Hahaha. [His smile twists upward, ever the fool.] You say it like its "either, or", but I don't think that's right! You're both at the same time.
[Because even she, as whatever she is, can contain a paradox. He knows, because he's one himself.]
From my perspective, you're fierce, because compared to myself, you act more than I ever would. That girl may have felt you were lacking compared to whatever she might have done. So in that way, you're both. We're both right. We're both wrong. That's how it is.
The logical fallacy is in assigning either of them as absolutes, hm? Fair enough. But then again, there are few such things when it comes to these matters.
[ and yet, there has to be an accepted consensus for people that isn't just relative. the usual criterion for someone to be considered friendly isn't just that 'they're more social than i am,' after all.
but, a slight shift: ]
Then, do you think of yourself as an actor on a stage that moves on around you? Not acting is one thing. Deliberate inaction is another. Paralysis, a third thing entirely.
Shakespeare said we were all actors on a stage, huh? Like you say, if I don't do anything, is it because that's part of the script? Or am I outside of it, and choose not to?
Well, only you know the script? I certainly don't. You keep talking about playing the role that society has forced on you like this is a continuation of the same stage, but, well.
Well, maybe its similar scripts? But I suppose my experience only might have passing resemblance to yours.
[He smirks.]
I may not be used to this kind of society, that's right, but...being on strange stages is part and parcel of my job. Though I suppose the people on those stages are nothing more than set dressing. So even conversations like this...well, only brilliant detectives can have things like that, as far as I know.
People on strange stages as set dressing? My, and just what sort of simulations is it that you get put through, Herr Anaido? Don't tell me you're the only self-aware entity in these things.
Do you think all of the rest of us here might actually be set dressing once more? Ah, but I suppose if that were the case, we wouldn't know, would we?
If I told people, they wouldn't believe me, so I don't! And indeed, I'm a little too aware of myself. Even more than I rightfully should.
[His tone is as light as ever.]
I used to think so at first, on the island, but it seems unlikely. But how would I know? Perhaps you're also your own copies, and the real you is somewhere else entirely. One can only assume.
"This killing game they really want you to buy into was just a social experiment all along, everyone! Your real selves are safe and whole outside the simulation, so don't worry. Feel free to murder!"
[ well. yike. chalk that up for another memory she has of dying, then. ]
... Lightning, hm? Quite the simulated death to have.
[ since that's what it was, right? a simulation? there's a deliberateness and design to the setting, it feels, that wouldn't exist otherwise. parameters and limits. ]
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Date: 2020-07-12 10:54 pm (UTC)[Because even she, as whatever she is, can contain a paradox. He knows, because he's one himself.]
From my perspective, you're fierce, because compared to myself, you act more than I ever would. That girl may have felt you were lacking compared to whatever she might have done. So in that way, you're both. We're both right. We're both wrong. That's how it is.
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Date: 2020-07-16 11:53 pm (UTC)[ and yet, there has to be an accepted consensus for people that isn't just relative. the usual criterion for someone to be considered friendly isn't just that 'they're more social than i am,' after all.
but, a slight shift: ]
Then, do you think of yourself as an actor on a stage that moves on around you? Not acting is one thing. Deliberate inaction is another. Paralysis, a third thing entirely.
Which is it, I wonder?
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Date: 2020-07-21 11:51 pm (UTC)[He echoes, like the eager voice of a dark cave.]
Shakespeare said we were all actors on a stage, huh? Like you say, if I don't do anything, is it because that's part of the script? Or am I outside of it, and choose not to?
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Date: 2020-07-22 05:24 pm (UTC)I asked you first, didn't I?
[ can you believe they're just having this conversation, under an umbrella, in the pouring rain. ]
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Date: 2020-07-22 06:41 pm (UTC)[Sometimes a rainy day is the best time to have an existential conversation!]
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Date: 2020-07-22 08:04 pm (UTC)We're hardly a regular society here.
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Date: 2020-07-22 08:12 pm (UTC)[He smirks.]
I may not be used to this kind of society, that's right, but...being on strange stages is part and parcel of my job. Though I suppose the people on those stages are nothing more than set dressing. So even conversations like this...well, only brilliant detectives can have things like that, as far as I know.
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Date: 2020-07-22 09:44 pm (UTC)Do you think all of the rest of us here might actually be set dressing once more? Ah, but I suppose if that were the case, we wouldn't know, would we?
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Date: 2020-07-22 09:52 pm (UTC)[His tone is as light as ever.]
I used to think so at first, on the island, but it seems unlikely. But how would I know? Perhaps you're also your own copies, and the real you is somewhere else entirely. One can only assume.
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Date: 2020-07-23 03:29 am (UTC)"This killing game they really want you to buy into was just a social experiment all along, everyone! Your real selves are safe and whole outside the simulation, so don't worry. Feel free to murder!"
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Date: 2020-07-23 04:05 am (UTC)[He shrugs.]
If that's the case...then I guess a lot of them would be relieved, huh.
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Date: 2020-07-24 07:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-24 07:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-26 04:59 am (UTC)But then what is your situation, if I may ask?
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Date: 2020-07-26 05:02 am (UTC)[He winks.]
Wouldn't you like to know?
[And wouldn't you know, that triggers a memory.]
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Date: 2020-08-09 10:28 am (UTC)... Lightning, hm? Quite the simulated death to have.
[ since that's what it was, right? a simulation? there's a deliberateness and design to the setting, it feels, that wouldn't exist otherwise. parameters and limits. ]
Perhaps we've both overstayed our welcomes?