>>4757808
Weird idea, indeed.

Does it take text or pictures?

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>>4757814
There's no slot I can find for pictures. The only input device I can see are the keyboards, microphones, and I guess the GPS, since it's bunched up with the rest?

>>4757818
alright then....

>Carapace, Scute, Scale, Acid

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>>4757823
Well, it chugged and hummed for a while and then spat out a new polaroid into the slot, confirming basically what I thought was going to happen. Then, it put another file on the computer, probably at the same time. Uploading it now. Gotta say, not a huge fan of this one, anon.

>>4757826
I wonder if this is, like... an actual photograph of a thing that exists? I can definitely say I've seen my fair share of animals but never anything that's... this weird looking. Okay. Not many things that are this weird looking, I'll redact myself on that one.

check your brother's desk for any obvious post-it notes

>>4757830
There's a bunch of post-its on his computer that I've already moved. Just database passwords, probably for his day job. I imagine they've probably already changed those. The only other notable thing on his desk besides his office equipment was a moldy donut I threw away, ew.

>>4757826
Speak >>4757823
into the microphone

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>>4757889
Gave me a, um, different result this time. Very different. Intriguingly different, though. I'd certainly like to have one of these in a little plastic tub.

It's getting late, though, so I'm going to go lock all the doors and get to bed. If there's any more input in the morning I'll feed it into the machine and post the output for you all. I hope you all sleep well, /qst/folk.

>>4757917
>Apache Helicopter [one of the database passwords]

>>4757917
Tell it to construct a Waifu.

>>4757818
>There's no slot I can find for pictures.
Maybe try putting some in a thumb drive and connecting it to the open port? I wouldn't be surprised if it's set to automatically load and process image files. Hell, might do it for all sorts of files, try music or video, too. Just make sure that you have a way to quarantine the thumb drive while you're accessing it between runs, set up a virtual machine or use an old laptop as a burner.

>>4757849
what did your brother do for a living? Did he ever mention this weird machine? Maybe you can call his friends. Someone he might have spoken to about this

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>>4757924
Mildly threatening. I'm going to toss this picture in the garbage because I don't like its aura.
>>4757937
Will give that a shot in the morning and get back to you on if it gives me anything.
>>4757950
He was a database administrator sort of person for a big company I'm probably not at liberty to name for op-sec purposes. Photography was his big side hobby, he did a lot of that, especially with really old janky polaroid cameras he'd fix up. I'll go through his address book tomorrow and get back to y'all. Over and out for the night.

Take your meds
>>>/X/

>>4757808
If this is a work of fiction than, this is one of the most creative quests I've seen in a while, if this is legit I would highly recommend going on /x/ they'd be really interested in this a lot more than this board would be. They might even be able to help you discover what this machines is.

To help you get an idea this reminds me a lot of software like art breeder he may have jury rigged an AI server out of spare components

https://www.artbreeder.com/

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>>4757937
Alright, so, I woke up and tried putting a thumb drive in while it was running >>4757928 this input (which produced the attached picture), and prepared to feed some other images through it. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it accepts that as input, only as another output slot, since the only thing that happened after it was done the first one was that it put it on the thumb drive. I think it's just an additional output slot, nothing interesting there, sadly.
>>4758193
I take my meds every morning, friend.

>>4757957
Anyway, I went up and called a couple of my brother's coworkers and friends, spent all morning doing that in between remote work for my job. I asked if they had heard anything about his weird machine, and, surprisingly, a couple of them had? Mostly that he was talking about some "big project" he was working on. It sounds like this thing ate up pretty much all his free time in his last days - he stopped showing up to meetings and stopped responding to calls and snapchats. The only thing he seemed to care about was finishing this thing as he got sicker. :(

On another note, I'm not going to pretend I haven't read my fair share of creepypasta as a kid so let me tell you, going to bed after getting a strange machine to spit out a polaroid of a helicopter and waking up to the sound of helicopter rotors is certainly... something. Almost certainly a coincidence, I do live in a city with an active airspace, but still freaked the hell out of me.

Anyway, the machine's chugging along and ready to accept new input. Over and out.

>>4758624
Tell it to generate God.

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>>4758635
Done. Also don't like the output. Not a friendly face, in my eyes.

>>4758809
It can integrate text into the images. Interesting. Okay, this is probably not going to work, but let's try asking it a question. Give it the input of "What is this machine's purpose?".

