39th Doll [drone filter]

[hangedhourai]

*Picking up the phone, Alice sounds like she's reading from a note.*

Experiments conclusive. Strange droning phenom is glitch caused by programming of system. Core error, may not be repairable without entire system overhaul, not feas. in current conditions

Comments

[cramschoolgod]

A glitch. But they have the power to invoke a version of this glitch at will. Permanent droning, then, may be out of their capacity to control, but temporary droning, while it appears to operate on essentially similar principles, has a different origin--not this process of 'conversion.'

Where did you find this, if I may ask?

[hangedhourai]

That is a safe assumption to make but it is an assumption nevertheless.

The dairy... before it collapsed at least.

[cramschoolgod]

It is... an inference. One that may very well be incorrect. But there's no need to argue about semantics.

I've heard that others have found other notes. I suppose speculation should wait until we have put all the pieces together. What I'm currently mulling is the 'soul to power' conversion ratio, so to speak...

[hangedhourai]

Inference... fine, we may use that word.

Well, I would not doubt that some may be interested in morbid subjects such as that. I am afraid this is all the information I have.

[cramschoolgod]

[She laughs quietly.] Morbid as it may be, it would be useful to know how long we can expect the reality to be maintained. However, if you don't know more, thank you for letting us know anyway.

[hangedhourai]

I have no information on that topic in particular. But even so it has already been proven that you will not exist long enough in your current body to see the end of this reality. In that case, why do you still hold interest in this particular topic?

[cramschoolgod]

How has it been proven? I'm sorry, I may have missed the evidence... and I'd like to know more as a gauge for the timeframe of this setting as a whole. The timescales upon which we are operating.

[hangedhourai]

*Hi Alice will just be over here re-reading her note.*

[cramschoolgod]

I interpreted "expected life" as the previously-expected lifetime of the system, not that of its residents, though I suppose I can understand that interpretation as well.

[hangedhourai]

Perhaps my question was not clear.

[cramschoolgod]

[Pause.]

In general, inputs can be exchanged for one another, in economic terms. Time, labor, and money, for example.

Similarly, if we know the scope of their plans, we will know something more about the force needed to disrupt them.

[hangedhourai]

Those are all things I have no interest in. ... Well, talking about them does make me curious but I have no need for 'disrupting them.'

[cramschoolgod]

You're right: there may not be a need to disrupt it. However, many of the citizens would disagree. On the other hand, if we don't think about it, we'll never know whether or not it should be disrupted.

[hangedhourai]

You misunderstand; I have no interest in disrupting it regardless of if there is a need or not.

[cramschoolgod]

Clearly I do misunderstand, perhaps your definition of the word "need." Why not, then?

[hangedhourai]

I define 'need' as the action of disrupting to be a necessity in order for all of the residents here to go to their original worlds.