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FINAL INVESTIGATION
[Well, your time, your anger, your losses have led up to this.
It's time to go, and that blue card will give access to the floors above. In particular, there is the floor Barbara mentioned before the throne room, which seems to be a good idea to check out beforehand.
Indeed, it's much like the previous floors the Strangers had lived in, only smaller.]
[There is another elevator in the area, but that is inaccessible. Even using Marie's card doesn't seem to work on it. Hm. No matter. Marie's card works on all of these rooms, so it's fine, right?
In any case, if there's answers to be found about just whose in charge - and what in the world is going on - this is the last chance of finding them. You've all gotten this far, and as your teams descend on the rooms, you can feel the end is near. Hopefully, that end is not that of the universe - or of Ivy.
Good hunting, Titled.]
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>MNEMIC MAGNETIC LASER
>ENTRIES PTS 3/4
Which would you like to do first?]
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The Neutral Zone militias have become meddlesome. They have been studying me, I know it. Their technology has started to change, as if to reflect mine. They have become almost fanatic in their belief in Cheol and his actions here. Even though they have forgotten his name, and he’s human, they worship him like a holy creature.
They are stupid. I’m just going to go back to my projects. But I will need to keep an eye on them. There’s no telling the threat they may pose to me.
25-11-36xx
My research into the uses of the genius cybernetic brain has paid off.
I have managed to create a tape system that allows me to materialize supplies and items from the universe beyond using my computer systems, whenever I like. All I need do is play my favorite puzzle video game, which allows me to encode the tape however I please for whatever item I want, and I can create the item out of the molecules of the tape once I have finished. It can be any item I think of that exists on the Earth beyond, and they are as close to the real thing as one can get when you consider this universe’s properties. I have even somehow managed to create living matter - a goat.
What makes this so much better is that these tapes are uniquely tied to myself and the cybernetic brain - and only I can create exactly what I want. Our enemies cannot use them to gain anything truly meaningful and Aunt Marie won’t keep taking advantage of me when she wants a picture of Cheol, and darts to throw at his stupid face. She shall have to take her chances and hope she gets what she wants, now. I suppose that makes me a genius.
Speaking of genius and stupid faces, I have noticed a very great change on Earth. Cheol seems to be interested in taking my target out to a restaurant. A French one. I wonder what French food tastes like.
3-12-36xx
By Mustang’s scarred cheeks, she kissed him! She kissed his stupid face!!
Ew. Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew!!!!!
What does she see in him!? She is the smartest person on Earth and the one I must destroy! She deserves so much better than him!!!
Is this what cooties is!? I feel...feel! Disgusted!!
6-1-37xx
The scientists on Earth have revealed their plan. They have created half a dozen of those mechas for the express purpose of saving people from within. Already, according to the news, they have a waitlist of two years for people waiting to be cured of their ills!
So now what they did to save the girl genius will become standard medical procedure. As I have already come to the conclusion that it will very likely be a very long time before security eases down (and with hope Cheol will disappear like a bad wart), I worry that I shouldn’t have waited. Aunt Marie is gloating about it, too. Telling me I failed. But I didn’t fail. At least I hope I didn’t.
What if she’s right, though?
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16-12-37xx
Ah, Cheol has been announced as the head commander of the mecha project. This is fortuitous. He will be the first in line to helm top-level missions for the mecha project. Thus he will be constantly on the move, whereas she cannot leave without watch. I’m not so worried after all. I must simply wait for him to be gone for an amount of time, thus ensuring that I have the advantage before he even knows his original charge is dying. I shall have to mass significant forces in order for this plan to work.
He kissed her again, though. I could have gone the rest of my half-life never having to experience that again.
16-12-39xx
The Red Armies remember the previous battle as a legend, a terrible legend. It’s been several thousand years and many generations for them, but the thought of another battle stings them. In order to reverse their wariness, I must use my powers to persuade them. However, while I could easily recode their genes, it would be too easy to be spotted on a medical exam. I shall thus mechanize my re-coding ability and find another way to change their minds without arousing suspicion outside this universe.
My tape method has worked excellently for bringing items into this universe. Perhaps there is another means for me to use this ability than simply creating items. I will muse over it as I watch this group of animated movies that seem to be popular in the world beyond.
7-4-40xx
I have seen the most amazing movie. I have found the creature I want to marry when I grow up. He is so amazing...so smart...and he has such a wonderful sense of humor. I’m so sad though that he’s not real. I am happy, though, that he is in so many movies.
I feel weird. Maybe this is happiness? Am I happy about him? Perhaps that is why I want to learn all I can about that cheeky raccoon. Actually, if a fictional character can be smarter than the rest of the world, then he must be a genius.
He’s given me a perfect idea as to how to get the Red Armies on my side.
9-10-41xx
First, a prank. Then, when the prank succeeded, lure the leaders of the Red Armies into my fortress. Then, use my new invention, the mnemic magnetic laser, to empty their minds of their original memories onto tapes. Then, lastly, re-mix the tapes with my commands and loyalty added to them. They will go back and spread the commands, pledging themselves and their descendants to my cause. In return, I sent them food and supplies to stave off an invasion from an enemy force of T-cells.
I haven’t yet started on my own personal arsenal to backup my statements of true supremacy in this universe. Not yet. But I am looking over proper schematics I’ve managed to get from the girl genius’ knowledge of mechas on the outside. I am also looking at the Parox models as well, what is left of them. I shall create my own mecha arsenal to counteract anything the Earth beyond this universe can bring to bear on me.
While I watch the cheeky raccoon again. I might even draw him too.