>>4758809
if you want to make figure out whether it's a creepypasta situation where you summon this stuff, input an object where if something related happens it's really unlikely to be a coincidence.
e.g. a noticeable, but mostly harmless object or animal you're unlikely to encounter in the first place, plus a color it usually wouldn't have

you far from the ocean and zoos:
blue penguin

you not in australia:
purple wombat

combine one of those with the same password.

also how long time passed between making the helicopter image and being awakened by one? you should maybe do something like this either early in the morning or late in the evening so you don't miss the apparently delayed spooky happening.

until then, maybe try coordinates. it's got GPS.
43°4323N 10°2347E

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>>4758841
So, it chugged way harder than I heard it go before. Took longer, too, made a lot of noise, and I could swear I smelled some smoke but I couldn't see anything and the smell's gone now anyway.

I don't know about you, but that, uh, distinctly looks like a polaroid to me. And I don't want to frighten anyone, least of all myself, but the warped background features are distinctly reminiscent of the apartment I'm spending the week in. Haha. Cool! Love that. What next?

>>4758895
Your brother liked quests, so maybe try inputting one of those? Try one of the classics first maybe, like the words "Ruby Quest"

>>4758895
Huh. Maybe it is answering the question? Like it's saying it's purpose is to make pictures for you. Or it's random and I'm just having pareidolia. Anyways, let's try the GPS idea now, that sounds promising.

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>>4758894
>>4758921
If I had to time it I'd say it was probably 7 hours when I heard the helicopter sound? I'll try again with something harmless and indistinguishable later, but in the meanwhile, here's the GPS coordinates - where exactly are they?

>>4758945
leaning tower of piza, and that does look vaguely italian with a tower in the background.

>>4758945
weirder one
59°1940N 18°0528E

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>>4758903
I've never read Ruby Quest myself, but if this is at all accurate then it's an... interesting interpretation. What am I even looking at?

>>4758977
Hm. Maybe say your brother's name into it? He did create it, after all.

>>4758977
Well, that does kind of look like a rabbit, maybe? And there was a one-eyed mutant, too. So it might actually know Ruby Quest. Or it's just pareidolia again. Try "Totemist", see what that gets.

>>4758977
Perhaps try feeding it conflicting information simultaneously? Like typing "yes" and saying "no" into the microphone, or typing "blue" and saying "red"

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>>4758962
I'm going to be perfectly honest, I don't even have a guess at what this is.

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>>4758987
...You know what, I think I'm gonna take a break and order some Popeyes. Catch you all in a bit.

>>4759044
That is uh. Horrifying. I guess the other thing I got is asking it "Do you think?"

>>4759018
Vasa Museum. Sweden made The Biggest Boat. it sucked and nobody wanted to tell the king, so they tried to use it and it sank. 300 years later they salvaged it and built a museum around it. it's like three floors of smaller exhibits about naval history with the Vasa in the middle.

that does look kinda like a large salvaged wooden boat surrounded by people and cameras.

which is a really specific image. and really the most memorable thing about the place, even though the building is weird from the outside too.
thing is though, the museum is closed due to covid. not sure how long, but at least five days.

both those things point me towards a hypothesis: at least with GPS coordinates it takes pictures of memories of the place, not the actual place.

>>4759044
which means that hopefully this is not your brother's present state.

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>>4758994
Never heard of that one before, is it good? I might read it tonight just so I have something to do not related to this weird machine.

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>>4759098
Interesting. Yeah, my brother is uh, currently in an urn, so hopefully this is not his present state, not the least of which being that neither of us believed in an afterlife.
>>4758999
I spoke "Yes and no" into the microphone and this came out. Notable in that the actual physical polaroid was very crinkly and wrinkled up. Not sure if contradictions are going to give me anything... useful. It does definitely look like it's trying to make words when it has nothing else to go off, though.
>>4759047
Going to be asking this next.

>>4759186
Can you type "safety" and "cat" in the machine? The previous images are concerning and we should make sure nothing bad happens.
Has there been anything interesting on the news?

>>4759186
We should test if it's omnipotent or just using the internet to find information. Ask it 'What am I thinking' and see if it puts out anything like what you're thinking about

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>>4759047
Um. It made noises on this one. For some reason I get the feeling that questioning its cognition is not wise.

>>4759229
Hm! Yeah, that's apparent. Fuck it, type in "Warhammer" to see what it spits out.

You said that your brother died to covid, right? This may be a bit personal, but you could try typing in "brother death" or something.

