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Togusa ([personal profile] standalonehuman) wrote in [community profile] recolle2018-03-07 07:24 pm

Fishing Trip and Assorted Discussions [Open]

WHO: Togusa and Open, with one closed prompt.
WHERE: Open prompts are in Pesgare.
WHEN: Before the 9th.
WHAT: Togusa showing other people the town he helped out, and taking a load off (before everything goes to crap in the middle of the month.)
WARNINGS: Rampant discussions of mind-body dualism and the meaning of identity?

Pesgare:

Togusa was eager to return to Pesgare, as soon as he could get away with it for a few days from work. Anyone who mentioned that they could use a few days of quiet got invited to go along with him. Although Pesgare is a smaller fishing and trading village, it still counts as civilization, rather than some of the other recently discovered areas in the middle of nowhere. There are people, and good food, and the entire pace of the town is far more relaxed than in Recolle. At least, now that there isn't a storm coming in, everything is far more relaxed. Togusa likes it here, he comes alive like there's a weight lifted off his shoulders. It's easy to find a sense of purpose here, to find an excuse to help people in the town.

He brought along a pack of books (and a few choice musical albums...) to trade for anything he hasn't read before, things he isn't sure if he could get back at Recolle. Everyone that Togusa runs into is very open and friendly, as a matter of course, but a few people around the town seem to recognize Togusa, personally, brightening up a little when they see him.

Then, of course, the main reason he came here: the fishing. Fishing with Sora was a great joy, and he wanted to try it out again. Especially since the mix of fish that seem to be able to be caught around here are unlike what you could find anywhere else. Cold- and warm-water fish swimming around in harmony. The tradeoff, though, is that the fish are far smarter than they really have any right to be, and any fishers will have to be quite lucky to get a catch.

[OOC: Not playing with the rain effects from the main log, I'm terrible at lyric-writing on the fly.]

Closed to Yoon-Sung: CUBEenix Offices:

It was incredibly kind of Yoon-sung to offer to help Togusa out with security in his cyberbrain. He has also discussed this with Noctis, who might have a piece of software that would be able to help. But Togusa has no idea if anything can even be installed onto him, so to speak.

But Yoon-sung has made the most progress at understanding the way that data outputs on Togusa's cyberbrain, and he's proven himself to be a good friend. So, Togusa will start here. This whole discussion became more urgent after one too many memory regains. He has a duffel bag slung over his shoulder, carrying all of the hardware that Retrospec has seen fit to give back to him, just in case it would help Yoon-sung out at all. There is a tension that stays in his form as he makes his way up to Yoon-sung's office.
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[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-03-11 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
If Yoon-sung could make Togusa say 'oppa' to his fellow officers without knowing it, Togusa could get some cyber security on his brain. That it sounded weird and a little crazy still did not mean it couldn't work, only that it might take a lot longer than a few strokes of a keyboard and him humming 'Haru Haru' twice to make a proper security system for a brain. Which was one of those nerdy things that he wished he could crow about because working on a guy's brain because it was a computer was extremely nerdy and Yoon-sung might be a CEO, but he was a nerd at heart.

The office was in it's usual state of frenzied chaos with the added sounds of a bunch of people playing some game that involved dancing to cheesy kpop music and being encouraged by sweet girl voices. Yoon-sung was at his desk attempting to make a wall out of pens, but at Togusa's appearance he tries to sweep them all up and dump them into a desk drawer. Which just meant that there were suddenly pens all over around him while he tried to not start laughing at himself.

"Hi."
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[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-03-12 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
At least the office was never fully boring, even if it might seem like it was a little too chaotic for real work. But they made things work because they were a bit crazy to be in this kind of work in the first place. It was the poor sane people that had to deal with these crazies that might have a hard time. Yoon-sung was the token sane guy in that he could act normal around others, talk easily with others and flirt shamelessly, but he was still a huge nerd, which was why the pens were being turned into a wall.

"It's cool. It's so cool that I silently have geek moments of glee thinking about getting my cyber fingers on that brain again."

He picked up the pens so he doesn't trip over them and tossed them to where they would be out of his way and gave his desk a critical stare before going to unearth his gear.

"What happened that made you change your mind? Not another 'Oppa' instance?"
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[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-03-26 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Who's to say you won't arrest me for something if I did screw around with your mind?"

He was half-teasing about that even as he dug out the case with his not-really-the-best-but-still-good-enough computer and plugged it together before turning it on. Stretching a little while it warmed up, he went to look at the gear Togusa brought, frowning slightly at some of the pieces.

"Ah, so a memory of an incident that you don't want a repeat of, huh?" At least some of the plugs looked normal enough; he could work with them, he hoped.

