alternative bootes stories
while working on story for abcdefg, i (with jacqui's and liam's indirect help) had several ideas for how we would explain the existence of abcdefg. here were some of the ideas that i had, refined slightly:
version 1:
it is the very early morning of january 16, 2023.
your team has just solved the first wyrm meta.
you have unlocked a new round. it looks pretty cool, the entire round is monospaced ascii art, and the puzzles look pretty fun. you get drawn to it immediately.
you start solving the puzzles, and unlock more. you continue solving...
oh no. this newly unlocked puzzle is 6 gb in size...
this one here is really hard to research...
and this one wants us to fully learn the rules of a super complicated game.
i won't be able to finish any of these before wrap-up
there might still be additional rounds after this one, but we've only solved 2
puzzles in this round...
our hint request is stuck somewhere and it won't return for another hour because it's 4am in the morning...
you almost scream. then you wake up in a sweat...
it was all a dream.
or was it?
version 2:
the four AIs are all on vacation.
you suspect that eye is on a world tour, and conjuri is still working on their
game.
bootes is apparently exploring the universe.
you've also seen both mate and wyrm fairly recently.
suddenly, you receive a call for help from cyberspace.
((>_<)) ive gone 2 far from home... idk where i am ...
version 3: running out of power
(these transmissions would have been spread out over some time)
transmission 1:
\(^ヮ^)/ im refreshed, and i wanna keep going 2 space!
i found a place with great scenery so its great 4 puzzle-writing!
transmission 2:
(o_O) wow! this view! ill make the most ......... puzzles! i wanna show them 2 u in ......... when i get back!
transmission 3:
__φ(．．) alright, ive made ........., a ........., a ........., and ......... puzzles. im gonna write ........., im ......... much fun! ......... ive ......... 4 this, the puzzles ive already ......... ......... ..........
transmission 4:
help ......... running low ......... i ......... ......... ......... ......... lost ......... ......... adrift, ......... ......... ..................... help...
we need to find them! fortunately, they left a trail of puzzles along the way...