65 - Action/Phone

[ceasetoexist]

[Action – 502 Ricardo Street]
[If you’re passing by 502 Ricardo Street, feel free to notice that there is a giant, capsule shaped device of some sort on the front lawn of 502. It seems like it’s a container of some sort, a door in front of it swung open wide, allowing anyone to peer into a space not much bigger than a small closet. The device, itself, gives off a sense of unease, as if you could be trapped in there forever if you even set foot in it and closed the door.

There’s also the fact that Pokey has managed to restrain the PorkyBot he got as a regain a couple of weeks back and is proceeding to try and paint it a shade of blue to match his own. The process is not going well.]

I just told you to hold still and this’ll go quicker.

I don’t wanna! I look awesome just how I am!

Yeah, but you don’t look like me!

This is stupid! It’s not even the right shade of blue!

Yeah…I couldn’t find it at the hardware store. Now shut up and stay still.

[Action – Bodine Fashion]

[Here’s a new sight. If you happen to be in the clothes store today, you’ll notice two boys who look nearly identical to one another, although one seems a bit darker shade of blue and has an obnoxious, whirring red light on its head.

But the light gets covered up every now and then as Pokey puts a hat on the PorkyBot’s head, then trying one on his own.]

What do you think about this one?

Laaaaaaame. Super lame.

Okay, you’ve said that about the last three. We’ve gotta pick one of these.

But I don’t wanna wear a hat! Hats are for creepers and old people having a mid-life crisis.

That may be true but it’s that or cut the light off the top of your head. Which do you want?

….Let’s try that one.

Yeah. That’s what I thought.

[Phone]

So. There’s something I’ve been wondering about for a long time, and I want to see what other people think of it.

For those of you who haven’t been here too long, about two Halloweens ago a bunch of us got a pamphlet talking about the operation of a virtual reality device. The conclusion I’ve always come to, and I think most did, is that the manual is referring to whatever is running Mayfield. However, I think I may have come to a different conclusion than others. Most people probably think we’re stuck in the virtual reality created by it.

I think we might be part of the virtual reality, especially after hearing what happened at the end of the last load of bullcrap when they were performing atrocities against God on people. You guys were told to destroy part of the town to distract her, right? Well, what if that was because she could only focus on repairing the damage to the town, and not whatever the surgeries were doing to revive people? She had to choose one or the other.

Alright I know that sounds obvious but what I mean is: what if the….let’s call it “the repair function” is set to be the same for us and the structures in the town. And we can assume the structures in the town are part of the virtual reality system, instead of being trapped in the virtual reality system. And there’s been several instances where they’ve given us an indication that we function as a power source for the town, in some weird way. They gave us one, sort of, last March, and they gave us one during Christmas. This last load could show that whatever energy we produce isn’t done individually, but somehow split between us as a whole, since some of us needed to be hurt in order for others to revive. It’s like a balancing act.

I’m just saying it seems odd to me that that would be the case if we were entities separate from the virtual reality construct. This is just a theory, and a quick one and I could give more evidence for my supposition, but I’m going to stop now. I want to know what others think, and what others might have to defeat the possibility of we ourselves being some form of virtual reality construct, since I know while I know a lot I don’t know everything here.

It’s just something I’ve been thinking about for a while.

Comments

[a_gentle_boy]

I thought of that, too, actually. That's the easiest way it would make sense for them to be able to make impossible changes not just to our bodies, but to our minds.

But I decided it didn't matter so much, I think...

[ceasetoexist]

....It matters for those who want to go home, but that's all it matters.

phone;

[cullscuttlefish]

...if it's a virtual reality, do you think there might be a way to get inside the system? I'm sure there are enough modern-day people here who are good enough with computers...

phone;

[ceasetoexist]

Theoretically, yes. If we can find some kind of access point or access their own hardware, we could do it.

It might have to be something we do anyway.

[Phone]

[originalnumber]

[Astral listens over each of these words quite carefully before responding- he's not entirely sure what virtual reality is though, so he needs to make sure...]

Virtual reality...

So similar to a form of AR [...Augmented Reality] built around us as opposed to embedded in a controlled visual?

[Well, one's virtual and one's... ...Actually yea they'd both be virtual.]

[Phone]

[ceasetoexist]

Technically, yes, it'd be built around us but I suspect we're part of the program itself.

[Phone] Sometimes I feel bad for tagging you so much.

[noluckduck]

Are you sayin'... we're not even our real selves?

[Phone] Aw, don't worry about it

[ceasetoexist]

That's part of it, yes.

[Action – 502 Ricardo Street]

[thekingofkamenriders]

[Tsukasa had been learning his way around the town, and its inhabitants, but he does come to a full stop when he sees the young boy painting the robot.]

Oi! What's going on over there?

[Action – 502 Ricardo Street]

[ceasetoexist]

[Pokey, for his part, is just too focused on painting himself.]]

Nothing a science fair project just keep walking.

I'm not a science fair-

I told you to shut up!

[Action - 502 Ricardo Street]

[sunnydwithagun]

(Django could hear the argument from right next door in 503 and decided to investigate. The sight was...interesting, to say the least, but he wasn't about to question exactly what was going on.)

