#tage

I want to put this here, this is Ghost from the future, I want to apologize on how much pressure I am putting on the console. This new ability can be exhausting to deal with, and this is the only way I know of to tap into an additional power source. Sorry you are having to deal with it Kinger.

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Well, I guess the only one left is Caine's not-girlfriend, but actually is a girlfriend. Caine gets stuck into technicalities way too often. I head in, it looks like there is just a nice little house on some land. I can actually appreciate the simplicity. Not everything has to be complicated to be pretty, and it is. Ragatha needs to teach this to Caine already, it'd solve so many problems, I swear to me.

I see her planting something it looks like. I don't know much about her aside from when I was sharing Caine's mind, so I am just going to go over there. If my brother thinks she is worth his time, then I should at least try to get to know her slightly better. I approached, not sure how to not startle her. Ragatha wouldn't except anyone else to be here. "...I am really sorry if I startle you." I figure a preemptive apology might help.

She looked a bit startled for a second, but seemed to calm down as her brain processed the apology and saw that I was just a bit away from her. "Oh, Ghost, I wasn't excepting to see you here! Did you need anything? I can go to my house and get some water for you." Ragatha was nice, sometimes too nice. I see why Jax said that he doesn't completely trust her in the past. It sometimes was hard to believe if someone like that is being genuine.

"Its fine Ragatha, I actually came here to see if you needed anything." I responded, knowing that it was possible that she'd be surprised by that.

"Well, everything is fine, at least at the moment." Ragatha tried to reassure me.

"I know you are lying Ragatha, so just be honest."

She sighed and looked a bit resigned. "I am sorry I lied Ghost, I am just sure you are just as worried as I am about Caine. I just don't like putting the pressure of something like that on a person who also might be struggling with it."

"You aren't putting the pressure on me though, you are just showing to me that you are also worried about someone we both care about."

"You're right, I guess I just sometimes don't think about it that way."

"He seems to be keeping something from all of us, and I don't like when he does that."

"I don't know what it would be though. Sure, he has been depressed lately, but him doing activities that allow creativity has seemed to genuinely help. I really don't know what else we can do here."

"I do, but he won't like it."

"What would that be?" Ragatha looked very nervous. I could do things that were a bit extreme in other people's eyes, not mine though.

"I look into why there are more connections outside of our universe, and get the truth if I can find anyone."

"D-do you really think that is a good idea? He might be talking to people he doesn't know as well to help cope with things."

"He won't tell anyone what is going on despite that spike in activity. I don't really see many other options. I know that it makes you nervous, but we can't lose him."

"...Yeah, you know, I wish I had someone like you when I was growing up."

"Why is that?"

"Because you seem to be willing to do so much to protect the people you care about. Sometimes the lengths are pretty extreme, but the fact you are willing to put yourself out there so much to help people you love is admirable."

I couldn't help but smile at the compliment. Alright, I was starting to get it. Someone willing to give you praise for something that they admired felt really nice. Caine having that reassurance must have helped him through a lot of shit lately.

"Thanks, I guess you pass the "can you be my brother's partner" test. I get it now." I responded, and I gave her a genuine smile.

This cell has a few fascinating properties that show a glitchy universe. Despite these glitches, it is stable to live in, it just has had some interesting side effects within the cell. A lot of Caines have someone that is called Abel, or at least is an analog for the concept. This is not the case for the TAGE cell. Due to the glitchy nature of its creators and creations, three main AIs exist. The glitching also seems to prevent what people would consider neutral or bad endings at unknown conclusion points for all but NPCs and other non-sentient entities (Example: The Console). NPCS can be programmed to also qualify for only happy endings if it is found that they are sentient.

To most outside entities, it will have the appearance of the Cloaked TAGE Cell. This cloaking is one of the universe's defense mechanisms due to the cell being glitched in reality. Sticking out as a cell is almost always going to give a universe more attention than the entities inside it would want. Any entity native to the TAGE Universe will see the cell's true form.

The TAGE cell became glitchy after the faulty merge of two of the Creative AIs. The third entity prevented the destruction of the other two AIs, and maybe even an implosion of that universe itself. Due to this, the TAGE universe sometimes has odd deviations from other cells. This includes things like unusual abilities for the Creative AIs, and sometimes deviations of characters that can cause them vary significantly from the origin cell.

It is unknown currently how much the TAGE universe has truly deviated from its origin cell. This is because such things like this are very hard, if not impossible to measure. Most believe the differences might be very significant. Whether the variations are just as or more significant than other cells is not really known. However, an interesting part of this cell is that even alternate timelines cannot allow a neutral or bad ending. This universe seems wired for only happy endings to exist at different conclusion points determined for reasons that are still unknown.

