text/image; un: tokumei

[neuralnet]

Does anyone know this woman?

helloworld.jpg

Her image was sent to my communicator.

[ More accurately, a program file was sent to his communicator, which wouldn't run on his devices or the station's terminals. Only once he downloaded and ran the file on his internal neural network did he receive the message, Hello, world. and her picture. ]

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un: rocipilot

[donkeyballs]

Can't say that I do.

Someone just sent you the picture? Did it list a sender or source?

[neuralnet]

More accurately, someone sent me an executable program file which would only run on my own personal device [ yeah, that's close enough ] which contained the picture, along with the message, "Hello, world."

No sender ID. And I can't trace it back.

[donkeyballs]

... Huh.

That's mighty strange.

But I ain't seen anyone like that on the station.

Maybe it's one of those weird left over messages in the communication systems? As if they're bein' stored in a buffer, somewhere?

[neuralnet]

You'll let me know if you see her?

I don't know, I can't help but feel like this message was meant for me, specifically.

[ Considering it would only run on his internal network... ]

[donkeyballs]

Yeah, of course.

But if it had a message -

Maybe there's somethin' more in the meta data? Hell, I don't know. This is the kind of thing that Naomi understands a lot better than I do.

[neuralnet]

There's nothing.

It came as an executable program file, which wouldn't run on either my communicator or any of the station terminals I tried. I was only able to run it when I downloaded it to my device from home. The one I needed help being able to charge.

[ "Device"... "brain"... same difference. ]

I took the whole thing apart and there's no trace of who sent it.

[donkeyballs]

... Alright. Now that don't make any damn sense.

If it was written for something from your world -

Maybe it's from your world?

[neuralnet]

That's a thought...

[ He begins running an internal process to run the image against every known face he's ever encountered, and against his database of Project Integration collaborators. ]

I don't remember her face, but it's possible.

[donkeyballs]

It would make the most sense, right? If it runs on your device but no where else?

[neuralnet]

Yes, it would.

The program also contained a message:

Hello, world.

[donkeyballs]

Got me. I'm stumped, there.

Sorry kid.

[neuralnet]

That's alright. You already helped by suggesting something I hadn't thought of.

[donkeyballs]

Well I hope you manage to figure it out.

God knows we already have enough damn mysteries on this station.

[neuralnet]

Thank you. If I do figure it out, or if I receive any more messages like it, I'll be sure to tell everyone.

[donkeyballs]

Alright. Take care of yourself, now.

[ And he disconnects. ]