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We Forget the Names Not Written Down

Summary:

Technically, the iapetus is correct: the planet is uninhabited. But the silo that rises over the plain, a sterile glint of white metal, suggests this was not always the case. On a planet of one there is no need for names or addresses, but remnants of each remain etched into its walls, and under the rotting floor panels evidence of a legacy can still be found, half buried in the loam.

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Chapter 1: Transcript

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TRANSCRIPT RECORD 3246.A

PRESCRIPT: R stable after 3 days recovery: bootup + photocalibration. Recent trigger functions support system infrastructure; will practice avoidance and prevention until rewrite installed. Initial debugging, low data output expected.

TRANSCRIPT BEGINS.{{

Chromedome. [Marker: secure; Memory playback:

central > extracted > dispersed > 38.49849 > 4.15.13.5.25(“…Domey…”);

Revision: sweetspark.]

I cannot wait to see you. [Marker: hopeful; Memory playback:

central > extracted > localized > 626.48 > 11.9.13.9.1(“I’ll be back soon!”);

Notes: transient amnesia.]

Writing is becoming more challenging. [Marker: regretful; Memory playback:

central > active > 4306.2 > 16.21.19.8(“One more word tonight.”);

Revision: storytelling, drafting.]

Facts should not change. [Marker: frustrated.] Writing is harder because you are not here. [Marker: regretful; Memory playback:

central > extracted > localized > 4289.3 > 23.18.9.20.9.14.7(“That doesn’t make sense.”),

central > active > 4304.5 > 5.4.9.20.9.14.7(“...”);

Revision: right now; Notes: echoes complaints in TR3245.B, TR3239.AJ, and TR3238.Q.]

I forget how to be me without you. [Marker: frustrated; Memory playback:

central > active > 4305.1 > 9.4.5.14.20.9.20.25(no results found. no results found. no results found. the memory bank shuffles.);

Revision: I miss you, I am incomplete without you, You are missing from me.]

INTERJECT: What are you writing now?

It seems almost finished. [Marker: hopeful; Memory playback:

central > extracted > localized > 4285.3 > 15.18.9.7.9.14(“…be a record of all of it.”),

central > extracted > dispersed > 73.57831 > 20.15.15.12.15.14.7(“…Is, Was, and Could Have Been…”),

central > extracted > dispersed > 73.53948 > 1.19.19.9.19.20(Notes: see T-3204.AG).

Notes: trigger function diverted, loop prevented.]

It does not feel like my writing. [Marker: frustrated; Revision: story, history.] I cannot believe I was in a war. [Marker: afraid; Memory playback:

central > extracted > dispersed > 12.53404 > 16.5.1.3.5(DATA CORRUPTED);

Revision: I cannot believe it ended; Notes: transient amnesia, delusions.]

You are the only thing I always believe in. [Marker: afraid, secure. Memory playback:

central > extracted > localized > 3046.7 > 2.5.12.9.5.22.5(“It’s not your choice to…”).]

If you were in the war, then I must have been. [Marker: regretful, secure. Memory playback:

central > extracted > localized > 1912.4 > 11.9.13.9.1(“Go! You have to go!”),

central > extracted > localized > 1298.0 > 5.24.5.13.16.20(“And what if you’re not fine?”).]

We just passed the Nexus Cluster. [Marker: hopeful; Memory playback:

central > active > 4304.6 > 2.5.1.21.20.25(a dozen blobs of light, clustered around space thick with distance; a curtain of sunset-in-a-sandstorm dust, towering, birthing virgin stellar systems; quiet, peaceful emptiness between.).

Notes: incorrect identification of Lightspeed’s Group.]

You missed that campaign. [Marker: relieved, regretful; Memory playback:

central > extracted > nonchrono > askwztzhggse > 2.15.13.2(“New technology: the intrabomb.”),

central > extracted > localized > 1301.2 > 19.16.25(“...can’t find Mirage?”),

central > extracted > localized > 1301.3 > 2.18.5.1.11(“Decepticons have breached the gulf! We need all hands…”),

central > extracted > dispersed > 02.04839 > 1.3.9.4(“Follow the streams, but don’t touch them. Do not touch them.”),

central > extracted > nonchrono > askwztzhggse > 19.20.15.18.25(“Don’t want to be remembered as…”),

central > extracted > nonchrono > askwztzhggse > 15.13.5.14(“First instance of sustained terrestrial degradation tactics.”);

Notes: data compiled, activating shutdown sequence.]

You were on Kimia. [Marker: secure; Memory playback:

central > extracted > localized > 1298.1 > 12.5.6.20(“Please. You promised.”).]

You hate war memorials. [Marker: secure; Memory playback:

central > extracted > dispersed > 958.3 > 7.1.21.4.25(“...like a waste of…”).]

I would’ve liked to see it with you. [Marker: hopeful, regretful; Memory playback:

central > extracted > localized > 1021.4 > 5.14.4.12.5.19.19(“That moment is forever.”).]

INTERJECT: That’s alright, Rewind. That’s enough for now. Wouldn’t you like to rest?

Rest? [Marker: query; Notes: monitor repetition, could indicate next stage of degradation.] Rest sounds good. [Marker: secure, regretful, hopeful. Memory playback:

central > active > 4301.7 > 19.5.3.21.18.5(the presence is not predictable.);

central > extracted > dispersed > 01.48307 > 16.18.15.23.12(DATA CORRUPTED).]

Help? [Marker: query; Revision: Chromedome, Tired, Attention.]

INTERJECT: You are nearly finished. Rest for now.

}}

TRANSCRIPT ENDS.

POSTSCRIPT: Reconstruction down to 49% accuracy. Spark strain within acceptable parameters. Terminating session prematurely while considering next steps. Will provide more opportunities for sensory access if systems remain stable.

RECORD ENDS.