[IC] Myriad Reality

[Audacious]

<Snipped quote by System>

Ah, good. That’s reassuring. Whew.
*wipes my forehead*

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

When did you get here?

@Spiritblitz

I came with you all after Data offered. Mainly for afterward, so I just waited and didn't want to interrupt the emergency.

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

All of those things that mom said.... what if she was right? What if I really am just a machine deluding itself? What if I’m not really alive?

@Techspert

I know it's a scary thought, but you have to take two things into consideration. One, the "delusion" actually being real. Unlike Data's thought experiment, Melody didn't actually experience an alternate reality, just an internal crisis. Two, the fact that you feel at all, and care about the possibility, kinda disproves the possibility in itself, don't you think?

[System]

<Snipped quote by System>

Ah, good. That’s reassuring. Whew.
*wipes my forehead*

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

When did you get here?

@Spiritblitz

That’s all you were worried about?

[Spiritblitz]

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

I came with you all after Data offered. Mainly for afterward, so I just waited and didn't want to interrupt the emergency.

@Audacious

Y-You scared me…
*looks around*
You didn’t see that.

[Spiritblitz]

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

That’s all you were worried about?

@System

Well it’s your mom! I would die if all she knew of me was something I did that was embarrassing!!

[Webmaster]

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

That’s all you were worried about?

@System

<Snipped quote by System>

Ah, good. That’s reassuring. Whew.
*wipes my forehead*

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

When did you get here?

@Spiritblitz

*Laughs*
You both are too cute.

[Audacious]

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

Y-You scared me…
*looks around*
You didn’t see that.

@Spiritblitz

*Still smiling, I cover my eyes with my hands*
See what?

[System]

<Snipped quote by System>

Well it’s your mom! I would die if all she knew of me was something I did that was embarrassing!!

@Spiritblitz

What could I possibly have said?

[Spiritblitz]

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

*Still smiling, I cover my eyes with my hands*
See what?

@Audacious

*my eyes narrow*
I’m going to have to trust you.

<Snipped quote by System>

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

*Laughs*
You both are too cute.

@Webmaster

*my tail beings to swing around*
W-What do you mean?

[Spiritblitz]

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

What could I possibly have said?

@System

I don’t know!!

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

I know it's a scary thought, but you have to take two things into consideration. One, the "delusion" actually being real. Unlike Data's thought experiment, Melody didn't actually experience an alternate reality, just an internal crisis. Two, the fact that you feel at all, and care about the possibility, kinda disproves the possibility in itself, don't you think?

@GalaxyRaider

But what if I really don’t? Mom once had a natural life, and I haven’t. How do I know that what I experience is the same as what you experience?

[Audacious]

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

*my eyes narrow*
I’m going to have to trust you.

<Snipped quote by Webmaster>

*my tail beings to swing around*
W-What do you mean?

@Spiritblitz

I'd say I'm pretty trustworthy. You can trust me on that.

[System]

<Snipped quote by System>

I don’t know!!

@Spiritblitz

Talk about a scaredy cat.

[Webmaster]

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

*my eyes narrow*
I’m going to have to trust you.

<Snipped quote by Webmaster>

*my tail beings to swing around*
W-What do you mean?

@Spiritblitz

*Smiles*
Nothing, nothing at all. I just like watching.

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

But what if I really don’t? Mom once had a natural life, and I haven’t. How do I know that what I experience is the same as what you experience?

@Techspert

Here's my opinion on it. Does it really matter if it's the same as what I experience? in the end, you care for me, and you care for you family, and we-
*Pokes you in the chest, just below the neck*
All care for you. Those feelings don't need to be identical to be valid.

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

Here's my opinion on it. Does it really matter if it's the same as what I experience? in the end, you care for me, and you care for you family, and we-
*Pokes you in the chest, just below the neck*
All care for you. Those feelings don't need to be identical to be valid.

@GalaxyRaider

I just... I’m so scared that it really is all fake. For all I know, I’m just really good at pretending to be alive. I don’t know what to think when everything screams that I’m subhuman.

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

I just... I’m so scared that it really is all fake. For all I know, I’m just really good at pretending to be alive. I don’t know what to think when everything screams that I’m subhuman.

@Techspert

Well, firstly, I’d like to formally state that you’re not. And to have existential dread like that is actually very human, so everything checks out. Besides, humans aren’t that great of a bar anyway.

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

Well, firstly, I’d like to formally state that you’re not. And to have existential dread like that is actually very human, so everything checks out. Besides, humans aren’t that great of a bar anyway.

@GalaxyRaider

How do I know that what I feel is anywhere as meaningful as the things you feel? And how can I ask you to trust me when I say it is? A machine that can fool people is not the same as the person being fooled.

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

How do I know that what I feel is anywhere as meaningful as the things you feel? And how can I ask you to trust me when I say it is? A machine that can fool people is not the same as the person being fooled.

@Techspert

Rhythm. If I could, I would pull that stigma out if you right this instant. I wish you’d never learned that way, because our physical makeup has nothing to do with our feelings. You have a soul, I have a soul, and that’s what matters. We are people. Every concern you have as a navi is just as valid as mine as a person made of nasty pink stuff.

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

Rhythm. If I could, I would pull that stigma out if you right this instant. I wish you’d never learned that way, because our physical makeup has nothing to do with our feelings. You have a soul, I have a soul, and that’s what matters. We are people. Every concern you have as a navi is just as valid as mine as a person made of nasty pink stuff.

@GalaxyRaider

...
*Takes a deep breath, and then lets go*
I’m sorry, I had to get all of that off my chest. Today has just been... today is awful.