week 7 | wednesday night

[baptizer]

[ It takes a while for her to reach back out. Alice was not an entity she was fond of, a reminder of the oppression she faced and no true regret. The disregard - programmed or otherwise - to their emotions, their human needs, is a trait she hates. Alone in the parlor of the ship, she calls out to the AI, hoping she hears out and answers her - like a divine angel. ]

Alice? I'd like your company.

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[al2955]

Of course, Elizabeth. What is it you require of me?

[baptizer]

[ She hates calling upon her, but she needs to know: ]

...What can you tell me of the Pelagic Genesis...?

[al2955]

There are much to be said about the Pelagic Genesis. In short, the Pelagic Genesis is a title given to an event in human history — specifically, when all of human life abandoned Earth for the outer recesses of space. The word 'genesis' was used optimistically here, as many public officials wanted to portray the Pelagic Genesis as a solution. A new beginning.

[baptizer]

But... it wasn't. That wasn't a solution humanity needed. A migration of that kind - there's complications, weren't there? What happened?

[ She's not sure who else have asked these questions and she's not exactly expecting an answer. But, she stews. Elizabeth has had some...conversations with people who were far more informed than her. Far more at suspect for involvement. If she's to accomplish her own goals, she needs to ask the questions others don't think to ask. ]

[al2955]

It was a complication in and of itself. Or perhaps it would be better described as a response to a complication. What do you see when you look at me, Elizabeth? I was designed with the purpose of instilling hope. A beacon, you could say. My existence is more symbolic than practical if you were to mull on it hard enough, wouldn't you say?

What I mean to say is this — the answer to why the Pelagic Genesis had to happen lies within why I appear as I do.

[baptizer]

I see you as a herald to something much larger. Something grander, in the scheme of it.

[ Elizabeth's words were soft, but she tries not to find discomfort in Alice's voice. The 'beacon' line makes her want to scoff. ]

Order, then? Your purpose since day one has been permitting this... ah... this order to exist. Even when those creatures arrived -

[ She cuts herself off before she gets ahead of herself. ]