A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES // MOTIVE {CHAPTER 5}
Kibo and Shikone had both called the mourning and distrusting students up to the fountain again, the blonde looking uncomfortable with this situation. Everyone had been in such paranoia and now it seemed that it was bound to be worse.
She tried to put on a brave face, but it was readily obvious that whatever was coming up next was against her will. She’d done all she could, but now, Shikone was in charge.
WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS, SINCE I’D MADE INCENTIVES SIMILAR TO THIS BEFORE, BUT. I’LL ALLOW SHIKONE TO PRESENT THE FIRST PART.
Shikone seemed pleased by this… Or, as pleased as something like her could ever be.
right…so, i’m sure you all aren’t enjoying that emotion... after all...you looked for revenge instead of justice...i hope the eye for an eye...satisfEYEd you...
however...it’s not difficult to say you all have something you strongly desire now...even if it’s simply escape... but, don’t dream so small...
you don’t know what we’re capable of
She seemed to know something you didn’t. Which was normal, but still frustrating.
...i’m not going to waste your time... after all... i think it’s easy enough to understand...if you kill someone... and get away with it...we’ll fulfill your greatest wish... that simple.
“Greatest wish,” they said. As powerful as these two (or rather, this one) might be in the context of this complex, you doubt they’re anywhere near omnipotent. They’re not going to delay the heat-death of the universe.
Kibo is the next to speak.
THAT’S NOT TO SAY THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, BUT, KNOWING EVERYONE HERE, AND HAVING AN APPROXIMATION OF WHAT YOUR GREATEST DESIRES WOULD BE, WE, UM… WE’RE CONFIDENT THAT WE’D BE ABLE TO FULFILL THEM! WHETHER IT’S A MATTER OF MONEY, OR INFORMATION, OF WANTING TO FIND SOMETHING OR CURE SOMETHING OR ERASE SOMETHING…
ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU KEEP WISHING FOR, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF, ALL THE UNPLEASANTRIES IN YOUR PAST, WILL BE ALTERED JUST LIKE YOU ASKED.
When she puts it like that, it doesn’t sound implausible. If the A.I.s were originally meant to oversee an entire facility, then gaining access to outside documents and manipulating the information isn’t entirely outside the realm of possibility, is it? Especially if it’d make someone happy.
Even though Kibo had proposed a similar motive before, she looks incredibly uncomfortable with this one now that she understands the implications of death and murder. Shame she’s near powerless now.
