July Adventure: Where the Weeds are Now Growing Free

[lifeaftr_mods]

NEW ISLAND: UMUI

Who: Everyone!
What: Umui appears, and a new adventure begins
When: July 10th and onward
Where: Umui
Warnings: Tag as you go!

'Cause the Dirt is Up to My Eyes
As of July 10th, the mana pools on Ensō and its islets will now allow for travel to the new island of Umui.

Travelers will arrive on a mana pool situated on the C1 square. The thick crops of flowers spring freely across the lush, grassy landscape, clustered in dense knots. The variety behind these growths seems profoundly limited: it is as though each flower has only sprouted around others of its kind, mingling solely at the edges. A large building looms in the corner of the region, a twisting, unfurling mass of piping and a half-crumbled metallic shine.

Whatever lays inside, or beyond the island's limits, is for you to discover for yourself.

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Welcome to the new island of Umui! As the island is now accessible, feel free to begin preparations and explorations in this log, or create new ones of your own! For further information in regards to the island, or plotting, the following links may prove handy:

[ ♆ ] OOC info and introductory post
[ ♆ ] Optional future event sign-up
[ ♆ ] Umui on the Locations page
[ ♆ ] Search Requests page

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Comments

[forwearemany]

(Their work is silent until the robot speaks. Legion goes still at this and does not answer.

Their headflaps ripple, flutter, then they power up their omnitool and try to initiate a scan.

They are, of course, assuming that by data logs Arum means the robot's memories, though they are unsure they are even capable of detecting anything whether there is anything intact or not.)

[aftrnpc]

[The scan will reveal quite the weather and wear to ARUM-25's internal schematics; almost all their memory circuits have decayed over time, and the ones that haven't are already succumbing to the steady creep of the greenery that's snaked up the back of their neck.]

External logs?

[By which they mean - datapads, hard drives, anything along those lines.]

[forwearemany]

(...That would also make sense.)

Uncertain. It is possible others have discovered them.

(For now, though, they'll go back to repairs.)

[aftrnpc]

May - may - may help.

[It may help them recall memories, at least until repair can be done to their circuits.]

Speech processing-g-g-g damaged damaged damaged.

[forwearemany]

Affirmative.

(Restoring their fellow synthetics memories is a priority, second only to ensuring their survival.

Briefly, they look at the Knight.)

Are you aware of the presence of data logs?

(Without waiting for an answer, they move to check out the robot's neck, since their scanner seemed to imdicate that plantgrowth remained there. Obviously, that needs to be fixed.)

[lightlessfuture]

( They've been working away patiently at cleaning, but they look up when they're asked a question.

Oh. 'Data logs.' They did find that strange, flat device, with Grimm. And they've been following the discussions, on the community board. They nod in response, but their friend might have turned away by then.

They see Legion moving to take care of something in particular, and they obligingly shift to hold ARUM's head steady just in case, to let Legion work without having to worry about destabilization. )

[aftrnpc]

Confirm presence of inp-inp-input?

[Automatons do not have nerves. They do not have a complex wirework of systems threaded in and out and across them, a roadmap of veins that warm to the touch. They can register that someone is steadying them, but they cannot see who or why.]

[forwearemany]

We are attempting removal of excess plant growth.

(Though Legion does not have the same level of touch sensitivity as an organic, they are far more advanced in that area than this automaton.

In particular, their hands are quite sensitive and dextrous, a fact that should come in handy as they pick at the plant growth on Arum's neck.)

[lightlessfuture]

[ The Knight adjusts themselves so they can hold their position comfortably, and then waits for Legion to progress.

Once the plants there have been removed, they settle, gently letting go of Arum's head and working on untangling some of the vines that have snared the memory cables. Anything that's not a wire or some mechanical part is deftly, and carefully, removed - or cut away as much as possible, if it's too entwined to be safe. Legion can take care of that, later.

They watch for signs of further response as they continue their work on the strange machine. There's significant progress, at this point; Arum is beginning to look much more like a badly damaged robot on a chair and less like an odd plant that happened to have some mechanical parts to it. ]

[aftrnpc]

[The damage done to their memory circuits is...extensive. The growths and tangles haven't simply been due to their surroundings - some of them appear to have grown from inside the automaton's chassis.]

[The circuits at the back of their head and neck have undergone some of the worst.]

Interior damage sus-sus-sustained - additionnnn-n-nally.

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

(It is to be expected. Not necessarily the plants growing inside, but the damage.

For now, they will examine the damage on the outside. As they work, they question.)

Will replacing damaged circuits cause harm to software?

(They don't look all that functional, but if they are at all functional it's possible they might be storing vital data.)

[aftrnpc]

Un-un-unknown-n-n-n.

[Another tin-rattle of ancient machinery attempting to churn itself back into something resembling efficiency. The reduction of plant matter has made some of it, at least, slightly easier.]

Software already dam-dam-ddddddDamaged. Acceptable r-r-risk.

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

(Well, now that they've settled that they're going to inspect things closer and work on figuring out how they're even going to remove stuff to replace it. Their tools are currently limited, though they are capable of being creative.)