[ it's interesting, isn't it? how despite all the german affectations she was programmed with, it's really still russia... or rather, the neo soviet union that's actually her origin. ]
It isn't using the same name anymore, but... more or less, yes.
[ right, because she's from a reality where organic beings are incapable of surviving.
between this being another country and presumably quite ahead of him in years, he finds himself curious to better understand the mechanical world from which 45 hails. ]
[ well, they can, they just need to be wearing appropriate protection and stick in the less-irradiated zones.
it's just that dropping in on a whim probably will not send them to those zones, if only because dolls were made specifically to function where humans couldn't safely go.
anyway this has been your fun fact of 45 being made of radiation resistant materials. ]
That depends very much on where you go to. Green zone cities tend to be walled off, prosperous, clean. You can almost pretend that a war hadn't ruined much of the earth only a decade ago. They are very choosy and selective as to who from outside might be let in, however.
Yellow zone cities and settlements ... they vary more. There's less inherent structure, less strict regulation. Governments don't pay as much attention to them. They get less in the way of resources.
That city in the memory I spoke of- that was a yellow zone city.
Ah, ah. Don't go attributing things to me that I'm not, Zenitsu. I'm hardly that kind or charitable.
Getting rid of an irritating reminder of the past doesn't necessitate compassion. She's just lucky to have benefited from it. She was stupid, and desperate, and in a bad situation that probably, unfortunately, isn't as uncommon as you'd think. If I'd left her alone she probably would have gotten herself killed eventually, either by trying the same thing she did on me against someone who wasn't as forgiving, or eventually outliving any use she had.
[ he watches her the whole time she speaks, and through it all his expression doesn't change. ]
You knew what it meant to be her, so you freed her. You understood her plight and made a choice not to abandon her. You even stayed until she regained consciousness. I think that makes you compassionate.
You are all entirely too eager to project those sorts of traits onto me.
[ him and other people both. ]
Suppose I left her unconscious, and something happened in my absence. What an utter waste of time that would have been. I did what was logical, that's all.
[ that sounds more like her conscience speaking, but he supposes that she would know herself best. so he doesn't contest her words, merely voicing his opinion instead. ]
If something were a waste of time, I wouldn't have bothered at all.
[ going back and then staying—he would have done neither of those things. ]
he can't imagine a world so ruined that cities would have to be walled off that dramatically. just how much did people ruin the earth? is that the reality they're all headed toward, or just the one? ]
Is that right? And the same goes for the rest of the world?
It's how regions are classified in the Pan-European and Neo Soviet Unions. I couldn't say much about how the rest of the world looks, or how they've specifically chosen to handle the circumstances.
[ but it's quite the inhospitable world for a human to be in. picturesque abandoned cities from before, overgrown with plant life, are quite the common sight. what remains of the global population has all either clustered into the livable green zones, or settled for carefully scraping out a living in the yellow zones. ]
Perhaps that's what some would have done, then. I likely would have, if it weren't for the fact that it irritates me to be reminded of humans like that existing.
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Date: 2020-07-10 02:55 am (UTC)Why didn't you just say that it was you?
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Date: 2020-07-10 02:57 am (UTC)You've been through a lot, haven't you?
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Date: 2020-07-10 03:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-10 03:37 am (UTC)I operate in Russian territory. It's going to get cold.
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Date: 2020-07-10 05:41 am (UTC)You're from the same country as Anya?
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Date: 2020-07-10 06:40 am (UTC)[ it's interesting, isn't it? how despite all the german affectations she was programmed with, it's really still russia... or rather, the neo soviet union that's actually her origin. ]
It isn't using the same name anymore, but... more or less, yes.
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Date: 2020-07-10 08:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-10 10:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-11 03:23 am (UTC)between this being another country and presumably quite ahead of him in years, he finds himself curious to better understand the mechanical world from which 45 hails. ]
What is it like there?
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Date: 2020-07-11 03:23 am (UTC)It was more sobering this time.
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Date: 2020-07-11 06:50 am (UTC)it's just that dropping in on a whim probably will not send them to those zones, if only because dolls were made specifically to function where humans couldn't safely go.
anyway this has been your fun fact of 45 being made of radiation resistant materials. ]
That depends very much on where you go to. Green zone cities tend to be walled off, prosperous, clean. You can almost pretend that a war hadn't ruined much of the earth only a decade ago. They are very choosy and selective as to who from outside might be let in, however.
Yellow zone cities and settlements ... they vary more. There's less inherent structure, less strict regulation. Governments don't pay as much attention to them. They get less in the way of resources.
That city in the memory I spoke of- that was a yellow zone city.
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Date: 2020-07-11 06:55 am (UTC)Despite appearances, I'm really quite a sober doll.
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Date: 2020-07-14 05:33 am (UTC)I liked this side more. Your side.
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Date: 2020-07-14 04:20 pm (UTC)[ she's out here berating and mocking reina for being an idiot, after all. ]
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Date: 2020-07-14 09:59 pm (UTC)[ he sounds pensive. ]
It reminds me of something that someone told me a while back.
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Date: 2020-07-15 01:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-15 02:10 am (UTC)It was about compassion.
You did what you did, because you saw something familiar in her, right? It was about that.
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Date: 2020-07-15 07:10 am (UTC)Ah, ah. Don't go attributing things to me that I'm not, Zenitsu. I'm hardly that kind or charitable.
Getting rid of an irritating reminder of the past doesn't necessitate compassion. She's just lucky to have benefited from it. She was stupid, and desperate, and in a bad situation that probably, unfortunately, isn't as uncommon as you'd think. If I'd left her alone she probably would have gotten herself killed eventually, either by trying the same thing she did on me against someone who wasn't as forgiving, or eventually outliving any use she had.
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Date: 2020-07-15 09:11 pm (UTC)You knew what it meant to be her, so you freed her. You understood her plight and made a choice not to abandon her. You even stayed until she regained consciousness. I think that makes you compassionate.
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Date: 2020-07-17 07:05 am (UTC)[ him and other people both. ]
Suppose I left her unconscious, and something happened in my absence. What an utter waste of time that would have been. I did what was logical, that's all.
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Date: 2020-07-18 06:14 am (UTC)If something were a waste of time, I wouldn't have bothered at all.
[ going back and then staying—he would have done neither of those things. ]
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Date: 2020-07-18 06:25 am (UTC)he can't imagine a world so ruined that cities would have to be walled off that dramatically. just how much did people ruin the earth? is that the reality they're all headed toward, or just the one? ]
Is that right? And the same goes for the rest of the world?
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Date: 2020-07-18 06:43 am (UTC)[ but it's quite the inhospitable world for a human to be in. picturesque abandoned cities from before, overgrown with plant life, are quite the common sight. what remains of the global population has all either clustered into the livable green zones, or settled for carefully scraping out a living in the yellow zones. ]
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Date: 2020-07-18 06:50 am (UTC)[ simply. the truth? who knows. ]
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Date: 2020-07-19 05:34 am (UTC)rather than argue semantics, he gives her a long look. ]
You're really incredible, 45.