Alternatively, why not ask it math questions? 2+2 or something.

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>>4759202
Nothing on the news that you probably haven't seen. Same news as you guys. I'm in a big city so the police/NG are out and about. You know, the usual. Let's not dwell on that too much. Here's a cat.
>>4759228
Running this one now.

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>>4759228
Cheeky bastard.
>>4759248
Running Warhammer.

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>>4759248
That was remarkably quick. It barely needed to think about that one.
>>4759323
A combination of separation due to time and my investigative instincts mean I'm fine asking it this so long as talking about it doesn't violate my own op-sec.

>>4759435
Say, type, and put in the gps 4060

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>>4759323
Well... I can't say it's not true to life. :(

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>>4759565
I did "4061", if I was catching your intent correctly. Is it... trying to predict the future?

>>4759435
This is really interesting. I think you should post this on /x/ too, I really think you should, this is the kind of shit they love over there. Input the word Pillar next.

EGS-zs8-1 try throwing this in.
Maybe run through the standard "man, help, menu, options, etc" gamut too

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>>4759599
I'll post it on /x/ later, I don't think this thing can chug out two pictures at a time, it's giving me enough of a headache with just one slow forum.

>>4759620
You said it has a usb port, right? Real meta idea, but try downloading this thread as it exists so far and feed that into the machine

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>>4759604
Will do some menu options in a bit. I assume EGS-zs8-1 is some kind of star cluster or something?
>>4759637
Unfortunately, I tried that, but it looks like the USB port is just for outputting data, not inputting it. Sad!

>>4759711
In that case, maybe try typing the url for this thread?

Here a couple of suggestions

zero, null, π

You can also insert really big numbers of pie:
https://pi2e.ch/blog/2017/03/10/pi-digits-download/

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>>4759604
Hrm. That's definitely a menu, I guess.

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>>4759735
Going to be perfectly honest, I have no idea what this is trying to represent, but it didn't, like, crash, or hard fail or anything like that, so...

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>>4759747
Oh I don't like it's answer for null, not the least of which being that it looks a lot like... a place I am familiar with, let's say. Don't like that at all. I'm like, rapidly vibrating between "this is really intriguing" and "this is incredibly freaky".

Thanks for all the assistance today folks, I'm packing it in early for the night. I got a call back from one of my brother's friends about the machine, he might have some insight about it so he's coming over tomorrow. Honestly, now I just want some answers about this thing, so, thanks for keeping me company while I investigate it.

Sagittarius A, inescapable, death

>>4759120
In that case, try
>Summoning Diarca

>>4759906
Well, here's hoping there's an explanation for its weirdness. See you later, anon.

>>4759906
"Unnerving, Monster, Field"

Does your brother have a social media he posted his photography on or something similar?

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>>4759914
Well, that was weird. What the hell is it?

Also, good morning friends. Brother's friend will be over soon-ish, hopefully we can get some answers then.

>>4760669
I wonder what it'll do with more quest names? Could you try "Homeless Mutant Quest" please?

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>>4759918
Friend is here, here's the last photo it spit out. "Summoning Diarca". We're gonna poke around in the machine and see if we can't find what makes it tick.
>>4760375
No, it was mostly a personal thing. He did it more for himself than anything else, big crates full of polaroids we had to clear out and put in storage.

>>4760715
Enter the phrase
"Eternal Damnatian"

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>>4761013
If a picture of a falling angel emerges then I too have access to said machine

>>4761037
Ignore image added by accident

Let's try going meta. Type in "/qst/" to see what spits out.

>>4760715
Tell it to create evil.

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>>4760709
Well, this was something.

Anyway, the friend and I kicked around the machine a little bit (not literally). Here's the important stuff we can glean from it:

One is that it's plugged into a bunch of plugs at once.
Two is that this thing is a mess and, at least from what we could tell externally, makes no sense.
It's kind of sort of a very complicated computer? His friend mentioned something about being asked about "Raspberry Pies", which is apparently the name of a kind of computer, and graphics cards, which I imagine are probably necessary for something that makes pictures? I was never the huge techie of the family so I can't really speak to that very much.

I haven't seen or heard anything weird or anomalous recently, so I'm thinking the helicopter might've been some sort of coincidence. Or maybe it's not and I'm still in the opening paragraphs of a creepypasta? Who knows. I'm gonna run some of your inputs and then order some more Popeyes.

