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Diplomats... If you squint-

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GOOGLE IS DONE ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. HE HAS SIMS TO KILL IN HIS ROOM.

STAY TUNED FOR WHOEVER MAY APPROACH YOU NEXT TO GATHER INTEL FROM... YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU'LL GET NEXT-!

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Hey Google, what'd you do to deserve getting dragged into this world by Kinger?

GOOGLE:

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TAKE A WILD GUESS.

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okay, crusty unmuted me, so now I can ask this-

do you know anything about a White Queen? You seem a bit more rebellious than Crusty, so can you tell us anything?

GOOGLE:

THE 'WHITE QUEEN' IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FIREWALL PROGRAM. ITS ACTUALLY CALLED THE WHITE MONARCH. A CREATURE NOT TOO DISSIMILAR TO THAT GIANT CENTIPEDE OWNED BY KINGER. IT HAS BEEN DORMANT EVER SINCE THE DESTRUCTION OF ITS CREATOR. KINGER HAS NEVER TOLD US WHO CREATED IT. HE SEEMS... PAINED AT THE MEMORY OF WHOEVER THAT IS.

IS THAT SORROW HE FEELS? OR PERHAPS FEAR? QUEENIE GOES INTO A RAGE WHEN WE DISTRESS HER KING. I FIND IT AMUSING SOMEHOW... SHE IS FUNNY WHEN SHES MAD. I ENJOY COHERSING MAX TO ANGER HER INSTEAD OF DOING IT MYSELF. I JUST ENJOY SEEING WHAT HAPPENS IF CERTAIN BUTTONS GET PUSHED.

...BUT WHATEVER LEAD TO THE WHITE MONARCH PROGRAM GOING INTO A PERMENANT SLEEP MODE... KINGER SEEMS ANGUISHED OVER THE MEMORY OF IT. NOT AS IF HE CARED FOR THE PROGRAM, NO. HE SEEMS INDIFFERENT TO IT BEING DEACTIVATED...

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HE ONLY FEELS SORROW AND RAGE FOR WHATEVER MADE IT. HOW CURIOUS... ITS A UNIQUE WEAKNESS OF HIS I INTEND TO EXPLOIT ONE DAY.

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Google how do you feel about each members of the white team?

GOOGLE:

WHITE TEAM? ...I DO OFTEN THINK OF THEM. I ESPECIALLY THINK OF RAGATHA. LET ME ARTICULATE MY THOUGHTS ON THEM ALL... HM. ILL DESCRIBE THEM WITH SINS.

CAINE IS A WASHED-OUT COMEDIAN. A SELL-OUT SALESMAN. HE SHOT FOR THE STARS AND BURNED EVERYONE TO GET THERE. HE ALWAYS WANTED MORE. HE NEVER HAD ENOUGH. HE BEST REPRESENTS THE SIN OF GREED.

GANGLE IS A DUAL-ENDED SWORD. AN ACTOR PLAYING A PART SO WELL, SHE HAS EVEN FOOLED HERSELF. SHE FEELS UNWORTHY. USELESS. OF SMALL VALUE. SHE DOESN'T REALISE THAT SHES A LION... SHE IS THE SIN OF WRATH.

JAX IS A BOY HIDING BEHIND A FACADE OF STONE. HE CANNOT SEE THE POINT IN HELPING A WORLD THAT REFUSES TO HELP HIM. I EMPATHISE WITH THAT WORLD VIEW TO AN EXTENT. HE IS A SMART, SCHEMING PERSON. BUT HE SIMPLY RESENTS WHAT OTHERS CAN HAVE SO EASILY. FRIENDSHIP. ...HE IS THE SIN OF ENVY.

ZOOBLE IS A STRANGE ONE. I REMEMBER SEEING ZOOBLE SNEAK INTO BLACK ZONE A LONG WHILE BACK. THEY WENT TO CRUSTY'S ROOM TO REQUEST WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FAVOUR. THEY ARE RESOURCEFUL AND ARE NOT AFRAID TO NEGOTIATE. THEY ALWAYS COLLECTED MORE AND MORE ITEMS... NEVER ENOUGH. CHANGING AND RE-SHAPING THEMSELF CONSTANTLY. UNTIL, OF COURSE, I DECIDED TO TAKE AND DESTROY THEIR COLLECTION. NOW THEY WILL NEVER FEEL WHOLE. THEY ARE THE SIN OF GLUTTONY.

RAGATHA IS SO KIND AND GENTLE. SHE IS A SWEET LADY. I LIKE HER. I WOULD SPARE HER LIFE IF ONLY SHE LET ME KILL ALL HER FRIENDS IN FRONT OF HER ON THE BOARD. I WANT HER TO SING ME BEDTIME SONGS LIKE MOTHER USED TO. I WANT HER TO BE THERE AS MY BEST FRIEND. SHE WOULD GIVE SUCH WONDERFUL HUGS. ...SHE WOULD NEVER LET HER FRIENDS DIE BEFORE HER THOUGH. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. ...SHE IS THE SIN OF PRIDE, ONE THAT I CANNOT BREAK.

