Or listen to him rant for two weeks before telling him what he sounds like? Then someone who knows the guy can suddenly realize the rants are taking place in public forums filled with people that don't know his friend and might think the friend is serious about what he's saying?



Good luck with Howard, Doc. Hope you can help him.

I guess there is a possibility I could hop into the Opnet and track him down, but I'd be worried about popping out to some sort of track, so I think I'll leave that idea alone for now, and let those he's talked to help him.

I thought someone might try to come by wire. I think it would be safe, but it would need to be quiet. There are people near here now. I think they are not dangerous, but it would be better if they did not know.

Totem and Saimhe:
I will not be subtle here. What does Howard seem to share in common with Charr?
Writing style? No...
Personality? Definitely not.
History? From what Howard has said, not even close.

All Howard? seems to have in common with Charr is your unreasonable hatred. I think you're jumping to conclusions here.

Howard:


So, there is a clear seperation between 'them' and 'you'. 'You' have no personal memmories except those since your erruption, and 'their' memmories are tangled together.

Here is my advice to you. Make peace with 'them'. Treat them as a part of yourself, and allow 'them' to become a part of you (not to dominate you, but let their memmories become yours). If you wall them off, then your mind will become more fractured over time, resulting in a thoroughly inhuman mindstate. You've already indicated that you do not want that, when you changed your name at Alchemist's advice.

You will never be fully human again. Novas cannot go back to what they were. But you can build on your old humanity (and that of the people you joined with). Do not worry too much about internal conflict. That happens to everyone. Just try to act in ways that do not violate your nature.

If you choose to take my advice, then I recommend accepting Neil's help. He has helped me in the past, and he is a very good person.

Good luck.

It might not be a sure thing but something is wrong here and it feel familiar. So we will see how this con job mind fuck turns out.

"Con job mind fuck?"

Wow. :rolleyes:

Ronin has not come. I think I will be found soon and matters will be worse. I am sending my location to Neil. He can do with that as he likes. I would ask that any course of action taken be relatively discrete.

Totem, I respect your caution. I only wish I could assert with confidence that it was unnecessary.

Neil, I don't know how you travel, but if you need something a bit faster then baseline means I can send us over there in a matter of hours if you can take high speed. I'm always up for a good flight.

I can teleport us there if need be as well.

Howard? I like the way Ramone puts it, you can't go back to being human but you can build on your humanity. I wish you luck and suggest that you keep Ramone's comment in mind.

Ronin came. I will provide more information on my new situation when I feel it is safe and appropriate. I do thank you all for your concern and helpful intent though. Matters are not yet getting worse. I am happy.

I am aware that humanity should be a concern of mine. However, I feel no urgency. I look at what they remember, and I regret depriving them of what they had. I know things will be difficult for me, but I have lost nothing myself, so far as I am aware. Howard is one of them, I now believe. I could not tell at first. His voice and memories seem more familiar. He is happy to let me use his name though. I know he would be unhappy if he could be, because when I thought I was him I was very unhappy.

Presently my greatest fear is that I am a liability in any reasonable context. I believe I could tolerate being alienated, or being unuseful. But not both.

Good to hear Howard?

Just try to take care of yourself

Let us know if any of us can help.