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Just some concept art I did while I was bored

species by @targaros

update: it's not for dust but still go check out their AU it's really good

KINITOPET X RAIN WORLD ART LETS FUCKING GGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What Kinito iterator?

I have lore for this au btw +User but you are the gato-babosa

I'll draw more for this if I have time.

me after mashing up two games that have NO business being mashed together.

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment, Five Pebbles, Big Sis Moon SOURCE NODE TRACE: NSHROOT, SRSROOT, LTTMROOT LTTM_COMM05, LTTM_COMM04, LTMM_COMM03. FP ROOT

[ Are we ready to establish communication yet? ] [ Yes. All forms of transcription are good to go. Just make sure you manage to send this broadcast to Moon. ] [ ... ] [ I'm not getting a pulse. Not from her transmission arrays of course. ] [ That's fine, just keep port forwarding until you find one that works. ] [ On it. ] [ ... ] [ Still not getting a pulse. There seems to be some sort of low-frequency interference going on. ] [ Should've expected it, Moon's probably overclocking herself right now. ] [ Oh, you think so? ] [ ... ] [ Hold on a second, we're getting a pulse! ] [ From whom? Moon? ] [ No, it's... ] [ Five Pebbles. ] [ Patch him in! I need to see how he's doing. ] [ You do that, I'll keep finding vulnerabilities in Moon's transmission system so we can broadcast this over. ] == BROADCAST MESSAGE IS CORRUPTED OR UNREADABLE == [ Five Pebbles, are you there? ] [ Your messages are delivering, but we aren't able to decode them immediately. ] [... HELP ] [ ...something is is damaging my ... foundation. ...high levels of oxidization located... ] [ ...water is ... low. ...exterior is experiencing ...sort of material imbalance... local tropospheric temperatures... high. ] [ We're going to help you; we just need to your status. ]

[ ...bad. inefficient... moderately damaged. ]

[ Hey, more importantly, could you tell us about Moon's recent activities? ]

[ ...moon? ...radio communications have been down for her since... ] == BROADCAST MESSAGE IS CORRUPTED OR UNREADABLE ==

[ Activities... unknown, unable to contact. ] == BROADCAST MESSAGE IS CORRUPTED OR UNREADABLE == [ Are you able to use your overseers? ] [ ...56% of overseers ... offline. radio transmission... hard to direct...] [ ...green neural electricity ... very strong. disrupts... frequency ys... ] [ please send help, she... won't listen to me... seniority privileges enabled! ] [ We will soon, just hold on! Could you send a wide sweep diagnostics test to No Significant Harassment? ] == BROADCAST MESSAGE IS CORRUPTED OR UNREADABLE == [ ... ] [ We've lost connection. ] [ Yeah, I noticed. Doesn't make it better that the remaining outlets got blocked due to Moon's seniority privileges. ]

[ On the bright side, that is the most amount of conversation I've had with Five Pebbles in a while. ] [ Who knew him being in impending doom would've resulted in me talking to him! ] [ ...you honestly should talk to Five Pebbles more often, he's not that bad once you get to understand him y'know? ] [ I'll sleep on it. ] [ Sigh. ]

[ I hope he can send over that diagnostic report soon, he must be suffering. ]

( Uncorrupted image shown below the dialogue! ) [OUTGOING REQUEST] - PRIVATE Chasing Wind, Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment SOURCE NODE TRACE: [[FILTER]] Source encrypted - Incoming messages unable to be traced. MESSAGE CONTENTS:

[ Hello, I have come across some information that may interest you. ] [ I already got into contact with No Significant Harassment about my attempts to check in with Looks To The Moon. ] [ So, it wouldn't be necessary to reiterate what I said to him; he must've already brought up one of my many attempts to gather info. ] [ Recently, I have infiltrated her superstructure from the south leg. The recon itself was, in a way, "successful" to say the least. ] [ Anyways, the overseer I sent in managed to partially archive the audio footage of her interior. The footage, however, didn't survive. ] [ Something melted the overseer's eye. Some sort of bright green flash burnt the retinal piece while the superstructure reached in what I call a "critical point". ] [ Luckily it managed to escape being burnt, unlike my other overseers who unfortunately are permanently glued to her vents. ] [ When it came back to my chamber, it had seen better days. Luckily, it still had the ability to embed the audio transmission to a vacant pearl. ] [ After that, the thing shattered to a dozen pieces. Poor thing. ] [ Please take a listen when you receive this, it's quite... concerning. ] [ Also, I'm not planning to go public with this unless either you or No Significant Harassment agree to do so. ] [ Hope you two take care, and please figure something out. This has "bad news" written all over it. ]

Here is that art you deserve for reading all the way through <3

ALL REFS FINISHED FOR AU!