"Actually... if the workers were all hooked into the same system, all the hacker would need to do is hack that single system and hijack them through their links. It's the reason why I have measures on my mainframe to shut it completely off the grid if I suspect an outside attack. Sure, it's completely crazy to go dark, but I rather go dark than allow any of my users get hurt because I don't want to deal with the fallout."
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[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-03-26 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
He smiled at the vote of confidence. Sure, he might be decent, but he wasn't an expert at this hacking thing. He often needed the extra boost that his mainframe gave him, something that his father had routinely frowned on whenever he did it. But ever since this whole stuff started, Yoon-sung had decided to use whatever tool he could to try to get to the bottom of this whatever. And that meant he was using his mainframe in ways he shouldn't.

Quickly he added the hookups to his system, clicking through the menus and clearing the steps to have them added. He ran a couple tests to make sure the connections were secured and then looked over to Togusa.

"Well depending on what they were doing, they could have been connected to a menu, or a program for bill paying, or any number of items needed for accessing quickly to make their jobs move smoothly.

"As for Retrospec, I think that the programming behind it is as safe or safer than anything on our user level. It might be open to other forms of attack, but it's something that could just skip over the user level in order to attack what they are after."
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[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-03-27 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"When you go into that mode, do you shut down in other ways too?"

He waits for Togusa to get the system hooked up to him, running through a couple programs on his end to double check his safety nets and then takes out a disc from the case. Spinning it around he set it gently to the side, and exhales slowly.

"First will be a few menus like what you get from opening any computer program. Once I go through them, things will get a little messy; it will look like random typing and code but don't worry. Even if it looks really fast to you, I know what I'm looking for and what I'm going to need to isolate. Once I get an idea of what to use, I'll be loading the program on this disc, which usually means that there will be flickering on a screen and some resizing of images. I'm not sure how it will look through your eyes, but I will be monitoring on my side as well.

"But in any moment it feels weird like the beginning of a stroke or something, tell me. Okay?"
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[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-03-28 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Just have to check since I don't know how your brain bots work."

That was a cool word and Yoon-sung had to take a few moments of quiet geeking out over the brain bots before focusing on the task at hand. He waited for Togusa to get as settled as much as he could get settled and then started opening up the connection between his kit and Togusa's mind.

The language between the two different computers were varied, but it all was the same under the interface. Yoon-sung clicked quickly through the swirling menus, pulling up some items and closing others. He wished he had his virtual setup here in his office, but that was layers underground and he wanted Togusa to feel some comfort with the sunlight and fresh air accessible in his office. So he had to rely on his typing skills, sliding over the menus and clicking open instead of using his fingers to play.

But soon he was past the menus and into the meat of the programming, symbols flying by as he typed away, working on getting to where he needed to go. Then that slowed and he was at the right path and humming to himself at the information dug up.

"Okay, I've got everything ready on my end, so here comes the program insertion. Are you ready?"
vendettastool: (not buying)

[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-03-29 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
"This? A blocker and scanner geared for your brain bots. I worked them from some pre-existing stuff I've had laying around so I believe they'll work, but can't know until you try, right?"

And of course it sounded like the shadiest thing ever, like some back alley con artist trying to sell someone some used 'made by my mate Mate' stuff from the back of a rusty motorcycle, but it wasn't that at all. Yoon-sung might have cobbled it from codes he had, but they weren't bad codes. He just made it sound bad.

"But you should just see the loading start and then things will flash weird as they readjust the settings to match with their codes."

The disc went in and he started the load, watching everything on his end as it went through the upload. He just hoped Togusa wouldn't get sick from this.
vendettastool: (you cant)

[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-03-29 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, yes. This is designed for a networking system, so the brain bots are being treated like the linked computers to a mainframe. The mainframe should be your mind or whatever is the centralizing part of the system. Does that make sense?"

So that meant the programming will spread along the rest of the bots and help build up a screening process for possible outside attacks. The main programming would probably need regular updates once the installation is complete, but that was the same with all the other security programs out there. Once the installation was complete, Yoon-sung ran a quick test to make sure it was settling in okay, and they closed out of everything.

"And there we go. How does it feel on your end?"
vendettastool: (all your fault)

[personal profile] vendettastool 2018-04-07 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's right. We didn't want the brain bots to start a riot in your skull."

Yoon-sung unplugged his system and started tucking away his half of the gear, putting it all back into the case he carried it all in.

"In theory it should work like any other ad-blocker and malware stopper. I place a couple warnings into the coding so that if they stumble against something malicious, they should warn you and try to defend, but you never know until you actually come across that. I have some for testing if you wanted to try, but that's all downstairs in the hub."
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-03-14 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Koutarou had been interested in seeing the town since Togusa told about it, and of course he would come along, though he would have to keep the days he should be at school in mind. He's more interested in sketching than in fishing, but he can do both if he tries. And the fish isn't biting all the time, so as long as he doesn't let the fishing pole fall into the water he can keep one of his sketchbooks in his lap.

