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Definition: Collective Thinking
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Comprehension
It took a few hours for the portal back to the real world to open. At first, Dyna and November had considered wandering off in search of a natural spatial anomaly or somewhere Dyna could use her stolen information from the mountain man to force open a gap in the noosphere—though she hadn’t said that part aloud—however, O’Neil stopped them. He was certain that the scientists would reopen the portal. They did, though not right away. First, they opened up tiny pinhole portals for a good hour or…-
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Revelations
Dyna awoke to a familiar location, though she was a bit surprised to wake alone, she focused on her surroundings. It took a few moments to recognize it, but the wood and brass architecture matched with the aesthetic of just about any room in Psychodynamics. Except, this wasn’t a room in Psychodynamics. At least, not one she had ever visited. A long couch and a smaller chair, both fashioned in red leather, sat around a small pit of fire. One wall had a rack of weapons, various pistols, submachine guns,…-
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Split
Knowing what she knew now about Ignotus-33, Dyna expected the mountain man to charge her. Ignotus was an organization out to kill her specifically, as long as Id’s information was correct. Thus, it could be reasoned that the Ouija board incident had been another attempt at killing her. Or perhaps their first real attempt to kill her. Hematite and Ruby being targeted were likely incidental, collateral damage. Even stealing the Ouija board and ransacking her apartment had either been a crime of opportunity…-
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Doorknocker
Unfortunately, getting an experiment setup wasn’t as easy as running down to Psychotronics—or Phrenomorphics, in this case—and finding the first scientist available. There were a few rules and protocols to follow. Really, it was much easier doing these kinds of things on her own, but Dyna was fairly sure that she would be in a lot more trouble if she went off and caused another incident trying to do things on her own. She had tested the institute’s patience, found it quite great, but was worried…-
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Proposing an Experiment
Preparing for possibilities took the form of more training. Part of that was the usual firearm practice, exercise routines, and tactical-simulated combat. Another part took the form of brainstorming. “I do believe this is what I was warning you about,” November said, seated in the rear seat of Emerald’s station wagon. Although the vehicle had a rear bench, Emerald really only intended for occupants in the front two seats. All her weaponry and supplies took up a great deal of space throughout…-
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Confrontations
“What is going on?” Dyna hissed, walking alongside Id. Walter and November were discussing what just happened a step ahead of them. A facility alert for a containment breach was nothing to dismiss lightly. It would probably be a month minimum before experimentation with that anti-tulpa weapon continued simply because they would have to figure out what happened and how to prevent it from happening again. With a slightly different perspective from everyone else, Dyna was ninety-nine percent…-
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Conspiracies
Knowing for a fact that someone was out to kill her felt like it should have changed things for Dyna. Instead, she found herself going about her days roughly the same. She got up in the mornings, exercised, had breakfast, went to meetings, trainings, or spent time on her gadgets. The content and context of all her activities had changed. She was now actively working toward both defending herself from oblique attackers, like those snipers who had very nearly shot her, as well as coming up with…-
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Kit and Id
Kit Maple looked at the phone on his desk, checked the caller, and quickly silenced the phone. There were a lot of things he was paid to do. His business card identified him as a logistics director. In reality, he was more of a handyman. Sure, he acquired things needed by the slowly growing number of personnel within Tartarus, but he also handled the personnel themselves. He interviewed everyone and he conducted background checks. He kept operations running smoothly and acted as a human resources…-
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Guilt
“I really have to protest,” Dyna said, hurrying down the hall alongside Administrators Theta and Gamma. “Id came in good faith to deliver a warning. I admit that I don’t like her much, but even still, this is an asshole thing to do.” “Id is not being imprisoned, Onyx,” Gamma said. “Her presence here is for her protection. We have not even demanded that she remove her mask despite the advantage Sapphire could give us over Tartarus.” “Has she asked to leave?” Dyna asked.…-
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Encounter Id
For once, Dyna felt like the Carroll Institute actually had her back. Maybe that was unfair. The institute usually had her back, but it just felt like their support vaporized the moment bullets started flying. Granted, bullets were not flying at the moment so there was still time for everything to go sideways, but Dyna didn’t feel like that would happen today. Dyna walked into Brown Bear’s Bar and Grill secure in knowing that she had Ruby, Emerald, and even Walter observing the happenings. Ruby…-
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