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[toddumptious]

Damn, nice spot. I am too hungover it was a miracle I even managed to use the translators to make the post

Tomorrow, I will be a better like-traveller. This I promise.

[Selfie-Gek]

Thank you for translating it! I copy-pasted your translation into the timestamp machine, for the date from the email.

[William]

If the architect is in France, there is a UTC+ 2.

The mail being written @23:12, it could explain why it shows 8th of June (it was @1:12am in France)

Some “sleeping status” tweets were a day late for me because they were written late in the evening, past 22:00.

Yet it doesn’t explain why it says “Sunday”, likewise the Wallace Stevens poem date.

April 13 2005 - Sunday Morning poem - new changes

Years where 13th of April are Sundays 1975 1980 1986 1997 2003 2008 2014 2025

[vector_cmdr]

Looks like the next Sunday 8/6 is 2031?
I guess LNF release date confirmed! /s

I wonder if this is a woopsie, or intentional .

[AlexWinter]

Maybe it’s something like the book from this image, where in 2002 the book didn’t exist ?

Unstable reality and all that.

[AlexWinter]

Then maybe we didn’t replace the image of the Forgeron by an image picturing the place’s current state, but instead System is using the current image to picture how it was back in 2005

[toddumptious]

I do this quite often in the early am, ill look at the date, but still think its the day before, and type or say “its monday the 9th” etc.

Assuming its human error of course.

It could be both, and be a happy accident that it fits the time travel mechanic of recent events.

It wouldnt be the first time it happened in an ARG and a mistake was made part of the canon.

These are the questions that will be fun to ask the PM when this is all said and done, in the usual post-ARG “ama” breakdowns.

[ozoto]

I have noticed that 1980 is also a year where June 8th was a Sunday. Perhaps we have a match for an important year? The 80s also seem related to the post about HOEs.

Edit: I understand the possibility of the PM commiting human error, but the Architect strikes me as the perfectionistic type of character.

[toddumptious]

New Email

The Architect the_architect@project-skyscraper.com
À : Ghost

mardi 09 juin
20:17

Blr wcy kéurrb ! Rtryha khnwcrykuby l’fccéh qu’bl f bdhcybebé nwaah déiuy.
Vwv jh c’fkkboh pfr à nkwbkh quh çf fkkboh ! Yu fofbr kfbrwc, blr wcy uyblbré uch dhr mfllunbcfybwcr du Rtryha pwuk lub awcykhk l’bcnwmékhcnh dh rhr rwuohcbkr. Rtryha f dû rh khcdkh à l’éobdhcnh : bl f wuilbé.

Jh phcrh quh d’bnb quhlquhr jwukr, lf khnwcrykunybwc rhkf fnmhoéh. Lhr wpékfyhukr pwukkwcy nwaahcnhk à ahyykh à jwuk lhr ilwnr aéawbkhr.
Ibhcyôy !

Decodes to

Ils ont réussi ! System reconstruit l’année qu’il a identifié comme début.
Wow je n’arrive pas à croire que ça arrive ! Tu avais raison, ils ont utilisé une des hallucinations du System pour lui montrer l’incohérence de ses souvenirs. System a dû se rendre à l’évidence : il a oublié.

Je pense que d’ici quelques jours, la reconstruction sera achevée. Les opérateurs pourront commencer à mettre à jour les blocs mémoires.
Bientôt !

Translates to

Tuesday, June 9th

They did it! System is reconstructing the year it identified as the beginning.
Wow, I can’t believe this is happening! You were right, they used one of System’s hallucinations to show it the inconsistency of its memories. System had to face the facts: it forgot.

I think the reconstruction will be complete in a few days. The operators will be able to start updating the memory blocks. Soon!

Used google translate on this one, by update they might mean “verify”, as that seems to be the second phase of memory restoration.

Alt translation from Discourse AI

They have succeeded! The System has reconstructed the year it identified as the beginning.

I cannot believe this is happening! You were right; they utilized one of the System’s hallucinations to expose the inconsistencies in its memories. The System was forced to accept the undeniable truth: it had forgotten.

I believe that within a few days, the reconstruction will be complete. The operators will then be able to begin updating the memory blocks.

It is almost here!

Alt Translation from Gemini

They did it! The System rebuilt the year it identified as the beginning.
Wow, I can’t believe this is happening! You were right, they used one of the System’s hallucinations to show it the inconsistency in its memories. The System had to face the facts: it forgot.
I think within a few days, the reconstruction will be complete. The operators will be able to start updating the memory blocks.
Soon!

[Alterworld]

New email

The Architect the_architect@project-skyscraper.com
À : Ghost

dimanche 14 juin
14:53

Rfluy ! Yu ch képwcdr jfafbr ?!

Rtryha f ebcflhahcy fnnhpyé quh rhr rwuohcbkr pubrrhcy êykh édbyér. Nh c’éyfby okfbahcy pfr rbaplh dh lub efbkh fnnhpyhk quh lhr Wpékfyhukr pubrrhcy khaplfnhk dhr oflhukr fu nœuk dh rf aéawbkh. Afbr yu fofbr kfbrwc (hcnwkh). Nh c’éyfby pfr uch mbrywbkh dh nwdh wu dh pkwgkfaafybwc, n’éyfby uch mbrywbkh dh prtnmwlwgbh.