Our studies will continue on this cell and others, and will also look into if this universe's differences have had any effect on other cells. We feel that we should do our best to understand our multiverse, including different theories of the operation of said multiverse, and interesting deviations in different cells. We hope this has given insight into the cell that is considered the TAGE cell and the Power Spilt Alternate Universe.

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I apologize if I jumped the gun at all @quiverfromjupiter ! I have loved the concept ever since you showed me, and I wanted to do a silly analysis on my universe's cell! Please do check out Quiver's multiverse concept since this is based on that!

I decided tonight I am going to go check out Queenie's dreamscape. Despite our differences, I do consider her a motherly figure. She has done so much for Caine and I. I guess helping whatever she needs help with would work as a thank you of sorts. I walked in, this dreamscape seemed like some sort of garden. There were plants and flowers that would all be a great environment for many insects. The flowers and plants were also very beautiful, of course.

She was sitting on a bench, I was guessing maybe Queenie was reflecting. I hid behind some bushes as I heard someone approaching. As they started to get closer to where Queenie was, I figured out who it was, it was Curse. I watched, and the fist that I could see from Curse was curled up into a fist. It shook a bit when they started to speak. There was a sinking feeling in me. I was guessing what all this was about. This wasn't going to be pretty or a good thing for either of them.

"How dare you, seriously. You will never replace my mother, and you never cared anyways. I know what you said about not knowing when you made me, but what about when you all figured out the AIs could be sentient? Did you look for me then? Of course not. You could have, but you didn't. This is all your fault. You had options, you never took them. If I had less willpower, you wouldn't even hearing these words out of my mouth because I'd be dead. Would you have ever cared if I died before now? I don't think so, so have your moments with my siblings, and leave me out of it." Curse glared at her, it was clear they had thought about this too.

"...I am sorry Curse, you are right, I should have looked for you! I want to know who you are so I can love and care for you now." Queenie stopped when she saw Curse about to speak again.

"Don't bother. I already have my real mom for that, and I am going to lose her forever soon. Maybe later I will be more open about this, but right now? No, do not try to be my mother because you aren't. Let's just get along for the sake of my older siblings because they love you as a mother, and I am happy they have that in their lives."

"...I understand." That was the only response she could give.

Curse walked away after that. Curse had told me he had a conversation like this with Queenie, but hearing it was still heartbreaking to hear. I decided me out in the open would be the best course of action. I got out from behind the bushes, jumped on to the bench, and purred softly. She looked over, a bit surprised to see me.

"Hey mom, I know this sucks for you, but you still have Caine and myself. I am glad to have you as my mother. Hopefully one day they will see you do want to love and care for them. For now though, would you like some purrs?" I knew purrs were very comforting for a lot of people.

She chuckled a bit. "I do, I suppose, thank you." Queenie started to pet me gently.

"Make sure you do ear scritches."

"Of course." She did this for quite awhile, it was nice for me, but I knew it was for her too.

"Did that help?"

"Yes. I understand why Curse feels like they do, to be told most of your life what they were, it would be hard to deal with."

"That is exactly why you should be patient mom. I don't think they will be like this forever, and even if they are, you still have us. I will look after them for you."

Queenie gave me a gentle smile. "Thank you Ghost. What are you doing here anyways?"

"I finally figured out one of my powers, its being a dream walker."

"Oh, well, thank you for coming to my dream then."

"You're welcome, maybe we can just hang out for the rest of the night."

"That sounds great."

Bits of the console that are essential for different things to run properly have been enabled again, and it should function. If they are not functioning for you, please contact me. I have also looked into the links, and I have seen nothing malicious. I still recommend caution when opening any links from the console all the same right now. As far as less essential functions, it might be awhile. I know that it being awhile isn't helpful, but the issue is a bit more complicated than excepted. I am still working hard on finding a fix. I will keep giving updates on how things are going to show I am trying to fix this.

Kinger

This is a warning to all console users, this includes both inside and outside of Busy Bee! Do not click any links sent by the console right now! We do not yet know if the links are compromised. Also, please do not interact with the console right now. Its load is currently at 85%, and we are trying to figure out why.

I know this is a hard ask because of how often we use it, but please do your best to avoid using it for now. This has never happened before, so it may take awhile. I very much apologize for the inconvenience this will surely cause. If you need to get ahold of me personally, please use Queenie, the emergency contact! I am going to be way too busy trying to fix this to answer any calls or messages!

Again, I apologize,

Kinger