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[circumitus]

[The last thing Rey wants to do is show her face for all to see, but after meeting Peter, it feels bizarrely necessary.]

"Would seem some people here recognize each other from worlds different from their own -- this current one as well." [Pause.] "Just to put it out there: Am not that same person, even if we share the same face."

[She then makes a face when a croaky meow can be heard in the background. Rey adjusts the position of the device to reveal a three-legged cyclopean cat, sitting on a table at the bar, his spindly tail whipping happily back and forth while salivating some weird pale green drool out the corner of his mouth.]

"And this can't seem to get the memo. Can't seem to get rid of it, either."

[Maybe a part of her doesn't want to, but it is inconvenient.

[Lastly -- and she looks very uncomfortable saying this -- she adds:] "Some have asked what its name is. Ideas and information would be... appreciated."

Comments

[livingdeadgirl]

[ ... Huh. ]

really?
tbh i thought you would agree with me
im finding that all it does is make things unnecessarily awkward
you basically have to start the relationship over from nothing anyway
so why not go directly to the clean slate

maybe hes a mutant
theres a lot of mutant animals around here
peter and poison have a cat that glows
his name is chernobyl incidentally

[circumitus]

because
if someone knows shit about me, would like to know how much.

[Then again, Rey has never been one for clean slates, given her track record.]

wait are you serious?
are there mutant cats just running around here or did they come from the same place?

[Peter mentioned something about the other Rey, the one people knew from Hadriel, having a weird cat. All signs point to the one that's been following her around as being the same one. Or are there just bizarro mutant cats just popping up wherever?]

[livingdeadgirl]

but if youre not the same person
as you yourself claim
then the info isnt about you per se
conversely if you do believe its relevant to you
then that undermines the premise of you being different people

theres mutant everything running around
youll see if you go up to the farm level
although uh
some of it is large and highly aggressive jsyk
one time kieran and i almost got eaten by a giant plant infested bear
with antlers

[circumitus]

have been LOTS of different versions of myself before - long before ever coming here or having a concept of there being other worlds out there.
didnt always used to remember those lives
but knowing they existed helps a little
even if we're not the same.

been up there a few times but not for very long BECAUSE of all the fucked up mutated shit there
an antlered plant bear tho?
havent seen anything like that yet.

[Rey kind of wants to, now.]

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Waaaaait wait wait wait. Something about that experience sounds a little bit extremely familiar. ]

you mean like
reincarnation?

[circumitus]

[huff]

no
not quite.

it was all by design

[livingdeadgirl]

reincarnation can occur by design

[ Her own did, after all. ]

is that what you meant with the frankenstein thing
but instead of stitched together body parts
you are composed of stitched together lives and experiences
or something like that

[circumitus]

yep, cliche as that analogy was. [Hey, Rey. You were the one that said it.]

theres also some shit about a "synthetic soul" up in there as well but who knows.
crazy robot bitch wanted to tear our my heart for that before ending up here.
so not in a hurry to get back to that at the moment to say the least.

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Funny Rey should mention a crazy robot bitch tearing out hearts! Because suddenly, Ami vividly remembers being a crazy robot bitch, tearing out her own heart, pounding it to smithereens, slapping the shit out of Horse Porn Guy (what's he doing there?), screeching in his face, and -

oh.

oh god.

oh god oh god oh god. Why, Aradia, why?

Yeah so it's a good 15 minutes before she calms down enough to reply. What were they even talking about? She has to reread the thread. ]

i see
what does a synthetic soul mean
i wasnt aware those could be synthesized

[circumitus]

[WHOOPS SORRY AMI

[Rey doesn't question the delay, though. She catches up just fine.]

didnt think it was possible but according to cole one apparently does exist inside me
so maybe that synthe bitch wasnt entirely crazy after all

think the gist was to implement an "ego" of some kind into synthetic vessels to be more than just human simulations
dont know why its such a big deal to them
caring about shit fucking sucks

[livingdeadgirl]

[ "One exists inside me"? That's a really weird way of phrasing it. ]

i am
not sure what any of that means sorry
but cole does know his stuff when it comes to souls
so if he says you have one
i would be inclined to believe him!

[circumitus]

[It happens. Rey has weird phrasings for a lot of things.]

basically they want to actually FEEL emotions instead of just pretending they have them
thats what it means.

among other things probably but never looked into it
so whatever

but anyway yeah
a soul can in fact be synthesized.
apparently

[livingdeadgirl]

[ This would probably be a really engrossing philosophical discussion if Ami had any knowledge or opinions regarding AI or synthetic people or the imitation game or the nature of souls or ... well, philosophy in general. As it is, she's just kind of vaguely lost. ]

ok well
good to know

[ Anyway, wasn't there something else they were talking about? Uhh... oh, right. People you know who don't remember you. ]

so um
going back to the people who you dont recognize thing
lets say hypothetically that someone claims to know you
but the reason you dont recognize them
is because theyre from your future
and instead of the you you are now
they have met the next iteration of you
would you still want to know about it

[circumitus]

[It's not something she assumes a lot of people are equipped to tackle, so she takes the backtrack pretty fast.]

well thats a new one
you talking about some time travel or displacement now?
because that would make sense if people are drawn in from different places somewhere but not always from the same timeline
shitty as thatd be

as for your question tho
cant say
depends on what happens in the future maybe
did this future-you snap one day and go on a killing spree and murder a bunch of innocents or something equally as heinous?

[livingdeadgirl]

uhh yes and no
yes there are time shenanigans involved
but no lets say future you didnt kill anyone
she just lives a mostly normal life on 21st century earth
with no memory of the life youre living now
or any of the lives before that

moreover
lets say that the person telling you this
is someone who met and befriended future you
and so paradoxically
you remind her of home
despite never having been there or heard of it

would it be okay for her to try and befriend present you too
or would that just be creepy and inappropriate

[circumitus]

guess it would depend on the nature of the friendship.
when meeting someone you know who doesnt remember you it might be best to go in with no expectations from them
just saying

probably not the best person to talk to for advice on what would make a relationship inappropriate tho
had a past self make things really complicated with someone before