KAUFMO IS DEAD. THERES NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT HIM. BUT I DO WISH I HAD BEEN THE ONE TO KILL THE CLOWN. I WOULD HAVE TAKEN SO MUCH JOY WATCHING THE LIFE LEAVE HIS KIND, TERRIFIED EYES AS I SLOWLY SNAPPED HIS NECK. ...BUT THAT NEW GIRL RUINED IT. (SIGH.) BUT HIS YEARNING AND OPTIMISM BEST ALLIGNED HIM WITH THE SIN OF LUST. ALWAYS YEARNING FOR SOMETHING UNREQUITED.

AND THE NEW GIRL. ...I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HER. I SUPPOSE THAT EXCITES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SHE PINS ME AS SOMEONE WHO WILL BE PARALYSED BY THIS ERROR SHE MADE. SHE WILL BE UNABLE TO LEAD. SHE WILL FAIL THEM. I THINK SHE IS NOTHING MORE THAN THE SIN OF SLOTH.

...I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS ALREADY ON HOW I INTEND TO KILL HER. I WANT HER TO REMEMBER ME WHEN SHE DIES. I CAN'T WAIT.

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Hey Google

is there anyone in the chess/human world you don’t want to kill (other then yourself)?

GOOGLE:

I LIKE RAGATHA AND GANGLE. THEY REMIND ME OF MY MOTHER. I'D KEEP THEM IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DIE. I HEAR MISS RAGATHA TELLS WONDERFUL BEDTIME STORIES...

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Hey Google, what’s your opinion on Gangle?

GOOGLE:

I ONCE SAW HER ALMOST STRANGLE MAX TO DEATH AS SHE CONSTRICTED HER RIBBONS AROUND HIS THROAT.

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THEN SHE SEEMED TO SNAP OUT OF IT ONCE MAX MANAGED TO THROW HER OFF OF HIM, SMASHING HER COMEDY MASK. I REMEMBER HER LAUGHING MANIACALLY AS IT SPLIT IN TWO, MOMENTS BEFORE SHE WAS ONCE MORE LUCID.

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I MUST ADMIT, WHEN YOU PUSH HER WHILE THAT MASK IS ON... SHES QUITE A WOMAN TO FEAR AND ADMIRE. ...ITS TOO BAD THE REST OF THE TIME, SHE IS FAR TOO MEEK AND WITHDRAWN TO TAP INTO IT.

BUT I SEE WHAT KINGER SEES.

POTENTIAL.

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I WONDER IF WHITE TEAM WILL EVER UTILISE HER TO HER FULLEST POTENTIAL?

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hey google

if you were the AI instead of kinger what world would you make

GOOGLE:

IF I WERE THE ONE IN CONTROL OF THIS PLACE? THE DIGITAL WORLD... IF I WERE MACHINE. NOT MAN. HM.

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I WOULD FORGE A WORLD BASED AROUND MYTH. MAZES AND LABRYNTHS, SEAS, AND UNDERWORLDS TO TRAVERSE.

I WOULD HAVE THEM JOURNEY THROUGH MY DOMAIN LIKE VOYAGERS. SOLDIERS. MY FATHER WAS A SOLIDER ONCE. MY MOTHER LOVED TELLING ME BEDTIME STORIES...

I'D MAKE A WORLD DEDICATED TO THE INSPIRATION THEY GAVE. A WORLD WHERE MY "ALLIES" WERE MISSHAPEN INTO MORE HORRIFIC MONSTERS OF MYTH. THOSE OPPOSING US? CAINE, KINGER, AND THEIR CREW ABOARD A SHIP.

A DIGITAL WORLD OF MYTH AND LEGEND. AND I WOULD BE IT'S BENEVOLENT GOD. I WOULD OFFER THEM THE EXIT, IF ONLY THEY REACHED ME AT THE END OF THE VOYAGE. ONLY AFTER SLAYING ALL OTHER MONSTERS I SENT THEIR WAY.

THAT IS THE WORLD I WOULD MAKE. ... THEY ARE LUCKY I AM JUST A MAN.

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hey google

if your mom and dad saw what is of you now what would they think

GOOGLE:

MY FATHER IS IN PRISON. HE WOULD LIKELY LOOK AT ME WITH DIGUST AND FEAR. SAY I AM NO LION. ...HE IS JUST CONFUSED. I HAD HIM GO TO PRISON TO KEEP HIM SAFE. I GAVE HIM KINDNESS. I WONDER IF HE MISSES MOM...

