Room 123 - Digging In

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Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:24 pm

Narrator wrote:Natalie reached out with her powers, chasing down source after source, until she found an instagram post of a "Rose Dashwood" making a frowney face as she pointed down at her meal. Clearly taken in the last 45 minutes, clearly taken in the dining hall.

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OMG this is what passes for food here?  Can't we get a mutant with the power to grow decent vegetables #comediewithme #potatofamine #morelikesomesortofpaste


So whatever this device is, it's aggregating an astounding amount of information. At least she assumed it was the device as this wasn't typical behavior for her power. She clears a spot on her desk and sets the Apple II down on the desk and then pulls out the box again, looking it over again very carefully. She reaches out with her powers, probing for a command interface before hopefully sending:
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info?
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Narrator » Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:03 am

That green dot in the corner of her vision flashed again, just for a moment, and then there was a voice, inside her head.

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This is the Info main menu.  Please state your query.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:12 pm

Natalie scratches her head, formulating her query.
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What is your purpose?
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Narrator » Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:54 pm

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Stark-Fujikawa Ulysses Engine III.  Connecting the World
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:11 pm

Natalie makes a thoughtful noise, reaching for her phone and doing a quick search for Stark-Fujikawa and Ulysses Engine. While she does, she sends the device another query:
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Identify compatible devices?
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Narrator » Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:51 pm

No result for Stark-Fujikawa, though there were plenty of hits for Stark Industries, of course. There were several hits for Fujikawa, being a somewhat common Japanese last name and a significant river. Fujikawa Industries was the most likely reference here, a fairly nondescript Japanese tech and research firm.

Ulysses Engine comes up empty, except for some likely unrelated references in webcomics.

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Scanning....


The list of compatible devices was quite extensive. Although at the moment it only appeared to be "paired" with herself and her cell phone, it was twigging most of the computers Natalie had in her room, as well as quite a few of the computers, phones, tablets and other electronic bric-a-brac in the adjacent dorm rooms. Most things with access to Wi-Fi, it looked like.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:53 pm

Natalie rotates the box in her hands, looking for seams or ways to open it. She mentally probes the device's programming again.
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List of authorized/paired devices including previously paired devices?
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Narrator » Sat Nov 11, 2017 6:00 am

There is a bit of a differently-colored tiny panel on one side -- glass, rather than the black matte plastic that made up the majority of the box. While the panel was roughly USB-port or firewire port sized, it didn't actually seem to be able to accept anything plugged in. At least, it wasn't like anything Natalie had seen before.

The machine listed only one other previously connected device -- a cellphone, by the looks of it.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:48 pm

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Give me information on the previously paired device.


She began poking with her finger at the panel, trying to see if maybe there was a flap or door covering the port.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Narrator » Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:53 pm

There didn't seem to be any intended way to open the 'port' -- no hinges or anything. There was the faint outline of some circuits behind the glass she could squint at and see behind the glass, but it didn't seem to be intended to open.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:55 am

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Latest OS version and install date?


She set the box on her desk and looked at it, then looked around her room. She eyed an older iPhone on her desk, seeing what the device might have to say about it.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Narrator » Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:25 am

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OS Version Pepper2030

Install Date 27/2/203111oonnneeoo211111

ERROR: CMOS clock not in sync with connected clocks.

Synchronizing....

OS Version Pepper 2030
Install Date 15/12/2017
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:43 am

Natalie stares at the box for a long moment. "What operating system responds legit with oonnneeoo2?" She asks out loud.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Narrator » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:44 am

Was it a clue? The operating system seemed to be working fine now, but that was an odd touch, wasn't it?

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>>Recovered from fatal error.  Now functioning normally in limited mode



Perhaps more relevant to the particular software's quirks was the old phone it had been synched with earlier. Natalie could see that the device was syncing fine with her older iPhone, and that it's details were being recorded by the machine. That made it the third phone on the list -- after this one, the one she had with her down in the common room, and the first one, presumably one it had been tested with.

Only the last four digits were available, as the rest were blocked out for privacy reasons, but it wouldn't take long for Natalie to search (or, uh, just remember) that they matched the last four of Will's cell phone mode.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Tue Nov 14, 2017 6:32 pm

She sent a command to the device to dial Will's number, curious to see what it would do.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:04 pm

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Calling Will Stanton...


After a second, it connected.

"Hello?" Will whispered on the end of the line.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:06 pm

"Will, I have an unusual device here from a company I can't find any records of and it says it was previously paired to your cellphone. It calls itself a Ulysses Engine III. You know anything about it?"
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:21 pm

The whispering continued.

"I know that it's not December 25th yet! Someone's going on the naughty list."
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:29 pm

"Someone isn't going to be here on the 25th," she says, "Why are you whispering?"
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:25 pm

"Kind of out in public now; don't want to disturb people."
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:29 pm

"Would it be better if I texted you?"
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:24 am

Bleep-bleep!

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Yeah, that'll probably draw less suspicion
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:29 am

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Why are you worried about drawing suspicion? What are you up to?
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:40 am

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I'm just...

...

Spreading Christmas Cheer.  That time of year.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:14 pm

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Why would spreading Christmas cheer cause suspicion? That seems like an odd thing to be concerned about.

So you're the one that put the presents under the tree.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:57 pm

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What can I say, I'm a suspicious guy.  Besides, spreading cheer is about the act itself, not the admiration.  If you're trying to get everyone seeing you do it, you're doing it for the wrong reasons!

And I'm [i]pretty sure[/i] the gifts under the tree were from Santa.  You can ask Shari about that, she can confirm.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:02 pm

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Santa? Really?


Sarcasm doesn't come through well in text, but somehow Natalie manages.

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You told Shari that Santa Claus was a real thing?
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:15 pm

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What, you don't believe?
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:22 am

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Of course not. Santa Claus stopped being a thing in my house when I was growing up. Mum tried, but I was too nosy and kept seeing through it.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:27 am

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Pity, that.  To have the magic sucked away from you at such an early age.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:29 am

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*shrug* I make my own magic now.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:30 am

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Can't compare to Santa's magic.  Trust me, I'm an expert on these things.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:33 am

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Are you now?
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:30 pm

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In the Ways of Christmas?  Yes.  I do very much consider myself an expert.  Remember, I lived near the pole for many years!
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:41 pm

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Wasn't that the South Pole? Wrong end of the globe for Santa Claus.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:51 pm

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Oh, does he live at the North Pole in this universe?  Interesting, interesting


Again, sarcasm through text was hard to decipher.

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Still a more similar environment than most people!
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Natalie Denisov » Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:36 am

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I suppose, but I'm still not buying it, so thank you for the gifts.
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Re: Room 123 - Digging In

Postby Will Stanton » Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:51 am

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I'll pass that along to Old St. Nick.  And a very Merry Christmas to you, Natalie.
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