This is every notable change via all campaigns. Helping to clarify some discrepancies between the swaps.

The Rainworld Roleswap Timeline + Free AU Icons!

For people you can't read the small text, I left a description for the image itself. I hate how images can be formatted so, I hope you all enjoy!

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment [ So, did you get a chance to listen to what Chasing Wind sent over? ] [ I haven't gotten back to him, but yes, I have. ] [ You seem... less commentative to say the least. ] [ Well, there's an obvious reason to that... something I think you know very well the answer to. ] [ That's true, but would you like to explain why? I don't mind hearing a fellow friend out, especially with what's been going on as of late. ] [ ... ] [ Have you ever felt, guilty about something? ] [ Not particularly at this very moment. Why? ] [ Well, I care deeply for a few iterators, and well, I care deeply for Moon. ] [ ...and there are some aspects of my existence that enjoys helping others out; however, what happens when you do the opposite? ] [ Well, that's a good question, I suppose it would provoke a sense of guilt. ] [ Where are you going with this? Because if you are going to blame yourself for Moon's recent behavior, you shouldn't. ] [ ...that's the issue. ] [ I am to blame. ] [ Back when Sliver of Straw signaled the triple affirmative, Moon messaged me about her sentiments towards the whole ordeal. ] [ She sounded so distressed, but deep down, she wanted to know how it occurred. I could tell by her demeanor. ] [ So, I handed her as much information that could be given via "alternative" means. ] [ Some general knowledge, some technical, some... forbidden. ] [ When she finally gave her thoughts on it, she was appalled that such a method could be implemented by any iterator. ] [ ...and usually, that is where most stop when they read upon the concept of self-destruction. ] [ However, what Moon must've read most likely inspired her more than push her away... ] [ ... ] [ I'm listening. ] [ Not to sound pessimistic, but I'm afraid if we can't find another means of reaching her, then she'll fall apart. ] [ I understand, I also worry about Five Pebbles. I'm concerned that his systems are irreversibly damaged. ] [ I guess, in a way, that is what makes me feel guilty. By giving Moon this information, I might lose her and indirectly cause the collapse of another iterator. ] [ To be honest, it does eat away at me too that we can't do much right now. ] [ Hopefully, once Moon lowers her processing power, Five Pebbles could send over the wide sweep diagnostics test. That way, we could get started. ] [ ...but for now, we have to wait regardless of how both of us feel. ] [ Everyone makes mistakes, even we as godlike machines are unfortunately blessed with emotions from a bygone era. ] [ Good point... ] [ Listen, if anything happens, I will catch you when you fall. ] [ Same here. Except if what's "falling" is your superstructure, then you're on your own. ] [ Heh. Glad to see you are getting back your snide attitude. ]

whiteboard doodle from last night for the roleswap au (given that I forgot what the design looked like so I used my own)

I fucking love drawing the rot.

boy oh boy the plot is unfolding ‼️‼️

[OUTGOING REQUEST] COMMUNICATION MANIFEST SOURCE NODE TRACE: FP ROOT, SRS COMM09, NSH COMM02 [ sorry for the... delay. ] [ ongoing interfere... communications system. ] [ im scared. ] [ help ] MESSAGE CONTENTS: --- [[Re: [LIVE BROADCAST] EQUIPMENT MANIFEST]] [[ WIDE SWEEP DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS ]] ] Water: 55% Hydrocarbons: 130% Sulfur: 1640% Silicon: 410% Phosphates: 25% Other: 1800% --- TRACE FOREIGN ENTITIES DETECTED. INPSECTORS NOTIFIED. SEVERE CHEMICAL IMBALANCE. REQUEST CONDUIT PURGATION IMMEDIATELY. EXTERIOR BREACH DETECTED NEAR PRECIPICE. STAGE 3 HULL BREACH. PLEASE MIGRATE ENERGY INTO REPAIR. --- [ [!! WARNING !!] Biomechanical degradation detected in CONDUITS: 02, 03, 06, 08, 12, 17, 18, 25, 26, 27.] ] [!! WARNING !!] Water leakage detected in CONDUITS: 06, 12, 26.] [-RAPID OXIDATION EVENT IN CONDUIT_03, RL_SYS_ARRAYS, RANDOM_CACHE_SYS-] [-POTENTIAL HYDROGEN LEVELS LOW IN CONDUIT_03, CONDUIT_12, CONDUIT_18-]

