USH'S MATRIX GAME: THIRD ASSIGNMENT- 'Eliminate'- PHILOSOPHY PATH

"I await for you all to be ready. I see some of you are still thoughtful."

Rade, as you are somewhat out of Melitus' sight...

There is a small vibration from your pocket. A text message?

RAde slowly picks his cell phone and reads the message

WE KNOW WHERE U R. SSSSHHH. DAL.

(can i reply to him?)

You very much worry that would be noticed. In any case, your phone still has no reception. Hmm...

How are the others feeling? I think Azrael is the only one seriously contemplating working for Melitus, yeah?

I believe that is the case, yes.

Hmmmm 😉 Bit of a bugger.... Oh and can people on the ships hear what is said in the matrix? I don't think they could in the matrix movies...

It's certainly a contentious point. But I would rule that all 'sound' is in the Matrix is part of the programme, and if it is part of the programme it is part of the code, and it if it part of the code you can see it.

On the Shehazarard

"Did it get through?" asks Dallas.

"Yeah, it's there," says Ariadne. "But you didn't tell them what was around them."

"Tactical decision," says Dallas. "They don't need to know. You get back to looking at weirdo's code."

Dallas and Ariadne return to the monitors...

... which are almost entirely pure green. Only the tiniest of black spaces are there, as the windows are filled with countless and unending lines of continuous code...

But then people would have known if Morpheous talked, Neo's prophecy etc etc...

Why would they not know if Morpheus talked? Even if they couldn't hear him they would know.

And we've never seen people spy on the Oracle, I think.

Like when the agents caught him... Ah well I'll go by your ruling, since it is your game.

Yes, as I say. Even if they could not hear him, they would still know if he talked.

(So i guess az isnt gonna decide? i wanna move on.)

Don't worry, I'll move on before the end of the day.

good thing you know we're here, dallas thinks RAde now, what can you do about it, is the qestion...

I can't betray my friends. Not without knowing Jericho's reasons. I'll go with the group for the rest of these assignments. I can come and find Melitus later. Azrael decided

"Very well," says Melitus. "Then now is the time.

"All of you have set yourselves on a certain Path, that has led you here. Some of that choice has been genuine, some of it not so, but nonetheless, you are here. And you have been heading in one direction- to understand what happend with Jericho. How can you understand this man's mind? The answer is simple. You are on the same path Jericho took.

"But you can be led down that path no longer. From this point onwards, you must chose whether you wish to carry on down Jericho's road or not."

The door to the room opens, and the butler returns, carrying a tray of glasses and a wine bottle.

"If you chose to continue down Jericho's path, then I shall remove the encryption from your coding and you will be free to make a fresh choice once you have understood. If you not chose to do so... well... that will have to be discussed once I have everyone's answer."

The butler places the drinks tray on a small table a few metres away from the iron lung. He opens the wine bottle, neatly, and starts to pour the white wine into the lasses. There is one glass for each of you.

"Those of you who would continue down that path, and understand Jericho... must drink the wine. That is your choice that I now leave to you."

Ok folks. Here is the crutch point.

CHOICE: DRINK THE WINE, OR DO NOT DRINK THE WINE

If you wish to talk over some of the implications of the decision with me (Ush), please do so. Do please be careful about this; the choice is yours to make and yours alone, and is irreversible.