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voidtreckernet2022-04-24 08:00 pm
myblueskies) wrote in voidtreckernet2022-04-24 08:00 pm
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Day 28 | Video
[It's late at night. Not quite the early morning but certainly later than you would normally see Romeo around.
The video turns on into the kitchen, Romeo is a little bit away from the ICP, stirring something in a bowl but he glances over, as if to check that the ICP is recording.]
Um hello everyone. I hope I don't wake anyone up with talking so late but I was in bed and thinking really really hard about some things and my mind wouldn't go to sleep so I came to bake cookies but I'm still thinking and sometimes when you got lots of big questions in your head it's a good idea to talk about it.
[He gets closer, bowl in hand as he keeps mixing.]
I was thinking about Osiga and all the people we saved but also how we left all their bodies and I guess that's okay because we brought the bit that was properly them into the void.
But then I was thinking about what made a person a person because it's really confusing. Because some of the people didn't want to come into the void at all. Because without a world or a body then... that's bad for them I guess but I know lots of people without bodies or worlds and they are all people.
So I read a book that said a person was a person because of all their memories and experiences, that it's what we do and see and know that make us... us. But I knew I was Romeo even when I didn't have any memories at all. When everything was nothing I was still Romeo.
But then I wondered if I was. Because there's people here who look the same as each other and they are different people because they... had different lives I guess so am I the same Romeo as I was when I was alive? Because I don't remember any of that and all the things I did and my friends I made since then have made me me. But did that mean I wasn't really a person when I had no body and no memories?
It's really tricky to think about and I'm worried about all the people we rescued and if they are sad or scared about it because I guess it's different. If you have to live in the void 'cause your world was eaten then if you got snatched in the void but maybe can go home.
And that's different again then not knowing where you come from at all because I guess you can't really miss or be sad about somewhere that you don't even know about.
[Big Questions indeed. He sighed.] It's just really big. So I'm making cookies. If anyone is still awake they can come and get them, they'll be ready once they've been in the oven.
The video turns on into the kitchen, Romeo is a little bit away from the ICP, stirring something in a bowl but he glances over, as if to check that the ICP is recording.]
Um hello everyone. I hope I don't wake anyone up with talking so late but I was in bed and thinking really really hard about some things and my mind wouldn't go to sleep so I came to bake cookies but I'm still thinking and sometimes when you got lots of big questions in your head it's a good idea to talk about it.
[He gets closer, bowl in hand as he keeps mixing.]
I was thinking about Osiga and all the people we saved but also how we left all their bodies and I guess that's okay because we brought the bit that was properly them into the void.
But then I was thinking about what made a person a person because it's really confusing. Because some of the people didn't want to come into the void at all. Because without a world or a body then... that's bad for them I guess but I know lots of people without bodies or worlds and they are all people.
So I read a book that said a person was a person because of all their memories and experiences, that it's what we do and see and know that make us... us. But I knew I was Romeo even when I didn't have any memories at all. When everything was nothing I was still Romeo.
But then I wondered if I was. Because there's people here who look the same as each other and they are different people because they... had different lives I guess so am I the same Romeo as I was when I was alive? Because I don't remember any of that and all the things I did and my friends I made since then have made me me. But did that mean I wasn't really a person when I had no body and no memories?
It's really tricky to think about and I'm worried about all the people we rescued and if they are sad or scared about it because I guess it's different. If you have to live in the void 'cause your world was eaten then if you got snatched in the void but maybe can go home.
And that's different again then not knowing where you come from at all because I guess you can't really miss or be sad about somewhere that you don't even know about.
[Big Questions indeed. He sighed.] It's just really big. So I'm making cookies. If anyone is still awake they can come and get them, they'll be ready once they've been in the oven.
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[ THE LESS SAID ON THAT TOPIC, THE BETTER.. PROBABLY... ]
But even so, they were still themselves, you know? So I think maybe it's not that there's any specific part that makes a person who they are.. Maybe they're just themselves as long as they still have some part of themselves, no matter what it is!
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[So maybe as long as they have a bit of themselves they are them.]
So maybe I'm just exactly the same as how I was when I was alive.
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By god, was he ever himself. ]
Yeah!
[ Honestly, Madoka doesn't think that idea is so strange. Romeo is just so.. so Romeo-y that she's pretty sure he'd always turn out the same, regardless of memories. ]
It's because you have such a good heart, Romeo. I can't imagine you any other way than the way you are right now.. since your good heart would always guide you to being the same kind person, no matter what happens!
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[He likes that idea. After all he couldn't imagine Madoka being anyone different at all.]
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[ Madoka likes to think that she's known Romeo for long enough by now to be able to tell. Sure, it helps that the other's personality is pretty straightforward, but.. all the same, Romeo is someone who's just kind through and through.
Nothing could change that, surely. ]
Even if we're not sure what part of us it is that does that [ since it can't be their literal heart and all.. ] it's just important that we somehow always carry the most important part of us with us anyway, right? We don't need to figure out all the complicated details.
[ As long as it just works, everything is fine. ]
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[So maybe he didn't have to think so hard. After all he knew who he was and maybe Madoka was right, there was a bit of them that would never change.]
Do you want to come and eat cookies?
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It is a little late. They probably shouldn't be eating cookies right now. They should be good kids and head to bed on time.
On the other hand, Romeo has been thinking about a lot, and Madoka wants to make sure he has company. Just in case. So after that brief moment of thought, she just nods. ]
Sure..! I'll come right over, so please save some for me..!
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[They smell very tasty but he won't touch any until Madoka joins this cookie eating party!
It might be very late but he's sure it's okay for one night.]