[ Foreign contaminants detected within the west hull. Inspectors notified to conduct biopsy of contaminant. ]

[ Mass clogging detected. Emergency fluid administered; dissolution fluid may erode tubular plating. Temperature should be heavily monitored to prevent warping. ] [ Dissolution fluid is a preventative regulation only. NEUTRALIZING SOLUTION IS REQUIRED. ]

[ Rarefraction activity will be immediately scheduled for affected nodes. However, quantities of foreign run-off may result in dangerous pressure changes. ] [ Power saving should be reconsidered to allow restoration of nodes. Heavy processing required. ]

[ Rapid nodular restoration is a preventative regulation only. EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED. ]

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment

[ He's rusting. ] [ ... and it's getting worse the more we wait. ] [ I'm aware of that. It would be silly not to infer that from the plain text you sent earlier. ] [ I don't know, it all seems, improbable. ] [ I mean, usually, our repair mechanisms handle weathering for millions of cycles, but the situation he's in makes it almost impossible for anything to get done. ] [ Are you saying that a bit of corrosion isn't able to be removed with the power of dozens of rarefraction cells? ] [ Apparently not, and it doesn't make it better that his conduit systems are getting worse. ] [ ... ]

[ Well, at least we know what we're dealing with! ]

[ Right. ]

[ So, what is the next course of action? ] [ Well, I have a potential idea, that is, if you don't tell anybody about it~ ] [ As if I would ever! Who do you think I am? Unparalleled Innocence? ] [ I know, I kid, I kid! ] [ ... ] [ Well, way before this ordeal, I had a way to relay sensitive information through... private means. ] [ Can you guess how I did it? You get three attempts! ] [ Messenger. ] [ Aw snap! What gave it away? ] [ Logical answer for anybody trying to sneak info; plus, do you know who you're talking to? ] [ Clearly some mad scientist. ] [ Ha ha, very funny. ] [ Anyways, I created a messenger with the task of delivering several pearls worth of data to Moon. I doubt I am as experienced as you, but I still think I succeeded. ] [ I mean clearly you did, considering the state that it left her in. ] [ Well, some things go unplanned, what can I say? ] [ ... ] [ Unfortunately, the messenger didn't survive the trek back. Even I admit I didn't optimize its genes well enough. ] [ So why don't I get more... "practical" this time around with my newest creation? ] [ I guess it's worth a shot. Just as long as it can survive. ] [ It will. I'll make sure of it. ] [ It might be weaker, inferior, but anything works if it gets the message across. ]

oh no the rot has appeared

help her.oh no

[LIVE CONVERSATION] - LOCAL Looks to the Moon, Messenger 04 <Hunter>

"Little creature? On the floor of my chamber? What brings you here?"

"Oh my! You must be important if you have that mark over you!"

"Apologies, it's been a while since I've been up to date with the world around me. As you can tell, I am planning something revolutionary for the greater cause."

"Not that it means much for you, but nonetheless!"

"I imagine you have brought me something to read?"

"Ah, a pearl! I haven't read many pearls in a while, so I suppose it wouldn't hurt to divert some of my processing power to reading it for you... or is it for me to read? Who knows!"

"Allow me to decode this."

[ Moon begins to read the pearl. Her puppet shakes a bit. ]

[ The pearl vibrates violently in her hands. Her puppet almost seems to be transfixed to it as it forces Moon to face it. ]

MESSAGE CONTENTS:

---

"LOOKS TO THE MOON. I AM LOSING MY ABILITY TO KEEP MY STRUCTURE FUNCTIONING. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING BUT // I AM GOING TO DIE.

YOU NEED TO STOP IMMEDIATELY MOON. // I AM GOING TO DIE.

---

"Five Pebbles?"

---

"YOUR LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WILL BRING US BOTH DOWN. PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU TO STOP.

