Why experiment on yourself when you can use other people until you perfect the formula? [ yes he is still mad, don't mind him. but it fizzles out just as quickly. ]
...physically, yeah, I'm fine. I more or less stopped aging but everything's still healthy from what I can tell. The only thing that's still evolving is my brain. And that's why I picked the avatar. I wanted to make them match for once.
Wish you could've at least gotten a good right hook on that guy. [ shoma is so valid.
...and yeah, he nods at that. ]
Makes sense. [ not hard to see why he'd want that. but, to lighten the mood a little... kazuki looks him up and down, and gives a little grin. ] Still shorter than me, though.
Haha. [ he is, at least, still tall enough to kind of push at his shoulder for being a bully!! ] I would hope I'm a little taller, give me a break.
[ but he considers this... ]
My dad was, like, barely taller than me when he died. And my mom...[ sort of lingering awkward on this, like he's thinking. ] She wasn't that tall either, I think.
No need to explain the thought process behind it, I was just teasing. And who knows? Sometimes you end up taller than both your parents, anyway. Maybe you would've.
Maybe I would've. [ also i'm glad i botched that i meant *i was barely taller than my dad. but regardless, it's a funny little thought. ] Judging by how tall Amame is, too, I still doubt it. But it's one of those things I guess I'll never know. I'm not that worried.
I guess one good thing about not knowing is that you aren't restricted by reality like the rest of us are. You could make this avatar whatever you wanted and no one would be able to say you're wrong.
Yeah. Maybe I really should've gone taller then. [ it's easy to joke about it, but...he knows he never would have because of what it actually means. ] That's the beauty of VR though, I guess. I could log out and come back a totally different person if I really wanted to.
Yeah, that was Luke. [ lol. ] He said that they all had to pick different avatars before loading up into this space, but not why they picked the ones they did? I'm kind of scared to ask, too.
No, I get it. It was good, in a way, that they were able to glitch sometimes and come back to themselves but having to stay pixelated and continually flipping back and forth was jarring.
But it gives us an idea how corporeal they are and what we might be able to do to give their form back.
No! No, sorry, no not that. I've already lived through that, I'm not...[ shaking his head and also not elaborating on that. ] I just meant that things here might not be what they seem. ...think about the simulation room. We know it's all generated and isn't meant to be "real", but all of the injuries and stuff we get are, right? And the missions people go on are real, but some of the other storms people are getting pulled into are based on other people's memories somehow. Why?
...They only stick around sometimes. I didn't know that about people's memories, though. [ but now that shoma's mentioned it. hm. ] So, what, you're suggesting the whole thing is a simulation now?
Never mind, my state of mind when I was twelve is probably not important right now but we can talk about it later.
Yeah. The one we went through was based on Rodya and Gregor's memories. He told me about it, and Rodya's brought it up a few times, too. I don't know if I believe the whole thing is a simulation but I do think at least part of it is being obscured from us.
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[ absolutely delusional, but of course people like that have to take down as many others with them as possible. psychos.
also, damn, what do you even say to something like this? ]
What a nightmare. But you're okay...? Aside from that guy screwing with you?
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...physically, yeah, I'm fine. I more or less stopped aging but everything's still healthy from what I can tell. The only thing that's still evolving is my brain. And that's why I picked the avatar. I wanted to make them match for once.
[ both the inside and the outside. ]
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...and yeah, he nods at that. ]
Makes sense. [ not hard to see why he'd want that. but, to lighten the mood a little... kazuki looks him up and down, and gives a little grin. ] Still shorter than me, though.
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Hey, I had to keep it sort of realistic. I kinda doubt I would've ended up that tall in the first place.
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You're almost as tall as my sister, though.
[ no, shoma is definitely taller. but he's gotta tease. ]
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[ but he considers this... ]
My dad was, like, barely taller than me when he died. And my mom...[ sort of lingering awkward on this, like he's thinking. ] She wasn't that tall either, I think.
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No need to explain the thought process behind it, I was just teasing. And who knows? Sometimes you end up taller than both your parents, anyway. Maybe you would've.
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Can you imagine? [ it's funny given temenos really is kind of an opposite. ] I think I'll stick with being less blurry.
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Someone had a Roboji avatar, didn't they? I really need to know who's programming those things. They're making some weird choices.
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[ what is the truth... ]
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- Not that I'm complaining, I'm glad to see them.
[ but it's still weird! ]
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But it gives us an idea how corporeal they are and what we might be able to do to give their form back.
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[ it's hard for him to understand how vr revivals could translate, but he's never been the tech guy. if shoma thinks it can work, maybe he's right. ]
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[ hELLO? SHOMA????? ]
...They only stick around sometimes. I didn't know that about people's memories, though. [ but now that shoma's mentioned it. hm. ] So, what, you're suggesting the whole thing is a simulation now?
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Yeah. The one we went through was based on Rodya and Gregor's memories. He told me about it, and Rodya's brought it up a few times, too. I don't know if I believe the whole thing is a simulation but I do think at least part of it is being obscured from us.
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Of course something's been hidden the whole time. It wouldn't be so messed up otherwise. We'll figure it out, though. Somehow.
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