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Myriad Reality

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I chalk that much up to just work. Not sure how familiar you are with her work side of her life, but I don't find that awfully surprising.

@GalaxyRaider

I never followed very closely until now. You could be right, it’s just off-putting for me.

Myriad Reality

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An attempt at some sort of healing factor for digital entities? A push for immortality, even?

@GalaxyRaider

That part’s hard to say. These comments aren’t exactly... narrative. More clinical than I would have expected from mom.

Myriad Reality

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Not entirely a good thing. Don't worry; it's a good sign that you're not.

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That can't be its sole purpose, right?

@GalaxyRaider

I would say about four fifths of it is dedicated to detecting certain aspects of the install environment. A tenth is dedicated to removing anything it considers foreign to that environment, and the last tenth is restoring something close enough to what was originally there, or what the program thinks should be there. Including itself.

Myriad Reality

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So he was trying to replicate?

@Ignacious

That’s the other part that I can’t quite figure out. This program replicates itself, but not what you install it to. Like, let’s say that you installed this and incorporated it into your programming. Then when you tried to remove it, it rebuilt itself.

Myriad Reality

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*gives you an annoyed expression*
I know that, Tempo. But why is it on the tablet and here?

@Ignacious

Sorry... I don’t know. It must mean that mom was working on it with Sam somehow. Maybe it’s what made him go out of control?

Myriad Reality

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Why would there be a biological virus?

@Ignacious

You... erm, you do know that humans get sick, right?

Myriad Reality

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So it’s some sort of extra life?

@Ignacious

So, there’s this other piece to it that I don’t fully understand that sort of seems to act that way? I think it’s closer to the kind of virus humans get, but much more tame.

Myriad Reality

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*looks at you*
What did you say?

@Ignacious

This program, almost all of it is dedicated to self-replicating exactly once. Almost like a viral backdoor.

Myriad Reality

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Oh huh.

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I can tell.
*pouts*

@Ignacious

*Under my breath*
Are you seeing this, Cure? It’s like a program whose entire purpose is to keep itself alive. Almost like a virus’ virus.

Myriad Reality

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I'm good at cheating, what can I say?

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Sooo...?

@GalaxyRaider

*Runes my hands over the file, inspecting it deeply as if lost in thought*
This is some kind of program called Purge01_02. Mom's left the debugging symbols in, so we can all but decompile this, even with source comments. It's large, but most of the code goes toward detecting the installation environment. And...
*Turns it over in my hands, clearly surprised*