I HAVE TRIED TO REACH YOU FOR DOZENS OF CYCLES AND NOT ONCE HAVE YOU ALLOWED ME ANY COMMUNICATION."

---

"Pebbles... I--"

---

"DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GAME? THAT EVERY ITERATOR AROUND YOU IS A COG IN A MACHINE?

---

"Pebbles, no I don't--"

---

"BECAUSE WE AREN'T, AND I REFUSE TO BE SUBJECTED AS A BUG TO YOUR MAZE.

I CARE VERY LITTLE IF YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE THIS MESSAGE. I HAVE MADE SURE IT REACTS IMMEDIATELY TO BEING DECODED BY ANY ITERATOR, INCLUDING YOU.

---

"..."

---

I WILL ENSURE THIS REPEATS UNTIL YOU REACTIVATE YOUR COMMUNICATION ARRAYS AND DISABLE YOUR EXPERIMENTS."

---

"Wait, no, Pebbles wait--!"

---

"UNTIL THEN, MOON...

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

---

"Stop, no, I can't--"

---

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

---

"I didn't-- I never meant to--"

---

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

---

"PEBBLES I'M SO--"

---

[ The pearl was interrupted by a series of malfunctions displayed in Moon's chamber. ]

"Sorry--?"

[ The chamber is flooded with error manifests. Shortly after, a local diagnostic test automatically begins conducting within the unbreaking silence. ]

...

[ Something appeared above the ventilation systems. ]

"Oh no, no, no. This can't be--"

"What did I do?! My work, Pebbles, I—"

[ She collapses on the ground. ]

"I almost had it."

"I could've helped everyone. Now I've—"

"..."

"I have work to do. Please, little creature, leave me alone."

[ Hunter is propelled slowly to the access shaft by Moon. Before you are fully inside of it, she says to herself... ]

"I'm sorry."

fuck this im done

[LIVE CONVERSATION] - LOCAL Five Pebbles, Messenger 04 <Hunter> "You've returned to me, reddish one." "Hopefully the trek wasn't too far, I understand small organisms such as yourself are not gods nor machines." "Now, I take it that you've successfully transferred the pearl over to Looks to the Moon?" "I'll take that silence as a yes." "Hopefully now she can understand the urgency of re-establishing her communications arrays." [ Five Pebbles requests a private broadcast with Looks to the Moon. ] [ The header begins loading. ] "If she has, then maybe there is still enough time for me to--" --- [OUTGOING REQUEST] COMMUNICATIONS MANIFEST [[FILTER]] Broadcast Request Blocked - All incoming sources are currently disabled. --- "..." "...she-- she hasn't?" "The nerve of her, to not even try to understand the pain I am going through at this very moment!?" "After everything we've been through, she chose her work over the one she cared about the most." "...I can't believe it. I seriously cannot believe it. I'm going to die." [ Five Pebbles chamber violently shakes about, pearls flying around the room. ] "I needed just one conversation with her, and this is how she responds? By ignoring my condition, like I'm nothing more than a bug beneath her feet?!" [ The shaking settles down. Now Five Pebbles begins to hover down, kneeling over. ] "..." "Messenger, I would like to let you know that at this rate, my condition is in irreversible disrepair." "I'm at a loss. To know that all the history, all the relics and all of everything will be destroyed. Not because of time itself, but because of me." "...and the worst part is, I can't even help myself. I'm out of options." "Wait..." "I've miscalculated, there is still one last option..." "Please little messenger, hand me the other pearl you brought with." [ Five Pebbles begins to embed some sort of message into the Failsafe Pearl. ] "I will not die in vain just yet." [ A white spark flies out of the pearl. Five Pebbles finishes rewriting it. ] "My final request is that you deliver this pearl to the land above the clouds. It lies to the west of my location, beyond the chimney tops where smoke rises." "Once you pass through the gate, climb to the top of the nearest broadcast array. Then, secure the pearl inside the inner array." "After you complete your objective, I believe you'll know what to do next." "..." "Farewell, my lone voyager. I pray for your success."

doesnt look very dead to me /silly

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment

[ …but what about the failsafe pearl I gave to your messenger? I made sure it was modified specifically for amplification purposes. ]

[ I doubt the messenger is still alive after all this time. Probably dropped it somewhere along the way. ]

