Jul 19, 2017
@determinedduality a réagi à votre billet : [⌨] “God, it’s too early for this shit.”
*If you need help raising defenses, I could provide assistance. (Ceffie)
[⌨] “... I’m listening.”
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@determinedduality a réagi à votre billet : [⌨] “God, it’s too early for this shit.”
*If you need help raising defenses, I could provide assistance. (Ceffie)
[⌨] “... I’m listening.”
[ Vocaroo mirror in case Tumblr doesn’t want to do the thing ]
｢❤️」”So, um... yesterday, I went into another timeline, a really weird one where there was really no one around. I was looking around, and I got to the CORE, and... um, well, Ceffie was there. In case you don’t know who they are, they seem to be a Frisk, but something happened to them, I’m not sure what... and they have a huge grudge against Charas. ... Not that I can blame them at all.”
“They asked how I was managing to deal with Mocha, and we talked about how Mocha was probably going to try and sweet-talk his way out of things. But then the subject changed, and... um...”
“Ceffie... asked me some weird questions. Like... um, what had driven me to kill people an’ stuff. I thought it was my own curiosity -- I mean, I’d learned about ＲＥＳＥＴs and ＬＯＡＤＩＮＧ and ＳＡＶＩＮＧ by that point -- but then... then they implied that it wasn’t necessarily my fault.”
“They... they said that there was someone behind the scenes -- someone called a Player -- and that there were different ones and all. They said that we’re in some kind of world that they have complete control over, and that... and that they’re the one who made me do what I did?”
“I... I don’t want to believe it... but when Ceffie talked about how I knew certain things, and the ＡＣＴ button and all that...? I just... I have no reason not to believe them?”
“I don’t want it to be true... I don’t want to believe that there’s someone behind the scenes who was controlling me, even if they’re not doing it now! Now I don’t know what to think... I don’t know if my experiences in the Underground were real, or... or even if my life on the Surface was even a real thing? I don’t know what to think...”
“... an’ I’m really... really scared...”
“... I’m trying not to be a baby about this... I’m really trying not to be... but... am I even real...?”
[ source ]
And a tiny grey child has taken a seat in the swing next to Latte. "Why take so much stock in their words?" They couldn't swing, even so they lazily swung their legs to and fro in their seat.
＊ The swinging slows, if only because they didn’t want to have to shout their next words.
｢💗」”Because they’re not exactly wrong.”
More swinging, as if the admission was something to be pushed away by their movement. After a while, they slowed to a stop, but they made no move to look at the static child.
“’La vérité choque, Frisquet -- truth hurts. My parents said that a lot to me when I learned about something that didn’t seem right to me. Sounds like kinda the same thing, right?”
@determinedduality a réagi à votre billet : [⌨] “This is one of those days where this...
“Is It You?” Dammit Ceffie.
[⌨] “You only wish.”
public static void main( ) [w/determinedduality]
[⌨] “Ugh...”
＊ The Player tore their VR headset off their face as they pushed themselves off the floor, the device falling useless at their side when they made a monumental effort to sit up.
That was the last thing they’d seen before they felt like their brain shut off completely, and they must have fallen out of their chair to end up face-down on the floor. Was that some weird side-effect of the VR link? It was something worth looking into...
In the meantime, though, they dragged themselves to the kitchen, grabbing an apple and some water before going back to their computer. They winced as their vision began to swim, and they fumbled for their mouse, wiggling it so their screen would turn on...
[⌨] “Yeah yeah update sure whatever.” The Player clicked Update almost out of habit, and it took them a moment for it to sink in what they’d actually seen. An update?
What the hell?!
“Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...” No way. This had to be a glitch. Or a virus. Or some kind of sugar-borne hallucination. Either way, they moved to close the program... this wasn’t right.
[ @determinedduality ]