He glances up at Togusa, a smile on his lips. "You seem to really like it here."
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-03-21 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course, you're obvious incarnate." They have known each other a long time, after all, and that makes it easier to read a person. It's a nostalgic look, to see Togusa with an expression and air like this. It's good to see it (and Koutarou has to draw it).

"That is special. This sort of place is more like in the old days, it's charming and the society here is warm."

Somehow he can't keep nostalgia out of his voice. Even though he's a city boy and never lived on the country side.
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-03-24 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
Koutarou would only claim such a thing if he was too upset to look properly.

"Yeah it's," the pen pauses on the paper. "perhaps not a place for people who need speed and a lot of activity." But things doesn't always have to happen and there doesn't always have to be new things going on.

He draws in a sharp breath when images and feelings pour into him. He rubs his face with a hand, which gets graphite on his face--not that that is anything new. He swallows down the guilt that he doesn't know the entire story behind and the loss he's already far too familiar with.

"Not any fishing cities and not me personally, but the other me apparently went to live in the mountains, where it was similar in spirit."
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-03-26 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"And that's a nice thing to have." A slow place like this, close to nature, made him feel like he might hear the voice he had been so desperate to hear before. He still is, he's just better at keeping it under control.

He smiles awkwardly for a brief moment, shakes his head to get out thoughts he doesn't need at the moment. "It was a cheap place in the dead of night, after everyone had gone to sleep or to work. That was what I was doing too."

Koutarou frowns in thought. "The only reason it would be bigger if it's developed but...it would take time for that.." He scrutinized his friend. "I'd say you're remembering the future but that would not really match up with the remembering previous lives theory. Though maybe you have visions of a coming life instead."
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-03-27 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Koutarou chuckles, a soft and slightly nostalgic smile on his face. "Don't we all wish that." More or less, at least.

"It might be. Stranger things might be harder to accept." He shakes his head. "I'm not at peace with everything, but I'm coming to terms with it. And many of them are good memories." Though naturally there are bad ones, particularly after a year of getting them dropping into their heads at random moments. "Hopefully, you'll be able to take them with a bit more ease as well, at some point."
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-03-29 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
If things were only as simple as they were a year ago, before they had gotten this far in and started to learn more about what was going on. They still knew far from enough to be satisfactory, but they know enough for it to not be simply black and white.

"A good memory of the other me's?" There are several, really, --though there's a lot of negative ones too -- but what to choose.. He looks out at the little floaty thing attached to the fishing line, bobbing on the water surface, pursing his lips in thought. "When Chie-san gave me the gloxinia that Retrospec sent me some months back. We were so young and happy and free, back then." And he sounds like an old man reminiscing about his youth. Which he technically is - was - since he has remembered his death as an old man.
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-04-11 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, we were." His gaze moves out across the water. They were, he's gathered that much. They were so very much in love, and they were happy. And then she fell ill, and things spiraled out of control, never to become the same ever again.

"His job might make him happy, right? And eventually you should learn other things as well."
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-04-25 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorrow is a large part of life too; the person in the memories had never stopped mourning, even decades later, but he had always treasured the good times, and even the bad times, because they had been together. There was so much emotion in everything, even the smallest things. Those feelings influenced him, too. After a year with that much emotion filling him, it felt natural to him to accept even such a strange situation like this. But that was not a guarantee for everyone, and maybe some people wouldn't settle into it at all.

"Hmm.. Is it old-fashioned of me to think that it sounds a bit scary to be so connected all the time?" He chuckles a little. "But I guess that's not strange for someone who's terrible at technology." It's not like he had a chance of familiarizing himself much with things like computers and phones growing up though, considering how his father looked at technology. He leans back with a hand just behind him as support. "A high-tech or magical world, then?"
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-04-26 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
"No, but with time, traditions change, for good or for bad." A century, fifty years, ten. Different amount of time passes but if you look away and don't pay attention, suddenly things might be unrecognizable. "Not being able to be truly alone when you want to be or need to be, that's not good. Always having that connectivity could drive a person insane."

"Even if there were ways to disconnect, or to not be connected at all, there is no guarantee that those who chose that would not be ostracized by society. If it's a society where technology is part of everyday life even more than it is here, on a deeper, wider scale, people like me or your grandmother who wouldn't want to be involved would be the odd ones out."

He shakes his head to clear it. His mind had been heading in a direction he would prefer it didn't.

"What is your theory on why he might not be able to afford it?"
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[personal profile] wordcarvings 2018-05-31 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, because the world is such a different place for each and every person, that it is important to be able to know what is part of you..." There is a tiny frown on Koutarou's face as he thinks of what's happening to them, of the memories of the other them that they receive. "Though it might be somewhat difficult. And society, no matter the time or place, is generally not fond of outliers." Be it 1918 or 2018.

"If there is tech like that, phones ought to exist as well." Just saying. "But I see your point."

He laughs. "Accident or not, that's amazing." He turns a mischievous look up at him. "If you are entirely certain it was an accident."