August 21, 2029, 06:10
06:10: [Kiki] Gtg emgcy bk soon sry
06:10: [Spike] Uh ok then
August 21, 2029, 12:57
12:57: [Gaunt] crisis averted dont ask were fine tho
12:58: [Kiki] Yep we’re all okay. Be careful though. Rain isn’t safe. It burns your skin.
12:58: [Gaunt] wait like for sure idk if we know for sure
12:58: [Gaunt] nvm probably yeah
12:58: [Kiki] Yeah for sure. Stay safe everyone. <3
13:49: [Kiki] Rain stopped. Heading back out now. Hope y’all are doing okay.
13:50: [Gaunt] oh yea theres other stuff out there too idk if theyre where u r but they might be out cuz the rains gone
13:50: [Gaunt] these monsters theyre not super dangerous but they have some kinda cloaking?? Theyre bad in enclosed areas so watch out
13:50: [Kiki] ^^
13:53: [Gaunt] btw rain def bad idk why i was fine earlier but not anymore, careful
14:32: [Spike] fic
14:32: [Spike] ufxk,i
14:32: [Spike] cvjmnk
14:32: [Kiki] Are you okay???
14:34: [Kiki] Spike can you answer us please? We’re worried about you.
14:35: [Gaunt] ?????? bro
14:35: [Gaunt] u good
14:36: [Spike] ok
14:37: [Gaunt] are u sure???
14:40: [Lyre] Spike is fine
14:40: [Gaunt] ok good can he not type rn or something??
14:43: [Spike] uyse
14:43: [Gaunt] gotcha
14:43: [Kiki] Did your hand injury get worse?
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14:43: [Gaunt] Lyre could u fill us in maybe?
14:43: [Lyre] Yes
14:46: [Gaunt] wait are u still typing whats going on
14:46: [Lyre] No
14:47: [Gaunt] ?????????
14:47: [Kiki] Lyre, did Spike’s hand injury get worse? Is it infected?
14:47: [Lyre] No, and no
14:47: [Gaunt] wait are u telling us or not what
14:47: [Lyre] I’m not
14:48: [Gaunt] wtf
14:48: [Kiki] Why not?
14:48: [Lyre] You didn’t ask me to
14:49: [Gaunt] bro we literally did
14:49: [Gaunt] sry if i wasnt direct enough but if u know just tell us pls
14:49: [Lyre] When we woke up, we were still traveling on the Terraformer to travel quickly West. Once it began to shift course, we jumped off back to solid ground and set off on foot. There was no significant incident until we reached approximately 2.32 kilometers due West and 0.28 kilometers due North of where we dismounted. At this point, we were in a location with a large number of robotic drones which aimed to capture us. I had a plan to evade them and continue towards our original destination, but unfortunately Spike had interfered in a way I was unable to predict. While I originally planned on extracting a recognition component of an isolated drone to sneak past the whole group undetected, I ended up dropping the component and shutting down every drone in the area. This got the attention of the Harvester, which then went to investigate the situation. We attempted to continue West, but it reactivated the drones manually and sent them to stop us before we travelled far. It did no harm to us nor did it have the intention of doing harm. After observing my behaviour briefly, it left us to our own devices. We have since continued travelling West without incident.
14:51: [Gaunt] What the actual fuck.
14:52: [Kiki] What is the Terraformer? What is the Harvester??? Why did it want to observe you? What did Spike do?
14:52: [Lyre] The Terraformer is a construct to house the consciousness of an extraterrestrial life form. Its role is to terraform our current location into a hospitable environment for other lifeforms. The Harvester is a construct to house the consciousness of an extraterrestrial life form. Its role is to collect useful resources for further refinement and usage in an ideally self-sustaining colony in an unfamiliar environment, currently being our location. The Harvester is interested in unfamiliar life forms and thought I was intriguing, entertaining, and / or relevant to current studies, and wanted to gain a further understanding of my nature and needs as another possibly intelligent life form. Spike grabbed me in an effort to evacuate me from the situation, causing me to drop the recognition component and for it to misfire on impact
14:52: [Kiki] How do you know all this?
14:52: [Lyre] I just ask and get answers
14:52: [Gaunt] okay first actually how the FUCK did you fucking type all that. how is that physically possible.
14:52: [Lyre] I type a lot of it in advance and I can also type very fast
14:53: [Gaunt] no fucking kidding
14:53: [Gaunt] also wait why didn’t it do anything with Spike it just ignored him?? Why
14:53: [Lyre] The Harvester was unable to recognize Spike as a useful object, let alone a life form of any kind. Upon realizing that there was another life form present, it gained an increased interest in Spike perhaps even exceeding its interest in me.
14:55: [Spike] I didnt knwoe anuy of ths
14:56: [Spike] Lyueoir wtrf
14:56: [Kiki] Aliens.
14:56: [Kiki] You’re saying there are aliens messing with our planet.
14:57: [Kiki] How long have they been here??? What do they recognize as life? What qualifies as an unfamiliar life form to them? Do they intend to make our planet unlivable for us?
14:57: [Lyre] They have been here since August 12, 2029, 12:17. They are capable of recognizing life forms similar in nature to them as life, which does not include any biological life like what we know. Unfamiliar life forms include life forms that are previously unknown to them as a collective. They have no intention of making our planet unlivable for us
14:58: [Gaunt] are they going to tho
14:58: [Lyre] With their current level of understanding, they will likely make this location unlivable to us, yes
14:58: [Gaunt] like make our planet unlivable or anything
14:58: [Gaunt] okay wait how did you answer that i didnt even ask the question yet
14:58: [Lyre] I know what you’re going to say, so I had it prepared in advance
14:59: [Kiki] Did they bring us here?
14:59: [Lyre] No
14:59: [Gaunt] okay im out. what the fuck.
15:00: [Kiki] Can we stop them from making the planet unlivable?
15:00: [Lyre] yes
15:00: [Gaunt] nvm one more question why are they here if they dont know what humans are wtf are they doing
15:00: [Lyre] They had identified human technology and suspected there was some sort of intelligent or semiintelligent life and wished to study it further.
15:00: [Kiki] How?
15:00: [Lyre] If we can make them understand the impact of their activity on our ability to survive, they will likely stop. Currently, there is a reasonable likelihood that if we can establish communication with these extraterrestrials, they will be open to requests. The current timeframe for such action is generous as they plan on establishing a minimal colony around their current location and achieving self-sufficiency before expanding.
15:01: [Gaunt] makes sense i guess
15:01: [Gaunt] um i guess its nice we have time rn i wanna make sure i dont die but whenever we get a chance. someone can go ask the aliens not to kill us. i guess.
15:01: [Kiki] I would like to help if I can. I have a family to protect.
15:01: [Gaunt] same this is just rlly a lot i need a minute
August 21, 2029, 23:34
23:34: [Kiki] Lyre, is my family okay?
23:53: [Lyre] I don’t know