INBOX // ROUTE 666

[purplexing]

You're conversing with Donatello-

Juuuust not this exact second. Please rank your call by number of priority and I'll get back to you accordingly.

1 - A technical emergency

2 - General inquiry

3 - Miscellaneous

Comments

[alittlebeastliness]

Well, color me interested, concerned, and aware. If a little wary of who I want to entrust my memories to. I want to hear more about the project, in any case. Maybe even get involved.

[purplexing]

Completely understandable. The easiest options for security that I can think of are unfortunately also the most challenging part simply because we don't have those resources, like a fingerprint or retinal scanner... I guess we could possibly do voice recognition.

We probably don't have to necessarily indulge every single thing about ourselves though, if that will make you feel better. We just need enough to act as a trigger.

I don't necessarily think we're completely overwritten, because I think I can still remember things about myself, about people I'm supposed to know. But the problem is not having someone or something to give me reason to remember it, if that makes sense.

[alittlebeastliness]

[She thinks of Shaw, of Harold, of the Machine - far, far away from this world, with no trace of them here to jog her memory.]

There are other types of security. What about codes?

[purplexing]

Also a possibility. That would however require having someone else to know them, but it's by far the easiest way.

[alittlebeastliness]

Not necessarily. You could carve something into the metal of your vehicle, for instance.

[purplexing]

[Give him a moment as he cringes at the very thought of defacing his baby.]

Perhaps. But what good is that if you still don't know to look for it?

[alittlebeastliness]

Pick a place on your vehicle that you look at regularly. The ignition. The inside of your gas cap. The driver's door handle, of you have one.

[purplexing]

You know the whole point of having backup is so other people can help play or pull something up for you to read or watch when you're not in your right mind to do it yourself, right?

[alittlebeastliness]

Why bother with that if we can find ways to rejigger those memories ourselves?

[purplexing]

Because that requires us knowing we forgot something in the first place.