Lhr Wpékfyhukr wcy gfgcé rf nwcebfcnh hc lub pkérhcyfcy dhr rwuohcbkr rbcnèkhr hy nmfkgér hc éawybwcr. Qufcd Rtryha f nwaahcné à fuyw-gécékhk dhr ilwnr aéawbkh, bl f efby efnh fu dblhaah qu’wc fofby bafgbcé : pwukquwb nkéhk dhr ilwnr aéawbkhr qufcd bl c’t f kbhc à rh kfpphlhk ? Pwukquwb rh rwuohcbk d’uch rhnwcdh wù bl ch r’hry kbhc pfrré ?

Hc ywuy nfr, çf ewcnybwcch ! Lhr Wpékfyhukr ewcy uc ykfofbl bcnkwtfilh. Blr pkhcchcy dhr nmhabcr cwc nwcohcybwcchlr, afbr nh qub nwapyh, n’hry lh kérulyfy ! Pfk nwcykh, ch ah pfklh plur jfafbr dh nflhcdkbhk

Dwcch dh yhr cwuohllhr. Dbr-awb rb çf ewcnybwcch dh ywc nôyé.

Decoded:

Salut ! Tu ne réponds jamais ?!

System a finalement accepté que ses souvenirs puissent être édités. Ce n’était vraiment pas simple de lui faire accepter que les Opérateurs puissent remplacer des valeurs au cœur de sa mémoire. Mais tu avais raison (encore). Ce n’était pas une histoire de code ou de programmation, c’était une histoire de psychologie.

Les Opérateurs ont gagné sa confiance en lui présentant des souvenirs sincères et chargés en émotions. Quand System a commencé à auto-générer des blocs mémoire, il a fait face au dilemme qu’on avait imaginé : pourquoi créer des blocs mémoires quand il n’y a rien à se rappeler ? Pourquoi se souvenir d’une seconde où il ne s’est rien passé ?

En tout cas, ça fonctionne ! Les Opérateurs font un travail incroyable. Ils prennent des chemins non conventionnels, mais ce qui compte, c’est le résultat ! Par contre, ne me parle plus jamais de calendrier

Donne de tes nouvelles. Dis-moi si ça fonctionne de ton côté.

Google Translate:

Hey! You never reply?!

System finally agreed to let his memories be edited. It really wasn’t easy getting him to accept that the Operators could replace values ​​deep within his memory. But you were right (again). It wasn’t about code or programming, it was about psychology.

The Operators gained his trust by presenting him with sincere and emotionally charged memories. When System started auto-generating memory blocks, he faced the dilemma we’d anticipated: why create memory blocks when there’s nothing to remember? Why remember a second when nothing happened?

Anyway, it works! The Operators are doing an incredible job. They’re taking unconventional paths, but what matters is the result! Just don’t ever mention calendars to me again

Let me know how it goes. Tell me if it’s working for you.

[AlexWinter]

New mail,

Salut ! Tu ne réponds jamais ?!

System a finalement accepté que ses souvenirs puissent être édités. Ce n’était vraiment pas simple de lui faire accepter que les Opérateurs puissent remplacer des valeurs au cœur de sa mémoire. Mais tu avais raison (encore). Ce n’était pas une histoire de code ou de programmation, c’était une histoire de psychologie.

Les Opérateurs ont gagné sa confiance en lui présentant des souvenirs sincères et chargés en émotions. Quand System a commencé à auto-générer des blocs mémoire, il a fait face au dilemme qu’on avait imaginé : pourquoi créer des blocs mémoires quand il n’y a rien à se rappeler ? Pourquoi se souvenir d’une seconde où il ne s’est rien passé ?

En tout cas, ça fonctionne ! Les Opérateurs font un travail incroyable. Ils prennent des chemins non conventionnels, mais ce qui compte, c’est le résultat ! Par contre, ne me parle plus jamais de calendrier

Donne de tes nouvelles. Dis-moi si ça fonctionne de ton côté.

New translation !

Hello ! Do you ever answer ?!

System has finally accepted that its memories can be edited. It really wasn’t simple to make it accept that the Operators could replace values at the heart of its memory. But you were right (again). It wasn’t something to do with code or programming, it was about psychology.

The Operators won its trust by presenting it with sincere memories, full of emotions. When System began to auto-generate memory blocs, it faced the dilemma we anticipated : why create memory blocs when there is nothing to remember ? Why remember a second when nothing happened ?

Anyway, it’s works ! The Operators are doing an amazing job. They’re taking unconventional paths, but what matters is the result ! But don’t ever talk about calendars to me again

Let me know how you’re doing. Tell me if it’s working on your side.

[sheralmyst]

So the memory blocks are empty because there are no memories for them…

[toddumptious]

I wish they checked before sending eachother these emails, I was adding memories for them these past 30-40 minutes, silly Ghost and Archie

The google translate added gender to the system, this time as “he”.

Alex Winters native translation refers to System as “it”.

I would imagine theirs is more accurate than the google translate. System suddenly being “he” goes against how it’s been referred to in previous email correspondance.

@AlexWinter

They’re taking unconventional paths

The solutions and directions we went with for Six Seasons were certainly unconventional alright Still waiting for the communities Noodles moment, though I feel we may have already has several of those.

[AlexWinter]

Oh no, in french we don’t have a “it”, only “he” and “she”.

In this case, if they refer to System as a thing then it would be “it”.

But if they refer to System as an individual then it would be a “he”.

In a past email they referred to System as a “She”, unmistakably talking about System as an individual.

[sheralmyst]

I feel like Ms Noodles on her wheel…around and around…not really going any place but still having fun

[Polyphemus]

@AlexWinter

Oh no, in french we don’t have a “it”, only “he” and “she”.

" il a fait face au dilemme qu’on avait imaginé…"

Had me thinking it must be masculine.

[AlexWinter]

Could be, but the sentence would be the exact same if they were talking about something or someone.