Alphonse Elric (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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snowblindrpg2018-01-05 02:53 pm
armoured) wrote in snowblindrpg2018-01-05 02:53 pm
[network] @LELRIC; audio; night 315 [open]
There's been a lot of talk recently about this discovery that we might not really be us, that we might be digital copies downloaded into random bodies, and I know that it's been bothering a lot of people to think that they might not be "real". I don't know whether it's true that we're not the original people that we think we are or if we're copies, though I guess it would explain a lot of what happens here and how we're altered or brought back from the dead.
[In a way less horrifying way than he has been imagining this whole time.]
But I just wanted to say that I think we're real. Maybe not the originals, but real all the same. It doesn't matter where I came from, I'm still me with my own memories, experiences, and feelings. And all of you are real, you've had real impact on the lives of other people here, friends and enemies alike. That has to count for something.
[He's struggled with the thought that he might not be real before, when Barry the Chopper taunted him about being a puppet. It tore him apart then, it nearly broke Ed in the accusing, but he learned a lesson from that. He won't forget that lesson easily.]
So-- so I thought it might be nice if we could talk about the things that are real to us, not just here, but back home. Talk about the worlds we remember and the people that were there, and share them with other people who might never have heard of anything like it. We could even add it all to Mr. Carsen's library, an encyclopaedia of worlds. If you'd like to share, I'd love to hear it. So, um, that's all.
[In a way less horrifying way than he has been imagining this whole time.]
But I just wanted to say that I think we're real. Maybe not the originals, but real all the same. It doesn't matter where I came from, I'm still me with my own memories, experiences, and feelings. And all of you are real, you've had real impact on the lives of other people here, friends and enemies alike. That has to count for something.
[He's struggled with the thought that he might not be real before, when Barry the Chopper taunted him about being a puppet. It tore him apart then, it nearly broke Ed in the accusing, but he learned a lesson from that. He won't forget that lesson easily.]
So-- so I thought it might be nice if we could talk about the things that are real to us, not just here, but back home. Talk about the worlds we remember and the people that were there, and share them with other people who might never have heard of anything like it. We could even add it all to Mr. Carsen's library, an encyclopaedia of worlds. If you'd like to share, I'd love to hear it. So, um, that's all.
@Wayne, audio
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[The voice sounds familiar, but he hadn't realised the man was back.]
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Yes. You knew the 'me' that was here before?
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[He does not sound impressed about that, the other him was a jerk.]
I guess that means you don't remember me, huh?
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[Yes, that sounded like himself all right.]
No, I can't say that I do.
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[Al could have dealt with the rudeness, but he couldn't quite forgive the mess with the Joker yet.]
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Can I ask what exactly it was?
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[He's still so mad about that.]
I have a right to be mad.
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[How old was this kid? If the 'him' that was here before lost Jason--then yeah. He could completely see himself doing that.]
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[He's not going to let this fly, voice firm.]
If you were keeping me safe then you wouldn't have let me fight him with you in the first place. You let me help you catch him, and it was only when he was all tied up that you knocked me out and left. You did it because you're a selfish controlling jerk who didn't want to accept that other people might be capable of helping out.