In: Private Messages ? Inbox
From: JetJaguar
Date: April 23, 2025
Millenium rules apply. I'm only telling people in private for the time being. Those who need to know. The last thing I want to do is make Mackie feel pressured in anyway - because that's always going to breed resentment.
I think if he found out tomorrow it was impossible to be resleeved, He wouldn't be happy, but he could deal with it. He's not the first to go through it. He's not the last. He spent a few days on the Forge not too long ago, and, that seemed to settle him at least.
I think he's more afraid of what people will think, than what he wants. There's a lot he likes about the Gaige identity - none of it related to the body. There's a lot he likes about himself. Part of him's amused at the idea of carrying the pendant after resleeving - just to beg the question. Part of him's terrified that people will just point and say 'I told you so'.
It's his choice. Whatever he wants to do. The last thing I want is for him to make the decision based on what he thinks someone else's opinion will be. I don't think he'd be unhappy if he joined. I don't think he'd be unhappy if he took your offer either. The only thing I'm certain of, is he's going to do something to prove it's what he wanted - and not just giving in to cowardice, or Ranma's law.
I'm torn between wanting the body back, and wanting an excuse to get a new one that looks more like the woman I used to be. Still with the same great features, of course...... the wave might've taken the ability, but it still left the desire ;P
I don't need to do the first, do very little of the second and the third is a question I prefer not to answer ;P
I think maybe we're focusing on being unassailable from the wrong direction - that's what I'm saying. We're ready to fight the last war. Thats a dangerously overconfident place to be in. It's a thought best left to swim in the think-tanks maybe, something for another day and a more serious place. But I hope to whatever god'll listen that it never comes.
Hope for the best. Build for the worst.
A few were interested up until Arcadia. I've been poking too. I'll spin up a a few messages first and see who bites. The more people involved, the better.
Cross training breeds comradeship too.
The logistics will be hell. Making it fair will be hell. Making it safe enough will be a challenge.
Especially without VR or any sort of holographic support. Just the knowledge that you will mwake up tomorrow with aches and bruises (Let alone being actually injured) makes people behave so much more cautiously than in VR - a lot more naturally. VR combat training breeds so many bad habits.
And a little inter-faction combat competition might give us the little avelanches we need to keep the big one from happening.
Alita's enthusiastic about the chance to test her mettle against Fenspace finest. I think she'll win it too. The wave's with her on it.
Remind Gina to bring her bathing suit. She was cursing herself for missing out on the hot springs last time. We've only just gotten them warmed up again.
And I really need to get another puppet with skin. Cosmopolish only goes so far.
-Jet
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Meta:
- Somewhere in the mists of time I recall ZOTT being mentioned before, but in what context I can't recall.
- Gaige/Mackie hasn't been decided, so I'm keeping both options open.
- Jet is, of course, referring to someone who looks suspiciously like the animated Sylia Stingray. The legacy of Mackie's accident.
- And also, vewry much a Keniichi Sonoda character.
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From: JetJaguar
Date: April 23, 2025
Quote:Jet, I don't know if you have any idea of how much better that makes us feel over here. How much longer do you intend to keep this under wraps? Because I can't just go and tell everyone here without it getting out.
Millenium rules apply. I'm only telling people in private for the time being. Those who need to know. The last thing I want to do is make Mackie feel pressured in anyway - because that's always going to breed resentment.
Quote:Huh. Well, Gina and I will be more than happy to drop by for a bit... All the better to hash out the other stuff More on that later, though. But I definitely think Gina should talk to him, too, her being an infomorph that went through an emotional wringer as well.
If nothing else, we can offer him a seat in one of our Valkyries or even a Blackbird - just to give him a few more options. Hell, it's probably about time that Mackie started hanging out with girls closer to his 'age'. Mayonaka's handling adolescence really well, but conversely there aren't many boys her age around her. The oldest boy here is about six.
Of course, that is only if we wind up resleeving Mackie into a male body again.
Really, knowing Mackie, I'm worried for the poor guy now. I know that you've been giving him options... But now that the danger has passed, he needs even more options.
I think if he found out tomorrow it was impossible to be resleeved, He wouldn't be happy, but he could deal with it. He's not the first to go through it. He's not the last. He spent a few days on the Forge not too long ago, and, that seemed to settle him at least.
I think he's more afraid of what people will think, than what he wants. There's a lot he likes about the Gaige identity - none of it related to the body. There's a lot he likes about himself. Part of him's amused at the idea of carrying the pendant after resleeving - just to beg the question. Part of him's terrified that people will just point and say 'I told you so'.
It's his choice. Whatever he wants to do. The last thing I want is for him to make the decision based on what he thinks someone else's opinion will be. I don't think he'd be unhappy if he joined. I don't think he'd be unhappy if he took your offer either. The only thing I'm certain of, is he's going to do something to prove it's what he wanted - and not just giving in to cowardice, or Ranma's law.
I'm torn between wanting the body back, and wanting an excuse to get a new one that looks more like the woman I used to be. Still with the same great features, of course...... the wave might've taken the ability, but it still left the desire ;P
Quote: I dream big things. That's why I started up BAT - not just to make money, but to create things that inspire people.
But at the same time, I'm also the The Night Watchman. People call me paranoid. I might be. But can we honestly afford to be wrong when death is so fucking cheap out here? The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
You know that I breathe, eat, and shit Sun Tzu.
I don't need to do the first, do very little of the second and the third is a question I prefer not to answer ;P
I think maybe we're focusing on being unassailable from the wrong direction - that's what I'm saying. We're ready to fight the last war. Thats a dangerously overconfident place to be in. It's a thought best left to swim in the think-tanks maybe, something for another day and a more serious place. But I hope to whatever god'll listen that it never comes.
Hope for the best. Build for the worst.
Quote:Okay, now this... This is something that I am definitely up for. If you're amenable to the idea, I'd like to make this a joint venture, because the more resources we can throw at this, the better it's gonna be. And I think some of the others might be as well. Would you mind terribly if I put out some feelers to see if anyone else might want to contribute?
A few were interested up until Arcadia. I've been poking too. I'll spin up a a few messages first and see who bites. The more people involved, the better.
Cross training breeds comradeship too.
Quote:.... OH HELL YES.
The logistics will be hell. Making it fair will be hell. Making it safe enough will be a challenge.
Especially without VR or any sort of holographic support. Just the knowledge that you will mwake up tomorrow with aches and bruises (Let alone being actually injured) makes people behave so much more cautiously than in VR - a lot more naturally. VR combat training breeds so many bad habits.
And a little inter-faction combat competition might give us the little avelanches we need to keep the big one from happening.
Alita's enthusiastic about the chance to test her mettle against Fenspace finest. I think she'll win it too. The wave's with her on it.
Quote:But yeah, we'll be over in a few days...
Remind Gina to bring her bathing suit. She was cursing herself for missing out on the hot springs last time. We've only just gotten them warmed up again.
And I really need to get another puppet with skin. Cosmopolish only goes so far.
-Jet
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Meta:
- Somewhere in the mists of time I recall ZOTT being mentioned before, but in what context I can't recall.
- Gaige/Mackie hasn't been decided, so I'm keeping both options open.
- Jet is, of course, referring to someone who looks suspiciously like the animated Sylia Stingray. The legacy of Mackie's accident.
- And also, vewry much a Keniichi Sonoda character.
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