Lower Research Stacks/Historical

Historical ambient dialogue for Lower Research Stacks. This was added to the game with the September 3rd, 2013 update, as part of the Super Adventure Box: Back to School release.

Ambient dialogue

Ketto: At least this is better than the Intravenous Intelligizer. (snickers) Remember that debacle?

Yavvi: I can still recall the odor of burning plasma coils.

Ketto: Still, the disaster did pave the way for the Somno-Scholar.

Yavvi: Let's keep the immolations to a minimum this time.

Yavvi: Of course, there's the nausea factor we need to resolve..

Ketto: Oh, uh...yes. Obviously.

Ketto: If you had it to do all over again, would you have made the original Adventure Box?

Yavvi: Of course. It was a worthwhile project. The aftereffects, I don't think anyone could have predicted.

Yavvi: I still think you should give the presentation. Once we perfect the experiment, of course.

Ketto: But you thought up this next phase.

Yavvi: I know. I just don't feel like standing up in front of a group of people again. Last time it happened...

Ketto: I won't act like he did. I promise.

Yavvi: Don't make promises.

Ketto: Learning while you slumber. Why, the Somno-Scholar will make me famous.

Yavvi: Ahem.

Ketto: Oh, yes. It'll make us famous.

Yavvi: Yes, but that's not what I meant.

Yavvi: Our fame is premature. We haven't cracked memory retention. The subjects are only retaining 40 percent of the sleep-education sessions.

Yavvi: We need a device to document your sleep-based lessons and convert them into data you can consult the next day.

Ketto: And where are we going to get that?

Yavvi: Simple. We use the original Adventure Box framework. We alter it to record active brain waves during sleep.

Yavvi: Then, by linking the rendering to the captured brain waves, we use the Adventure Box to interface with what's recorded.

Ketto: The original Adventure Box was a massive undertaking of nuance and complexity. You expect it to be portable?

Yavvi: The Adventure Box was built years ago. Advancements in hardware will make it a snap to convert to a handheld gadget.

Ketto: Oh, Ohhhh. Why didn't I think of that?

Yavvi: I thought it would have been elementary.

Ketto: Yes, well. Wortt, get off your posterior and retrieve the Adventure Box schematics.

Yavvi: Nimbb, put your hardware skills to use building a handheld display. And lay off the sugary drinks. They make you act like a charr.

Yavvi: Hmm. Lining up the data tables, the subjects are only recalling 40 percent of what the Somno-Scholar tells them.

Yavvi: We'll have to see if it's a memory-retention problem in the subjects or an apparatus issue. I'll start running tests.

Ketto: Right, otherwise we have a bunch of test subjects as dumb as humans running around.

Yavvi: Diagnostic test 1. Memory retention viability. This will determine the maximum memory load for users of the Somno-Scholar.

Yavvi: Beginning data buffer. Running simulation. Emulation set to typical asuran brain patterns.

Yavvi: Capturing neurolinguistic matrix response in...3...2...1.

Yavvi: Capture complete.

Yavvi: Hmm. Interesting. But let's see what the next test reveals.

Yavvi: Diagnostic test 2. Determining if the Somno-Scholar is instigating a performance bottleneck.

Yavvi: Activating the Somno-Scholar architecture. Isolating first mnemonic sample.

Yavvi: Nominal response: 212 by 145. Isolating second mnemonic sample.

Yavvi: Exceptional response: 411 by 78. Isolating third mnemonic sample.

Yavvi: Above-average response: 302 by 111.

Yavvi: Experiment ends. Logging data. Now, what does it all mean?

Yavvi: Hmm. The tests are inconclusive.

Ketto: Which means we don't know what's wrong?

Yavvi: Which means we need more testing. Our problem exists outside of the simulacra we've made.

Yavvi: Times like these, I wish we had an unorthodox mind like... No, never mind.

Ketto: We don't need him. I can be as unorthodox as he was. What if ...um...I volunteered?

Yavvi: Ketto, we aren't the Inquest. I don't want you to risk your mental acuity when it's not necessary.

Ketto: I insist. After all, what's progress without a little discomfort from time to time.

Yavvi: It's not the discomfort I worry about.

Ketto: You...worry about me?

Yavvi: You're a fellow krewemate. I worry about all of us.

Ketto: Oh...

Ketto: He's back. Back at the Creator's Commons. Back with that stupid, flashy abomination.

Yavvi: (sigh) I know. Nimbb told me. Took me an hour to calm him down.

Yavvi: He'll be gone soon. Don't go and instigate anything.

Ketto: He's taunting us. You know that. He's saying "Oooo look how great I am. Don't you wish you were as clever as me?"

Yavvi: You're falsely extrapolating on data that isn't present. Drop it! We have experiments to run.

Ketto: Do you think he knows what he's done?"

Yavvi: If you're referring to whom I assume you are, then stop. It's...draining.

Ketto: Aren't you angry at what he did? I thought you of all people would be agitated, especially after he -"

Yavvi: It was a long time ago. Life goes on; krewes proceed.

Yavvi: Or something like that.