You seem to be...arguing with yourself. Perhaps I can help out?

[Action - 502 Ricardo Street]

[ceasetoexist]

[Oh hey help yes he could use some of that.]

Sure! Grab and hold this little jerk down, alright?

[phone]

[commentboxtroll]

[...because it's not unsettling at all for someone to come up with evidence to support something he'd had on his mind only a day before. No, not at all. Thanks a lot, Pokey. Not, of course, that he would have ever thought of something like "virtual reality" or along any of those lines. His world is a far cry away from that sort of tech.]

You're saying we're a part of the machine. [That's the best he can guess at.] Does anyone still have one of these pamphlets?

Re: [phone]

[ceasetoexist]

That's my personal theory, yes. I have no way of proving it as absolute though.

...They should. If you give me time, I can try and find mine.

[thelonewanderer]

.....I've actually run into a similar situation in the wasteland. People in virtual reality pods trapped in a small town and being terrorized, but they were all from the same place.

[Somewhat nervous. Mostly because she get's droned when she talks about the place a lot. And also...]

...And were still people.

[ceasetoexist]

...I think the drones are still people, I'm not gonna lie. We've heard there's some evidence to it.

But you've seen something like this before? That's a first.

502 Ricardo

[strike_you_out]

[The capsule in Pokey's front yard captures Slugger's interest and he ventures over to check it out. While it gives off a slightly ominous vibe, it's not enough to dissuade his curiosity. He'll attempt to peek inside.]

[ceasetoexist]

[Pokey is still trying to get the damn PorkyBot to sit still, now trying to paint the back of its neck. Which he guesses is obsessive, but hey, why the hell not?

And that's when he notices Slugger looking inside the capsule, and his heart stops mid-beat. In his mind, he can just hear Lucas' words, what he told him about it, echoing again and again.]

Get away from it!

[Not anger. Fear, and even though he tries to hide it it's still so clear in his voice.]

[phone]

[enpatsushakugannouchite]

So we might not have a home to come home to?

[phone]

[ceasetoexist]

...That's part of it, yeah.

[Action A]

[badladyscramble]

[have your favorite parasol-toting, smirking vampire]

Oh? He's looking more like you by the second - uglier.

[Action A]

[ceasetoexist]

[Nice try Remilia you're just his second favorite. He doesn't know who his first is, but he won't give the honor to you.

And Pokey just looks at Remilia, tilting his head a bit. Not saying a word.]

[phone]

[weiss_tank]

Ya know... I wouldn't put it past this place to do somethin' like that.

[phone]

[ceasetoexist]

.....I wouldn't either. Who knows though.







Hi. Haven't heard from you in a while.

[phone]

[pkrincess]

You sure like to talk a lot. I don't even know what you're tryin' to say.

[phone]

[ceasetoexist]

Then don't bother calling. Done and done.

[Action – 502 Ricardo Street]

[sinistralofdeath]

[This is…]

[What? Erim stares at the blue-skinned boy painting the likeness of himself, and can only gape.]

[This is definitely something she did not expect while at Mayfield.]

I—ah—

[She can only stammer as she gapes in shock, frozen in place. Even the Goddess of Death, it seems, does not yet know everything.]

[Action – 502 Ricardo Street]

[ceasetoexist]

[Pokey, for his part, just looks at the woman. He has no idea why she'd be so shocked and upset.]

...What? ...You okay, lady, cause I'm just-

She's surprised by your ugly face! Ha!

I'm you, stupid. Or, well, you're me. You just insulted yourself.

Yeah but I insulted you too so I win.

Action – 502 Ricardo Street

[imjustpicky]

[So hey, just coming over to check on his brother, and... and now there's two of them. Sort of. Kind of.

Just... have your little brother staring at you with his hands in his pockets, Pokey.]

...why're you painting yourself?

Action – 502 Ricardo Street

[ceasetoexist]

Because he doesn't look like me.

C'mere. Hold his hair back.

phone

[godaime]

[ The sound of furious pencil writing is definitely audible as Tsunade continues to write. She seems to have written down just about everything he said when she speaks up again. ]

I'd love to hear more evidence if you have it, specifically about the things you picked up on Christmas and March. I hope you do'n't mind this all being written either. We need to record these things for future arrivals and references, especially if the worse happens. [ Like Pokey being droned! Which would actually be pretty detrimental to Tsunade. She likes him and sympathizes with him on varying levels. ] The theory is sure as hell better than what most have, you know.

phone

[ceasetoexist]

I can, though there's also a pamphlet out there written by another guy that has the events written done. Guy is named Dist. I can tell you some of what I know if you want, though.

phone

[miraculous]

Have you ever seen a wireless computer monitor?

phone

[ceasetoexist]

...I haven't, but I don't doubt they could exist. Why?

Phone because a tag I just wrote made me think of this

[afterthesky]

That would explain why people remember returning home while their bodies continued on here as drones.

Phone

[ceasetoexist]

It could, yeah. There's also the question of whether they really return home or not, but I guess that's just a smaller part of the whole debate.