE.

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[fracturedsoul]

By yourself, or by somebody else?

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[wolfoutline]

UNIT RESPONSIBLE FOR FILE ENCRYPTION.

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[fracturedsoul]

And what's with the entry from the ninth?

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[wolfoutline]

INPUT PROCESS INTERRUPTED

DATA ENTRY INCOMPLETE AND SCHEDULED FOR DELETION.

03.09: FIRST LOGGED ANOMALY

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[fracturedsoul]

What happened? Share with the class, Hubris.

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[wolfoutline]

class [He does not care for this thing called "cheekiness"...]

PROGRAMMER SIGNAL LOST

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[fracturedsoul]

[ The ninth was... Sunday, right. ]

Who is your programmer?

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[wolfoutline]

ḑ̷̃͋̓̀a͗̆ͪ͊ͮ̾̓̿̄͘͟t̔̓͛͌ͩ҉aͪ̏̐͏̧ ̑̾͑͑ͨ̀͂̚ç̛͋̓̃̃̔̚o̴̒͆̌ͮ͌͟rͬ̎rͥͧ̂͒͘̕uͩ̂̉ͧ̋̓͠p̓ͨ̔͊̑ͪ͂͑̅͡t̢̧̓̓̉ͣ̌̆̚ȩ̴̍ͯd̔͌

PROCESSING...

... ...

PROCESSED. PROGRAMMER DESIGNATION: AITE.

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[fracturedsoul]

Not looking so good there, buddy. You're goin' all zalgo on me.

Is Aite their name or what?

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[wolfoutline]

DATA CORRUPTED.

FULL DATA ENTRY UNRECOVERABLE.

DATA RECOVERED: AITE

REQUEST ELABORATION ON ZALGO

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[fracturedsoul]

/COMMAND_
/DEFINE ZALGO

"noun
an Internet trend from the early 21st century, propagated by annoying teenagers, involving deliberately obfuscated or corrupted text. c.f. creepypasta"

I haven't heard of anyone named Aite coming or going here. Have they still not resurfaced after all this time? How long does it take you to process a data entry for a single day?

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[wolfoutline]

ENCRYPTION AVERAGE: 0.39

DATA ENTRY MISSING.

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[fracturedsoul]

Missing why?

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[wolfoutline]

NO ENTRY EXISTS FOR DATE.

NO DATA INPUT.

PROGRAMMER SIGNAL MISSING.

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[fracturedsoul]

I see.

I don't know what to tell you.

[ This A.I. is so different from the one Dirk's familiar with that he doesn't know how to proceed. Though he doesn't think the autoresponder would feel some undefined, fear-like emotion in Dirk's absence. ]

Your programmer's absence unsettles you.

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[wolfoutline]

...

EMOTIONAL SUB-ROUTINE MISSING. INVALIDATES SUGGESTION?

[B-but I wasn't programmed this way. :<]