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>>4761013
Seems like it has a distinctly new testament idea of what "eternal damnation" is - I'm no rube, I recognize a frozen lake when I see one.

Install temple OS

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>>4761044
Ahahahaha, this one made me laugh. It's a gem-encrusted pile of shit! (I think)

Thinking, null, self

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>>4761047
Well, uh. The second this one came out, you'll never guess what happened. The fucking power went off! For about twenty minutes, now it's back on and everything's fucking beeping. Trying to figure out what it's doing and how to get it to stop.

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>>4761269
Another camera... I have no idea what to make of this. Any thoughts?

type in adfx-01 morgan and adfx-02 morgan adf-01 falken ada-01a adler ada-01b adler adfx-10f raven adf-11f raven one at a time

>>4761320
Haha, what a story, OP.
Don't electrocute yourself.

>>4761428
It showed a camera when asked about its purpose, now responded with another camera to word "self", right? Maybe it can witness things and show them to you?

Anyway, try "what's on the menu?"
Hopefully it's not you!

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>>4761439
I have no idea what I'm looking at but I'm only doing the first one of those.
>>4761441
Power's been intermittent. I have been trying very hard to not electrocute myself. Running your query next.

>>4761583
ADFX-01 Morgan is a type of fighter jet from a vidya game. That vaguely looks like a fighter jet.

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>>4761441
I asked it "What's on the menu?" And it gave me this - anyone think they can parse it?

>>4761608
I vaguely see some potatoish lumps and there's a bunch of grass (wheat?) but it's just a jumble to me beyond that.

Type in "What is the meaning of life" into it. Worst case scenario, something spooky. Best case scenario, it makes a 42 joke.

>>4761615
It kinda looks like wrapped candy to me

type in "Who made you?"

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>>4761608
“Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” | Jude 14–15

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>>4761615
Looks to me like it thinks the meaning of life is... Cameras? And old pictures. I can't say I agree but I respect the single-mindedness. Unless someone else sees something different in this photo?

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>>4761645
What in the fresh hell does this mean?

>>4761671
How old is your brother? Maybe the grey hair and hand are supposed to be him. (The hearts in the image seems to imply some level of love for him?)

>>4761682
He was in his late 40s when he went. Was definitely graying a little bit. I can kind of sort of see it, I suppose.
>>4761652
Neat.

>>4761696
Let's do something stupid. Do tan tomboy gf and see what happens.

>>4761696
Righto. Type in "/tg/". Your brother seemed to shit on it so maybe the machine will spit something out.

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Um, well, I tried to put in something new but then I realized it was still processing, apparently thinking about "Who made you?". And then it spit out this picture. And it's still going.
>>4761715
Will run after it finishes, uh, churning out whatever it's churning out now.

>>4761718
is that blood? and what appears to be a coin in the foreground?

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>>4761723
That definitely looks like blood and a coin. Here's #2... whatever that is, it can't be sanitary.

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>>4761727
Jesus, it's rushing these out. I have no idea what to make of this other than it's the fastest I've seen it spit out any number of pictures. Your thoughts, anons?

It seems like it's calmed down so I'm going to run >>4761715 next.

>>4761718
Blood in some sort of shell or bowl on a table. There's also a coin. Did you perhaps eat anything red with your brother recently? Maybe this is an image of a restaurant.

>>4761727
A yellow liquid (either piss or something like orange juice or lemonade) along with a metallic object next to it. Also seems to be on a table or at least near something wodden.

>>4761731
Disgruntled face in a field. Also looks kinda like a rock?

Try asking for the machine's favorite photograph

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>>4761715
Well, uh. Satisfied, anon?
>>4761760
The face in the third photo looks very... damp and shimmery and wet. Is it crying?

>>4761801
Maybe it's sad over it's creator's death? Also that shockingly doesn't half bad. A jumbled mess, sure, but not half bad.

Not sure if this is a great idea but maybe saying something like "Thank you for the work" or something to that effect to it might get a reaction.

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>>4761716
Well. It's definitely inherited his opinions if nothing else.

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>>4761794
Well, that's a little uncanny.

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>>4761812
I'll admit, I have no idea what to make of this one. Any thoughts, anon?

>>4761886
It looks like a camera with a...vaguely smile looking pattern on it?

>>4761886
Everyone likes to be thanked, I guess. Even self-aware camera-things.
Ask it to send nudes.

>>4761886
Uh, it looks happy.
Input "How do you work?"

