1. I hollered at the game server and Plurk about the bot information, in case anyone is interested in pursuing this hook as well. I may come back on it if I have time!
2. RE: how Cheris will figure out that it's Judas, in a step-by-step order...
- the Herdenking memorials had documentarties and information that featured the names of at least Elysian, TEMPLAR/Judas and MACEDON/Alexander - she'll have a hunch, at the least, that what is happening to New Amsterdam is a large-scale reenactment of that era, based on observations (ie. the supply runs, the rationing, the general atmosphere that is very reminiscent of the Herdenking gatherings, etc.) and what the Displaced do in glitching the simulation will definitely help confirm it, so she'll participate in that to help propel this part of the proposal - Emma (through Silena) and Tomato (through Helena) offered to put their heads together ICly with Cheris to get her the biblical lore, since Silena is familiar with Dante's Inferno and Helena is... you could call it "well-versed in God's verse" - historical record, once again seen at Herdenking gatherings, say that Judas = TEMPLAR = military AI who really doesn't like humans, so JUDAS CONFIRM??? - ??? if i'm reading the event plot correctly, there are no drones (the ones mentioned to be created by Judas and Alexander, who is dead) in the simulation, but the pushy simulation bots are there in their place? if she needs to double down to really confirm it's Judas, this is the point where she could potentially hook onto Gee or Tifa's plot ideas to bump elbows with the bots, or roll back onto #1 and stalk them into their weirdo dormitory - cherdao is literally made to dig up info like this, so hell yeah it's her time to go ham
tl;dr comparing the herdenking gatherings to the situation new amsterdam is in + silena and helena's biblical lore info dump could at least lead cheris in the right direction in terms of "whodunnit, oh it's judas"
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2. RE: how Cheris will figure out that it's Judas, in a step-by-step order...
- the Herdenking memorials had documentarties and information that featured the names of at least Elysian, TEMPLAR/Judas and MACEDON/Alexander
- she'll have a hunch, at the least, that what is happening to New Amsterdam is a large-scale reenactment of that era, based on observations (ie. the supply runs, the rationing, the general atmosphere that is very reminiscent of the Herdenking gatherings, etc.) and what the Displaced do in glitching the simulation will definitely help confirm it, so she'll participate in that to help propel this part of the proposal
- Emma (through Silena) and Tomato (through Helena) offered to put their heads together ICly with Cheris to get her the biblical lore, since Silena is familiar with Dante's Inferno and Helena is... you could call it "well-versed in God's verse"
- historical record, once again seen at Herdenking gatherings, say that Judas = TEMPLAR = military AI who really doesn't like humans, so JUDAS CONFIRM???
- ??? if i'm reading the event plot correctly, there are no drones (the ones mentioned to be created by Judas and Alexander, who is dead) in the simulation, but the pushy simulation bots are there in their place? if she needs to double down to really confirm it's Judas, this is the point where she could potentially hook onto Gee or Tifa's plot ideas to bump elbows with the bots, or roll back onto #1 and stalk them into their weirdo dormitory
- cherdao is literally made to dig up info like this, so hell yeah it's her time to go ham
tl;dr comparing the herdenking gatherings to the situation new amsterdam is in + silena and helena's biblical lore info dump could at least lead cheris in the right direction in terms of "whodunnit, oh it's judas"