[homophonic] catchall for shu

[dendroculi]

SHU

code

Comments

[dendroculi]

It's a system that would compile information and would make it available to people to access when they requested it. However... the Sages would restrict certain types of information from being made available for people, and it ultimately ended up stifling people's creativity.

Not to mention, if incorrect information was put into the Akasha and someone accessed it... it became very difficult for their minds to think of it as untrue. And since almost everyone in Sumeru wore an Akasha terminal, it meant that most everyone was at risk if the system was misused... which, unfortunately, the Sages did.

[she sighs.]

...it would be a very useful tool if not misused, but unfortunately it was taken to extremes. So, I shut it down.

[roseoftexas]

...

No wonder they were easy to predict, if they were being drip-fed information the people in charge wanted them to know.

[ simple, but blunt. ] Can't question things if the people in charge aren't giving you the scope or resources to consider that.

[ ... ]

Mm. A tool's only as good as the person using it.

[dendroculi]

Yes, exactly. [her ears droop a little at that.] It's a shame, but... sometimes things do stray from their original function.

Especially if the people using them are corrupt.

[roseoftexas]

There's no way to repurpose it and prevent some of the filtering and corruption you saw before?

[dendroculi]

I was able to modify it once for individual use. But widespread use... that will take more time than I have on my hands right now since I'm in the process of overseeing the replacement of the Sages.

Maybe in the future it can be used again, but it probably won't be used in the same way as it had been.

[or maybe not, since, y'know. she made a deal in exchange for her gnosis. it's fine.]