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15strangers2023-07-15 07:57 pm
exequte) wrote in 15strangers2023-07-15 07:57 pm
trial 4 afterparty
[Boy, that all sure Just Happened, didn't it? It Sure Hecking Did.
Akane helps drag anyone who needs it out of the theater as best as she, a tiny frail sick girl, can, before heading straight to Hubert's room and retrieving the letter he had told her was there, and then finding a sheet of paper, a pen, and a small knife, writing a short one of her own, and paying Charon to send it to the afterlife.
After this she brings Hubert's letter to the mess hall, as gathering for food after these things seems like the common thread that's bound all of them together.
Akane herself still has a lowgrade fever, and that last trial was not easy on her, but it seems to her like there's more important things to do at the moment.]
Akane helps drag anyone who needs it out of the theater as best as she, a tiny frail sick girl, can, before heading straight to Hubert's room and retrieving the letter he had told her was there, and then finding a sheet of paper, a pen, and a small knife, writing a short one of her own, and paying Charon to send it to the afterlife.
After this she brings Hubert's letter to the mess hall, as gathering for food after these things seems like the common thread that's bound all of them together.
Akane herself still has a lowgrade fever, and that last trial was not easy on her, but it seems to her like there's more important things to do at the moment.]
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And what of the friends I have in the game...? I... I miss them.
I miss Thanatos. I miss Mors.
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[Akane sighs.]
I.... I have people I miss too. It's part of the deal. When people go away, or... or get taken. You... miss them.
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...I want to keep them on.
[Herrmes sighs a little.]
...It's been five weeks. The player's probably on a new Universe with a new Hermes by now...
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But maybe... um.... if it is Clockwork, maybe you should try some, I don't know, lotion? I'm pretty sure you must have metal polish somewhere, but skin can dry out and get itchy.
[Not that she knows it is skin under there, but heck, might as well make the suggestion just in case.]
Maybe. But even if they are.... hm.
Time... in some ways it's like a river delta. Every single decision that is made will split off another channel, and if you stand far enough back, you can see all of them spreading out and out in front of you, and if you do....
Even if you follow one branch of the river, that doesn't mean that the rest no longer exist. They're there too.
So... I'm sure that your friends are still out there. And maybe you'll be able to find your way back to them again, once all this is over.
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That's not really how the mechanics of the game work. Each universe has a finite time of, say... 20,000 years. In a single universe, the player can encounter their previous crews and their offspring. When the universe dies, me and Mors [Space Rip] to the new one, where there's there's fresh spawns of all the gen 1 AIs. Including me and Mors. Thanatos always gets rid of the extras.
...But if I'm here, then there's no extra Hermes there. Only one.
It's to help the game be more randomized for extended playability.
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But that's just in the universe of the game! And that all takes place in a single world. What I'm talking about is something entirely different. I'm talking about thousands of different versions of the same player, each making slightly different choices, each going separate directions. There's a time out there that your game hasn't been reset, Hermes. Or maybe there's a way to change that, if it has been. You won't know until you try, right?
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Definitely.