Ask the machine for a silhouette of god

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>>4761895
It churned for a while on this one. Cheeky bugger.

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>>4761902
I have... no idea what I'm looking at? I'm guessing blood of some kind but it could certainly just show us a blood puddle if it wanted to. Thoughts?

>>4761952
Looks sort-of like a bit of raw steak as well.
Ooh, how does the machine like its steaks?

>>4761952
Maybe it means it's some sort of combination of human or machine? Although that is kind of out there. Maybe it's just a metaphor for your brother putting a lot of effort into it.

Threaten it with a hammer or magnet

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>>4761916
Here you go. Spooky.
>>4762018
I'm not going to do that.

Let see if yout brother setup basic security
Sudo Chmod 000 /etc

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>>4761998
I am not sure if this is distinct enough to get a reading off of it, but it sure does know what steak is.

Anyway, it's 2 AM, I still have work tomorrow, so I'm going to be headed to bed now. Thank you all for your assistance, anons. Hopefully we'll figure this machine out tomorrow.

rm -rf /*

>>4762048
Sleep well anon, when you wake up you should try asking it what it thinks about Azmiov's Laws.

>>4761656
That's defo cameras and pictures in a lot of drawers, the rest is unreadable. Overall that whole thing reminds me of memories.
Can you ask it whether all these photographs are actual memories?

Also, did lights on the machine stop flickering? If it's sentient then maybe you should give it a name and say it has nice circuits. Just to be on the good side.

type in /pol/ or /k/ see what it thinks about them

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Good morning everyone, unfortunately it will be a busy Thursday for me - my spouse is coming over to keep me company. Will still try to get you some pictures while I can.
>>4762053
>>4762046
I don't think it likes that very much.

Try this
Touch /etc/test.txt
Chmod 000 /etc/test.txt

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>>4762069
Seems to find them... thumbs up worthy, I think?
>>4762105
Lights have not stopped flickering, but I don't think it's anything supernatural - this thing just draws a fuckload of electricity. Complimenting it next.

>>4762884
Imma also go with something similar to what other anons requested previously, could you try "Fallout Nukaloha Quest"?

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>>4762105
I told it "I think you have nice circuits" and it printed this. Cute!

This kind of roleplay belongs on /x/

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>>4762154
Apologies for the significant delay. Ended up being very busy, but we did poke at the machine a little and actually made some interesting progress. Namely - there is a small compartment on the underside of the machine we missed earlier labeled with my name. It is locked with some sort of absurdly complicated electronic lock mechanism, and neither me nor my spouse could really jimmy it open. Or, rather, we tried, and then the lights started flickering so we decided to stop trying.

I'm not really spooked, per se. I think it's fairly clear that this machine is conscious, and it is thinking and responding to us (or it's unconscious and really good at pretending), and I think things are starting to come together regarding its purpose. I have a feeling once we figure out how to unlock the mechanism - it has no obvious input methods like a number dial or whatever, only a couple of seams we could try to put flathead screwdrivers into - we'll have really cracked this strange event open.

>>4762154
I'm not sure if he ever really thought about /k/ very much.

>>4763887
Try asking the machine itself how to open the lock, maybe you'll get a clue?

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>>4763890
If I had to guess this looks like a pair of glasses, which is either some very roundabout clue or the machine being stunningly rude. Both are equally likely, perhaps.

>>4763975
Maybe you need some sort of special eyewear or filter to see how to open it. Anything lying around in one of the boxes or drawers?

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>>4763979
I went through all the drawers and boxes that I haven't already done so to, and nothing that immediately sticks out. Lot of photographs, a significant number of them appear to be made by the machine, albeit significantly worse in quality than the ones it's putting out now. There might be something hidden in some of the locked cabinets, but it's getting late, so I'll have to bust it open tomorrow.

>>4762903
Here you go. I have personally no idea if this is at all accurate or even relevant.

>>4762876
I tried one of these and it generated an extremely similar middle finger to the previous one. I don't think it likes dicking around with computer commands.

>>4764009
Looks like it's grave lampions lol.
>>4763975
Do you wear glasses? Maybe it wants your tears?

Have you tried simply... asking it to unlock the locked door?

>>4758624
>>4758809

Some of the angles of the hair are similar.

>>4764122
could it mean the waifu is based?

>>4757808
OP, if you aren't japering with us right now, it looks like your brother made a smol but strong AI for image generation purposes. Although I doubt it's fully created from code (if the pictures are true, this AI might be made with organic sacrifices). I know this might be a touchy subject, but how did your brother die?

