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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[Meanwhile, Alcor is the opposite, and thinks that he hasn't done enough for them. But judging from the other anon's words...a timeless being like himself, perhaps?]

A lofty claim...though an understandable one, nonetheless. The passage of time reveals much about the nature of mankind.

[That's not to say that he thinks that, but he can understand why some other non-human beings would give up on humans. A saturated existence, diseased days, and a chaotic world. But he'll still believe in them. Even after their history of bloodshed, even after seeing all the awful, terrible things they can do...]

The world changes...what direction do you believe humanity is heading towards?

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[A slight pause.]

I see. I'm sorry to hear that. You are not the only one in such a situation, it seems.

Do you mean to say that those in authority were after your lives?

[That's true, even if it's a bit too philosophical-y for him to swallow. Hmm.]

I guess.

If you want my opinion, nobody else decides whether or not you should exist but yourself. [...In....theory, but...

Please, forget about me. Go on without me...

He couldn't really stand by what he just typed, could he? Dammit..!]

But it doesn't work like that. If you have friends, they'll want you to have existed. So...like I said, there's no one set answer.

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So it would seem. I don't remember anything of the world I came from. Thus, it's hard to tell if I would want to return to it.

[A bit of a contradiction there. "It doesn't work like that."]

Indeed. Which desires do you wish to listen to more: those of your friends, or your own?

In my version of events, the one who could steer the course of humanity handed them over to God, and essentially gave them the choice of obeying His law or dying... or having their free will stripped from them.

There are others here from versions where he chose differently.

How intriguing. Indeed, it would be difficult to make such a decision without prior knowledge.

Would you want to know? Do you possess curiosity about the world you hail from?

I suppose some people had things they were fond of that they left behind. I have nothing back home that is so worth it that what I can get here would be worth giving up.

I'm surrounded by others from that world, some of whom seem to know me. They do not seem all that eager to fill me in.

I suppose I would want to know, but at this point perhaps it's merely to spite them.

[~~what about balrog tho~~]

If you did not possess anything of the sort before, what have you gained here in its stead?

*~~Balrog went off to live with the robots, he's fine~~*

A chance at a new life. What else could I possibly want?

It's the people in my home world who I want to return to someday. I have friends there.

As far as a trip to that last world... I regret that I was so unprepared for that.

I see.

Well I hope you get a better understanding from the answers you find.

No I don't! [Arguing for her is a fact of life.]

I'm just not used to being alone before, that's all, you big, annoying dummy!

[Because Alcor is weird!!! And Miyako lost any interest in having him understand as she grew up.

Plus, the whole "suddenly leaving without a word" was a rather big thing. Miyako would obviously notice the effect it has on her brother.]

Correct.

[It would take a long time before she would even allow him to understand her. Or for herself to tell him anything.]

whats with the weird philosophical questions are you trying to write a uni thesis or smth?

[can't sleep and still feeling crummy from horror tower adventures, time to bug the weird anon guy on the network!]

My curiosity is not academic in nature, no. I simply seek to understand you all.

[Not that he couldn't write a thesis on all of this anyway, but...]

why? youre not gonna understand everyones reasons coz theyre all gonna be different. unless you have a brain like a supercomputer or smth to keep track.

[That's a tricky question to answer, as much as she wants to answer it. What is home, now? Parum? Mayfield?]

There are people that I care for, and things that I need to do. As useful as I hope I can be here, it's not very comforting. I have a war to fight, and a town to help build. I should be useful there, not here.

[Uncomfortably close to home, there. ~~being smt related is suffering~~]

A rather unfair situation, and a difficult choice to make. However, if that is the decision of the one who could guide humanity's future, there is little one can do.

[You could manipulate them, or brainwash them, but if one truly respected their respective protagonists, they would have to honor their freedom of choice nonetheless, yes?]

Alternate timelines.

Exactly. The differences in mindsets you possess are all fascinating, and give rise to your potential.

Your reasons are your own, of course, but I seek to understand why you have the reasons you do.

[Is this making sense...~~probably not~~]

[not at all!!!

thats kinda presumptuous don't you think? like you cant understand everyones reasons for doing things. some people don't understand their own reasons for doing shit. you can ask all the questions in the world and you probably wont understand at all. humans are kinda difficult that way.

[~~so that flying toaster meant nothing to you hm~~

All right. That's as good a reason as any. He laughs a little, even though he knows she can't see it.]

Indeed. One of the greatest gains of all.

I hope you are making the most of it.

Of course. There is much about your species that perplexes me, even now.

I do not expect everyone to honestly answer my inquiries, so it is inevitable that the answers I seek will elude me. However, one cannot find answers without asking questions, no?

If I manage to understand even the slightest bit more about humanity through this, then that is far more than I had expected.

[Because really, it's surprising how many people have answered this, given how guarded and paranoid humans seemed to be...maybe the anonymous thing is really working? Or anon is just a nice way for people to...vent, in some way.]

That's understandable. You wish to return to those you consider your companions. Mankind has always been driven by a desire for attachment.

Hm? What did you encounter?

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