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✵ 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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[It was a good thing that this was over text because, Kazuya was laughing immaturely to himself, snorting and snickering into his hand as he shakily typed with the other]

iguess? like you feed them and make sure they have jobs and shit like that and its...interesting?? i recomend to play it. in any case. try it? nothing ventured nothing gained and etc

[Meanwhile, Alcor is completely unaware.]

Intriguing indeed. Do they not possess any artificial autonomy of their own?

True. I see no harm in doing so.

[It makes humans seem more like pets than anything else...which didn't quite sit well with him, but it might just be a limitation of programming or...something.

...Why would humans make games about their own lives anyway?]

[~~Maybe, but surely there's no hazard of that!~~]

It's easy to be alone in the middle of hundreds or thousands of people, if you have no connection with any of them. I don't like being alone. I prefer having friends.

I'll make new ones in time, I know. It doesn't change how I feel now, however.

If one doesn't ask questions, one can hardly expect to learn.

Of course. Though whether those who possess the answers are willing to divulge them or not is another matter entirely.

[ He wouldn't blame them for keeping information to themselves...most of the time. If they had a good reason to do it.]

No, you don't. You would rather have us choose.

[Oh so hideous.]

Of course. However, there are other ways to obain information if it is not spoken aloud. Some people keep their mouths closed, but the answers ooze from them in other fashions.

I see. You have my thanks for answering my inquiries.

A noble sentiment. Perhaps such a chance will come one day. Who knows?

[Well, they could arrive there. Traveling between worlds isn't always a one-way thing.

...All he can do is believe in the power of possibility these humans possessed.]

Indeed. Their actions and reactions, for instance.

[And sometimes, there's brute force...though he really, really wouldn't like to engage in that sort of behavior if it's not necessary. That was like forcing a choice upon them, after all, and he wasn't fond of such things.]

Of course. The freedom of choice is something I would like to present to you.

[How ironic for him to say that, when he's the reason that the Hotsuin family gave their descendants no choices...]

Instinct is not a rare urge to act upon.

[And since the subject in question is a cannibal...

Just gonna...leave that there.]

Nobody? How strange.

[Things like that just don't happen for no reason, after all.]

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Nobody I know, anyway. And I'm not plum likely to find out at this point.

[The irony isn't lost on her. She just stare at what that...that heretic dared to type.

He typed that response to her. And he should know very well why, for all his speeches about the freedom of choice, she lacks it during her life until the disaster.]

Don't you dare say that to me, heretic.

[There's a bit of delay from his end before he actually replies.]

That's what I've been thinking about.

I should let them go but I can't, really. Is that selfish?

[He's very aware of that, which is why he made sure to apologize for it in each and every iteration. There isn't much he could do about it at this point, however. No mere apology would suffice.

Though the freedom she sought was right here, in Hinoto-Ri, and he truly wanted to nurture that freedom, saying that would probably exacerbate the already tense situation and relationship between them. Perhaps it would be best for him to just...simply stay away from the Hotsuins. Yes. His existence caused them problems, after all. (...His existence caused all of humanity problems.)]

Then I won't.

[She disconnect from the network. Responding to this post was a very bad idea, but she's too angry right now.

Miyako needs to vent.]

In a sense, yes. Selfishness drives your desire to distance yourself from the wishes of your friends, yet it also drives you to keep them close.

[Kind of like his dilemma. It was sort of selfish to want to listen to his own desires of distancing himself from what few companions he had to cause them less pain in the end (less trouble for everyone, supposedly), but it was also selfishness that caused him to want to spend as much time as he could with the children of possibility, even if his own existence caused nothing but trouble for them. How...selfish.]

However, it is also understandable. Mankind has been driven by companionship, and the loss of it is a prospect that frightens many.

The loss of one's self and existence is such a prospect as well.

[Well, this is interesting.]

I merely wish to return to mine so that I may continue working.

[Lash, getting a guy who apologizes for like everything to apologize isn't exactly an accomplishment worth bragging about.

Ah...a viewpoint he's (unfortunately) encountered before.]

Yet it is such emotions that drive your kind, do they not? From them, humans have drawn supposed weakness as well as strength.

[And don't even get him started on what it's like to literally have no emotions. Those times weren't pretty.]

Yeah, guess so. Mm. Looks it's driven more than a few of the locals kinda loopy, too.

[Oh man, screw those rituals!!!]

Sure. The one I got stuck in involved walking around a house one way to open all the windows, and then going back the other way to close all of them. Clockwise and then counterclockwise, I think. Along the way, a bunch of spirits showed up, and if you ticked them off you got spirited away. The others were more dangerous, but I don't know all of the details. Just that one of them was way, way too easy to screw up, and the other one relied more on luck than mine did.

Perhaps. We had no time to prepare for this particular trip. If it happens again, I hope at least we are given time to plan, or something. Anything. I don't know if Hinoto-ri is prepared to hold many more refugees either, but I'm sure something could be worked out.

The way they act around others. The matters of their recreation - what they read, what they do.

[Money. Brainwashing. Sims was an evil, addictive game...]

well they can. you can put them on free will mode and let them amble about and shit. youll just have to make sure their houses are up to date with furniture and beds and shit

I would not put it that way, but... in a way, yes. But, even if I were stripped of my position, that would not change my desire to serve and protect those in need.

That is true. But-- this city does seem to have a little something for everyone. It's unlike anywhere else I've ever been.

They cannot procure such furniture for themselves, then?

[ea pls stop with your drm measures]

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