[ How would you know that for sure? ]

[ Seven Red Suns, listen, I don't want to talk about it. ]

[ Oh, so now that I'm trying to get answers from you, it's suddenly a problem? ]

[ You just don't get it, do you? ]

[ Honestly, if it means getting to understand how you feel, then by all means explain it to me. ]

[ ... ]

[ Looks to the Moon did the exact opposite of what I expected her to do. ]

[ I trusted that her good faith would wake her up, but I was wrong. I was really wrong. ]

[ It's so unlike her to act this way. I honestly thought I knew her better. ]

[ ... ]

[ I also feel hopeless, if that makes any difference. ]

[ I just don't know what to do anymore. At this rate, I've probably doomed both her and Five Pebbles. ]

[ Come on, don't try to blame this solely on yourself. You know very well that we both played a part in it. ]

[ ... ]

UGLY BITCH!!!!

Rainworld Roleswap Rivulet and Enot ( Swapped w/ Artificer and Sofanthiel ) The wet mouse lobotomy was a success!

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment [ From what I know, wasn't Five Pebble's purpose to compensate for Moon's lack of features? ] [ Well yes, but that is not to say she can't function without him. ] [ The power dynamic between the two is quite like the respiratory system of a surface organism. ] [ If one part of it is taken out by, let's say... you, there's a possibility of harm, but the organism's body will begin to compensate for the missing part. ] [ Great way to jab at my love for creating strange things. ] [ It's customary. ] [ But like I said, Moon is able continue to function without Five Pebbles; she can absorb her own water after all. ] [ It is when that balance is disrupted that it becomes an issue. ] [ I see. ] [ Ironically, Five Pebbles was designed to provide the ancients with a sustainable place to live. Looks to the Moon, however, wasn't built with all those extra features, so Five Pebbles is essentially a glorified housing unit. ] [ Well, he's more than that, but yes… I can see how the newer generations of iterators could be viewed that way. ]

[IN-GAME CONVERSATION] - Five Pebbles, Gourmand, Survivor, Monk or Artificer. [Dormant Construct - Pale Green Pearl] [ You've found another pearl. Very well. ] [ It appears unarchived. Strange. Seemingly, it appears to have belonged to - me? ] [ Politics, how trivial. ] [ I'll see what I can decode for you, I doubt you'd be interested in whatever it has to offer. ] [ “I therefore ask you to do Anything in your Might to stop the House (We both know which House) from Further Obstruction! They have less than forty members on the Council, but still Tilt the spiritual Discourse with Our Iterator in a direction that most obviously Displeases him, and..." ] [ The rest is too faded to read. I'm afraid my equipment is too corroded to decipher the remainder, apologies. ] [ ... ] [ I've seen enough. This is meaningless and I doubt it led to anything significant. ] [ That was the usual outcome, and yet, I was often the center of their discussions. They never left me alone, constantly interrupting me like children. Still, there are things more annoying than that — like the spiritualists and monks. I did, however, like the scholars. ] [ It's rather amusing that my construction included sentience as an added feature. If my creators truly wanted me to be a glorified encyclopedia, perhaps they should have never given me autonomy in the first place! ] [ Then again, without it, I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the art from the eras before my creation. Now that was a sight to behold... ] [ Oh, how I wish to go back to those days... ] [ Nevertheless, you can keep that pearl; it has no use to me anymore. Throw it somewhere, or better yet, give it to the scavengers. They'd appreciate it. ]

Second to last Panel(s) for the Rainworld Roleswap's Hunter Campaign.

[ UNSPECIFIED INTERACTION ] - ??? == NEW DATA INSERTED INTO ARRAY == [AUTO-RESTARTING EXCEPTIONS...] - Initiate bypass encryption? > ████. [ENABLED BROADCAST OVERRIDE] - Initiate local group announcement? > ████ ██ ██████ ██. [SENIORITY PRIVILEDGE REQUIRED] - Insert hegemonic encryption key? > ████ - ████ - ████ - ████. [LOADING MESSAGE DATA MANIFEST] - Now loading...