15-1-44xx
I have reconstructed the Parox machines. I have given some proxy power to Aunt Marie, but ultimately, the power is mine. I have also created my own mechas. I have put in the best of their equipment, and improved them with my abilities. Strengthened their power and defenses.
My Acroyears. They can fly. They can fight. They have ranged weaponry and can survive and attack in pieces. And as their technology improves, so shall mine.
Let any micronaut who dares to come in here beware. I will not let them win on my turf.
[That was PT. 3.
Check out PT. 4?]
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It appears my hopes for Cheol to leave has been...crushed. Forever. He proposed. I was so angry that I blew up my current experiment. Now, though, I feel so foolish. I was acting like a child. A human child. I should look at the important things instead, right? My control over the Red Armies have started to grow. My mechas help to enforce my influence. A few kingdoms have capitulated without a single shot being fired, proclaiming me their Empress.
But...he proposed. And she accepted. I really don’t understand. She could do way better than him. And they plan to have children? This is ridiculous.
19-6-48xx
It’s happened. They’re - ugh - married. However. I couldn’t help but notice how happy she was today. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her this happy. The way she sounded, the way she looked in the mirror as she prepared...even when she was getting married. She seemed almost to be like in a dream. It was infectious. Even I found myself dancing with the music at the reception.
I wonder, is this something she wanted this entire time? She definitely seems, even in just this one day, so different. I can’t get it out of my head. Is it even possible someone can be so happy even when they make such an illogical choice? I wonder if that’s what love is.
That’s not something I can afford myself. I am not a creature who should engage in love. I shouldn’t be allowed to love. Like Aunt Marie likes to point out, I’m a monster. My purpose is to destroy, and the person I must destroy is the bride. Still, I never expected her to marry anyone (especially not THAT man) and yet here we are. This is something new that I must take into consideration. I don’t know what to expect.
What will happen now?
4-10-50xx
I have been informed by my Red Army scouts that an anomaly has appeared in one of the space sectors near the Neutral Zone, and with the potential to come near my fortress. Not near enough to cause damage to us, but the scouts were alarmed at its presence, claiming nothing like it had ever been seen before in the universe. While I am aware that memories in this place can fade and be twisted because of the time dilation - I’m seen as a goddess, ageless, for example - I can’t just dismiss their concerns out of hand.
They also claim that the White King is aware of this new anomaly, as is that Neutral Zone group of militia misfits that now call themselves the Order. Now they have become religious in full, and have taken to praying for the legendary “Beyonder” to stop the anomaly. The warrior who, centuries before, had saved the universe from destruction. So that’s what they’re calling Cheol in those parts now. How ridiculous. He’s hardly anything to write home about.
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A baby. She’s having a baby with Cheol. So that’s what the anomaly is. Seriously? A baby? Can she really have a baby with him? Really, what is she thinking?
I’m going to watch some of my favorite movies to blow off my irritation. I really don’t get what she sees in Cheol. At all.
20-9-51xx
Aunt Marie wants to destroy the baby. I
I don’t know. I feel very strange when I think about the baby. Not just because it’s starting to affect the borders of various kingdoms, and not just because I still think Cheol having a baby is gross.
However, killing the child would be problematic. The child’s death would signal danger to the girl genius and would thus alert Cheol to our presence. It would be foolish to kill…
Yes. That is why I am reticent. I will make sure the child remains unharmed in the universe.
8-4-53xx
327 sectors have disappeared in the wake of the growth of the so-called “Galaxy Eater”. Considering its current state, it will continue to grow slowly, but thousands of star systems will disappear.
Unfortunately with the current trajectory of growth, my fortress will be in the path of destruction. I will need to remodel my fortress again accordingly, to allow for complete mobility. We will move elsewhere - close enough to this spot that the Red Armies will continue be able to access me, but far enough away to accommodate the child’s potential maximum size in here.
I’m not going to kill the child. Galaxy Eater or not.
I wish I knew why I feel so reluctant to harm it.
11-10-54xx
Am I making a mistake?
Aunt Marie attempted to attack the “Galaxy Eater”. Thankfully I have final override power over every machine in my arsenal, so the Paroxes didn’t get far. She spent ten minutes screaming at me to the point where I now have a headache and my eyes also hurt. Telling me my parent would have killed the child along with the girl genius long ago. That I must be a defective copy of the original virus. That I’m just awful to begin with and should never have existed.
Am I really defective? Have I been wrong? Yet I still refuse. The child in the end, does it have anything to do with my mission? What reason do I have to harm it? I am only supposed to destroy the girl genius, and despite its growth into more sectors, the child ultimately poses no threat to me or my mission. Indeed the Red Armies have been producing substantially more soldiers than normal in this period.
Maybe I am hesitating, though. Maybe Aunt Marie is right. I don’t want to end the girl genius yet.
But why?
2-6-57xx
Its going to be a boy. 1,927 sectors have been absorbed.
It better not look like Cheol when it’s done.
31-12-58xx
Spilled. Coffee.
Of course. Now I understand. This new invention of humanity...to go beyond the universe outside this universe. There are millions of universes out there. Now, the Star Wars fleet can access other universes due to happy accident, and bring others into theirs for whatever purpose they like.
I’m an accident. I am in the same position. What do I do with my power when my purpose is over? Now I know. There is so much even beyond the girl genius’ world view. So many things to see, and experience. Things I could never hope to dream of.
There is so much to do beyond this universe.
All I have to do is decide what will happen next to me after the end of it.
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Otherwise, options seem to include delete, insert, or copy to tape.]
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Except Yurick. He has the least amount of tapes, with two.]
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