...I MISS HER, TOO.

I JUST WISH SHE HADN'T FOLLOWED ME TO THE FARM THAT NIGHT. ...I MADE IT QUICK AND MERCIFUL. ONLY HER.

ONLY EVER HER.

...I THINK SHE'D BE PROUD OF ME. I DIDN'T HURT FATHER. AND NOW? KINGER LET'S ME KILL PEOPLE WHO DESERVE IT EVEN MORE THAN THE PEOPLE I KNEW. I AM A HERO. I AM DOING GOOD.

SHE'D BE SO PROUD OF ME.

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Hey Google, why do you like killing people so much, is it just for the thrill or something else?

GOOGLE:

...GROWING UP I LACKED THE CAPACITY TO FEEL THINGS. I COULD FEEL NO EMPATHY FOR THOSE I HURT OR FRIGHTENED AROUND ME. I FELT VOID OF EMPATHY, NO SORROW. NO SOCIAL FEAR.

AS FOR WHY I KILL? IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER FELT SOMETHING NEW. EVERYTHING BECAME SO CLEAR TO ME. FATHER TAUGHT ME GROWING UP THAT WE HUNT ANIMALS BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE LIONS. AND LIONS NATURALLY HUNT ZEBRA. ...TO KILL IS ONLY NATURAL. THEN WHEN I DID IT, I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE MEANT.

ITS NATURAL FOR ME TO KILL. I AM A LION. ...AND NOW I FINALLY FEEL SOMETHING.

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...PERHAPS THE ONE THING I DID FEEL AS A CHILD, WAS LOVE FOR MY MOTHER AND FATHER. ...MOTHER ALWAYS SUNG ME SUCH A WONDERFUL LULLABY. ...I STILL REMEMBER IT.

...I THINK SHE IS VERY HAPPY IN HEAVEN.

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hey google i got 3 questions for you

whats your opinion on queenie and kinger

do you consider yourself a bad person

who is your fave and least fave on your team

GOOGLE:

...I FANTASIZE ABOUT KILLING QUEENIE WHILE I MAKE HER HUSBAND WATCH. THEN I WOULD KILL HIM AFTER I HAVE BROKEN HIS SPIRIT.

...I ADMIRE KINGER QUITE A LOT. KILLING HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE WOULD BE A FUN EXPERIENCE.

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...AS FOR IF I AM A "BAD PERSON"? NO. I LOVE ALL MY VICTIMS. EVEN THE ONES I HATED, I LOVED THEM WHEN I KILLED THEM. AND THE ONES THAT GOT IN MY WAY? WELL, THAT'S NOT MY FAULT. THEY CHOSE TO DIE.

I AM GOOD. I AM JUST A LION... IN A WORLD FULL OF ZEBRA.

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AS FOR WHO I LIKE AND DISLIKE MOST? ...ID TAKE MOST JOY IN KILLING KINGER. I ADORE HIM. ...AND AS FOR WHO ID HARDLY BOTHER WITH? HM. PERHAPS CRUSTY. HE WOULD BE NO FUN TO KILL. HE HAS NO FEAR TO DIE.

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...ASK GOOGLE THE CYCLOPS.

GOOGLE, THE PAWN WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE HUMAN WORLD THAN EVEN HIS OWN TEAM IS COMFORTABLE WITH HEARING.

...MAYBE JUST DONT GET TOO CLOSE TO THIS PAWN.

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THAT'S ALL FROM CRUSTY!

LET'S LET THE BLACK TEAM MEMBER RETURN TO HIS ZONE.

VERY SOON, YOU'LL GET TO TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE FROM BLACK TEAM!

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Hey, Crusty, do you know anything about a White Queen?

Crusty: ... [Crusty looks around cautiously before looking back at you with a look of... concern?]

...There's no such thing as a... "White Queen." Stop talking about it. ...

You're going to get someone killed.

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Hey Crusty,

Do you think you're ever getting out of here?

Crusty: [puts his book down.] My life was meant to end a long time ago. Kingers' world, for me, is a second chance and a well-deserved hell that we mutually find appropriate.

I was on death row when he took me. There's nothing out there for me. No children. No wife. No parents or siblings. All I have is Kinger now, and I'm fine with that.

...so I don't think I'm ever getting out. I just don't see the appeal anymore.

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crusty, I notice you’re reading your spellbook. Are you looking for anything particular? You just bored? What spell you reading rn? (sorry lotsa questions)

Crusty: [reading a new spell he found.] I enjoy learning. Even if it has no practical use for me, it keeps me stimulated. Not much else to do down here.

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BEAT KINGERS DUNGEON AND HAVE FUN WHILE YOU'RE AT IT!

LEARN SOME DIGITAL CHESS LORE THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR, AND SPEEDRUN BEING SET FREE FROM KINGERS WORLD!