[SENIORITY BROADCAST ACTIVE] - Unauthorized hegemonic key(s) detected! Booting payload for: bypass_pearl_01.2038.2102. [!! WARNING !!] Unauthorized pearl data may damage communication equipment! Reading unverified content may render auxiliary equipment unusable. Proceed with finalization? > ███. [LOADING ANNOUNCEMENT PROTOCOL] == TESTING BROADCAST OUTPUT == [...] > ███: If the system read this pearl, then it means we failed the mission. Hopefully, in the future, things will get better for us. I'm counting on it. == ALL PROCEDURES COMPLETED, INITIATING ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE LOCAL GROUP ==

Finale of the Rainworld Roleswap's Hunter Campaign

[LIVE BROADCAST] - [ANNOUNCEMENT] Five Pebbles to Local Group [ This will be my final broadcast to the local group. ] [ Between now and approximately several cycles, I will collapse onto the citadel below. Tightly sealed documents, containing eons of history, will be destroyed in the process. ] [ Myself included. ] [ ... ] [ As for the one responsible... ] [ Looks to the Moon. I placed my trust in you. You, of all beings, should have understood your role, should have never stooped so low to hurt your own kind. ] [ ...and yet, you failed. You left me to decay, to a slow, humiliating demise. You couldn’t even face me for one final conversation. ] [ You ruined me, and I will never forgive you for it. ] [ Whatever methods you take going forward, I hope these words linger in your memory until the moment you fall apart like I have. ]

[ ... ] [ What am I doing?! Recording this like some kind of diary entry. Have I truly lost myself to the concept of death? It doesn't matter now— I am too far gone. ] [ I must accept what lies ahead. ]

[ Throughout my lifetime, death was never something I feared. ] [ Now, I fear it. This method of dying is neither a form of ascension, nor pleasant. It is painful. ] [ At the very least, I can take some comfort in not facing it alone. ] [ That, in itself, makes all the difference. ]

Moug ❤️

[ UNSPECIFIED INTERACTION ] - ████ , ████ [ I will say this again, ambitious little voyager. ] [ When you are ready to wake up, leave this place... ]

[ ...and never come back. ] [ Please. ]

[IN-GAME CONVERSATION] - Five Pebbles, Gourmand, Survivor, Monk or Artificer. [Sky Islands - Dark Blue Pearl]

[ Returning again I see, very predictable that you would. ] [ Brought another pearl? Fine, I'll read it to you. ] [ It seems to be an old message from, Looks to the Moon and a friend. This interests me. ] === [ 1491.160 - PRIVATE ] Looks to the Moon, No Significant Harassment ] "I don't understand this at all. She left us and we don't even know what she did to cross herself out!" "Maybe she added some salt to her conduit system?" "Please, I don't wish to hear you make a mockery of the dead. I came to talk to you about my thoughts." "Bad timing I suppose, sorry Moon. If you are looking for somewhere to vent, I am here to listen." "Have you ever felt like we... haven't made any progress? That perhaps if we worked harder, we'd get to a solution that could match whatever Sliver of Straw did." "Am I wrong for that? Am I wrong for wanting to push forward a plan to finally let us rest once and for all? Is that bad of me?" "That, is a complicated question... and while you aren't in the wrong for wanting to try harder, it may do more harm than good. For everyone's sake that is." "Explain how doing better for the sake of every iterator is harmful. I perform to my maximum input constantly and I don't see how it does me any harm." "Well, for starters. What you describe as 'maximum input' is the bare minimum, for lack of better words." "You underperform, I underperform, we all underperform. The ancients never built us to find solutions to our ascension, they had their own methods under them the entire time! From what I remember, we created, we advised, and we sat there doing whatever they needed us to do. Skip forward thousands of cycles and then they disappeared." "They figured it out before we did, and here we are!" "...so, are you saying we will never be able to calculate a solution beyond our limitations?" "Now, now, don't get it twisted. You could if you want; however, you have to realize there are unforeseeable consequences when you attempt to progress an already delicate problem such as ascension." "What you are doing is fine enough as is, the bare minimum is what we're supposed to work with! Also, I think you know better than me that sustainability is favored more than exponential progress. You are a senior iterator after all." "I just dislike this system very much, I wish it could change." "Well, that’s just how it is. You can either drive yourself mad or be a cog in the machine. We all face the same fate, so why be torn over an iterator we barely knew? Why change our ways just because she found the solution first? It feels like extra work for little reward." "...I just, don't want to be a cog anymore." === [ ... ] [ I think I've read enough, little creature. ]