Jatsko's theories, etc

[Vortex]

Yeah, I think so. 411 is the most extreme example, the sideways portal can't be fixed by rotating the scene because we see it again due to the looping location.

[Jatsko]

Which therefore makes the Submachine 3x3x3=9 times harder to map...

[Vortex]

3x3x3=9

lol

[Jatsko]

damn



And I'm supposed to be taking Calc 235 starting tomorrow...

[Lord of Flies]

Well Earth is nowhere to be seen, so gravity probably went attract itself long time ago. Now the pull is created by physics bending Submachine. That's why things sometimes fly. Maybe it's different in second layer. Or maybe just core is on Earth and has relatively normal physics? Maybe core is Earth? That would explain why there are some Earthlike locations and some locations floating in the void, that are either in the Edge or Outer rim? And transporter is like a lift to orbiting Edge, separating Earth/core from the unknown abyss of space/outer rim?

[Jatsko]

My take on the Flawed Copy of the Lighthouse:

mid october 05

Today a strangest thing has happened. When I woke up there was a black cat inside the lighthouse. I clearly remember locking all the doors and windows before going to bed - yet - there he was. I have no idea how he could get inside. That bothers me. I named him Einstein, since he's apparently capable of breaking the time and space barrier as he wishes. Probably all cats do, but this particular one did that in front of my very eyes. Well, not exactly, but it's undeniable that he's here now. Just wondering if that has anything to do with my ability to build cross-dimension door with my karma arm. Guess we'll see in time.

This seems to suggest that Einstein the cat has special powers. But what if that cat is in fact an ordinary cat? Then how would he be able to get in and out of the Lighthouse?

Unless...
It wasn't the same Lighthouse.

Vortex brought my attention to the theory going around that the Lighthouse is a 'flawed copy'. Maybe it is, one that was created when Mur first started to test his karma abilities on it. Not only did it make a copy, but that copy left the Core and formed in the Root. That's where it gained the coordinates nearby the Root. The flaw? 304.

How did 304 become part of the Root locations via the Lighthouse? It was a glitch made from using the unrefined karmic powers on the Lighthouse. Somehow the teleporter formed in those blue rooms was geared to 304 when in reality it was supposed to be geared to something closer to 45-something or 55-something.

This flaw could also affect Murtaugh himself. It's possible that because the Lighthouse was now in two locations, the Submachine systems tried to compensate by trying to put Murtaugh in both places at once. Maybe he didn't notice that he was switching between the original and the flawed copy all the time, maybe every couple hours or so. In his haste to refine his karmic powers and build the portal, he wouldn't notice little changes, a misplaced brick here and there. Einstein, however, remained in the original Lighthouse, and Mur only saw him when he himself was in the original Lighthouse. Notice it doesn't specifically say in the note that he checked the windows and doors after he saw Einstein, but only before he saw Einstein. This means that he could have checked the flawed copy's windows and doors, switched to the original, and found Einstein inside.

Liz could have known something like this would happen. That's why she didn't want Mur to leave, because there was a fifty-fifty chance that he would end up getting lost outside the Core. Mur misunderstood Liz's intentions and left anyway, and as a result he spent a good chunk of time finding his way through the rest of the Subnet.

The Player also ends up in this flawed copy in Sub2, which is why we never see the Core after we leave until Sub7, because throughout that whole time we were following Mur's path.

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As always, please leave comments and suggestions

[Sublevel 114]

hmm...
nice written!

[Jatsko]

Crap, I forgot to add "Psych!!" at the end. I want to do that with all my theories after I write them

[Jatsko]

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[Sublevel 114]

yay, cool! :D