PC WITH AOI

[commedia]

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[commedia]

[They reach out to boop her on the nose.]

As much as you might dislike to think it, you are alive right now.

[gamerbrain]

[ she does not react... ]

Aoi doesn't dislike it. Aoi has been having a good time.

[ well, she still doesn't believe that she's alive, though? oh well. ]

[commedia]

And you can't have a good time if you're dead or removed, right?

[gamerbrain]

[ ... ]

That's alright...

[commedia]

[Just...a pitying sort of look?]

Aoi...come now. Do you not know the meaning of valuing things? Your life is special, precious, irreplaceable. Would you really throw it away like its nothing but trash?

[gamerbrain]

Trash...?

[ she frowns at that, but mostly because... a lot of people's hard work went into making aoi. from God, to the writers, to the character designers, to the programmers...

but it's still hard to process this. ]

[commedia]

You don't like being called trash, do you? Even if you are a doll, you were created. You were given life to do something with it.

[And they move to squat down, before embracing her, stroking lightly over her hair. Its a comforting, warm gesture, but something about it seems a little too much, a little too overly sweet.]

...I knew a doll like you. I gave her life again, after she had been broken so thoroughly. [A beat.] You deserve to live a long life, Aoi.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi isn't alive.

But... Aoi was created to collect CGs. That's the something Aoi is supposed to do.

[commedia]

What if...you changed what you were created for?

[gamerbrain]

If Aoi doesn't fulfill her purpose...

[ ... ]

Aoi will disappear. Aoi won't be able to exist anymore.

[ this really isn't a matter of choice. ]

[commedia]

Ahh. So you see, in a way, you are forced to care about your own life.

...But are you sure that will really happen? Has it ever happened?

[gamerbrain]

[ she nods. ]

Aoi has run out of battery before. And then Aoi disappears.

That's why Aoi likes to be able to save and load.