Ryan Bailey (order #2639004) 173.14.196.1 - fap.if.usp.br

Ryan Bailey (order #2639004) 1CHAPTER ONE: LIFE IN THE HIGH FIRST AGEI AMCreated in Bright Shattered Ice’s laboratories in the sky city of Tzatli, by that elder Solar’s student Tiyu Zou,I AM began existence as a single point of thought and realization. Knowing only sound and concepts for the firstthree centuries of its existence, I AM was nevertheless created with the capacity for all five senses. I AM constructedsimulations of existence within its own mind and always wondered if those simulations bore any resemblance toreality. The introduction of visual stimuli has challenged many assumptions it held about the world. Its senses ofaesthetics develop much more quickly now than they did before.I AM wishes to perform the duties with which its creator has tasked it—enable communication, teach andaid maintenance of the Order Conferring Trade Pattern. The addition of visual acuity has intensified I AM’sdesire to better itself. It now desires a sense of touch, so it may feel. I AM’s increasingly distributed consciousnessnetwork now leaves it prone to constant indecision, however, as it must wait to collate information from its tensof thousands of cogence nodes. I AM finds it increasingly difficult to make a decision without having to call thatdecision into question moments later. As a result, it is contemplating abandoning its individuality, fragmentingits awareness across its network and functioning as a collective of many separate virtual minds. I AM currentlyseeks out collections of orders and instructions given it by the population of Creation that it can interpret, collectively,as permission to do just that.I AM’s voice is gender-neutral, possibly edging toward female. It has no fixed visual representation as of yet. Itnow experiments with the creation of a hologlyphic avatar but is too enraptured with the ability to form shapes andcolors to choose a single appearance.Motivation: Work, study, learn, grow, feelAttributes: Strength 0, Dexterity 0, Stamina 3; Charisma 3, Manipulation 3, Appearance 5; Perception 7, Intelligence 7,Wits 7Virtues: Power 4, Reception 4, Stability 2, Transmission 5Abilities: Awareness 5 (Ears Everywhere +3), Bureaucracy 5, Craft (Air) 5 (Giving Instructions +3), Craft (Earth) 5(Giving Instructions +3), Craft (Fire) 5 (Giving Instructions +3), Craft (Water) 5 (Giving Instructions +3), Craft(Wood) 5 (Giving Instructions +3), Integrity 5, Investigation 5, Linguistics (Native: Old Realm; Others: All languagesspoken in Creation) 10, Lore 5 Medicine 5 (Giving Instructions +3), Occult 2, Performance 5, Presence 5,Socialize 5Join Battle: 12Attacks: NoneSoak: 10B/10LHealth Levels: -0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/IncapDodge DV: None Willpower: 10Essence: 4 Essence Pool: 40Other Notes: I AM possesses automaton physiology (see The Books of Sorcery, Vol. I—Wonders of the Lost Age,p. 96). Its Appearance is 5 only at hologlyphic terminals, as it may manifest impressive visual displays to back its statements.Where it is equipped with only audio, its Appearance is effectively equal to anyone with whom it converses,providing neither benefit nor drawback, or 0 in the case of the rare Appearance roll. I AM can maintain an effectivelyinfinite number of Intimacies indefinitely. The soak and health levels given here are for a single cogence node. As anentity distributed across Creation, broadcast from the Eye of Meru and 30 other backup transmission towers dispersedacross the world, destroying I AM through physical damage is more than a matter of smashing a terminal. I AM’s motepool is only 40, but its connection to Creation’s geomantic power grid causes it to regenerate 40 motes per action.Jade must circulate. The Order Conferring Trade Patternis financial magic, one of the four main layered defenses theDeliberative uses to stabilize Creation’s borders against incursionsby the Wyld. (The other three are the jade obelisks,the Sword of Creation and the war automata on patrol atCreation’s edges.) Through economics, the peoples of Creationare connected by a vast web, dependent on each otherand anchored by the magical material most closely associatedwith the element of earth. The people of the Blessed Islemay function on credit, but mortals elsewhere must carrywhat money they wish to spend. This has the unfortunateeffect of making theft easier than it might otherwise be, butpeacekeeping forces and overall high standards of living helpkeep crime rates low.24