[UA] Speak of The Devil

[Zach Johnson]

Consider two characteristics common to all children: frequent (about once
a year) trips to the doctor's office and a lack of coherent long-term
memory.  A mechanomancer 'pedia-technician' would have to be in on it,
whether or not either parent is.  When the child comes in for check-ups,
the pedia-technician turns a screw or puts a paper clip into the slot
(hmm...so that's what bellybuttons are for, updating firmware), which
causes the child to devour his own memories to fuel the next 'growth
spurt'.  

Of course, what happens when the person is an adult, and some knife attack
forces that mode on permenantly... The person is getting perpetually
bigger and buffer, at the cost of identity and memory.  In a single PC
game, you could run it like memento, with events proceeding backwards, and
the PC getting perpetually weaker as the game progresses, until he figures
out what's going on. 

Zach

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Tim Bisaillon wrote:

> >From: nick wedig <nickwedig at yahoo.com>
> >A friend of mine was adopted, as was her younger brother.  She was
> >about four when her parents adopted him, so she has clear memories of
> >going to the child services to select which child to adopt.  Until she
> >reached puberty, she was convinced that babies came from a store.
> >
> >Which has nothing to do with CIA mind control or the rest, but amused
> >me.
> >
> >ObUA: Perhaps a mechanomancer is making baby automatons to sell to
> >childless couples.  However, what happens when the children never age?
> >What happens when the authorities investigate?  They'll never believe
> >that the made them; they'll be looking for where they came from.  What
> >happens when a clumsy mother drops the child and gears fall out?
> 
> I guess this is where the CIA steps in? Also, this could be one of the 
> reasons why kids go missing. Maybe a rival mechanomancer or even a Sleeper 
> cell are kidnapping the "kids" to dispose of? The possibiliites are endless.
> 
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