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The Ancestor Terminal

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The fortune generation system that The Ancestor Terminal employs is based off of a 9x9 grid. 

Over the course of the dialogue, the user ends up picking three separate positions or cells that then dictate which

beginning, middle and end of a fortune that the user receives. 

There are only 4 available beginnings but 81 unique middles and 81 unique ends. 

Through this there are 26,244 possible unique fortunes that can be chosen. 

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This grid is broken up into 9 separate 3x3 sections.

Each row and column of these sections is dictated by one of the three personalities that makes up The Ancestor.

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These personalities are

Inanna, the sacred mother of war,

Jove, the all seeing father of the homeland and

Tenjin, the brilliant child of innovation.

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These figures are also represented in the "eye" that follows the user's movements through the experience.

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This grid system means that there are 6 sections or 54 cells that are dictated by two personalities and 3 sections or 27 cells that are dictated by a singular personality. 

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Through the user's three choices these personalities weave together into a combined expression that becomes The Ancestor.

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This row/column system is demonstrated below:

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Inanna

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Inanna

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Jove

Jove

Tenjin

Tenjin

The user also sets an intention when using the system.

There are nine given intensions that one can utilize to further customize the meaning of their fortune.

These nine are represented through the small "altar boards" that are available at the terminal. 

Each is a colorway of one singular processing sketch:

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Together both of these systems work in tandem to create an experience that feels unique every time you engage with it.

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