compnetwork | ✵ 001; [text/anonymous]

[A simple anonymous text goes out to the network today. Nothing malicious, honest, just curiosity speaking. For those who know him well, it’s anything but anonymous when they read it. It's a habit of his, after all, and bringing up his identity (or attaching an identity at all) might cause a bit of bias...though asking questions anonymously would subject him to some bias from those browsing the network anyway as well. ~~Shhhh.~~

Ever-curious, ever-wondering. And...a bit ever-tactless, at times. Despite the fact that several people just returned from something quite traumatic, he’s most interested in their thoughts. However, others are certainly welcome too. Nothing wrong with that.]

Though seemingly unpredictable, the power to traverse worlds may contribute to the growth in humanity’s possibilities. But will it lead to man's destruction instead, or...?

[Of course, he may sound a bit detached, but considering his own situation...oh well. Most of the humans here seemed to want to go "home", despite their duties here, and despite the need of their presences here.

And then an apparently illogical topic jump/subject change. Honestly, it’s something he’s been wondering for quite a while now, ever since his arrival. Now that people have experienced more of the proof of existence of multiple worlds, surely this would be a good time to bring it up.]

Hinoto-Ri, I wish to know. What do the worlds you hail from possess that make you desire to return to them so?

[A pause in the typing, as if he just thought of something else.]

Or, for those who have recently returned, another question, if you will. What in this world did you desire while you remained in another?

[...He’s expecting answers like “not going through hell and back”, for the last one. Though given what he’s overheard, he’d pick Hinoto-Ri over wherever they went himself any day. Alcor couldn’t blame them in the least. Humans shouldn't have to needlessly suffer...]

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No reason to hide it. None I can think of, at least.

[A small shrug.]

Prob'ly not the only way, but it sure as heck looks like the easiest way. Ain't many heroes left - most of 'em gave up on that a long time ago. The best and the brightest star we had crawled into a bottle and never looked back. Hard to hold out much hope in that kind of a situation.

[Honestly, this would be semi-civil if Alcor haven't mentioned his wish to understand people.]

Stand by it all you wish.

[Once upon a time, Miyako foolishly used to wish for him to understand. Such a time has long since past.]

[Oh...alright. That...kind of resonates with him, in a way.]

I see. Do you believe such a punishment is unwarranted?

What? No! I know what I did and I don't regret it! I had fun! I...

...alright I guess I do care a little bit but...and it is kinda weird being alone here too...

A noble cause. Then, it is understandable that you would seek to return to your people.

As for myself, I will say that I am content to remain here.

[...He's still avoiding the question, though.]

[A support group would be handy right now. Support group for everyone dead back home and wondering what the hell to do here.]

The path you choose to take is your own. To live as you desire...what a rare gift.

[At least, living as you please for now.]

[Okay, he'll address the rest of it later, but one thing is getting him hung up for some reason.]

Crawled into a bottle? Is one of your 'heroes' small enough to fit in such a container?

[...Colloquialisms are weird.]

To everything, or simply your own?

[son of adam pls]

[But it's true!!! He wants to understand, he really, really does. But...they rarely let him...]

I take it that you will not allow me to.

That is understandable.

[At least he's admitting how awful it was to cast such a burden on the Hotsuin clan...but Alcor still has little idea about the whole "suddenly leaving without a word" thing.]

My own. Ideally, to the whole system that's been set up as a result of this incident, but my own end is all I've ever asked for a long time.

While I wish there was more I could do now, if this is the direction humanity will take, I'll have nothing more to do with the world. My time has long since passed in any case. I've done more than enough for them.

Who says I want to go home? I rather like it here.

I have no memories of that world. I have no idea if I would even want to return to it.

[Him too. This is more "nah home sucks" than he had expected...intriguing.]

I suppose you would be considered part of the minority, then.

[Nice save there, Tacchan. He was getting kind of worried about his fellow anon, there. Not to say that he still isn't, but...yeah. Losing your will to live is not a good thing, to Alcor.]

How does one judge the value of an existence? Who can decide if an existence is worth maintaining?

[Just wondering...well, not aloud, but...rambling.]

[...How strange.]

No memories...you are suffering from amnesia?

So you do possess some regrets.

[That's a...good thing? Feeling a slight amount of remorse for stuff like that.]

Then, you long for your former bonds as well.

[Don't think he didn't catch that last bit.]

I have devoted my life to serving them. I wish to help the people of Hinoto-Ri, but... eventually, I must return to Metafalss. I simply cannot stay here indefinitely.

I see. I have to admit, I find it a little surprising to read that so many people come from circumstances that they have no wish to return to.

[And a little sad. Hinoto-Ri is certainly a-- well, it's an interesting city. But they are all, each and every one of them, "Guests" here. This isn't home.]

[It would be, yes. But would anyone who it could apply to actually attend?]

Even rarer back in my world. At least that I saw.

[And hmm...]

So why are you asking about what others want or miss from either their homes or this world?

[Okay, that's worth a laugh. What is with this guy, anyway.]

Pardon the expression. What I meant to say is he's a worthless drunk, and has been for a long time. Damn shame, too. Guess heroes have the farthest to fall.

[He's beginning to see that this is a pattern with him, yes. Meanwhile, Tatsuya was just going over what he learned. On the one hand, Maya is going to need him, but on the other...it's because of him that she needs protection in the first place.

The world wouldn't have been reset if not for them, but if he wasn't there...would it need resetting?

...Is thinking like this what...he was trying to accomplish?]

There's not really a set answer for that, I don't think.

My friends and family, everything that I hold dear is back home. However, I can't return. I'm already dead. So I don't have a choice except to stay here, or return to being dead. As for the second question, I think I speak for all of us who were taken when I say: I missed having people in charge who weren't actively out to get us.

[fuq u admins]

I see. He has succumbed to ingesting alcoholic substances, and no longer possesses the will to live. That is truly unfortunate.

[With hope comes despair. The greater the hope, the greater the despair in proportion.]

Is there truly nothing anyone can do about it?

Merely curiosity. A great many of you desire to return to whence you came, and I simply wish to understand those desires.

[He didn't really have any friends or family or home to really return to, so this is quite interesting already.]

Indeed. Your duty awaits. Was it one you took up of your own will?

[Ah yes, duty. Born into it, it could cause resentment and bitterness...Though from what it sounds like, her duty is one she is more than willing to pour her heart into.]

So do I. One could consider it a gift, in that case, with no great loss.

[...This would probably be a bad time to say that he's one of them.]

So it would seem. The answer would vary from person to person, being to being, would it not? Such matters are matters of perception.

[Although he'd say personally that the administrator was the one to decide that, and he doesn't actually know the answer.

He can kind of understand the whole "try to fix things but end up screwing it up more" thing, thankfully.]

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