Крип / Kryp: Глава 8

Chapter 8

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 00:17

"What am I supposed to do now?" Olga asked into the middle of nowhere.
Forty thousand six hundred and forty-fifth year of Christ's birth

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 06:52

The Machine was not long in responding. The cards already covered the floor in an even layer, fluttering grayish-yellow butterflies in the draughts from the ventilation.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 06:53

Live

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Survive

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Exist

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 06:54

/A fucking philosopher/

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 06:54

"It's a crazy world... crazy... " the girl whispered, struggling to keep from rubbing her wet eyes with her fists. Her mind wove a schizophrenic tangle of mechanized dead men, three-meter-tall giants in game armor, onionheaded freaks, and other crap. None of this looked at all like a bright future, or a future in general. Reinforced bricks on Ballistic, dust flasks, flying skulls, pneumatic mail... Is ballistic at all earthly, naval, or whatever the hell it is?

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 06:57

"How do you live here?"

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 06:59

The question was rhetorical, but apparently the Machine's "heuristic module" did not catch such complex nuances of emotions, so the skull immediately began to explain in detail:

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:01

The Entity - Imperium

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The key features according to your assumed pattern of perception

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1. theocracy and mysticism, rejection of rational methods of research

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2. quasi-feudal organization of society

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addendum: specified organization: predominantly / not exclusively / statistically most represented

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3. a high level of aggressive rejection of social, cultural, legal and other norms and rules of behavior that go beyond established dogmas.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:07

4. artificially stabilized progress

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:11

"Well, of cource..."

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:11

What exactly "of course" Olga herself did not know, but in a bitter remark fused all the bitterness and disappointment of the past hours.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:12

Addendum

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:12

Despite the self-definition of "Imperium," this entity cannot be considered an empire in the traditional sense

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:18

Foundation: a purposefully formed and maintained conception of the fortress in a hostile environment

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:18

It is highly recommended:

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:19

1. eliminate biological objects subjected to rapid phenotypic transformation

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2. to burn unauthorized interpreters of religious dogma

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3. to destroy members of other sentient races

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:21

"Are there even aliens here."

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:33

If it is not technically/ethically possible to follow the above recommendations, one should at least demonstrate strong endorsement of them

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:45

Note

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The essence and basic aspects of the Imperium's existence cannot be adequately revealed through a set of theses remarks

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:45

Appealing to the authorized structures of administration and interpretation of religious dogma is somewhat likely to lead to the elimination of

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:48

The exact probability of the outcome cannot be adequately calculated

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:48

Conclusion - for the subject Olga, contact with the Imperium in any organizational aspect is defined by the category of "luck"

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:49

Olga sat down, leaning her back on a steel box, which must have housed one of the parts of the Machine. The box was warm, soothingly humming, and slightly vibrating, just like a massage chair. SheI wanted to do nothing else. Just lie down and die a bit. Not for too long, just to make this whole circus go away while she was away.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:57

"Luck, then," the guest stretched out.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:57

The skull levitated, gleaming with its lens and wiggling its "tail" of pinned vertebrae. Somehow now the girl had absolutely no doubt that the skull was real, not a designer stylization in a plastic case. The Machine waited patiently.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 07:59

"What happened here?" - Olga finally asked. A phrase from some long-forgotten movie was playing spinning in her head - does your disease have a name?

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:00

Against the norm, the skull did not respond. Instead, one of the iron cubes, which turned out to be something like a printer, worked. In any case, it squeaked and rattled just like an old typewriter. It printed just as slowly, on a wide sheet of thin, chewy paper that looked like tissue paper. The answer must have exceeded the capacity of the cards stored in the skull.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:03

Data array - confidentiality

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No disclosure is expressly forbidden

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But, the credentials presented are

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But, the credentials are characterized as borrowed

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But, the subject is not dangerous

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:06

Further iteration But is repeated 9 cycles, taking into account all aspects

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:07

The "Olga" factor is an overestimation of the degree of danger, "statistically insignificant"

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:07

Olga pursed her lip. Not that she wanted to be very dangerous, but still to be relegated to the level of a statistically small value seemed offensive.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:08

It is taken into account that further disordered development of the situation will lead to the physical termination of the existence of the object Olga

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:09

"Wow!" An "object" said.

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:09

In these circumstances, the second approximation chronological sequence is not expressly forbidden

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Formulations are simplified, time points are ignored, spatial localization is ignored

Camrad_RIP 03.11.21 в 08:10