>>4764162
He said it was Covid in the first post.

>>4764175
Yeah, but more detail would be nice. I have this feeling that OP's brother had overworked himself, leading to death by covid.

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>>4758809
>That hair
He can't keep getting away with it!!!!

put in these coordinate's op 49.16985993115087, -122.23769722262975

Maybe put [insert brother name] death, null

>>4757808
>There is a small LED screen (I'm not sure the term, it's like, sort of tan ish and it has black pixels that look weird if you tilt your eyes at it? The thing they made calculator screens out of)
LCD

https://youtu.be/dOV5WXISM24

>>4761608
Looks like a box of treasure.

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>>4764028
I do wear glasses, and I have cried plenty, but that hasn't seem to done much.
>>4764046
It chugged for about 20 minutes, and then, uh, clicked, printed this out, and unlocked the lock. Behind it is another lock. This one has, like, a picture of one of those old-timey world maps taped to it? Not one from the machine just like, an actual tiny photo of one in a store.
>>4764905
You know what, that seems pretty likely actually.

>>4764971
Getting green thumb from that picture.
Try asking it where to find the treasure.

>>4757808
>, a radio,
Like a transmitter or receiver? Can you tune it?

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>>4764181
He died the way most people with covid die. He was on a ventilator, and then he stopped breathing.
>>4764486
Here you go. Not sure what I'm looking at.
>>4764762
Thank you!

>>4765067
Ask it if you're in danger.

>>4765067
The coordinates are Hatzic Lake. A large oxbow lake east of Vancouver. It has an

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>>4765015
Like one of those FM/AM/Bluetooth radios you can plug into an old car's sound system, except it's plugged into the machine. I can turn it on and tune it but it doesn't seem to do anything at least from cursory exploration.
>>4764992
Just looks like a map.

>>4765227
Of course. Why would I expect it to offer anything other than a map? I keep looking at the picture of the "treasure chest" and wondering what it contains. I think what the other anon described as potatoes might be a teddy bear. Maybe it's a box of keepsakes? Perhaps it doesn't represent physical things but memories? Who knows? Maybe ask it? I'm not really sure how to phrase the question though.

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>>4764748
...Yes, I do suppose this is about right. Asking if I'm in danger next.

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>>4765150
That seems fairly straightforward.

>>4765418
Type in "Barron Trump".

>>4765418
Just realized all the photo filenames are in sequence.
What's photo 1? (or 0 if it counts from there.)

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>>4765432
This is the very first one in the folder on his desktop.

>>4765418
Good to hear. But can we trust it.
>>4765458
What does photo69 look like?

>>4759120
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Totem%20Quest
thread 3: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15014075/
Totemist is a solid quest, yeah.

>>4764971
>This one has, like, a picture of one of those old-timey world maps taped to it?
Try carefully removing the map and examining the front, back, and whatever it is covering for any further clues.
Also see if the map itself has been marked on or modified, and if so, where.

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>>4765462
I'm not doing that one.
>>4765426
Hmm.
>>4765739
Oh! We have some progress. On the back of the map is some marker writing: "One Word". I guess this lock is behind a single word? But something to do with a map...

>>4765787
Maybe try 'Explore'?

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>>4765795
Doesn't seem to be it. I feel like it's looking for a place but... what kind of places can be named in one word?

>>4765825
Maybe 'Home'?

>>4765827
Well, it's making noises I have absolutely never heard it make before. It sounds almost like a tea kettle, so I am going to back away and maybe go on a walk before I come back in case it blows up or something.

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>>4765827
Well... It's open. And that's a photo of our really old house, alright...

There's a note inside. Give me a couple of minutes to transcribe it and I'll let you know what it says. No more locks, apparently - I think this is the end of the line, so. Thank you all for your assistance, everyone.

>>4765889
"Dear [redacted]

I knew you'd eventually get this thing open because you're a nosy little shit, which I mean entirely as a compliment. To be honest, I was making this big lug to use for myself, but once I realized that I wasn't going to be able to stay here then I knew I had to leave it behind for you to find. Thankfully, I think I was able to get him done without any major bugs, even if I kind of had to rush to get it done.

I'm sorry I wasn't able to talk to you more, and all the guys, and mom and dad, and that I wasn't around to pet Rocky more. And that I won't be around either.

There are so many things I want to do, [redacted]. I'm scared. I'm scared of dying and I don't think I'm getting any better, and I'm scared that once I go, nobody will remember me anymore. I hope I get better, but, I have been calling it an apocalyptic superbug for a reason. If I do get better, maybe I'll just burn this note. Maybe I won't. We'll see.

If I'm gone, and you get this note, can you ask the dudes on /qst/ if Joker Quest is done yet? Don't, like, make a whole thread about it. I just wanna know if I'm gonna be in the hospital while it's ending or something. Sorry. That's stupid. You don't have to do that.

Don't forget me, man. I love you. I'm gonna miss you.

The machine has five pictures left, and then it's going to brick itself forever. Use them on whatever you want. You can keep the polaroids, or don't, it's your life.

I love you.

Sincerely,
-[Redacted]"

>>4765897
So... yeah. Five photos left. Any requests?

"Any last words?"

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>>4765905

>>4765899
You should make at least one of these photos a response to your brother

>>4765899
Do try "Memory Everlasting" if you don't have something personal you'd prefer. >>4765912 had a good idea. He was your brother, ask for something you'd like.

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>>4765912
>>4765917
You're right. I used one to tell him I loved him, and I'm going to use one more for a personal picture.

>>4765897
>if Joker Quest is done yet
At least he didn't wish for the impossible, like Totemist ending

>>4765899

Your favorite place in the world

>>4765925

by "yours" I meant your brother's (forgot to clarify)

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>>4765943
Oh, hey, I recognize this place! It's a cat cafe like, 15 minutes by foot from here. That's sweet.

>>4765959

So... if I had to take a guess, this machine's basically like one of those machine-learning art AIs that also thinks like your brother? Was your brother a computer engineer or smth? (asking out of curiosity)

>>4765973

Also would like to add that these images carry the kind of surreal flavor like in the witches' lairs from Puella Magica, which is the closest thing I can liken these images to.

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>>4765899
I'm tempted to go for "So long, and thanks for all the fish!", but that seems like a waste.
>Favorite memory?

This has been very strange, but fun. Thanks, OP.

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>>4765985
Haha, oh... The elevation's a little borked, but that is doubtlessly my wedding. Not the least of which being that he never got married.

Alright, folks, last picture is out. I can hear it grinding to a halt, it's humming a little bit.

And now it's completely silent. The LCD screen is off. I guess I'm gonna try and get this thing moved into storage. Maybe in a couple of years I can teach myself computer engineering and fix it, hahaha.

Thank you all, for your assistance. Truly, it means a lot to me.

Over and out.

>>4765997

Got here late but thanks for the ride, OP!

>>4766000

Oh-- and don't forget to archive this thread!

And thank you all for reading "My Brother's Machine". I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to go about doing this strange little experiment, but it ended up working out, I had fun, we made some pictures, hopefully you had a good time.

Trivia/Behind the scenes under the spoiler:
The fact that we ended on "4-108" was completely unintentional, but appropriate.

This was originally, as you could've guessed, way more creepypasta-y, with the things in the pictures coming out to torment [redacted]. I ditched it because I couldn't figure out a way to do it that wouldn't have broken immersion to not just... have the dude leave or call the cops or something. Why would he keep trying to get help from some nerds on 4chan? Did the computer lock him out of every website besides /qst/?

The art was generated using a neural network called "CLIP-GLASS", as some of you may have sort of guessed.

I'd love to do another artquest with AI generated pictures, but I'd definitely need a good idea for it first. Might come back for that one.

I also run "Dragon Slayer Quest" and nothing else as of right now - you don't have to check it out, but I'd personally think it was cool if you did.

Hope you all had fun!

>>4766004
Thanks for the reminder.

Archived under http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=My%20Brother%27s%20Machine

>>4766006
A strange journey, but an interesting one

>>4766006
Real good run of things, QM! Very original premise, had a lot of fun.

>>4766006
>>4766011
Thanks for running!

>>4766006
Very, very cool quest, liked it a lot! Good work QM

>>4766006
Shit was awesome. Grand work, QM.

kino quest anon
very unique

Dang, too late to participate but it was a fun read, QM.

>>4766006
This quest was amazing. I couldn't tell if it was legit or not, it was so convincing.

Nice quest

>>4764009
What the fuck is this.

>>4804253
>>4816885
you two made me think he started a second chapter
why is this thread still up

>>4823744
Lmao same, I was kinda pumped